Serving Rockcastle County Since 1887 Mount Vernon, Kentucky 40456 - (606) 256-2244 Volume 128 • Number 2 .50 per copy Thursday, January 2, 2014 Call 606-256-2244 for Advertising & Subscriptions Contact us at: [email protected] Contact us at: [email protected] Contact us at: [email protected] Contact us at: [email protected] Contact us at: [email protected] Deadline submission is Noon Tuesday Deadline submission is Noon Tuesday Deadline submission is Noon Tuesday Deadline submission is Noon Tuesday Deadline submission is Noon Tuesday Of Special Note Inside • Viewpoints ............................ Pg. 2 • Obituaries ............................. Pg. 3 • Church News ....................... Pg. 6 • Courthouse News ................ Pg. 5 • Classifieds ................ Pgs. 10 & 11 • Sports ..................................... Pg. 8 Mt. Vernon Fire and Rescue responded to a single vehicle collision Sunday morning after a CSX employee rear-ended an idle train near the double train track crossing on Mullins Station Road in Mt. Vernon. Authori- ties say CSX track inspector Gary Sparks, 55 of Richmond was in his rail-guided vehicle inspecting railroad tracks along Mullins Station Road when he rear-ended the train. Officals say Sparks was aware of the stopped train and was braking his vehicle but couldn’t stop in time because of the wet tracks and railroad guides on his vehicle. Sparks was transported by ambulance to Rockcastle Regional Hospital where he was later re- leased. Mt. Vernon Fire and Rescue was assisted by the Livingston Fire Department, Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Department and Rockcastle EMS. Police are still investigating an armed robbery that happened around 5:40 p.m. on Friday, De- cember 20th at PBK Bank in Mt. Vernon. Au- thorities say a man entered the bank and passed a note to a teller demanding money. The teller handed the man an undisclosed small amount of cash and he left the bank. PBK Bank tellers told police that they did not recognize the man and that they were unsure where the man went after he left the bank. He is described between 5’7” – 5’10” in height, medium build, with a blonde or light brown beard and mustache. He was wearing a camouflage jacket, tan or peach colored hat, blue jeans and black shoes. If you have any information regarding the bank rob- bery please call 606-256-5372 or 606-256-2121. Fiscal Court amends lease with Anchor Packaging By: Doug Ponder A Mt. Vernon man was arrested for three counts of drug possession last Monday after police responded to a com- plaint at Wendy’s in Mt. Vernon. Arrested at the scene was Chris A. Hasty, 37 of Mt. Vernon. According to state police reports, Trooper Eric Moore responded after receiving a complaint of someone possi- bly intoxicated inside of Wendy’s. Once Moore arrived, he observed Hasty getting out of the vehicle in the restaurant’s parking lot. He also noticed that the vehicle was parked in a handicap spot without a handicap placard. Upon further investigation, Moore noticed that, during field sobriety tests, Hasty appeared intoxicated. Witnesses also told police that they saw Hasty driving the vehicle mo- ments before police arrived. Moore found an unmarked pill bottle in Hasty’s rear jeans pocket that contained 13 Xanax pills, 10 hydrocodone pills and one Oxycontin pill. Hasty was charged with three counts of drug posses- sion, DUI and unauthorized parking in a handicap zone. He was lodged in the Rockcastle County Detention Center where he was later released on a $5,000 surety bond. By: Doug Ponder Police are still searching for a man who recently robbed a local bank in Mt. Vernon. According to Mt. Vernon Police reports, a man en- tered PBK Bank on West Main Street around 5:40 P.M. on Friday, December 20th. Once inside, the man walked up to the counter and handed the teller a note that demanded money and told them not to say any- thing. The tellers later told police that they could see what appeared to be a bar- rel of a small handgun stick- ing out of his coat sleeve when he had his hands on the counter. The teller handed the man an undisclosed small amount of cash. After put- ting the money in his coat pocket, the man left the bank and walked toward the right of the front door so the tellers couldn’t see him from their point of view. PBK Bank tellers told police that they did not rec- ognize the man and that they were unsure where the man went after he left the bank. They also told police that no one said anything during the robbery. The man is described as being between 5’7” – 5’10” in height, medium build, and a blonde or light brown beard and mustache. He was wearing a camouflage jacket, tan or peach colored hat, blue jeans and black shoes. The bank robbery is still under investigation by the Mt. Vernon Police Depart- ment. If you have any infor- mation regarding the bank robbery please call 606- 256-5372 or 606-256-2121 Boyle County police are also investigating another armed robbery last Satur- day around 9:30 a.m. at the PBK Bank in Junction City Police say the man en- tered the bank armed with a handgun and handed a note to the teller demand- ing money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, the man fled on foot toward the Dollar General Store parking lot. The man is described as approximately six foot tall with a stocky build. He was wearing a navy blue hoodie and blue jeans with a large belt buckle. Mt. Vernon Police Chief Brian Carter said they are looking into the possibility that the man who robbed the PBK Bank in Junction City could be the same man who robbed the PBK Bank in Mt. Vernon. However, he said they are still unsure at this time if both robberies were performed by th e same man. Police searching for man who robbed local bank At a special called meet- ing of the Rockcastle Fis- cal Court Monday, County Judge/Executive Buzz Carloftis presented a counter proposal from An- chor Packaging regarding their lease. Anchor had earlier asked for a extension of their two year out, which was set originally for Janu- ary 6th. They asked for the six-month extension in or- der to complete a company- wide evaluation. The Rockcastle County Man arrested for drug possession Industrial Authority, which negotiated the original lease and received the re- quest for the amendment, recommended to the court that Anchor be granted the extension with the caveat that their penalty for exer- cising the two-year out op- tion be raised from $200,000 to $300,000. The court approved the exten- sion and the amended lease was sent to Anchor. Anchor countered, ask- ing that the additional $100,000 penalty be pro- rated at a monthly rate for the length of time needed. Two magistrates, Ralph Allen and Lee Earl Adams, expressed concern, saying they thought the court should stick with the flat $100,000 additional pen- alty. “We don’t want to push them (Anchor) into a corner but I think we should stick with the $100,000,” Allen said. While he would hate to see them leave, Adams said he felt “we need to protect the tax- payer.” However, Magistrate Bill McKinney differed saying “I don’t see how we lose anything by prorating. If they stay three months longer, that’s three month’s extra and almost half of the $100,000, besides their rent.” School Board, Ambulance Service make news early in 2013 January Dortha DeBorde, 75, of Mt. Vernon died as the result of a single car acci- dent on Christmas morn- ing. Her passenger, Charlene Reynolds was treated and released. Christmas was saved for a Mt. Vernon family who lost their home to fire on Christmas Eve night. Amy Cromer, 26 and John Wells, 24 lost their home on Sand Springs Road. The couple’s three children’s Christmas was saved when Neal James, Turtleman’s friend in the Animal Planets TV show “Call of the Wildman,” and his brother-in-law Ron Tillet delivered lots of presents for the children on Christmas Day. Former State Represen- tative Danny Ford assumed his duties as State Surplus Property Director. David Meade of Lincoln County was sworn in as State Rep- resentative, replacing Ford. Kevin Fletcher resigned as Mt. Vernon Police Chief to pursue a career as a fu- neral director at Marvin E. Owens Home for Funerals. Fletcher, who had only served as chief a short time, cited the high level of stress associated with the job of police chief. Four city commissioners in Livingston, all of whom won election as write-in candidates in the Novem- ber, 2012 election, were sworn-in. Taking office were Katha Carpenter, Ja- son Medley, Al Newcomb and Leroy Lamb. Medley was later appointed Mayor. White House Clinic reached an agreement with the Rockcastle County In- dustrial Authority to pur- chase land in Rockcastle Business Park South. The facility is currently nearing completion. Cameron Coy, an 8th grade student at RCMS was among 23 area middle school students selected to get to talk with an astronaut aboard the international space station. Well-known Rockcastle County football assistant coach Tony Saylor hung up his cleats after spending 30 years on the sidelines. Rockcastle County Am- bulance Service announced a major improvements project. Board Chairman David Pensol said the ser- vice would install advanced Life Support equipment on ambulances and also hire multiple paramedics in the near future. Three Rockcastle County UNITE Clubs were selected as the UNITE Clubs of the Year for Region 1. Honored were the clubs at: Mt. Vernon Elementary, Rockcastle County Middle School and Rockcastle County High School. A water main break closed the middle school for two days. The break hap- pened in the lobby of the school and all students in the county got a two day break while the break was being repaired. A major ice storm moved across the state, the last week in January, and covered county roads with at least a half-inch of ice. I-75 was shut down in both di- rections from mile marker 68 to 70 due to a large num- ber of accidents in that area. Rockcastle resident Amy Yates was named the new UNITE Treatment Director and will direct UNITE’s four person treatment team which provides assistance to individuals seeking help with a substance abuse ad- diction-related issue The City of Mt. Vernon began advertising for applications for the vacant position of police chief. February A former Rockcastle County High School teacher was killed in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Hwy. 150 and 461 in Mt. Vernon. Rick Barnett, 55 was pronounced dead at the Rockcastle Hospital. Kimberly Benien, 23 of Somerset was taken to the Rockcastle Hospital where she was treated and released. Her passenger, (Cont. to pg. 12) (Cont. to pg. 12)
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Serving Rockcastle County Since 1887Mount Vernon, Kentucky 40456 - (606) 256-2244 Volume 128 • Number 2 .50 per copy Thursday, January 2, 2014
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Contact us at: [email protected] us at: [email protected] us at: [email protected] us at: [email protected] us at: [email protected]
Deadline submission is Noon TuesdayDeadline submission is Noon TuesdayDeadline submission is Noon TuesdayDeadline submission is Noon TuesdayDeadline submission is Noon TuesdayOf Special Note Inside• Viewpoints ............................ Pg. 2• Obituaries ............................. Pg. 3• Church News ....................... Pg. 6
• Courthouse News................ Pg. 5• Classifieds ................ Pgs. 10 & 11• Sports..................................... Pg. 8
Mt. Vernon Fire and Rescue responded to a single vehicle collision Sunday morning after a CSX employeerear-ended an idle train near the double train track crossing on Mullins Station Road in Mt. Vernon. Authori-ties say CSX track inspector Gary Sparks, 55 of Richmond was in his rail-guided vehicle inspecting railroadtracks along Mullins Station Road when he rear-ended the train. Officals say Sparks was aware of the stoppedtrain and was braking his vehicle but couldn’t stop in time because of the wet tracks and railroad guides onhis vehicle. Sparks was transported by ambulance to Rockcastle Regional Hospital where he was later re-leased. Mt. Vernon Fire and Rescue was assisted by the Livingston Fire Department, Rockcastle CountySheriff’s Department and Rockcastle EMS.
Police are still investigating an armed robberythat happened around 5:40 p.m. on Friday, De-cember 20th at PBK Bank in Mt. Vernon. Au-thorities say a man entered the bank and passeda note to a teller demanding money. The tellerhanded the man an undisclosed small amountof cash and he left the bank. PBK Bank tellerstold police that they did not recognize the manand that they were unsure where the man wentafter he left the bank. He is described between5’7” – 5’10” in height, medium build, with ablonde or light brown beard and mustache. Hewas wearing a camouflage jacket, tan or peachcolored hat, blue jeans and black shoes. If youhave any information regarding the bank rob-bery please call 606-256-5372 or 606-256-2121.
Fiscal Court amends leasewith Anchor Packaging
By: Doug PonderA Mt. Vernon man was arrested for three counts of drug
possession last Monday after police responded to a com-plaint at Wendy’s in Mt. Vernon.
Arrested at the scene was Chris A. Hasty, 37 of Mt.Vernon.
According to state police reports, Trooper Eric Mooreresponded after receiving a complaint of someone possi-bly intoxicated inside of Wendy’s.
Once Moore arrived, he observed Hasty getting out ofthe vehicle in the restaurant’s parking lot. He also noticedthat the vehicle was parked in a handicap spot without ahandicap placard.
Upon further investigation, Moore noticed that, duringfield sobriety tests, Hasty appeared intoxicated. Witnessesalso told police that they saw Hasty driving the vehicle mo-ments before police arrived.
Moore found an unmarked pill bottle in Hasty’s rearjeans pocket that contained 13 Xanax pills, 10 hydrocodonepills and one Oxycontin pill.
Hasty was charged with three counts of drug posses-sion, DUI and unauthorized parking in a handicap zone.He was lodged in the Rockcastle County Detention Centerwhere he was later released on a $5,000 surety bond.
By: Doug PonderPolice are still searching
for a man who recentlyrobbed a local bank in Mt.Vernon.
According to Mt. VernonPolice reports, a man en-tered PBK Bank on WestMain Street around 5:40P.M. on Friday, December20th.
Once inside, the manwalked up to the counterand handed the teller a notethat demanded money andtold them not to say any-thing. The tellers later toldpolice that they could seewhat appeared to be a bar-rel of a small handgun stick-ing out of his coat sleevewhen he had his hands onthe counter.
The teller handed theman an undisclosed smallamount of cash. After put-ting the money in his coatpocket, the man left thebank and walked toward theright of the front door so thetellers couldn’t see himfrom their point of view.
PBK Bank tellers toldpolice that they did not rec-ognize the man and thatthey were unsure where theman went after he left thebank. They also told policethat no one said anythingduring the robbery.
The man is described asbeing between 5’7” – 5’10”in height, medium build,and a blonde or light brown
beard and mustache. Hewas wearing a camouflagejacket, tan or peach coloredhat, blue jeans and blackshoes.
The bank robbery is stillunder investigation by theMt. Vernon Police Depart-ment. If you have any infor-mation regarding the bankrobbery please call 606-256-5372 or 606-256-2121
Boyle County police arealso investigating anotherarmed robbery last Satur-day around 9:30 a.m. at thePBK Bank in Junction City
Police say the man en-tered the bank armed witha handgun and handed anote to the teller demand-ing money. After receivingan undisclosed amount ofmoney, the man fled on foottoward the Dollar GeneralStore parking lot.
The man is described asapproximately six foot tallwith a stocky build. He waswearing a navy blue hoodieand blue jeans with a largebelt buckle.
Mt. Vernon Police ChiefBrian Carter said they arelooking into the possibilitythat the man who robbedthe PBK Bank in JunctionCity could be the same manwho robbed the PBK Bankin Mt. Vernon. However, hesaid they are still unsure atthis time if both robberieswere performed by thesame man.
Police searchingfor man whorobbed local bank
At a special called meet-ing of the Rockcastle Fis-cal Court Monday, CountyJudge/Executive BuzzCarloftis presented acounter proposal from An-chor Packaging regardingtheir lease.
Anchor had earlierasked for a extension oftheir two year out, whichwas set originally for Janu-ary 6th. They asked for thesix-month extension in or-der to complete a company-wide evaluation.
The Rockcastle County
Man arrested fordrug possession
Industrial Authority, whichnegotiated the originallease and received the re-quest for the amendment,recommended to the courtthat Anchor be granted theextension with the caveatthat their penalty for exer-cising the two-year out op-tion be raised from$200,000 to $300,000. Thecourt approved the exten-sion and the amended leasewas sent to Anchor.
Anchor countered, ask-ing that the additional$100,000 penalty be pro-
rated at a monthly rate forthe length of time needed.
Two magistrates, RalphAllen and Lee Earl Adams,expressed concern, sayingthey thought the courtshould stick with the flat$100,000 additional pen-alty. “We don’t want topush them (Anchor) into acorner but I think we shouldstick with the $100,000,”Allen said. While he wouldhate to see them leave,
Adams said he felt “weneed to protect the tax-payer.”
However, MagistrateBill McKinney differedsaying “I don’t see how welose anything by prorating.If they stay three monthslonger, that’s three month’sextra and almost half of the$100,000, besides theirrent.”
School Board, Ambulance Service make news early in 2013January
Dortha DeBorde, 75,of Mt. Vernon died as theresult of a single car acci-dent on Christmas morn-ing. Her passenger,Charlene Reynolds wastreated and released.
Christmas was savedfor a Mt. Vernon familywho lost their home to fireon Christmas Eve night.Amy Cromer, 26 and JohnWells, 24 lost their homeon Sand Springs Road.The couple’s threechildren’s Christmas wassaved when Neal James,Turtleman’s friend in theAnimal Planets TV show“Call of the Wildman,”and his brother-in-lawRon Tillet delivered lots of
presents for the children onChristmas Day.
Former State Represen-tative Danny Ford assumedhis duties as State SurplusProperty Director. DavidMeade of Lincoln Countywas sworn in as State Rep-resentative, replacing Ford.
Kevin Fletcher resignedas Mt. Vernon Police Chiefto pursue a career as a fu-neral director at Marvin E.Owens Home for Funerals.Fletcher, who had onlyserved as chief a short time,cited the high level of stressassociated with the job ofpolice chief.
Four city commissionersin Livingston, all of whomwon election as write-incandidates in the Novem-
ber, 2012 election, weresworn-in. Taking officewere Katha Carpenter, Ja-son Medley, Al Newcomband Leroy Lamb. Medleywas later appointed Mayor.
White House Clinicreached an agreement withthe Rockcastle County In-dustrial Authority to pur-chase land in RockcastleBusiness Park South. Thefacility is currently nearingcompletion.
Cameron Coy, an 8thgrade student at RCMS wasamong 23 area middleschool students selected toget to talk with an astronautaboard the internationalspace station.
Well-known RockcastleCounty football assistant
coach Tony Saylor hung uphis cleats after spending 30years on the sidelines.
Rockcastle County Am-bulance Service announceda major improvementsproject. Board ChairmanDavid Pensol said the ser-vice would install advancedLife Support equipment onambulances and also hiremultiple paramedics in thenear future.
Three RockcastleCounty UNITE Clubs wereselected as the UNITEClubs of the Year for Region1. Honored were the clubsat: Mt. Vernon Elementary,Rockcastle County MiddleSchool and RockcastleCounty High School.
A water main break
closed the middle school fortwo days. The break hap-pened in the lobby of theschool and all students in thecounty got a two day breakwhile the break was beingrepaired. A major ice stormmoved across the state, thelast week in January, andcovered county roads with atleast a half-inch of ice. I-75was shut down in both di-rections from mile marker68 to 70 due to a large num-ber of accidents in that area.
Rockcastle resident AmyYates was named the newUNITE Treatment Directorand will direct UNITE’sfour person treatment teamwhich provides assistance toindividuals seeking helpwith a substance abuse ad-
diction-related issueThe City of Mt.
Vernon began advertisingfor applications for thevacant position of policechief.
FebruaryA former Rockcastle
County High Schoolteacher was killed in atwo-vehicle accident atthe intersection of Hwy.150 and 461 in Mt.Vernon. Rick Barnett, 55was pronounced dead atthe Rockcastle Hospital.Kimberly Benien, 23 ofSomerset was taken to theRockcastle Hospitalwhere she was treated andreleased. Her passenger,
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Serena Howell, 23, also ofSomerset who was pregnantwas flown to the UK Medi-cal Center where her condi-tion was listed as stable.
Snow closed RockcastleCounty School for twodays.
A Notice of Vacancy wasposted by the RockcastleCounty Board of Educationto fill the seat of MartinVanzant who resigned inNovember, 2012.
Brodhead council mem-ber Vernon Cash resignedhis seat, causing the cancel-lation of the February meet-ing because of the lack of aquorum.
The Rockcastle CountyFiscal Court voted to pro-ceed with the Little EgyptHeritage Trail project. Theproject will feature twotrails, a four mile trail whichwill hook up with theLivingston trails and Cli-max Horse Camp and theother, a one mile multi-usetrail, which will includehorses and bikes.
Trevor Todd, a 5thgrader at Roundstone El-ementary took first place inthe annual District SpellingBee. Justin Bryant, a 5thgrader at Brodhead Elemen-tary School, took secondplace and tieing for thirdplace were: SarahCornelius, RCMS 6th gradeand Jacob Adams, MVES5th grade.
Jackson Cromer, a 7thgrade student at RCMS andAshlyn Brock, a 5th graderat MVES were chosen torepresent Region 9 as Leg-islative Pages to SenatorJared Carpenter and Rep.David Meade. Their selec-tion was based on essaysthey submitted through theFamily Resource/YouthService Centers.
A high-speed chase fromMt. Vernon to Livingstonresulted in the arrest ofJonathan Bullock, 28 ofWaco and Annette Cotton,31 of Mt. Vernon.
Joe C. Bullen was in-ducted into the RockcastleCounty Agriculture Hall ofFame at the annual Farmers/Businessmen Banquet. Jes-sica Casebolt, 2013 MissKentucky, was guestspeaker for the event.
RCHS teacher TonySaylor of Brodhead was se-riously injured in a farm ac-cident after a cow on hisfarm knocked him downand trampled him.
Both the Rockets andLady Rockets fell in the firstround of the district tourna-ment. The boys lost 75-40to the Somerset Briar Jump-ers and the Lady Rocketslost 56-52 to the girls teamfrom Somerset.
the RCHS and RCMSarchery teams advanced tothe state finals scheduled forthe International Conven-tion Center in Louisville inMarch.
Three RCHS studentswere honored by the Ken-tucky General Assembly.Senior Hannah Eaton, jun-ior Sean Watkins and sopho-more Avery Bradshaw, allmembers of OperationUNITE, were honored fortheir participation in a CNNspecial highlighting the pre-scription drug problem inRockcastle and throughoutEastern Kentucky.
MarchCox Hardware an-
nounced that it would beclosing its doors after 106years. Claude C. Cox wasthe original founder of thebusiness in the early 1900s.
Both the RCHS andRCMS girls track teamswon indoor state titles at theMason-Dixon Games Class2A Indoor State TrackChampionships. They de-feated heavily favored Lou-isville Central 66-60 fortheir second straight indoorstate title and 6th overall.
Carrie Ballinger was ap-pointed to the RockcastleCounty Board of Educationto fill the unexpired term ofMartin Vanzant who re-signed his position in No-vember of 2012. At theirMarch meeting, the boardwas told by Supt. DavidPensol that 10 teaching po-sitions would have to be cut,effective with the 2014school year, due to budgetconstraints.
Mark Buras, BrodheadPRIDE Coordinator and amember of the BrodheadFire Dept., was appointed tofill the unexpired term ofVernon Cash on theBrodhead City Council. Thecouncil also announced thecreation of BrodheadDowntown to be headed beheaded by former BrodheadAlliance Committee mem-ber Jane McClure. The cityalso has to appoint someoneto fill the seat of BooneSaylor, elected in Novem-ber of 2012, who did not at-tend the swearing-in cer-emony for new membersheld in January.
Former RCHS Lady
Rockets’ star SaraHammond led her teamwith 22 points and 11 re-bounds in defeating St.John’s 62-55 in the Big EastWomen’s Tournamentquarterfinals.
An Orlando man was se-riously injured after he fellmore than 30 feet into a ventshaft in a wooded area be-hind Citizens Bank in Mt.Vernon while trying to es-cape police. Elmer LewisStewart, 29 was rescued byMt. Vernon Fire and Rescueand Brodhead Fire Depart-ment members. He wastransported to the UK Medi-cal Center for treatment ofa broken leg and severe lac-erations.
A severe storm systemmoved across the state,causing havoc in Mt.Vernon. A power outage, theresult of a blown trans-former in Ramsey TrailerPark, lasted about an hourbefore power was restoredby KU.
A heavy rainfall causedflooding in the Conway areaand a 1/2 inch snow fol-lowed, causing slick roadsin the county.
A newlywed man waskilled in an accident on I-75 at the 68 mile marker.Nick Mills, 19, of Lexing-ton rear-ended a semi thathad stopped in the roadwayless than 24 hours after mar-rying his high school sweet-heart, Megan Mills ofCorbin. His wife was fol-lowing in another car.
AprilLady Rocket Senior
Michaela Hunter wasnamed to the Kentucky-In-diana All-Star series to beheld in the summer.
The Respiratory CareCenter at Rockcastle Re-gional Hospital was namedone of the nation’s best carefacilities by U.S. News &World Report.
A boil water advisorywas issued for several resi-dents of Rockcastle Countydue to a water main breakon Richmond Street in Mt.Vernon. The break was be-lieved to have been causedby the ground settling dueto recent warmer tempera-tures.
McDonald’s’s All-American and former LadyRocket Sara Hammond wasinstrumental in helping herLouisville Cardinals reachthe women’s final four. TheCardinals defeated the num-ber one seeded Baylor Bears82-81 before upsetting thenumber two seed Tennessee
Volunteers 86-78 in EliteEight action.
Aaron R. McGuire, 20,of Mt. Vernon, was arrestedby Mt. Vernon on a DUI af-ter he lost control of his carand it wound up in LakeLinville on Rose Hill Road.
The Rockcastle CountyBoard of Education ap-proved the elimination ofthirteen total positions dur-ing their April meeting.
Mt. Vernon Police Sgt.Brian Carter, a nine-yearveteran of the force, wasnamed chief of police at theregular April meeting of theMt. Vernon City Council.
The late Emory Martinand the late Old Joe Clarkand Linda Martin were thelocal inductees into the2013 Kentucky Music Hallof Fame. The Induction Cer-emony was held at the Lex-ington Civic Center’s Blue-grass Ballroom. (Due to time and spaceconstraints, the remainderof the Year in Review willappear in next week’s Sig-nal.)
RCIDA Executive DirectorHolly Hopkins told thecourt that she was confidentAnchor would remain,”Ithink they would have al-ready placed their new$5,000,000 piece of equip-ment in Arkansas if not.”
Hopkins also pointedout that it would cost An-chor at least $4,000,000 tomove their present equip-ment.
Anchor presently hasfour facilities in Arkansasand a distribution plant inSouth America. They are innegotiations with JacksonEnergy and CSX for lowerenergy and transportationrates. They have reportedlynegotiated a lower rate withJackson Energy but the ac-tion is awaiting approval ofthe PSC. And, Carloftis,told the court “If we com-press the time on Anchor,we are also compressingthe time on what JacksonEnergy can do.”
Carloftis made a motionto approve prorating the ad-ditional penalty, which wasseconded by Adams, and itpassed unanimously.
During the meeting, thecourt also approved a re-quest from the City ofLivingston for $3,500 for avan to transport tourists toTrail Town.
“Review”(Cont. from front)
“Lease”(Cont. from front)
The Kentucky Depart-ment of Fish and WildlifeResources invites visitors toexplore its newly-rede-signed website at fw.ky.gov.
The website featuresnew applications that en-hance navigation and func-tionality without sacrificingany of the valuable infor-mation users of the site havegrown accustomed to hav-ing at their fingertips.
“We strived to create amore focused site thatwould be user-friendly andwould allow hunters andanglers to find the informa-tion they were looking forquickly,” said DonnaCovington, informationtechnology systems con-sultant with the KentuckyDepartment of Fish andWildlife Resources. “Wedeveloped it using a respon-sive web design so that nomatter what platform theywere viewing it on, whetherit be a desktop computer,laptop, tablet orsmartphone, it would beeasy to read and navigate.”
For the first time, visi-tors to the department’swebsite have the ability toaccess their Kentucky Fishand Wildlife transactions,including license and per-mit history and telecheckinformation, through the“Find My Information”page. The database goesback to 1996.
Looking to get in touchwith a conservation officer,conservation education pro-
gram leader, fisheries bi-ologist or wildlife biologistin a specific county? Thatinformation is just a fewclicks away using the“Find My County Contact”feature. Search results aresorted by type and includethe name, phone numberand email address for eachcounty contact.
Kentucky Fish andWildlife staff partneredwith contractor KentuckyInteractive to develop thenew site, which is bestviewed using the latest ver-sions of web browsers likeInternet Explorer, GoogleChrome, Mozilla Firefoxand Safari. Thedepartment’s website haslogged approximately 18million web hits this year,Covington said.
As major search engineslike Google, Bing and Ya-hoo index pages from thenew website in the comingweeks, the search functionwill become fully func-tional. Bookmarks to pageson the previous website nolonger will work.
Improvements to thenew website will be ongo-ing, Covington said. Plansinclude the development ofa more substantial onlinepresence for public huntingareas by merging wildlifemanagement informationwith public hunting infor-mation, giving visitors theability to view that infor-mation in one place.
Fish and Wildlife Resourcesinvites visitors to new website
Twenty-nine huntershave been drawn for a spe-cial hunt intended to assistlandowners in areas with ahistory of elk damage prob-lems. Drawn hunters had toreside in one of the sevencounties with an Elk Man-agement Unit (EMU). Eachhunter was randomlydrawn from the pool ofthose who applied for theregular quota elk hunts.Hunters can check online atwww.fw.ky.gov to see ifthey were drawn.
The two Elk Manage-ment Units open for thishunt include Knott CountyEMU and Stoney ForkEMU. Nuisance elk com-plaints are the greatest in
29 Kentucky residentsdrawn for late elk hunt
these units. Stoney ForkEMU includes sections ofClay, Leslie, Harlan andBell counties. The KnottCounty EMU includes sec-tions of Letcher, Knott andFloyd counties.
Hunters may takeantlerless elk in either unit.Only private lands are openfor this hunt. All publiclands within these EMUsare closed to elk hunting.
Unless exempt, drawnhunters must have a hunt-ing license and resident elkpermit. Hunters may useany method legal for elk, in-cluding modern gun, ar-chery, muzzleloader orcrossbow.
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by: perlina m. anderkinIt was a good Christmas
and I am really looking for-ward to a good new year --heck, at my age, I get ex-cited about waking up eachday. I apologize for myChristmas column. My chil-dren told me that if anyonecontemplating suicide readit, it would probably pushthem over the edge.
My main reason for be-ing excited about the newyear, of course, is getting tosee newest grandchild CeliaJames grow and develop.She’s a sleeping/eating ma-chine right now -- well,sleeping except for themiddle of the night. But,babies change quickly andthere will be a big differencein the coming year.
I am going to try tobabysit two days a weekuntil next August whenAllison will get daycarestraightened out so I’ll havemy shot at ingratiating my-self with her.
Penny and Jax (my dog-pound part Golden Re-triever and my Jack Russell)may have to look for a newhome. I am not comfortabletaking them with me -- bothshed horribly and eventhough Penny is completelyhousebroken, Jax will stillspend three hours outsideand come in looking for aplace to use the bathroom.
Considered retiring butwho would constantly rantand rave in the Signal aboutthe present administration’s
sins -- such as the 21 new orincreased taxes on smallbusinesses and familieswhich are set to take effectJanuary 1, 2014. This is inaddition to the 40,000 newstate rules and regulationsthat will be in effect on thesame date. Some of them areridiculous such as in Illinoiswhere if your dog’s leash istoo short you can be fined$500.
I’m hoping the 2014 con-gressional elections, particu-larly in the Senate, will go along ways toward keepingany more heinous laws frombeing passed.
I’m a reactionary pro-tester and, as a form of pro-test (or in a snit as my chil-dren say), I joined the TeaParty at one point. I do agreewith the majority of theirstated goals but their lack ofunderstanding that first ofall, candidates have to getelected and if that takes fol-lowing a more moderatecourse, than so be it. Theyalso tend to not understandthat anything would beatwhat we have at this pointso let’s start where we can.
I honestly do not seewhere any Democrat Sena-tors would get re-electedsince their party leader,President Obama, flat-outlied about “if you like yourinsurance (and doctor), youcan keep them, period!” Youdon’t expect to see the Presi-dent stand and tell a bare-faced lie, over 30 times, tothe American public. Someof his supporters have as-sured us that he didn’t actu-ally know he was lying butthat’s even worse in myopinion (and I don’t believeit for a second).
Just a thought: I had torenew my driver’s license inDecember and they are nowgood until December of2017, making my goal to bearound to renew them at thattime.
Happy New Year to ourreaders.
“I still feel 25 most of the time”As a young child, I re-
member the day my grand-father (Pop) turned 65; Ithought he was headed forthe grave. I was extremelyupset, tears streaming downmy face. With a voice ofdeep concern, Pop asked,“David Joe, why are you cry-ing?” My reply was, “Pop, Idon’t want you to die!” Popsmiled, took me by the handand said, “Let’s take a walkin the yard.”
As we strolled throughhis yard, we eventually cameto his garden, and Pop sim-ply said, “None of us knowwhen our time is up, but wehave to be ready. I plan towork hard, enjoy life, andlive until I am called hometo be with the Lord.” Some-how that explanation gaveme comfort.
(I believe that I had heardhim speaking to others about“retiring” when he reached65 – I think that is why thatparticular number broughton such a volatile responsefrom such a small child.)
After my grandparentsactually did pass away, mymother (Bee) moved into asmall apartment in Lexing-ton, where Kathy and I wereliving at the time. We visitedher several times each week,purchasing her groceries,taking her out for lunch, orgetting her to the doctor fornecessary health care. Oneday she said to my wife,“Each day when I look intothe mirror, I don’t recognizethat old woman looking backat me.” At that time, I wasjust in my early 40’s and didnot understand how she felt.
A few weeks ago, themagazine I had been work-ing for was sold to a newowner and, for the first timein 55 years, I found myselfunemployed. At first I wasconcerned about how Iwould spend my time, but asthe days passed I discoveredthat I am content to “do myown thing.” Then one day, Istepped in front of the bath-room mirror in order to brushmy teeth. It somehow wasalmost startling: who wasthat old guy staring at me inthe mirror? It was then that Irecalled my mother’s ownpersonal observation. Now Iknow precisely what she wassaying and how she felt. Itdid not seem to me that Icould possibly be that oldman in the mirror.
One of my favorite coun-try singers is George Strait,and he, too, is in his 60’s. In2008, he released his 25thstudio album called, Trouba-dour, and the lead song, ISaw God Today was thehighest-debuting single ofhis career. At the 51st presen-tation of the GrammyAwards, the album earnedthe award for Best CountryAlbum. The title song, Trou-badour, reflects upon thesame type of reaction thatBee and I had to turning old.He sings:I still feel 25 most of the time.
I still raise a little cain withthe boys.
Honky Tonks and prettywomen,
Lord I’m still right there with‘em
Singing above the crowd andthe noise…
Well the truth about a mir-ror…
Is that d***ed old mirror…Don’t really tell the whole
truth.It don’t show what’s deep in-
side.Or read between the lines.And it’s really no reflection
of my youth…I was a young troubadourWhen I wrote in on a song.And I’ll be an old troubadour
when I’m gone…So true – it really is not
an accurate reflection of my“youth.” A great song thatnails it on the head as to howunreal it seems to grow old.
Another of my favoritesingers, Bob Seger, is pre-cisely my age, and he singsof the same feelings aboutturning old. His song, Like aRock describes how he feelsabout his age.Twenty years nowWhere’d they go?Twenty yearsI don’t knowSit and wonder sometimesWhere they’ve gone.And sometimes late at nightWhen I’m bathed in the fire-
lightThe moon comes callin’ a
ghostly whiteAnd I recallI recall.
Even the rock groupAerosmith is having diffi-culty with mirrors. Here area few of the lyrics to theirsong, Dream On:Every time I look in the mir-
rorAll these lines on my face
getting clearerThe past is goneIt went by, like dusk to dawnIsn’t that the wayEverybody’s got their dues in
life to pay.The Baby Boomer gen-
eration produced 78 millionbirths in the postwar era.These children acquiredmore education than any pre-vious generation; many grewup projecting a rebellious at-titude. One of those boomersrecently remarked, “Wewon’t want to thrash aroundhalf-naked in the mud any-more – as we did atWoodstock. One of the crueltricks of life is how fast itseems to pass by – howyoung we feel and how oldwe look in the mirror.”
I’m telling ya – that oldmirror may not be a liar, butit sure doesn’t tell the wholetruth.
(You can reach me [email protected] or you can dropme a line at P.O. Box 927 – Stanton,
KY 40380.
I worked one winter inthe late 60’s with an old fel-low named John Bowers aspart time caretaker of CampShawnee on Dewey Lake inFloyd County. John lived ina cabin at the camp throughthe week, but he went hometo Pike County on week-ends. I covered for himwhile he was away. Whichmeant I mostly sat aroundand did nothing morestrenuous than tend toJohn’s Granny-fighting ci-der on Friday and Saturdaynights when the weather gotreal cold this time of year.
He had a cider press andan apple orchard at home.He stored the cider in gal-lon soda concentrate jugsthat he had accumulatedfrom restaurants and drugstores that sold fountain so-das. Somehow he canned itat home so the jugs wouldseal and the cider wouldn’tspoil before he was ready touse it.
I can’t remember exactlyhow he did it, just that theprocess involved puttingyeast into the jugs and let-ting them sit opened in awarm room with a vaporlock plugged into the neckfor a few days to fermentand that the cabin smelledlike a late fall orchard wherethe ground was littered withrotten apples. Not terriblyunpleasant, but not appetiz-ing either. Anyway, youcould smell the cabin for aquarter mile before you gotto it.
John would pour the fer-mented stuff into a half gal-lon tub, set it outside on coldnights and let it freeze over,break the ice and skim it offthe next day, strain the re-mains through cheese clothinto a milk churn, and whatwas left was a potent alco-holic beverage he calledGranny fighting cider. I’mover- simplifying here be-cause it would take several
pages to accurately describethe entire process.
He had a ready marketfor the stuff because most ofeastern Kentucky was “dry”at that time and it was over60 crooked miles fromJohn’s place to the nearestliquor store. I figure I canget away with telling thisbecause the statutes of limi-tation have expired and bothJohn and his wife have beendead for over 30 years. Idon’ believe they had anychildren. At least he neverspoke of them.
He used to say hecouldn’t give a gallon of ci-der away until he “doctored”it. Then he could sell it for$25.00 a gallon or $10.00 aquart.
I used a tin cup and a fun-nel to dip the doctored ciderfrom the churns back intothe gallon jugs and MasonJars. Then I corked the jugsand lidded the jars and la-beled them with a red feltpen “Granny Fighting Ci-der”. You had to wait untilthe containers were sealedand dry to label them be-cause if any of the brew goton the label it would meltright off. John said, “don’tever spill any on the floorcause it’ll take the varnishoff.”
I’d go back to the dormand sneak into the laundryroom and then the showerbecause if anybody smelledme or my clothes theythought I’d been cleaningout hog pens. But when Ipulled a quart of John’sGranny Fighting cider outfrom under my bunk, andpassed it around, the teasingstopped. I’m not sure howstrong, proof-wise, the stuffactually was, but it was a lotlike the then-popular hairdressing, Bryle Crème. Alittle dab would do you.Especially if you wanted toremain standing for anylength of time.
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Paris JasonBullock
Paris Jason Bullock, 70,of Mt Vernon, died Sunday,December 22, 2013 at theUniversity of KentuckyMedical Center. He wasborn in Rockcastle County,October 14, 1943, the sonof Othar and Thelma(Decker) Bullock. He was
a retired factoryworker and anArmy Veteran
stationed in Germany. Heloved the outdoors, enjoyedhunting mushrooms, pick-ing his guitar and drawing.
He is survived by: oneson, Jason Allen Bullock ofButlerville, OH; onebrother, Bill (Deanna) Bul-lock of Milford, OH; twosisters, Diana James of Mt.Vernon and Brenda Bullockof Houston, TX; fourgrandchildren, Brittany,Cody, Jerry and Jacob; twogreat grandchildren,Brenton and Kyleigh; sev-eral nieces and nephews;his best buddy and niece,Tami (Ron) Pope ofBrodhead; and his two be-loved dogs, Belle andBrownie.
In addition to his parentshe was preceded in death bya great grandson, Caden.
A private memorial ser-vice will be held in hishonor Wednesday, January1, 2014 at 2 p.m. for familyand close friends.
In lieu of flowers thefamily requests donationsbe made to the CancerSociety's Hope Lodge inLexington, KY.
James H.Murphy
James H. Murphy, 67, ofMount Vernon, died Tues-day, December 24, 2013 atUniversity of KentuckyHealth Care in Lexington.
He was born in Irvine,October 2, 1946, a son of thelate John and Mae KincaidMurphy. He was retiredfrom Square D in Lexing-ton, having served for over40 years. He enjoyed fish-ing, guns and bird hunting.
He is survived by: hiswife, Elaine McClureMurphy of Mount Vernon;a step-daughter, Vicki(Chris) Scheffler of MountVernon; two step-grandchil-dren, Ariel and TrevorScheffler; one great step-grandchild, AlydiaScheffler; and many friendsand neighbors.
The family has chosen tohonor Mr. James H. Murphywith a private funeral ser-vice. He will be buried in theCresthaven Cemetery inMount Vernon.
Expressions of sympathycan be made in the formcontributions be made to St.Jude Children’s ResearchHospital, 262 Danny Tho-mas Place, Memphis, Ten-nessee 38015.Condolences to the family may be
made at his online registry atmarvineowensfuneralhome.com.
MaryMcCown
Mary McCown, 86, ofMt.Vernon, died Thursday,December 26, 2013 at theCentral Baptist Hospital inLexington. She was bornJuly 23, 1927 in RockcastleCounty the daughter of thelate Gran H. and Nettie Bra-dley Barron. She was ahomemaker, enjoyed cook-ing, gardening, fishing andwas a member of the BibleBaptist Church.
Survivors are: five sons,Clyde Jr., Michael, andGary McCown, all ofCromwell, and Wendell andKenneth McCown, both ofMt.Vernon; two daughters,Bernice Kirby of Conyers,GA, and Vickie Mink ofMt.Vernon; one brother,Norman Barron ofConnorsville, IN; and onesister, Christine Odem ofCrawfordsville, IN; 13grandchildren; and 21 greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded indeath by: her husband,Clyde McCown; one grand-child; and two great grand-children.
Funeral services wereconducted Sunday, Decem-ber 29, 2013 at Cox FuneralHome with Bro. DonStayton officiating. Burialwas in the Cresthaven Cem-etery.
Pallbearers were: An-thony Mink, Brian Kirby,Dennis McCown, DerekMcCown, Billy McCownand Shannon Taylor.View the complete obituary, sign
the guest registry, or sendcondolences to the family onlineat www.coxfuneralhomeky.com.
Bobby LeeSimpson
Bobby Lee Simpson, 71,of Crab Orchard, diedWednesday, December 25,2013 at his home. He wasthe husband of the lateShirley Ann (Noakes)Simpson whom precededhim in death on March 6,2013. He was born Novem-ber 2, 1942, to the late Rayand Martha Mae (Bishop)Simpson. He was a lovingand devoted husband, fatherand grandfather.
He is survived by: a son,Kerry (Bessie) Simpson ofCrab Orchard; and twograndchildren, Eric andLindsey Simpson.
Funeral services wereheld Saturday, December28, 2013 at McKnight Fu-neral Home Chapel. Burialwas in the Mt. Zion Churchof Christ Cemetery.
Bonnie J.Halcomb
Bonnie J. Halcomb, 82,of Harrodsburg and for-merly of Brodhead, diedSaturday December 21,2013 at her residence. Shewas born August 24, 1931in Brodhead, a daughter ofthe late Hobert and MayBenge Brown. She hadworked at Palm BeachCompany for 30 years inDanville, and as a cook atthe former Sowder NursingHome in Brodhead for over10 years. She enjoyed cook-ing and her grandchildren,and was a member of theBrodhead Baptist Church.
She is survived by: hersons, Michael DavidHalcomb and Paul Dean(Tanya) Halcomb, all ofHarrodsburg; three grand-children, Kevin GrantHalcomb, Dakota PaulHalcomb and Kasey JamesHalcomb; two great grand-children, Jared Halcomb andCharles Halcomb; and manynieces, nephews, friends andneighbors.
Besides her parents, shewas preceded in death by:her husband, ClydeHalcomb; and four brothers,Bernie, David “Dodie”,Teddy and Eddie Brown.
Funeral were conductedTuesday, December 24,2013 at the Marvin E.Owens Home for Funeralswith Bro. Tony Shelton of-ficiating. Burial was in thePiney Grove Cemetery.
Casketbearers were:Mike Halcomb, PaulHalcomb, Dakota Halcomb,Kasey Halcomb, GaryShivel and Robbie Lay.
Condolences may be made atmarvineowensfuneralhome.com.
Douglas P.Burdette
Douglas P. Burdette, 78,of Mount Vernon, died Sun-day, December 22, 2013 atthe Veterans AdministrationMedical Center in Lexing-ton. He was born in Wildie,February 16, 1935, a son ofthe late Coleman and ShirleyMullins Burdette. He was aretired machine operator forParker Seals in Berea with27 years of service. He wasa United States Army vet-
eran havingserved as a sharpshooter, and
served in Germany along-side Elvis Presley. He en-joyed western and war mov-ies, walking in the woodsand was fond of drinkingMcDonald’s coffee. He wasa member of the RoundstoneBaptist Church. On Novem-ber 3, 1961 he was united inmatrimony to Helen Himes,and from that union camethree children.
He is survived by: hischildren, Joy EvonneBurdette of Wildie, VincentDouglas Burdette of Wildie,and David (Vicky) Burdetteof Conway; four grandchil-dren, Winoa Taylor, VictoriaTaylor, Kevin Burdette andZachary Taylor; three broth-ers, Jack (Terri) Burdette ofIndianapolis, IN, TerryBurdette of Crab Orchard,and Ted Burdette of McCray,AR; one sister, Charlotte(Tommy) Hayes ofGeorgetown; and manynieces, nephews, friends andneighbors.
Besides his parents, hewas preceded in death by:his wife, Helen HimesBurdette; and two brothers,Kenneth Burdette and TomBurdette.
Funeral services wereheld December 26th at theMarvin E. Owens Home forFunerals with Bro. RickReynolds officiating. Burialwas in the Green Hill Cem-etery.
Condolences may be made atmarvineowensfuneralhome.com.
Leon RoweLeon Rowe, 69, of Mt.
Vernon, died Friday, De-cember 20, 2013 inSevierville, TN. He wasborn in Rockcastle County,June 12, 1944 the son ofRobert Lee and Winnie LeePrice Rowe. He was a re-tired employee of theCowden Company and amember of the SkaggsCreek Baptist Church. Heenjoyed UK Basketball, aswell as hunting, gardening,and crafts.
He is survived by: hiswife of 48 years, JudyHayes Rowe; two daugh-ters, Patricia Lynn (Robyn)Isaacs of Somerset, and An-drea Leigh Ann (Scott)Robinson of Mt. Vernon;three grandchildren,Zachary Shepherd, LucasRobinson, and MorganRobinson; three greatgrandchildren, JamesMichael Shepherd, MarcusShepherd, and Lacey Shep-herd; three step-grandchil-dren, Tiffany Hampton,Adam Isaacs, and NikiIsaacs; and two step-greatgrandchildren, Levi Isaacsand Kaden Hampton.
In addition to his parents,he was preceded in deathby: six brothers, Arthur,Floyd, James, Lewis,Stewart, and Donald; andthree sisters, Elsie, Lorene,and Shirley.
Funeral services wereconducted Monday, Decem-ber 23, 2013 at the Dowell& Martin Funeral HomeChapel by Bro. Bill Wagers.Burial was in the SkaggsCreek Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: LeoHayes, Steve Hayes, AdamIsaacs, James Rowe, KevinRowe, and Zachary Shep-herd.
Honorary pallbearerswere: Ronnie Hayes andRicky Mullins.
Please visitwww.DowellMartin.com to view
online obituary.
Dale AllenMcKinneyDale Allen McKinney,
49, of Mt. Vernon, diedThursday, December 26,2013 at his home. He wasborn in Indianapolis, IN onAugust 4, 1964 the son ofEugene and Edna MondayMcKinney. He had been atruck driver for 31 years andattended Buffalo BaptistChurch. He enjoyed spend-ing time at the McKinneyfarm, being outdoors, four-wheeling, and being withfamily, friends, and his pets.
In addition to his parents,he is survived by: his wife,Linda Buckner McKinney;a daughter, Ashley LouiseMcKinney of New Wash-ington, IN; three sons, Jer-emy Dale (Ashley)McKinney of Whiteland,IN, and Jesse GarrettMcKinney and Elijah Eu-gene McKinney, both ofNew Washington, IN; twostep-daughters, CrystalOwens and Amber Owens,both of Indianapolis, IN;two brothers, Eugene (Jen-nifer) McKinney of Green-wood, IN, and Christopher(Karen) McKinney ofFranklin, IN; six grandchil-dren, Jolie, Nevaeh,Amerikiss, Malachi, Gage,and Keon; and severalaunts, uncles, and cousins.
He was preceded indeath by: his maternalgrandparents, James andWilma Monday; and his pa-ternal grandparents, Rollieand Ruby McKinney.
Funeral services wereconducted Sunday, Decem-ber 29, 2013 at the Dowell& Martin Funeral HomeChapel by Bro. Tim Owens.Burial was in the McKinneyCemetery.
Pallbearers were: KennyCreech, Travis Matthews,Chris McKinney, EugeneMcKinney, KeithMcKinney, and KolbyMcKinney.
Please visitwww.DowellMartin.com to view
online obituary.
Glenna RoseRenner
Glenna Rose Renner, 62,of Sand Springs, died Sun-day, December 22, 2013 ather home. She was born inHansford, March 6, 1951the daughter of Earl andElizabeth McFerron Evans.She was a retired press op-erator for Mt. Vernon Plas-tics and was a member ofthe Sand Springs BaptistChurch. She enjoyed camp-ing and being with her fam-ily and friends.
She is survived by: herhusband of 42 years, Paul"Junie" Renner; her chil-dren, Paul (Becky) Rennerand Verlenna (Jeff) Miller,all of Mt. Vernon; twobrothers, Robert Evans ofMt. Vernon and Jearl (Anna)Evans of Brodhead; andfour sisters, Bernice (Den-nis) Marler, BarbaraGraves, and Verla (Harold)Miller, all of Mt. Vernon,and Lela (Freddie) Rennerof Brodhead. Also survivingare: five grandchildren,Samantha Miller, JordanRenner, Tiffany Renner,Tina Miller, and NikkiRenner, all of Mt. Vernon;and 19 nieces and nephews.In addition to her parents,she was preceded in deathby a brother, Gene Evans;asister, Hazel Barron; and anephew, Frankie Marler.
Funeral services wereconducted Tuesday, Decem-ber 24, 2013 at SandSprings Baptist Church byBros. Bentley Miller andEugene Gentry. Burial wasin the Sand Springs BaptistChurch Cemetery.
Arrangements were byDowell & Martin FuneralHome.
Pallbearers were: ChrisEvans, George “Bembo”Evans, Jearl Evans, MartyEvans, Joedy Graves,Bentley Miller, JohnathanMiller, and Jordan PaulRenner.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to
view online obituary.
To Trinity andJacob Durham
Sorry we did not getto see you at Christ-mas. We miss you allsadly. Hope to see yousoon. Love,MaMaw and PaPaw
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Brodhead Lodge MeetingThe Brodhead Masonic Lodge #556 meets every thirdSaturday at 7 p.m. on Main Street in Brodhead aboveBrodhead Pharmacy.
Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday nights at 8 p.m.behind Our Lady of Mt. Vernon Church on Williams St.in Mt. Vernon.
Kiwanis Club MeetingsThe Rockcastle Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday atnoon at the Renfro Valley Lodge. Everyone is invited.
Historical Society HoursThe Rockcastle Historical Society is open on Mondaysfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the RTEC garage building.
American Legion Post 71American Legion Post 71 meets the second Thursday at7 p.m. of each month on the third floor of the courthouse.Commander David Owens invites all Rockcastle veter-ans to join this organization that honors American sol-diers, sailors and airmen.
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Well I hope everyone hashad a wonderful Christmasthis year and let’s hope thesame for the start of a newyear. Since there was no Sig-nal last week, two weeksago I left off by asking whatare the two types of life-safety rope. The two typesof rope used in life-safetysituations are dynamic andstatic.
Dynamic rope is usedwhen long falls are a possi-bility for example rockclimbing. Dynamic rope isdesigned to stretch withoutbreaking so if the climberfalls the dynamic rope willreduce the shock of impacton both the climber and theanchor system. However theelasticity of the rope is alsocreates a disadvantage forrescuers when trying to raiseor lower a heavy load. It’sbecause of this that dynamicrope is not practical in res-cue or hauling scenarios.
Static rope is used formost rope rescue incidents.It is designed for low stretchwithout breaking. Lowstretch meaning that it can-not stretch more than 10 per-cent when tested under aload equal to 10 percent ofthe ropes breaking strength.The breaking strength of therope will depend on its di-ameter and its construction.
Life-safety rope is bro-ken down further into threecategories which are lightuse, general use andthrowline. Light use rope isusually 3/8” to 1⁄2” in diam-eter and is intended to sup-port the weight of only oneperson. The breakingstrength of light use rope is
almost 4,500 pounds andthat is at a minimum.
General use rope is 7/16”to 5/8” in diameter and cansupport the weight of twopeople. This is the ropemainly used in rescue situa-tions. The breaking strengthis nearly 9,000 pounds,that’s four and a half tons.Lastly is a throwline, and itis typically 19/64” to 3/8” indiameter. As you probablyknow, a throwline is typi-cally used in water rescues.A throwline is either at-tached to the rescue duringwater rescue or thrown to avictim in the water. Thebreaking strength of athrowline is 3,000 pounds ata minimum.
I want to include onemore life-safety rope andthat is an escape rope. Es-cape ropes are used byfirefighters when they are ina situation when there life isin danger and they need tobail out of a second storywindow right before theroom is engulfed by fire. Anescape rope is an importantpart of the gear worn byfirefighters. Unfortunatelynot all firefighters have es-cape ropes since they are notrequired but it’s always agood idea to have one readyin case of an emergency.These escape ropes are de-signed to be used only onetime and then discarded. ASyou can imagine if an escaperope is deployed thefirefighter using it will becoming out of the windowfast and dropping to theground quickly. The ropewill undergo a shock loadand will most certainly beburned by the fire thefirefighter is trying to escapefrom.
Next week I am going todiscuss the construction ofour ropes so for now I onceagain leave you with a ques-tion. How many types ofrope construction are there?Is it 2, 4, 6, or 8 the answernext time.
On CallBy:
Rick Branham
Yards to ParadiseBy Max PhelpsWhat is EdibleLandscaping?
“Edible landscaping isthe practical integration offood plants within an orna-mental or decorative set-ting” says Rosalind Creasy,author of a book simply en-titled Edible Landscaping.Someday I'll find time toread the book perhaps, butmy task at the moment is towrite about this subject. Sowhat follows is my sense ofthe essence of edible land-scaping.
Landscaping is about adesign that works or an ap-pealing layout of exteriorembellishments to a home.We can divide that intohardscapes and softscapes.By hardscapes, we meanthings made of wood, con-crete, stone, metal, plastic,etc. that adorn or make moreuseful areas beyond thehome itself. Included arewhat is termed “outdoor liv-ing” items like patios, pools,decks, and grilling areas.Softscapes are created withgreenery. From grass toflowers to shrubs to trees,organizing the softscape inan eye-appealing fashion isusually the main objective intraditional landscaping.
Edible landscaping cannow be done within the pic-ture, the framework. (I sup-pose you could till up theentire yard and plant allbeans and tomatoes and callit edible landscaping—butthat is not really what wemean by the title “EdibleLandscaping”.)
We want to create apleasing landscape to gowith and compliment thehouse itself. We want to usea few—or perhaps many—trees and plants that producefruits, nuts or vegetables.We can make a home looklovely with softscaping andat the same time serve theadditional function of pro-ducing food for the family.
How do we do this? De-signing any landscape in-volves some structural ele-ments. A big shade tree, afocal point, maybe a tree atthe corner or two to framean entryway, a row of foun-dation plants, and so on.
Some seasonal color, someyear-round greenery or ber-ries or exfoliating bark. Thelandscape design should betasteful and at the same timeyield some tasty harvest.
Some simple substitu-tions to traditional choices toput in a landscape for anedible harvest might in-clude: Substitute an applefor a crab apple, or at least acrab with golf ball sizedfruits that could be turnedinto delicious jelly instead oflittle fruits the size of a pen-cil eraser which you cannotuse. In place of that row ofboxwoods, why not plantsome of the more leafy andcompact blueberry bushes(or big tall ones if you wantthem to function as ascreen). An alpine currantbush can look as lovely as aburning bush (well, exceptfor a week in the fall whenthe burning bush is scarletred) and provide a tastysnack as a bonus.
Just like other ornamen-tal plantings, edible ones areclassed in a way that fills aspot, makes a focal point,screens something, makes afoundation planting thathides where the home meetsthe soil, or perhaps becomesa shade tree. We can not onlyswap apple for crab apple,we can plant hickory orchestnut for an oak (al-though acorns are edible,they are not so tasty). Wecan plant a fruiting pear in-stead of a Bradford pear. Wecan plant a sweet cherry fora maple tree. We could planta female ginkgo among themales. We could plant acluster of three paw paws ora serviceberry tree where wemight previously have siteda clump of birch or a decidu-ous magnolia.
Quince and mulberry aretwo options that won't haveto be sprayed every weeklike might be needed to havepretty worm-free peaches orapples. Also hazel nuts andcornelian cherry dogwoodswould be care free.
How about asparagus inplace of a clump of grass?Maybe strawberries ratherthan petunias. And Oregongrapes are a viable fruit-bearing option to replacehollies.
Low maintenance will bea part of the citeria for manypeople when landscapingwith edibles. If you don'twant to be spraying fruittrees all summer, do yourresearch and select varietiesto plant that are the most dis-ease and pest resistant youcan find. (Note: that willmean skipping the red deli-cious or Granny Smith appletree and selecting a moretrouble free option such asEnterprise, Liberty, or Jon-a-free.
Bear in mind, many fruit-ing trees and bushes requiretwo or more cultivars forsatisfactory pollination andgood crop set. Also you willwant to make sure all yourberries don't get ripe all atonce by selecting some thatripen at a different point inthe harvest season. Havingyour harvest scattered out allthrough the year fromhoneyberries in April orMay to serviceberries inJune to blueberries in Julyand later. Apples and otherlarge fruits generally ripen
August to late October. Witha cool dark storage area,apple pear or quince maykeep all winter, as will nuts.Dried, canned, frozen, jel-lied food storage options canpreserve perishible food forfuture consumption.
You will find your ediblelandscape may attract amore abundant variety ofsongbirds and other wildlife.Generally this is a welcomesituation—raccoons oropossums will be in yourpersimmon tree rather than
in your garbage can.A couple precautions.
Don't plant the walnut or themulberry near where youpark your car! And all flow-ering plants attract bees—but they are beneficial in-sects and won't bother youif you don't bother them.
Now that you know a bitabout edible landscaping,how much produce do youwant to produce?The author is a landscaper. Visit
www.rockcastles.net or [email protected]
District Court Judges Jef-frey Scott Lawless andKathryn G. Wood, who rep-resents Pulaski andRockcastle counties, partici-pated in the 2013 DistrictJudges Fall College thattook place Nov. 4-6 in Lex-ington. The AdministrativeOffice of the Courts pro-vided the judicial educationprogram for the state’s dis-trict judges. (Please see thelist below for the names ofjudges who attended the col-lege.)
The District Court judgesattended courses about Vet-erans Treatment Courts, ju-venile justice, human traf-ficking, cybercrime, sub-stance abuse, court technol-ogy, and court interpretingfor individuals who are deafor non-English-speaking.
The judges also heardfrom Chief Justice of Ken-tucky John D. Minton Jr.about trends in the statecourt system.
“Much about how thecourts operate is differentfrom when I took the bench15 years ago,” said DistrictCourt Judge Donald E.Armstrong Jr., who waselected president of the Ken-tucky District Judges Asso-ciation at the college.
“Changing demographics,the budget crisis and newtechnology are affectinghow judges carry out ourwork. It’s important for usto adapt to better serve thepublic and the legal commu-nity.”
The college also coveredemergency protective ordersand domestic violence or-ders, the bail schedule un-der House Bill 463 and newlegislation and case law.
District Court judgeshandle juvenile matters, cityand county ordinances, mis-demeanors, violations, traf-fic offenses, probate ofwills, arraignments, felonyprobable cause hearings,small claims involving$2,500 or less, civil casesinvolving $5,000 or less,voluntary and involuntarymental commitments andcases relating to domesticviolence and abuse. In Fis-cal Year 2012, 752,821 Dis-trict Court cases were filedstatewide.
The college included17.75 hours of continuingeducation credit for the dis-trict judges. The AOC Divi-sion of Judicial Branch Edu-cation provides continuingeducation for the elected of-ficials.
Local judges participate inDistrict Judges Fall College
Kentucky students plan-ning to attend an in-statecollege or university begin-ning in fall 2014 should filethe 2014-2015 Free Appli-cation for Federal StudentAid (FAFSA) as soon aspossible after Jan. 1. Filingearly increases a student’schance of receiving a stateneed-based grant adminis-tered by the KentuckyHigher Education Assis-tance Authority (KHEAA).The FAFSA is available atwww.fafsa.gov.
A student attending a col-lege or university in Ken-tucky may qualify for a Col-lege Access Program (CAP)Grant. To qualify, a studentmust show financial needand be enrolled at least half-time toward an associate’sor bachelor’s degree.
A student attending aKentucky private college oruniversity may qualify for aKentucky Tuition Grant(KTG) in addition to a CAP
Grant. To qualify for KTG,a student must show finan-cial need and be enrolledfull-time.
Funding for CAP andKTG is limited, with awardsmade on a first-come, first-served basis. Awardamounts will be set in Feb-ruary.
For more informationabout CAP and KTG, viewthe KHEAA-administeredprograms under the Payingfor College section onwww.kheaa.com or [email protected].
To learn how to plan andprepare for higher educa-tion, go towww.gotocollege.ky.gov.For more information aboutKentucky scholarships andgrants, visitwww.kheaa.com; writeKHEAA, P.O. Box 798,Frankfort, KY 40602; or call(800) 928-8926, ext. 6-7372.
Filing FAFSA early givesbetter chance of grants
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Portfolio Recovery As-sociates LLC vs. FredYoung, $1,142.64 plusclaimed due.
Portfolio Recovery As-sociates LLC vs. FredYoung, $1,106.78 plusclaimed due.
The following suits werefiled for delinquent 2011property taxes by CountyAttorney Billy Reynolds onbehalf of the Common-wealth of Kentucky By andOn Relation of JonathonMiller vs:
Linda M. Phillips,$62.90; Author Gibbs,$104.85; Darlene Ramsey,$300.47; Cheryl Mitchell,$104.85; James E. andDonna Lynn Roberts,$230.62; Allen Williams,Jr., $34.96; Charles E.Harper and Walter Harper,$230.62; JE Kirby, $32.15;Robert McWhorter,$162.64; David Hughes,$91.74 and $91.06; SherriRowe, $25.20; Mark andSherri M. Smith, $188.68;Tammy McCormick,$90.88; Brenda Howard,$118.83; Arvil Clouse,$398.30; Rozella Owens,$202.66; Tiffany Gabbard,$90.88; Howard D. Poynter,$160.74; Jeanna Roberts,$41.99; Clara Saylor Heirs,$90.88; Andrea Ann Powell,$104.85; Roy Lee andDebbie McCollum,$160.74; Jason Puckett,$76.89; Herbert and RuthMcPheron, $188.68; MaryLori McNally, $90.88; TerryD. Hacker, $104.85; JessePayne, $34.96 and JenniferDooley, $532.41.
Heights Finance Bereavs. Brittany Asher, $958.98claimed due.
Fort Logan Hospital vs.Robert Shaver, $716.38 plusclaimed due.
Merchants Acceptance,
Inc. vs. Natasha J. Hubbard,$1,323.18 plus claimed due.
Heights Finance Bereavs. Charles Gray, et al,$1,214.38 plus claimed due.
Portfolio Recovery As-sociates LLC vs. BennieStephens, $704.97 plusclaimed due.
Midland Funding LLCvs. David Freiermuth,$2,539.95 plus claimed due.
Midland Funding LLCvs. Ted Hundley, $614.13plus claimed due.
Portfolio Recovery As-sociates LLC vs. David L.Cromer, $1,488.35 plusclaimed due.
Midland Funding LLCvs. Rebecca Bussell,$4,332.91 plus claimed due.
LVNV Funding LLC vs.Michael Begley, $1,867.06plus claimed due.
Cabinet for Health andFamily Services, ex relFrances K. Hensley vs.Bobby Hensley, complaintfor child support and medi-cal support.
Scott Harper vs. ChristyHarper, petition for dissolu-tion of marriage.
The Bank of New YorkMellon Trust Co. vs.Theresa M. Tankersley, andothers, $24,462.45 plusclaimed due. CI-00264
Doris F. and WayneWilmott, property inBrodhead, to RhondaBrown. Tax $10.
Freda M. Clark, propertyin Rockcastle County, toLloyd Dwayne Clark andSteven Ray Clark. No tax.
Linda Lee Johnson,property on Three Links
Road, to Emory S. andKristi Johnson. Tax $149.
Estate of James C.Hayes, property inRockcastle County, toMadison Hayes. No tax.
Jimmy and RhondaBarron, property on RankCromer Road, to RussellPaquette. Tax $11.50.
Kelly R. Hale and BobbyHale, property on W. MainSt., Mt. Vernon, to BobLunsford. Tax $18.
Clinton and Jamie Doan,property in Mt. Vernon, toJeffery Nicholas andVanessa Doan. Tax $6.
Julie Kirby, property onSt. Hwy. 618, to RockcastleCounty Sheriff. No tax.
Emily J. Pensol, propertyin Valley Manor Subdv.,, toHarvey Allen Pensol andDavid Andrew Pensol. Notax
William C. and KathyAnn Colson, and others,property in RockcastleCounty, to David G. andKimberly Cotton. Tax $190.
Omer J. and JacquelineM. Wilson, property inLakeside Subdv., to HarveyRasnick. Tax $3.50.
Howell Holbrook, Jr. andGail Holbrook and JeffreyT. Burdette and Twila C.Burdette, property inRockcastle County, toHowell Holbrook, Jr. andGail Holbrook and JeffreyT. Burdette and Twila C.Burdette. No tax
Howell Holbrook, Jr. andGail Holbrook and JeffreyT. Burdette and Twila C.Burdette, property inRockcastle County, to Jef-frey T. Burdette and TwilaC. Burdette. Tax $.
Howell Holbrook, Jr. andGail Holbrook and JeffreyT. Burdette and Twila C.Burdette, property on BigSinks Road, to HowellHolbrook, Jr. and GailHolbrook. Tax $2.50.
William P. McElwain,Sr. and Vickie L. Whiteley,property in Happy AcresSubdv., to Vicki L.Whiteley. Tax $42.50.
Leigh Ann Hiatt,Trustee, property in Mt.Vernon, to David L. Eaton,Jr. and Regina B. Eaton. Tax$135.
Citifinancial Services,Inc., property on LibertyDrive, Mt. Vernon, toPhillips Properties LLC.Tax $19.
Douglas and EvaDicken, property on BreezyHollow Lane, to Tamela A.Collinsworth-Stevens. Tax$24.
DistrictCourt
Edna Jean McClure, 45,Brodhead, factory to DavidCharles Freiermuth, Jr., 47,Brodhead, truck driuver. 12/23/13
Shemia Marie Crouse,19, Somerset, IGA toNathan Andrew Alcorn, 20,Mt. Vernon, factory. 12/27/13
Sheila RamonaMcGuire, 39, Mt. Vernon,factory to Michael DavidLovell, 40, Orlando, factory.12/27/13
Dec. 16-18, 2013Hon. Jeffrey S. Lawless
Jimmy L. Barrett: speed-ing, opeerating on sus-pended/revoked operatorslicense and failure to wearseat belts, bench warrant(BW) issued for failure toappear (fta).
Elizabeth G. Cunagin:no/expired registrationplates, operating on sus-pended/revoked operatorslicense, no/expired Ken-tucky registration receiptand failure of owner tomaintain required insur-ance/security, bw issued forfta.
Nathan T. Gibbons: fail-ure to wear seat belts, no/expired Kentucky registra-tion receipt - plates, failure
to produce insurance card,failure of owner to maintainrequired insurance/security,operating on suspended/re-voked operators license, bwissued for fta.
Mary E. Guinn: no op-erators license in posses-sion, $50 fine and costs.
James D. Helton: speed-ing, failure to wear seatbelts, operating on sus-pended/revoked operatorslicense, failure to surrenderrevoked operators license,bw issued for fta.
Cody M. Ramsey: resist-ing arrest, 30 days in jail, toserve concurrent w/statesentence, costs waived.
Eric Thompson: failureto register transfer of motorvehicle, $100 fine/suspend$50 and costs.
Francis A. Bailey: failureto wear seat belts, paid.
Speeding: Zachary K.Cotton, Christian M.Marson, paid; Elizabeth A.Martin, $20 fine and costs,state traffic school autho-rized, fine suspended oncondition; Nafen L.Blevins, sentencing orderentered; Deairis K.Jefferson, license suspendedfor fta.
Clarence G. Bradley:possession controlled sub-stance, sentencing order en-tered.
Zric B. Bradley: operat-ing on suspended/revokedoperators license, bw issuedfor fta.
Bruce E. Reed: part 395/Fed Safety Regs - Hours ofService (two counts), $25fine each one costs.
Michael D. Cromer: fail-ure to wear seat belts, paid.
James C. Robbins: fail-ure to wear seat belts, actionslip/paid.
Marion McCreary: fail-ure of owner to maintain re-quired insurance/security,$500/suspend $450 on con-dition.
Ashley Elliott: no/ex-pired registration plates,failure of non-owner opera-tor to maintain req. insur-ance, license to be in pos-session, bw issued for fta.
Jason S. Goff: operatingmotor vehicle under influ-ence of alcohol/drugs, bwissued for fta.
Angela S. James: theftby unlawful taking, 30 days/probated 12 months on con-dition, restitution and costs(converted to 15 hours com-munity service work); fines/fees due ($288), convertedto 30 hours community ser-vice work.
Larry R. Kirby: failure towear seat belts, failure ofowner to maintain required
insurance/security, failure toproduce insurance card, op-erating on suspended/re-voked operators license, bwissued for fta.
James W. Lendhurst: li-cense plated not legible, $25fine; possession of mari-juana, $100 fine; drug para-phernalia - buy/possess,$100 fine.
Brandon N. Mason: nooperators license in posses-sion, $50 fine and costs;failure to wear seat belts,$25 fine/suspended.
Hector A. Rivera Ortiz:fines/fees due ($233), bwissued for fta/5 days in jailor payment in full.
Rebecca Senn: speeding,$36 fine and costs, licenseto be in possession, $50fine.
Dallas R. Hubbard:opeerating motor vehicleunder influence of alcohol/drugs, sentencing order en-tered.
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An encouraging word:
A Way To Face ANew Year
By Howard Coop
Free Bible CoursesFree Bible Corres-
pondence Course. Sendyour name and address to3168 Quail Road, Mt.Vernon, Ky. 40456.Let the Bible Speak
Tune in to “Let the BibleSpeak,” with Brett Hickey,on Sunday mornings at 8:30a.m. on WDKY Fox 56.
Revival atFaith Chapel
Faith Chapel PentecostalChurch welcomes BrotherJasper Carpenter for revival
starting Wed., Jan. 8, 2014,beginning at 7 p.m. Comeexpecting a blessing fromGod.
Pastor Jack Carpenterwelcomes all.
Gospel SingingLighthouse Baptist
Church will hold a gospelsinging, featuring TheSmith Sisters from DripRock, Ky. on Sat., Jan. 11,2014 at 6 p.m.
The church is located at1391 Gabbardtown Road,Berea.
Students at Rockcastle Shaolin Do have been working hard for their next belt rank. 38 students tested thisDecember and passed into their next rank. Now these students will be on to learning more difficult techniquesto get even better for their next belt. Students start at white belt and work their way up the ranks of yellow,blue, green, and three different levels of brown belt before they reach black belt level. The road doesn't endthere though, as students get their black belts they set new goals to attain and can continue working up throughthe different levels of black belt. Kids and adults alike gain flexibility, discipline, strength, confidence, andfocus. To get started on your own martial arts journey, you can call (859) 588-8905 to sign up for new classesstarting in January. Pictured above are students with their new belts after testing. Top row from left: HeadInstructor Master Eric Bullock, Kids Instructor Cassie Bullock, Amanda Renner, Cameron Bullock, AaronHardin, Adam Young, Clay Kirby, Dylon Chandler, Kyle Allen, Crab Orchard Shaolin Do Instructor JasonSmith and Assistant Instructor Josh Stallsworth; Bottom row from left: Hayden Philbeck, Jeriann Price,Kaiden Doan, Adrianna Graves, Ethan Chandler, Abbigail Jones, Alexis Weaver, Rex Parkey and Noah Parkey.Not Pictured: Callie Delph.
Pictured are students with their new belts and certificates after the test. Pictured top row from left: Kid'sInstructor Cassie Bullock, Haley Graves, Alyssa Moore, Logan McClure, Devona Smith, Cager Doan, MelanieMink, Chris Whitehead, Brooke Renner, Gail Hardin, Coby Neal, Assistant Instructor Josh Stallsworth andHead Instructor Master Eric Bullock. Bottom row from left: Autumn Hackler, Jace Rogers, Noah Dennison,Jenna Wells, Jaden Minton, Granville Graves III, Kaleb Whitaker and Sydney Martin.
An old year has passed. One thing is sure: There wasa mixture of experiences in it. There were problems.Some of them were difficult, but some of them weresolved easily. Things did not work out the way somefolk desired, and there was disappointment. On the otherhand, not everything was bad. During the year, manygood things occurred. Some folk experienced numerouspleasant experiences, and for most of us, the old yearwas a pretty good year.
Now, a new year has been given to us. At this point intime, we do not know what it holds. Horatio NelsonPowers called the unfolding year “a path unknown” thatone has to explore day by day. One thing is sure: Whatis unknown now will become known as the days pass.
In terms of an old expression, the beginning of theyear is a time to “turn over a new leaf.” This impliesmaking a new start. To make a new start, one must for-get what is behind, make a radical change, and moveforward into the unknown future looking for, and ex-pecting to find, something better.
The path ahead may not always be easy; things sel-dom are. Neil Gaiman put it in perspective when hewrote: “I hope in the year to come, you make mistakes.Because if you are making mistakes, then you are doingnew things, trying new things, learning, living, pushingyourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’redoing things you’ve never done before, and more impor-tantly, you’re Doing Something.”
Will the unfolding year be everything you want it tobe? I doubt it. But achievement involves believing thebest is possible and reaching for it. Robert Browningput it well when he said, “Ah, a man’s reach should ex-ceed his grasp…or what’s a heaven for?”
We may not know what is ahead, but there is a way toface a new year. We can believe, as Alfred Tennyson,said that “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year tocome, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’”
Circuit Court Judges Jef-frey T. Burdette and DavidA. Tapp and Family CourtJudge Marcus L. Vanover,who represent Lincoln,Pulaski and Rockcastlecounties, participated in the2013 Circuit Judges FallCollege that took place Nov.18-20 in Lexington. The Ad-ministrative Office of theCourts provided the judicialeducation program for thestate’s circuit judges.(Please see the list below forthe names of judges who at-tended the college.)
The judges received up-dates on case law and legis-lation and attended sessionson court technology, bail, e-discovery, and court inter-preting for individuals whoare deaf or non-English-speaking. The judges alsoheard from Chief Justice ofKentucky John D. MintonJr. about trends in the statecourt system.
“While justice remains asthe core of what we do, cer-tain aspects of being a judgehave changed since many ofus took office,” saidJefferson Family CourtJudge Stephen M. George,who was elected presidentof the Kentucky CircuitJudges Association at thecollege. “Today, the makeupof our citizenry is different,technology is part of every-day life and we’re operatingunder a budget crisis. Thesefactors affect the way judgescarry out our duties, and it’simportant that we use theresources that are availableto us to help us better servethe public.”
Circuit judges also hadthe opportunity to attendcourses about problem-solv-ing courts such as VeteransTreatment Courts and DrugCourt, substance abuse is-sues, search and seizure, taxdelinquency, andbankruptcy’s effect on statecourt rulings. Another ses-sion focused on a judge’sresponsibilities in appoint-ing counsel for defendantsand in considering waiversof counsel from defendantswho want to represent them-selves.
Circuit Court is the courtof general jurisdiction thathears civil matters involvingmore than $5,000, capitaloffenses and felonies, di-vorces, adoptions, termina-tion of parental rights, landdispute title cases and con-tested probate cases.
The college also offeredsessions specifically for
Family Court judges aboutchild traumatic stress andrecent federal legislation onchild abuse and neglect andchildren in foster care. Fam-ily Court is a division of Cir-cuit Court. In counties thathave a Family Court, thecourt has primary jurisdic-tion in cases involving fam-ily issues, including di-vorces, adoption, child sup-
Local judges participate in Circuit Judges Fall Collegeport, domestic violence andjuvenile status offenses.
The college included18.75 hours of continuingeducation credit for the cir-
cuit judges. The AOC Divi-sion of Judicial Branch Edu-cation provides continuingeducation for judges and cir-cuit court clerks.
Pleasant Run MissionarySunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 5 p.m.
1st Sunday in Month Church at2 p.m. at Rockcastle
Respiratory CareBro. Gary Bowling, Pastor
Poplar GroveBaptist
145 Richlands Rd. •Brodhead
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 7 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Providence church of Christ1 mile off Hwy. 70 on Hwy. 618
Dan McKibben, Minister758-8524 or 758-9316
Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship
10:30 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.email:
Roundstone BaptistRick Reynolds, Pastor
606-256-0306Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Night 7 p.m.
Sand Hill BaptistChurch
Sand Hill Rd.Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Night 5:00 p.m.Thursday Night 6 p.m.Pastor Tommy Miller
Sand Springs BaptistDirections: Take Hwy 1249, goexactly 5 miles, church on right
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 6 p.m.Pastor: Bro. Eugene Gentry
Scaffold CaneBaptist
Chris Cobb, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Night 7 p.m.
Union ChapelPentecostal
1505 Union Chapel Rd.Brodhead, Ky.
Letcher Napier, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Thursday Evening 7:00 p.m.United Gospel
Church of Christ4 miles off US 25 on Wildie Rd.
Church welcomes everyoneSunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m.Wildie Christian
Church1478 Wildie Rd. • Wildie
606-256-4494Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:55 a.m.Family Fellowship 6 p.m.
Bible Study 6 p.m.Bro. Gary Pettyjohn, Pastor
Mount Vernon606-256-2500
McKee606-287-8390
Somerset606-451-2274
24 Hour Information Line 1-800-530-8561
Brodhead606-758-8212
Rockcastle ProfessionalPharmacy
Newcomb Ave. • Mt. Vernon606-256-4613
Open Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Sat., 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Free Delivery”
Believers House of Prayer156 Scenic View Lane
U.S. 25 N, left at 18 mile markerRenfro Valley, Ky.
Sabbath School Sat. 10 -11 a.m.Morning Worship 11 a.m.Evening Worship 7 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Pastor: Bill [email protected]
Berea Gospel Tabernacle131 US 25 South
Berea, KYTuesday Night 7 p.m.Sunday Night 6 p.m.
Pastor: Ralph ChasteenBible Baptist Church
100 Higher Ground (off US 25)Mount Vernon, Ky.
Church Phone 606-256-5913e-mail: www.biblebaptist.org
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship/Children’s
Church 11 a.m.Sunday Night Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.
Video services Tues., Thurs., &Sat. at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Channel 3 - New WaveCable Channel 5 in Berea andRichmond 1 p.m. Wednesdays
Pastor: Don StaytonAssociate Pastor/Youth:
Bro. Jeremy EllisKids for Christ
Children’s Ministry:Bro. Jarrod Amyx
Secretary: Jo RobertsMusic Director: Dan Dull
Blue SpringsChurch of Christ
7 miles south of Mt. Vernon onHwy. 1249 (Sand Springs Rd)
Services:Sundays 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Preaching BrethrenZade McClure, Gary Reppert,
Marcus ReppertContact Info:
Marcus Reppert104 Byrda Way • Mt. Vernon, Ky.
[email protected] of Christ Church100 High St. Mt. Vernon
Sundays 6:00 p.m.Thursdays 7:00 p.m.
Pastor Darlisa Holder606-416-7136606-379-6335
Brodhead Baptist ChurchCorner of Silver & Maple St.
Brodhead, Ky. 40409606-758-8316
Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m. &
7 p.m.(Nursery Provided)
Sunday Youth Bible Study5 p.m.
Wednesday Adult & YouthWorship/Bible Study 7 p.m.
Children’s Programs:RAs & GAs
Mission Friends andCreative Ministry
Ralph Baker, PastorBrodhead Christian
Church237 W. Main St. Brodhead
606-758-8721Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Tracy Valentine, Preacher606-758-8662
Cell 606-305-8980
Church DirectoryBrodhead Church of God
Hwy. 3245 • Brodhead758-8216
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday evening 7 p.m.Terry Orcutt, Pastor
Brush CreekHoliness Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 7 p.m.
Tuesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.Special Service 1st Sunday or
each month at 11 a.m.Lonnie Reese McGuire,
PastorBuffalo Baptist ChurchLocated 15 miles south ofMt. Vernon on Hwy. 1249
(Sand Springs Rd.)606-256-4988
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Tim Owens, Pastor
Calloway Baptist Church76 Calloway Branch Rd.(Off US 25) • CallowaySunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 6 p.m.George Renner, Pastor
256-8812 • 606-224-4641Central Baptist Church
86 Maintenance Rd.Mt. Vernon, KY 40456
606-256-2988centralbaptistky.orgPastor: Mark Eaton
Home of “Central BaptistChristian Academy”K-12 Private School
“Central Time” RadioBroadcast
WRVK 1460AMMonday -Friday 11:15 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning and
Children’s Church 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study,
Prayer Meeting and “Patchthe Pirate Club” 7 p.m.
Transportation and Nurseryprovided for all services
Mark Eaton, PastorChurch of Christ at
Chestnut Ridge2 miles south of Mt. Vernon
Turn left off US Hwy 25Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.Bro. Ova Baker
Bro. Dale McNewBro. Philip Scott
Church of Christ onFairground Hill
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.Different speaker each
SundayClimax Christian Church
Hwy. 1912308-2806 - 256-4138 - 256-5977
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Wade Johnson, Minister
Climax Holiness ChurchSunday Night Worship 6 p.m.
Thursday Nights 7 p.m.3rd Sat. of every month at
7 p.m.
Conway MissionaryBaptist
U.S. 25 betweenMount Vernon and BereaSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Worship6 p.m.
Wed. Prayer Service andBible Study 7 p.m.Youth Meetings:Sunday 5 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Bobby Turner, Pastor
606-758-4007Crab Orchard Pentecostal
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Tuesday Evening 7 p.m.Pastor: Donald King
606-355-7595Crossroads
Assembly of GodHwy. 150 • Brodhead
Bro. Steven Vanhook, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship
6:00 p.m.Wednesday Night 7 p.m.
Dixie Park Cornerstone700 N. Powell St. Berea, Ky.
859-623-8292 • 859-985-2484
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6p.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Gene Smith, Pastor
Fairview Baptist Church520 Fairview Loop Road
Mount Vernon, Ky.Sunday Services
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Children’s Choir 6 p.m.
Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.Sunday Adult Choir 8 p.m.
Wednesday ServicesCreative Ministry 6 p.m.
Bible Study 7 p.m.Youth Ministry QUEST 7 p.m.
RAs and GAs 7 p.m.Mission Friends 6 p.m.Vaughn Rasor, Pastor
606-256-3722email: [email protected] Chapel Pentecostal
S. Wilderness RoadMount Vernon, Ky.
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Saturday Service 7 p.m.Jack Carpenter, PastorFirst Baptist Church
340 West Main StreetMt. Vernon, Ky. 606-256-2922
Neal Thornton, PastorJesse Wright,
Assoc. Pastor/Youthwebsite: www.fbcmvkyorg
email:[email protected] Services: 8:30 a.m.,
10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.Wednesdays: AWANA and
Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m.Live Broadcast WRVK 1460AM
Sundays at 11 a.m.Broadcast on New Wave CableChannel 3 Tues., Thurs. & Sun-day at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.
First Christian ChurchWest Main St. Mt. Vernon
606-256-2876Bro. Bruce Ross, PastorSunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.Flat Rock Missionary
Baptist504 Maple Grove Rd. Hwy. 1004
Orlando, Ky.Sunday School 10 a.m.
Fellowship Hour 11 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.Thursday Night Visiting 7 p.m.
Contact: Doris Brown606-256-0188
Freedom Baptist ChurchFreedom School Rd.
Mt. VernonSunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Discipleship Training 6 p.m.Sunday Evening Worship
7 p.m.Wednesday Evening PrayerMeeting & Youth/Children
Classes 7 p.m.www.freedomsbc.com
email:[email protected]: David Sargent
606-256-2968God’s Church of Zion
35 McFerron St.Mt. Vernon, KY
Wed. Night 7 p.m.Sunday School 2 p.m.
Sunday Worship 3 p.m.
Hickory GrovePentecostal Church
Hwy. 1505 (6 miles from Brodhead)Brodhead,Ky.
Randal Adams, PastorYouth Pastor, Scott Adams
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sun. & Wed. Evening 7 p.m.Lighthouse Assembly of
GodHwy. 1004 • Orlando, Ky.
Tim Hampton, Pastor606-256-4884 • 606308-2342
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship
11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Tues. Night Intercessory Prayer7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Bible Study7 p.m.
Little Country ChurchJarber Rd.
Turn left off Rev. Green Looponto Jarber Rd.
Jack Weaver, PastorSunday 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Livingston BaptistSunday School 10 a.m.Adult Classes Available
Worship Service 11 a.m.Bro. Steve McKinney, Pastor
606-758-4097email: [email protected]
Livingston ChristianChurch
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Arthur Hunt, Minister
Livingston PentecostalHoliness Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
Jim Miller, Pastor606-256-1709
Macedonia BaptistScaffold Cane RoadMount Vernon, Ky.
Bro. Barry Hurst, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Maple Grove Baptist
Hwy. 1004 (Big Cave Road)Orlando, Ky. • 606-256-1873
Bro. Jerry Owens, Pastor Home Phone 606-256-3075
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship
11 a.m.WRVK Broadcast 2 p.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Maretburg Baptist
Church2617 New Brodhead Rd.Mt. Vernon, KY 40456Wayne Harding, Pastor
Phone: 256-8844Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sun. Morning Worship 11 a.m.Sun. Discipleship Training/
Sunday Youth Missions6 p.m.
Sunday Worship 7 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.www.maretburgbaptist.org
[email protected] Chapel Baptist
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Jerry Ballinger, Pastor
Mt. Vernon Church of God1025 W Main St.
Mount Vernon, Ky.Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
Bobby Owens, Pastor859-986-1317
Mt. Vernon Church ofthe Nazarene
40 Fair Street • Mt. VernonSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.David Smith, Pastor
Mt. Zion Baptist Church606-308-3293
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 5 p.m.
New Hope Baptist ChurchJct. 1797 New Hope Tower Rd.
OrlandoSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Bro. David Carpenter, PastorNorthside Baptist Church
777 Faith Mountain Rd.(Off 461 bypass) Mt. Vernon
606-256-5577Sunday
Sunday School 10 a.m.Morning Worship 11 a.m.Children’s Church 11 a.m.Hispanic Services 6 p.m.Evening Worship 6 p.m.
WednesdayAdult & Youth Worship 7 p.m.New Wave Cable (KET2 ch. 3)
Tues., Thurs., Sun.9 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m.
Ottawa Baptist Church1074 Ottawa Rd. • Brodhead
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Children’s Church 11 a.m.Sunday Discipleship
Training/Youth MissionGroups 6 p.m.
Wednesday ServicesYouth Choir 6 p.m.
Children’s & Youth Bible Study6:45 p.m. • Service 7 p.m.
Jim Craig, Pastor • [email protected] Lady of Mt. Vernon
Catholic Church515 Williams St (across from MVES)
Mount Vernon, Ky.606-256-4170Mass Times:
Tuesdays at 5 p.m.Sabbath Mass: Sat., 5 p.m.
Holy Days 5 p.m.Fr. Frank Brawner, Pastor
Sister Joyce Moeller,Pastoral Associate
Philadelphia UnitedBaptist
834 Bryant Ridge Rd. BrodheadSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Saturday Service 7 p.m.Gordon Mink, Pastor
606-256-9724Pine Hill Holiness
5216 S. Wilderness Rd.Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456Chris Davidson, Pastor
256-5955www.pinehillholiness.com
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sun. Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Worship7:00 p.m.
WRVK (1460 AM) BroadcastNoon Sundays
Pine Hill MissionaryBaptist Church
81 Limeplant Hollow RoadMt. Vernon, Ky. 40456
Bro. Clyde Miller, Pastor859-986-1579
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Discipleship Training 5:30 p.m.Sunday Evening Worship
6:00 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting &
Youth Service at 7:00 p.m.Prayer Partners Ladies Meetingmonthly every 2nd Tues. at 6:30 p.m.
Open:10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
7 Days a Week
U.S. 25 N - Mt. Vernon
606-256-4910
Brodhead PharmacyMain Street • Brodhead
606-758-4373Howard Saylor
PharmacistDavid Collins
Owner
Open:9:30 to 6:30Mon. - Fri.
“We Deliver County Wide”
Collins RespiratoryCare
Main Street • Brodhead
606-758-9333Home Health Equipment & Supplies
Insurance & Medicare AcceptedOwners: David Collins & Shelly Clements
All-U-Can-EatLeg & Thigh Meal w/ drink only 819
8 Piece Feast2 sides - 4 biscuits - 12 cookies for 1999
Call changes toChurch Directory
to 256-2244
Church News Deadlineis Noon Tuesday
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AUCTIONConsignment
Farm Machinery Sale
Blue Grass Stockyardsof Richmond
Saturday, January 11th9:00 a.m.
Location of Sale:Northside Equipment
200 Automotive Dr. • Richmond, KYTo consign machinery, contact:Bluegrass Stockyards Richmond
office 859-623-1280348 K Street, Richmond, KY 40475
Jim Dause: 859-314-7211Mike Isaacs (Auctioneer): 859-314-1953
Darrell Tate 859-893-8283Warren Combs: 859-200-0102Sharon Isaacs 859-314-8321
The 8th grade RCMS Student YMCA Club officers visited Citizen's Bank before heading to their annualKentucky Youth Assembly. The bank provided imprinted portfolios for the 54 members to use during theconference. Pictured are: Student YMCA Vice-President Jackson Cromer, Treasurer Joseph Cowan, Citizen'sBank representative Joan Edgington, Club Secretary Sarah Roberts and President Lauryn Carpenter.
By: Doug PonderThe Rockcastle County
Rockets varsity basketballteam had a very successfulrun during their Christmasbreak.
The Rockets went 5-3 intwo different holiday tour-naments and won the PineMountain Classic tourna-ment with out the servicesof senior CoreyMcPhetridge suffering fromhamstring injury. HeadCoach Benny Blanton saidthat if everything goes asplanned with rehabilitationthey are hoping to haveMcPhetridge back on thecourt before the season isover.
The Rockets started offthe holiday series with aregular season 73-62 winover the Eminence Warriorsand a 58-43 loss to the AdairCounty Indians.
In the Eminence win, theRockets were led by juniorSam Pensol who scored 23points which included animpressive 13 out of 14 freethrows including 10 for 10in the fourth quarter. SeniorJosh Mason was next with17, freshmen Lucas Gentryand Carson Noble and se-nior Gage Reynolds were allcredited with 8 each, juniorDakota Hasty had 7, and se-nior Tyler Harper scored 2.
During the Adair Countyloss, the Rockets were ledin scoring by Mason with14, Noble scored 9, Gentryhad 5, Reynolds got 4 andHarper, Hasty, Pensol andjunior Blake Mullins wereall credited with 3 each.
The Rockets then trav-eled to Berea to play in theBerea Invitational tourna-ment where they lost by 9points to the Powell CountyPirates 59-50 in the firstround. However, theybested the Madison South-ern Eagles 75-65 in the sec-ond round. The Rocketswould then lose the finalgame of the tournament tothe Somerset Briar Jumpers69-59.
In the opening gameagainst Powell County, theRockets were led by Pensolwith 15 points, Hasty wasnext with 10, Harper andReynolds had 6 each,Mullins scored 5 and Masonand Noble were both cred-ited with 4 pooints.
During the Madison
Southern game, the Rocketswere led by Gentry who hada career high 16 points,Noble was next with a ca-reer high 13 points, Mullinsscored 12, Mason andReynolds made 8 each,Hasty got 7, Harper had 6and Pensol 5.
In the last game of theBerea Invitational, Pensolonce again led the Rocketsin scoring with 19, Masonand Harper both had 8 each,Gentry and Hasty scored 6each and Reynolds got 2.
The Rockets then headedto Pineville to play in thePine Mountain Classic tour-nament where they went un-defeated in three games andwon the tournament.
In the opening round, theRockets won a close gameagainst the Pineville Moun-tain Lions 65-60. After thePineville win the Rocketswould cruise throughout therest of the tournament withan 81-63 win against theMiddlesboro Yellow Jacketsin the second round and awin in the championshipgame with another score of81-63 this time over theEminence Warriors.
During the Pinevillegame, the Rockets were ledin scoring by Pensol andMason who had 14 pointseach, Hasty was next with13, Noble got 11, Gentry 10,freshman Dylan Rowescored 2 and Reynolds had1.
In the second roundgame against Middlesboro,three Rocket players had 16points or more with Hastyleading with a career high29 points which includedfive 3 point baskets. Gentrytopped his recent careerhigh of 16 with 18 points,Pensol was next with 16,Mason had 8, Harper scored6 and Reynolds got 4.
During the final gameagainst Eminence, theRockets were once again ledby Hasty with 20 points,Mason was next with 18,Pensol had 14, Noble andGentry both got 8 each,Reynolds scored 7, Harper4 and sophomore AlexSpragens 2.
The Rockets will join theLady Rockets for a doubleheader at home this Fridaynight when they take on theCasey County Rebels. Tip-off for the Rockets game is7:30 p.m.
By: Doug PonderThe Rockcastle County
Lady Rockets have gone 1and 5 over the past twoweeks after playing in theEdmonton State Bank La-dies Showcase and theBourbon County Holidaytournament.
The Lady Rockets holi-day break series started nFriday, December 20thwhen they traveled to Co-lumbia for a regular seasonmatchup against the AdairCounty Lady Indians. TheLady Rockets ended up los-ing the game 68-58.
In the first quarter, theLady Rockets jumped out toan early 16-14 lead. How-ever, the Lady Indians putup 20 points in the secondquarter giving them a 34-28lead at the half.
After halftime, the LadyIndians extended their leadto 49-42 in the third quarterand held on for the win inthe fourth quarter 68-58.
Freshman Hope Kelleyled the Lady Rockets inscoring with 15, freshmanMahala Saylor was nextwith 14, senior KaylaReynolds scored 10, juniorAlaina Coguer and sopho-more Morgan Renner wereboth credited with 7 points,junior Amelia Eversole had4 and sophomore AshleyMcKinney got 1.
After the Adair Countyloss, the Lady Rockets trav-eled to Glasgow to play onegame in the Edmonton StateBank Ladies Showcase andcame away with a 62-39loss to the CumberlandCounty Lady Panthers.
The score remained rela-tively close in the first halfas the Lady Panthers led 12-
5 at the end of the first quar-ter and 28-21 at the half.
In the second half, theLady Rockets stalled trail-ing 42-29 at the end of thethird quarter and the LadyIndians put the game awayin the fourth quarter with afinal score of 62-39.
Eversole led the LadyRockets in scoring duringthe Cumberland Countygame with 10 points,Coguer and Renner both had8, senior Brianna Hanselwas next with 3 and Saylor,Reynolds, McKinney, fresh-man Jayna Albright andfreshman Emily Payne wereall credited with 2 pointseach.
The Lady Rockets thenheaded to Bourbon Countyto play in the BourbonCounty Holiday tournamentand came away with onewin and three losses.
After losing a toughgame to the NicholasCounty Lady Jackets 71-52in the first round the LadyRockets lost another heart-breaker to the NelsonCounty Lady Cards 60-54.
However, the LadyRockets also lost Eversole inthe Nelson County game toa suspected ACL injury. Theamount of time she will beout as a result of her injurywas still unknown at thetime of publication.
The Lady Rockets re-bounded after the NicholasCounty and Nelson Countylosses for a much-needed61-48 win over the KnoxCentral Lady Panthers in thethird round but then lost tothe Leslie County LadyEagles 70-44 in their finalgame.
In the opening game
against Nicholas County,Eversole led the Lady Rock-ets with an impressive 18points, Renner was nextwith 7, Coguer and seniorKelsey Mattingly both had5 pooints, Saylor and Kelleyscored 4 each, Payne got 3,freshman Maddie Bullen 2and Reynolds and Albrighthad 1 each.
During the NelsonCounty game, Renner ledthe Lady Rockets in scoringwith a career high 19 points,Saylor was next with 7,Coguer and Eversole werecredited with 6 each,Reynolds and Albright eachscored 5, Kelley got 3,McKinney 2 and Payne 1.
For the third round winagainst Knox Central, theLady Rockets were led by
Rockets winPine MountainClassic Tourney
Lady Rockets struggle in holiday break gamesCoguer with 11, Reynolds,Saylor and McKinney allhad 10 each, Albright scored7, Payne got 2 andMattingly 1.
During the final game ofthe tournament againstLeslie County, Kelley ledthe Lady Rockets in scoringwith 13, Coguer was nextwith 8, Reynolds got 5,Saylor and Payne werecredited with 4 each, Rennerhad 3, McKinney, Hanseland Albright scored 2 eachand Mattingly got 1.
For the Lady Rocketsnext game they will join theRockets for a double headerat home this Friday night asthey take on the CaseyCounty Rebels. Tip-off forthe Lady Rockets game is at6 p.m.
Earlier this year, OutdoorLife magazine picked Ken-tucky as the nation’s topspot for trophy white-taileddeer.
The state produced 42 re-ported entries into theBoone and Crockett Clubrecord book in 2012.
“We’ve got more hunt-ing opportunities now thanwe’ve ever had,” said KarenWaldrop, wildlife directorfor the Kentucky Depart-ment of Fish and WildlifeResources. “And we’re na-tionally recognized as a deerdestination.”
While it won’t be knownuntil later if hunters in Ken-tucky have topped that tro-phy mark this year, theyhave certainly enjoyed an-other record deer harvest.
Kentucky Fish andWildlife’s website(fw.ky.gov) reported139,228 deer telechecked asof Dec. 26, up almost 6 per-cent from last year’s over-all harvest record. That to-tal could climb some more.
An unprecedented deerseason stands as one of thedepartment’s highlights in2013.
The ongoing efforts byKentucky Fish and Wildlifeto restore the state’s bob-white quail population andthe expansion of Big RiversWildlife Management Area(WMA) and State Forest inwestern Kentucky as well asnew regulations permittingnight coyote hunting are allaccomplishments of thewildlife division.
In addition, wildlife bi-ologists continued their
Kentucky Field Outdoors Highlights of 2013work with University ofKentucky graduate studentson separate researchprojects focused on thestate’s restored elk herd.
“We want to sustain theherd to where we have ahuntable population, allowthe maximum opportunityfor hunters and still have ahealthy herd that behavesand acts like an elk herdshould,” said Gabe Jenkins,wildlife biologist for Ken-tucky Fish and Wildlife.
Fieldwork for a four-yearresearch project focused onassessing lifespan, identify-ing causes of death andtracking movement justwrapped up. The study alsoidentified elk habitat useand food sources.
A cow elk study, startedlast winter when 40 adultcow elk received radio col-lars and ear tags, is lookingnot only at the lifespan ofcows but also at the socialstructure of the herd, repro-ductive success and mortal-ity factors.
“As an agency, we’regoing to continue to try tokeep this up for a while,”Jenkins said. “So even whenthe students are finishedwith their work, we havesome things that we want tolook at and address. We’regoing to continue to deploycollars and try to keep upwith that sample size for awhile at least.”
This past year also sawopportunities for bear hunt-ing expand in Kentucky.
The bear zone now en-compasses a 16-county re-gion, a separate archery/
crossbow season was estab-lished and the first bearquota hunt with dogs wasinitiated. Hunters met theirquota of 10 bears during theinaugural archery/crossbowseason, with the largest a375-pound male taken witha crossbow in WayneCounty.
Fisheries Division Di-rector Ron Brooks noted thecontinued efforts to bluntthe advancement of Asiancarp as one of the division’skey areas of focus in 2013.
Commercial anglers net-ted almost 83,000 pounds ofAsian carp over a two-daytournament held in Marchon Kentucky and Barkleylakes. Bighead and silvercarp reproduce quickly andgorge on plankton thatforms the base of the aquaticfood chain.
The department alsoworked to stem the Asiancarp’s migration up theOhio River.
“We contracted fisher-men to fish in the Greenupand Meldahl pools prima-rily,” Brooks said. “Welearned a lot about the num-bers of Asian carp in thosepools and what we need todo moving forward on thatleading edge project.”
Trophy catfish in theOhio River attracted atten-tion this year.
Kentucky Fish and Wild-life engaged in a projectwith agencies from Indianaand Illinois and two out-of-state universities to deter-mine the population statusof blue, flathead and chan-nel catfish in the Ohio River
and whether trophy-sizedcatfish were being overhar-vested.
“The trophy fishermen,the folks that like to go tothe tournaments have allbeen saying for severalyears that the number of bigfish is going down,” Brookssaid. “The pay lake indus-try, coincidentally, has beengoing up in terms of inter-est for having commercialfishermen bring them tro-phy-sized fish. They’ve gota trophy component at paylakes now.
“We got a bit concernedthat the data we had prior tolast year was maybe insuf-ficient to look at size. So weput together a project and itshowed us that there weresome potential issues in theupper portion of the river.”
Earlier this month, theKentucky Fish and WildlifeCommission voted in favorof new restrictions to limitthe number of trophy catfishthat can be taken daily bycommercial fisherman andsportfish anglers.
Legislative approval isneeded before the restric-tions become law. If passed,anglers fishing on a sportfishing license would be al-lowed to keep one blue andflathead catfish more than35 inches long and onechannel catfish more than28 inches long on the OhioRiver with no daily creellimit on fish under thoselimits.
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Cumberland.The Army Corps of En-
gineers dropped the waterlevel in the lake in 2007 toease pressure on WolfCreek Dam because it wasat risk of failing. With re-pairs to the dam nearingcompletion, the Corpsraised the lake to 705 feetabove sea level this pastspring and could return it toits normal 723 feet abovesea level next year.
“The water level has in-creased to about half ofwhat we lost in 2007. Theydid that earlier than wasplanned,” Brooks said.“That helped the stripedbass fishery and probablyhelped the trout fishery be-low in the tailwater aswell.”
The Fishing In Neigh-borhoods (FINs) programexpanded this year and nowincludes 39 lakes, he noted.Also of note was the expan-sion and renovation of thePfeiffer Fish Hatchery, oneof two hatcheries ownedand operated by KentuckyFish and Wildlife.
“We added eight moreacres of ponds and a prettylarge, intensive rearingbuilding as well,” Brookssaid. “That will help us.Our goal is to increase pro-duction out of that hatcheryby 20 percent.”
These important 2013accomplishments willbring better hunting andfishing in the future. Theyalso will improve overallfish and wildlife popula-tions for the enjoyment ofall Kentuckians.
Kevin Kelly joined Ken-tucky Fish and Wildlife inDecember 2013. His jour-nalism career has includedstops at daily newspapers inCincinnati, Ohio, St. Pe-tersburg, Fla. and Charles-ton, S.C. He is an avid an-gler with a passion formuskellunge and streamfishing.
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Rockcastle County Middle School students recently participated in the GuysGeared up for Technology, Engineering, Computers, and Science (G2-TECS)Conference at Somerset Community College. G2-TECS was created as a way toencourage male students to consider mathematics-oriented and science-orientedcareers, to gain confidence in doing mathematics and science and to take ad-vanced level mathematics and science courses in high school. Pictured are, frontfrom left: John Lear, Christian Palomera and Samuel Brickley. Back row fromleft: Jarrod Isaiah Amyx, Logan Miller and Jackson Cromer.
The modern gun deerseason in Kentucky endedweeks ago and the latemuzzleloader season closesthis weekend.
The holidays are a goodtime to check one item offyour to-do list: ensuringyour rifle is clean and in tip-top shape for the next hunt-ing season.
“If you want your rifle tolast longer, the best way todo that is to keep it fromgetting rusty,” said BillBalda, an expert marksmanand the Hunter EducationSupervisor for the Ken-tucky Department of Fishand Wildlife Resources.“The best way to keep itfrom getting rusty is toclean and lubricate it. As aresult, you get to know yourrifle better and you knowit’s in safe working condi-tion.”
A well-maintained riflecan last generations andwill perform better overtime. Neglecting routinemaintenance can lead to abuildup of gunpowder resi-due and metal fouling.
“The simplest way to un-load a muzzleloader is tofire it into a safe backstop.But the residue from burntblack powder and even itssubstitutes is extremely cor-rosive,” said MarkMarraccini, Kentucky Fishand Wildlife spokesmanand a muzzleloader crafts-man. “If you leave that in-side the barrel for very longit would be just like dippingany piece of steel into cor-rosive acid or salt. It’s go-ing to start etching its wayinto the steel immediately.”
Marraccini warnsagainst creating pits in thebarrel. “They will affect ac-curacy later and could makeyour muzzleloader unsafe,”he said.
Before undertaking anycleaning routine, first makesure the rifle is not loaded.
For centerfire rifles,Balda suggests cleaning thebarrel with patches wet withgun cleaner first, then, a wetbrush for five to 10 passes.
After the initial cleaning,continue to use dry patchesuntil they come out clean.A light coat of oil then canbe applied in the bore.
“If you want to removecopper buildup after shoot-ing 500 to 1,000 rounds,there are chemical cleanersthat can be used. I use a borepaste, which is like ajeweler’s paste. It has gritin it that is harder than cop-per but not hard enough toscore the steel of the bar-rel,” Balda said. “Most liq-uid cleaners have ammoniain them. When you run thatpatch through and take itout and it has blue on it thatmeans you have copper inthe barrel. I would firstbrush it out and then goahead and patch it dry.Then, put bore paste on an-other patch and scrub it inthere. You can go back andforth, particularly at thethroat, seven or eighttimes.”
Balda recommends plac-ing a piece of wood on theend of the barrel to preventthe cleaning rod from com-ing out.
“When you pull that out,that paste is going to lookblack no matter what,” hesaid. “Then check it with awet patch. If the wet patchis blue, there still is copperpresent. Then, you have tokeep doing it. Even if youonly get half the copper outof it, it will still shoot bet-ter.”
While you’re at it, checkthe bedding screws. Woodstocks tend to shrink andswell with changing envi-ronmental conditions andthat can loosen thosescrews. For pesky screwsthat refuse to stay tight,Balda suggests securingthem with blue Loctite.
If your rifle is a bolt ac-tion, Balda suggests remov-ing the bolt and cleaning thebolt face and the receiverinside the action with atoothbrush-style cleaningbrush. Then, wipe with alight coat of oil. Wipe downthe outside of the rifle andclean the lenses on thescope.
For muzzleloaders, hotsoapy water effectively cutsthrough black powder resi-due and the heat from thewater helps dry remainingmoisture inside of the bar-rel after running a dry patchthrough it, Marraccini ex-plained.
If you can remove thebarrel, set the base of it in
the water and work thecleaning rod similar to aplunger.
“When you can run a drypatch down it and it comesout entirely clean, then Ilike to put some naturalgreases on; Bore Butter isone brand of it. There areother brands out there, too,”Marraccini said. “You putit on a patch and run itdown there until you’re sat-isfied that you’ve got acoating on the inside of thebarrel.”
Treat the exterior of amuzzleloader the same asyou would any rifle: wipeit dry and remove any fin-gerprints.
“Hunters know whatkind of weather they wereout in,” Marraccini said.“That water finds ways toget in all the cracks that youcan’t see. As much asyou’re comfortable disas-sembling it and cleaning it,it’s good for the gun. Itmakes good sense to cleanit and take care of it.”
With flintlockmuzzleloaders, he advisescleaning the area aroundthe lock. On a percussioncap muzzleloader, a nipplepick and a nipple wrenchhelp clean hard-to-reachareas.
“Even if you cleaned thebarrel really good, on someof those, if you don’t cleanthe residue out of the nipplechannel, that will corrodeand when you go to load itnext year it won’t fire,”Marraccini said.
Once clean, it’s ready tobe stored in a gun safe.
“Put a big bag of desic-cant or a dehumidifier inthere,” Balda said. “If youput a wet gun in a gun safewithout any desiccant or adehumidifying rod, theother guns are going to getrusted. You don’t wantthat.”
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Three morefile for office
Three more candidateshave filed to run for officein this year’s county elec-tion.
Filing were: Shawn DSimmons (R) for sheriffMichael L. Smith (R) for 5thdistrict magistrate and in-cumbent Chris Mason for5th district constable.
Thirty-two candidateshad filed at the time of pub-lication. The filing deadlinefor candidates is TuesdayJanuary 28th.
Weather systembrings snow andfrigid tempsto Rockcastle
Traffic was light on Coffey Cemetery Road inBrodhead Monday morning as a Polar Vortexweather system moved through RockcastleCounty this past week, bringing sub-zero tem-peratures to most of the country. Local Weath-erman Bud Cox reported an official low of -6degrees on Monday with wind chills as low as-25 degrees. Meteorologists warned that if youstay outside more than 30 minutes in negativedegree temperatures any exposed skin will befrostbitten. Community Trust Bank’s time/temperature clock showed a negative 12 de-grees on Tuesday morning. The weather gaveRockcastle County students an extra five daysoff this past week. Combined with Christmasbreak, school has not been in session sinceWednesday, December 18th.
Brindle Ridge Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire on Lambert Road Tuesday afternoon.Authorities say the home was totally engulfed in flames when they arrived and was a total loss. Firefightersalso said they struggled in the frigid temperatures as their water lines kept freezing up. No one was injured inthe fire and the identity of the homeowners had not been released at the time of publication.
Three people arrested for holdingtwo men hostage at gunpoint
Track coachMark Brummettinducted intoHall of Fame
By: Doug PonderThe RCHS girls track and cross country head coach
was inducted into the Kentucky Track and Cross Coun-try Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the annualKTCCCA Awards Banquet in Lexington recently.
Head Coach Mark Brummett was one of three Ken-tucky high school track and cross country head coachesinducted into the KTCCCA Hall of Fame.
Brummett has been the RCHS girls track and crosscountry head coach for seventeen years. During his ten-ure as head coach, the high school track team has wonten regional championships and the cross country teamhas won six regional championships. The track team hasalso finished runners-up five times in the regional cham-pionship and the cross country team has finished run-ners-up three times in the regional championship whileBrummett was head coach.
The RCHS girls indoor track team has also won sixclass 2A indoor state championships and received tworunners-up trophies under Brummett’s tenure and theoutdoor track team has received two state runners-up tro-phies. With Brummett as the head coach, the high schoolcross country team also finished as state runner-up in2004 and 2005.
On the individual level, Brummett said he has coachedaround fifty indoor and outdoor state champions and over
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By: Doug PonderRockcastle County felt
more like the Antarctic thispast week as a polar vortexweather system broughtsnow and frigid tempera-tures.
According to localweatherman Bud Cox, therewas an accumulation of oneinch of snow last Friday andanother inch of snow Mon-day.
However, the worstweather experience forRockcastle Countians camewith the varying tempera-tures this past week. Coxreported a high of 55 de-grees on Sunday and a lowof -6 degrees on Mondaywith wind chills as low as -25 degrees.
The weather gave
Rockcastle County studentsan extra five days added totheir Christmas break, as aresult of the weather systemthat pushed its way acrossthe state. Combined withChristmas break, school hasnot been in session sinceWednesday, December18th.
Rockcastle CountySchools have now missed atotal of six days during the2013-2014 calendar year asa result of either snow, iceor frigid temperatures. Thelast day of school was origi-nally scheduled for May13th. However, it is nowscheduled for May 22nd inorder to make up for the sixmissed school days.
Police arrest manon the run afterstealing ammo
Local storerobbed atknifepoint
By: Doug PonderThree people have been
arrested, following a rob-bery at knifepoint at aConway store last Friday.
Arrested were AmandaKay Gadd, 31, of Crab Or-chard; Michael David Rich-
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By: Doug PonderRockcastle County’s
most recently founded firedepartment is taking appli-cations for firefighters.
Climax Volunteer FireDepartment board memberKen Holt said the fire de-partment currently has thir-teen certified firefighters ontheir roster and that theywould like to have at leasttwenty-five.
Holt said that those inter-ested in joining the depart-ment as a firefighter can at-tend their annual board
meeting next Friday at 5:30p.m. The meeting will beheld at the firehouse on7436 Climax Brush CreekRoad (Hwy 1912) in Or-lando. He also said thoseinterested in joining can alsoattend their next trainingsession at the Climaxfirehouse this Friday at 6:30p.m.
According to CountyJudge/Executive, the firehouse at Climax is nearingcompletion. Thus far,
By: Doug PonderA man, who was on the
run from police suspected ofstealing a large amount ofammunition in October, wascaptured last Wednesday af-ternoon at a residence onFloyd Street in Mt. Vernon.
Arrested at the scene wasMitchell Dale Dooley, 29 ofMt. Vernon.
According to Mt. VernonPolice reports, Chief BrianCarter and Assistant ChiefBarry Adams received infor-mation that Dooley was atthe residence.
While Adams knockedon the front door of the resi-dence, Carter walked to theback door in case Dooleytried to flee from the backof the residence on foot.
Moments later, Dooleyclimbed out of a side win-dow of the residence andbegan to flee on foot. Carterpursued and arrested Dooleyat the scene after having tosubdue him with a Tasergun.
Warrants for Dooley’s ar-rest were originally issuedafter an ongoing investiga-tion of a large ammunitionburglary that occurred inOctober at a residence onBee Lick Road in Quail.
According to theRockcastle County Sheriff’sDepartment, a variety of
By: Doug PonderThree people were ar-
rested last Wednesday afterthey held two people hos-
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tage at gunpoint at a resi-dence on Clark Street in Mt.Vernon.
Arrested at the scenewere: Charles Abney, 21, ofMt. Vernon; MichaelAdkins, 20, of Berea andBridgette Lashay Denny,19, of Brodhead.
According to Mt. VernonPolice reports, AssistantChief Barry Adams andDeputy Sheriff Matt Bryantwent to the scene, after re-ceiving a call about twopeople being held hostage atgunpoint at Abney’s resi-dence.
Through a broken shadeof the living room window,
officers saw two men sittingon the couch with Abneyand Adkins and Denny sit-ting in chairs. They also ob-served that the chairs wereplaced in front of the couch
in a semi-circle to allegedlyprevent the two men fromescaping the residence.
When officers knocked
ammunition, worth ap-proximately $10,000, wasstolen from the residenceThousands of reload cas-ings, gunpowder, pistolprimers, shotgun primersand a role of electrical wirewere stolen as well.
Upon investigation, po-lice arrested StephanieSheldrick, 21, of Mt.Vernon after police noticedwhat appeared to be anabandoned vehicle in a fieldnext to Full Gospel Houseof Care Church on Hurri-cane School Road in Mt.Vernon.
When officers ap-proached the vehicle, they
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Three bedroom, 2 bathmobile home at 330 Will-iams St. Electricity and wa-ter included. $600 a month/$250 deposit. Call 606-308-4983. 3x1pHouse in Mt. Vernon. 670W. Main St. Has livingroom, 2 BR, kitchen, bath,built-on back porch. No ap-pliances. Electric heat. Nopets. 758-8491. 3x2Apartment in Mt. Vernon.2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Nopets. Reference reqired.$600 month, includes allutilities. Deposit required.606-308-2319. 52xntfTrailer on Hwy. 618 on alarge lot. Recently remod-eled. Hardwood floorsthroughout and all appli-ances included. $350 de-posit/$350 per month. Call606-308-3847. 50xntfDuplex in Brodhead. Allappliances furnished. CallPatty. 758-9666. 46xntfHouse and Trailer inBrodhead. No pets. 758-4729. 46xntfTrailers and house inBrodhead. No pets. 758-8922. ntfAccepting applications atMt. Vernon Housing Au-thority on Mondays 4 to 8p.m. and Wednesdays andFridays, 4 to 6 p.m. Rentbased on income. 256-4185.14xntfAccepting Applications:For 2 and 3 bedroom unitsat Valley View Apartments.Rent based on income. Call256-5912. Equal HousingOpportunity, TDD for hear-ing impaired only. 1-800-247-2510. 36tfn
Home For Sale nearLivingston. 4 bedroom, onebath, living room, diningroom and kitchen. Largebasement, four outbuildingsand large garden. Call 1-859-624-5136. If no answer,leave message. 51x4p22 acres with barn inMadison County on TatesCreek near Valley View andKentucky River. Call 1-859-624-5136. If no answer,leave message. 51x4p16 1/2 Acres, more or less,with 24x60 mobile home,20x20 attached garage, 2large barns, 2 large out-buildings, carport andblacktop driveway.$69,000. Call 606-386-1470. 2x4pFor Sale or Lease: 3 bed-room furnished house onland contract in Brodhead.No pets. 758-4729. 48xntfProperty between Mt.Vernon and Somerset. 6.1wooded acres for $34,900or 4.77 acres for $29,500with mountain view. Ownerfinancing available. CallDwight at 859-331-4888.Mobile home lots, locatedin Sunnyside Mobile HomePark. 1/2 acre lots - $500down and $100 per month.Call 606-256-5692 or 606-256-5648. 50x1
For Sale or Rent/Lease:8640 sq. ft. building (formerCumberland Valley HomeHealth). Located inRockcastle Industrial Park.Approx. 100 parkingspaces. Will consider partialsq. footage. Call 606-308-3500 or 606-308-2319.12xntfLots in Castle Ridge Sub-division. Use same entryway as Bible BaptistChurch. All lots have citysewer and undergroundutilities. starting at $12,900.606-256-5692 • 256-4504 •308-3730. 50x1
No Hunting or Trespass-ing on property belongingto Eugene and EdnaMcKinney, 48 PokeberryLane (off Sand SpringsRoad). Violators will beprosecuted. 1x3pNo Hunting or Trespass-ing on property owned byor leased to Andrew andBetty Gilbert, 10474 BigCave Road, Livingston, Ky.40445. Violators will beprosecuted. 1x3Posted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Jason and SaraCoguer at Roundstone. Notresponsible for accidents.Posted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Lora Lambert onBoone Gap Road. Not re-sponsible for accidents.45x12pPosted: No trespassing onland belonging to James andDorothy Rash heirs on RashBranch Road off ChestnutRidge. No hunting, camp-ing, ATVs, trespassing forany purpose. Not respon-sible for accidents. Violatorswill be prosecuted. (1/15/15)Posted: No hunting or tres-passing on property belong-ing to Carol Blackburn,1435 Marler Hollow. Viola-tors will be prosecuted. (3/7/14)Posted: No trespassing onCrawford Place - OldBrodhead Road. DannySmith. 47tfnPosted: Absolutely no hunt-ing, fishing or trespassingon property belonging toMark and DebbieCummins. Violators will beprosecuted. 9x52pPosted: No trespassing,hunting or fishing on landbelonging to RachelDenney on Hwy. 3245(former Reggie Benge prop-erty).Posted: No trespassing onproperty known as C.B.Owens Farm across fromFairgrounds in Brodhead.Violators will be pros-ecuted. 25tfn
Deep freezer, $80. Alsofirst “Gone With the Wind”doll still in the box. Asking.$200. Call 256-0655. 3x1pMoving - Must Sell! Hottub, used 9 mos. New$4,000, will sell for $2,500.Also, pool table, $250. 606-308-1914. 2x2pHay, 4x4 rolls, net wrapped,stored inside. $30 each.Wildie, Ky. Call Jim 513-313-0840. 3x2Farm gates, all sizes, allvarieties including corralpanels, hay rings, bunkfeeders. 606-305-7965.
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Contact Jerry BlairToll Free 1-800-658-4902 • 256-4700
Located 4 miles s. of Berea, off U.S. 25 at 862 Lambert Rd.Serving Rockcastle County & surrounding counties.
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Now hiring for light indus-trial positions in theSomerset area. Temp toperm. Must be availabalefor all shifts. Pay rangesfrom $9 to $13 per hour. Toapply, go towww.jcmalone.com andcomplete an online applica-tion. 52x6p
Will babysit in my home.Can provide references.Any age. Live in Mt.Vernon, close to schools.Contact Iris Parker at 606-256-8548. 3x2pNotice: I will not be respon-sible for debts made by any-one other than myself.Johnny Allen 2x2pWanted: In RockcastleCounty. 5-10 rural acres tobuy, some tillable, smalldwelling optional, reliablewater source, electricityavailable, paved or gravelroad, unrestricted. 606-843-0462. 49x8Notice is hereby given thatHazel M. Moore, 478Maple Grove Road, Or-lando, Ky. 40460 has beenappointed executrix of theestate of Gladys BakerRobinson on the 11th day ofDecember, 2013. Any per-son having claims againstsaid estate shall presentthem, according to law, tothe said Hazel M. Moore orto Hon. William D.Reynolds, 140 West MainSt., P.O. Box 1250, Mt.Vernon, Ky. 40456 on orbefore June 11, 2014 at 11a.m. 1x3Notice is hereby given thatMattie Miller, 1709 DryFork Road, Orlando, Ky.40460 has been appointedexecutrix of the estate ofChester Rose on the 16thday of December, 2013.Any person having claimsagainst said estate shallpresent them, according tolaw, to the said Mattie
GUNS -- Lovell’s Gun Re-pair. Mike Lovell -- gun-smith. New and used gunsfor sale. Ammo. Repairs.Hot bluing. Hours Monday-Friday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. only.Maple Grove Road. 606-256-3539. 11x52pOwens Monument: Lo-cated behind Owens Fu-neral Home in Brodhead.Open Mon-Fri. 8 to 5 andSat. 9 a.m. to noon. 606-758-9600. 14xntfNotice: Will haul off or buyscrap metal, junk cars ortrucks. Metal hauled forfree. 231-6788. 14xntfGrave Markers & Monu-ments: In stock at all times.McNew Monument Sales,US 25, 4 miles north of Mt.Vernon. Phone 256-2232.U Call We Haul! Anythingthat fits on a truck. Local orlong distance. Building -demolition - moving -clean-ups - bushhogging -landscaping. No garbage.606-256-9222 o4 308-1629.35xntfGail’s Pampered Pooch57 West Main St.,Brodhead. For appt. call606-758-0064
WantedWanted: In RockcastleCounty. 5-10 rural acres tobuy. Some tillable land,small dwelling optional, re-liable water source, electric-ity available, paved orgravel road, unrestricted.606-843-0462. 2xntf Wanted To Buy: Your an-tiques and collectibles. An-tique glassware, furniture,quilts, all types of militaryitems, clocks, watches(working or not), pocketwatches and wrist watchparts, pocket knives, coinsand paper money. All typesof gold, silver scrap, castiron banks, toys, lighters,
Livestock Protection Pupsfor sale. Great watch dog.Call 859-358-6566. 4xntfMountain Top PreciousPups: Yorkies, Maltese,Shih-Tzu, Poodles, Chihua-hua, Boxers. 1-606-231-5498 - leave message ortext. Join us on fb: mountaintop precious pups or e-mail:[email protected]
crock jugs, cast iron skillets,marbles, pocket knives,fishing items, Indian Arrow-heads, and much, muchmore. Also buying partialestates. Over 25 years expe-rience. Call Clarence Reeceat 606-531-0467. 47xntf
Miller or to Hon. William D.Reynolds, 140 West MainSt., P.O. Box 1250, Mt.Vernon, Ky. 40456 on orbefore June 16, 2014 at 11a.m. 2x3Notice is hereby given thatPatricia Pollock, 4910 AlumSprings Road, Danville, Ky.40422 has been appointedadministratrix of the estateof Beatric Marie Leahy. Anyperson having claimsagainst said estate shallpresent them, according tolaw, to the said Patricia Pol-lock by June 4, 2014 at 11a.m. 1x3
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texture. As a result of the water saturation, carpet fibers harden andthe floor pad remains damp, which promotes bacteria growth andmildewing, causing carpet threads to rot, shorting the life of yourcarpet. Carpet manufactures recommend that you do not steam
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Option 2: Dry Foam-How does it work?C. Carpet fibers are agitated with carpet combs to separate the fibers
loosening dirt particles, which are then dry cleaned with anindustrial strength vacuum.
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Pg. 12 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 9, 2014
A Mt. Vernon Police Officer was seriously injured in a motorcycle/pickup accident Sunday afternoon on Hwy25 in front of Wendy’s Restaurant. Authorities say Shay Helton, 27, of Mt. Vernon was traveling northboundon Hwy 25 on his motorcycle when a red Chevy Blazer, driven by Shonda Harris, 41, of Mt. Vernon, struckHelton’s motorcycle while she was turning left out of Wendy’s parking lot. Harris refused medical treatmentat the scene. Helton was transported by ambulance to Rockcastle Regional Hospital and was later airlifted toUK Medical Center where he is currently being treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The Climax Volunteer Fire Department’s new facility is nearing completion. The facility is located at 7436Climax Brush Creek Road in Orlando. Members say the building is ninety percent complete. CVFD is pres-ently accepting applications for those interested in becoming firefighters. For more information contact ChiefJohn Guilfoil at 606-256-5404, Assistant Chief Danny Allen at 606-256-4375 or Captain Bryan Wynn at 859-358-0955.
Carloftis said, the countyhas spent $213,912 incounty revenue funds tobuild the facility. $52,000 ofthat amount was paid witha coal severance grant fromthe state.
The fiscal court is also inthe final stages of a new firestation for Livingston. Todate, the court has paid$169,189 to construct thatfacility.
Upon completion, theClimax facility will beadded to the county’ssupplement to other fire sta-tions in the county. Thecourt pays 90% of the sta-tions’ utility bills, all insur-ance - vehicle, property andliability, and has helped sev-eral departments with thepurchase of fire trucks, res-cue vehicles and equipment.
The fire stations forBrodhead and Mt. Vernondo not receive a supplementsince they are both cityowned and operated.
Holt said the Climax de-partment is currently work-ing on some grants for firetrucks and equipment. Thedepartment currently hasonly one fire truck, twelveSCBAs (self-containedbreathing apparatus), onedump tank, various hoses,ladders, tools and other nec-essary equipment.
“The Rockcastle Countyfire departments and theBerea Fire Department havehelped us out a lot,” Holtsaid. “But we still havesome stuff we need to getbefore we can get up andrunning.”
Holt went on to say thatonce they have all the equip-ment needed they will haveto run mutual-aid with otherRockcastle County fire de-partments for two years be-fore they can go to runs ontheir own in their district.
For more information orfor those interested in join-ing the fire department con-tact Chief John Guilfoil at606-256-5404, AssistantChief Danny Allen at 606-256-4375 or Captain BryanWynn at 859-358-0955.
on the door, Abney an-swered and upon question-ing later told them that noone was being held hostage.However, officers noticed ablack synthetic stock riflelaying on a table near thecoach and a can of pepperspray laying on a coffeetable in the living room.
The rifle was aRemington .22 caliber riflewith a round in the cham-ber and several rounds inthe clip. They also noticedthat the rifle had blood onthe end of the barrel and thata skateboard on the livingroom floor had blood on it.
During questioning,Abney told officers that heand one of the men had analtercation and that he(Abney) hit him with theskateboard. He said the al-tercation was over someonebreaking into his home andstealing a Play Station andgun.
After receiving consentfrom Abney to search hisresidence, officers found agreen wallet belonging toDenny inside the bathroomthat contained a package of“Scooby Snax” potpourri.They also found a pack ofrolling papers under thebathroom sink.
In the living room, offic-ers found a partiallysmoked potpourri cigarettelying on a table and a smok-ing pipe in a table drawer.Officers also found emptypacks of Scooby Snax pot-pourri in the kitchen trashcan and noticed that thekitchen door glass had beenbusted out with shatteredglass still lying on the floor.
After inspecting Abney’sphone, officers discoveredseveral text messages frompeople wanting to purchasesome “legal” meaning pot-pourri. Officers also found$806 in cash in various de-nominations inside Abney’swallet.
Officers then noticed abulge in the right front pantspocket of Ryan C. Hall, 18,
The freezing temperatures caused a lot of problems for one Mt. Vernon business.Businessman Marcus Reppert discovered this large icicle and ice skating rink inone of his car wash bays at his car wash on Hwy 150 in Mt. Vernon. Reppert saida broken valve on top of the spraying wand leaked Tuesday night and Wednes-day morning creating the icicle. Reppert is shown with his father Gary Reppert.
of Berea, who was one ofthe two men being held hos-tage. After searching Hall,officers found 3 packs ofScooby Snax potpourri in-side his right front pantspocket.
Hall told officers that heand two other men, whosenames were not released,originally came to the resi-dence. He said that Abneyand one of the men got intoan argument and Abney hitthe man on the head withthe skateboard. After hittinghim with the skateboard,Abney told the man that hebetter go get his “stuff.”Hall said the man and an-other unknown man left theresidence. Hall said that hewas told by Abney, Adkinsand Denny that theycouldn’t leave until the twomen returned.
After further investiga-tion, officers from the BereaPolice Department said thata burglary had apparentlytaken place at Abney’s resi-dence and that Abney be-lieved the man he hit withthe skateboard committedthe burglary. Abney thensent him and another manto go and get the stolen“stuff” that was allegedly ata house in Berea. The bur-glary and hostage situationis still under investigationby the Berea Police Depart-ment.
Abney, Adkins andDenny were all chargedwith first degree unlawfulimprisonment. Abney andDenny were also bothcharged with possession ofa synthetic cannabinoid anddrug paraphernalia andAbney was separatelycharged with trafficking insynthetic cannabinoids.
All three were lodged inthe Rockcastle County De-tention Center. Denny andAdkins remains lodged ona $20,000 cash/propertybond. Abney was later re-leased on a $20,000 cash/property bond.
Hall was charged withpossession of a syntheticcannabinoid. He waslodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Centerand later released on a$5,000 unsecured bond.
CSEPP Director HalHolbrook said the recentweather also posed severaldangers for RockcastleCountians. In order to keeproadways safe for travelers,state and county highwaycrews worked continuouslyover the past week to saltand clear the roadways.
However, Holbrook said
found Sheldrick and Dooleyasleep inside the vehiclewith several boxes of am-munition, primers and re-load casings stacked up onthe ground near the vehicle.
Sheldrick and Dooleyhad allegedly unloaded thestolen ammunition from thevehicle in an attempt tolighten the weight after thevehicle became stuck in thewet and muddy field. Offic-ers later found evidence thatthe stolen ammunition hadpreviously been loaded in-side the vehicle as stray am-munition and cartridgeprimers were found inside.
While officers werespeaking with the subjectsand checking them for out-standing warrants, Dooleyfled the scene on foot. Of-ficers searched the sur-rounding area for severalminutes and were unable tolocate him.
Officers apprehendedand transported Sheldrick tothe Rockcastle CountySheriff ’s Office in Mt.Vernon for further question-ing. While unloadingSheldrick at the sheriff’s of-fice parking lot, she fled theparking lot on foot. Policepursued Sheldrick and sawher enter a residence on
the frigid temperaturescaused the most problems asthey received several re-ports from people who saidtheir pipes had frozen withsome bursting at theirhomes. Rockcastle CountyCourthouse was also with-out heat for several hoursTuesday morning.
The storm also causedpower outages, Holbrooksaid, with residents aroundthe Lower Branch Road andWildie area without powerand heat for several hoursMonday night and Tuesdaymorning.
Due to the heat andpower outages, Mt. VernonFire Department, BrodheadFire Department andBrindle Ridge Fire Depart-ment remained open Mon-day night and Tuesdaymorning as temporarywarming shelters for thosewithout heat or power.
Holbrook went on to saythat no one was seriously in-jured due to weather thispast week.
“It’s bad enough to haveto endure this kind ofweather but we are fortunateno one was seriously injuredthis past week,” Holbrooksaid. “As always we are pre-pared for the worst but wewere lucky compared to thecounties and states upnorth.”
Floyd Street near thesheriff’s office. Officers ar-rested her at the residence.She was still handcuffedfrom being apprehendedearlier.
Sheldrick was chargedwith escape, fleeing orevading police and receiv-ing stolen property valued at$10,000 or more. She waslodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Centerwhere she was later releasedon a $10,000 cash/propertybond.
The recovered ammuni-tion and reloading equip-ment found near the vehiclein the field was later identi-fied by the victim as thesame items that were stolenfrom his residence.
During questioning,Sheldrick told officers thatthey hid the remaining re-loading equipment and am-munition at a church on
South Dogwood Drive inMadison County. Officerslater went to the church andfound the remaining itemsin a hidden storage compart-ment underneath the churchbuilding.
After Dooley was cap-tured last Wednesday, hewas charged with threecounts of burglary, twocounts of fleeing or evadingpolice, two counts of receiv-ing stolen property and re-sisting arrest. He remainslodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Center ona $25,000 cash/propertybond.
In nextweek’spaper...New Assistant CountyAttorney sworn-in
******Three new membersappointed to RCIDA
“Climax”(Cont. from Front)
“Weather(Cont. from Front)
“Arrested”(Cont. from Front)
“Hostage”(Cont. from front)
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by: perlina m. anderkinAs I may have men-
tioned, once or twice, I hatecold weather so I have beenmiserable the last few days.
The water for the bathtubfroze up in my back bath-room and my kitchen sink,on the other end of the housefroze. I managed to get thesink thawed but, no luck sofar with the bathtub. If I canjust keep the pipes frombursting I’ll be happy.
It’s supposed to warm upconsiderably in the next fewdays and maybe I can talkmy dogs into going outwithout considerable prod-ding. Penny woke me at 4a.m. Wednesday morning,desperate to go out. I ig-nored her for a while but fi-nally gave in. She ran out-side, took care of everythingand ran straight back in. Jaxmeanwhile didn’t even turnover.
It will be Springtime inabout 90 days and I can onceagain begin fantasizingabout how big a garden Iwill grow and all the veg-etables I will can and freeze.This fantasy will last as longas the first really hot day andthen reality will set in and Iwill once again be usingcommercial canned and fro-zen vegetables.
Canning and freezing are
hard work, something I amunused to these days. Jimand I used to raise really biggardens and I spent a greatdeal of time canning andfreezing, along withchauffering children, occa-sionally cleaning house,even sewing a lot of thechildren’s clothes and stillhad time to work a full-timejob. But, I was considerablyyounger then and pressuredto be all to everyone. Nowit’s “whatever” when I don’twant to do anything thatmight cut into my leisuretime.
I did decide that in thisnew year I would try to be-come more involved incommunity activities.
This is going to be hardto carry through on since Itotally hate, loathe and de-spise meetings of any shape,form or fashion. Is that clearenough?
But, I do need to try toget more involved. Foryears, I reasoned that if Itook care of my own largefamily, I was doing a servicefor everyone. That is nolonger a necessity and I feelsort of useless.
I am looking over myoptions -- that shouldn’t takelonger than six months at themost.
The Greyhound Bus DepotIn 1949, when I was a
mere five-years-old, mymother (Bee) became theticket agent for the Mt.Vernon Greyhound Bus De-pot, which was located nearthe cemetery on old US25.Attached to one end of thebuilding was a Gulf servicestation operated by my fa-ther, Hobe Griffin, and byhis partners Ernest Stanleyand Herbie Winn. The twobusinesses generated muchsuccess for the next year.
Since the bus station hadits own restaurant, many lo-cal citizens gathered in theevenings for their dinnermeal. While dining, a lot ofthose people also had theirvehicles serviced and filledwith fuel. The place becamea “booming” business.
In 1950 the bus stationmoved to its new location(where the Mt. Vernon Bankis now housed on MainStreet). Manager TommyGay left that year and wasreplaced by new manager,Jay Foust. Because the In-terstate Highway Systemwas not in place at this time,automobile ownership andbus travel were the preferredmodes of transportationacross most of the UnitedStates. Even the U.S. ArmedServices used the Grey-hound Lines to move manypost-World War II soldiersfrom one location to an-other. There were timeswhen as many as 20 buseswould be taking rest stops atour local Greyhound station.
The bus station itself be-came a gathering place formany Rockcastle residents,particularly among men. Inthe back of the station werea Jukebox, several pinballmachines, and a “bumper”pool table. By the time af-ternoon rolled around, thetables in the backroom wereusually filled with men shar-ing stories and telling jokes.Cigarette smoke filled theroom as the men played pooland listened to the music. Iremember sitting aroundthose tables with my dadwhen he would take a breakfrom the Gulf station nextdoor. With both my motherand father working in suchclose proximity, I oftenspent a lot of time betweenthe two.
My older brother, Al, wasalso employed at the bus sta-tion until he finally left Mt.Vernon for GeorgetownCollege. He worked in therestaurant and also helpedBee occasionally by sellingtickets. Therefore, hisfriends came by on a regu-lar basis to visit with Al and
to have lunch in the café. Alworked through 1952 untilhe graduated from Mt.Vernon High School beforedeparting for college. Therestaurant was open 24hours a day, and sometimeshe worked the “swing shift,”filling in for people whowere off or on vacation. Hereally never knew whichshift he was going to beworking.
The history behind theGreyhound buses is worthyof note. Swedish immigrantCarl Wickman began his“bus” business in 1914,transporting miners in Min-nesota. The business grewsteadily; the name Grey-hound was first used in1929. That same year, therunning-dog logo was intro-duced by the company. Themost famous Greyhoundbus, the 43-passenger two-level Scenicruiser, was de-veloped in 1954. It con-tained on-board restroomsand enlarged baggage com-partments under the floorbays. More than 1,000 ofthese models were pro-duced.
Greyhound’s most fa-mous advertising campaignwas created in 1956. Thesignature slogan, Go Grey-hound and leave the drivingto us, became popular onboth television and radio.
For a while, my familytook trips on the GreyhoundLine. Because Bee was theticket agent, she could ridethe buses on a complimen-tary pass. She and I oftenrode Greyhounds to Lexing-ton to visit her sister, RuthBrown. Aunt Ruth andUncle Charles would meetus at the Lexington Depotand then take us to theirhome on Keys Road.
I loved these trips be-cause Bee knew all of thedrivers, and they treated us
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I just wobbled out to themail box and back a fewminutes ago through whatwas arguably the coldestrain I’ve ever felt. It sayshere, the outside tempera-ture is 33 degrees and thissupposed to turn to snowany minute now. As the oldsaying goes, if you don’t likethe weather in Kentucky,wait ten minutes and it’llchange for you.
My dad would have saidthat every drop of this raincould have been a snow balland you oughta be thankfulfor rain in January becauseat least you didn’t have toshovel it out of the way toget to the toilet. And shov-eling out a path to the out-house was pretty normal forthis time of year when I wasgrowing up there in theHead of Blair Branch.
We usually did our laun-dry in the kitchen this timeof year and often dried it inthe house, as well, becauseit was easier to string make-shift clothes lines indoorsthan it was to shovel out apath under the backyardclothes lines. We wouldwheel the old Maytagwringer washing machinefrom the back porch into thekitchen and heat wash wa-ter on the coal fired cook-ing range and on top of thebig Warm Morning woodand coal fired heater in theback room.
Every chair and bed steadin the house would haveclothing draped over it bythe time we were done andthe house would smell likeOxydol and Clorox for sev-eral days thereafter. Momliked Oxydol wash powder,this time of year, becauseshe said it didn’t stink up thehouse as bad as Tide and thesmell went away faster. Butif you went outside and yourhead got stuffy, as soon asyou walked back inside
those Clorox fumes wouldopen your smeller right backup.
If there was no snow onthe ground, we risked frost-bite to hang the washingoutside on the clothes lines.
Of course everythingwould freeze hard as a rockand stiff as white oak boardand I suppose that’s wherethe term “freeze dried”originated. My friendRoberta Webb recently toldme that she got a kick out ofwaltzing with her brother’sfrozen long john when shewas growing up there inBurdine during the 1940s.Knowing Roberta, she prob-ably pretended they wereFred Astaire.
I remember those thingsonly too well. They werealso called union suits, notbecause the Yankees hadthem and the Rebels wentwithout winter underwear,but because the tops andbottoms were united intoone piece, sort of like thoselittle baby suits we callonseies these days.
Long johns buttonedfrom the straddle up to yourAdams apple in the frontand they had a one buttonflap in back to open when itwas necessary to do so butit was really difficult toreach and you had to useboth hands to fasten it.
You’ve led a very shel-tered life if you’ve never hadto get up in the middle of thenight, fire up a carbide light,and make a trip to the out-house in your long johns.
Uncle Willie’s oldhound, Pudge, used to stayat our house about as muchas he did his own.
One night I had to makethe trip about this time ofyear and it was probably2:00 in the morning.
About the time I got tothe back porch steps, OlePudge sneaked up behind
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ObituariesObituaries
Lewis EdwardCoffey
Lewis Edward Coffey,68, of Mount Vernon, hus-band of Barbara Coffey,died Friday, January 3, 2014at his residence. He wasborn August 18, 1945 in SanAntonio, TX, a son of Will-iam Lewis and Ethel JonesCoffey. He was a retireddairy farmer and a formerRockcastle County em-ployee. He proudly servedhis country in the UnitedStates Air Force, 8th Air
Strategic Com-mand during theVietnam War. He
was a member of theBrindle Ridge BaptistChurch for over 50 years,and served as SundaySchool Director for over 40years. He was also a mem-ber of Gideon’s Interna-tional and traveled to nu-merous churches in Centraland Eastern Kentucky to de-liver the Gideon message,and to raise money to buyBibles. In addition, he wasavid fan of sports. On Au-gust 22, 1970, he was unitedin marriage to BarbaraRoundtree and from thatunion came four daughters.
He is survived by: hiswife, Barbara RoundtreeCoffey of Mount Vernon;four daughters, MarilynCoffey of Franklin, TN,Melanie (Kyle) Childress ofBrodhead, Marcia (David)Coffey of Mount Vernon,and Melinda (Matt) Finleyof Richmond; four grand-children, Zachary andMakayla Coffey, and Jackand Layla Childress; foursisters, Doris (George)Wyatt of Berea, and Vir-ginia (Vernon) Sowder,Nancy Coffey, and Tammy(Jim) Clontz, all of MountVernon; a step-mother-in-law, June Pollard Roundtreeof Waynesburg; and numer-ous aunts, uncles, nieces,nephews, great nieces, greatnephews, friends and neigh-bors.
He was preceded indeath by his parents, Will-iam Lewis and Ethel JonesCoffey.
Funeral services wereconducted Tuesday, January7, 2014 at the Brindle RidgeBaptist Church with Bro.Ron Roberts officiating.Burial was in the OttawaCemetery.
Casketbearers were:Bobby Powell, AnthonyCoffey, Brian Coffey, LesTaylor, Danny McNew andKenneth Thacker.
Honorary casketbearerswere: Alfred McNew, EllisMcNew, Coy Taylor, JoeTaylor, Randy Hill, JerryLee DeBoard, Jesse RayTaylor, Gary Fletcher, TimPowell, Ronnie Powell,Dean Jones and JohnPayne.
Expressions of sympathycan be made in the form ofdonations to Gideon’s Inter-national, Post Office Box477, Mount Vernon, Ken-tucky 40456.Condolences to the family may be
made at his online registry atmarvineowensfuneralhome.com.
Ransom R.Wolfe, Jr.
Ransom R. Wolfe, Jr., 83,of Mt. Vernon, died Tues-day, January 7, 2014 atRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal in Mt. Vernon. He wasborn in Rose Hill, VA onMarch 29, 1930, the son ofR.R. “Doc” and RubyBranaman Wolfe. He was a
farmer and aUnited StatesMarine Corps
veteran of the Korean War.He was baptized into Christat the First Christian Churchof Mt. Vernon in March2008 by Bro. Dean Davis.Besides his love of farming,he enjoyed spending timewith his family and friends,watching WLJC and readingthe Signal.
He is survived by: hiswife of 50 years, LeahinaMullins Wolfe of Mt.Vernon; one son, KevinScott (Kimberly) Wolfe ofMt. Vernon; two daughters,Renee Wolfe Smith ofShelbyville and Cynthia(Travis) Rogers ofSomerset; and one sister,Emily Webb of Fairborne,OH. Also surviving are fivegrandchildren, BreannaSmith, Matthew Smith, LeaEllen Rogers, Ransom ScottWolfe and Jace Rogers.
In addition to his parents,he was preceded in death bythree brothers, John VincentWolfe, Richard ChadwickWolfe and Billy Ray Wolfe.
Funeral services will beheld Friday, January 10th at1 p.m. at Dowell & MartinFuneral Home by Bros.Bruce Ross, Zandell Hastyand Dean Davis. Burial withMilitary Honors will followin the Cresthaven MemorialCemetery. Friends may callfrom 6 to 9 p.m. (today)Thursday.
Memorial contributionsmay be made to the FirstChristian Church of Mt.Vernon.
Pallbearers are: TimWolfe, Michael Hopkins,Marc Hopkins, Dirk Webb,Gerald Owens and MatthewSmith.
Honorary pallbearersare: Cecil McKinney, LeoHopkins, Howard McClure,Charlie Mink, Wayne Bul-lock, Delmas Bullock andBill McKinney.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to
view online obituary. JefferyMcWhorterJeffery McWhorter died
January 7, 2014.Arrangements are in-
complete at Lakes FuneralHome in Berea.
Lillie Serena"Rena"Osborne
Lillie Serena (Deboard)"Rena" Osborne, 90, ofBrodhead, died Thursday,January 2, 2014 at her home.She was born November 17,1923 in Rockcastle County.She was the daughter of thelate Charles C. and BirdieBrummett Deboard. Shewas the wife of the lateDwight Osborne whom shemarried August 28, 1942.She was a former employeeof RCA in Cincinnati andalso worked on with her hus-band on their dairy farm.She was devoted to her fam-ily and friends and enjoyedsewing, crocheting, quiltingand especially reading herbible.
Survivors include: twodaughters, Florence (Ken)Doyle of Indianapolis, INand Glenda Osborne CrabOrchard; four grandchildrenand five great grandchil-dren; Steven Doyle, GregDoyle and his son Hunter,Staci Doyle Samples and herchildren Jake, Nick andJenni and David Doyle andhis son Coy, all of India-napolis, IN; four sisters,Betty Moore and JewelHaarmon of Brodhead,Marie Alsip ofCincinnati,OH, and BirdieDeboard of Mt.Vernon; andthree brothers, Sam andAlfred DeBord ofWilliamsburg, OH andJohnny Deboard ofBrodhead.
Besides her parents andher husband she was pre-ceded by: a great grandson,Chad Mitchell Samples;three Brothers, infantDelbert, Arthur and William(Teak) Deboard; and foursisters, Pearlie Deboard,Myrtle Howard and LulaWallin.
Funeral services wereheld Saturday, January 4,2014 at McKnight FuneralHome Chapel with PastorTerry Orcutt officiating.Burial was in Crab OrchardCemetery.
Pallbearers were hergrandsons and great grand-sons.
Memorial Contributionscan be made to HeritageHospice at P.O. Box 1213Danville, KY 40423.
NormaHelen Payne
StewartNorma Helen Payne
Stewart, a longtimeMaysville resident, diedThursday after a seven-month battle with cancer.She was 82.
Norma was preceded indeath by her husband of 46years, Bill Stewart, theformer host of WFTM's"True to the Farm" radioshow.
Norma was born January7, 1931, near MountVernon, Kentucky, the el-dest surviving child of LucyFrances and William An-drew "Skinner" Payne, bothdeceased. She is survived byher five children - ToyBiederman of Worthington,Ohio; Alice Stewart(Charlie Wilson) of Greens-boro, N.C.; Alexander"Xandy" (Pam) Stewart ofMaysville; Fran Stewart(David Mook) of Solon,Ohio; and Jonathan(Cheryl) Stewart ofNicholasville, Ky. - all ofwhom were able to spendtime with her in her finaldays. She leaves behindthree brothers, Albert(Kathy) Payne, Dale Payneand Morgan (Connie)Payne, and one sister,Loretta Parr, with whom sheremained close. Also sur-viving are eight grandchil-dren - Lydia (Chris) Rhoads,Ingrid Biederman,Nathaniel Biederman, Ma-son Stewart, Mary AliceStewart, Eliot and EthanMook and Will Stewart -two great-grandchildren -Madeline and Sam Rhoads- and numerous nieces,nephews and cousins.
Norma was a lifelongeducator, both in and out ofthe classroom. She beganher education, as well as herteaching career, in a one-room schoolhouse inRockcastle County. Sheearned her bachelor's degreefrom Eastern KentuckyState College in 1953. Af-ter graduation, she moved toMaysville, recruited by leg-
endary basketball coach,principal and superinten-dent Earle D. Jones to teachgirls' high school physicaleducation. Norma soonfound her passion teachingfirst grade at WoodleighSchool and WashingtonSchool. Most of her time inthe classroom, however,was spent teaching first andfourth grades at AberdeenElementary.
In 1971, she completeda master's degree with read-ing certification fromXavier University. Shortlyafterward, Norma took onthe role of coordinating theTitle I program for theAdams County/Ohio ValleySchool District. The Title Iprogram had been launchedonly a few years earlier toimprove reading, writingand math skills among low-income urban and rural stu-dents.
After retiring from theOhio Valley Schools in1986, Norma continued herwork as an educator, serv-ing as a homebound instruc-tor for the Mason CountySchool District and teachingadult basic education atMaysville Community Col-lege. One of her greatestjoys later in life was help-ing her grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren learnthe pleasures of beingstrong readers.
Norma was known as anactive member of the com-munity. Over the years, shetaught Sunday School andserved in various other rolesat First Baptist Church ofMaysville. She served aspresident of the Interna-tional Reading Associationof Southern Ohio and of theBusiness and ProfessionalWomen's Club ofMaysville. She was a long-time member of the MasonCounty Homemakers and,more recently, joined theLimestone Chapter of theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution.
Her neighbors know thatshe had a great zeal andknack for gardening and ea-gerly awaited springtime sothat she could get outside inher yard. Norma also loveddrawing and painting; tookup carpentry in her 70s; andeagerly traveled around thestate, nation and world withvarious family members.Perhaps her greatest sourceof pride, however, was see-ing all five of her childrengraduate from college, withtwo earning the highest de-grees in their fields.
Services will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday at Knox & BrothersFuneral Home, 625 EastSecond Street in Maysville.Visitation will begin atnoon, with burial followingin Maysville Cemetery.
Friends may sign theguestbook at
www.knoxbrothersfuneralhome.com.
ShirleyRobinson
Shirley NewcombRobinson, 73, ofLivingston, died Sunday,January 5, 2014 at the LakeCumberland Regional Hos-pital. She was born May 6,1940 in Livingston, thedaughter of the late Jamesand Edna Bussell Carpen-ter. She was a homemaker,enjoyed sewing, spendingtime with her grandchil-dren, sitting on the frontporch, and was a member ofthe Morning View HolinessChurch.
Survivors are: four sons,David, Charlie, Lee, andAlan Newcomb, all ofLivingston; two daughters,Carol Dishman, and GailNewcomb, both ofLivingston; four sisters,Margie Dees of Willailla,Vivian King of Livingston,Geneva Hines of Callaway,and Barbara Gabbard ofMississippi; 11 grandchil-dren, Pete, Jessica, Sam,Ashley, Jacob, Drew, Carly,Caitlyn, Matt, Brittany,Charles, Trish, and Troy;and 10 great grandchildren,Mackinley, Paisley, Kisha,Bo, Denver, Nathan, Brit-tany, Ella, Hailee, and Aus-tin.
She was preceded indeath by; her first husband,Ralph Newcomb; and hersecond husband, Billy EstillRobinson.
Funeral services wereconducted Wednesday,January 8, 2014 at Cox Fu-neral Home with Bro. JackCarpenter and Bro. LutherAllen officiating. Burialwas in the Ward Cemetery.View the complete obituary, sign
the guest registry, or sendcondolences to the family onlineat www.coxfuneralhomeky.com.
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9/3/37 - 1/05/2010It’s been four years sinceyou’ve been gone but ourlove for you is deep andstrong. We hope to meet youagain up above.
Beverly, David, Diana,Vick, Eric, Nicole and
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Bookmobile ScheduleTuesday, Jan. 14th: Scaffold Cane, Disputanta, ClearCreek, Wildie. Wed., Jan. 15th: Pongo, Hwy. 3245 andBryant Ridge. Thurs., Jan. 16th: Child DevelopmentCare.
Relay For Life MeetingThe 2014 Relay For Life kickoff meeting will be Thurs-day, January 16th at noon at Rockcastle Regional HospialEducation Center (3rd floor Outpatient Services Cen-ter). For more information, contact Melissa Brock at 256-7704.
Brodhead Lodge MeetingThe Brodhead Masonic Lodge #556 meets every thirdSaturday at 7 p.m. on Main Street in Brodhead aboveBrodhead Pharmacy.
Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday nights at 8 p.m.behind Our Lady of Mt. Vernon Church on Williams St.in Mt. Vernon.
Kiwanis Club MeetingsThe Rockcastle Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday atnoon at the Renfro Valley Lodge. Everyone is invited.
Historical Society HoursThe Rockcastle Historical Society is open on Mondaysfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the RTEC garage building.
American Legion Post 71American Legion Post 71 meets the second Thursday at7 p.m. of each month on the third floor of the court-house. Commander David Owens invites all Rockcastleveterans to join this organization that honors Americansoldiers, sailors and airmen.
On CallBy:
Rick Branham
Wow, has it been coldoutside or what. You talkabout frigid temperaturesoutside. There has been apicture floating around onFacebook of a ladder trucksomewhere up in the north-east part of the U.S. and thepicture depicts this laddertruck out on a fire with theladder raised and the boomsextended out on the side.The rear of the truck and theladder are completely cov-ered in thick ice. This pic-ture goes to illustrate that nomatter the weather condi-tions, firefighters are alwaysthere when called.
Last week I went over thetypes of ropes we use in thefire service and their weightlimits and this week I wantto discuss the constructionof ropes. The question I leftwith was how many types ofrope construction are there?There are four commontypes of rope constructionare kernmantle, laid,braided, and braid-on-braid.
Kernmantle is composedof a braided covering orsheath over a core of themain load bearing stands.The sheath is the mantle andthe core is the kern. The coreis made up of high strengthfibers which make up 75%of the total strength of therope. The sheath makes upthe remaining 25% and alsoprotects the core.Kernmantle rope is used inrope rescue and if you re-member from last week it’sthe low-stretch kernmantleor static mainly used.
Laid rope is constructedby twisting material to-gether to form strands. Usu-ally there are three strands
twisted together to make thefinal rope. Depending onhow tightly these ropes aretwisted will determine theropes properties. Laid ropedoes not have a mantle toleaving all three load bear-ing strands exposed. Whilethis allows for easy inspec-tion of the rope it also leavesit vulnerable to damage thatcan immediately affect thestrength of the rope. Laidrope is used primarily asutility rope.
Braided rope is con-structed by uniformly inter-twining strands of rope to-gether. Think of it as braid-ing someone’s hair. Braidedrope eliminates the twistingcommon to laid ropes butlike laid rope its construc-tion the leaves the load bear-ing fibers exposed and aresubject to damage. Braidedrope, like laid rope, is pri-marily used as utility rope.
Braid-on-braid rope isoften confused withkernmantle rope. Braid-on-braid is just as the name im-plies, it is constructed withboth a braided core and abraided sheath. Braid-on-braid is very strong deriv-ing half of its strength fromthe core and the other halffrom its sheath. A couple ofdisadvantages associatedwith braid-on-braid rope.First off it does not resistabrasion as well askernmantle and secondly itssheath may slide along thecore of the rope. Just likelaid and braided rope braid-on-braid rope is primarilyused for utility rope.
As you can see when do-ing rescue operations,kernmantle rope is the rope
of choice. Next week I amgoing to finish up ropes inthe fire service with have wemaintain the ropes, somefire service knots and someof the hardware we use withropes. This week question isin respect to knots. The de-scriptions of how to tieknots include terms for theparts of a rope. What are theparts of a rope? Here’s ahint, there are three parts.
“Memories”(Cont. from 2)
like we were special. Theyeven made room for us toride up-front so that wecould chat with them. Beeworked for Greyhound un-til approximately 1955,when she took a positionwith Louisville GroceryCompany and Aubry FeedMills of Louisville.
I don’t think that I everrode another Greyhound af-ter she left her job there. Bythat time, I was growing intoa pre-teen – and they did notparticularly want to hangaround with family. Just aslegitimate teenagers, pre-teens want to be with theirfriends. Within a couple ofyears, my grandfather (Pop)would begin teaching me todrive. By the time that Ireached sixteen, times werebeginning to change, andGreyhounds no longer heldany allure for me.
However, the Greyhoundbus line played a rather largepart in the story of my youth,and I am truly fond of thememories that it provided.
(You can reach me [email protected] or youcan drop me a line at P.O.Box 927 – Stanton, KY40380. I appreciate yoursuggestions and comments.)
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Hello everybody. My name is Gus and I am maleBeagle/Shepherd mix. My family decided they nolonger wanted me so they dropped me out on Cli-max Rd. I have been looking for another home eversince then. I am very loving and playful and wouldmake a great family pet. If you have room in yourfamily for me then just give RCAS a call @ 256-1833.(kennel 2)
Yards to ParadiseBy Max Phelps
Tax-Free, Tripple DigitReturns?
Yes, landscaping, and es-pecially gardening that in-cludes fruits and vegetablesrather than just the flowersand greenery, can “yield” amonetary “dividend” (aswell as good home grownfood). This is still a garden-ing column, but for over twodecades I operated a tax ser-vice helping folks keep asmuch of their hard earnedmoney as I could. Havingnow been in the landscapingbusiness about fifteen years,I believe I know both theaesthetic as well as the fi-nancial benefits of turningyour yard into a veritableparadise.
I have two main points Ihope to convey on this sub-ject. Number one, in theshort run, growing a gardenof things you can eat is likeputting twenty dollars ($20)into the bank and later thatsame year drawing out ahundred dollars ($100) –and not having to report iton your income tax return(or against your governmentbenefit check if that happensto be your situation). I don'tbelieve you need a collegedegree in accounting or eco-nomics to see the logic ofdoing this.
Gardening provides notjust a “profit” that is un-taxed, it provides a free passto the 'gym' for your exer-cise, is good for your men-tal health as has been provenin studies, the food is aboutas “local” as you can obtainand is therefore the most en-vironmentally responsible,plus you also know whatpesticides and fertiliers wereused (if any). Talk about awin-win-win situation!
With fruiting bushes andtrees, the time between “in-vesting” and “reaping a re-turn” may take more than aseason—but think of it as an“annuity” that pays out a“dividend” every year whilethe “principal” keeps grow-ing. Wow!
The second point of thisdiscussion is a little less dra-matic, but still a sensibleform of investing while atthe same time getting ben-efit of a lovelier yard. Yousee, quality well plannedlandscaping grows value asthe trees and shrubs mature.You benefit from a niceryard right away. Then,someday when you sell yourproperty, you pay “capitalgains tax” on the “profits”.Not so good as the deal forgrowing edibles, but tax sav-ings can ultimately be“cashed out” of a wellplanned and carefullyimplemented landscape.The higher your tax bracket,the more appealing the capi-tal gains rate becomes.
To answer our originalquestion, “Yes!” there arereal and measurable eco-nomic advantages to grow-ing a garden and also doinglovely landscaping that im-proves the value of yourproperty. I hope the “light
bulb” came on for some ofmy readers today. Wishingyou all the tax breaks youcan qualify for, along withthe peace of mind of con-necting with nature.
The author is a land-scaper. Comments,
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me and cold nosed my rearend because I’d neglected toclose the back flap. I reckonI screamed and jumped wayup on the porch withouttouching the steps. What-ever I did set all the dogs tobarking and pretty soon ev-erybody in the house was upto find out what had hap-pened.
I told them everythingwas okay but that if I hadn’tjust come from the toilet OlePudge would have been inbad need of a bath.
“Points East”(Cont. from 2)
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These 1963 graduates of Brodhead High School met at the Dinner Bell in Bereafor lunch and Dirty Santa gifts recently. They were, seated: Glenda Brown, DonnaCable, Linda Burdette, Peggy Hopkins and Ruby Brock. Standing: BonnieOverbay, Betty Lou Adams, Claudinna Cash, Judy Carter, Lydia Debord andVirginia Wilson.
At Rockcastle Regionalwe are committed to all as-pects of your health and are
here for you; especially inyour effort to become anonsmoker. Wanting to be-
Hospital sponsoringstop smoking program
come a nonsmoker is awonderful decision andsomething that we atRockcastle Regional areexcited to help youachieve. Whether youchoose to smoke an occa-sional cigarette or you havea heavy addiction to nico-tine and choose to smokeseveral packs of cigarettesa day, if you are ready totake the best step towardyour health and be finishedwith cigarettes for the restof your life we are here tohelp. The journey fromsmoker to nonsmoker isnot an easy road. Eachyear, thousands make thedecision to become a non-smoker and unfortunately,are not successful. Usingthe Cooper/Claytonmethod to stop smoking,we will facilitate you in be-havioral modification,nicotine replacement andnicotine reduction to ulti-mately help you become anonsmoker.
Rockcastle Regional issponsoring a free Cooper/Clayton Method to StopSmoking program for thecommunity beginningTuesday, January 21, 2014.
Led by trained facilita-tors Rodney Weaver andMorgan Kincer, the Coo-per/Clayton Method is acomprehensive 13-weekgroup support programthat uses proven methodsto help people stop smok-ing. The program involvesnicotine replacement prod-ucts (gum, patches and loz-enges), education sessions,and group support. Partici-pants will learn how tochoose the nicotine re-placement product bestsuited for them and how toremain tobacco-freethrough nutrition, exerciseand other strategies.Classes are free, but par-ticipants pay for the nico-tine replacement products.
Classes are being heldon Tuesday from 6 p.m. to7 p.m. at the hospital in theLarge Conference Room.To obtain more informa-tion or to register, callRodney at 256-2195 ext.5088 or Morgan at 256-7704. Walk-ins are alwayswelcome.
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Saturday, January 11th9:00 a.m.
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Berea Biggest Loser isopen to residents of Madi-son and Rockcastle Coun-ties. This is a communitywide project. You don’thave to be a member of anyof the gyms mentioned toparticipate.
The deadline has beenextended to Jan. 11th.
Official kickoff time is10 a.m. on Saturday Jan.11th. The kickoff will takeplace at 24/7 Fitness,Friends and Fun in Berea.This is a partner competi-tion but individuals can stilljoin. You will be assigneda partner if you don’t haveone.
Participants are vyingfor cash prizes and otherprizes.
Participants must be 16years old and must com-
Berea Biggest Loser open toMadison and Rockcastle residents
plete at least one commu-nity fitness challenge andcannot miss more than 2weigh-ins.
Weigh in locations are24/7 Fitness, Friends andFun in Berea and Elite Mar-tial Arts in Richmond.Community Fitness Chal-lenges will take place at 24/7 Fitness, Friends and Fun,Elite Martial Arts in Rich-mond, Berea Parks and Recand Tumbleshine Gymnas-tics.
All challenges will bedesigned for all fitness lev-els with a goal of comple-tion, not completion fortime.
For more information orto register call 859-985-2584 or download your ap-plication online atwww.fitnessfriendsandfun.com
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Revival atFaith Chapel
A revival at Faith ChapelPentecostal Church is inprogress with Brother JasperCarpenter nightly at 7o’clock. Come expecting ablessing from God.
Pastor Jack Carpenterwelcomes all.
Gospel SingingLighthouse Baptist
Church will hold a gospelsinging, featuring TheSmith Sisters from DripRock, Ky. on Sat., Jan. 11,2014 at 6 p.m.
The church is located at1391 Gabbardtown Road,Berea.Food and Fellowship
Scaffold Cane BaptistChurch would like to extendan invitation to everyone foran evening of good food andfellowship. We will have aChili and Soup Bean Sup-per on Saturday, January18th at 6 p.m. A short video“The Cross” by Dr. BillyGraham will be presented.Child care will be provided.Hope to see everyone there.
Gospel SingingFlat Rock Baptist
Church will have a gospelsinging on Sunday night,January 12th at 7 p.m. fea-turing Bro. Charlie Napier,Bro. Larry Settles and TheStallsworths. Come out andbe with us. Pastor is Bro.Jack Stallsworth.
Brodhead completes new city park in 2013Review of the final eightmonths of 2013 follows.
MayThe absolute auction of
Cox Hardware’s buildingand contents attracted over1,000 bidders during thetwo day event. The buildingwas purchased by BillBurdette and TraceyBurdette of Mt. Vernon.
J.D. Bussell, a scienceand chemistry teacher atRCHS for 14 years, wasnamed principal of Mt.Vernon Elementary, replac-ing Leon Davidson who re-tired.
Kent Ostrander, execu-tive director of the FamilyFoundation of Kentucky,was guest speaker for theannual National Day ofPrayer held on the court-house lawn.
The first annualLivingston Founders DayTrail Festival was held thesecond week end in May.Featured were games andinflatables for children, aparade, a Wildcat MountainTriathalon, bluegrass andgospel music. LucilleCarloftis and Archie Balesserved as Grand Marshalsfor the parade.
An event, to announcefive local winners of schol-arships from the “I AmUNITE” program, was heldat the high school withCong. Hal Rogers as guestspeaker. Students fromRCHS receiving scholar-ships were: AveryBradshaw Sean Watkins,Hannah Eaton, Samantha
Smoker and Ashton Arvin.Baccalaureate Services
were held for the RCHSgraduating class of 2013was held at Northside Bap-tist Church.
The Livingston CityCommissioners held thefirst reading for five newcity ordinances, which werelater approved. The ordi-nances cover: dog control,protection of the environ-ment and landowners’ prop-erty, a curfew for minors,sidewalk maintenance and anuisance code.
Both the middle schooland high school archeryteams qualified for theWorld Tournament. at theNASP National Tournamentheld at the Kentucky Expo-sition Tournament in Lou-isville. The middle schoolteam chose not to attend na-tionals but the high schoolteam will attend the tourna-ment in St. Louis, MO inJune.
RCHS senior J.D. Mor-gan, son of Jesse and TerriMorgan of Mt. Vernon,signed a letter of intent toparticipate in University ofthe Cumberlands archeryprogram in the fall.
Roland Dyche MullinsIII PhD , son of Roland andNancy Mullins of Mt.Vernon, was named one of27 new investigators by theHoward Hughes MedicalInstitute. Under this pro-gram, the new investigatorswill be given the financialsupport necessary to movetheir research in creativenew directions. Mullins is aprofessor in the Departmentof Cellular and Pharmacol-ogy at the University ofCalifornia San Francisco.
Relay for Life exceededtheir overall goal of $35,000by $2,712 during their fundraising efforts over the pastyear. 63 cancer survivors at-tended a dinner held at themiddle school and were rec-ognized at the ceremonyfollowing. Mt. VernonIGA placed first in raisingfunds with $6,200, CitizensBank was second at$5,389.85 and RockcastleFamily Wellness/MedicalArts placed third, raising$3,034.60.
Straight line windscaused a tree to fall onSnack Shack in Mt. Vernonfrom a storm system thatpassed through the county.Only minor damage wascaused to Snack Shack.
Graduation was held forthe 41st class at the highschool. Hannah Bullock,valedictorian and LoganDwayne Durham, salutato-
rian both spoke at the event.Eight athletes from the
girls’ RCHS track teamqualified for the Class 2AState Track & Field Cham-pionships held at the Uni-versity of Louisville. SeniorAmy Johnson finished asstate runner-up in discuswith a career best throw of115’1”. Johnson also earnedfirst team All State honors.Johnson earned a full trackscholarship at Lindsey Wil-son College in Columbia.
Samantha Payne signeda Letter of Intent to continueher fast pitch softball careerwith the University of theCumberlands.
Guided tours of the GreatSaltpetre Cave were givenby members of the GreaterCincinnati Grotto, the Blue-grass Grotto and the Daytonunderground Grotto.
Laiken Coffey, daughterof Scottie and WandaCoffey of Mt. Vernon, re-ceived the 2013 KiwanisGinny Gilpatrick Scholar-ship Award.
The City of Livingstoncompleted their final assess-ment to become a TrailTown. As part of the appli-cation process, the town wasopened for tourists to horse-back ride, canoeing, tubing,kayaking, hiking and bicy-cling. Livingston is now inthe home stretch to becomethe second trail town in thestate behind DawsonSprings.
RCHS graduate AngelShelton was the winner ofthe Chevy Drive for Perfec-tion contest, winning a 2013Chevy Cruze and a 32-inchSamsung flat screen TV.Shelton won the contestover 900 participants from31 high schools in the state.
JuneHannabeth Owens won
the 14-and-under divisionof the GJT Golf Champion-ship after getting up anddown for bogey on the finalhole.
The RCHS girls softballteam won the 47th DistrictChampionship by defeatingCasey County . The girlsdefeated West Jessamine 8-4 in the regionals before los-ing 8-2 to Boyle County inthe semi-finals.
The RCMS girls trackteam placed third at themiddle school state champi-onships. Katie Hensley wonthe long jump state title witha jump of 16’8” and 8thgrader Jennifer Mercer fin-ished as state runner-up in
the 300-meter hurdles witha career-best performanceof 49.23 seconds.
Angie Lawrence signeda Letter of Intent to playbasketball at CampbellsvilleUniversity. Lawrence beganher career at GeorgetownCollege and played the 2012season at Coker Collegewhere she started 20 of 29games.
Brodhead ElementarySchool teacher ColleenGreen received theCampbellsville UniversityExcellent in TeachingAward.
Dr. Amy E. Parsonsgraduated from the UK Col-lege of Dentistry and willpractice her profession inCincinnati, Ohio.
Rockcastle County Pub-lic Library held a display ofartwork by local artist CoryBond.
Hannabeth Owensmedaled by two strokes,with a score of 1-over-par,in the girls division at thePBE Qualifier-Ringgoldhosted by WindStone GolfClub.
The City of Brodheadwas in the finishing stagesof work on their new parkon Main Street in front ofCitizens Bank.
Bids were opened for thenew $3 million emergencyservices center to be built inthe new Rockcastle Indus-trial Park. The bids were notofficially awarded at theopening since they came inaround $75,000 over the$1.8 million estimated costof construction.
The Knights won the 10and Under Ky. State Cham-pionship held in London.They also finished runners-up in the Tennessee StateChampionship held in Pi-geon Forge, Tn.
The Reds were the 2013Major League Championsof the summer program heldat Brodhead.
A Visitor Center wasopened for the city ofLivingston and for TrailTown activities in the oldschool building atLivingston.
Rockcastle County HighSchool agriculture teacherand FFA advisor Jeff Hayeswas named Kentucky Agri-culture Teacher of the Yearat the Kentucky FFA Con-vention in Lexington.
RCHS softball playerSamantha Payne and base-
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ball player Boone Saylorwere selected as HonorableMentions to their respective2013 All-State Teams.
The Rockcastle RegionalGolf Scramble donated over$6,000 to the WHAS Cru-sade for Children.
First Lady Jane Beshearvisited Livingston to for-mally announce the city’sdesignation as a KentuckyTrail Town.
A Black Bear was pho-tographed wanderingthrough Mt. Vernon onHwy. 25, before climbing a200 foot cliff below BibleBaptist Church andMcGuire Subdivision, andreturning to the woods.
Former RockcastleCounty Sheriff ShirleySmith died at his residence.Smith was sheriff from1990-2002.
The RCHS FFA Chap-ter was named a Gold StarChapter at the state FFAconvention and was one of15 chapters selected to ad-vance to the national con-test. The Varsity Parliamen-tary Procedure/ChapterMeeting Team won the statechampionship and the Jun-ior Varsity ParliamentaryProcedure/Chapter MeetingTeam placed second. TheRecord Keeping Teamplaced 4th in the state andCharity Adams was namedBeef Impromptu SpeakingState Champion.
JulyHeavy rains and high
winds moved through thecounty putting a damper onsome of the Fourth of Julycelebrations.
An Orlando native,Teresa Renner Boling, wholives in Crestwood inOldham County, landed thelead role of Marian the Li-brarian in “The MusicMan.” The play was pre-sented by the OldhamCounty Arts Center.
The City of Mt. Vernonheld a grant re-opening cer-emony for Lake LinvilleBoat Dock. New operatorsof the facility are Lester andTeresa Ratliff.
The farmers marketopened for a new season.
A quick-moving stormblew across the countycausing uprooted trees,downed utility lines andstructure damage in severaldifferent areas of the county.
Michael McCauley andBJ Wynn were RockcastleCounty’s top archers at theNASP World Champion-ship held at the St. LouisConvention Center. Therewere over 3,000 partici-pants.
Rose Brown, TeresaVanzant and Robert Lawsonwere presented Citationsfrom State RepresentativeDavid Meade denoting theiroutstanding service to thepeople of RockcastleCounty. The presentationwas made by Eliza York,Kiwanis Club president.
Livingston hosted theirfirst annual RockcastleRiver Day featuring aWacky Boat Race and duckrace.
AugustLocal attorney Jerry Cox
was sworn in as president ofthe National Criminal De-
fense Lawyers at its 56thannual meeting in San Fran-cisco, CA.
A groundbreaking cer-emony was held for the Cli-max Volunteer FireDepartment’s new buildingon Hwy. 1912 in Climax.
Schools in RockcastleCounty opened Wednesday,August 14th for 2,895 stu-dents.
The Rockcastle CountyKiwanis Club held their17th annual Charity GolfScramble and raised over$1,500 for charitable causesin the community.
The City of Mt. Vernonand Leadership Rockcastleofficially opened the newskateboard park adjacent tothe city park.
A new state house redis-tricting plan movedRockcastle to the 71st dis-trict from the 80th.Rockcastle’s new represen-tative will be Jonathan Shelland would include GarrardCounty and a portion ofnorthern Laurel.
Somerset AttorneyMarcus L. Vanover was ap-pointed Family Court Judgefor Rockcastle Lincoln andPulaski counties. The va-cancy occurred after the re-tirement of former JudgeWalter Maguire.
SeptemberSenior Bobbie Hopkins
was crowned Renfro ValleyJamboree Bowl Queen dur-ing half time of theRockcastle County andWest Jessamine footballgame. Runners-up wereNicoline Joenborg andKellan Coffey.
Bryan Mahaffey andPaul Senters were namedCo-Citizens of the Year for2013 at the annualLivingston Homecoming.Carl Swanigan and CountyJudge/Executive BuzzCarloftis were named Co-Friends of the City andBobby Wilson was theGrand Marshal.
Kyle Coffey received aReserve Grand Champion,two first place ribbons, asecond place and a thirdplace ribbon at the Ken-tucky State Fair’s PoultryShow competition.
Rockcastle CountyRockets football team wontheir first game of the 2013season by defeating theWhitley County Colonels28-9.
Circuit Judge JeffBurdette sentenced the fifthand final defendant in theshooting death of JackieBullock, 34, of Mt. Vernon.Jessica Hailey Robinson,22, of London was sen-tenced to 26 years in prisonby Burdette after a jury rec-ommended 22 years. At hersentencing, Burdette addedfour years due to the natureof the crime.
OctoberCallie Asher was
crowned Bittersweet Queenduring the City of Mt.Vernon’s Bittersweet Festi-val Pageant at RCHS. Asheralso received the Miss Con-geniality award. RebekahPonder was runner-up.McKinzii Todd wasawarded Best Interview andCarley Childress won MostPhotogenic.
Local school received agood report card from theKPREP testing system. Thedistrict received a 60.9 over-
all score out of 100 com-pared to a 54.7 overall scorethe previous year.
Darrell E. New was in-ducted into the LivingstonSchool Hall of Fame at theannual reunion. New wasrecognized for his long anddistinguished career withthe National Aeronauticsand Space Administration(NASA).
Nicoline Joenborg wascrowned HomecomingQueen and Dakota MullinsHomecoming King duringfestivities at half time of theRockets football gameagainst Russell County.
Award-winning gardendesigner and Livingston na-tive Jon Carloftis, known as“Gardener to the Stars,” wasnamed to headline the sev-enth annual Friends of East-ern Kentucky UniversityLibraries program.
Timothy E. Taylor, 50, ofMt. Vernon was killed in afour-car accident at the in-tersection of Hwy. 150 andDug Hill Road.
Casey Sturgill of Mt.Vernon was namedMorehead StateUniversity’s 2013 Home-coming Queen. MissSturgill is the daughter ofAngela Johnson and StevenSturgill.
NovemberLongtime entertainer
Pete Stamper was recog-nized, during a special cer-emony at Renfro Valley, forhis many years of dedica-tion and devotion to thefield of music and comedy.
Distinguished residentsand stakeholders were in-ducted into the RockcastleHealth and RehabilitationCenter. Residents honoredwere: Margie Blanton,Minnie Barnett and DolliePillion. Honored stake-holder was Jenny Miller.
The Dix River bridgewas abruptly closed by en-gineers and bridge inspec-tors of thew KentuckyTransportation Cabinet. Atemporary bridge was con-structed upstream from thecondemned bridge.
Thirteen candidates filedfor the 2014 county elec-tions.
Wendell Williams, 73 ofMt. Vernon was killed in aconstruction accident at theMontgomery County Air-port in Mt. Sterling.
Walter Wagers, 72, ofBrodhead was killed in ahouse fire on ChestnutGrove Road in Brodhead.
Former RepresentativeDanny Ford was inductedinto the Somerset Commu-nity College Hall of Fame.
The annual Veterans DayCelebration was held atRCMS. Two WWII veter-ans, Virgil Mullins andIsaac Barnett, were in atten-dance.
Seven more candidatesfiled their papers for officefor the 2014 county elec-tion.
Rockcastle County na-tive Golda Pensol Walbertof Glasgow was selected tobe inducted into the Ken-tucky Teacher Hall of Fame.
Three Rockcastle schoolwere among 10 school anti-drug UNITE Clubs recog-nized as “Clubs of the Year”for their outstanding effortsand accomplishments dur-ing the 2012-13 school year.Local clubs honored were:
Mt. Vernon Elementary,Rockcastle County HighSchool and RockcastleCounty Middle School.
DecemberAfter 28 years of service,
Gatliff Craig resigned hisseat on the board of theRockcastle County Indus-trial Development Author-ity.
Incumbent 5th DistrictMagistrate Ralph Allen an-nounced that he will notseek re-election to that of-fice in the 2014 election.
The Walmart Foundationprovided a $1,500 grant toPongo Fire Department.
Bill Dowell announcedhis retirement as RockcastleCounty Coroner, effectiveDecember of 2014. Dowellis the longest serving coro-ner in the state by eightyears and has held the of-fice since 1965. DeputyCoroner Marvin E. Owensfiled for the office.
Mikey Howard was theGrand Marshal of Mt.Vernon ‘s Christmas parade.
Brodhead City Councilapproved the first reading ofan ordinance that will in-crease water and sewer ratesfor their customers.
A storm system movedthrough the county bringingheavy rains, sleet, freezingrain and snow. It causedschools to be closed becauseof the weather for the firsttime in the school year.
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fifty who finished as staterunners-up. He has alsocoached more than one-hundred regional champi-ons and over sixty who fin-ished as regional runner-up.
In 2001 and 2005,Brummett was named theKentucky track and crosscountry coach of the year aswell as the Class 2A girlstrack and cross countrycoach of the year.
Brummett also coached2005 Kentucky Miss TrackHeather Hammond. Twoother athletes, whoBrummett coached duringhis career, were also namedfinalists for Kentucky Ms.Track -- Samantha Smithand Michaela Hunter.
Brummett said he hashad several memorable mo-ments as a head coach.However, he said his mostmemorable moment was inthe spring of 2001 when theRCHS graduation date waspostponed while his teamwas competing for the statechampionship.
“A lot of people were un-happy with us when thegraduation ceremony waspostponed because we werecompeting,” Brummett
Longtime RCHS girls track and cross country HeadCoach Mark Brummett was inducted into the Ken-tucky Track and Cross Country Association Hall ofFame last Saturday at the KTCCA awards banquet.
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said. “But it made every-thing worthwhile when wefinished as state runner-upand former SuperintendentLarry Hammond presentedthe trophy at graduation.”
Brummett said anothermemorable moment for himwas coaching what he con-sidered to be four of thegreatest long jumpers of alltime in the state of Ken-tucky in HeatherHammond, MorganThacker, Samantha Smithand Michaela Hunter.
“These four girls wentafter state records andchampionships every timethey competed,” Brummettsaid. “Some of the greatestlong jumping coaches in theworld have recruited thesegirls and that makes me veryproud.”
Brummett said his big-gest accomplishment was in2009 when the RCHS girlsindoor track team won theClass 2A state champion-ship.
“We had lost some of thekey members on the team tograduation that year and wewere left with only six girlsand four of them weremiddle school students,”Brummett said. “The girlshad an unbelievable meetand won the indoor statetitle by eight points overLouisville Central. I havenever been more excitedand proud as I was of thatgroup of girls that day.”
Brummett went on to saythat he was very humbled tobe inducted into theKTCCA Hall of Fame.
“I was honored to be in-ducted but I felt unworthyof that distinction. I still feelthat way but I am very ap-preciative for the nomina-tion and selection,”
Brummett said. “With somany talented athletes onmy current team I think Imay have another twentyyears left in me and that mybest years are yet to come.”
mond, 32, of Mt. Vernonand Tyler Montaigne Jasper,48, of Crab Orchard.
According to theRockcastle County Sheriff’sDepartment, Gadd andRichmond entered Gail’sStop and Go last Tuesday.Gadd, who was armed witha hunting knife, was hold-ing her 15-month-old son.
After entering the store,Gadd held an employee atknifepoint while Richmondstole $300 in cash and anLG Straight Talk cell phone.Gadd and Richmond thenfled in a vehicle driven byJasper.
Upon further investiga-tion, County Attorney BillyReynolds issued warrantsfor Gadd’s, Richmond’s andJasper’s arrest. All threewere arrested after beingfound last Saturday at a resi-dence on Hwy 1152 in Mt.Vernon.
All three were chargedwith first degree robberyand first degree complicityto commit robbery. They re-main lodged in theRockcastle County Deten-tion Center each on a$20,000 cash/propertybond.
The robbery was inves-tigated by the RockcastleCounty Sheriff’s Depart-ment and deputies ShannonFranklin and Todd Caudillare in charge of the investi-gation.
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Senior Kayla Reynolds tries to stop a Lady Rebel’sdrive to the goal during her team’s district loss Fri-day night.
Freshman Lady Rocket Mahala Saylor goes in for alayup against a Casey County Lady Rebel in actionlast Friday night. The Lady Rockets lost the districtmatch-up 55-50. Saylor had 6 points in the game, allfree throws.
Sophomore Morgan Renner fights for a rebound inFriday night’s game. Renner got 10 points in the con-test.
Freshman Hope Kelley puts up a soft layup duringthe Lady Rockets game with Casey County. Kelleycame off the bench to lead her team in scoring with17 points.
The Rockets big freshman, Lucas Gentry, goes highfor a lay-up in action Friday night against CaseyCounty. Gentry scored nine points of his team’s 17third quarter points.
Junior point guard Sam Pensol turned up his gamein the fourth quarter and in overtime Friday night,scoring 25 of his 32 points in those periods. He isshown above making a move to the basket.
Josh Mason is shown stopping a Rebel driving tothe basket. The Rockets came back to win the dis-trict contest in overtime 79-74 after being down 17points. Mason contributed 9 points, 14 rebounds andtwo steals.
Freshman Carson Noble applies defense to a CaseyCounty Rebel during action Friday night. Also inthe photo is Lucas Gentry, No. 32.
Rockets getsecond districtwin in comebackover Casey Co.
Down 14 points to the Casey County Rebels at the endof the third quarter, the Rockcastle Rockets came back andoutscored the Rebels 29-15 in the fourth quarter to tie thescore and take the game into overtime where they chalkedup their second district win 79-74, behind 32 points fromjunior point guard Sam Pensol. At the end of the third quar-ter, Pensol scored 25 of his team’s fourth quarter and over-time 43 points.
The outcome seemed cut and dried for three quarters asthe Rockets got behind early, trailing 17-8 at the end of thefirst quarter and 34 to 19 at the half. Things didn’t get anybetter in the third quarter when the Rockets managed to cutonly one point off the lead for a 50-36 score. FreshmanLucas Gentry and senior Gage Reynolds combined for 15of the Rockets 17 points in that quarter.
However, the fourth quarter may have possibly been theRockets best of the season. It started with the Rockets scor-ing six straight points (four from Hasty) before the Rebelsgot on the board. The Rockets tied the score at 53 all, at the4:50 mark, on a basket by Gage Reynolds. However, withless than a half minute to go in the game, the Rockets weredown by five, 65-60. Pensol came down the floor and sanka three. The Rockets got the ball back and Pensol went infor a layup to tie the game. The ball bounced off the rimbut senior Josh Mason was there to slam it home as thebuzzer sounded and the game was tied at 65 all.
In overtime, Pensol scored 13 of his team’s 14 pointswith two baskets and nine free throws for the final 79-74.
Besides Pensol’s 32, Hasty got 14; Gentry 13 andReynolds and Mason 9 and Blake Mullins 3.
This Friday night, the Rockets will play a doubleheaderwith the Lady Rockets when they host the Pulaski CountyMaroons. The girls play at 6 p.m. and the boys at 7:30.
Next Monday night, both teams will travel to East Jes-samine where the boys will play the first game at 6 p.m.and the girls at 7:30.
Tuesday’s second district matchup at Somerset for botthe girls and boys was cancelled due to the weather. It willbe rescheduled at a later date.
Lady Rockets losetough one to Casey
The Lady Rockets arenow 0-2 in the district afterFriday night’s 55-50 loss tothe Casey County LadyRebels. The Lady Rocketsare playing without the ser-vices of junior centerAmelia Eversole, who is outfor the season with a tornACL and MCL.
After getting down 10-2in the first quarter to theLady Rebels, the LadyRockets came back to withinthree at the end of the firstquarter 16-13.
The Lady Rocketsworked hard in the secondquarter and took a 29-26lead into the locker room.
However, the third quar-ter proved devastating forthe Rockets when they onlymanaged two points, bypoint guard Alaina Coguer,while the Lady Rebels wereputting nine points on theboard for a 35-31 third quar-
ter lead.The Lady Rockets
couldn’t get over the humpin the fourth, at one pointgetting to within one, 49-48,on a basket by sophomoreMorgan Renner but theLady Rebels kept their cool,making 13 of 16 free throwattempts in the fourth for thefinal 55-50 win.
Freshman Hope Kelleycame off the bench to leadher team in scoring with 17points; Renner got 10;Coguer 8; sophomoreAshley McKinney 7, fresh-man Mary Saylor 6 andfreshman Emily Payne 2.
The girls will hostPulaski County Friday nightin a doubleheader with theboys team. The girls tip-offis at 6 p.m.
Next Monday night, bothteams will travel to East Jes-samine where the boys willplay the first game at 6 p.m.
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Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division IICivil Action No. 13-CI-00214
JPMorgan Chase Bank Plaintiff
V.
Ricky Douglas Rowe,aka Ricky D. Rowe, et al Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on December 5, 2013 for the purposeof satisfying the judgment against the defendantsin the amount of NINETY THOUSAND THREEHUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND 25/100 ($90,388.25) plus interest, costs and attorneyfees. I will offer at public auction the hereinafterdescribed real property in Rockcastle County, Ken-tucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, January 24, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 11:30 a.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
759 Rank Road, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, 40456Parcel No.: 049-00-008Legal Description:Certain real property located in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, and moreparticularly bounded and described as follows:Parcel No. 1Beginning at a set stone on the East side of Cromer Road (1.0 milesSouth East of Kentucky 1249); thence North 33 1⁄2 degrees East 135feet to a set stone; thence South 31 1⁄2 degrees East 213 feet to apoplar stump near a spring; thence South 74 degrees West 138 feet toa set stone on East side of Cromer Road; thence along said road North16 degrees West 62 feet and North 37 degrees West 64 feet to thebeginning. Containing 0.48 acres more or less.Parcel No. 2Beginning at a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey common to the Ricky Douglas and Mary Roweproperty (116/46) being the southwest corner of said Rowe propertyand also being located 15 feet east of the approximate centerline ofthe Rank Cromer Road; thence leaving said road and running withthe Rowe line north 65 degree, 51 minutes 55 seconds east a distanceof 138.00 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey where a poplar stump stood as shown by RickyDouglas Rowe and Thurney R. Rowe; thence north 35 degrees 43 min-utes 05 seconds west a distance of 213.64 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rodwith a plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey; thence leavingthe Ricky Douglas and Mary Rowe property and severing the ThurneyR. and Bonnie Rowe property 4 new lines, north 52 degrees 53 min-utes 01 seconds east a distance of 105.52 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rodwith a red plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey, being a newcorner; thence south 48 degrees 08 minutes 44 seconds east a dis-tance of 82.08 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stampedJLF 3389 set this survey, being a new corner; thence south 28 degrees37 minutes 39 seconds east a distance of 126.96 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18”rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey, being anew corner; thence south 29 degrees 28 minutes 11 seconds west adistance of 154.25 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic capstamped JLF 3389 set this survey at the base of a 12” white oak markedwith 3 hack marks and orange paint this survey, being a new corner;thence south 76 degrees 12 minutes 54 seconds west a distance of128.98 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey, being a new corner located 15 feet east of theabove mentioned centerline of the Rank Cromer Road; thence run-ning 15 feet east of and parallel to said centerline, north 09 degrees18 minutes 23 seconds west a distance of 38.17 feet to the point ofbeginning having an area of 0.77 acres, more or less. All bearings ad-justed to the February 23, 2001, magnetic north meridian, as observedin the field on that date as surveyed by Jeffery L. Fugate, KentuckyLicensed Professional Land Surveyor Number 3389 on February 23,2001.Together with all improvements on the real estate (except mobilehomes if any).Subject to all restrictions, conditions and covenants and to all legalhighways and easements.
Being the same property conveyed to Ricky Dou-glas Rowe, no marital status shown, by deed datedOctober 31, 2012, executed by Mary Rowe, di-vorced and unremarried, and recorded on Novem-ber 8, 2012 in Deed Book 241, Page 369 in theOffice of the Rockcastle County Clerk.
The property shall be sold on the
following terms & conditions:1. Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 shall be sold together
as a whole.2. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of ten percent (10%) ofthe purchase price in cash on the date of sale andto secure the balance with a bond approved by theMaster Commissioner.
3. The bond shall bear interest at the rate oftwelve percent (12%) per annum until paid in full.The bond shall have the force and effect of a judg-ment and shall be and remain a lien upon the prop-erty sold as additional surety for the payment ofthe purchase price.
4. The 2013 local, county and state propertytaxes shall be paid by the purchaser and furtherany delinquent State, County and/or City real es-tate taxes sold pursuant to the provisions of KRSChapter 134 to any private purchaser during thependency of this action.
5. Unpaid delinquent State, County, and/or Cityad valorem real estate taxes owed to those gov-ernment entitites shall be paid out of the proceedsof the sale.
6. Full satisfaction of the plaintiff’s judgment shallbe paid from the proceeds of the sale.
7. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
8. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required.
9. The sale shall be made subject to all ease-ments, set back lines, restrictions or covenants ofrecord or otherwise and shall be sold “as is”.
John D. FordMaster Commissioner
Rockcastle Circuit Court
Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division ICivil Action No. 13-CI-00071
Vanderbilt Mortgage andFinance, Inc. Plaintiff
V.
Barbara Frith, et al Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on October 4, 2013 for the purpose ofsatisfying the judgment against the defendants inthe amount of EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND FIVEHUNDRED SIXTY THREE DOLLARS AND 66/100($86,563.66) plus interest, costs and attorney fees.I will offer at public auction the hereinafter describedreal property in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, January 24, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 11:30 a.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
754 Union Chapel Road, Brodhead, KY 40409Tract 1A certain tract or parcel of land located on the north side of UnionChapel Road in Rockcastle County, Kentucky approximately 1.0 milesfrom the junction of KY 1505.Being all of Tract 1 of a plat named Gary Frith project filed in Plat Cabi-net 4, Slide 922 in the Rockcastle County Clerk’s Office at Mt. Vernon,Kentucky.The above described having an area of 9.0000 acres as surveyed byBobby Hudson, LPLS 1253 on 04/13/2009.All corners or witness monuments referred to herein as iron pins setare one-half inch rebar 18 inches long and capped with an orangecap marked LS 1253, except as otherwise noted. All bearings are ref-erenced to the meridian.This property is subject to any and all rights of way and/or easementsof record or in existence at this time and regulations that may applythrough planning and zoning.Also included herein is a 2009 Clayton 32 X 52 River Run Mobile Homewith VIN#RSO.
This being a portion of the same property conveyedto Garry Frith by deed dated August 10, 1993, andrecorded in Deed Book 153, page 302 and furtherconveyed to Joshua Frith, unmarried, by deeddated April 29, 2009 and recorded in Deed Book226, Page 133 both in the Office of the RockcastleCounty Clerk.
The property shall be sold on the
following terms & conditions:1. The real property and mobile home shall be
sold together as a whole.2. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of ten percent (10%) ofthe purchase price in cash on the date of sale andto secure the balance with a bond approved by theMaster Commissioner.
3. The bond shall bear interest at the rate oftwelve percent (12%) per annum until paid in full.The bond shall have the force and effect of a judg-ment and shall be and remain a lien upon the prop-erty sold as additional surety for the payment ofthe purchase price.
4. Unpaid delinquent State, County, and/or Cityad valorem real estate taxes shall be paid out ofthe proceeds of the sale.
5. The purchaser shall pay the 2013 local, countyand state property taxes.
6. Full satisfaction of the plaintiff’s judgment shallbe paid from the proceeds of the sale.
7. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
8. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required.
9. The sale shall be made subject to all ease-ments, set back lines, restrictions or covenants ofrecord or otherwise and shall be sold “as is”.
John D. FordMaster Commissioner
Rockcastle Circuit Court
Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division ICivil Action No. 11-CI-00304
Citizens Bank Plaintiff
V.
Stephen C. Howerton,His Unknown SpouseRockcastle County, Ky.Citimortgage, Inc., as successorby merger to ABN AMROMortgage Group, Inc.,and Mary Hedgepath Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on October 25, 2013 for the purposeof satisfying the judgment against the defendantsin the amount of EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUN-DRED ONE DOLLAR AND 94/100 ($8,601.94) plusinterest, costs and attorney fees. I will offer at pub-lic auction the hereinafter described real propertyin Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, February 7, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 12:00 p.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
First Tract:Beginning on a peach tree and stone in the edge of the coal bankroad; thence a northeast course to a double hickory tree in a hollow;thence up the hollow to Fletcher’s line; thence with Fletcher’s line to achestnut oak on top of a hill; thence west with Fletcher’s line to a setstone in a coal road about 150 feet with the coal opening withCalhoun’s corner; thence northwest down the side of the coal bankroad to a stone and peach tree the beginning corner and containingabout 18 acres, more or less.Second Tract:Located near Sand Springs, Kentucky, bounded as follows: Beginningat Sand Springs Rural Road; thence an east direction 36 feet wide andextending up the hill to the land purchased by the second parties fromArthur G. Miller, & c.Third Tract:Beginning at a stone a division corner made by Howard Renner andLonzo Renner; thence a division line N 45 W 4 poles and 17 links to astone, thence S 59 W 2 poles and 9 links to a stone; thence N 31 E 4poles and 22 links to a stone; thence N 53 E 3 poles to the beginningand contains about one-fourth acre, also including a right of way fora road 16 feet wide from Sand Springs Road along where the coalbank road is now located.
Being the same real property the defendant,Stephen C. Howerton, single, obtained by deeddated March 14, 1998, executed by Dwayne S.Blair, et ux, of record in Deed Book 169, Page 416in the Office of the Rockcastle County Clerk, Mt.Vernon, Kentucky.
The property shall be sold upon the
following terms & conditions:1. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of twenty-five percent(25%) of the purchase price in cash on the date ofsale and to secure the balance with a bond bear-ing interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) perannum.
2. Unpaid taxes of record at the time of entry ofjudgment shall be paid out of the proceeds of thesale.
3.The purchaser shall pay the 2013 local, county,state and school taxes on the property.
4. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
5. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required and the property will beconveyed to the plaintiff in due season upon pay-ment of the expense of sale.
Bobby AmburgeySpecial Master Commissioner
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By: Doug PonderLocal police are warning
Rockcastle Countians to beskeptical of automatedphone calls promising thema free medical alert system.
Rockcastle County Sher-iff Mike Peters said his of-fice has received reportsfrom people about thephone scam.
Peters said people whohave received the phonecalls say they are informingthem that someone orderedthem a free medical alertsystem and that they arecalling to confirm the ship-ping instructions and ad-dress.
The automated messagealso asks the listener topress a button to speak witha customer service represen-tative and then the represen-tative asks for the listener’scredit card and other per-sonal information as theyexplain the medical alertsystem will cost around $35or more a month to operate.
Peters said the phonescam is targeting senior citi-zens as the free medicalalert system is supposed toprotect them during medicalemergencies or home inva-sions. He said authorities onthe federal, state and locallevels are all aware of thisscam. However, he said it is
hard for them or other au-thorities to track down thecon artists as they use fakephone numbers and if theycan track them they are al-ways traced to areas outsidethe United States.
According to the BetterBusiness Bureau, the medi-cal alert system phone scamis more prominent in Ken-tucky as well as Michigan,New York, Texas and Wis-consin. The BBB also saidthe automated message usu-ally identifies themselves asa phony company such as“Emergency Medical AlertSystems”, “Senior Emer-gency Care”, “Senior SafetyAlert” or another similarphony company name.
If you receive an auto-mated phone call from acompany you don’t know,the BBB is telling consum-ers to simply hang up thephone, do not press any but-tons and if a representativetalks to you, be sure to askfor the company’s physicaladdress. They say if the rep-resentative wants your ad-dress but will not give outtheir company’s address, thephone call is a scam.
Peters went on to say thathis office warns people to bewary of unsolicited phonecalls, text messages, or so-cial media messages that
Police warning residents of scamsconcerning free medical alert system
ask them for their accountnumbers, social securitynumbers or any other per-sonal information.
“Con artists are alwayscreating new scams that tar-get different age groups,”
Peters said. “The scamsrange from all types ofprizes or money. I alwaystell people if it sounds toogood to be true than it prob-ably is.”
She was looking fine at 49Will she still be nifty nowthat she’s turning 50?As a respiratory therapist,she’s one of the best.Now will her age standthe test?
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The subzero temperatures caused a water main break last Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of SandSprings Road and Hwy 25 in Mt. Vernon. Mt. Vernon Water and Sewer Superintendent Dennis McClure saidthe break happened around 5 p.m. and they were able to have it repaired by 10 p.m. McClure also said theyhad another water main break last Tuesday night on West Main Street due to the weather as well.
County Attorney Billy Reynolds recently appointed William Leger as the newAssistant County Attorney. Leger, shown above, was sworn-in by Chief CircuitJudge Jeff Burdette at the Rockcastle County Courthouse. Leger filled the va-cancy that was created after former Assistant County Attorney Jeremy Roweresigned to open a private practice in Mt. Vernon. Rowe was also appointed asthe 28th District Trial Commissioner. Rowe is being sworn in by Chief DistrictJudge Jeff Lawless.By: Doug Ponder
There have been a coupleof changes in RockcastleCounty law positions overthe past few weeks.
Former Assistant CountyAttorney Jeremy Rowe,who recently resigned thatposition, was appointed asTrial Commissioner forRockcastle District Courtlast Thursday.
Rowe was appointed byChief District Court JudgeJeff Lawless. He said thetrial commissioner allowsthem to provide additionalcoverage so a judicial officercan immediately respond toan emergency request.Rowe replaced former TrialCommissioner Carrie
Rowe and Legersworn-in to new offices
Lyons resignsas school boardtreasurer; Coguerappointed interim
Carloftis makes threeappointments to RCIDA
County is #1 instate in job growth
Rockcastle County has been named number one in thestate for 2013 for creating the most jobs per capita.
The announcement came in an email from the KentuckyCabinet for Economic Development Monday to HollyHopkins, Executive Director of RCIDA.
Hopkins informed the fiscal court, at their regular meet-ing Tuesday, of the designation.
“I am honored to share this news with everyone inRockcastle County. It has been the combined efforts of theRCIDA and the Rockcastle County Fiscal Court over thepast several years to make this milestone achievable. Thefuture continues to look bright for Rockcastle County,”Hopkins said. “This is a huge marketing tool,” she added.
Judge/Executive Buzz Carloftis reminded everyone thatthis achievement wouldn’t have been possible without therevenue provided by the occupational tax.
As a result of the designation, the county will be fea-tured in the cabinet’s next newsletter.One more
files for officeOne more candidate has
filed to run for office in theNovember General Elec-tion.
Dallas Todd of Brodheadfiled for a Brodhead Com-missioner seat. City com-missioners will not be onMay’s primary ballot due toit being a non-partisan race.
The filing deadline formayor and city council/commissioner candidates isTuesday, August 12. The fil-ing deadline for all othercandidates is Tuesday, Janu-ary 28th.
Thirty-three candidateshave filed at the time of pub-lication.
SourceHOV will increase employment
New arrest made in robberyoutside of Conway store
Livingston gets grantto market Trail Town
By: Doug PonderThe Rockcastle County
School Board approved Di-rector of Curriculum andSpecial Education JasonCoguer as the interim BoardTreasurer.
Coguer was chosen bySuperintendent DavidPensol to assume the dutiesof Board Treasurer afterformer Finance Director andBoard Treasurer MelanieLyons resigned at the begin-ning of January. Coguer wasalso recently appointedPensol as the interim financedirector as well.
Pensol told the board thatdue to the finance directorposition being a staffing po-sition, he could appointsomeone to fill the vacancy.However, he said thetreasurer’s position had to beapproved by the board.
“We need to immediatelyget someone in this spot be-cause it is a much needed
Mullins, who resigned in2013.
“Rowe has done a re-spectable job in serving asRockcastle assistant countyattorney. District JudgeKatie Wood and I are look-ing forward to working withhim,” Lawless said. “Byworking with him we canensure that emergencies andcalls from law enforcement,mental health professionalsand domestic violence vic-tims are covered twenty-four hours a day, 365 days ayear.”
Under Kentucky law,trial commissioners havethe authority of a district
position,” Pensol said. “Ihave met with central officestaff and principals about itand we all feel like Cogueris the best fit to fill the va-cancy.”
With Lyons’ last day be-ing Friday, January 17th,Pensol said Lyons has al-ready started helpingCoguer with the transitionof all the different financedocuments and signaturesrequired for the fiancé di-rector position.
“Ms. Lyons has beenhelping train and transitioneverything over to Mr.Coguer,” Pensol said. “Weare also all going to pitch inat the central office on thefinancial side and help dur-ing the transition.”
The board voted unani-mously to appoint Cogueras the interim board trea-surer. Coguer will serve as
County Judge ExecutiveBuzz Carloftis recently an-nounced the appointment ofthree people to serve astrustees and members of theRockcastle County Indus-trial Authority Board.
Carloftis appointed JasonCoguer to replace SteveTaylor of EST Tool and Dye,who resigned. Mr. Coguerhas served as principal atRCMS and presently servesas the Special EducationDirector and CurriculumSupervisor at the RockcastleCounty Board of Education.
Livingston Mayor JasonMedley was also appointedto serve in a seat that hasbeen vacant for some time.Carloftis said he has beenvery impressed with Mr.Medley’s enthusiasm andpositive attitude as mayor ofLivingston along with hisexperience in promotion.Medley is a barber withBootsie’s Wild Kuts in Mt.Vernon.
In the last appointment,Carloftis named StevenEversole to serve in the seatvacated by long-time mem-ber Gatliff Craig, former ex-ecutive director of CVADD.Mr. Eversoleis a graduate of
By: Doug PonderThe Brodhead City
Council agreed to assign allfour commissioners to over-sight of a specific city de-partment at the monthlycouncil meeting Mondaynight.
During Tuesday’s meet-ing of the Rockcastle FiscalCourt, RCIDA ExecutiveDirector Holly Hopkins re-
By: Doug PonderA Berea woman was ar-
rested for first degree rob-bery, due to her involvementin a robbery at knifepoint ina Conway store’s parking loton Friday, January 3rd.
Arrested was LindaNicole Gadd, 24, of Berea.Three more people were
According to LivingstonMayor Jason Medley, therewill be a check-presentationceremony on January 27th at9 a.m. to award the City ofLivingston a $7,500 grantfrom AT&T.
The ceremony will be atthe Visitor’s Center at theold school in Livingston andwill be attended by thePresident of Eastern Ken-tucky University, State Rep.
Brodhead assignscommissioners tooversee departments
UK with a degree in me-chanical engineering. Inaddition, he is the owner ofBack Porch Barbecue inBerea, having recentlymoved the business fromRenfro Valley.
Jonathan Shell and StateSenator Jared Carpenter.
"I appreciate Jared andJonathan's work to supportwhat Livingston is doing toutilize and build on our des-ignation as a Kentucky TrailTown. The generosity ofAT&T and EKU is going toprovide a big boost to ourefforts." said Mayor Med-
ported that, due to a contractupgrade, SourceHOV, andtheir subcontractors, wouldbe hiring more people dur-
ing the first quarter of thisyear, bringing total employ-ment to 750.
Hopkins said that planswere to operate two 10-hourshifts Monday throughThursday and a shift on Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday.There are presently 480 em-ployees at the facility.
Hopkins also told thecourt that the state had ap-
proved the extension of theDepartment of Transporta-tion grant until the end ofDecember, 2014. $209,852remains available from thegrant and Hopkins said that,if CSEPP decides to con-struct a storage building ontheir property in RockcastleBusiness Park South, the
Mayor Walter Cashasked the council to approvethe proposed city depart-ment assignments.
According to the pro-posal, Commissioner LarryTaylor will oversee the Pub-lic Works Department,also arrested last week for
their involvement in thesame robbery. They were:Amanda Kay Gadd, 31, ofCrab Orchard; MichaelDavid Richmond, 32, of Mt.Vernon and TylerMontaigne Jasper, 48, of
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The WayI See it
ByDoug Ponder
Hot Rod HeartOnce again, listening to
a song has prompted mysubject matter: I have al-ways had what John Fogertydubs a “hot rod heart.”
Even as a small boy, I hada collection of toy cars, andmost of them were hot rods.When I began to drive andpurchased my first car (’58Chevy), I immediately be-gan to customize it so Iwould have my own “hotrod.”
Fogerty has issued a CDnamed Blue Moon Swamp,and my favorite song on itis called “Hot Rod Heart.”When I first listened to thatsong, I felt like he was sing-ing about me and my friendsback in the day.
The first line of the songexplains just how I felt be-hind the wheel of my Chevy– Ohh, let’s go ridin’ – andriding we did go!
Before I continue, I’ll letthe lyrics speak for them-selves:Ooh, let’s go ridin’Cruisin’ down the open roadWe can put the top downListen to the radioBig ol’ BuickAnd a big ol’ skyWheels on fireAnd I’ll tell you whyI got a hot rod heart.Ooh, let’s go prowlin’Sneakin’ like we used to doWay back in the countryCut across the cornfields too
Big ol’ ChevyAnd a big ol’ moonBig ol’ gatorPuttin’ on the zoomI got a hot rod heart.Got a one-way ticket to the
open roadCome onGot a red line engineAnd I’m rarin’ to goPut the pedal to the metalIf you want to rideIf you want to rideLet’s go.
It was pretty routine formy friends and I (when wedid not have dates) to jumpinto someone’s car (oftenmy own) and “we wentridin” in the same mannerthat the song describes. Itwould be impossible toname all of the guys whoparticipated in these rides,but some included: BudCox, Lloyd Fain, PaulDaily, Bobby Joe Sweeney,Marion Whitehouse, GaryCoffey, Mike Hunt, SamBarnes, Charles Hensley,and so many more. We usu-ally chose the back roads ofRockcastle County, but wewere known to venture intoMadison (Berea) or LaurelCounties. As most teenageboys would, we were look-ing for fun and especiallyfor girls.
As the chorus of thesong says, we were“prowlin’” and “sneaking”way back in the country.Our parents had no cluewhere we were or what wewere doing. As Fogertysays, we were “puttin’ onthe zoom.”
Occasionally, some ofour female friends joined usin our quest for fun. I canremember many times hav-ing as many as 10-13 teensin my car. Some of the“gals” included DorcasWoodall, Nancy Helton,Carla Baker, Marty Sowder,
It was not unusual, whenI was growing up, to run outof taters in the house aboutthis time of year. And thatmeant we had to open up thetater hole much, much ear-lier than originally plannedwhen we’d holed them upthe previous September.
We didn’t have a root cel-lar or a spring house on theplace there in the head ofBlair Branch, so we tried tokeep enough potatoes up-stairs in the house to get usthrough the winter and lastuntil planting time nextspring. But we usuallyseemed to eat way moretaters than Dad thought wewould because taters tastemight good if you don’thave anything else to eat andyou’re too sorry to open ajar of beans or kraut.
Taters also made a greatbedtime snack if you rolledthem up under the grate andlet them bake in the fireplaceashes for a couple of hoursand that probably accountedfor the short upstairs supplymore than anything else.
I’m reasonably sure thatI never bought a potato outof the grocery store until I’dbeen out of college severalyears because Dad alwaysraised enough to feed sev-eral families. He bought andplanted Kennebeck and RedPontiac seed potatoes by thehundreds of pounds and healways saved a few hundredpounds of Irish Cobblersover the winter just forplanting the following year.And no matter how hungryyou might get, you never atethe seed potatoes. I don’trecall ever needing to.
Anyway we had a taterhole out there beside themain garden, about 50 yardsfrom the house, that had tobe dug back out every fall.The bottom was lined withdried corn fodder stalks anda few bats of hay, on top of
which many bushels of po-tatoes were dumped andcovered with more hay andfodder and even a couple ofold bed quilts. This wascovered by a layer of rolledasphalt roofing and thewhole thing was coveredwith another thick layer ofsoil.
Suffice to say that gettinginto the tater hole early wasa pain in the behind. But ona late January or early Feb-ruary day when the outsidetemperature was abovefreezing, it could be done.You simple removed a littledirt around the edge of thehole, poked your arm underthe roofing and stuck itdown through the hay andfodder until you felt tatersand then you pulled themout, one at a time, andwished to high Heaven thatyou’d saved back enough toeat on when you holed themup last fall.
We never tried to hole uponions or anything besidestaters that I recall. But JohnBowers holed up apples,pears, onions and even cab-bage. I’ve gone to John’shouse there on Feds Creekin the dead of winter,reached down into his taterhole and pulled out cabbageheads that were as white assnow. He stored them withthe roots turned upwards,but not touching his tatersbecause the outer leaveswould rot off. You grabbedthe cabbage by the root,yanked it, and only the headand root came out. It actu-ally tasted much better thanwhen it was garden fresh.
We raised onions that weate on all winter but westored them indoors. By thistime of year they would beso strong that it’s a wonderthe juice didn’t take the hideoff your hands when you
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As I am writing this col-umn, I already know it is acolumn that I shouldn’t bewriting. After all, part ofpublic relations is learningwhen not to say what youreally want to say. So bydoing this I am goingagainst this creed as a pub-lic relations major…. Butoh well.
Although many of youalready know, Facebookand other social mediawebsites have connectedpeople in ways never seenbefore in the history of man-kind.
Social media websiteshave also given people a“voice.” A lot of times that“voice” can get extremelyoff-kilter and can place anegative image on peoplethat they didn’t intend.
In the PR world we callthis reputation manage-ment. It’s the process ofconstantly seeking to por-tray a positive image/repu-tation in any public outlet,especially social mediawebsites. People can do thisby monitoring what they puton their social media ac-counts and also monitoringwhat other people put ontheir social media accounts.This includes everythingsuch as posts, comments,tweets, pictures, etc.
I don’t have a Twitter,Instagram, Snapchat orwhatever other new crazysocial media account thereis out there in the cyberworld. But I do have aFacebook page and quitefrankly that is enough forme.
However, when I look atthe newsfeed on myFacebook, I am appalled bywhat I am seeing more andmore of, my Facebookfriends posting their per-sonal problems.
I guess I am too “oldschool” but I have neverwanted anyone else to knowmy personal problems. If Ihave to vent or complainabout something or some-one in my life, I always goto my few close friends whoI can trust 110% and alsoknow they won’t tell any-one else.
But I am amazed at howmany of my Facebookfriends vent and complainabout something or some-one in their life on theirFacebook accounts. Afterposting their personal prob-lems, I am even moreamazed when these samepeople proceed to postFacebook statuses com-plaining about people judg-ing them.
The fact of the matter isif you post your personalproblems on Facebook youwill be judged by at leastone person or possiblymore. Unfortunately, that isjust human nature and a les-son that should have alreadybeen learned.
I can understand middleschool students or even highschool students not follow-ing these guidelines. WhenJohnny breaks up withSusie and then immediatelyfinds another girlfriend, thetwo will battle it out onFacebook as Johnny writesa post claiming he broke upwith Susie because of theway she treated him. ThenSusie creates a post accus-ing Johnny of cheating onher while they were still to-gether and now she claimsshe hates all boys and that
all boys are the same.But here is the real
kicker, after posting theirprevious posts, both Johnnyand Susie will createFacebook posts saying otherpeople shouldn’t judge themand they will use phrasessuch as “don’t judge me un-less you have walked in myshoes” or something similar.
As adults, we can look atthis and laugh, hoping theywill eventually grow out ofthe stage of putting theirpersonal problems onFacebook. In the futurewhen they have personalproblems, we hope that theywill learn to find a goodfriend to talk to and helpthem move on with their lifeinstead of posting theirproblems on their socialmedia accounts for thewhole world to see andjudge.
However, as I mentionedearlier, this isn’t happeningwith a lot of children as theygrow into adults. I amamazed at a lot of adults andcommunity leaders that arestill acting like Johnny andSusie when they post theirpersonal problems onFacebook and then get madbecause they say people arejudging them.
My advice is don’t putyour personal problems onFacebook and that way noone will have anything tojudge about your posts.
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On CallBy:
Rick Branham
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This past week Lexing-ton Fire Department re-sponded to what many be-lieve to be a record numberof water cutoffs due to thefreezing temperatures andpipes busting. I would sug-gest that if you do not knowwhere your water cutoff isin your house then pleaselocate the cutoff. I am surewe are not done with thefreezing temperatures andthere may be pipes to burst.If you cannot find the watercutoff in your house thenyou can always turn it off atthe meter.
Last week I asked for youto name the parts of a rope.The three parts of a rope arethe running end, standingpart and the working end.We will discuss each ofthese later. This week I amgoing to finish up ropes andI am going to start off bydiscussing how we maintainand store our ropes.
The maintenance on ourrope includes inspecting andcleaning the rope as well askeeping and inspection log.When inspecting our ropewe look for foreign objectsthat could damage the rope,for example glass, and metalshavings and wood splin-ters. You also want to lookfor any irregularities inshape, foul smells, and dis-coloration from chemicalcontamination, roughness,abrasions or fuzziness. Ifanything is found at of theordinary then the ropeshould be taken out of ser-vice. If the rope is used forlife-safety applications then
the rope shall not be used forrescue any longer. The badsection can be cut from therope and the remaining ropecan be used for utility. Therope must also be labeled asutility rope in order to avoidany confusion.
When cleaning rope youneed to know if it is madefrom natural fiber or syn-thetic material. If it is natu-ral fiber rope then you donot want to use water. Overtime and continual exposureto wetting and drying, wa-ter weakens and damagesthe rope. With natural fiberrope you want to wipe therope to remove as much dirtas possible. With synthetic
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Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 16, 2014 • Pg. A3
ObituariesObituaries
Earl C.Kidwell
Earl C. Kidwell, 89, ofBrodhead, died Wednesday,January 8, 2014 atRockcastle Health and Re-habilitation Center inBrodhead. He was born inCrab Orchard on August 18,1924, a son of the late Curtisand Sarah LunsfordKidwell. He was a retireddairy farmer, and enjoyedwild burros, farming and hisgrandchildren. He was amember of the RockcastleCounty Saddle Club and theBrodhead Baptist Church.On April 9, 1949 he wasunited in matrimony toMinnie Alice Owens andfrom that union came sixchildren.
He is survived by: hischildren, Helen (Ronnie)Reppert of Scaffold Cane,Judy (Roy) Adams ofMount Vernon, Gary(Laura) Kidwell ofBrodhead, Phillip (Jackie)Kidwell of Nicholasville,and Vanessa Kidwell ofPhoenix, AZ; seven grand-children, Harold Graves,Ronnie Dale Reppert, RoyD.Adams, Eric L. Adams,Phillip Curtis Kidwell,Amanda Savatgy, and Jes-sica Savatgy; seven greatgrandchildren; and manynieces, nephews, friendsand neighbors.
Besides his parents, hewas preceded in death by:his wife, Minnie AliceKidwell; one daughter,Christine Graves; onegrandson, Steven Graves;three brothers, WillieKidwell, Charlie Shafer andErnest Shafer; three sisters,Pearl Elam, Rosie Hubbard,and Myrtle Woodall andthree infant sisters.
Funeral services wereconducted Saturday January11, 2014 at the Marvin E.Owens Home for Funeralswith Bro. John Zupancicand Bro. Vaughn Rasor of-ficiating. Burial was in thePiney Grove Cemetery.
Casketbearers were: DonLong, Ned Purcell, RodneyPurcell, Danny Adams,James Parsons and MichahOwens.
Honorary casketbearerswere the staff at RockcastleHealth and RehabilitationCenter.
Expressions of sympathycan be made in the form ofcontributions to theRockcastle Health and Re-habilitation Center’s Activi-ties Department.Condolences to the family may be
made at his online registry atmarvineowensfuneralhome.com.
James“Duke”Sowder
James “Duke” Sowder,47, of Mt.Vernon, diedThursday, January 9, 2014at the St. Joseph Hospital inLexington. He was bornFebruary 19, 1966 inMt.Vernon, the son of thelate Henry and DorothyHoward Sowder. He was aformer forklift operator atHyster Company, enjoyedwelding and writing stories,and was a member of theCalvary Apostolic Churchin Berea.
Survivors are: his wife,Angela Hayes Sowder ofMt.Vernon; two step-daugh-ters, Megan Gray ofMt.Vernon, and AllisonGray of Anville; onebrother, Tracy “Hoss”Sowder of Mt.Vernon; onesister, Mrs. Marlene Brooksof Oscoda, MI; and one spe-cial foster daughter, KatieMcWhorter of Annville.
Funeral services wereconducted Sunday, January12, 2014 at the Cox FuneralHome with Bro. JoshHampton and Bro. AllenPeevler officiating. Burialwas in the Cresthaven Cem-etery.
Pallbearers were: RogerPearson, Butch Payne,Daniel Towe, Chris Lipps,James Richard Howard,Jonathan Sowder, JohnnyRadar and Clinton Setser.
Honorary pallbearer wasRonnie Bullock.View the complete obituary, sign
the guest registry, or sendcondolences to the family onlineat www.coxfuneralhomeky.com.
RosemaryJones
Rosemary ChaneyJones, 76, of Brodhead, be-loved wife of Dean Jones,died Thursday, January 9,2014 at her home after a val-iant fight against a long ill-ness. She was born inRockcastle County on April17, 1937 at her grandpar-ents' home. She was thedaughter of Walter Earl andDaisy Turner Chaney. Sheretired as an LPN atRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal after a career of over 30years. She enjoyed travelingwith her husband, spoilingher grandchildren, raisingflowers, and playing the pi-ano. She was a member ofthe Watts Chapel BaptistChurch.
She is survived by: herhusband of 58 years, DeanJones; her children, VickiL. Whiteley of Mt. Vernon,and Janice Mullins andMichael (Beth) Jones, all ofBrodhead; her grandchil-dren, Jessica (Danny) Clay,Sarah (Chase) Oliver, Chris-topher Douglas Mullins,Chelsea Elizabeth Whiteley,Lucas Michael Jones, andLindsey Elizabeth Jones;her great grandchildren,Carson Daniel Clay andJames Douglas Oliver; andtwo sisters, Hazel PatriciaCable and Betty JeanBlanton, both of Brodhead.Also surviving are fivenieces and nephews, and ahost of great and great greatnieces and nephews.
In addition to her par-ents, she was preceded indeath by: a son-in-law,Doug Mullins; a specialbrother-in-law, HaroldCable, and a very specialbrother-in-law, Gene Ed-ward Jones.
Funeral services wereconducted Sunday, January12, 2014 at the Dowell &Martin Funeral HomeChapel by Bros. DanGutensonand R.C. Flynn.Burial followed in the Ot-tawa Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: HenryHayes, Andrew Laswell,Mark Loudermilk, DavidBlanton, A. J. Millsaps andDanny Clay.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to
view online obituary.
William"Billy"
McHargue, Jr.William "Billy"
McHargue, Jr. ofShepherdsville and TarponSprings, FL, died Sunday,January 5, 2014 at SuncoastHospice-Brookside in PalmHarbor, FL after an illness.He was a native of Pine Hill,a retired funeral director andembalmer, a KentuckyColonel and a formerJefferson County Deputy.He was appointed by thenGov. John Y. Brown to serveon the Board of Funeral Di-rectors and Embalmersfrom 1983-1987. He was a
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Kate C.Taylor
Kate C. Taylor, 66, ofBrodhead, died Tuesday,January 14, 2014 at LakeCumberland RegionalHospital in Somerset.
Funeral services will beconducted Saturday, Janu-ary 18, 2014 at 2 p.m. atDowell & Martin FuneralHome by Bro. David O.Bullock.
Burial will follow in theReynolds Cemetery.
Friends may call from11 a.m. Saturday until timeof services.
A full obituary will ap-pear in next week’s MountVernon Signal.
Please visitwww.DowellMartin.com to view
online obituary.
member of Bullitt Lodge155 F.& A.M. and joinedAshland Lodge #640 in1947 and a member ofKosair Temple.
He was preceded indeath by: his parents Glidaand William McHargue, Sr.;and his siblings Claud, Joe,Lester McHargue, Ed,Vernon, Estel Reynolds,Hazel Cummins, Eula Bass,Ina Sears, Effie Perciful,Ollie Harris and Nellie Car-penter.
He is survived by: hisloving wife, Sadie M.McHargue; his children,LoAnn (Rick) Talbott ofShepherdsville and Marion(Judy) Whitehouse; a sister,Elva Jean Singleton; hisgrandchildren, Brian andSteven Short, Adrienne Wil-liams, Melissa Doyle,Heather Skaggs and KirkWhitehouse; and six greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services wereheld Thursday, January 9,2014 at Maraman BillingsFuneral Home with Rev.Dale Raines officiating. In-terment was Friday, January10 at Elmwood Cemetery inMt. Vernon.
Glenna FayeHallock
Glenna Faye RobinsonHallock, 48, of Berea, diedSaturday, January 11, 2014.She will be missed for herkindhearted and very givingpersonality. She was born inMt. Vernon to the late GlennRobinson and the lateBeatrice Griffin Robinson.
She is survived by: herson, Kelly Williams; onebrother, John Robinson ofTucson, AZ; four sisters,Jeannie Howat of Orlando,FL, Joy Stevens of Rich-mond, Edna Robinson ofBerea, and Christy Robinsonof Mt. Vernon; and herfiancé, Paul Kidd. She wasa loving and caring aunt toseveral nieces and nephewsMakayleigh Murrell, TaylanDe Larosa, Kayla Whitaker,Sean Day, Brian Craft, DavidDenny III, James KylerDenny, Jessica De Larosaand Josh De Larosa. Memo-rial services were heldWednesday, January 15,2014 at Lakes Funeral Home.
CharlesBrown
Charles “Cecil” Brown,64, of Eubank, died Satur-day, January 4, 2014 at hisresidence. Born Monday,September 5, 1949 inRockcastle County, he wasthe son of the late Charles
Donna J.Collins
Donna J. Jones Collins,62, of Crab Orchard, diedThursday, January 9, 2014 ather residence. She was bornin Clay County on August31, 1951 the daughter of Jimand Julia Jane GregoryJones. She was a caretakerand a member of Pine HillHoliness Church.
She is survived by: herhusband, Bentley Collins ofCrab Orchard; her mother,Julia Jones of Livingston;three step sons, KennethCollins, Robert MitchellHayes and Bentley AustinTaylor Collins, all of CrabOrchard; three brothers,Bobby Jones of Manchester,Edward Jones of Mt. Vernonand Charles Jones ofLivingston; and three sis-ters, Bonnie Minton of Or-ange Park, FL, SylvaniaScalf of Lily, and Mary AnnChesnut of London. Alsosurviving are two stepgrandchildren, BlaineCollins and Austin Collins.She was preceded in deathby her father, Jim Jones.
Funeral services wereconducted Sunday, January12, 2014 at Pine Hill Holi-ness Church by Bro. ChrisDavidson and Bro. BentleyCollins. Burial followed inthe Collins Cemetery atPiney Branch.
Arrangements were bythe Dowell & Martin Fu-neral Home.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to
view online obituary.
Brenda SueRenner
Brenda Sue Renner, 62,wife of Leonard Renner, Jrof Crab Orchard, died Mon-day, January 13, 2014 at theBaptist Health/Richmond.She entered into this lifeSeptember 9, 1951 in CrabOrchard, a daughter of Jo-seph William and Alta MaeBradley Price, both ofwhom preceded her indeath. She was united inmarriage on January 3, 1998to Leonard Renner, Jr. Shewas a housewife and home-maker, and loved taking careof her family. She was amember of the WalnutGrove Church of Christ, andwill be remembered for herlove of quilting, crocheting,and flowers, but most of allfor the love she had for herfamily.
She will be lovingly re-membered by: her husband,Leonard Renner Jr. of CrabOrchard; her daughter,Rebecca Mae (Patrick)Shirer of Corbin; two sisters,M. Jean Stffes Price andMartha (Arlos) Proctor, allof Brodhead; two brothers,Wayne (Debbie) Price ofBrodhead and Chester(Judy) Price of Somerset;brother-in-law, WernonWayne (Teresa) Renner ofDog Walk; sister-in-laws,Barbara Martin ofBrodhead, Judy (Jerry)Beasley of Somerset, andAlma Price of Versailles;and several nieces, neph-ews, great nieces, greatnephews cousins and a hostof friends and neighbors.
Irene RossIrene Deatherage Ross,
86, of Mt. Vernon, belovedwife of the late ShermanMonroe Ross, died Satur-day, January 11, 2014 at theCompassionate Care Centerin Richmond. She was bornin Rockcastle County onNovember 2, 1927 thedaughter of George Lee andPearlie ChildressDeatherage. She retiredfrom Parker Seal and herpassion was sewing andquilting. She was of theBaptist Faith.
She is survived by: twodaughters, Torsha (Ray)Lear of Mt. Vernon andVickey (Ben) Combs ofRichmond. Also survivingare six grandchildren,Tammy Lear and RichardYork of Eubank, Pennie andTony Monk of Mt. Vernon,Melessia and Kevin Rickettof Brodhead, Shawn andSaundra Osborne of Mt.Vernon, Jonathan Osborneof Mt. Vernon and Crystaland Robbie Singleton ofBrodhead. She is also sur-vived by 12 great grandchil-dren and six greatgreatgrandchildren.
In addition to her parents,she was preceded in deathby: her husband, ShermanMonroe Ross; three broth-ers, Arlis Deatherage, BillDeatherage and EddDeatherage; and one sister,Jamie Deatherage.
Funeral services wereconducted Tuesday, January14, 2014 at the Dowell &Martin Funeral HomeChapel by Bro. James Scalf.Burial followed in the OakHill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: RobbieSingleton, Kevin Rickett,Richard York, Tony Monk,Shawn Osborne andJonathon Osborne.
Honorary pallbearerswere: Ray Lear and BenCombs.
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Paul G.Croley
Paul G. Croley, 78, ofHuber Heights, OH, died athome November 24, 2013.He was born February 23,1935 in Insull, to the late Edand Cuba (Lowry) Croley.At a young age, he residedat Copper Creek, thenBrodhead where he gradu-ated in the class of 1953. Hewas a member of the VanHuber Church of Christ. He
was a veteran ofthe U.S. Air Forceand retired from
Chrysler after 39 years ofservice.
He is survived by: hisloving wife of 56 years,Anna Evelyn (Singleton)Croley; son, Blaine Croleyand partner KennethSchneider of Beavercreek,OH; daughter-in-law,Donna (Caverlee) Croley ofManassas, VA; two grand-children; eight great grand-children; sister and brother-in-law, Velma and BobPingleton of Lynchburg,OH; brother, J.D. Croley ofEaton, OH; sister, DeloresGreenberg of Ionia, MI; sis-ter-in-law, Irene Croley ofCold Spring; sister-in-law,Minnie Croley of FortWayne, IN; and numerousnieces, nephews and greatnieces and nephews.
He was preceded in deathby: his son, Daniel Croley;brothers, Orbey Croley,Coyt Croley; sister andbrother-in-law, Doris andGene Good; sister, GeorgiaReiff; sister-in-law, BarbaraCroley; and brother-in-law,Bill Greenberg.
The family would espe-cially like to thank the manyHospice of Dayton nursesand aides who cared for Paulduring his final weeks.
Funeral services wereheld November 30, 2013 atMarker & Heller FuneralHome, Huber HeightsChapel, 5844 Old Troy Pike.Interment was at ForestHills Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributionsmay be made to The Hos-pice of Dayton(OH) or TheAlzheimer's Association inPaul's memory.
Besides her parents, shewas preceded in death byone brother, Joe CalvinPrice.
Funeral services for Mrs.Brenda Renner will be con-ducted Friday, January 17,2014 at 1 p.m. at the MarvinE. Owens Home for Funer-als with Bro. MarvinCromer and Bro. ZachEvans officiating. Intermentwill follow in the BethelCemetery.
Visitation will be held(today) Thursday, January16, from 6-9 p.m. at theMarvin E. Owens Home forFunerals.
Leonard and LouellaBarrons Brown. His lovingwife is Teresa WilhelmBrown, of Eubank, whomhe married on July 13, 1987.He worked as a skilled car-penter for many years. Hewas a member of OakGrove Baptist Church #2and member of Waynesburg328 F&AM. He lovedspending time with hisgrandchildren, skilled atworking with his hands, andenjoyed hunting and fish-ing.
In addition to his wife, heleaves behind: one son,Nadan Dale (Melissa)Brown of Eubank; onedaughter, Rebecca LynnBrown (Robert) Holtzclawof Crab Orchard; onebrother, Clarence Jay (CarolAnn) Brown of Mt. Vernon;two sisters, Loretta (Junior)Marcum of Somerset andBetty Lou Brown ofCampbellsville; eightgrandchildren, AndrewSteven Nicely, Tyler Mat-thew Thompson, JessicaDanielle Brown, ColtonDale Brown, DevinDewayne Brown, Seth RyanThompson, Peyton CharlesMarvin Holtzclaw, andLucas Daulton Brown; andseveral nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents,he was preceded in death byone brother, Marvin EarlBrown and one sister,Beatrice Reynolds.
Funeral services wereheld Wednesday, January 8,2014 at Oak Grove BaptistChurch #2 with Bro. BillMeece and Bro. RonnieHaste officiating. Burialwas in Poplar Grove Cem-etery in Rockcastle County.
Pallbearers were: RobHoltzclaw, Andrew Nicely,Tyler Thompson, Seth Th-ompson, Peyton Holtzclaw,Colton Brown, DevinBrown, and Charles Rankin.
Honorary pallbearerswere: Nadan Brown, LucasBrown, Fred Wilhelm, JayBrown, and Jason Brown.
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City Council Meeting Date ChangedThe January meeting of the Mt. Vernon City Councilmeeting has been changed to Monday, January 27th at 7p.m. because of the Martin Luther King, Jr. observance.
Health Department NoticeThe Rockcastle County Health Department will be closedMonday, January 20th in observance of Martin LutherKing, Jr. Day.
Hospice Volunteer TrainingHospice Care Plus New Volunteer Training will be heldSaturday, January 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Com-passionate Care Center in Richmond. Pre-registration isencouraged. Contact Julie at 859-626-9292 [email protected]. Patient care volunteers espe-cially needed.
Brodhead Lodge MeetingThe Brodhead Masonic Lodge #556 meets every thirdSaturday at 7 p.m. on Main Street in Brodhead aboveBrodhead Pharmacy.
Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday nights at 8 p.m.behind Our Lady of Mt. Vernon Church on Williams St.in Mt. Vernon.
Kiwanis Club MeetingsThe Rockcastle Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday atnoon at the Renfro Valley Lodge. Everyone is invited.
Historical Society HoursThe Rockcastle Historical Society is open on Mondaysfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the RTEC garage building.
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Finally, Happy NewYear! I’ve been wanting tothank Mrs. Perlina for hermost accurate read on ournew national medical hap-pening. Out of respect forthe Christmas season, whichws near, this letter was post-poned until now. In themeantime, she has been en-tertaining us with good hu-mor, which is appreciated aswell.
Back to the previous“Ramblings.” If you havebeen greatly surprised by thefacts recently made publicabout the “unaffordable”Affordable Care Act, youare not alone, but this can bepotentially harmful. My rea-soning -- the surprise indi-cates a need for more atten-tion to the state of our coun-try.
When teaching atRockcastle Tech,, I oftenasked my students, “Whathave you done for yourcountry today?” They wereusually very curious and Iwould point out their re-sponsibility to country couldbe met by striving to be aquality student and in-formed citizen.
Taking care of anythinghigher than ourselves re-quires a good amount ofthought, action and evenwork. I ask you, reader, thesame question presented tomy students.
One answer you mightconsider is to develop a re-solve to watch and really lis-ten to an hour-long newsprogram at least twice aweek. Performing actionswhich improve our countrynot only directly protects anindividual, but also meetsone’s responsibility to fur-ther the stability of the USA.Low information citizensplace our entire society indanger.
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“I See It”(Cont. from A2)
Humbled to be selectedto Hall of Fame...Dear Editor,
I'm very humbled to beselected to the KentuckyTrack & Cross-CountryCoaches Association Hall ofFame. When I was nomi-nated by our athletic direc-tor Barry Noble, I was hon-ored but felt unworthy ofthat distinction. I still feelthat way, but I'm very appre-ciative for the nominationand selection.
There are many individu-als I'd like to thank. First,I'd like to thank Coach RickErdmann and Coach TimMoore of Eastern KentuckyUniversity for the opportu-nity to compete on EKU'strack team without ever hav-ing been on a track in mylife. That generated the in-terest and passion that I havefor the sport. I also owethanks to Olympic goldmedalist Carl Lewis for theencouragement to try outafter having met him justprior to going out for theteam.
I'd like to thank CoachChrysti Noble for asking meto help with the girls' teamso many years ago and get-ting me started in coachingthe sport. I'd like to thankCoach Tom Larkey for hir-ing me as an assistant in theearly 90's and havingenough faith in me to turnthe whole track programover to me. I'd also like tothank Athletic DirectorBarry Noble for nominatingme for the award.
Thanks to Dee Reams,the very first athlete I trav-eled to state with in cross-country many years ago,who motivated me to wantmore out of my athletes.Also thanks to CheyenneCarmack Haste, the firstgreat leader and motivatorthat our track team had. Shewas instrumental in helpingtake everything to the nextlevel. Thanks also to all theathletes I've coached overthe last twenty years. Spe-cial thanks to those that gaveeverything to take our pro-gram to the elite level at
state and to those who haveworked hard to keep it there.Thanks to those who havegone on to excel at the col-legiate level and severalwho have become coachesthemselves.
I also want to thank allthe assistants I've had overthe years, each of them add-ing something new andvaluable to our team.Thanks to my fellowcoaches, teachers, other fac-ulty members, and adminis-trators that have supportedus over the years. Also,thanks to all of our bus driv-ers, most noteably J.R.Middleton who put a greatdeal of time and energy intotransporting our team formany years.
Most importantly, I'd liketo thank my parents, Lonnieand Jenny Brummett. With-out their guidance and sup-port I would never haveachieved this honor. Earlyin life, they taught me towork extremely hard andsmart, and to perseverethrough any difficulties thatcame my way. They've al-ways been the two hardestworking people I know. I tryto model that in my coach-ing every day.
With the help of all thesepeople, my teams have ac-complished a great deal in20 years. With so many tal-ented athletes on my currentteam, I think I may have an-other 20 years in me and Ihope that our best is yet tocome.
Sincerely,Mark Brummett
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Pertaining to healthcaremention in “Ramblings,”2014 is the year when com-pany employees’ insurancepolicies, which do not meetthe ten required standardsimposed under Obamacare,will be cancelled.
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Life is not meant to belived like a soap opera andwe can control that throughreputation management.However, if you personallychoose to live your life likea soap opera then expect tobe judged. It’s just humannature.
rope, cool water and mildsoap works great. There arethree ways to clean syntheticrope. You can wash it byhand, use a rope washingdevice or use a front-load-ing washing machine. Youdon’t wasn’t to use a top-loaded washing machinebecause the rope may bedamaged during agitation.Once washed the rope needsto be dried by spreading itout on a hose rack or sus-pended in a hose tower. Theimportant thing to remem-ber when drying rope is todry the rope out of directsunlight. Where the rope isstored is important as well.Rescue rope should not bestored in the same compart-ment where gasoline isstored. This includes com-partments where gasolinepowered tools are located.The fumes from the gaso-line, over time, will weakenthe rope.
Alright let’s go over theanswer to last week’s ques-tion, the parts of a rope. Therunning end is the part of therope that is to be used forwork such as hosting or pull-ing. The working end is thepart of the rope that is usedin forming the knot and thestanding part is the part ofrope between the workingend and the running end.
Lastly with ropes that Iwant to discuss is the tyingof knots. The ability to tieknots correctly and quicklyis a critical part of the fireservice. Some of the knotscommonly used in the fireservice are the bowline,half-hitch, clove hitch, fig-ure-eight knots and the sheetbend. With all fire serviceknots, the key to compe-
tence and confidence ispractice. Also, a knot is onlyconsidered a fire serviceknot when there is a safetyknot tied at the end.
Next week I am going tostart into rescue and extri-cation, starting with searchand rescue. The questionthis week concerns searchand rescue, what should asearch/rescue team alwaystake with them?
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The last verse of the songalso is accurate in describ-ing our cars. Got a red lineengine – most of us had in-stalled tachometers so thatwe could avoid red liningour engines. And, of course,most of us loved putting thepetal to the metal so wecould keep up with the oth-ers who were also roamingthroughout the county. Withour “hot rods,” we certainlyhad a one-way ticket to theopen road – and we weredefinitely rarin’ to go!
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peeled one. But soup beansaren’t fit to eat in my opin-ion, if you don’t have a goodonion and corn bread to eatwith them.
I don’t try to save tatersor onions over the winteranymore, but my brothers,Steve and Keeter, there inLetcher County do. I stillgrow a few of both to eatfresh out of my spring gar-den because a mess of peasain’t fit to eat unless they’resteamed with new potatoes.Ditto for scalded lettuce ifit doesn’t have some greenonions mixed in with it. Andthat first mess of greenbeans goes down a lot bet-ter with a good green onion.
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one else, but I can still feelthe rush of the wind, thethrob of the music, and thesmell of hay or freshly cutgrass – the mixture was in-toxicating. Anybody wantto “go ridin”?
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•Achieve and maintain ahealthy weight throughoutlife.
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•Limit consumption ofalcoholic beverages to nomore than one drink per dayfor women or two per dayfor men.
Avoiding tobacco prod-ucts altogether is one of themost important steps to ahealthier body. Tobacco useremains the single largestpreventable cause of cancerand premature death in thecountry. Quitting smokingcan add up to 10 valuableyears to a person’s life.
Getting recommendedroutine cancer screeningcheck-ups and examinationscan be lifesaving. Regularscreenings performed by ahealth care professional canhelp find cancer early whenit is easiest to treat. At leasthalf of all new cancer casesare cancer types that can beprevented or detected earlierby screening. Depending onage, sex, and cancer risk,screening recommendationsvary.
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the interim board treasurerand finance director for theremainder of the 2013-2014school year. After the re-maining term, a new schoolboard treasurer will have tobe appointed and the fi-nance director position willbe posted.
The school board alsoagreed unanimously toamend the 2013-2014school calendar. The newamendment calls for Tues-day, January 21st to bechanged from a Profes-sional Development Day toa regular school day. Theamendment came as a resultof Rockcastle CountySchools already missing atotal of six days due toweather. The last day ofschool will now be May21st.
Pensol also said theyhave received some statefunding that needed theboard’s approval. He toldthe board they were in-formed by the KentuckySchool Facilities Construc-tion Commission that theywill receive $47,203 to gotoward the major renovationof facilities outlined in thedistrict’s facility plan. Theboard agreed unanimouslyto approve the acceptance ofthe SFCC offer of assis-tance.
In the final item of busi-ness, Pensol gave an updateon the switch to all day kin-dergarten for the 2014-2015school year.
Pensol said they are notas far along in the planningprocess as they would liketo be and that they don’thave any specific detailsabout the plans.
However Pensol saidthat he wanted to clarifysome centralization con-cerns that he has receivedfrom parents. He said thateach student will still re-main in the school withintheir region.
“Brodhead students willstill go to Brodhead and Mt.Vernon students will still goto Mt. Vernon,” Pensol said.“Nothing will change as faras that goes and centraliza-tion won’t be a factor.”
Pensol went on to tell theboard that once they receiveSBDM allocations from thestate, within the next fewweeks, they will be able tofigure out the details andimpact that all day kinder-garten will have on each el-ementary school.
“Each elementary schoolwill have its drawbacks toit but the need of all-daykindergarten is so signifi-cant,” Pensol said. “This hasbeen a pleasant thing to planbecause all the principals,teachers and so many par-ents all want all day kinder-garten.”
The superintendent’spersonnel action reportshowed one certified hiringof Dale Whitaker as substi-tute teacher. Three classifiedhirings including AnthonyBoone Saylor as RCMS as-sistant football coach, EricPheanis as substitute custo-dian and Tabitha Hamm asan instructional assistant.Resignations were: RCMSart teacher Jennifer Durhamand, of course, Director ofFinance Melanie Lyons.Those who retired wereRCHS Custodian AdronMcKinney.
Carloftis said he is verypleased that these threeyoung men have agreed toserve from Mt. Vernon,Livingston, and Brodheadareas on this very importantboard to help the fiscal courtin its continuing efforts tobring good jobs toRockcastle County.
The RCIDA boardserves the public and thelocal governing body (thefiscal court) in efforts toenhance and improveRockcastle County’s abilityto attract jobs to the com-munity and retain busi-nesses already here by keep-ing the fiscal court informedand updated, in addition todepending upon the fiscalcourt for funding. The boardmembers serve the commu-nity and fiscal court without
which consists of issues in-volving the city’s water,sewer, roads and sidewalks;Commissioner Ronnie Cashwill oversee the PublicSafety Department, whichincludes dealing with thecity’s fire and policeissues;Commissioner MarkBuras will oversee the Parksand Recreation Department,which comprises the city’sparks and recreation andCommissioner KeithGraves will oversee the Ad-ministration Department,which pertains to all matterssurrounding the city’srecords, laws, finances, etc.
The council agreedunanimously to pass theproposed city departmentplan.
Taylor also brought upan issue that some of thecity’s citizens had with Bur-ton Lane allegedly being“impassable” for motorists.Burton Lane is located offWest Main Street near thePiney Grove Cemetery andhas one residence.
Taylor said that peoplewere complaining about itbeing impassable due to thebushes and weeds hangingover the roadway. ClerkBecky Bussell also told thecouncil that she was unsureif the road was even a cityroad.
“In all my years here Ihave always heard that itwas called a lane because itwasn’t under the city,”Bussell said.
Taylor said he drove onBurton Lane before attend-ing the council meeting andthat he didn’t think it wasimpassable.
“The road in not bad orimpossible to drive on,”Taylor said. “As far as thebushes and weeds are con-cerned, city workers cantake a weedeater andweedeat both sides of theroad to get rid of everythingthat is hanging out in theroadway.”
Taylor suggested thatBussell research to deter-mine if Burton Lane is a cityroadway before the counciltakes any action and othermembers agreed.
In final action, the coun-cil had the second readingof the proposed water andsewer rates increase for thecity’s customers.
The proposed ordinancewill raise water and sewerrates at every level. For citycustomers, the base of$19.61 a month for 2,000gallons or less will increaseto $20.78. The next 8,000gallons of water will in-crease from $5.92 per thou-sand to $6.27. 40,000 gal-lons of water or more willincrease from $5.66 to$5.99 per thousand. 50,000gallons or more will in-crease from $5.32 to $5.63per thousand.
Outside the city, custom-ers will pay a base rate of$27.37 for 2,000 gallons orless instead of $25.83 and$8.75 per thousand insteadof $8.26 for the next 8,000gallons. The rate for 40,000gallons of water or more
compensation. At present,the longest serving memberof the authority is TommyHarold Mink, a valuedmember of the board sinceits inception in 1977.
The authority, with thefiscal court’s approval hasbeen extremely active in thepast several years, helpingto facilitate the growth ofprivate jobs. During thistime, the County has builtthe SourceHOV structurealready employing approxi-mately 480, with an increaseexpected up to 750 employ-ees; the acquisition of theformer Mt Vernon Plasticsbuilding (now housing An-chor Packaging); the devel-opment of a new businesspark; the sale of land toWhite House Clinic (underconstruction), the sale ofproperty in the park toWelTrans, and the sale ofproperty within the park forthe county’s new Emer-gency Operations Center(911 and CSEPP).
Carloftis went on to saythat he believes these threeappointments will help pro-vide new discussion andcontinued diversity to theboard.
will increase from $6.51 to$6.90 per thousand and50,000 gallons or more willincrease from $5.78 to$6.12 per thousand gallons.
The base sewer rate forcustomers using 2,000 gal-lons or less will be $24.19,up from $22.83. For cus-tomers using over 2,000 gal-lons, the sewer rate will be$4.35 per thousand insteadof $4.11.
The combined monthlybase rate for city water andsewer customers will in-crease to $45.59, which isonly a $2.56 increase from$43.03.
The Council agreedunanimously to pass thesecond reading of the waterand sewer rates increase or-dinance. The ordinance willgo into effect in February.
ley.The city applied for the
grant which will be used bya team of students fromEKU as a class project tomarket Trail Town.
The public is invited.During the meeting, the
mayor brought the commis-sioners up-to-date on sev-eral projects in the city.
Medley said the formerhomecoming room, in thecity hall building was beingturned into a health and fit-ness center. Some of theequipment was donated bythe fire department andMedley and would be avail-able to residents. Medleysaid that hours of operationand a fee schedule for usewould be announced at alater date.
Medley also told thecommissioners that thecounty had purchased a 15passenger van w/trailer
which would be used totransport bikers and hikersto trails. He also said that hewould be contacting TimeWarner Cable in about aweek to once again make acase for cable for city resi-dents. He also reported littleprogress on obtaining thelocation of a Dollar Storefor the city.
Medley urged all thecommissioners to promotethe community wheneverpossible. He noted that 2014was shaping up to be a busyyear. The Founder’s Daycelebration will kick off theTrail Town season on May9-10, he reported that theSpace2Create program, be-
ing constructed in the oldschool, was progressing, thesidewalk project should be-gin in the spring and, ofcourse, there will be theRockcastle River Days andLivingston Homecoming on
Labor Day weekend.Medley also noted that
the city had doubled its as-sets during the past year andthat a storage locationwould have to be found foritems accumulated.
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Rockets boys and girlswinless in last two outings
The Rockets and LadyRockets basketball fortunesfell on hard times in theirlast two outings -- with bothlosing to Pulaski Co. andEast Jessamine.
The Lady Maroons cameout strong against the LadyRockets, putting 18 pointson the board in the first quar-ter to the Rockets 6 and forc-ing six turnovers in the pe-riod by the Rockets enrouteto the 66-46 win.
Sophomore MorganRenner, who led her teamwith 19 points, was the onlyRocket in double figures.Senior Brianna Hansel sankthree 3-point baskets for 9points; Kayla Reynolds wasfive for five from the char-ity strip and added a basketfor 7 points; Mary Saylorgot 4; Alaina Coguer 3 andRebekah Ponder 2.
The ladies made it closerat East Jessamine Mondaynight, only losing 54-51.Missed free throws hurt theRockets, as they only con-verted 7 of 18 chances.
Renner tied the score at49 all when she convertedthe front end of a one andone with 1:18 left in thegame. However, the LadyCougars converted five ofsix free throws in the finalseconds while the Rocketsmissed two free throws andMary Saylor got a basket forthe final three point loss.
Renner again led herteam in scoring with 14points, Ashley McKinneygot 11; Hope Kelley scored7; Kayla Reynolds 5; KatieMattingly and Jayna Abney,4 each and Coguer, Ponderand Saylor got 2 each.
The Rockets didn’t fare
any better against PulaskiCounty, losing 70-40. Turn-overs plagued the Rocketswho committed 18 in thegame and poor foul shoot-ing (9 of 19) contributed tothe loss.
The Rockets got down10 in the first quarter (18-8) and the lead for the Ma-roons was 36-18 at the halfand increased in the thirdquarter to 55-28.
Sam Pensol and LucasGentry each scored 10points in the contest; CarsonNoble scored 7;Josh Mason and DakotaHasty had 4 each and GageReynolds and Tyler Harpereach got 2.
At East Jessamine, theRockets got down 27-14 atthe end of the first quarterand it was 42-32 at half-time. But, the Coguars
Junior Alaina Coguer draws a foul during last Fri-day night’s loss to Pulaksi County. The Lady Rock-ets will join the Rockets for a double header this Fri-day night as they both travel to Liberty for a districtmatch up with the Casey County Rebels. Tip-off forthe Lady Rockets is at 6:30 p.m.
Senior Kayla Reynolds looks for a fellow LadyRocket to pass to during last Friday night’s 66-46loss to Pulaski County. The Lady Rockets also lostto East Jessamine on Monday night 54-51.
Sophomore Ashley McKinney stretches out for a re-bound during the Pulaki County loss. McKinneyscored 11 points during the East Jessamine lossMonday night.
Sophomore Morgan Renner applies the defense to aLady Maroon during last Friday night’s loss toPulaski County. Renner led the Lady Rockets with19 points.
outscored the Rockets 23-15 in the third quarterenroute to the 88-71 loss.
Gentry led his team inscoring with 26; Hasty wasclose behind with 22, whichincluded six three point bas-kets; Pensol got 7; BlakeMullins and Reynolds 5each and Mason and Harpereach scored 3.
This Friday night theboys and girls will travel toCasey for a district match-up with the girls playing thefirst game at 6:30 p.m.
Monday night, the teamswill travel to Somerset fora make-up district gameand, again, the girls willplay first at 6 p.m.
Tuesday night, bothteams will host WayneCounty with the first game,the girls team, at 6:30 p.m.
Junior Blake Mullins attempts a floater during lastFriday night’s loss against Pulaski County. The Rock-ets will join the Lady Rockets in a double headerthis Friday night as they travel to Liberty to take onthe Casey County Rebels. Tip-off for the Rocketsgame is at 8 p.m.
Junior Sam Pensol goes for a layup over a Maroondefender during last Friday night’s 70-40 loss toPulaski County. Pensol and freshman Lucas Gentryled the Rockets with 10 points each.
Senior Josh Mason makes a pass to freshman CarsonNoble during last Friday night’s 70-40 loss to PulaskiCounty. The Rockets also lost to East Jessamine onMonday night 88-71.
RCHS swim team finishes 2nd at BarbourvilleThe RCHS swim team finished December with a good showing at a six team meet at Barbourville with a 2nd place
overall finish. 1st place fin-ishers for the girls where Lau-rel Yates in the 200 yard IMwith 2:44.35 and Lauren Bur-ton in the 100 yard butterflywith 1:07.36 and in the 100yard backstroke with 1:08.54.
The Rockets girls 400 freerelay consisting of KellanCoffey, Rachel Cain, EmilyChildress and Lauren Burtonfinished 1st with a time of4:34.26. The same relay teamplaced 2nd in the 200 free re-lay with 1:59.85.
Other events and finishersfor the girls were: 200 free:Emily Childress-4th 2:39.03,200 IM: Kellan -3rd 2:54.34,50 free: Laurel -5th 29.83 andEmily Childress -7th 30.24,100 fly: Rachel-3rd 1:19.27,100 free: Emilee Thomas -7th1:16.91 and Callie Asher-12th 1:19.53, 500 free: Kellan-3rd 6:42.23 and Rachel-5th 7:00.93, 100 breaststroke: SavannahGoff-6th 1:46.66 and Alexa Bussell-7th 1:48.20.
Boy’s events and finishes: 200 free: Joseph hunt-3rd 2:36.29, 50 free: Jacob “JT” Taylor-6th 29.40 and Jospeh-13th30.69, 100 free Tristan Winstead-12th 1:23.56, 100 breaststroke : Jacob Taylor-5th 1:55.17.
Cade Burdette qualifies forWorld Teen Championship
Seventh grader Cade Burdette won a US Kids Golfqualifier in Indianapolis, Indiana last June. The win quali-fied Burdette to play in the 13-year-old division of theWorld Teen Championships in Pinehurst, NC. Golfers fromthe US and around the world competed in the champion-ship.
Burdette had a great showing finishing 37th out of 139golfers. This finish inside the top 40 qualified him for moret o u r n a m e n t sacross the US.
Burdette is amember of theRCHS Golf Teamand was named tothe Central Ken-tucky Blue GrassConference SouthDivision All-Con-ference teamalong with team-mates Sam Pensoland JohnCornelius. He alsomade the 1st teamAll-State MiddleSchool Team.
Burdette is theson of Jeff andTreena Burdette,of Mt. Vernon.
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Crab Orchard.According to the
Rockcastle County Sheriff’sDepartment, Linda Gaddentered Gail’s Stop and Gostore in Conway on Friday,January 3rd and then exitedmoments later.
After exiting the store,Linda Gadd brandished aknife on a woman in thestore’s parking lot. She thenstole $300 in cash and a LGStraight Talk cell phonefrom the victim while Rich-mond got into a vehicle thatwas being driven by Jasper.The victim was also hold-ing her 15-month-old sonwhile she was being held atknifepoint by Linda Gadd.
After the robbery, LindaGadd reportedly pushed thevictim out of the way so she(Gadd) could get in Jasper’svehicle. The victim told po-lice that there were fourpeople in the vehicle whichfled the scene after the rob-
bery. After further investiga-tion, the fourth person wasdetermined by police to beAmanda Gadd.
In the article last weekabout the same robbery, theSignal reported thatAmanda Gadd and Rich-mond entered Gail’s Stopand Go and that Gadd wasalso armed with a knife andholding her 15-month-oldson.
The story then went on
to report that after enteringthe store, Amanda Gaddheld an employee atknifepoint while Richmondstole $300 in cash and anLG Straight Talk cell phone.Gadd and Richmond thenfled in a vehicle driven byJasper.
The information in thearticle last week was incor-rect and the Signal regretsthis error.
All four were charged
with first degree robbery.Linda Gadd was also sepa-rately charged with theft byunlawful taking.
Linda Gadd remainslodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Center ona $75,000 cash/propertybond. Amanda Gadd, Jasperand Richmond also remainlodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Center ona $20,000 cash/propertybond.
grant could be used to ex-tend the road and lighting.
The grant was set to ex-pire on December 31st of2013.
Also at the meeting,Dale McNew presented thecourt with the sheriff’s bud-get actuals for 2013.
The report showed ac-tual receipts of $467,422with disbursements of$464,105.
Following that discus-sion, Carloftis questionedthe sheriff about the ex-pense involved in hiringand training another deputysheriff. Carloftis said thatthe $20,000 spent on over-time would go a long waytoward paying the salary ofa full-time deputy.
However, Sheriff MikePeters said that while an-other deputy would cer-tainly be helpful, the ques-tion was how the additionwould affect their budget al-ready set up. Peters also toldthe court that overtime wasunavoidable. “For safetyreasons, I send two officerswhen we are transportingpatients for mental evalua-tions and I am not comfort-able with only one officerwhen transporting femaleprisoners,” Peters said. Pe-ters had earlier noted thatactive cases often causedofficers to have to overlapshifts.
Brandon MacIntosh iscurrently undergoing train-ing for his certification andwill be a full-time deputy oncompletion of training.
No action was taken fol-lowing the discussion.
In other business, thecourt approved the rental oftwo rooms to the SheltoweeTrace organization in the
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old Livingston School. Thegroup will renovate and oc-cupy two rooms and pay$400 per month rent.
The court also approveda $1,000 donation to pur-chase a chair for the ball-room at the Governor’sMansion in Frankfort.Carloftis told the court thatthe ballroom was used formeetings and the originalchairs were very delicateand needed to be replacedwith more sturdy furniture.The chairs will be made atBerea College and a plaqueput on them denoting thecounty’s name that pro-vided the chair.
Also approved was apayment of $3,750 for newhelmets for Western FireDepartment; $6,647 toJames Nicely for drywalland labor for the ClimaxFire Department; $2,500 toHillbilly Cabinets for theLivingston Fire Departmentand $1,040 for a one yearagreement covering the firealarm at the courthouse an-nex with Simplex Grinnell.
The court also approveda transfer of $15,000 to the911 fund.
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I hope everyone is havinga great 2014 so far and gotto enjoy a little rest and re-laxation as 2013 came to aclose. The holidays are be-hind us nowand the workof the newyear is in fullswing.
On January7 the 2014General As-sembly convened. This willbe a 60-day legislative ses-sion creating the next twoyear budget for Kentucky. Itwill also include complexissues that require legislativeaction as the Senate Major-ity strives to make pathwaysfor economic growth, ad-vance pro life initiatives, ad-dress the negative effects ofObamacare, and fight for fis-cal responsibility.
I am proud to say I willbe co-sponsoring the SenateMajority’s top priorities inthe 2014 session. These mea-sures include:
Regulations Fix: Weneed a constitutional amend-ment to allow the legislature– through the LRC - to over-turn a proposed regulationshould the LRC deem thatregulation deficient duringthe interim. Currently, theGovernor can implement aregulation even if it is founddeficient.
Debt limit: We shouldlimit general fund-supporteddebt to 6% of general fundrevenues. I think this is animportant step to getting ourstate’s fiscal house in order.
Informed consent: I ampleased to sponsor, and willbe working to pass, a pro-lifebill that would require awoman considering an abor-tion to have a face-to-facemeeting with the doctor togive informed consent be-fore going through with theprocedure.
Heroin: Legislation to ad-dress Kentucky’s heroinproblem using a three-pronged approach – treat-ment, education and inter-vention– will be a top issuethis session. Working withthe Rockcastle community tocombat drug abuse has beenone of my priorities.
If you have any issues orconcerns, please call me inFrankfort at 502-564-8100.Also if any RockcastleCounty students would liketo visit the Capitol in Frank-fort and serve as a pageplease contact my office.
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Thank You!Rockcastle Health & Rehabilitationwould like to give many thanks of
appreciation to our localhometown Elvis....Will Reynolds
He had all our elders’ toes a tapping and put many smileson their faces as well. He is not only an amazing
entertainer but a very kindhearted person.
He took extra time to take pictures and go to the elders’rooms that were unable to attend the performance.
A great big thank you to ourMt. Vernon McDonald’s (thanks
Tina and Kathy as well) forgraciously providing our elderswith an old favorite food...a hotand tasty cheeseburger. It wentgreat with the root beer floatsduring our 1950s Sock Hop.
Our elders left the party full ofgreat food and fun.
For more information aboutRockcastle Health & Rehab
call (606) 758-8711or visit RockcastleHealth.com.
Mt. Vernonman arrestedin alleged scam
By: Doug PonderA Mt. Vernon man was
arrested last Tuesday afterpolice say he kept moneyfrom donations that he col-lected for the BrooklynFarthing Reward Fund.
According to state po-lice reports, Randy Gross,36 of Mt. Vernon was col-lecting money for the fundfrom his co-workers atNACCO Materials Han-dling Group factory inBerea. Officers were con-tacted by family membersof Farthing after themoney collected by Grosswas never given to thefund and they told officersthat they thought he hadkept it for himself.
During the investiga-tion, officers determinedthat Gross collected $263from his co-workers whilehe was allegedly taking upmoney for the fund thatwas designed to help in thesearch efforts for Farthing.However, Gross told po-lice that he was arrestedbefore he could give themoney to the fund.
The alleged theft is stillunder investigation by theKentucky State Police andKSP Detective MichaelKeeton is in charge of theinvestigation.
Gross is charged withtheft by failure to make re-quired disposition. He waslodged in the MadisonCounty Detention Centerand later released on a$500 cash bond.
By: Doug PonderA Somerset man was
arrested for drug posses-sion last Thursday after hefled from police on Hwy
Somerset man arrestedfor drug possession
461 near Mt. Vernon.Arrested at the scene
was Ryan ChristopherDaulton, 24, of Somerset.
According to state po-lice reports, trooper RyanLoudermilk attempted tomake a traffic stop onDaulton’s vehicle after heobserved him traveling onHwy 461 at 78 mph.Daulton then acceleratedand passed several ve-hicles in a no pass zone.
As the chase ensued,Daulton turned off Hwy461 onto Kelsey Drive andcrashed into a utility pole.Daulton then fled on footbut came back to hiscrashed vehicle. He thentried to flee on foot againbut stopped afterLoudermilk gave him sev-eral commands to stoprunning.
Loudermilk found 10Percocet pills in Daulton’sjeans’ pocket at the time ofhis arrest. Daulton toldLoudermilk that he fledbecause his license wassuspended and he had thepills with him. Daultonlater told Loudermilk thathe came back to the ve-hicle to get the pills be-cause he had forgotten thatthey were in his jeans’pocket.
Daulton was chargedwith possession of a con-trolled substance, fleeingor evading police, operat-ing on a suspended licenseand speeding. He remainslodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Centeron a $5,000 unsecuredbond.
judge as they can issuesearch and arrests warrants,issue EPOs and DVOs, es-tablish bail and set condi-tions of release for criminaldefendants. Trial commis-sioners are also authorizedto conduct emergency juve-nile hearings and may enterorders for temporary cus-tody of children whose wel-fare is threatened underemergency conditions. Inaddition, trial commission-ers also have authority inmental health cases to issuewarrants and to order men-tal health examinations.
Rowe is a graduate of theUniversity of KentuckyCollege of Law. He has alsorecently opened up his pri-vate practice at 40 ChurchStreet in Mt. Vernon.
After Rowe resigned asassistant county attorney atthe beginning of January,County Attorney BillyReynolds appointed Will-iam Leger as the new assis-tant county attorney.
Leger is a graduate ofNKU Chase College of Lawand is also a graduate ofRockcastle County HighSchool where he was presi-dent of the RCHS FFAChapter. He was the formerGallatin County AssistantAttorney and was also anAssistant CommonwealthAttorney for Boone andGallatin counties.
Reynolds said he isthrilled to have Leger on hisstaff as assistant county at-torney.
“Leger is an experiencedprosecutor that will hit theground running,” Reynoldssaid. “By working with himwe will see great progressin making our communitysafer and more secure.”
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Operation UNITE recently launched their Mobile Prevention Classroom at Rockcastle County Middle Schooland Rockcastle County High School. Inside of the facility (above), students are able to watch videos andpresentations with information about the importance of staying drug-free. Shown below are students operat-ing drunk driving simulated go-karts to show the students the dangers of driving under the influence ofalcohol or drugs.
students can find both inter-esting and informativewhen it comes to the topicof drug prevention.
Cameron said they agreethat students aren’t naturallyattentive when it comes tothe subject, so by creatingthe mobile classroom theyhave given students a wayto be engaged and knowl-edgeable when it comes todrug abuse.
Along with their alreadyongoing attempts to createawareness of drug abuse,Cameron said UNITE istraining their AmeriCorpsmembers to contribute totheir cause. Four membersfrom Laurel County and onefrom Rockcastle Countywill be working withinRockcastle and assisting inthe fight against drugs.
“We feel at UNITE thatour organization and volun-teers have made significantprogress in the war ondrugs,” Cameron said. “Wewill continue our effortsthrough the youth of South-ern and Eastern Kentuckyby educating our youngpeople and equipping themto make good choices re-lated to drug misuse andabuse.”
Cameron said UNITE iscontinuing to make an im-pact on southeastern Ken-tucky by targeting the youth
By: Kelsey MattinglyOperation UNITE re-
cently launched its MobilePrevention Classroom atRockcastle County MiddleSchool and RockcastleCounty High School.
RCHS and RCMS stu-dents had the opportunity toenter a mobile drug preven-tion classroom set-up dur-ing the school day on De-cember 11th through the13th.
Inside of the facility, stu-dents were able to watchvideos and presentationswith information about theimportance of staying drug-free.
The UNITE presenters inthe mobile classroom brokedown drugs into classifica-tions including study drugsand the positive effects thatare commonly appealing toteens, but more importantlythe negative long-lastingproblems that come withthem.
UNITE Coalition Coor-dinator Carlos Cameronsaid the goal of the mobileprevention classroom is tomake students understandthat the up-front seeminglybeneficial effect of drugswill only hurt them in thelong run.
Cameron and thoseworking with UNITE saidthey have worked vigor-ously over the past threeyears to create a unit that
Mobile PreventionClassroom set up atRCMS and RCHS
The Rockcastle Kiwanis Club conducted a food drive for the Baptist Missionduring December. A large donation of food items was made by the staff ofRockcastle Health and Rehabilitation Center of Brodhead. Pictured is RHRCChaplian Josh Harding and Kiwanis members Vicki Cox and Gina Harding.
Kentucky to be wellrepresented at march
The City of Mt. Vernon and the Mt. Vernon Police Department presented formerMt. Vernon police officer Nathaniel Price with a plaque of appreciation for histwenty-one years of service in law enforcement and five years of service as a Mt.Vernon police officer. Also pictured is Mt. Vernon Mayor Mike Bryant and Mt.Vernon Police Chief Brian Carter.
Grow Appalachia nowaccepting applications
Grow Appalachia in Rockcastle County, a program ofAppalachia-Science in the Public Interest (ASPI) is nowaccepting applications for 2014 for participation in homegardens and community gardens.
Grow Appalachia partners with existing community or-ganizations, through the region such as ASPI, to help incresefood production in order to introduce as much no-cost, fresh,health food as possiblel to the region. The basic goal is tohelp as many families grow as much of their own food aspossible.
For home gardens, Grow Applachia provides technicalsupport and resources to all participants to help develophome gardens.
For community gardens, space is provided in our com-munity garden locations to get participants started.
Space for this program is limited and is on a first come,first served basis.
For more information, go to www.a-spi.org.
Silent No More aware-ness campaign will
send delegation of eightfrom Bluegrass
Kentucky will be miss-ing some of its most outspo-ken pro-life advocates thismonth as four of the five re-gional coordinators for theSilent No More AwarenessCampaign travel to Wash-ington, D.C. for the Marchfor Life.
Kathy Rutledge, statecoordinator, will lead a del-egation that will includeMichele Ferguson fromLexington, Mary Jo Farleyof Louisville, Donna Deanof Mt. Vernon and TabathaWagers from Manchester,along with one supportivehusband and other membersof Silent No More, the Ken-tucky team will consist ofeight people.
Each of these fourwomen have endured thepain and shame of an abor-tion themselves. each one ofthem has gone through heal-ing programs and retreatsand found their peace andforgiveness with God. It ismore important now thanever to come forward withtheir stories of being SilentNo More.
The significant gains ofthe pro-life movement overthe last year, including arecord 70 new laws passedand 87 abortion clinicsclosed. Removing thestigma of abortion if apostive thing because somany women life in shameand silence after an abor-tion. The truth always comeout, even when a womansays she is still pro-choice.Abortion is a tragic loss thattakes the heart and soul ofthe mother.
This month’s March forLife will mark the first time,Mrs. Dean will share hertestimony in D.C. where shetraveled 42 years ago for anabortion.
God has put a lot of op-portunities in her path to tellthe truth about bortion andwhat it does to women. “Iwill do all in my power tofight this epidemic and beSilent No More,” Mrs. Deansaid.
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Hospice Care Plus willhost a training for new vol-unteers on Saturday, Jan. 25,at the Compassionate CareCenter in Richmond.
Julie Hatfield, volunteercoordinator, along withother staff, will be on-handto take participants throughall aspects of the care pro-vided by the organization,including hospice, pallia-tive, and bereavement care.
Hatfield says patient carevolunteers are especiallyneeded at this time. Patientcare volunteers sit with pa-tients to give caregivers abreak, provide transporta-tion to doctor’s appoint-ments, read or do other ac-tivities with a patient, pre-pare a meal, or offer supportby phone.
“Our patient care volun-teers fill a crucial role,” saysHatfield. “They are part of
our care team and help makeit possible to give compas-sionate, high-quality care.”
Volunteers can chooseschedules and roles thatwork for their lives, Hatfieldsays. Some volunteerweekly, while others canonly give a few hours amonth.
“We understand howbusy people are, so we tryto make it easy to fit volun-teering into your life. Allwe ask is that you committo volunteering at leastthree-to-four times eachyear.”
To register for the train-ing, contact Hatfield at 859-626-9292 [email protected] and refreshmentswill be provided.
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J. Bruce and MichelleBlanton, Betty J. Blantonand David W. and TanageneBlanton, property inRockcastle County, toJames Noe. Tax $125.
Tamela CollinsworthStevens, Danny DaleStevens, DiedreCollinsworth Norton,Wilburn Lee Norton andDarrell Collinsworth, prop-erty on Hurricane SchoolRoad Road to Edwin andElizabeth Evans. Tax $104.
Gary and Cindy Johnsonand Horace Johnson, Jr. andwife, Victoria Joan Johnson,property in Cedar PointSubdv., to Jackie D. andRachel Jacobs. Tax $4.50.
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Maric Farms, Eric Smithand Mark Smith, property inRockcastle County to Timo-thy Randy and RhondaMcFerron. Tax $28
Wesley W. and DorothyS. Williams, property on OldConway Road, to AlisonLobb Emmons. No tax
Alison Lobb Emmons,trustee, property on OldConway Road, to Wesley W.and Dorothy S. Williams.No tax
Marsha and David Par-sons, property in northernRockcstle County, to Will-iam Henry and Chara L.Bryant. Tax $123.50.
James Barron and SheilaDykes, property in BlueSprings section, to JamesBarron. No tax
Edna Chasteen, propertyin Copper Creek Comm., toEugene Chasteen. No tax
Secretary of Housing andUrban Dev., property on BeeLick Road, to T. Alan and B.Ann Thrall. No tax
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Pleasant Run MissionarySunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 5 p.m.
1st Sunday in Month Church at2 p.m. at Rockcastle
Respiratory CareBro. Gary Bowling, Pastor
Poplar GroveBaptist
145 Richlands Rd. •Brodhead
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 7 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Providence church of Christ1 mile off Hwy. 70 on Hwy. 618
Dan McKibben, Minister758-8524 or 758-9316
Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship
10:30 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.email:
Roundstone BaptistRick Reynolds, Pastor
606-256-0306Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Night 7 p.m.
Sand Hill BaptistChurch
Sand Hill Rd.Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Night 5:00 p.m.Thursday Night 6 p.m.Pastor Tommy Miller
Sand Springs BaptistDirections: Take Hwy 1249, goexactly 5 miles, church on right
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 6 p.m.Pastor: Bro. Eugene Gentry
Scaffold CaneBaptist
Chris Cobb, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Night 7 p.m.
Union ChapelPentecostal
1505 Union Chapel Rd.Brodhead, Ky.
Letcher Napier, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Thursday Evening 7:00 p.m.United Gospel
Church of Christ4 miles off US 25 on Wildie Rd.
Church welcomes everyoneSunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m.Wildie Christian
Church1478 Wildie Rd. • Wildie
606-256-4494Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:55 a.m.Family Fellowship 6 p.m.
Bible Study 6 p.m.Bro. Gary Pettyjohn, Pastor
Mount Vernon606-256-2500
McKee606-287-8390
Somerset606-451-2274
24 Hour Information Line 1-800-530-8561
Brodhead606-758-8212
Rockcastle ProfessionalPharmacy
Newcomb Ave. • Mt. Vernon606-256-4613
Open Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Sat., 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Believers House of Prayer156 Scenic View Lane
U.S. 25 N, left at 18 mile markerRenfro Valley, Ky.
Sabbath School Sat. 10 -11 a.m.Morning Worship 11 a.m.Evening Worship 7 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Pastor: Bill [email protected]
Berea Gospel Tabernacle131 US 25 South
Berea, KYTuesday Night 7 p.m.Sunday Night 6 p.m.
Pastor: Ralph ChasteenBible Baptist Church
100 Higher Ground (off US 25)Mount Vernon, Ky.
Church Phone 606-256-5913e-mail: www.biblebaptist.org
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship/Children’s
Church 11 a.m.Sunday Night Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.
Video services Tues., Thurs., &Sat. at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Channel 3 - New WaveCable Channel 5 in Berea andRichmond 1 p.m. Wednesdays
Pastor: Don StaytonAssociate Pastor/Youth:
Bro. Jeremy EllisKids for Christ
Children’s Ministry:Bro. Jarrod Amyx
Secretary: Jo RobertsMusic Director: Dan Dull
Blue SpringsChurch of Christ
7 miles south of Mt. Vernon onHwy. 1249 (Sand Springs Rd)
Services:Sundays 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Preaching BrethrenZade McClure, Gary Reppert,
Marcus ReppertContact Info:
Marcus Reppert104 Byrda Way • Mt. Vernon, Ky.
[email protected] of Christ Church100 High St. Mt. Vernon
Sundays 6:00 p.m.Thursdays 7:00 p.m.
Pastor Darlisa Holder606-416-7136606-379-6335
Brodhead Baptist ChurchCorner of Silver & Maple St.
Brodhead, Ky. 40409606-758-8316
Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m. &
7 p.m.(Nursery Provided)
Sunday Youth Bible Study5 p.m.
Wednesday Adult & YouthWorship/Bible Study 7 p.m.
Children’s Programs:RAs & GAs
Mission Friends andCreative Ministry
Ralph Baker, PastorBrodhead Christian
Church237 W. Main St. Brodhead
606-758-8721Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Tracy Valentine, Preacher606-758-8662
Cell 606-305-8980
Church DirectoryBrodhead Church of God
Hwy. 3245 • Brodhead758-8216
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday evening 7 p.m.Terry Orcutt, Pastor
Brush CreekHoliness Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 7 p.m.
Tuesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.Special Service 1st Sunday or
each month at 11 a.m.Lonnie Reese McGuire,
PastorBuffalo Baptist ChurchLocated 15 miles south ofMt. Vernon on Hwy. 1249
(Sand Springs Rd.)606-256-4988
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Tim Owens, Pastor
Calloway Baptist Church76 Calloway Branch Rd.(Off US 25) • CallowaySunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 6 p.m.George Renner, Pastor
256-8812 • 606-224-4641Central Baptist Church
86 Maintenance Rd.Mt. Vernon, KY 40456
606-256-2988centralbaptistky.orgPastor: Mark Eaton
Home of “Central BaptistChristian Academy”K-12 Private School
“Central Time” RadioBroadcast
WRVK 1460AMMonday -Friday 11:15 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning and
Children’s Church 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study,
Prayer Meeting and “Patchthe Pirate Club” 7 p.m.
Transportation and Nurseryprovided for all services
Mark Eaton, PastorChurch of Christ at
Chestnut Ridge2 miles south of Mt. Vernon
Turn left off US Hwy 25Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.Bro. Ova Baker
Bro. Dale McNewBro. Philip Scott
Church of Christ onFairground Hill
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.Different speaker each
SundayClimax Christian Church
Hwy. 1912308-2806 - 256-4138 - 256-5977
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Wade Johnson, Minister
Climax Holiness ChurchSunday Night Worship 6 p.m.
Thursday Nights 7 p.m.3rd Sat. of every month at
7 p.m.
Conway MissionaryBaptist
U.S. 25 betweenMount Vernon and BereaSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Worship6 p.m.
Wed. Prayer Service andBible Study 7 p.m.Youth Meetings:Sunday 5 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Bobby Turner, Pastor
606-758-4007Crab Orchard Pentecostal
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Tuesday Evening 7 p.m.Pastor: Donald King
606-355-7595Crossroads
Assembly of GodHwy. 150 • Brodhead
Bro. Steven Vanhook, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship
6:00 p.m.Wednesday Night 7 p.m.
Dixie Park Cornerstone700 N. Powell St. Berea, Ky.
859-623-8292 • 859-985-2484
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6p.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Gene Smith, Pastor
Fairview Baptist Church520 Fairview Loop Road
Mount Vernon, Ky.Sunday Services
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Children’s Choir 6 p.m.
Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.Sunday Adult Choir 8 p.m.
Wednesday ServicesCreative Ministry 6 p.m.
Bible Study 7 p.m.Youth Ministry QUEST 7 p.m.
RAs and GAs 7 p.m.Mission Friends 6 p.m.Vaughn Rasor, Pastor
606-256-3722email: [email protected] Chapel Pentecostal
S. Wilderness RoadMount Vernon, Ky.
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Saturday Service 7 p.m.Jack Carpenter, PastorFirst Baptist Church
340 West Main StreetMt. Vernon, Ky. 606-256-2922
Neal Thornton, PastorJesse Wright,
Assoc. Pastor/Youthwebsite: www.fbcmvkyorg
email:[email protected] Services: 8:30 a.m.,
10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.Wednesdays: AWANA and
Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m.Live Broadcast WRVK 1460AM
Sundays at 11 a.m.Broadcast on New Wave CableChannel 3 Tues., Thurs. & Sun-day at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.
First Christian ChurchWest Main St. Mt. Vernon
606-256-2876Bro. Bruce Ross, PastorSunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.Flat Rock Missionary
Baptist504 Maple Grove Rd. Hwy. 1004
Orlando, Ky.Sunday School 10 a.m.
Fellowship Hour 11 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.Thursday Night Visiting 7 p.m.
Contact: Doris Brown606-256-0188
Freedom Baptist ChurchFreedom School Rd.
Mt. VernonSunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Discipleship Training 6 p.m.Sunday Evening Worship
7 p.m.Wednesday Evening PrayerMeeting & Youth/Children
Classes 7 p.m.www.freedomsbc.com
email:[email protected]: David Sargent
606-256-2968God’s Church of Zion
35 McFerron St.Mt. Vernon, KY
Wed. Night 7 p.m.Sunday School 2 p.m.
Sunday Worship 3 p.m.
Hickory GrovePentecostal Church
Hwy. 1505 (6 miles from Brodhead)Brodhead,Ky.
Randal Adams, PastorYouth Pastor, Scott Adams
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sun. & Wed. Evening 7 p.m.Lighthouse Assembly of
GodHwy. 1004 • Orlando, Ky.
Tim Hampton, Pastor606-256-4884 • 606308-2342
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship
11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Tues. Night Intercessory Prayer7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Bible Study7 p.m.
Little Country ChurchJarber Rd.
Turn left off Rev. Green Looponto Jarber Rd.
Jack Weaver, PastorSunday 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Livingston BaptistSunday School 10 a.m.Adult Classes Available
Worship Service 11 a.m.Bro. Steve McKinney, Pastor
606-758-4097email: [email protected]
Livingston ChristianChurch
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Arthur Hunt, Minister
Livingston PentecostalHoliness Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
Jim Miller, Pastor606-256-1709
Macedonia BaptistScaffold Cane RoadMount Vernon, Ky.
Bro. Barry Hurst, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Maple Grove Baptist
Hwy. 1004 (Big Cave Road)Orlando, Ky. • 606-256-1873
Bro. Jerry Owens, Pastor Home Phone 606-256-3075
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship
11 a.m.WRVK Broadcast 2 p.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Maretburg Baptist
Church2617 New Brodhead Rd.Mt. Vernon, KY 40456Wayne Harding, Pastor
Phone: 256-8844Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sun. Morning Worship 11 a.m.Sun. Discipleship Training/
Sunday Youth Missions6 p.m.
Sunday Worship 7 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.www.maretburgbaptist.org
[email protected] Chapel Baptist
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Jerry Ballinger, Pastor
Mt. Vernon Church of God1025 W Main St.
Mount Vernon, Ky.Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
Bobby Owens, Pastor859-986-1317
Mt. Vernon Church ofthe Nazarene
40 Fair Street • Mt. VernonSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.David Smith, Pastor
Mt. Zion Baptist Church606-308-3293
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 5 p.m.
New Hope Baptist ChurchJct. 1797 New Hope Tower Rd.
OrlandoSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Bro. David Carpenter, PastorNorthside Baptist Church
777 Faith Mountain Rd.(Off 461 bypass) Mt. Vernon
606-256-5577Sunday
Sunday School 10 a.m.Morning Worship 11 a.m.Children’s Church 11 a.m.Hispanic Services 6 p.m.Evening Worship 6 p.m.
WednesdayAdult & Youth Worship 7 p.m.New Wave Cable (KET2 ch. 3)
Tues., Thurs., Sun.9 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m.
Ottawa Baptist Church1074 Ottawa Rd. • Brodhead
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Children’s Church 11 a.m.Sunday Discipleship
Training/Youth MissionGroups 6 p.m.
Wednesday ServicesYouth Choir 6 p.m.
Children’s & Youth Bible Study6:45 p.m. • Service 7 p.m.
Jim Craig, Pastor • [email protected] Lady of Mt. Vernon
Catholic Church515 Williams St (across from MVES)
Mount Vernon, Ky.606-256-4170Mass Times:
Tuesdays at 5 p.m.Sabbath Mass: Sat., 5 p.m.
Holy Days 5 p.m.Fr. Frank Brawner, Pastor
Sister Joyce Moeller,Pastoral Associate
Philadelphia UnitedBaptist
834 Bryant Ridge Rd. BrodheadSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Saturday Service 7 p.m.Gordon Mink, Pastor
606-256-9724Pine Hill Holiness
5216 S. Wilderness Rd.Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456Chris Davidson, Pastor
256-5955www.pinehillholiness.com
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sun. Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Worship7:00 p.m.
WRVK (1460 AM) BroadcastNoon Sundays
Pine Hill MissionaryBaptist Church
81 Limeplant Hollow RoadMt. Vernon, Ky. 40456
Bro. Clyde Miller, Pastor859-986-1579
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Discipleship Training 5:30 p.m.Sunday Evening Worship
6:00 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting &
Youth Service at 7:00 p.m.Prayer Partners Ladies Meetingmonthly every 2nd Tues. at 6:30 p.m.
Open:10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
7 Days a Week
U.S. 25 N - Mt. Vernon
606-256-4910
Brodhead PharmacyMain Street • Brodhead
606-758-4373Howard Saylor
PharmacistDavid Collins
Owner
Open:9:30 to 6:30Mon. - Fri.
“We Deliver County Wide”
Collins RespiratoryCare
Main Street • Brodhead
606-758-9333Home Health Equipment & Supplies
Insurance & Medicare AcceptedOwners: David Collins & Shelly Clements
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Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division ICivil Action No. 13-CI-00071
Vanderbilt Mortgage andFinance, Inc. Plaintiff
V.
Barbara Frith, et al Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on October 4, 2013 for the purpose ofsatisfying the judgment against the defendants inthe amount of EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND FIVEHUNDRED SIXTY THREE DOLLARS AND 66/100($86,563.66) plus interest, costs and attorney fees.I will offer at public auction the hereinafter describedreal property in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, January 24, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 11:30 a.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
754 Union Chapel Road, Brodhead, KY 40409Tract 1A certain tract or parcel of land located on the north side of UnionChapel Road in Rockcastle County, Kentucky approximately 1.0 milesfrom the junction of KY 1505.Being all of Tract 1 of a plat named Gary Frith project filed in Plat Cabi-net 4, Slide 922 in the Rockcastle County Clerk’s Office at Mt. Vernon,Kentucky.The above described having an area of 9.0000 acres as surveyed byBobby Hudson, LPLS 1253 on 04/13/2009.All corners or witness monuments referred to herein as iron pins setare one-half inch rebar 18 inches long and capped with an orangecap marked LS 1253, except as otherwise noted. All bearings are ref-erenced to the meridian.This property is subject to any and all rights of way and/or easementsof record or in existence at this time and regulations that may applythrough planning and zoning.Also included herein is a 2009 Clayton 32 X 52 River Run Mobile Homewith VIN#RSO.
This being a portion of the same property conveyedto Garry Frith by deed dated August 10, 1993, andrecorded in Deed Book 153, page 302 and furtherconveyed to Joshua Frith, unmarried, by deeddated April 29, 2009 and recorded in Deed Book226, Page 133 both in the Office of the RockcastleCounty Clerk.
The property shall be sold on the
following terms & conditions:1. The real property and mobile home shall be
sold together as a whole.2. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of ten percent (10%) ofthe purchase price in cash on the date of sale andto secure the balance with a bond approved by theMaster Commissioner.
3. The bond shall bear interest at the rate oftwelve percent (12%) per annum until paid in full.The bond shall have the force and effect of a judg-ment and shall be and remain a lien upon the prop-erty sold as additional surety for the payment ofthe purchase price.
4. Unpaid delinquent State, County, and/or Cityad valorem real estate taxes shall be paid out ofthe proceeds of the sale.
5. The purchaser shall pay the 2013 local, countyand state property taxes.
6. Full satisfaction of the plaintiff’s judgment shallbe paid from the proceeds of the sale.
7. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
8. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required.
9. The sale shall be made subject to all ease-ments, set back lines, restrictions or covenants ofrecord or otherwise and shall be sold “as is”.
John D. FordMaster Commissioner
Rockcastle Circuit Court
Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division IICivil Action No. 13-CI-00214
JPMorgan Chase Bank Plaintiff
V.
Ricky Douglas Rowe,aka Ricky D. Rowe, et al Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on December 5, 2013 for the purposeof satisfying the judgment against the defendantsin the amount of NINETY THOUSAND THREEHUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND 25/100 ($90,388.25) plus interest, costs and attorneyfees. I will offer at public auction the hereinafterdescribed real property in Rockcastle County, Ken-tucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, January 24, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 11:30 a.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
759 Rank Road, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, 40456Parcel No.: 049-00-008Legal Description:Certain real property located in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, and moreparticularly bounded and described as follows:Parcel No. 1Beginning at a set stone on the East side of Cromer Road (1.0 milesSouth East of Kentucky 1249); thence North 33 1⁄2 degrees East 135feet to a set stone; thence South 31 1⁄2 degrees East 213 feet to apoplar stump near a spring; thence South 74 degrees West 138 feet toa set stone on East side of Cromer Road; thence along said road North16 degrees West 62 feet and North 37 degrees West 64 feet to thebeginning. Containing 0.48 acres more or less.Parcel No. 2Beginning at a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey common to the Ricky Douglas and Mary Roweproperty (116/46) being the southwest corner of said Rowe propertyand also being located 15 feet east of the approximate centerline ofthe Rank Cromer Road; thence leaving said road and running withthe Rowe line north 65 degree, 51 minutes 55 seconds east a distanceof 138.00 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey where a poplar stump stood as shown by RickyDouglas Rowe and Thurney R. Rowe; thence north 35 degrees 43 min-utes 05 seconds west a distance of 213.64 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rodwith a plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey; thence leavingthe Ricky Douglas and Mary Rowe property and severing the ThurneyR. and Bonnie Rowe property 4 new lines, north 52 degrees 53 min-utes 01 seconds east a distance of 105.52 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rodwith a red plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey, being a newcorner; thence south 48 degrees 08 minutes 44 seconds east a dis-tance of 82.08 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stampedJLF 3389 set this survey, being a new corner; thence south 28 degrees37 minutes 39 seconds east a distance of 126.96 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18”rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey, being anew corner; thence south 29 degrees 28 minutes 11 seconds west adistance of 154.25 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic capstamped JLF 3389 set this survey at the base of a 12” white oak markedwith 3 hack marks and orange paint this survey, being a new corner;thence south 76 degrees 12 minutes 54 seconds west a distance of128.98 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey, being a new corner located 15 feet east of theabove mentioned centerline of the Rank Cromer Road; thence run-ning 15 feet east of and parallel to said centerline, north 09 degrees18 minutes 23 seconds west a distance of 38.17 feet to the point ofbeginning having an area of 0.77 acres, more or less. All bearings ad-justed to the February 23, 2001, magnetic north meridian, as observedin the field on that date as surveyed by Jeffery L. Fugate, KentuckyLicensed Professional Land Surveyor Number 3389 on February 23,2001.Together with all improvements on the real estate (except mobilehomes if any).Subject to all restrictions, conditions and covenants and to all legalhighways and easements.
Being the same property conveyed to Ricky Dou-glas Rowe, no marital status shown, by deed datedOctober 31, 2012, executed by Mary Rowe, di-vorced and unremarried, and recorded on Novem-ber 8, 2012 in Deed Book 241, Page 369 in theOffice of the Rockcastle County Clerk.
The property shall be sold on the
following terms & conditions:1. Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 shall be sold together
as a whole.2. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of ten percent (10%) ofthe purchase price in cash on the date of sale andto secure the balance with a bond approved by theMaster Commissioner.
3. The bond shall bear interest at the rate oftwelve percent (12%) per annum until paid in full.The bond shall have the force and effect of a judg-ment and shall be and remain a lien upon the prop-erty sold as additional surety for the payment ofthe purchase price.
4. The 2013 local, county and state propertytaxes shall be paid by the purchaser and furtherany delinquent State, County and/or City real es-tate taxes sold pursuant to the provisions of KRSChapter 134 to any private purchaser during thependency of this action.
5. Unpaid delinquent State, County, and/or Cityad valorem real estate taxes owed to those gov-ernment entitites shall be paid out of the proceedsof the sale.
6. Full satisfaction of the plaintiff’s judgment shallbe paid from the proceeds of the sale.
7. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
8. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required.
9. The sale shall be made subject to all ease-ments, set back lines, restrictions or covenants ofrecord or otherwise and shall be sold “as is”.
John D. FordMaster Commissioner
Rockcastle Circuit Court
To My Daughter,Kayla Cheyenne Smith
Wishing you the happiest17th birthday ever onJanuary 18th.
We love you,Mom, Mamaw, Papaw
and FamilyDaniel and Allison Anderkin Carney are proud toannounce the birth of their daughter, Celia JamesCarney, born November 27, 2013 at Ephraim-McDowell Medical Center in Danville. Celiaweighed 7 lbs. and was 19 inches long. Grandpar-ents are Perlina Anderkin of Mt. Vernon and thelate James Anderkin, Jr. and David and NancyCarney, of Springfield.
Stanley and Laura Cook in 1974 and 2003.Oh, how the years go by.
Happy 50th birthday, dear.Love you - Tonya
@mvsignal
Let the Bible SpeakTune in to “Let the Bible
Speak,” with Brett Hickey,on Sunday mornings at 8:30a.m. on WDKY Fox 56.Food and Fellowship
Scaffold Cane BaptistChurch would like to extendan invitation to everyone foran evening of good food andfellowship. We will have aChili and Soup Bean Sup-per on Saturday, January
18th at 6 p.m. A short video“The Cross” by Dr. BillyGraham will be presented.Child care will be provided.Hope to see everyone there.
In ConcertGospel singing group,
Adam Hill and Driven, willbe in concert at Flat RockBaptist Church on February9th at 11 a.m. Free admis-sion. You don’t want to missthis one.
Card of ThanksHelen Eaton
The family of MaryHelen Albright Eaton wouldlike to thank so many peoplefor helping us get throughthe loss of our very dearMother.
She celebrated her lifewith us by being a belovedwife, a loving mother, athoughtful grandmother anda caring great grandmother.
She loved people andnever met a stranger.
Helen (Mom) is celebrat-ing life now with her heav-enly Father whom sheprayed to and spoke of with
great pride.We can’t name each of
you but all of you have ourgreatest appreciation.
We’d like to thank thoseof you who sent food, giftsand flowers. All of you whocalled, texted or wrote onFacebook. All of you whovisited Momma in the nurs-ing home or hospital. Shefelt blessed to have so manyfamily and friends wholoved her.
Thank you to all the spe-cial ladies and young menwho nursed her at the nurs-ing home and hospital. Allthe doctors at RockcastleHospital and to Owens Fu-neral Home.
From our hearts, thanksto each and everyone ofyou. God bless you all.
Tom, Kathy, Amber,Thomas, Chris, Marisa,Olivia, Jordan, Charlie,
Shelia, Jeff, Joanna,Jessica, Jeffrey, Jayna,
Jaden, Toby, Janet, Shay,Shane, Keith, Janice, Kim,
Kali
For always and ever, now and forever Little things mean a lot.Those words, written by Edith Lindeman and published
in 1953, were made famous when Kitty Kallen sang a popu-lar song that contained them. But they are more than wordsfrom a hit song of years past; they state a simple and sig-nificant truth about life: Little things do mean a lot, forthey can point to something beyond themselves.
It is a little thing that I have carried it in my pocket forsometime. It received it when a friend greeted me enthusi-astically, extended his hand in friendship, and said with asmile, “I have something for you.” Then, he gave me alittle brown nut---a buckeye, told me to keep it in my pocket,and assured me that it would do amazing things for me.
Now, according to folklore, the little brown nut knownas a buckeye is a “lucky piece.” When carried in the pocket,it has a reputation of doing amazing things. It, accordingto traditional folklore, can be a “sure preventive of rheu-matism and arthritis.”
Although I have carried that little nut for sometime, Ihave not noticed any relief from the arthritis in my joints;they are still sore, and I have just as much pain in them asI had before I received that little nut. But I have noticedone thing: Every time I feel or see that little nut, I amreminded of my friend, and I am made aware of the valueof human friendship. Then, I remember that an anony-mous individual gave us this: “Life has no blessing like aprudent friend,” and James Langston Hill reminds us,“Friendship, indeed, is one of the greatest boons God canbestow on man. It is a union of our finest feelings; a disin-terested binding of hearts, and a sympathy between twosouls.”
It doesn’t take much, just a little thing, to remind one ofthe true blessing of friendship.
An encouraging word:
The Blessing ofFriendship
By Howard Coop
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Brodhead Elderly ApartmentsHousing for the Disabled,
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Kitchen Appliances FurnishedWater, Sewer & Garbage Paid
For Applications call or write:
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GILLIAMREAL ESTATE & AUCTION
427 Chestnut St., Berea, KY • 859-986-9797John Gilliam • Principal Broker
Realtor Loretta Powell - 859-302-8411www.gilliamrealestate.com
577 Gold Dust Dr.Mt. Vernon$234,900
2780 Richmond St.Mt. Vernon
$75,000
2800 Richmond St.Mt. Vernon$125,000
An additional 11 acres can be purchased with music barn for a total of $180,000.
2138 Lambert Rd.Berea
$52,500w/ extra lot $59,900
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3802 Sweetwater Rd.Berea
$144,900Tired of city life? Come see thebeautiful country views on this 9.5+/-Acre baby farm. Bring your horses, raisebaby calves, grow your own food or sit back & relax beside your in-ground pool.This property features a remodeled & updated 3BR,(poss. 4) 1BA older homewith a spacious Great Room, renovated kitchen w/tile backsplash, tiled bath &new carpet. It has central hvac w/ electric heat pump. The property also featuresa large barn with caged stalls & hangers for tobacco, along with 10+/- level acresfor pasture or crops. Located only minutes from I-75 access, shopping, schoolsand work.
Three bedroom Housewith appliances in Mt.Vernon. Central heat and air.Good references, rent anddeposit required. Call 256-9914 or 308-4990. 4x1House in Mt. Vernon. 670W. Main St. Has livingroom, 2 BR, kitchen, bath,built-on back porch. No ap-pliances. Electric heat. Nopets. 758-8491. 3x2Trailer on Hwy. 618 on alarge lot. Recently remod-eled. Hardwood floorsthroughout and all appli-ances included. $350 de-posit/$350 per month. Call606-308-3847. 50xntfDuplex in Brodhead. Allappliances furnished. CallPatty. 758-9666. 46xntfHouse and Trailer inBrodhead. No pets. 758-4729. 46xntfTrailers and house inBrodhead. No pets. 758-8922. ntfAccepting applications atMt. Vernon Housing Au-thority on Mondays 4 to 8p.m. and Wednesdays andFridays, 4 to 6 p.m. Rentbased on income. 256-4185.14xntfAccepting Applications:For 2 and 3 bedroom unitsat Valley View Apartments.Rent based on income. Call256-5912. Equal HousingOpportunity, TDD for hear-ing impaired only. 1-800-247-2510. 36tfn
For Sale or Lease: 3 bed-room furnished house onland contract in Brodhead.No pets. 758-4729. 48xntf
16 1/2 Acres, more or less,with 24x60 mobile home,20x20 attached garage, 2large barns, 2 large out-buildings, carport andblacktop driveway.$69,000. Call 606-386-1470. 2x4pAll brick, energy efficienthome in Lear Crest Sub-division for sale. 4,000 sq.ft. of finished living spacewith 4 bedrooms and 3baths on the main floor.Basement has a movie the-atre, additional 3 roomswith closets and a fullbath. Plumbed for akitchen and a storageroom. Home sets on 1 acrein a beautiful location!Must see! Asking$239,900. 606-308-0751.2xntfProperty between Mt.Vernon and Somerset. 6.1wooded acres for $34,900or 4.77 acres for $29,500with mountain view.Owner financing available.Call Dwight at 859-331-4888. 30xntfLots in Castle Ridge Sub-division. Use same entryway as Bible BaptistChurch. All lots have citysewer and undergroundutilities. starting at$12,900. 606-256-5692 •256-4504 • 308-3730.50x1Mobile home lots, locatedin Sunnyside MobileHome Park. 1/2 acre lots -$500 down and $100 permonth. Call 606-256-5692or 606-256-5648. 50x1
Posted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Jason and SaraCoguer at Roundstone. Notresponsible for accidents.Posted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Lora Lambert onBoone Gap Road. Not re-sponsible for accidents.45x12pPosted: No trespassing onland belonging to James andDorothy Rash heirs on RashBranch Road off ChestnutRidge. No hunting, camp-
ing, ATVs, trespassing forany purpose. Not respon-sible for accidents. Violatorswill be prosecuted. (1/15/15)Posted: No hunting or tres-passing on property belong-ing to Carol Blackburn,1435 Marler Hollow. Viola-tors will be prosecuted. (3/7/14)Posted: No trespassing onCrawford Place - OldBrodhead Road. DannySmith. 47tfnPosted: Absolutely no hunt-ing, fishing or trespassingon property belonging toMark and DebbieCummins. Violators will beprosecuted. 9x52pPosted: No trespassing,hunting or fishing on landbelonging to RachelDenney on Hwy. 3245(former Reggie Benge prop-erty).Posted: No trespassing onproperty known as C.B.Owens Farm across fromFairgrounds in Brodhead.Violators will be pros-ecuted. 25tfn
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PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF KENTUCKY
Case No. 2013-00219Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(2)(b), notice ishereby given of a public hearing to be held on Tuesday,January 28, 2014 at 10:00 a.m., EDT, in Hearing Room1, of the Commission’s offices of the Public Service Com-mission of Kentucky, 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Ken-tucky 40601, for the purpose of cross examination of wit-nesses of Jackson Energy Cooperative Corporation.
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Will babysit in my home.Can provide references. Anyage. Live in Mt. Vernon,close to schools. Contact IrisParker at 606-256-8548.3x2pNotice is hereby given thatMattie Miller, 1709 DryFork Road, Orlando, Ky.40460 has been appointedexecutrix of the estate ofChester Rose on the 16thday of December, 2013. Anyperson having claimsagainst said estate shallpresent them, according tolaw, to the said Mattie Milleror to Hon. William D.Reynolds, 140 West MainSt., P.O. Box 1250, Mt.Vernon, Ky. 40456 on orbefore June 16, 2014 at 11a.m. 2x3
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needed part-time for a complexes in the Mt. Vernon,Brodhead, Hustonville and Manchester areas. Applicantmust have a working knowledge of residential plumbing
and electric, strong troubleshooting/diagnostic skills.HVAV experience preferred but not required.
Must be very self-motivated. Maintenance Techs will beresponsible for various duties: completing work orders
in a timely fashion, returning vacant apartment to a‘make ready’ status, and work well without close
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Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division ICivil Action No. 11-CI-00304
Citizens Bank Plaintiff
V.
Stephen C. Howerton,His Unknown SpouseRockcastle County, Ky.Citimortgage, Inc., as successorby merger to ABN AMROMortgage Group, Inc.,and Mary Hedgepath Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on October 25, 2013 for the purposeof satisfying the judgment against the defendantsin the amount of EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUN-DRED ONE DOLLAR AND 94/100 ($8,601.94) plusinterest, costs and attorney fees. I will offer at pub-lic auction the hereinafter described real propertyin Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, February 7, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 12:00 p.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
First Tract:Beginning on a peach tree and stone in the edge of the coal bankroad; thence a northeast course to a double hickory tree in a hollow;thence up the hollow to Fletcher’s line; thence with Fletcher’s line to achestnut oak on top of a hill; thence west with Fletcher’s line to a setstone in a coal road about 150 feet with the coal opening withCalhoun’s corner; thence northwest down the side of the coal bankroad to a stone and peach tree the beginning corner and containingabout 18 acres, more or less.Second Tract:Located near Sand Springs, Kentucky, bounded as follows: Beginningat Sand Springs Rural Road; thence an east direction 36 feet wide andextending up the hill to the land purchased by the second parties fromArthur G. Miller, & c.Third Tract:Beginning at a stone a division corner made by Howard Renner andLonzo Renner; thence a division line N 45 W 4 poles and 17 links to astone, thence S 59 W 2 poles and 9 links to a stone; thence N 31 E 4poles and 22 links to a stone; thence N 53 E 3 poles to the beginningand contains about one-fourth acre, also including a right of way fora road 16 feet wide from Sand Springs Road along where the coalbank road is now located.
Being the same real property the defendant,Stephen C. Howerton, single, obtained by deeddated March 14, 1998, executed by Dwayne S.Blair, et ux, of record in Deed Book 169, Page 416in the Office of the Rockcastle County Clerk, Mt.Vernon, Kentucky.
The property shall be sold upon the
following terms & conditions:1. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of twenty-five percent(25%) of the purchase price in cash on the date ofsale and to secure the balance with a bond bear-ing interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) perannum.
2. Unpaid taxes of record at the time of entry ofjudgment shall be paid out of the proceeds of thesale.
3.The purchaser shall pay the 2013 local, county,state and school taxes on the property.
4. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
5. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required and the property will beconveyed to the plaintiff in due season upon pay-ment of the expense of sale.
Bobby AmburgeySpecial Master Commissioner
Special Events/EducationCoordinator for HospiceCare Plus, Berea. Full timewith excellent benefits. As-sociate degree and twoyears experience in devel-opment required. For moreinformation, call 859-986-1500 Sue Lunsford, HRCoordinator or send [email protected] 4x1Help Wanted: Full-timesecretary at Weltrans. Im-mediate opening. Apply inperson at 380 Progress Dr.,Mt. Vernon or call 606-256-0003 or 863-521-6861. 4x1Now hiring for light indus-trial positions in theSomerset area. Temp toperm. Must be availabalefor all shifts. Pay rangesfrom $9 to $13 per hour. Toapply, go towww.jcmalone.com andcomplete an online applica-tion. 52x6p
MiscellaneousFor Sale
Deep fryer, $80. Also first“Gone With the Wind” dollstill in the box. Asking.$200. Call 2l56-0655. 4x1pHay, 4x4 rolls, net wrapped,stored inside. $30 each.Wildie, Ky. Call Jim 513-313-0840. 3x2Farm gates, all sizes, allvarieties including corralpanels, hay rings, bunkfeeders. 606-305-7965.
GUNS -- Lovell’s Gun Re-pair. Mike Lovell -- gun-smith. New and used gunsfor sale. Ammo. Repairs.Hot bluing. Hours Monday-Friday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. only.Maple Grove Road. 606-256-3539. 11x52pOwens Monument: Lo-cated behind Owens FuneralHome in Brodhead. OpenMon-Fri. 8 to 5 and Sat. 9a.m. to noon. 606-758-9600.14xntfNotice: Will haul off or buyscrap metal, junk cars ortrucks. Metal hauled forfree. 231-6788. 14xntfGrave Markers & Monu-ments: In stock at all times.McNew Monument Sales,US 25, 4 miles north of Mt.Vernon. Phone 256-2232.U Call We Haul! Anythingthat fits on a truck. Local orlong distance. Building -demolition - moving - clean-ups - bushhogging - land-scaping. No garbage. 606-256-9222 o4 308-1629.35xntfGail’s Pampered Pooch57 West Main St., Brodhead.For appt. call 606-758-006420xntf
Pets WantedWanted: In RockcastleCounty. 5-10 rural acres tobuy. Some tillable land,small dwelling optional, re-liable water source, electric-ity available, paved orgravel road, unrestricted.606-843-0462. 2xntf Wanted To Buy: Your an-tiques and collectibles. An-tique glassware, furniture,quilts, all types of militaryitems, clocks, watches(working or not), pocketwatches and wrist watchparts, pocket knives, coinsand paper money. All typesof gold, silver scrap, castiron banks, toys, lighters,crock jugs, cast iron skillets,marbles, pocket knives,fishing items, Indian Arrow-heads, and much, muchmore. Also buying partialestates. Over 25 years expe-rience. Call Clarence Reeceat 606-531-0467. 47xntf
Livestock Protection Pupsfor sale. Great watch dog.Call 859-358-6566. 4xntfMountain Top PreciousPups: Yorkies, Maltese,Shih-Tzu, Poodles, Chihua-hua, Boxers. 1-606-231-5498 - leave message ortext. Join us on fb: mountaintop precious pups or e-mail:[email protected]
Rocket CarpetCleaners
Circular Dry Foam Cleaning
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Motor VehiclesFor Sale
2007 Chevy Cobalt LT Se-dan. 4 cyl., front wheeldrive, power windows andpower locks, cruise control,keyless entry, sports pack-age, alloy wheels, 27-34mpg, 48,150 miles, rebuilttitle. $6,000 firm. Call ortext 606-308-2398. 4x2p
Recycling CenterThe Rockcastle County Recycling Center is located at2528 South Wilderness Rd (US 25 South) next to the
Rockcastle County Road Department Garage and is openMonday thru Friday from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. (closed on
major holidays).
The following items may be recycled:Newspapers w/inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper,junk mail, shredded paper, books, phone books, card-board (corrugated and slick), plastics #1-7, plastic gro-cery store bags, metal cans, aerosol cans, aluminum cans,
aluminum foil, aluminum pie plates,glass bottles and glass jars, old cellphones, car batteries, empty printer andtoner cartridges, old computers and allrelated accessories, telephones, radios,
digital clocks, televisions, rechargeable batteries (if thebattery says rechargeable on it, then it is recyclable), andlarge bulky metal items.Clean used motor oil may also be dropped off at theRockcastle County Road Department.
If you have any questions, you may call theRockcastle County Solid Waste Office
at 606-256-1902
DOGWOOD GIFTS & GARDEN CENTER• German tomatoes, old-fashion yellow, Rutgers & 15 other varieties
• Hanging Baskets • Bedding plants• Annuals & Hardy Plants • Herbs • Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower
256-3007Hwy. 25 Junction 3275 - corner of Brindle Ridge Rd. on Hurricane School Rd.
Morgan PlumbingService & Repair
New Construction •Commercial & Residential Service
Fully Insured • All Work Guaranteed
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MechanicOn Duty
All Types of RepairsWe do muffler &
exhaust replacement andcustom pipe bending
Heating & Air
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Locally owned and Located at:
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758-0155 • 256-1683 • 859-661-5986We service all Brands and Models • 20+ years experience
Free Estimates - Affordable Service - Call for RatesExpert Installation & Troubleshooting • Friendly Hometown Service
Heat Pumps and Gas FurnacesWe also sell Gas Logs and Heaters
Fully Licensed and Insured HVAC and Electrical • MO-4808 and CE63779
BEE Garbage256-2334
Weekly residentialcurbside pickup
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5076 S Wilderness Rd. • Mt. Vernon, Ky.
David’s Tire Center24 Hr. Towing & Recovery LLC
1431 S. Wilderness Rd. (US 25)Mt. Vernon
Save On All Major BrandTires For Cars & Trucks
Farm Tractors • Lawn & More
David & Josh Thompson, OwnersOffice/24 Hr. Wrecker606-256-4606
DavidSpoonamore
ROOFINGFree Estimates
25 Years experienceCall 758-4457 or
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Town & Country24 HR. WRECKER SERVICE
All Types of Mechanic Work
Call 256-9634 days or256-4650 nights
MADISON TERMITEand PEST CONTROLCall Paul Burton - Day or Night
256-2318 - Mt. Vernon-----
STOP TERMITES ROACHES WATERBUGS
Winstead’sHeating & Air
Pat Winstead606-256-1038 • 606-308-4825
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On-SiteComputer
ServiceTired of sending yourcomputer
away to getit fixed?
Call and let us come toyou for all your computer
needs!
Setup, Consultation,Software/Hardware Conflicts
Virus/Spyware Removal
Reasonable RatesCall
Spencer Benge606-308-5653
John’sJohn’sJohn’sJohn’sJohn’sRepair
Faucet &Toilet RepairMobile Home Repair
John Tyler, Owner • 606-308-5646
ApplianceRepair
Rocket CarpetCleaners
Circular Dry Foam Cleaning
(606) 256-9870
Thinking About Cleaning Your Carpet!Some things to think about…
What is the best way to clean my carpet, should I use theold technology of steam cleaning or the new technology
of dry foam?
Test results from Consumer Report, 2008.
Option 1: Steam Cleaning-How does it work?A. Steam Cleaners saturate your carpet and floor pad with hot (150*degree) soapy water containing lye and beach to help dissolve stains.
B. After your carpet reaches its maximum saturation point thesolution is then extracted by means of a commercial shop vacuum.
The results: Removes less than 20% of the soil from the carpetdriving the remainder down deeper into the carpet fibers. The lye/
bleach solution used by steam cleaners to dissolve stains fadescarpet colors. Drying time is 1 to 5 days depending on the carpet
texture. As a result of the water saturation, carpet fibers harden andthe floor pad remains damp, which promotes bacteria growth andmildewing, causing carpet threads to rot, shorting the life of yourcarpet. Carpet manufactures recommend that you do not steam
clean carpets.
Option 2: Dry Foam-How does it work?C. Carpet fibers are agitated with carpet combs to separate the fibers
loosening dirt particles, which are then dry cleaned with anindustrial strength vacuum.
D. The carpet is then shampooed with horse hair brushes using Dry-Foam lather, a solution that contains six different cleaners and fabricsoftener, color brightener, deodorizer, disinfectant, crystalline agent,
scotch guard, & degreaser. Does not contain lye or bleach.E. Carpet fibers are then groomed to fluff up worn walk areas to
give a uniform look to the carpet.The results: Removes over 90% of carpet soil. Rejuvenates and
brightens colors and patterns of carpets. Drying times is less than 2hours. Floor pads remain dry-Fabric Softener makes carpets soft
again-Promoting the life of the carpet.Carpet manufacturers recommend Dry Foam to clean Carpets.
Award-WinningWater Features &
LandscapingMax PhelpsMember I.P.P.C.A
606-416-3911www.rockcastles.net
Caudill Dump Truck ServiceRock • GravelAgr. LimeSand
Rock & Job QuotesDriveway SpreadingDumping/Stockpile
Contact for competitive pricing:Myron - (606) 308-1387
Kentucky Auto ExchangePublic Auto Auction • Dealers Welcome
Every Saturday and Tuesday at 7 p.m.
OPEN TO THE PUBLICLocated on Exit 38 in London on Hwy. 1006
(606) 878-7815
Carpenter’sDozer & Backhoe Service
Mt. Vernon, Ky.Basements • Building Sites • Roads • Ponds • Crushed Stone Hauling
Fill Dirt • Topsoil • Clearing • General Farm MaintenanceFooters • Licensed Septic Tank Installer • Boom Truck Service
606-256-5370 or 859-661-2814
MOBILE PRESSURE WASHINGDecks, concrete, aluminum and vinylsiding, brick and stone, machinery,
equipment and much more.Benny Rader606-386-1299
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$35 out of state10% discount for seniors
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Tiling • Flooring859-302-0197
Painting (Commercial & Residential)
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For an appointmentCall 256-3976
Electronic FilingAvailable
Individuals - Partnerships - CorporationsINCOME TAX SERVICE
Karen K.KingVirginia McKinneyIncome Tax Service
606-256-480435 years experience
IRS Authorized E-file Provider
Pg. B8 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 16, 2014
Adoptable Shelter Dogs
Hey Everybody! My name is Rowdy and I am maleChi/Feist mix. I am a owner surrender and I am look-ing for a good home. I love everybody I meet and Ilove to run and play. I you could help me by givingme a home then call the shelter @ 256-1833. (kennel3)
Hello everybody. My name is Gus and I am maleBeagle/Shepherd mix. My family decided they nolonger wanted me so they dropped me out on Cli-max Rd. I have been looking for another home eversince then. I am very loving and playful and wouldmake a great family pet. If you have room in yourfamily for me then just give RCAS a call @ 256-1833.(kennel 2)
Acreage Reporting Datesfor 2014
USDA FSA has an-nounced that producers nowhave until Jan. 15, 2014 toreport crops that have a Nov.15, 2013 or Dec. 15, 2013reporting deadline withoutpaying a late file fee. Cropsunder this waiver includewheat and native and im-proved grasses intended forgrazing or haying.
The following acreagereporting dates are appli-cable for Kentucky:
December 15, 2013: Bar-ley-Gr, Canola (FAL), Oats(FAL), Rye, Annual RyeGrass, Wheat
January 2, 2014: HoneyJanuary 15, 2014:
Apples, Blueberries,Caneberries, Cherries,Chestnuts, Grapes, Peaches,Pears, Pecans, Plum, Rhu-barb
May 1, 2014: NurseryMay 31, 2014: Final date
to report small grainsplanted acreage, includingsmall grains planted on CRPacreage.
July 15, 2014: Alfalfa,Beans, Beets, Broccoli,Cabbage, Canola-SPR, Can-taloupe, Carrots, Cauli-flower, Clover, Corn, Cu-cumbers, Eggplant, Gourds,Grass (FG,GZ), Greens,Herbs, Lettuce, Mixed For-age, Oats- SPR, Onions,Peas, Peppers, Potatoes,Pumpkins, Radish, Sor-ghum, Soybeans, Squash,Strawberries,
Sunflowers, Sweet Pota-toes, TEFF, Tomatoes, Tur-nips, Watermelons
September 30, 2014:Christmas Trees, Crusta-ceans, Finfish, Flowers,Ginseng, Grass-Sod
Noninsured Crop Disas-ter Assistance Program(NAP) policy holdersshould note that the acreagereporting date for Np cov-ered crops is the earlier ofthe dates listed above or 15calendar days before graz-ing or harvesting of the cropbegins.
Additionally, producerscan purchase both NAP andFederal Crop Insurance cov-erage for 2014 forage crops.NAP coverage will not beavailable for the 2015 an-nual forage crops.
For information on thisand other FSA programs canbe found on the FSA websiteat www.fsa.usda.gov or at alocal USDA Service Center.USDA FSA Urges Farmersto Vote in County Commit-
tee ElectionsThe FSA County Com-
mittee Elections begin to-day, Dec. 20, with the mail-
ing of ballots to eligible vot-ers. The deadline to returnthe ballots to local FSA of-fices is Jan. 17, 2014.
Eligible voters who donot receive a ballot in thecoming week can obtain onefrom their local USDA Ser-vice Center. The last day forvoters to submit correctedballots in person to localUSDA Service Centers isJan. 17, 2014. Ballots re-turned by mail must be post-marked no later than Jan. 17.Newly elected committeemembers and their alter-nates will take office Feb.18, 2014.
County committee mem-bers are an important com-ponent of the operations ofFSA and provide a link be-tween the agricultural com-munity and USDA. Farmersand ranchers elected tocounty committees help de-liver FSA programs at thelocal level, applying theirknowledge and judgment tomake decisions on commod-ity price support programs;conservation programs; in-centive indemnity and disas-ter programs for some com-modities; emergency pro-grams and eligibility. FSAcommittees operate withinofficial regulations designedto carry out federal laws.
To be an eligible voter,farmers and ranchers mustparticipate or cooperate inan FSA program. A personwho is not of legal votingage, but supervises and con-ducts the farming operationsof an entire farm may alsobe eligible to vote. Agricul-tural producers in eachcounty submitted candidatenominations during thenomination period, whichended on Aug. 1.
Rockcastle Co. FSA willcount returned ballots in apublic meeting Jan. 22,2014.
More information oncounty committees, such asthe 2013 fact sheet and bro-chures, can be found on theFSA website atwww.fsa.usda.gov/electionsor at a local USDA ServiceCenter.Important program dates
and Interest RatesFarm Operating Loans-
Direct= 1.875%Farm Ownership Loans-
Direct=4.125%Limited Resource
Loans=5.000%Farm Storage Loans-7 yr.
=2.250%, 10 yr. =2.875%,12 yr.=3.000%
C o m m o d i t yLoans=1.125%
TTPP (Maximum Dis-count Rate)=5.000%
Agricultural NewsBy: Warden Alexander, FSA Director
CROCK POT CHICKENCHILI
3 pounds boneless, skinlesschicken breasts1 tablespoon oil1/2 cup chopped onion2 cloves garlic, finelyminced32 ounces low-sodiumchicken broth1/2 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon chili powder1 can (4 ounce) diced greenchilies, undrained2 cans (15 ounces each)white beans, rinsed anddrainedJuice of 1 lime1/2 cup chopped freshcilantroGarnishes: Sour cream,diced avocado, choppedcilantro, shredded cheese,tortilla chipsCut chicken into 1-inchpieces; place in the bottomof a 5-quart slow cooker.In a large nonstick skillet,heat the oil until hot. Addthe onion and garlic; sautéfor 3 to 4 minutes. Scrapethe mixture into the slowcooker.Add the chicken broth andstir in the, salt, chili pow-der, and green chilies. Cookon LOW for 6 to 8 hours.Stir in beans. Cook onHIGH for 30 minutes untilbeans are heated through.Stir in the lime and cilantro.
PORK AND CABBAGEI made this for the Hoskins
reunion 2013. The reunionstarted at noon so I put thepork and cabbage in thecrock pot before I went tobed the night before. Whentime came to go to the re-union, I unplugged the potand wrapped it in newspa-pers. The food was stillwarm when we were readyto eat. I brought very littleof this back home with us.3 pounds pork roast2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced1 large onion, chopped1 pound baby red skin po-tatoes1 pound carrots cut intobite-sized pieces1 to 2 heads cabbage,chopped1 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon celery seeds1 can (15 ounce) vegetablebroth1 tablespoon sugar, optional1 to 2 tablespoons apple ci-der vinegar, to taste (op-tional)Cut slits in roast. Placesliced garlic in slits. Placethe roast in the bottom ofthe crock pot. Layer onion,potatoes, carrots, and cab-bage on top of chops;sprinkle cabbage with salt,celery seeds, and sugar, ifdesired. Pour vegetablebroth over layers; drizzleapple cider vinegar over all.Cover; cook on LOW for 5to 6 hours.
Mamaw’s KitchenBy Regina Poynter Hoskins
On Saturday, Jan. 25, art-ist Louie Northern, ofMount Vernon, will demon-strate his oil painting tech-niques from 10:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m. at the KentuckyArtisan Center at Berea.
Northern prefers oilpainting as his medium be-cause it doesn’t dry fast, andhe likes the way oil painthandles using both a brushand palette knife. He oftenbuilds up the surface of hiscanvas to give it a morethree-dimensional texture.Most of Northern’s subjectmatter is rooted in his sur-roundings – farmland,mules, logging trucks andthe woods that grow on hislands. Northern also createsmore non objective paint-ings playing with color andtexture, and he is adept atprintmaking.
Always interested in art,Northern has been drawingsince he was a small child.Today he is a farmer on 300acres of land on his father’soriginal home place inRockcastle County. Al-though born in Dayton,Ohio, Northern returned to
the land of his family’s rootsin 1977. He studied art andbegan painting while in highschool. He went on to earna Bachelor of Arts degree inpainting in 1999, from East-ern Kentucky University.
A selection of works byLouie Northern is regularlyavailable at the KentuckyArtisan Center at Berea, lo-cated at 200 Artisan Way,just off Interstate 75 atBerea Exit 77. The center’sexhibits, shopping andtravel information areas areopen daily from 9 a.m. to 6p.m. with the cafe openfrom 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Admission is free.
The center currently fea-tures works by more than700 artisans from more than100 counties all across theCommonwealth. A specialexhibit, “Capturing the Artof Sport: Works by Ken-tucky Artisans,” is on dis-play through Feb. 22. Formore information about thecenter’s events call 859-985-5448, visit us onFacebook atw w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /kentucky.artisan.center, orgo to the center’s website atwww.kentuckyartisancenter.ky.gov.
The Kentucky ArtisanCenter at Berea is an agencyin the Tourism, Arts andHeritage Cabinet of theCommonwealth of Ken-tucky.
Louie Northern
Northern to demonstrateoil painting techniques
Honor’s Listannounced atCampbellsville
Campbellsville Univer-sity Senior Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs Dr.Frank Cheatham has an-nounced the academic hon-ors' list for the fall 2013 se-mester.
The following local stu-dents have been named toCampbellsville University'sPresident's academic honorslist: Starla Elaine Bond, asenior, and Casey BrookeHunt, a sophomore, both ofMt Vernon.
The academic honors' listrecognizes students whoachieve a grade point aver-age of 3.50 or above for thesemester with a course loadof at least 12 hours. The fall2013 academic honors' listincludes a total of 607 stu-dents, with 229 named to thePresident's List for achiev-ing a 4.0 grade point aver-age, and 378 named to theDean's List for achieving a3.5 to 3.99 GPA.
Campbellsville announcesFall 2013 Dean’s List
Campbellsville University Senior Vice President forAcademic Affairs Dr. Frank Cheatham has announced theacademic honors' list for the fall 2013 semester.
The following local students have been named toCampbellsville University's Dean's academic honors list:Carri Dolores Hunt, a senior of Mount Vernon, and DerrickLee Pittman, a junior of Brodhead.
The academic honors' list recognizes students whoachieve a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the se-mester with a course load of at least 12 hours. The fall 2013academic honors' list includes a total of 607 students, with229 named to the President's List for achieving a 4.0 gradepoint average, and 378 named to the Dean's List for achiev-ing a 3.5 to 3.99 GPA.
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Harsh winter weather struck Rockcastle County again Tuesday morning bringing more snowfall and subzerotemperatures. Local weatherman Bud Cox reported two inches of snowfall on Tuesday. Some residents through-out Rockcastle County reported amounts from three to four inches. Cox also reported a low of -5 degrees onWednesday morning. Rockcastle County Schools were closed on Tuesday and Wednesday due to the weatherand have already missed a total of ten days for the 2013-2014 school year. In the bottom photo, Mt. VernonFire and Rescue and Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single car accident on Hwy 25near Bible Baptist Church. Authorities say Erin Hayes, 31, of Mt. Vernon was traveling southbound on Hwy25 when she lost control of her vehicle due to the snowy/icy roadway. Hayes was transported to the RockcastleRegional Hospital and later taken to UK Medical Center where she was trested for non life-threatening inju-ries. Authorities say there was a high volume of motorists who slid off the roadway but no major accidentsoccurred. State and county highway crews worked around the clock on Tuesday and Wednesday to clear theroadways but stuggled due to the continuing snowfall and subzero temperatures. County Judge Buzz Carloftisis advising Rockcastle Countians to stay off the roadways if at all possible due to the hazardous conditions.
Local businessman Hank Gevedon plans to launch his ecommerce website entitled the Kentucky River Trad-ing Company on Saturday, February 1st. The website is designed to help craftspeople and artists sell theirproducts on a national market through the website. Those who are interested can come to the Kentucky RiverTrading Company office, which is currently located inside D&S Computers across from Rockcastle CountyHigh School on Hwy 461 in Mt. Vernon or you can contact Gevedon at 606-682-9177. Gevedon is shown abovelooking at crafts that his customers have already brought in to be placed on the ecommerce website.
Mt. Vernonman arrestedfor two localrobberies
Four people arrested for allegedlypurchasing meth precursors
Local man arrested aftershooting man in the leg
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will visitRockcastle County to take questions and give an update oncurrent legislation.
McConnell is scheduled to visit on Friday, February 7thfrom 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Community Trust Bank onHwy 461 in Mt. Vernon.
The event is being sponsored by the Rockcastle CountyChamber of Commerce and the Mt. Vernon Kiwanis Club.The event is free of charge and those wishing to attend arebeing asked to RSVP to McConnell’s office by calling 606-864-2026.
Meth arrestBy: Doug Ponder
A Mt. Vernon man hasbeen arrested for manufac-turing meth after the Ken-tucky State Police andRockcastle County Sheriff’sDepartment raided a homeon Calloway Branch Roadin Mt. Vernon on Monday.
Arrested at the scene wasAdam Leon Hellard, 29, of
By: Doug PonderA Mt. Vernon man was
arrested last Thursday afterhe reportedly shot anotherman in the leg at a home onRogers Road in Mt. Vernon.
Arrested at the scene wasJoshua Bell, 25, of Mt.Vernon.
According to state policereports, trooper Delzie Kellyresponded to the residencearound 2 p.m. after receiv-ing a complaint of a shoot-ing that had occurred at ahome on Rogers Road.
After arriving at thescene, Kelly learned thatBell allegedly shot BrandonRobinson, 28, of Brodhead
McConnell scheduledto give Washingtonupdate at meeting
in the leg during an alterca-tion.
Robinson was trans-ported from the scene by
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By: Doug PonderA Mt. Vernon man has been arrested after admitting to
police that he robbed Citizens Bank in Brodhead last Fri-day and Cash Express in Mt. Vernon last Saturday.
Arrested was Lee Hamilton Speaks, 28, of Mt. Vernon.According to state police reports, a man entered Citi-
zens Bank in Brodhead around 5:40 p.m. last Friday.Omce inside, the man, who was armed with a small pis-
tol, walked up to the counter and handed the teller a notethat demanded money.
The teller handed the manan undisclosed small amountof cash. The man then left thebank and fled on foot. Hewas described by CitizensBank tellers as wearing ablack toboggan, orangehoodie and brown coveralls.
After searching thesurronding area and city streets in Brodhead, officers wereunable to find the robber.
Following the Citizens Bank robbery last Friday, Lieu-tenant Ed Robinson responded to Cash Express in Mt.Vernon after Rockcastle 911 received a call around 1:30
(Cont. to A8)
By: Doug PonderFour people were ar-
rested for unlawful posses-sion of a meth precursor af-ter police made a traffic stopon Silver Street in Brodheadon Monday.
Arrested at the scenewere Jennifer Elaine Bur-ton, 37, of Orlando, JoannHammonds, 49, William
Milburn, 30 and JoshuaSowder, 29, all of Mt.Vernon.
According to state policereports, an employee fromLone Star feed store in Mt.Vernon called Rockcastle911 after the four peoplecame into their store intoxi-cated and left in a purpleToyota RAV4 SUV on Hwy
150 heading towardBrodhead.
Trooper Adam Childresslater made a traffic stop af-ter finding a vehicle match-ing the same descriptiontraveling on Silver Street inBrodhead.
When Childress ap-proached the vehicle, henoticed that the driver, Bur-
ton, appeared to be ex-tremely intoxicated whileperforming field sobrietytests. He also noticed thatHammonds, Milburn andSowder, who were passen-gers in the vehicle, all ap-peared to be under the in-fluence of a narcotic.
After searching the ve-(Cont. to A8)
Local businessmanestablishes ecommercewebsite to sell crafts
By: Doug PonderA local businessman is creating an ecommerce website
to help Rockcastle County craftspeople and artists selltheir products.
Hank Gevedon of Mt. Vernon plans to launch hisecommerce website entitled the Kentucky River TradingCompany on Saturday, February 1st. He said the websiteis designed to help craftspeople and artists sell their prod-ucts on a national market through the website.
As a blacksmith and craftsperson, Gevedon said hecame up with the idea after noticing an overwhelmingresponse from a lot of fellow craftspeople and artists attrade shows. He said they would always tell him abouthow they struggle with selling their products on a na-tional market.
“Craftspeople and artists pour their heart and soul intotheir product, so the creation phase comes easy to thembecause it’s something they love to do,” Gevedon said.“But the hard part for a lot of them is selling their prod-ucts on a national market through various venues. This isalways a trying process to many craftspeople and artists Italk with.”
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Lee Hamilton Speaks
PointsEast
By Ike Adams
Pg. A2 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014
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Rick Branham
Am I becoming mygrandfather?
I must have been a verygood boy this year becausemy wife showered me withwonderful Christmas gifts.One of my surprises was ablue cotton cardigan, whichI quickly began to wear ona regular basis. The firsttime that I passed by a mir-ror wearing the new gar-ment, I thought I saw mygrandfather (Pop). As Iturned toward the mirror,there he was looking back atme. It was the sweater thatdid it.
In his senior years, Popwas always cold and, there-fore, he wore button-upsweaters nearly all of thetime. That is what I sawlooking back at me from themirror. My thought was sim-ply, “Am I becoming mygrandfather?”
As I have mentioned be-fore, my mother and Imoved in with my grandpar-ents when I was around sixyears old. As a result, Popbecame the dominant malerole model for me. I was notonly taught a number of lifelessons from him, but I tookin everything there wasabout him. And about three-quarters of each year, Popwas uncomfortable with thetemperature in his house. Hedeveloped a habit of slip-ping on one of his many car-digan sweaters and pullinghis rocking chair up to theWarm Morning stove thatheated our home.
I have several photo-graphs of Pop and most ofthem display his love ofsweaters. I never realized asa young man how he couldpossibly be cold all of thetime. Guess what? Now thatI am in my late 60’s, I fullyunderstand his infatuationwith his attire. I am findingthat I, too, am chilly most ofthe time.
Another habit of Pop’s
was wearing Stetson hats al-most year-round. He evenwore them in the house atnight. Once I asked him whyhe loved his hats so much,he replied, “David Joe, youcan never go wrong with agood hat.” He went on toclarify that because of hispoor vision, the hatsshielded his eyes from thebare light bulbs hangingfrom the ceiling.
It seemed to me that Popwore his hats inside and out-side most of the time, nomatter the season or theweather conditions. It wasunusual indeed to see himbare-headed. And on thissubject, once again I findmyself suddenly under-standing. I have a few goodStetson hats myself as wellas probably 30 baseball capsfrom which to choose. Theyprovide warmth in thecolder months, and protec-tion from sunburn on mybald head in the summer.Yes, I am becoming Pop!
Pop was a man whoworked extremely hard all
The long john tales justkeep on pouring in. Mygrandniece, Shelbi Poole,wrote to say that her hus-band, Steven, still wears theone piece “union suit” jobsthat my brothers and I grewup with before going to thetwo piece type in adulthood.Shelbi wanted to know ifthere is a name for thatopening in the rear end. Itold her that we alwayscalled it the back door.
Several folks wrote tocomplain about how“scratchy” the ones they hadin their early years were.
And they were that forsure. Mom ordered oursmostly from Spiegel’s mailorder house, and sometimesfrom Montgomery Ward’s.They were made of a fabricadvertised as 50% linen forcomfort and 50% wool forwarmth. Mom called thefabric blend linsey-woolsie.
Brother Keeter said, “callit whatever you want to butit ought to be called itchy-cracky”. Our teachers knewnot to ask what was wrongwhen one of her studentskept scratching all the time.It meant that the kid had al-ready moved into his longjohns, but no student wasgoing to fess up and tell theentire classroom that hisunderwear was botheringhim. Keeter once told ateacher that he’d slept withthe house dog last night anda flea must have gotten onhim. But such a confession,whether true or not, was aptto wind up with the entireschool nicknaming you“Fleabait”.
So the best thing to do
was just say that somethingwas making you itch and letit go at that and nobodywould laugh because theyknew that they knew whatwas going on and that they,too, were soon going to behaving the same problem.The rest of the class mightkid you a little at recess andyou’d have to say, “well itfrosted in the head of theholler last night”.
Mom made us start wear-ing the ridiculous thingsimmediately after the firstfrost even though most otherfolks seemed to wait untilthe first hard freeze.
Still, by the middle ofNovember the classroomwould be a blur of motionbecause everybody wouldbe scratching for all theywere worth. Girls wore themtoo. I have no idea whattheirs looked like above theknees because I didn’t havesisters, but I always won-dered if they had a backdoor. Now that I think aboutit, I guess they bout had toand long johns were prob-ably the first unisex gar-ment.
Jim Cornett, fellowwriter and Letcher Countynative who now lives inBurnside, wrote to tell methat one time his grandpahad a terrible accident be-cause of long johns.
Jim said his grandpa hada huge pear tree in the backyard that his chickensroosted in and he had a prizeflock of heavyweight egglayers.
One night the dogs went
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This past Saturday 30firefighters from Brodhead,Berea, London, Lily,Danville and other fire de-partments started a 40 hourConfined Space TechnicalRescue course. The coursetrains firefighters to enter aconfined space and rescuetrapped victims. The coursewill conclude this Sundayafter four ten hour days overtwo weekends.
Last week I left off talk-ing about search and rescue.When you hear search andrescue do you immediatelythink of a land search? Cer-tainly that is a part of searchand rescue but it does notstop there. This includessearching buildings as welland rescuing any victimsthat may be trapped. Lastweek’s question was, whatshould a search/rescue teamalways take with them? Asearch and rescue teamshould always take forcibleentry tools with them. Nowthis may include a set ofirons, a flat-head axe and ahalligan, a pry bar, and othertools. Most firefighters willcarry a set of irons withthem in order to make forc-ible entry.
The most fundamentalduty of every fire depart-ment paid or not, is to pro-tect life and property fromfire. The protection of livesalso includes the safety of
our own. During search andrescue operations we mustconsider the hazards towhich firefighters may beexposed too. We must be upto date on training andequipment use to accom-plish a rescue in the leastpossible time. An essentialpiece of equipment in searchis rope. The rope may beused as a tagline or some-times referred to as a life linein ordered for the rescuer tofind his/her way out of thebuilding. The rope is tied toa fixed object outside like aporch post or rail while thefirefighter has the other endwhile searching the struc-ture. The search team canalso utilize this rope to tetheroff of and search adjacentrooms. Normally a searchteam consists of at least twofirefighters. The officer willstay in the hallway with thetagline while the firefightertethers off the line to searcha bedroom. Once the searchis complete the firefightercan use the line to find theirway out.
This week I am going toend with some safety guide-lines we follow when oper-ating within burning build-ings. We do not enter abuilding in which the firehas progressed to the pointwhere there would be no vi-
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ramblings...by: perlina m. anderkin
I may have a new BFF(for those of you not coolenough to know that meansbest friend forever), compli-ments of County Judge/Ex-ecutive Buzz Carloftis.
Buzz sent me an e-mailphoto of a van he spottedMonday at Wendy’s gassingup and it’s a conservative’sdream machine.
I’m publishing the photo,along with this column, andI think all the slogans/advo-cacies on it will be legibleenough for you to get thegeneral idea that LyndaFarley, the “Smoking Ken-tucky Granny” is pro smok-ing, anti-Obamacare, for lib-erating the People’s Repub-lic of Amerika (sic), nomosque at Ground Zero --well you get the idea. Thevehicle took first place atthe Rolling Art Show inHouston, TX last year.
Now if I can just figureout where she lives in Ken-tucky, we can be an organi-zation of two.
I admire people that saywhat they think and let thechips fall where they may. Iam not that brave. I know alot of you think I prettymuch say what I think but,actually, I hold back quite abit because I don’t want tooffend some of my readers(democrats). My Dad was a
great advocate of “thinktwice and speak once” and“if you can’t say somethingnice, don’t say anything”and my husband, Jim, wasmuch the same. Jim’s phi-losophy was that we werethe only game in town andit was our place to report thenews, not make it. I basi-cally agreed with him but,with the present rampantgovernment idea of “Weknow what’s best for you,”it’s almost impossible tokeep silent.
For one thing, I havenever understood city/countywide smoking bans inprivate businesses. If Iowned a restaurant, it oughtto be my decision whetherit is a smoke-free establish-ment or not. Leave it up tothe consumer. If I walk intoa restaurant and realize“smokers” are there, I canleave and search out a res-taurant where the dreaded“smokers” are not welcome.
I also have a big problemwith someone else decidingwhat I can and cannot do ina piece of property which Ibought and paid for.
I sometimes think I mayactually be a libertarian atheart, except I don’t agreewith their policy of isola-tionism. It does matter
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Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014 • Pg. A3
ObituariesObituaries
Roy EdwardOakes
Roy Edward Oakes, 51,of Mount Vernon, diedThursday, December 26,2013 at his home. He wasthe husband of Erica DawnHoward Oakes whom hemarried On November 4,2010.
Roy was born inRockcastle County on May5, 1962, the son of Joe andDessie (Swinney) Oakes.Roy was a collector of manythings including antiques,guns and knives and he en-joyed trading and sellingmany of those. He was aloving husband, dad, son,brother, papaw, uncle and afriend to many.
Besides his wife and
ElizabethBurdetta
Owens BrumettElizabeth Burdetta
Owens Brumett, 79, ofWaynesburg, KY died Tues-day January 14, 2014 atEphraim McDowell Re-gional Medical Center inDanville, KY.
Mrs. Brumett was bornon August 4, 1934, a daugh-ter of the late GranvilleDelmas and Ethel LawrenceOwens. She enjoyed gar-dening, vacationing, travel-ing, reading and was a mem-ber of the Parlor Grove Bap-tist Church. On November30, 1952, she was united inmatrimony to Ernie PaulBrumett and from that unioncame five children.
She is survived by: herchildren, Beverly AnnBrumett (Frank) Ketron ofMelbourne, KY, Paul D.(Teresa) Brumett ofWaynesburg, KY, Mark A.(Lori) Brumett ofWaynesburg, KY, CatherineE. (George) Pleasants ofStanford, KY, Richard T.Brumett of Waynesburg,KY, Brenda T. (Bruce)Hubble of Reading, OH; tengrandchildren, Frank (Lisa)Ketron, Rob (Becky)Ketron, David RossBrumett, Phillip T. Brumett,Chase Brumett, CodyBrumett, Amber (Charlie)Procter, Amy Hubble,Ashley Hubble, EddieHubble; thirteen great-grandchildren, BraydenKetron, Landen Ketron,Max Ketron, Mary BethBrumett, Kayla Brumett,Natasha Brumett, NatalieBrumett, NathanielBrumett, Peyton Pleasants,Eli Pleasants, Lydia Procter,Lauren Tyler, Alissa Tyler;two brothers, Richard(Jean) Owens of Brodhead,Marion Owens of Brodheadand many nieces, nephews,friends and neighbors.
Besides her parents, Mrs.Brumett is preceded in deathby: her husband, Ernie P.Brumett; two brothers,Chester Owens and WilliamOwens; two grandchildren,Matthew W. Brumett andGeorge Tate Pleasants.
Funeral services for Mrs.Elizabeth Burdetta OwensBrumett were conducted onSaturday, January 18, 2014at the Parlor Grove BaptistChurch with Bro. GregLockard and Bro, VioleBrown officiating. Burialfollowed in the Piney GroveCemetery.
Casketbearers were:Frank Ketron, Rob Ketron,Chase Brumett, CodyBrumett, Phillip Brumettand Jeff Eldridge.
Arrangements were bythe Marvin E. Owens Homefor Funerals in Brodhead,Kentucky.
Condolences may be made atmarvineowensfuneralhome.com.
MaryMcCown
Mary McCown, 86, ofMt.Vernon, died Thursday,December 26, 2013 at theCentral Baptist Hospital inLexington. She was bornJuly 23, 1927 in RockcastleCounty the daughter of thelate Gran H. and NettieBradley Barron. She was ahomemaker, enjoyed cook-ing, gardening, fishing andwas a member of the BibleBaptist Church.
Survivors are: five sons,Clyde Jr., Michael, andGary McCown, all ofCromwell, and Wendelland Kenneth McCown,both of Mt.Vernon; twodaughters, Bernice Kirbyof Conyers, GA, andVickie Mink of Mt.Vernon;one brother, NormanBarron of Connorsville,IN; and one sister, Chris-tine Odem ofCrawfordsville, IN; 13grandchildren; and 21 greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded indeath by: her husband,Clyde McCown; onegrandchild; and two greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services wereconducted Sunday, Decem-ber 29, 2013 at Cox Fu-neral Home with Bro. DonStayton officiating. Burialwas in the CresthavenCemetery.
Pallbearers were: An-thony Mink, Brian Kirby,Donnie McCown, DerekMcCown, Billy McCownand Shannon Taylor.View the complete obituary, sign
the guest registry, or sendcondolences to the family onlineat www.coxfuneralhomeky.com.
Kate TaylorMrs. Kate L. Taylor, 66,
of Brodhead, gained her an-gel wings on January 14,2014 after a long illness.
She was born in Bloss,KY on April 7, 1947, thedaughter of Willis andThelma Barnes Childress.She was retired from theRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal and was a born-againChristian.
She is survived by: herchildren, Vicky (Chan)Hood and Shelia (Shannon)Hood, all of Somerset, andRonnie (Kelly) Taylor ofBrodhead; her grandchil-dren, Alex and Bryan Hoodof Somerset and KayceeCombs of Brodhead; agreat grandchild, PrestonCombs; three sisters, Zona(Conley) Phelps of Leba-non, IN, Betty (Rodney)Cochran of Jamestown, IN,and Bonnie Turner ofSomerset; two brothers,Dale (Yvonne) Childers,and Ray (Vivian) Childressboth of Advance, IN; and ahost of nieces, nephews,extended family, andfriends. In addition to herparents, she was preceded indeath by four brothers,Raymond, David, Neva andJohnny and two sisters,Mary and Verla.
Funeral services wereconducted Saturday, Janu-ary 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. atthe Dowell & Martin Fu-neral Home Chapel by Bro.David O. Bullock. Burialwas in the Reynolds Cem-etery.
Pallbearers were: ScottChilders, W. Dale Childers,David Nance, MichaelPhelps, Tim Renner, andDanny Taylor.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to
view online obituary.
HaroldDean Smith
Harold Dean Smith, 64,of Berea, husband of SherylDurham Smith, died Mon-day January 20, 2014 at hisresidence in Berea.
He was born in Spiro,Ky. on September 12, 1949,a son of the late Earl andEdna Pauline BradleySmith. He was a twentyyear employee of TokicoManufacturing in Berea,and enjoyed muscle carsand working in the yard. OnMother’s Day of 2013,Harold made a professionof faith in the Lord JesusChrist and was a memberof the Pine Hill BaptistChurch.
Besides his wife, he issurvived by: four children,Stephanie Smith ofPendleton, KY, Melissa(Mark) Smith of Cincin-nati, OH, Jonathan Bradleyof Florence, KY, StephanieBradley Angel of Berea;five grandchildren, JeffreySmith, Nicholas Smith,Ashley Spencer, MorganKeiner, Kinleigh Davidson;two great-grandchildrenand expectant third great-grandchild; four brothers,Eugene (Betty) Smith ofCincinnati, OH, Donnie(Roxanne) Smith of Louis-ville, KY, Roger (Cassie)Smith of Corydon, IN, Jef-frey (Donna) Smith ofBrodhead; four sisters,Barbara (Daryl) McFerronof Mount Vernon, LindaFisher of Cincinnati, OH,Carolyn Damrell of Berea,Lisa Reams of MountVernon and many nieces,nephews, friends andneighbors.
Besides his parents, hewas preceded in death byone brother: Larry Smith.
Funeral services will beconducted Wednesday,January 22, 2014 at 2:00p.m. at the Marvin E.Owens Home for Funeralswith Bro. Clyde Miller of-ficiating. Burial will followin the Ottawa Cemetery.
Expressions of sympa-thy can be made in the formof contributions to HospiceCare Plus, 208 Kidd Drive,Berea, Kentucky 40403.Condolences may be made onlinewww.marvineowensfuneralhome.com.
ByronDouglasOwens
Byron Douglas Owens,75, of Brodhead, died Sat-urday, January 18, 2014 inIrvine. He was born inBrodhead, January 4, 1939,a son of the late Millard andVerla O’Neill Owens. Hewas of the Baptist faith, en-joyed University of Ken-tucky sports, farming, theoutdoors and his grandchil-dren. He was a United
States Air Forceveteran, havingserved as an Air-
man First Class. He was aretired railroad heavy equip-ment operator.
He is survived by: hiswife, Rozella Owens ofBrodhead; eight children,Rhonda Leigh Santo ofBrodhead, Richard L.(Louise) Santo of McKee,Lisa (Greg) Angel ofBeattyville, Sandra (Bruce)French of Orlando, Gary A.(Debbie) Santo ofBrodhead, Jackie Santo ofMount Vernon, ChrisOwens of Australia, andJeanetta Owens; specialfamily friends, Jeff Carr,Randy Harris, and AmyIrvin; 16 grandchildren, Jef-frey Bond, Jr., Carlista (Ja-son) Bond, Byron(Samantha) Bond, Richard(Lori) Santo III, Nikki(Kevin) Navarre, MichaelDouglas (Becca) Santo,Douglas Scott (Alli) French,James Donald French II,Cody Allen Santo, KaitlynnSanto, Savanna Santo, KeraSanto, Kendall Santo,Heather Angel, Amanda(Randy) Fox, and SamanthaAngel; 17 great grandchil-dren; two brothers, EdwardDenton (Cathy) Owens andDerrel Eugene Owens; a sis-ter, Edna Wayne (Harold)Harper; and many niecesnephews, friends and neigh-bors.
Besides his parents, hewas preceded in death by abrother, Millard RayOwens.
Funeral services will beconducted (today) Thurs-day, January 23, 2014 at 2p.m. at the Marvin E.Owens Home for Funeralswith Bro. Wayne Hardingofficiating. Burial will fol-low in the Piney GroveCemetery.
Visitation will be held(today) Thursday, January23, from 12 noon until 2p.m. at the Marvin E.Owens Home for Funerals.
Condolences may be made atwww.marvineowensfuneralhome.com.
Card ofThanks
Lewis CoffeyThe family of Lewis Ed-
ward Coffey would like tothank everyone for themany things that were donefor us during Lewis’ death.Thanks much for all thefraud, flowers, gifts, tele-phone calls, text messages,facebook messages, visitsand, most of all, for yourprayers.
A special thanks to theRockcastle Ambulance Ser-vice, Dr. Karen Saylor andstaff, Bro. Ron Roberts andthe Brindle Ridge BaptistChurch and the Marvin E.Owens Funeral Home.
May God bless you,Barbara Coffey, Marilyn
and Marcia Coffey,Melanie Childress and
Melinda Finley
parents, he is survived by:two daughters, Lila Rogersof Fulton, KY, and NevaehJean Oakes of Mt. Vernon;one son, Roy Levi Oakes ofMt. Vernon; a step daugh-ter, Shala Brooks of Mt.Vernon; three sisters, Mar-garet (Ricky) Tudor of SandGap, Linda Gail (Brian)Kirkland of Lexington andBobby (Chris) Grigsby ofLondon; two brothers, Mike(Sharon) Oakes of DrippingSprings and Sonny (Dayna)Oakes of Crab Orchard andtwo granddaughters, Katieand Katrina.
Funeral services wereheld December 30th at theCrab Orchard Church ofGod with Bro. Phillip Payneand Bro. Lonnie Goodin of-ficiating. Burial followed inthe Vanhook & BrewerCemetery.
Pallbearers were RickyJo Tudor, Nathan Bohlman,Tony Saylor, BrianKirkland, Joseph Peggs andLogan Felix
Honorary pallbearerswere Gene Caldwell, BillAlexander, Ricky Tudor,Gene Swinney & BillyHoward.
Memorials can be madeto McKnight Funeral Homeat P.O. Box 97 Crab Or-chard, Kentucky 40419.
Mamaw’s KitchenBy Regina Poynter Hoskins
CRACKER CANDY40 saltine crackers1 cup butter1 cup firmly packed lightbrown sugar1 bag (12 ounce) milkchocolate chips1 cup chopped pecans orwalnutsHeat oven to 400°. Line a12 x 18 cookie sheet withfoil; spray foil with Pam oryour favorite cooking spray.Lay out crackers end to endon foil.In a saucepan, melt butter.Add brown sugar. Bring toa boil; boil hard for 3 min-utes, stirring constantly.Mixture will be frothy look-ing. Pour over the crackers;bake for 5 minutes.Remove cookie sheet fromoven; sprinkle the hot crack-ers (be careful) with thechocolate chips. Let standfor 5 minutes. Use a smallspatula to spread the chipsaround. Sprinkle nuts overchocolate. Chill in refrig-erator for several hours orovernight. When hard, re-move from foil and breakinto pieces. Store in airtightcontainer.
CHOCOLATE SALAMI4 bars (3.5 ounces each)dark chocolate (70% cacao),chopped1 can (14 ounce) EagleBrand® milk3 cups coarsely choppedshortbread cookies1 teaspoon vanillaPowdered sugarIn a medium saucepan com-bine chocolate and EagleBrand® milk. Heat overmedium-low heat untilchocolate is melted, stirringfrequently. Remove fromheat. Mixture is thick so Iuse a rubber spatula to mixthe chopped cookies and fla-voring into the meltedchocolate.Sprinkle 3large sheet of
parchment paper gener-ously with powdered sugar.On each sheet of the parch-ment paper, shape 1/3 of thechocolate mixture into alogabout 12 inches long andone or two inches in diam-eter. Wrap each log inparchment paper. Chill forat least 8 hours or up to 24hours. Slice before serving.CHOCOLATE SAUCE1 can Eagle Brand Milk1 stick butter or margarine1 can Hershey’s chocolatesyrupMix all together in mediumpan. Let come to boil, butdo not boil. Set aside andlet cool a little. It thickensas it cools.
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Bookmobile ScheduleMonday, Jan. 27th: Calloway, Red Hill, Livingston andLamero. Tuesday, Jan. 28th: Maple Grove, Orlando andClimax. Wed., Jan. 29th: Cave Valley Apartments(make-up day for Jan. 21-22). Schedule subject to changedue to weather conditions.
City Council Meets MondayThe January meeting of the Mt. Vernon City Councilmeeting will be held Monday, January 27th at 7 p.m.
Brodhead Alumni BanquetThe Brodhead Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday,April 26th.
CCFFG MeetingConcerned Citizens for Fair Government will meet Thurs-day, Jan. 23rd on the third floor of the courthouse at 6p.m. Please use back door.
Hospice Volunteer TrainingHospice Care Plus New Volunteer Training will be heldSaturday, January 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Com-passionate Care Center in Richmond. Pre-registration isencouraged. Contact Julie at 859-626-9292 [email protected]. Patient care volunteers espe-cially needed.
Brodhead Lodge MeetingThe Brodhead Masonic Lodge #556 meets every thirdSaturday at 7 p.m. on Main Street in Brodhead aboveBrodhead Pharmacy.
Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday nights at 8 p.m.behind Our Lady of Mt. Vernon Church on Williams St.in Mt. Vernon.
Kiwanis Club MeetingsThe Rockcastle Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday atnoon at the Renfro Valley Lodge. Everyone is invited.
Historical Society HoursThe Rockcastle Historical Society is open on Mondaysfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the RTEC garage building.
American Legion Post 71American Legion Post 71 meets the second Thursday at7 p.m. of each month on the third floor of the courthouse.Commander David Owens invites all Rockcastle veter-ans to join this organization that honors American sol-diers, sailors and airmen.
T.J.’sJournalby: Tonya J. Cook
A Time forNew Beginnings
As I drink a cup of hotherbal tea this morning, I’mlooking past my stainedglass window hangingthrough the frosty windowto see faint images of hugeflakes of snow drifting byand coming to rest upon fro-zen leaves, a now-distantreminder of the autumn justpassed. The room is deathlysilent except for the crack-ling of the flames in the fire-place as they cast a glow offriendly shadows dancingabout the room. The quiet isonly interrupted by the oc-casional sigh or slight move-ment of one of the dogs asthey sleep upon the floor.My mind is drifting throughthe past year, rememberingthe losses, the sufferings,and various trials that onemust endure along life’spath. Fortunately, there havebeen joyous days-days ofaccomplishment and daysfilled with hope for the fu-ture.
None know the numberof days we have been givenor how short the path wehave been given. Occasion-ally, one must “take stock”of their life, evaluate, andyes, even make a fewchanges no matter how dif-ficult. I’ve reached morethan the halfway mark in mylife. I’ve seen six genera-tions of my family and haveseen so many changes sincemy childhood. The years
have sped by so fast. Wheredoes the time go? The timefrom now to age seventy-five or eighty will be only aglimmer.The Bible com-pares life to a vapor. Mostof the commonplace thingsof “my days” are now obso-lete, verging on being con-sidered antiques.
What does the futurehold? In many ways, wehold our future in our hands.I suppose the key is makingwise, well thought-aboutdecisions. Maybe if wedidn’t take life so seriously,and allow ourselves to en-joy life, enjoy our family,and friends. Of course, with-out even saying, a closerwalk with God on a dailybasis gives joy in life. Hisjoy is true and He gives apeace beyond understand-ing.
Oh, those foolish deci-sions of our youth! Yes, Iremember those…those de-cisions made on a whim, orjust because somebody elsewas doing something, or itwas the popular thing to do,or for any misguided reasonat all. Where could I andmany others be had we notmade such erroneous blun-ders? Listen to our elders?Why should we, we knewfar more than they.
The snow continues tofall and is accumulating onthe ground. As a child athome on a snow day fromschool, I would havethought today was just
wonderful…and to tell thetruth, I still do. There is apart of me, and in most ofus perhaps, that is the childstill buried under layers ofresponsibility, protocol, andthe general business ofadulthood.
Where do I see myself inthe year ahead? I hope to beblessed with reasonablygood health and a keenmemory, in charge of myfaculties, leading an activeand productive life, and tofinally have the time to doall of the things that I’ve putoff doing.
I know that life is a mat-ter of choices, and then thereare consequences. Oh, tomake the correct decisions.
Robert Frost’s poemabout the two paths that con-verge in the woods not onlyillustrates a choice concern-ing our life in general, butmore to the point, a dailystruggle in choosing whatwe must do, should do, whatwe would like to do, or whatothers expect us to do.
The last bit of tea nowgrows cold in my cup, but Isuppose it’s served its pur-pose of nourishment andcompanionship on this mostwintry morning as I’ve pon-dered life and it’s meaning.
To conclude with the lastsips of tea, I must say I’mthankful for the new yearahead and the opportunitiesand the new beginnings itholds. I think I’d like to beremembered as someonewho has made a difference,been a benefit to others, andleft a mark behind to let theworld know that I came thisway, and that the world wasa little better for it.
Our Readers WriteRoad Departmentdoes great job...Dear Editor,
My family lives on Hwy.3245 in Brodhead. We justwanted to take the time tothank the State Highwayworkers for doing such agood job cleaning our road
when it snows. They comeout in this weather and cleanthese roads so people canget out. You guys are appre-ciated out here in Brodhead.
Sincerely,James Bretz family
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“On Call”(Cont. from A2)
able victims. If backdraftconditions are present, wemake entry only after ven-tilation has commenced. Wemaintain constant radiocommunication with the op-erations officer or the inci-dent commander. We wearfull protective equipmentincluding our SCBA whenconducting a search. We al-ways work in at least teamsof two and stay in constantcontact with each other by
sight, touch and voice. If wecannot see, touch or hear theother rescuer(s) with youthen a mayday situationmay exist. We stay low, stayalert and maintain situ-ational awareness. The con-ditions of the atmospherecan change drastically in aninstance. Before opening adoor we check for heat. Ifpossible we want to take acharged hoseline with us toextinguish any fire shouldwe encounter any. Once thesearch is completed and novictim(s) have been foundthen we radio back to opera-tions or IC that the buildingis “all clear” and also reportthe progress of the fire andcondition of the building.
Next week will continuewith discussing search in-cluding multistory searches.This week’s question iswhat are the two objectivesof a building search?
“Points East”(Cont. from A2)
to barking treed and thechickens started squakingreal loud, so Grandpagrabbed his shotgun and acarbide light and ran outsidein just his boots and under-wear because he figured apossum or weasel was try-ing to kill his chickens.
He had the shotguncocked and up to his shoul-der with one arm while heused the other one to shinethe light up in the tree to spotthe varmint.
But he had inadvertentlyleft the back door to his longjohns open, so one of thedogs that had lost interest inwhatever critter it was thathad come on the place,sneaked up behind Grandpaand cold nosed his bottomthat was poked out throughthe opening.
The dog startled Grampsso badly that he pulled thetrigger on his shotgun and itkicked him down and whilehe was lying there on thefrozen ground, three of hisbest laying hens fell out ofthe top of the pear tree andlanded on top of him. Ireckon the possum or wea-sel or whatever it was es-caped the blast.
“Memories”(Cont. from A2)
of his life. Even after his re-tirement from Aubry FeedMills and Louisville Gro-cery Company after fiftyyears, he never reallystopped working. Until theday he died, he workedharder than any man I everknew. I always thought thathe would slow down afterretiring, but I was com-pletely wrong. Every day ofhis life he arose every morn-ing at the “crack of dawn”to begin his chores on oursmall farm.
The first thing he dideach morning was to start afire in the stove so that thehouse would be warm forthe rest of the family whenwe got out of bed. And whenI did get up, I knew hewould be sitting by the stove– wearing his hat – readingthe Courier Journal. OK,here it comes: I am the firstto arise each morning in or-der to walk my Sheltie.
“ramblings”(Cont. from A2)
While he has his breakfast,I am reading the HeraldLeader. After the house iswarm and I have read thedaily paper, I wake my wife.There it is! Just like Pop.
Pop had an obsessionwith his yard. It was impor-tant to him that his grass wasclipped and that debris fromits many trees was collectedand placed into a pile, whichhe would burn on a regularbasis. He though that an un-trimmed yard reflectedpoorly on the owner. Hisyard was one of the besttrimmed in the entire neigh-borhood. Yes, I also inher-ited that trait from my Pop.My wife asks me all thetime, “Are you having theyard mowed again sosoon?” In my mind, the an-swer to that is “because thatis the way it is supposed tobe.”
As many of you know, Irecently purchased a vin-tage 1954 Chevrolet. As Ilook back on that acquisi-tion, I am certain that Iwanted that car because Pophad one. It was his ’54 inwhich I learned how todrive, took my driver’s test,and had my first car date. Inthe back of my mind, I hadbeen looking for a car likehis for more than 50 years.
I could continue on andon about the similarities be-tween my grandfather andme. So Pop, if you can seeme now, I have physicallybecome a mirrored image ofyou – but that isn’t all. Itseems that, because I spentso much time with you, yourown wishes and desires be-came part of my very na-ture.
I have become the imageof my grandfather – an ideathat once would have likelymade me wince – but now,I frankly find it very satis-fying.
(You can reach me [email protected] or you can
drop me a line at P.O. Box 927 –Stanton, KY 40380. I appreciateyour comments and suggestions.)
whether or not Iran has anuclear weapon, it doesmatter if the Syrian govern-ment murders its ownpeople, it does matterwhether or not Peyton winshis second Super Bowl, justkidding on that last one, thatprobably doesn’t matter toanyone except me. And, itdoesn’t matter as much tome since he beat New En-gland - that was my SuperBowl.
A friend told me recentlythat she enjoyed my columnand asked how often I wrotethem. I told her that it wasusually whenever I felt theneed to vent or could findsomething funny to writeabout. The vent columnsseem to come up more of-ten as I get older, rather thanamusing subjects so the col-umn gets written less oftenbecause I think you get tiredof my venting.
Anyway, thought the vanwas funny and mostly righton and decided to enjoy itwhile I could since it willprobably be classified as“hate speech” soon by thefederal administration.
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Yards to Paradiselevel. A hard sugar mapleis what is used by most inthe maple syrup busi-nesses from Ohio to Ver-mont and Maine. Blackmaple, Caddo maple,some select cultivars ofsilver maples (becausethey reach the right sizemany years sooner) aregenerally the tree ofchoice.
But, again, if some re-freshing free drinking wa-ter that tastes better thansoda water is your objec-tive, any maple of suffi-cient size will work.Maples that have less-sweet sap will obviouslyrequire more than the fiftygallons to begin with toend up with one gallon ofmaple syrup if you'recooking it down. (I wouldadd that sweet birch is alsoan option for tapping ifyou know where any ofthese native trees aregrowing.)
Then you want to drilla hole in the selectedtree(s). Find a sound, non-diseased, area of the mapletree trunk, facing a south-erly direction, and beginyour hole. From the pointthe drill enters the tree,you want to angle the holeupward somewhat to helpthe water flow out whereyou can catch it better.Drill the hole about 2.5inches deep or deeper, butnot more than a third of thedistance through the treetrunk. Big trees could havea second hole drilled atleast six inches from thefirst without serious or fa-tal damage to the tree.Maple syrup businessestap the same maple tree for50, 100, perhaps 200 yearsin a row—so killing yourtree is not that likely.
Put a spile into yourhole. Hammer if needed(but not too hard) or drillthe hole a little bigger ifneeded.
These implements can
be obtained from a maplesyrup supply company.However, if you want todo it today, or you want tosave money, a branch ofsome tree that is hollow orvery 'pithy' and soft insidecan be made to work justfine. Usually out in thecountry alongside a roadsomewhere you can find apatch or thicket of elder-berry bushes, whichwould be my tree limb ofchoice. These limbs can betrimmed to fit your drilledhole, take a wire or smalldiameter limb that issturdy and push any pithymaterial from the center ofyour homemade spile orspigot. The metal orwooden spile should fitsnugly as possible, al-though wrapping with tapeor other material couldalso block the sap fromrunning down the tree barkand not down your tube.
Under your spout, youwant to place a containerlarge enough to collect thesweet water. This could bea bucket or pan or anyclean container. I've useda mason jar myself but thatwould be risky if it frozeat night. It is important tostore the collected water ata temperature under 50degrees, unless you plan touse it within a day or twofor drinking or evaporat-ing.
To make maple syrup,you can use any largekettle you cook or boilwater in. A large containeron a wood-fired stove withno lid on the pot or kettlewould be ideal for this pur-pose (unless you have amaple syrup or molassesmaking business or knowsomeone who does thatyou could hire to convertyour slightly sweet sapinto genuine maple syrup).Once you collect enoughsap to begin, fill yourkettle or pan. As it boils orevaporates, you may con-
tinue to add more mapletree sap. This could bedone on an outdoor firepit, but keeping a constantboil temperature and keep-ing the product ash anddirt free would be morechallenging.
A cooking/candy ther-mometer should reach 219degrees, at which pointyou would have somegood maple syrup. (At thattemperature, well after it'scooled some but not got-ten cold, you should strainit and bottle it. If the con-tainer seals like it wouldwith pouring hot liquidinto a mason jar or manyof the jelly and other jarsfrom the store you mayhave saved, then you donot have to refrigerate thesyrup but may store it un-til you have a craving forsyrup on your pancakes.)
Of course, many peoplegive up before collecting50 gallons of maple treewater. In which case, lesssyrup can be made. Also,the smaller the container,the closer you have tomonitor the cooking pro-cess to keep from boilingover, or running the kettledry and scorching yoursyrup, and so forth.
If you've never taken abig swig of cool mapletree sap, it's an experienceyou ought to try. And if perchance your regular drink-ing water is in short sup-ply and it's late winter andthe sap is rising, now youknow how to obtain notjust some life sustainingwater, but some that issweet and refreshing
Yum, my mouth is wa-tering for some pancakesand maple syrup, a bowlof oatmeal with syrupadded, or some chocolate& maple fudge, plus a cupof hot tea or cocoa with alittle extra flavoring!
The author is a landscaper.Phone (606) 416-3911 or e-mail:
By Max PhelpsTap A Maple Tree: PureSweet Drinking Water to
Maple SyrupHearing about unsafe
drinking water was one ofthe prompts for bringingup this subject at this time.Another reason was thatfollowing some cold win-ter weather, the sap inmaple trees begins to riseas the temperatures getback above freezing (andmay go back down on acold night). Plus it is sucha healthy treat—a naturalsweet like from a peach ora strawberry—one thatI've not enjoyed in a num-ber of years. I think maybethis week I'll get my drilland make a hole in a sugarmaple or two.
If you want the sweet-est water or sap, you prob-ably want to tap a sugar orblack maple, but if you'rethirsty any maple will do.And, if turning the sweetclear sap from maple treesinto maple syrup or maplesugar sounds interesting,well it is. However, beforeyou decide to get into themaple syrup business on abig scale, it would be use-ful to note that it takes be-tween 40 and 50 gallons ofwater from the sweetest ofmaple trees to evaporatedown into just one gallonof syrup. And you'll onlycollect from a pint to a gal-lon of sweet sap from onetree per 24 hours. You canexpect a flow of two orthree weeks duration toperhaps as much as sixweeks in some years, de-pending on weather con-ditions.
Let's say this soundsnice; so, how do I go aboutit?
First, find a maple treethat is at least about a footin diameter (that's about39 inches if you take ameasuring tape around thebark of the tree at two orthree feet above ground
On Saturday, Feb. 1,artist Carl Von Fischer, ofMount Vernon, will dem-onstrate his oil paintingtechniques from 10:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at theKentucky Artisan Centerat Berea.
Von Fischer grew up inCincinnati, and absorbedcreativity directly from hisparents. Von Fischer’smother was a basketmaker and weaver and hisfather was a painter and adesigner for Gibson cards.Von Fischer can remembertaking a bus or streetcar tothe Cincinnati Art Mu-seum as a youngster.
“Almost every week, Iwould spend hours goingfrom painting to painting.The ones that really caughtmy eye were the greatWestern paintings. I knewearly on – that one day Iwould paint – where andwhen I didn’t know,” hesaid.
At age 16, he worked inGlacier National Park, af-firming his love of theWestern landscape.
After graduating fromhigh school, Von Fischerjoined the military andwas deployed to Germany.Upon his return to Cincin-nati, he attended the Cen-tral Art Academy, studyingcommercial art, andgraduated with top honors.Von Fischer then workedfor advertising agencies inCincinnati, Pittsburgh,
Denver, and Greenville,S.C., before opening hisown advertising agency.After five years runninghis own business, he soldit to his partner and movedout west to Missoula,Mont. There he began toteach himself to paint inearnest, often painting inthe open spaces of thewest.
In 2003, Von Fischermoved to Kentucky to benear his son and grandchil-dren and began paintingfull-time.
“You name it – I had topaint it. They say it’s nevertoo late and you are nevertoo old. I agree to both. Ilet my paintings speak forthemselves” he said.
Von Fischer likes topaint landscapes and ani-mals and he uses a paletteknife often to layer and ap-ply the oil paint and delin-eate grasses, foregroundand trees in the back-ground.
Paintings by VonFischer are regularly avail-able at the Kentucky Arti-san Center at Berea, 200Artisan Way, just off Inter-state 75 at Berea Exit 77.The center’s exhibits,shopping and travel infor-mation areas are opendaily, year-round, from 9a.m. to 6 p.m., and the cafeis open from 9:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m. Admission isfree.
Local artist to be atArtisan Center Feb. 1
Pg. A6 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014
Freshman Mahala Saylor goes for a rebound dur-ing a previous Lady Rocket game against the CaseyCounty Lady Rebels. The Lady Rockets will jointhe Rockets in a double header this Thursday whenthey travel to Liberty to take on Casey County. Tip-off for the Lady Rockets game is at 6:15 p.m.
Freshman Carson Noble attempts to block a shotduring the Rockets earlier match-up against CaseyCounty. The Rockets will travel to Liberty Thurs-day night for another district matchup against CaseyCounty. Tip-off for the Rockets game is at 7:45 p.m.
Lady Rockets losebig to Somerset
The Lady Rockets trav-eled to Somerset Mondaynight for a make-up gamewith the Lady Briar Jump-ers and ended up taking a79-48 beat down.
The two teams met inmid-December and the LadyRockets lost 63-56. But,Monday night, turnoversplagued Rockcastle -- 9 inthe first quarter, 21 in thegame--along with poorshooting.
The Lady Rockets gotthe first two points of thegame, a basket by seniorKayla Reynolds, but at theend of that period, the LadyBriar Jumpers were up 25-8with the majority of theirpoints coming on run-outsoff turnovers.
The lead had increased to20 at half-time, 42-22. In thethird quarter, seven straightpoints by the Lady Rockets,including a three by junior
Rockets lose by 13to Briar Jumpers
Rocket fans were en-couraged in the first quar-ter of Tuesday night’s gameat Somerset when the boyscame out ready for actionand were ahead 15-11 at thefirst quarter stop. But thosehopes were dashed in thesecond quarter when theRockets could only muster6 points to the Briar Jump-ers 24 for a 14 point half-time deficit for the Rockets.Nine turnovers by theRockets in that quarter con-tributed to the 24-6 run.
The Rockets outscoredSomerset 19-16 in the thirdquarter, thanks to a threequarter court shot by juniorSam Pensol at the buzzer tocut the deficit to 51-40 and,in spite of Pensol’s 13points in the 4th quarter, theRockets could only pull towithin 8 at 71-63 before theJumpers held on for the 77-64 final.
The Rockets had de-feated Somerset 68-61 intheir first district game inmid-December. However,
Alaina Coguer, cut the leadto 13 but that was as closeas the Lady Rockets wouldget.
Sophomore MorganRenner was the only LadyRocket in double figures,leading the scoring with 14;Coguer got 8; Reynolds andHope Kelley, got 6 each;freshman Mahala Saylorand sophomore AshleyMcKinney had 4 each;freshman Emily Payne gotthree at the charity stripe;senior Brianna Hansel had2 and freshman CarolineCoguer got one.
The girls re now 4-12 onthe season and 0-4 in districtplay.
The Lady Rockets andRockets home game withthe Wayne Co. Cardinals onTuesday night was can-celled because of the
the Briar Jumpers cameback in a tournament atBerea and defeated theRockets by 10.
Pensol led his team inscoring with 24 points, in-cluding three three pointbaskets. Freshman LucasGentry was the only otherRocket in double figureswith 12 points, which in-cluded going 8 for 9 fromthe free throw line; seniorGage Reynolds, who putback Gentry’s missed freethrow at the first quarterbuzzer, got 6, along withsenior Blake Mullins whocanned two three point bas-kets; seniors Josh Masonand Dakota Hasty scored 5each; senior Tyler Hapergot 4 and freshman CarsonNoble 2.
The Rockets are now 8-11 on the season and 2-2 indistrict play.
Along with games atCasey and a home gamewith Madison Southernwith the Lady Rockets, theRockets will host BurginFriday night.
Alexa Bussell competing in the 100 breaststroke.Bussell achieved her best time of the year with a 3second improvement.
Kellan Coffey, Lauren Burton, Rachel Cain and Emily Childress placed 1st inthe 200 and 400 yard free relays.
The RCHS swim team took on Berea Community andMadison Southern in a meet on Saturday January 11th atthe Seabury Center. The girls team finished 1st with 122points MSHS 108 and Berea 43. The combined scoreswhere MSHS with 232, RCHS 149 and Berea 110. TheRockets achieved 13 best times out of 32 events.
In what turned out to be the most heated race of the dayAndrew Burton in Michael Phelps fashion won the 50 yardfree with a time of 27.81 and out touching the competitionby 0.22 of a second.
The relay team of Kellan Coffey, Rachel Cain, EmilyChildress and Lauren Burton where able to sweep both the200 and 400 yard relays while setting a school record inthe 400 with a time of 4:32.00.
Kellan Coffey, Laurel Yates and Lauren Burton placed1st while setting school records. Kellan 200 yard free2:26.94, Laurel 100 breaststroke 1:25.21 and Lauren in the500 free 6:08.43. Lauren also finished 1st in the 50 free26.69 while Kellan finished 2nd in the 100 free 1:07.34and Laurel 2nd in the 100 fly 1:22.97.
Other Girl’s events and finishes: Rebekah Lake 2nd 200IM 3:10.93, Emilee Thomas 3rd 200 IM 3:18.00, EmilyChildress 2nd 50 free 29.65, Rachel Cain 50 free 3rd 29.81,Rachel Cain 3rd 100 free 1:08.07, Emily Childress 500 free7:14.55, Rebekah Lake 2nd 100 backstroke 1:22.13.
RCHS girls finish firstin swim meet Saturday
Laurel Yates taking 1st place in the 100 breaststroke.
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The new year already isshaping up to be a busy oneat the Kentucky Depart-ment of Fish and WildlifeResources.
The department’s Fish-eries Division is workingto jumpstart fish popula-tions in Lake Cumberlandand its tailwater in antici-pation of the lake returningto its normal level in 2014,following a dam repairproject which began in2007. The division also isinvesting significant re-sources to add more fishcover to the state’s bestmuskie lake.
At the Wildlife Divi-sion, a new deer studylaunches this year alongwith continued research tobolster the state’s bobwhitepopulations. Here’s a lookat what’s ahead for 2014.
Deer studyDepartment biologists
are partnering with twoUniversity of Kentuckygraduate students to deter-mine why the deer popu-lation lags in parts ofsoutheastern Kentucky.
“We’re pretty excitedabout it,” said TinaBrunjes, deer and elk pro-gram coordinator withKentucky Fish and Wild-life. “This is the first deerresearch we’ve done in theeight years I’ve been here.”
Researchers will fit 60female deer in ClayCounty with radio trans-mitters then release thedoes back to the woods.The transmitters will en-able researchers to trackeach deer’s movement anddetermine if it has givenbirth. Fawns produced bythe does will be caught thisspring and receive theirown radio tracking collars.Researchers will monitortheir movement for up to ayear.
In previous years, Ken-tucky Fish and Wildlife hasreduced the number of deerthat hunters can take insoutheastern Kentucky inan effort to grow the herd.
“What we’re trying todo is figure out why thesedeer herds are not respond-ing to reduced harvests,”Brunjes said. “Right nowthe very popular thing toblame is coyotes. Anotherbig one is poaching. Biolo-gists tend to look at habi-tat issues: is there enoughfood? Is there enoughcover? Do they have ev-erything they need? We’renot sure which one of theseelements or what combina-tion of elements is causingthese deer herds to remainvery low and stressed.”
Lake Cumberland an-ticipation builds
The department isstocking more and biggerfish in Lake Cumberlandand the tailwater belowWolf Creek Dam in antici-pation of the lake returning
Kentucky Afield OutdoorsWildlife research and lakeimprovements highlight 2014
to normal levels this year.The prolonged draw-
down was prompted byemergency dam repairwork that started in 2007.While the lake remainedlow to help reduce stresson Wolf Creek Dam,bushes and trees that grewalong its banks will pro-vide good fish cover onceit is flooded by the lake’srising water.
“It will be almost like anew lake effect for the nextseveral years,” said Fisher-ies Division Director RonBrooks.
A project to improveand reroute HatcheryCreek downstream of thedam should get underwaythis year. Contractors willbuild a new one-mile chan-nel featuring numerouspools and riffles extendingto the Cumberland River.
Peabody quail projectA research project at
Peabody Wildlife Manage-ment Area in western Ken-tucky is leading the way onthe northern bobwhitequail restoration front.
The first four years ofthe project focused onhabitat improvements andits effectiveness, saidSmall Game Program Co-ordinator John Morgan.
“The last two years arefocusing more on harvestmanagement,” he said.“We’ve really just startedto see in the last year wherewe’ve really had a boom inthe quail population. Wehad these incrementalgains, but 2013 was theyear where we finally gota nice boom in the popula-tion. Unfortunately, on oneof spots where we didn’tdo any work, they had ahuge boom, too. That’s thenature of research in ourprofession.”
Cave Run Lake fishhabitat project
The Fisheries Divisionthis year will launch a ma-jor fish habitat project atCave Run Lake.
“We’ve been doinghabitat work for years in alot of our lakes, but this isgoing to be the largestwe’ve attempted,” Brookssaid. “We’re talking aboutmile-long reaches – andabout a half of a dozen ofthem.”
Submerged trees andbrush being added to thelake will attract plants, mi-croscopic life and foragefish. It also will offer ha-ven for young fish. The de-partment plans to add fishhabitat to Scott Creek, theShallow Flats Bank Fish-ing Area, Stoney Cove,Adams Point, Ramey’sCreek, Warix Run, BuckCreek and Poppin Rock.
If successful, the projectcould be a model for simi-lar efforts in the future atother lakes around thestate, Brooks said.
Kentucky Afield Outdoors
Polar Vortex brings floatand fly time to Kentucky
Meteorologists called therecent cold snap that sent airtemperatures plummeting tosubzero levels all over theOhio Valley a “Polar Vor-tex.” Old timers used to callArctic winds “severe coldfronts” or “freezes,” but Po-lar Vortex sounds muchsexier.
It froze the ground hard,burst water pipes, numbedfingers, increased heatingbills and generally causedmisery across Kentucky.
The vortex also suckedthe heat from Kentucky’ssmallmouth reservoirs,sending water temperaturesbelow the 40 degree markfor a time, a rarity for mostKentucky winters. The wa-ter temperature at Burnsideon Lake Cumberland on Jan.10 read 39.4 degrees, ac-cording to the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers website.The water temps hovered inthe low 40s on Laurel RiverLake this past Monday.
The shad and alewivesthat live in reservoirs suchas Lake Cumberland, DaleHollow, Laurel River Lakeand lower Green River Lakedon’t feel so good in waterthis cold. They twitch instressful spasms and swimon their sides as they fightto survive winter’s stress.The recent extreme cold cre-ated made to order condi-tions for the float and flypresentation. The colder thewater, the better the presen-tation works.
Smallmouth bass sus-pend in the water columnover points, channel dropsor along bluffs waiting to
pick off winter-stressedbaitfish in January and Feb-ruary on these lakes. Largefemale smallmouth bassmust eat now to nourish theeggs growing inside them.
“The small fly hasenough action to trigger a re-sponse, but isn’t a huge en-ergy investment on the fish’spart,” said Jeff Ross, assis-tant director of fisheries forthe Kentucky Department ofFish and Wildlife Re-sources. “It is a perfect imi-tation of a thermally stressedshad.”
The float and fly presen-tation is a fun way to fish. Itbrings you back to the earlydays of fishing with an olderrelative, intently waiting fora bobber to disappear. You’llneed a spinning rod be-tween 8 and 11 feet long and
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Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014 • Pg. A7
weather.The Lady Rockets will
play a double header make-up game with the Rocketsat Casey County Thursdaynight with the Lady Rock-ets playing at 6:15.
On Saturday, the LadyRockets will play atDanville at 6:30 and nextTuesday night will host theMadison Southern Eagles ina double-header with theboys team.
RCMS Honor Roll...3rd Grading Period
Enterprisers - VashaunAlexander, Bailee Allen,Aden Amburgey, SelicityBroaddus, Ashlyn Brock,Cameron Bullock, LoganBullock, Nathaniel Bullock,Aiden Cain, C.J. Cameron,Acton Cash, JaclynnChadwell, KatherineCoffey, Autumn Courtney,Kylee Fain, ValerieFranklin, Joseph Frith,Rebecka Griffin, FelicityHopkins, Jacob Hunt, An-drew Hurt, William Isaacs,Blayne Kelly, Orin Lees,Callie Lewis, JacobLoudermilk, Holly Miller,Ashton Monk, DawsonNicely, Logan Noel,Gracelyn Owens, DaltonPash, Luke Peavie, JaylonPonder, Nora Pulliam,Kaitlyn Santo, DevynSeaberg, Reese Sherrow,Lebrana Sparks, SavannaSweet, Leann Tankersley,Bentley Taylor, ZacharyTaylor, Emilee Thomas,Alex Vanzant, CynthiaWells, Tristan Winstead.
Voyagers - Jacob Adams,Shelbie Faye Baker, JeffreyBarnes, Elizabeth Barren,Stormi Begley, KayleeBrock, Lanelle Brown, PateBullock, Selena Burdine,Kaleb Burns, Jonathan Cain,Jaden Carpenter, DylanChandler, Wesley Clark, JJClouse, Chanler Cole,Dougie Collins, Jonas Cox,Brexton Cromer, CarlyCromer, Gracelynn Cromer,Andrwe Didelot, DebraDixon, Victoria Dotson,Tarrylton Dunn, KadenFletcher, Grace Gardiner,Haley Graves, DustinHamilton, McKenzi Himes,Morgan Hodge, BrandonHouk, Sadie Howard, TatumIsaacs, Dakota Kirby,Caitlin Long, ReeceMcGuire, Robert Mullins,Brianna Owens, BradenParker, Allie Pheanis, EmilyPonder, Sarah Powell,Jeriann Price, Rachael Reed,James Renner, GabrielRobinson, HaydenRobinson, Justin Robinson,Rachael Shepherd,Cassaundra Smith, MadisonSmith, Trent Smith, AlexiaStalhandske, JacklynStephens, Coleson Stevens,Alexis Stewart, Kristen Tay-lor, Joshua Thacker, TrevorTodd, Angel Turner, PaigeWaddles, David Williams.
Adventurers - MichaelAllen, Alexis Anderson,Hannah Barnett, ElishaBlanton, Clifton Boone,Peyton Bowman, EmmaBullens, Cameron Bullock,Savannah Bullock, CadeBurdette, Zoe Burdette,Jameson Burdine, DaltonChildress, Kiara Clouse, Jo-seph Coffey, Sheradyn Cox,Dalton Durham, MeganEversole, Shelby French,Allison Green, GabrielGreenwell, Emily Hall, Si-erra Hansel, EvanHendrickson, Hallie Hines,Annie Johnson, BaileyJohnson, Logan Kidwell,Lauren King, Kassie Lay,Shannon McCormick, DrewMcGuire, Lindsay Mink,Melanie Mink, JacobMobely, Hannah Mullins,Savannah Neeley, SamanthaNewcomb, Jordan Nicely,Conner Noble, HarleyNorthern, Jaden Payne, SaraPillette, Keaton Renfro,Chase Roberts, JamisonRoberts, Tyler Samples,Ethan Saylor, KaitlynSmith, Brooklyn Smithern,Isaac Stratton, Benny Tyler,Katelyn Cook-Vance, Am-ber Vaughn, Tyler Woods,Alexis Young.
Shooting Stars - ColeBallinger, Heather Barnes,Seth Barrett, Jasmin Barron,Jeremiah Blevins, DestinyBrogan, Janelle Brown,Dylan Bullock, KennethCain, Jordan Casteel,Sydney Cook, Kayla Cope,Sarah Cornelius, RyleeCreech, John Cromer,Hannah Denny, AmberDoan, Brittany Doan,Rachelle Doan, PaigeFowler, Seth Gabbard, Aus-tin Green, Andrew Greer,Matthew Gustin, J.D.Hamilton, Jacob Hansel,Alexandria Hasty, BriannaHeadrick, Shelby Hicks,Sydney Hines, KatilynHollin, Zachary Hopkins,Shaylin Howerton, SierraJohnson, Zephyr Kennedy,Rebekah Kersey, ElizabethKidwell, Brendan Kirby,Hope Kirby, Benton Kuntz,
Joshua Martin, DayaMcGuire, Elijah McKinney,Heather Miller, KaganMiller, Noah Mink,TrevorMobley, Tyler Navarre, JakeNeeley, Angela Northern,Sydney Owens, TessaPickle, Evelyn Pope, AleyaPowell, Sebastian Poynter,Nikki Renner, SierraRobinson, Casey Rowland,Jimmy Sharp, CaydenShaver, Chloe Shaver, Am-ber Silva, Alissa Smith,Heaven Smith, JosiahSmith, Lindsey Smith,Shawn Smith, ShelbySwanigan, Bailey Taylor,Cody Tillett, LarryVanwinkle, Caroline White,Woodrow Williams,Courtney Wynn, B.J. Wynn.
Challengers - BrinkleyAbney, Meghan Alexander,Isaiah Amyx, HoldanBarnett, Logan Barnett,Taylar Bartlett, ClareBeichler, McKayla Blair,Sam Brickley, JarredBrown, Brandon Bullock,Brooklyn Bullock, HaleyBullock, Drake Callahan,Elizabeth Cameron, KeithCarpenter, Kennedy Car-penter, Lauryn Carpenter,Rachel Carroll, Carlee Cash,Bailey Chasteen, CharlesClark, Hannah Cotton, Jo-seph Cowan, JacksonCromer, Karlee Cromer,Charity Damrell, Jesse Day,Kayla Doan, Joy Frith,Aaron Helton, ChelsonHelton, Kendra Hensley,Kristin Holcomb, JamesHouk, Grant Isaacs, MahalaKing, Austin Kirby, PeggyLawson, John Lear, Christo-pher Long, Cora Machal,Lindsey Mahaffey, MorganMason, Emanuel Miller,Kiersten Mink, TaylorMink, Devon Mullins,Breonya Napier, KiraOwens, MakaylaPennington-Lopez, SarahPhelphs, Jordyn Powell,Levi Prewitt, VinaRenner,Lucas Robinson, Lea EllenRogers, Jacob Shelton,Makayla Singleton, NatalieSingleton, Daniel Smith,Duncan Stanford, JamiBelle Stevens, Brittany Tho-mas, Mathew Tomlinson,Ethan Vanzant, Apryl Volk,Madison Wilson, LeahWoodall, Hannah Zanet.
Comets - Emily Adams,Dylan Anderson, HannahArtley, Devin Bass, BethanyBlevins, Katina Bond,Cameron Brown, JustinBrown, Miranda Brown,Miranda Brown, ThomasBrown, Matthew Bryant,Marshall Cain, Haley Car-penter, Tanner Carrera, KyleCash, Brooklyn Combs,Cameron Cornelius, JulieCox, Ashley Crouch, Au-tumn Davidson, EmilyDeubal, NicholasDillingham, Michael Flint,Maggie Franklin, Levi Gen-try, Keashawnna Ginter,Shelby Goff, AlysaGoodman, Angel Halcomb,Tyler Harris, Claudia Hol-stein, Anthony Houk,Sydney Hughes, RebekahHurley, Rebekah Lake,Brooklyn Lane, TylerLovell, Brent Lovell, Anne-Nicole McClure, BrooklynMcGuire, Jacob McGuire,Logan Miller, PamelaMiller, Hannah Mullins,Zachary Nelson, DestinyOsborne, Mackenzie Payne,Megan Peacock, Sarah Pon-der, Jamison Poynter,Lauren Prewitt, NoahPrickett, Shetarra Prickett,Austin Renner, NathanRenner, Brooklyn Reynolds,Elicia Reynolds, HunterRigsby, Makayla Robbins,Makayla Roberts, SarahRoberts, Sydney Robinson,Micheal Rowe, StevenRowe, Austin Smith, JordanSmith, Blaze Stewart,Megan Taylor, ShyanneThomas, Traber Vanhoose,Noah Vanwinkle, SarahWeaver, Kristen Wilson,Ryan Winstead.
“Lady Rockets”(Cont. from A6)
“Vortex”(Cont. from A6)
a spinning reel with a gooddrag. Many manufacturersnow offer affordable spin-ning rods of this length.
The system employs 4-pound test line, but manyfloat and fly enthusiasts usea spinning reel designed forheavier lines. The largerreel’s heavier weight helpsbetter balance the long rodand the bigger spool grantsmuch more line capacity,imparting a little extra cast-ing distance.
The term “fly” is a south-ern smallmouth angler ex-pression for a hair jig. Abucktail jig with a porktrailer is called a “fly andrind” in the upper South. Thefly in the float and fly is atwo-inch long, 1/16- to 1/8-ounce jig dressed in eithercraft fur or duck feathers ora combination of both. Thefly is suspended anywherefrom 8- to 14-feet deep un-der a bobber.
Some anglers use spe-cially weighted foam bob-bers designed to turn on theirside if a fat suspended small-mouth engulfs the fly anddoesn’t move, a common oc-currence in winter. Othersuse a 7/8-inch pear-shapedhard plastic bobber, but thesecrack and become worthlessif they strike shoreline rocks.A cracked bobber willslowly sink like a hugesmallmouth engulfed the fly;a foam bobber that hits arock just gets a dent and stillfloats.
Many float and fly enthu-siasts spool their reels with4-pound green monofila-ment or clear fluorocarbonline, attach a bobber and tieon a fly. Others use braidedlines equivalent in size to 2-pound monofilament with amuch higher breakingstrength tied to a 3-wayswivel. They tie a 4-poundfluorocarbon leader to anopen loop on the swivel, tiethe fly to the leader and clipon a bobber to the otherswivel loop.
Proponents of this rig-ging believe the swivel andbraided line grants morecasting distance and givesthe fly more action. Thosewho prefer just line trust oneknot over three. Plus, adjust-ing the depth of the fly ismuch easier with thismethod.
Eight feet deep is a gooddepth to suspend the fly andadjust shallower or deeper asconditions dictate. Windy,overcast days call for a shal-lower fly depth while shim-mering, bright days may re-quire a depth up to 14 feet.
Cast the fly to a main lakepoint, channel drop or bluffwall and let the bobber ridethe waves and impart actionon the lure. Employ an over-hand cast and allow the flyto hit the water on the backcast, providing slight resis-tance that increases castingdistance.
On calm days, shake therod tip and make the bobberwink at you in place to im-part action on the lure. Theerratic movement is whatfools the big smallmouthinto thinking your fly is awinter stressed shad. Reelthe offering in about 10 feetand repeat.
The small V-shapedcoves are overlooked small-mouth lairs on these reser-voirs. Cast the float and flyright into the middle of thesecoves as smallmouth oftensuspend right over the cut inthe bottom that formedthem.
Craft hair jigs in combi-nations of sky blue, char-treuse, white and red workwell for the float and fly, theblue and chartreuse combi-nation works extremely wellon Lake Cumberland. Jigstied with the flank feathersof a mallard duck combinedwith strands of pink, red orchartreuse crystal flash ex-cel in colder water.
Anglers often rub a petro-leum jelly based scentknown as dope on the headof their flies. Some trim theircraft hair jigs to follow thebend of the hook and liber-ally dope the entire fly untilit looks like a stick in thewater. This works especiallywell on sunny, clear dayswhen winter smallmouthsare most finicky.
The next six weeks willbe the best time in severalyears to try it.
Pg. A8 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014
Mt. Vernon Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at the Rockcastle Villa Apartment complex onWest Main Street in Mt. Vernon Saturday. Firefighters said they were able to contain the fire to the bedroomof the apartment and that no other fire or smoke damage extended to any other apartments. The identity ofthe renters was not released. Firefighter Jackie Weaver suffered minor burns to his hands and was treated atthe scene by Rockcastle EMS. No one else was injured in the fire.
p.m. last Saturday from anemployee stating they hadbeen robbed at gunpoint.
Once Robinson arrived,the Cash Express employeetold him that a man cameinto the store and said thathe needed a loan. The em-ployee said the man thenwalked up to the counterand told her to “back awayfrom the computer and youwon’t be hurt.” The em-ployee told Robinson thatthe man then gave her anote demanding money andshowed her a gun he wascarrying.
After the Cash Expressemployee handed the manan undisclosed amount ofcash, he put the money andnote in a bank bag and fledon foot through the parkinglot and across Hwy 150 to-ward the Mt. Vernon CityPark. The employee said theman had red facial hair andwas wearing a gray hoodie,blue jeans, a white ball capand sunglasses.
Upon further investiga-tion, Assistant Chief BarryAdams contacted a Mt.Vernon City employee thathad access to the city park’ssurveillance cameras.
During review of thesurveillance cameras,Adams noticed a greenMercury Villager van pullinto the city park parking lotand back into a space at theend of the parking lot. Healso noticed a man match-ing the description of theCash Express robber get outof the vehicle and walkacross the railroad track to-ward Cash Express. Mo-ments later, he noticed thesame man run across therailroad track, get into thegreen van, and speed out ofthe parking lot turning lefton to Williams Street.
Later in the day around3:30 pm, Adams made atraffic stop on a green Mer-cury Villager van matchingthe same description travel-ing east on West MainStreet in Mt. Vernon.
Once Adams ap-proached the vehicle, henoticed that a female,whose name has not been
released, was driving andSpeaks was in the passen-ger seat.
Adams said Speaks fitthe description of the manwho robbed Cash Expressand noticed a large bulge inthe man’s left front pantspocket. During questioning,Speaks told Adams that thebulge was money that wasgiven to him by a relative.He handed the money toAdams which was a largeamount in various denomi-nations.
Adams then receivedconsent from Speaks tosearch his residence on OldBrodhead Road in Mt.Vernon. Once officers ar-rived at the residence, theyfound clothing on the bedand in the bedroom floorthat matched the clothingworn by the Cash Expressrobber. They also found adark blue bank bag on thebedroom dresser.
Officers also found anorange hooded sweatshirtand brown coveralls in thebedroom that matched thedescription of the CitizensBank robber last Fridaynight.
After searching thegreen Mercury Villagervan, officers found a blacktoboggan, a pair of brownJersey gloves and a pair ofsunglasses that matched thedescription of the CitizensBank robber.
During questioning,Speaks admitted to officersthat he robbed the CitizensBank in Brodhead and theCash Express in Mt.Vernon. Speaks told offic-ers that he was armed witha .25 caliber pistol duringthe robberies and that helater threw the pistol intoLake Linville toward theend of Rose Hill Road.
Although there has beena lot of speculation through-out the community, officerssay it’s unclear at this timeif Speaks was involved inthe recent PBK Bank rob-beries in Mt. Vernon andJunction City.
Speaks was chargedwith two counts of first de-gree robbery and he re-mains lodged in theRockcastle County Deten-tion Center on a $250,000cash/property bond.
Lee Hamilton Speaks, 28, of Mt. Vernon was arrestedlast Saturday night after admitting to police that herobbed Citizens Bank in Brodhead last Friday andCash Express in Mt. Vernon last Saturday. Speakswas charged with two counts of first degree robberyand remains lodged in the Rockcastle County De-tention Center on a $250,000 cash/property bond.
ambulance to Rockcastle Re-gional Hospital. He was laterflown to the UK MedicalCenter where he was treatedfor non-life threatening inju-ries and released.
Bell was arrested on anunrelated warrant for first de-gree stalking. He remainslodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Center ona $10,000 cash/propertybond.
The shooting is still underinvestigation by KentuckyState Police and Kelly is incharge of the investigation.The shooting case is expectedto be presented to aRockcastle County GrandJury in February.
Gevedon said he hopes toease the struggle of the mar-keting and sales processthrough his ecommercewebsite so craftspeople andartists can focus on creatingtheir products.
“I’ve had so many peopletell me they hate the agoniz-ing process of creating/main-taining a webpage, creating aPayPal account, taking a pic-ture of their product, describ-ing it on their webpage, tak-ing orders, packaging theproduct, shipping it, provid-ing all the tax information, soon and so forth,” Gevedonsaid. “I will handle all of thatfor them and also help themget their product more visibil-ity on a national level so theycan focus on what they dobest which is creating theirproducts.”
Gevedon also said that hiscustomers are in control ofthe amount of their productsthey want to create and sell.
“If someone works a jobfull-time and only makes onecraft a month to sell for a littleextra spending money, that isfine. If that same person wereto lose their job and want to
Mt. Vernon.According to state police
reports, Trooper Eric Mooreand Deputy Sheriff Shannon
hicle, Childress found lithiumbatteries, drain cleaner, seasalt, funnels and several otheritems used to manufacturemeth.
Childress also noticed thatreceipts from the Dollar Gen-eral store in Brodheadshowed that the meth makingitems were purchased mo-ments before the traffic stop.Burton also reportedly toldChildress the items were pur-chased to manufacture meth.
All four were chargedwith public intoxication andunlawful possession of ameth precursor. They remainlodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Center ona $5,000 cash bond each.
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make ten of their crafts amonth to sell, that’s fine too,”Gevedon said. “They maketheir product at their ownspeed and they aren’t re-quired to make any certainnumber. I currently only listten items a month or less percustomer but that is subjectto change based on their situ-ation.”
Although the ecommercewebsite won’t be launcheduntil February 1st, Gevedonsaid he has already hadpeople from RockcastleCounty and surroundingcounties sign up for his ser-vice. He said people are al-ready making appointmentswith him so “they can hit theground running” once thewebsite is officially launched.
Gevedon went on to saythat this is a “personal” busi-ness venture for him in thathe loves to help people whoare creative and enjoy creat-ing unique crafts and otherworks of art.
“Every person that comesto an appointment brings acraft or piece of art that theycare deeply about. Every itemhas a story as well as a uniquemeaning and features to it,”Gevedon said. “I know thatthere is someone out theremiles away who will be at-
tracted to such a unique prod-uct. That’s why thecompany’s motto is ‘Bringinghandcrafted products and ar-tistic creations from ourhands to your heart.’ ”
Gevedon said he encour-ages those who are interestedcan come to the KentuckyRiver Trading Company of-fice, which is currently lo-cated inside D&S Computersacross from RockcastleCounty High School on Hwy461 in Mt. Vernon or you cancontact Gevedon at 606-682-9177.
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“Precursor”(Cont. from front)
Church NewsYouth ServiceFlat Rock Baptist Church
will have a Youth ServiceSunday night, January 26th at7 o’clock. Children have away of blessing our hearts.Come be a part of this service.
Coming to Flat Rock--Adam Hill and his gospelband, Driven, on February 9that 11 a.m. This is going to bea great service. Free admis-sion. A love offering will bereceived. Flat Rock BaptistChurch and Pastor Bro. JackStallsworth welcome all.
Benefit SingingBenefit singing for Shirley
Newcomb’s funeral costs atMain St. Diner in LivingstonFriday night at 7 p.m. Sing-ers will be Bro. Ralph Allen,Webb Family, Doan Familyand others.
“Meth”(Cont. from front)
Franklin responded after re-ceiving a complaint of a pos-sible meth lab at the home.
Once officers arrived, theycould smell a strong chemi-cal odor coming from behindthe residence. After receivingconsent to search the home,officers found a pill bottle onthe kitchen counter contain-ing three different prescrip-tion pills. Hellard told the of-ficers that the pills belongedto him although the prescrip-tion pill bottle was prescribedin someone else’s name.
In the bedroom, officersfound two cut aluminum sodacans with burn marks onthem. Officers also found aneedle in the bedroom closet.
Upon further investiga-tion, officers found severalcans of lighter fluid and anempty bottle of lye in thebackyard. Officers then dis-covered a “well worn” paththat went from the backyardup a small embankment.
Lying along the path, of-ficers found two backpacksthat each contained a one-stepmeth lab, HCL generator, cof-fee filters, ammonium nitrate,drain cleaner, plastic tubing,funnels, measuring cups andzip-lock bags.
Hellard was charged withmanufacturing methamphet-amine, drug paraphernaliaand three counts of illegalpossession of a legend drug.He remains lodged in theRockcastle County DetentionCenter on a $25,000 cash/property bond.
Thursday, January 23, 2014Second Section
The new building for White House Clinics is nearing completion at Rockcastle Industrial Park South. Crewssaid they are currently installing the cabinets, doors and flooring. The building is scheduled to be completedby the end of February and the clinic is scheduled to open sometime this Spring. White House Clinics willprovide a wide range of services, including medical, dental, pharmaceutical, mental health and other ancil-lary services. The clinic will accept Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurances. White House Clinicswill also have a sliding fee scale available to those without insurance, however, proof of income and Rockcastleresidency will be required.
On Tuesday, State Senator Jared Carpenter of Berea of-ficially filed papers for a second term in the Kentucky StateSenate.
Carpenter represents the 34th Senate District which iscomposed of Madison, Rockcastle and southern FayetteCounty.
Signing his candidacy papers were former State Repre-sentative Danny Ford of Mt. Vernon and Kevin Fields,owner of Tri County Fertilizer in Richmond.
Carpenter, a Republican, was elected in November 2010.In the Senate, he serves as Chairman of the Natural Re-sources and Energy Committee. His ascension to the posi-tion made him one of the fastest rising committee chairs inthe chamber, and one of the youngest. He has gained atten-tion for his work on behalf of Kentucky coal and for takinga strong stand against President Obama and his EPA.
"Senator Carpenter has proven to be a valued memberof the State Senate. His leadership has made him an assetnot only to Rockcastle County but to the entire state. “Iappreciate his work as Chairman of the Natural Resourcesand Energy Committee and his dedication to making stategovernment effective and efficient," Kentucky State Sen-ate President Robert Stivers said of Carpenter.
"It is an honor to represent this community in the StateSenate. I've done my best to tackle problems in Frankforthead on and make a positive impact on Rockcastle County.I am focused on continuing my work to keep governmentin its proper role, promote local job creation, fight againstObamacare, preserve our second amendment rights, andkeep taxes low," Carpenter said upon filing for re-election.
In addition to the Natural Resources and Energy Com-mittee, Carpenter serves as Vice-Chairman of the Bankingand Insurance Committee and as a member the EducationCommittee. A graduate of Eastern Kentucky University,Carpenter is a banker with First Southern National Bank inRichmond and operates a cattle farm in Berea.
Jared Carpenterfiles for re-election
Former State Representative Danny Ford, surrounded by local Republican Party officials, signs JaredCarpenter's paper work to file for his second term as State Senator. Pictured from left are: Travis Burton,Doris Cromer, Jared Carpenter, Patty Kirby and Danny Ford.
In the Cumberland Valley, chronic conditions like obe-sity and diabetes are as ubiquitous as the beautiful moun-tains that define southeast Kentucky. On December 11,2013, health professionals gathered in Manchester to ad-dress this critical problem.
More than one third of the local adult population is obeseand one in seven are diagnosed type 2 diabetics. Despitethe alarming rates of these preventable conditions, accessto specialized care for their prevention, treatment, and man-agement is severely limited. Without specialized attentionand patient education, chronic conditions are more diffi-cult to manage, increasing the risk of medical complica-tions. In some instances, for residents in the CumberlandValley, specialized care can be more than two hours away.
Across the United States, rural counties have far fewerphysicians per capita than their urban counterparts, and thisdisparity is amplified within specialties like endocrinologyand cardiology. Mirroring this national trend, a recent sur-vey conducted by Spread the Health Appalachia (STHA)found only one endocrinologist practicing part time in theCumberland Valley area.
An innovative program to tackle high rates of chronicconditions like diabetes, obesity and heart disease, STHAis working to expand access to healthy foods, exercise fa-cilities, and specialized medical care. STHA is a partner-ship between Microclinic International and the Bell County,Knox County and Cumberland Valley District Health De-partments, and is funded by the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention.
Plans to increase accessto specialized care in theCumberland Valley
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Pg. B2 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014
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Heights Finance Bereavs. Donald Neeley, et al,$2,416.29 plus claimed due.
Ephraim McDowell Re-gional Medical Center vs.James Leger, $1,316.31plus claimed due. C-00006
DeedsRecorded
Sherri Uffman, et al vs.Theresa Uffman, et al, com-plaint.
Cabinet for Health andFamily Services, ex rel Tif-fany R. Hysinger vs. Rich-ard Hysinger, complaint forchild support and medicalsupport.
Land O’ Lakes PurinaFeed LLC vs. Dabney FeedSupply, Inc., et al,$64,681.06 plus claimed
due.CACH LLC vs. Rebecca
Graves, $6,234.60 plusclaimed due. CI-00012
MarriageLicenses
Betty J. and BentleySowder, property on PondRoad, to Betty J. Sowderand Troy Bullock. No tax
Ky. Housing Corp.,property in ChestnutHeights Subdv., to Secre-tary of Veterans Affairs. Notax
Deric and Julie Shoe-maker, property on U.S. 25,to David L. and Carrie L.Cain. Tax $7.50
Deric and Julie Shoe-maker, property on U.S. 25,to Luther Allen and RoseMay Hensley. Tax $7
James W. and ThelmaMullins and James Nathanand Rhonda Mullins, prop-erty in Rockcastle County,
to Wannetta and Jack Leach.No tax
Wannetta and JackLeach, property inRockcastle County, to JamesW. and Thelma Mullins andJames Nathan and RhondaMullins. No tax
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Vicky Ada Farthing, 57,Mt. Vernon, unemployed toWilliam Clinton, Lowe, 55,Newton, NC, transportation.1/14/15
Jan. 13, 2014Hon. Ralph E.McClanahan II
Randy W. Allen: theft byunlawful taking, $250 fineand costs.
Geoffrey D. Catchings:operating on suspended/re-voked operators license andno/expired registrationplates, $100 fine and costs.
Maria M. EcheverriaBartolo: no operators/moped license, bench war-rant issued (bw) for failureto appear (fta), license sus-pended.
Andrew S. Elam: disor-derly conduct, $100 fine/suspended plus costs.
William T. Elam: disor-derly conduct, $100 fine/suspended plus costs.
Tammy Lee Floyd: pros-titution, $100 fine and costsand 120 days in jail/condi-tionally discharged 24 months on condition.
Marvin Hensley: failureof owner to maintain re-quired insurance/security,$500 fine/$400 suspendedon condition; possess openalcohol beverage containerin a motor vehicle, $50 fineand costs.
Ronald Keith Kirby:theft by unlawful taking,$250 fine plus restitution.
Tyler B. Mobley: operat-ing motor vehicle under in-fluence of alcohol/drugs,$200 fine and costs, $375service fee, 30 days opera-tor license suspension, alco-hol or drug treatment.
Angela M. Moore: fail-ure of owner to maintain re-quired insurance/security,$500 fine/$400 suspendedon condition plus costs.
Christopher L. Moore:no license in possession,$25 fine; obstructed visionand/or windshield, $25 fineplus costs.
Shelly Ann Morales: fail-ure of owner to maintain re-quired insurance/security,bw issued for fta/Dept. ofTrans. notified.
Timothy J. Shannon: part395/Fed Safety Regs-Hoursof Service for Drivers andthree other charges, bw is-sued for fta, Dept. of Trans.notified.
Jessica Sizemore-Beyer:failure of owner to maintainrequired insurance/security,bw issued for fta, Dept. ofTrans. notified.
Hope A. Womack: fail-ure of owner to maintain re-quired insurance/security,$500 fine/$400 suspendedon condition plus costs.
Joseph Adam Borel: as-sault, domestic, 250 days/conditionally discharged 24months plus costs due June16, 2014; possession, 250days/3 months supervisedby Future Hope, costs by 6/16/14.
Ryan C. Daulton: speed-ing and operating on sus-pended/revoked operatorslicense, 5 days in jail, eachcount, credit time served;fleeing or evading police,possession of cs/drug un-specified, 360 days to serve5, each count, conditionallydischarged for two years.
David Lee Page: assault,domestic, 250 days in jail,3 months supervised by Fu-
ture Hope, balance condi-tionally discharged 24months.
Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014 • Pg. B3
Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division IICivil Action No. 13-CI-00214
JPMorgan Chase Bank Plaintiff
V.
Ricky Douglas Rowe,aka Ricky D. Rowe, et al Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on December 5, 2013 for the purposeof satisfying the judgment against the defendantsin the amount of NINETY THOUSAND THREEHUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND 25/100 ($90,388.25) plus interest, costs and attorneyfees. I will offer at public auction the hereinafterdescribed real property in Rockcastle County, Ken-tucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, January 24, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 11:30 a.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
759 Rank Road, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, 40456Parcel No.: 049-00-008Legal Description:Certain real property located in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, and moreparticularly bounded and described as follows:Parcel No. 1Beginning at a set stone on the East side of Cromer Road (1.0 milesSouth East of Kentucky 1249); thence North 33 1⁄2 degrees East 135feet to a set stone; thence South 31 1⁄2 degrees East 213 feet to apoplar stump near a spring; thence South 74 degrees West 138 feet toa set stone on East side of Cromer Road; thence along said road North16 degrees West 62 feet and North 37 degrees West 64 feet to thebeginning. Containing 0.48 acres more or less.Parcel No. 2Beginning at a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey common to the Ricky Douglas and Mary Roweproperty (116/46) being the southwest corner of said Rowe propertyand also being located 15 feet east of the approximate centerline ofthe Rank Cromer Road; thence leaving said road and running withthe Rowe line north 65 degree, 51 minutes 55 seconds east a distanceof 138.00 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey where a poplar stump stood as shown by RickyDouglas Rowe and Thurney R. Rowe; thence north 35 degrees 43 min-utes 05 seconds west a distance of 213.64 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rodwith a plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey; thence leavingthe Ricky Douglas and Mary Rowe property and severing the ThurneyR. and Bonnie Rowe property 4 new lines, north 52 degrees 53 min-utes 01 seconds east a distance of 105.52 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rodwith a red plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey, being a newcorner; thence south 48 degrees 08 minutes 44 seconds east a dis-tance of 82.08 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stampedJLF 3389 set this survey, being a new corner; thence south 28 degrees37 minutes 39 seconds east a distance of 126.96 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18”rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF 3389 set this survey, being anew corner; thence south 29 degrees 28 minutes 11 seconds west adistance of 154.25 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic capstamped JLF 3389 set this survey at the base of a 12” white oak markedwith 3 hack marks and orange paint this survey, being a new corner;thence south 76 degrees 12 minutes 54 seconds west a distance of128.98 feet to a 1⁄2” by 18” rod with a red plastic cap stamped JLF3389 set this survey, being a new corner located 15 feet east of theabove mentioned centerline of the Rank Cromer Road; thence run-ning 15 feet east of and parallel to said centerline, north 09 degrees18 minutes 23 seconds west a distance of 38.17 feet to the point ofbeginning having an area of 0.77 acres, more or less. All bearings ad-justed to the February 23, 2001, magnetic north meridian, as observedin the field on that date as surveyed by Jeffery L. Fugate, KentuckyLicensed Professional Land Surveyor Number 3389 on February 23,2001.Together with all improvements on the real estate (except mobilehomes if any).Subject to all restrictions, conditions and covenants and to all legalhighways and easements.
Being the same property conveyed to Ricky Dou-glas Rowe, no marital status shown, by deed datedOctober 31, 2012, executed by Mary Rowe, di-vorced and unremarried, and recorded on Novem-ber 8, 2012 in Deed Book 241, Page 369 in theOffice of the Rockcastle County Clerk.
The property shall be sold on the
following terms & conditions:1. Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 shall be sold together
as a whole.2. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of ten percent (10%) ofthe purchase price in cash on the date of sale andto secure the balance with a bond approved by theMaster Commissioner.
3. The bond shall bear interest at the rate oftwelve percent (12%) per annum until paid in full.The bond shall have the force and effect of a judg-ment and shall be and remain a lien upon the prop-erty sold as additional surety for the payment ofthe purchase price.
4. The 2013 local, county and state propertytaxes shall be paid by the purchaser and furtherany delinquent State, County and/or City real es-tate taxes sold pursuant to the provisions of KRSChapter 134 to any private purchaser during thependency of this action.
5. Unpaid delinquent State, County, and/or Cityad valorem real estate taxes owed to those gov-ernment entitites shall be paid out of the proceedsof the sale.
6. Full satisfaction of the plaintiff’s judgment shallbe paid from the proceeds of the sale.
7. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
8. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required.
9. The sale shall be made subject to all ease-ments, set back lines, restrictions or covenants ofrecord or otherwise and shall be sold “as is”.
John D. FordMaster Commissioner
Rockcastle Circuit Court
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Winners of the 2014 4-H Speech Contest were front from left: Carson White,MVES; Camden Mink, MVES; and Kyle Coffey, MVES. Back row from left:Hope Holbrook, RCMS; Alyssa Bustle, RCHS; Leann Tankersley, RCMS; JohnHurley, RCHS; Hanna Neeley, RES; and Caroline Brickley, MVES. Not pictured:Kerigan Medley, RES.
Participants, ages 12-16, in 4-H Speech Contest werefront from left: Hope Holbrook, RCMS; LeannTankersley, RCMS; and Alyssa Bustle, RCHS. Backrow from left: Sadie Howard, RCMS; Emily Pon-der, RCMS; and John Hurley, RCHS.
Participants, age 11, in 4-H Speech Contest were front from left: Zachary Sadler,RES; and Hannah Neeley, RES. Back row from left: Sara Daugherty, RCMS;Jacob Cook, MVES; Camden Mink, MVES; and Gabe Tackett, MVES.
Participants, age 10, in the 4-H Speech Contest were: Audrey Childress, RES;Mikahlyn Poynter, MVES; Kyle Coffey, MVES; Chelsea Stephens, RES; ChrisWhitehead, MVES; Madison Yates, RES; Kyra Ramsey, MVES; Kerigan Med-ley, RES; and Delani Reynolds, MVES.
Participants, age 9, in the 4-H Speech Contest were:Carson White, MVES; Luree Gabbard, MVEs;Jailey Martin, MVES; Caleb Whitaker, MVES;Caroline Brickley, MVES; and ElizabethMikeworth, MVES.
FY 2014 TTPP AnnualPayments
On October 22, 2004, theAmerican Jobs Creation Actof 2004 was passed and in-cluded the Fair and Equi-table Tobacco Reform Act,commonly referred to as the“Tobacco Buyout”. To ad-minister the program,USDA created TTPP. TTPPassesses tobacco manufac-turers and importers basedon their market share, re-ceipts of those assessmentsgo into the Tobacco TrustFund. Those funds from theTobacco Trust Fund,through CCC, are used tomake buyout payments tothe tobacco quota holdersand producers, as well as,financial institutions.
The Balanced Budgetand Emergency DeficitControl Act of 1985, asamended by Pub. L. 112-240, mandated that all FSAprograms were subject tosequester reductions.
The FY 2014 TTPP an-nual payments are the tenthand final payments that willbe issued for the TobaccoBuyout Program.
Individual contract hold-ers will receive 95% of theannual installment in Febru-ary 2014 or as early as prac-tical, and the 5% balancewill be paid in full in Octo-ber 2014.Noninsured Crop Disaster
Assistance ProgramUSDA’s Farm Service
Agency’s (FSA)Noninsured Crop DisasterAssistance Program (NAP)is designed to provide finan-cial assistance to producersof noninsurable crops whenlow yields, loss of inventoryor prevented planting occurs
due to natural disasters.To be eligible for NAP
assistance and other FSADisaster Assistance Pro-grams, producers harvestingcrops must purchase NAPcoverage for which the cata-strophic risk protection levelof crop insurance is notavailable.
Eligible producers mustapply for coverage ofnoninsurable crops usingForm CCC-471, “Applica-tion for Coverage,” and paythe applicable service fees attheir local FSA office. Theapplication and service feesmust be filed by the appli-cation closing date as estab-lished by the producer’sFSA state committee. Theservice fee is the lesser of$250 per crop or $750 perproducer per administrativecounty, not to exceed a totalof $1,875 per producer withfarming interests in multiplecounties. If you are a limitedresource farmer the fees arewaived and there is no costfor the coverage.
The natural disaster mustoccur before or during har-vest and must directly affectthe eligible crop. An eligiblenatural disaster is any of thefollowing:
• damaging weather, suchas drought, freeze, hail, ex-cessive moisture,excessive wind or hurri-canes;
• an adverse natural oc-currence, such as earthquakeor flood; or
• a condition related todamaging weather or an ad-verse natural occurrence,such as excessive heat, dis-ease or insect infestation.
Limited resource produc-ers may request a waiver ofservice fees Limited re-source producer status canbe determined using theUSDA Limited ResourceFarmer and Rancher OnlineSelf Determination Tool atwww.lrftool.sc.egov.usda.gov/tool.asp. The automated sys-tem calculates and displaysadjusted gross farm sales peryear and the higher of thenational poverty level orcounty median householdincome.
Failure to report acreageand production informationmay result in reduced orzero NAP assistance. Beaware that acreage reportingand final planting dates varyby crop and by region.
CCC-471 NAP BP is adocument which providesgeneral information on theNAP process. Printed cop-ies of CCC-471 NAP BP areavailable at the FSA office.Producers with internet mayaccess the CCC-471 NAPBP through the FSA web sitelocated at http://www.fsa.usda.gov . Afteraccessing the web site,CLICK “Disaster Assis-tance Programs”. On theDisaster Assistance Pro-grams Home Page CLICK“View Nap Basic Provi-sions” located under “I WantTo…”
The deadline to purchaseNAP date for Hay, Pasture,Sod and Alfalfa is March 1,2013.Important program dates
and Interest RatesFarm Operating Loans-
Direct= 1.875%Farm Ownership Loans-
Direct=4.125%Limited Resource
Loans=5.000%Farm Storage Loans-7 yr.
=2.250%, 10 yr. =2.875%,12 yr.=3.000%
C o m m o d i t yLoans=1.125%
TTPP (Maximum Dis-count Rate)=5.000%
USDA is an equal oppor-tunity provider and em-ployer. To file a complaintof discrimination, write toUSDA, Assistant Secretaryfor Civil Rights, Office ofthe Assistant Secretary forCivil Rights, 1400 Indepen-dence Avenue, S.W., Stop9410, Washington, DC20250-9410, or call toll-freeat (866) 632-9992 (English)or
(800) 877-8339 (TDD)or (866) 377-8642 (EnglishFederal-relay) or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish Federal-re-lay).
Agricultural NewsBy: Warden Alexander, FSA Director
4-H Speech Contest
Pg. B4 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014
Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division ICivil Action No. 13-CI-00071
Vanderbilt Mortgage andFinance, Inc. Plaintiff
V.
Barbara Frith, et al Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on October 4, 2013 for the purpose ofsatisfying the judgment against the defendants inthe amount of EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND FIVEHUNDRED SIXTY THREE DOLLARS AND 66/100($86,563.66) plus interest, costs and attorney fees.I will offer at public auction the hereinafter describedreal property in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, January 24, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 11:30 a.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
754 Union Chapel Road, Brodhead, KY 40409Tract 1A certain tract or parcel of land located on the north side of UnionChapel Road in Rockcastle County, Kentucky approximately 1.0 milesfrom the junction of KY 1505.Being all of Tract 1 of a plat named Gary Frith project filed in Plat Cabi-net 4, Slide 922 in the Rockcastle County Clerk’s Office at Mt. Vernon,Kentucky.The above described having an area of 9.0000 acres as surveyed byBobby Hudson, LPLS 1253 on 04/13/2009.All corners or witness monuments referred to herein as iron pins setare one-half inch rebar 18 inches long and capped with an orangecap marked LS 1253, except as otherwise noted. All bearings are ref-erenced to the meridian.This property is subject to any and all rights of way and/or easementsof record or in existence at this time and regulations that may applythrough planning and zoning.Also included herein is a 2009 Clayton 32 X 52 River Run Mobile Homewith VIN#RSO.
This being a portion of the same property conveyedto Garry Frith by deed dated August 10, 1993, andrecorded in Deed Book 153, page 302 and furtherconveyed to Joshua Frith, unmarried, by deeddated April 29, 2009 and recorded in Deed Book226, Page 133 both in the Office of the RockcastleCounty Clerk.
The property shall be sold on the
following terms & conditions:1. The real property and mobile home shall be
sold together as a whole.2. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of ten percent (10%) ofthe purchase price in cash on the date of sale andto secure the balance with a bond approved by theMaster Commissioner.
3. The bond shall bear interest at the rate oftwelve percent (12%) per annum until paid in full.The bond shall have the force and effect of a judg-ment and shall be and remain a lien upon the prop-erty sold as additional surety for the payment ofthe purchase price.
4. Unpaid delinquent State, County, and/or Cityad valorem real estate taxes shall be paid out ofthe proceeds of the sale.
5. The purchaser shall pay the 2013 local, countyand state property taxes.
6. Full satisfaction of the plaintiff’s judgment shallbe paid from the proceeds of the sale.
7. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
8. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required.
9. The sale shall be made subject to all ease-ments, set back lines, restrictions or covenants ofrecord or otherwise and shall be sold “as is”.
John D. FordMaster Commissioner
Rockcastle Circuit Court
Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit
Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division ICivil Action No. 11-CI-00304
Citizens Bank Plaintiff
V.
Stephen C. Howerton,His Unknown SpouseRockcastle County, Ky.Citimortgage, Inc., as successorby merger to ABN AMROMortgage Group, Inc.,and Mary Hedgepath Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on October 25, 2013 for the purposeof satisfying the judgment against the defendantsin the amount of EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUN-DRED ONE DOLLAR AND 94/100 ($8,601.94) plusinterest, costs and attorney fees. I will offer at pub-lic auction the hereinafter described real propertyin Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
At the Courthouse on East Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
on Friday, February 7, 2014
Beginning at the Hour of 12:00 p.m.
Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:
First Tract:Beginning on a peach tree and stone in the edge of the coal bankroad; thence a northeast course to a double hickory tree in a hollow;thence up the hollow to Fletcher’s line; thence with Fletcher’s line to achestnut oak on top of a hill; thence west with Fletcher’s line to a setstone in a coal road about 150 feet with the coal opening withCalhoun’s corner; thence northwest down the side of the coal bankroad to a stone and peach tree the beginning corner and containingabout 18 acres, more or less.Second Tract:Located near Sand Springs, Kentucky, bounded as follows: Beginningat Sand Springs Rural Road; thence an east direction 36 feet wide andextending up the hill to the land purchased by the second parties fromArthur G. Miller, & c.Third Tract:Beginning at a stone a division corner made by Howard Renner andLonzo Renner; thence a division line N 45 W 4 poles and 17 links to astone, thence S 59 W 2 poles and 9 links to a stone; thence N 31 E 4poles and 22 links to a stone; thence N 53 E 3 poles to the beginningand contains about one-fourth acre, also including a right of way fora road 16 feet wide from Sand Springs Road along where the coalbank road is now located.
Being the same real property the defendant,Stephen C. Howerton, single, obtained by deeddated March 14, 1998, executed by Dwayne S.Blair, et ux, of record in Deed Book 169, Page 416in the Office of the Rockcastle County Clerk, Mt.Vernon, Kentucky.
The property shall be sold upon the
following terms & conditions:1. The real property shall be sold for cash or
upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of twenty-five percent(25%) of the purchase price in cash on the date ofsale and to secure the balance with a bond bear-ing interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) perannum.
2. Unpaid taxes of record at the time of entry ofjudgment shall be paid out of the proceeds of thesale.
3.The purchaser shall pay the 2013 local, county,state and school taxes on the property.
4. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.
5. In the event that the plaintiff is the successfulbidder and the sale price does not exceed theamount of the plaintiff’s judgment, no deposit orbond shall be required and the property will beconveyed to the plaintiff in due season upon pay-ment of the expense of sale.
Bobby AmburgeySpecial Master Commissioner
Rockcastle Academic Team – District ChampionsThe Rockcastle County Middle School Academic Team took home the District Championship trophy on Satur-
day, January 18th at Garrard County Middle School. The team, led by Quick Recall Captain, Joy Frith and FutureProblem Solving Captain, Tessa Pickle, won awards in every category including first place in Quick Recall, SocialStudies, Arts and Humanities and Language Arts. The team also achieved an unprecedented three-way tie for firstplace in Written Composition.
When asked about the team’s preparation so far this year, Captain Joy Frith said, “Every member of the team hasworked very hard all year for this District Championship Title. We have put forth our best effort and now we are allsharing in the reward for our hard work and perseverance.”
On Saturday, February 1st, the team will travel to West Jessamine Middle School to compete in Regionals for theright to represent our county at the State Finals in March.
Pictured are, front row from left: Jonathan Cain, Mahala King, first place - Arts and Humanities, second place -Math, Katie Vance, first place -Social Studies, second place – Arts and Humanities, Dalton Childress, Joy Frith, thirdplace - Language Arts, tied for first place - Composition, Reese Sherrow, Tessa Pickle, first place – Language Arts,tied for first place – Composition, Luke Peavie and Aidan Cain. Back row from left: Drew Bullock, third place –Social Studies, Clare Beichler, second place – Science, tied for first place – Composition, Brittany Doan, CharlesClark, Kagan Miller, Alexandria Hasty, Aden Amburgey, Nichole Griffin.
Eighth-grade middleschool students in Southernand Eastern Kentucky look-ing to further develop theirmath, science, and technol-ogy skills this summer haveuntil Feb. 7 to apply for TheCenter for RuralDevelopment’s Rogers Ex-plorers youth leadershipprogram.
Rogers Explorers pro-vides hands-on learning ex-perience in some of today’smost in-demand careerfields and builds leadershipskills—all while studentsget to see what it is like tolive and study on a leadingKentucky college or univer-sity.
“Eighth-grade studentsin Southern and EasternKentucky have an excitingopportunity to participate ina summer camp that moti-vates students to excel inmath, science, and technol-ogy,” said DelaneyStephens, community liai-son and youth programs co-ordinator for The Center.“By receiving hands-on in-struction from college pro-fessors, students get to seehow fun math and sciencecan be when applied to thereal world.”
The 2014 summer ses-sions of Rogers Explorerswill be held June 1-3 atLindsey Wilson College,Columbia; June 4-6, Univer-sity of the Cumberlands,Williamsburg; June 15-17,Asbury University,
Wilmore; July 20-22, East-ern Kentucky University,Richmond; and July 23-25at Morehead State Univer-sity in Morehead.
For more informationabout Rogers Explorers orthe application process, call606-677-6000 or visit youthprograms at The Center forRural Development atwww.youthprograms.comto download an applicationform. Applicants arestrongly encouraged toemail their applicationforms and supporting mate-rials [email protected]. Ap-plications may also bemailed to the Rogers Ex-plorers program, The Cen-ter for Rural Development,2292 South U.S. 27, Suite300, Somerset, KY 42501.All entries must be post-marked or emailed no laterthan Feb. 7, 2014.
Thirty students will beselected to attend each of thefive 2014 Rogers Explorerssummer sessions. All lodg-ing, meals, and programexpenses (with the excep-tion of transportation to andfrom the campus host site)are provided free of chargeto participating students.
Since 2006, approxi-mately 540 students havegraduated from Rogers Ex-plorers and have been en-couraged to work towardbuilding their future careersin Southern and EasternKentucky.
Application deadline nearingfor 2014 Rogers Explorers
Members of the RCHS Band were recently selectedby audition as members of the 2014 Bluegrass All-Regional Concert and Symphonic Bands. JessicaHarris and Logan Anglin performed in concert onSaturday January 11th at Madison Central HighSchool as part of the ensembles. Students fromaccross the region were afforded the opportunity towork with Dr. Sue Cresap of Morehead State Uni-versity and Mr. Brian Noryato of Chicago and spentseveral hours in rehearsal preparing for the Satur-day Concert. Jessica is an oboe player and a juniorat RCHS while Logan is a freshman trombone player.Congratulations to these students on representingtheir school.
High school seniors plan-ning to attend college ortechnical school this fallshould fill out the Free Ap-plication for Federal StudentAid, also called the FAFSA,as soon as possible, accord-ing to the Kentucky HigherEducation Assistance Au-thority (KHEAA).
The information on theFAFSA determines if stu-dents qualify for federal andstate grants and for federalstudent loans. Also, manycolleges use the informationto award grants and schol-arships administered by theschool. Therefore, studentsshould submit the FAFSAeven if they feel it is unlikelythey will qualify for aid.
The FAFSA asks for in-formation about income, as-sets and expenses. A for-mula set by Congress deter-mines eligibility for federaland state aid. If the studentis considered a dependent
under federal guidelines,both the student and parentsmust provide financial in-formation. Nearly all stu-dents going directly to col-lege from high school areconsidered dependent.
Some student aid pro-grams have limited moneyand provide funds on a first-come, first-served basis toqualified students, so it isimportant to submit theFAFSA as soon as possible.
For fastest results,KHEAA recommends thatstudents submit the FAFSAonline at www.fafsa.gov.
To find links to other use-ful education websites, go towww.gotocollege.ky.gov.For more information aboutKentucky scholarships andgrants, visitwww.kheaa.com; writeKHEAA, P.O. Box 798,Frankfort, KY 40602; or call800-928-8926, ext. 6-7372.
Financial Aid Tip of the MonthTime for college-boundseniors to fill out the FAFSA
Email the Signal at [email protected] deadline is noon Tuesday
Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 23, 2014 • Pg. B5
Ford Brothers holds Awards BanquetFord Brothers Auctioneers held their 2013 Awards
Banquet at The Community Center at Quail Park inRockcastle County on Saturday, January 4th. The topAuctioneers were: 4th place winner Mike Crouch, 3rdplace winner Jeff Cromer; 2nd place winner Ron Shawand the 1stplace winner was Karl David Reynolds. Itwas noted that 2013 was the most productive year forauctions in the company’s history with 240 auctions. Alsoannounced was the company’s web site had over 4 mil-lion page visits in 2013 with the average time spent onthe site at 12 minutes and 55 seconds as noted by GoogleAnalytics.
2013 marked the 48thyear for Ford Brothers Auction-eers that was founded in 1965 by principal broker andauctioneer Sam Ford. Ford Brothers has three offices inKentucky: Mt Vernon, Somerset and London. For moreinformation you may visit www.fordbrothersinc.com.
Angela Miller of MountVernon (40456), majoring inPre-General Dietetics (2 +2), is one of 53 Eastern Ken-tucky University juniors,seniors and graduate stu-dents who were inductedinto the EKU chapter of TheHonor Society of Phi KappaPhi during a special cer-emony in November.
Miller is among approxi-mately 30,000 students, fac-ulty, professional staff andalumni to be initiated intoPhi Kappa Phi each year.
EKU President Dr.Michael Benson, a lifetimeSociety member, was thekeynote speaker at the cer-emony and became a dualmember of the EKU chap-ter. Faculty honored in-cluded Dr. David Coleman,Honors Program InterimDirector; Dr. Larry Collins,Associate Dean of the Col-lege of Justice and SafetySchool of Safety, Securityand Emergency Manage-ment; and Dr. Allen Engle,Professor of Managementand EKU Foundation Pro-fessor for 2013-15.
In appreciation for hisyears of service to the Soci-ety at both the National andChapter levels, Dr. RobertRogow, Dean of the Collegeof Business and Technology,was recognized with thechapter's DistinguishedMember Award, establishedto recognize chapter mem-bers who have gone aboveand beyond in their serviceto Phi Kappa Phi.
Founded in 1897 at theUniversity of Maine, PhiKappa Phi is the nation'soldest, largest and most se-lective all-discipline honorsociety. The Society haschapters on more than 300
campuses in the UnitedStates, Puerto Rico and thePhilippines.
Membership in PhiKappa Phi is by invitationand requires nomination andapproval by a chapter. Onlythe top 10 percent of seniorsand 7.5 percent of juniors,having at least 72 semesterhours, are eligible for mem-bership. Graduate studentsin the top 10 percent of thenumber of candidates forgraduate degrees may alsoqualify, as do faculty, pro-fessional staff and alumniwho have achieved schol-arly distinction.
Since its founding, morethan 1 million membershave been initiated. Some ofthe organization's more no-table members includeformer President JimmyCarter, NASA AstronautWendy Lawrence, BaylorUniversity head women'sbasketball coach KimMulkey-Robertson, writerJohn Grisham and Netscapefounder James Barksdale.The Society has awardedapproximately $11.5 millionin fellowships and scholar-ships since the inception ofits awards program in 1932.Today, more than $800,000is awarded annually toqualifying members andnon-members throughgraduate fellowships, under-graduate study abroadscholarships, member andchapter awards and grantsfor local and national lit-eracy initiatives. TheSociety's mission is "To rec-ognize and promote aca-demic excellence in allfields of higher educationand to engage the commu-nity of scholars in service toothers."
Angela Miller inductedinto Phi Kappa Phi
On Tuesday, January 21, Neal Thornton, SeniorPastor at the First Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon,led the opening invocation for the Kentucky StateSenate at the invitation of Senator Jared Carpenter.Thornton was joined by his wife Ashley. The couplehas two young children, Emma and Matthew, andreside in Mt. Vernon.
The Center for Rural De-velopment is accepting ap-plications through Jan. 31for the 2014 summer sessionof the Rogers Scholarsyouth leadership program.
Rogers Scholars is an in-tensive one-week summerprogram for upcoming highschool juniors within TheCenter’s 45-county primaryservice area in Southern andEastern Kentucky. The pro-gram emphasizes the devel-opment of technologicalskills and builds in partici-pants a sense of leadership,an entrepreneurial spirit, anda commitment to rural Ken-tucky.
“Rogers Scholarschanged my life,” said 2013Rogers Scholars graduateRachyl Harmon. “I’ve madelife-long friends, wonderfulmemories, and an experi-ence I won’t forget. Iwouldn’t trade it for theworld.”
Students apply duringtheir sophomore year in highschool and are selectedthrough a competitivescreening process to attendone of two summer leader-ship sessions of the RogersScholars program.
“The Rogers Scholarsprogram gives high schoolstudents an experience of alifetime to grow their lead-ership skills, while also se-curing scholarships for col-lege,” said DelaneyStephens, community liai-son and youth programs co-ordinator for The Center.“Each graduate earns accessto exclusive college schol-arship offers from some ofthe state’s top-ranked col-
leges and universities.”Applicants may down-
load a copy of the 2014Rogers Scholars applicationform from the Youth Pro-grams at The Center for Ru-ral Development website atwww.centeryouthprograms.com.All application forms mustbe completed and submittedto The Center by Jan. 31,2014.
The Center strongly en-courages applicants to emailtheir application forms andsupporting materials [email protected]. Ap-plications may also bemailed to the Rogers Schol-ars program, The Center forRural Development, 2292 S.Highway 27, Suite 300,Somerset, Ky., 42501.
The 2014 dates for theRogers Scholars programare June 22-27 and July 6-11. Rogers Scholars—TheCenter’s flagship youth pro-gram—is provided free ofcharge to participants.Lodging and meals for theweek are included in theprogram.
For more information onthe application process orthe Rogers Scholars pro-gram, contact DelaneyStephens at 606-677-6000or [email protected].
Since 1998, approxi-mately 936 high school stu-dents have graduated fromRogers Scholars, and poten-tial scholarships valued atmore than $7.2 million havebeen offered to graduatesfrom 17 participating part-ner colleges and universi-ties.
Applications being acceptedfor Rogers Scholars Program
As another arctic coldfront with frigid tempera-tures makes its way throughthe Midwest and into theNortheast and Southeast re-gions of the country, the In-surance Institute for Busi-ness & Home Safety (IBHS)provides severe winterweather guidance for homeand business owners in thoseareas. Find out how you canreduce damage to your prop-erty from freezing weatherby visiting http://www.disastersafety.org/freezing_weather.
“Heavy snow and freez-ing temperatures can burstpipes, cause roofs to collapseand lead to interior fires aspeople use various alterna-tive heating sources to staywarm,” said Julie Rochman,president and CEO of IBHS.“There are steps you cantake now to better withstandthe effects of severe winterweather that will help avoidcostly repairs and headacheslater.”
IBHS FREEZINGWEATHER GUIDANCEInstall Weather Stripping
and SealsOne thing you can do
now to prevent freezing tem-peratures from entering yourhome or business is to installweather stripping and seals.This offers two major ben-efits – it will keep severewinter weather out of yourhome or business and sealyour property shut, as wellas greatly increase energyefficiency by limiting draftsand reducing the amount ofcold air that enters. Inspectthe following areas of yourhome or business for leaksto determine possible areasto seal.
•Windows and doors•Vents and fans•Plumbing• Air conditioners• Electrical and gas lines• Mail chutesLearn how to install
weather stripping and caulk-ing at http://www.disastersafety.org/disastersafety/installing-weather-stripping-seals.
Stay Safe and WarmAlternative heating
sources can help you staywarm during the coldweather, especially duringpower outages, which oftenoccur due to heavy snow andice, as well as high windsduring winter storms. It’simportant to prepare a plannow before a possible out-age. Check IBHS’ guidancebefore selecting, installingor using an alternative heat-
ing source such as a woodstove, space heater or fire-place: http://www.disastersafety.org/wp-content/uploads/alternative-heating.pdf.
Prevent Frozen PipesFrozen pipes are one of
the biggest risks when thetemperature drops, whichcan result in more than$5,000 in water damage, ac-cording to IBHS research.Follow the recommenda-tions below to prevent costlywater damage.
•Provide a reliable back-up power source to ensurecontinuous power to thebuilding.
•Insulate all attic penetra-tions where cold air can getinside the building.
•Ensure proper seals onall doors and windows.
•Seal all wall cracks andpenetrations, including do-mestic and fire protectionlines, electrical conduit, andother utility service lines.
• Install insulationand/or heat trace tape with areliable power source on wetsprinkler system piping.This includes main linescoming up from under-ground, passing through awall, as well as sprinklerbranch lines.
•Place a monitored auto-matic excess flow switch onthe main incoming domesticwater line to provide earlydetection of a broken pipe orvalve when the building isunoccupied.
IBHS’ Freezing Weatherpage on DisasterSafety.orgprovides guidance on how toprotect your home againstother winter weather-relatedhazards such as roof collapseand ice dams due to largeamounts of snow and ice.
Severe winter weather guidefor home and business owners
Saylor inducted intoHonor Society at EKU
Mary Sheril Saylor ofBrodhead (40409) is one of58 Eastern Kentucky Uni-versity students inductedinto the Tau Sigma honorsociety during a special cer-emony in October.
Tau Sigma is a nationalhonor society that recog-nizes the academic excel-lence and involvement oftransfer students. Member-ship is open to first-timetransfer students who haveearned at least 24 credithours prior to transferringand who have completed atleast 12 semester hours ofcredit classes toward a de-gree and earned a minimum3.5 GPA.
As students becomemore responsible for payingtheir own bills, they need tobe aware of the types ofcards available, according tothe Kentucky Higher Educa-tion Assistance Authority(KHEAA).
Debit cards are tied to abank account. When some-one uses a debit card, themoney is automatically de-ducted from the account.Most colleges issue a typeof debit card to students thatcan be used to buy books,supplies and meals. In thatcase, the card is not tied to abank account but ispreloaded with funds depos-ited each semester or quar-ter.
When a debit card hasbeen lost or stolen, report itto the bank or credit unionimmediately to limit lossesfrom unauthorized use.
Credit cards offer what isessentially an interest-freeloan if the balance is paid infull each month. Studentswho use credit cards shouldpay them off at the end ofeach pay period when pos-sible to avoid paying inter-est fees. Most credit cards
also offer cash advance ser-vices at a higher interestrate.
Lost or stolen creditcards should also be re-ported immediately. How-ever, there is a $50 limit tothe consumer’s liability onfraudulent charges with sto-len credit cards.
ATM cards allow users towithdraw cash from theiraccounts when the bank orcredit union is closed. Mostbanks and credit unionscharge a fee when ATMcards are used at a machinenot owned by thatinstitution’s network, andthose fees can add up. Stu-dents should not use anATM card outside their net-work unless absolutely nec-essary.
To learn how to plan andprepare for higher educa-tion, go towww.gotocollege.ky.gov.For more information aboutKentucky scholarships andgrants, visitwww.kheaa.com; writeKHEAA, P.O. Box 798,Frankfort, KY 40602; or call800-928-8926, ext. 6-7372.
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2 Bedroom Mobile Homein Mt. Vernon. All appli-ances, KU and water. $600per month plus $200 de-posit. No pets. 606-308-4983. 5x1p3 Bedroom/1 Bath Trailerin town. Central heat andair. References reqired.$440 per month/$400 de-posit. 308-4509. 5x2pApartment in Mt. Vernon.2 bedrooms, 1 bath. No pets.Reference reqired. $600month, includes all utilities.Deposit required. 606-308-2319. 52xntfDuplex in Brodhead. Allappliances furnished. CallPatty. 758-9666. 46xntfHouse and Trailer inBrodhead. No pets. 758-4729. 46xntfTrailers and house inBrodhead. No pets. 758-8922. ntfAccepting applications atMt. Vernon Housing Au-thority on Mondays 4 to 8p.m. and Wednesdays andFridays, 4 to 6 p.m. Rentbased on income. 256-4185.14xntfAccepting Applications:For 2 and 3 bedroom unitsat Valley View Apartments.Rent based on income. Call256-5912. Equal HousingOpportunity, TDD for hear-ing impaired only. 1-800-247-2510. 36tfn
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16 1/2 Acres, more or less,with 24x60 mobile home,20x20 attached garage, 2large barns, 2 large outbuild-ings, carport and blacktopdriveway. $69,000. Call606-386-1470. 2x4pFor Sale or Lease: 3 bed-room furnished house onland contract in Brodhead.No pets. 758-4729. 48xntfProperty between Mt.Vernon and Somerset. 6.1wooded acres for $34,900 or4.77 acres for $29,500 withmountain view. Owner fi-nancing available. CallDwight at 859-331-4888.30xntfFor Sale or Rent/Lease:8640 sq. ft. building (formerCumberland Valley HomeHealth). Located inRockcastle Industrial Park.Approx. 100 parking spaces.Will consider partial sq.footage. Call 606-308-3500or 606-308-2319. 12xntfLots in Castle Ridge Sub-division. Use same entryway as Bible BaptistChurch. All lots have citysewer and undergroundutilities. starting at $12,900.606-256-5692 • 256-4504 •308-3730. 50x1Mobile home lots, locatedin Sunnyside Mobile HomePark. 1/2 acre lots - $500down and $100 per month.Call 606-256-5692 or 606-256-5648. 50x1
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MiscellaneousFor Sale
Posted: No hunting or tres-passing on all land inRockcastle County belong-ing to Harold Miller. Viola-tors will be prosecuted.5x3pPosted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Jason and SaraCoguer at Roundstone. Notresponsible for accidents.Posted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Lora Lambert onBoone Gap Road. Not re-sponsible for accidents.45x12pPosted: No trespassing onland belonging to James andDorothy Rash heirs on RashBranch Road off ChestnutRidge. No hunting, camp-ing, ATVs, trespassing forany purpose. Not respon-sible for accidents. Violatorswill be prosecuted. (1/15/15)Posted: No hunting or tres-passing on property belong-ing to Carol Blackburn,1435 Marler Hollow. Viola-tors will be prosecuted. (3/7/14)Posted: No trespassing onCrawford Place - OldBrodhead Road. DannySmith. 47tfnPosted: Absolutely no hunt-ing, fishing or trespassingon property belonging toMark and DebbieCummins. Violators will beprosecuted. 9x52pPosted: No trespassing,hunting or fishing on landbelonging to RachelDenney on Hwy. 3245(former Reggie Benge prop-erty).Posted: No trespassing onproperty known as C.B.Owens Farm across fromFairgrounds in Brodhead.Violators will be pros-ecuted. 25tfn
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Firewood For Sale: $60truck load. Free delivery insome areas. 606-453-3999.5x2pDeep fryer, $80. Also first“Gone With the Wind” dollstill in the box. Asking.$200. Call 256-0655. 4x1pFarm gates, all sizes, allvarieties including corralpanels, hay rings, bunkfeeders. 606-305-7965.
WantedWanted: In RockcastleCounty. 5-10 rural acres tobuy. Some tillable land,small dwelling optional, re-liable water source, electric-ity available, paved orgravel road, unrestricted.606-843-0462. 2xntf Wanted To Buy: Your an-tiques and collectibles. An-tique glassware, furniture,quilts, all types of militaryitems, clocks, watches(working or not), pocketwatches and wrist watchparts, pocket knives, coinsand paper money. All typesof gold, silver scrap, castiron banks, toys, lighters,crock jugs, cast iron skillets,marbles, pocket knives,fishing items, Indian Arrow-heads, and much, muchmore. Also buying partialestates. Over 25 years expe-rience. Call Clarence Reeceat 606-531-0467. 47xntf
Livestock Protection Pupsfor sale. Great watch dog.Call 859-358-6566. 4xntfMountain Top PreciousPups: Yorkies, Maltese,Shih-Tzu, Poodles, Chihua-hua, Boxers. 1-606-231-5498 - leave message ortext. Join us on fb: mountaintop precious pups or e-mail:[email protected]
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Want to buy good usedmobile home. Must be rea-sonably priced and no morethan 10 years old. Call 256-0655. 5x2Notice is hereby given thatJudy C. Howe, 4678 SpiroRoad, Mt. Vernon,, Ky.40456 has been appointedexecutrix of the estate ofLeon Rowe on the 13th dayof January, 2014. Any per-son having claims againstsaid estate shall presentthem according to law, to thesaid Judy C. Rowe or toHon. William D. Gregory,240 East Main St., P.O.Drawer 220, Mt. Vernon,Ky. 40456 on or before July14, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. 5x3Notice is hereby given thatKaren Noe, P.O. Box 386,Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456 hasbeen appointed guardian ofthe estate of Morgan D.Mullins, a minor on the 13thday of January, 2014. Anyperson having claimsagainst said estate shallpresent them according tolaw to the said Karen Noe
on or before July 14, 2014at 9:30 a.m. 5x2Notice is hereby given thatLedford Hal Hunt, 808Dairy Lane, Mt. Vernon, Ky.40456 has been appointedexecutor of the estate ofCarolyn Dolores LambHunt on the 15th day ofJanuary, 2014. Any personhaving claims against saidestate shall present them,according to law, to the saidLedford Hal Hunt or to Hon.Debra Hembree Lambert,P.O. Box 1094, Mt. Vernon,Ky. 40456 on or before July16, 2014 at 9:39 a.m. 5x3Notice is hereby given thatBarbara Coffey, 2353 Hur-ricane School Road, Mt.Vernon, Ky. 40456 has beenappointed executrix of theestate of Lewis E. Coffey onthe 15th day of January,2014. Any person havingclaims against said estateshall present them accordingto law to the said BarbaraCoffey or to Hon. WilliamD. Reynolds, P.O. Box1250, 160 West Main St.,Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456 on orbefore July 16, 2014 at 9:30a.m. 5x3Notice is hereby given thatLinda P. Williams, 1146 OldState Road, Mt. Vernon, Ky.40456 has filed a PeriodicSettlement of her accountsas Guardian of Caleb W.Williams, a minor. A hear-ing on said settlement willbe held February 17, 2014at 11 a.m. Any exceptions tosaid settlement must be filedbefore this date. 5x2
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Option 1: Steam Cleaning-How does it work?A. Steam Cleaners saturate your carpet and floor pad with hot (150*degree) soapy water containing lye and beach to help dissolve stains.
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Option 2: Dry Foam-How does it work?C. Carpet fibers are agitated with carpet combs to separate the fibers
loosening dirt particles, which are then dry cleaned with anindustrial strength vacuum.
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Frankfort Report...By Jared Carpenter,
State SenatorThe pace in Frankfort
has picked up during weektwo of the 2014 RegularS e s s i o n .Committeesmet daily tohear testi-mony andgather infor-mation onproposed leg-islation and important is-sues facing Kentucky. I'vebeen meeting with constitu-ents and stake holders dailyregarding many differentpolicies.We also began de-bating and voting on legis-lation on the Senate floor.
I was pleased to joinRepresentative JonathanShell and Mayor JasonMedley in announcing thepartnership between theCity of Livingston, AT&T,and Eastern Kentucky Uni-versity. Mayor Medley, theCity of Livingston, andRockcastle's Fiscal Courthave done a great job de-veloping the Trail Townprogram. RepresentativeShell and I hope this newpartnership and grant willfurther assist Livingston'sefforts.
As the Rockcastle com-munity knows all to well,the battle against drugabuse continues on allfronts. That is why I ampleased to report that Sen-ate Bill 5, a bill addressingthe rising problem of herointhroughout the state, passedthe Senate. I co-sponsoredthis legislation because Ibelieve its three prongedapproach will be an effec-tive strategy in the fightagainst heroin addiction. Inshort, the bill makes sen-tences for traffickersharsher, makes moneyavailable for educationabout the life changing ef-fects of the drug, and makesdiversion into treatmentprograms possible for ad-dicts that need a way out ofthe self-constructed prisonof heroin addiction.
Senate Bill 3, the in-formed consent bill that Iam a co-sponsor of, waspassed out of committee onThursday. The bill requiresan in-person consultationwith a physician to ensurethe patient is aware of thehealth risks of the abortion.
The State and LocalGovernment Committeepassed Senate Bill 4 andSenate Bill 27 in an effortto save the state money. Thebills move gubernatorialraces to even numberedyears along with other ma-jor elections (SB 4) andeliminate the ability of leg-islators to pension spike(SB 27). I think these billsmove Kentucky to a moreefficient way of handlingelections and a more trans-parent and responsible useof employee retirementsystems.
Monday, January 20 theGeneral Assembly was notin session to honor of theRev. Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. He devoted his lifeto the civil rights of allAmericans. To honor hislegacy I hope the leaders of
our state can work togetherfor better communities andstandards of living. LikeDr. King, we must do ourwork with future genera-tions in mind.
Please call me in Frank-fort at 502-564-8100 if youhave any ideas, concerns,or suggestions.
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The AppalachianMountains stand as aphysical barrier preventinglocal residents from ac-cessing specialized careand isolating local primarycare physicians. Support-ing these providers withnew training opportunitieswas one of many solutionsdiscussed by the team inManchester. Attendeespointed towards the impor-tance of educating bothproviders and the localpopulation on how best tomanage and prevent thesechronic conditions.
Although there aremany obstacles to over-come in addressing thelack of specialized care,the mood in Manchesterwas optimistic. The di-verse group gathered con-sisted of medical profes-sionals, representativesfrom healthcare facilities,and health departments,leading toa fruitful discus-sion.
STHA program direc-tor, Hitomi Kubo, com-mented, “The meeting wasa great first step towardsincreasing specialized careoptions. Bringing thesehealthcare professionalstogether was a success initself, fostering increasedcommunication andstrengthening networksacross the region and fromvarious parts of the healthcare continuum.” The needin the Cumberland Valleyis great, but collaborativeefforts among stakeholderslike those discussed at theManchester meeting willhelp set the region on apath towards better health.
The Kentucky Depart-ment of Public Health re-cently released the Coordi-nated Chronic Disease Pre-vention and Health Promo-tion Plan (UnbridledHealth Plan), emphasizingtheir commitment to turn-ing the tide on chronic con-ditions. A call to action, theUnbridled Health Plan re-minds every Kentuckianthat he or she is part of theteam working tocreatehealthier communities.
No single person or or-ganization can improvepopulation health. Instead,collaborations, like themeeting in Manchester, setthe stage for making thehealthy choice the easychoice in Kentucky.
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The City of Livingston launched their new marketing plan with the support of EKU and AT&T at a ceremonyMonday morning at the Livingston Trail Town Visitor Center. AT&T awarded a $7,500 grant and EKU isproviding an internship program for the spring, summer and fall semesters of 2014. The $7,500 was awardedby AT&T to help fund the development of a marketing and public relations campaign in support of Livingston’sTrail Town efforts. EKU senior public relations major Chelcie Lister will work as an intern for the City ofLivingston’s Trail Town program where she will plan the execution of the marketing and public relationscampaign. Shown above is EKU President Michael Benson, State Representative Jonathan Shell, Mayor Ja-son Medley, Lister, AT&T Regional Director Amy Scarborough, EKU Communication Professor Jim Gleasonand State Senator Jared Carpenter,
Mt. Vernon Fire and Rescue responded to an accident last Saturday morning on I-75 southbound near the 56milemarker. Authorities say a driver with England trucking of Tazwell, Tennessee was traveling southboundwhen he lost control of the semi after his trailer started sliding on the snowy/icy roadway causing him to losecontrol and drive through a guardrail and into a ravine. The driver was not injured in the accident. Officialssay they responded to several more minor accidents last Saturday morning due to the snowy/icy roadways.Local weatherman Bud Cox reported a total of three inches of snow last Saturday. Other people throughoutthe county also reported two feet deep snow drifts.
Carloftis, Reynolds file for re-election
City of Livingstonreceives $7,500grant for Trail Townmarketing campaign
Local lawyerfiles for Courtof Appeals race
Mt. Vernon lawyerDebra Hembree Lambertrecently filed in the Ken-tucky Court of Appeals indistrict three, division oneand she will run against in-cumbent Michael Capertonof London.
The district includesAdair, Bell, Casey, Clay,Clinton, Cumberland, Estill,Garrard, Green, Jackson,Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie,Lincoln, Marion, Metcalfe,Monroe, Nelson, Pulaski,Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor,Washington, Wayne andWhitley counties.
Lambert is a graduate ofEastern Kentucky Univer-
FourIndictedThree indictments were
handed down recently by aRockcastle County GrandJury.
Two were named in ajoint indictment. They were:Michael D. Johnson, 27 ofJohn Sims Road, Crab Or-chard who was indicted forreceiving stolen property.Also named in the indict-ment was Alma D. Mason,56 of West Main St.,
By: Doug PonderKentucky U.S. Senators
Mitch McConnell and RandPaul are both scheduled tospeak in Rockcastle Countyduring the month of Febru-ary.
McConnell will takequestions and give an updateon current legislation nextFriday from 11:30 p.m. to 1p.m. at Community TrustBank on Hwy 461 in Mt.
Farmers/BusinessBanquet is nextMonday at RCMS
The 54th annualRockcastle County Farmers/Business Banquet will beheld at Rockcastle CountyMiddle School next Mon-day at 6:30 p.m. with doorsopening at 6 p.m.
Kentucky Commissionerof Agriculture James Comerwill be the guest speaker atthe banquet.
Tickets are $18 each andcan be purchased from theRockcastle County Conser-vation District office or Cir-cuit Court Clerk ElizaYork’s office. Tickets will beon sale through this Friday.
Everyone is invited to at-tend the event. The mealwill be provided by Cater-ing by Ann of Richmond.
Bridgeclosing
There will be anotherbridge closing in RockcastleCounty -- on Wildie Roadover Clear Creek.
County Judge/ExecutiveBuzz Carloftis said Wednes-day that he had been orderedby the state Department ofTransportation to close thebridge. Carloftis said thatthe bridge, the fourth on theroad from U.S. 25, turningonto the road at Ferrell Gas,will be closed Friday morn-ing.
The first two bridges onthe road are state-main-tained and will not be ef-fected. The state has orderedthat the third bridge on theroad be reconstructed andwill go from a 10 ton bridgeto a 3 ton, Carloftis said, andthe fourth bridge will haveto be removed and a newbridge constructed.
Carloftis said the bridgehad been slated for construc-tion for about two years buta recent visit by state engi-neers revealed that thebridge had deterioratedmore rapidly than expected.
Water mainblows inBrodhead
Brodhead Mayor WalterCash, Commissioner LarryTaylor and Water Dept. em-ployees had to work throughthe night last Friday to re-pair a blown water main onMain St.
City Clerk BeckyBussell, said the city didn’tlose “too much water. Theymanaged to get to a cut offso only City Hall, DairyDelite and Pampered Poochwere affected.”
The line was buried deepbut workers managed to getto it by going underneath thesidewalk.
$23K cost ofsalt so far
County Judge/ExecutiveBuzz Carloftis said Wednes-day that salting the roads inRockcastle thus far this win-ter has come at a cost of$23,000. This amount doesnot take into considerationthe full bin of salt the countyhad at the beginning of theseason.
Carloftis said that threeand a half bins of salt, orabout 450 tons, had beenused thus far in a four dayperiod.Water
miseries inLivingston
The recent extremelycold weather and too muchwater pressure caused wa-ter woes in Livingston dur-ing the past few days.
43,000 gallons of waterpoured into the newLivingston Fire Station onMonday, after a line blew,because of too much pres-sure. The water exited thestation through a floor drain,causing no damage to thenew structure.
However, that incident,along with two water leakson Main St. and Mullins St.,caused the city’s 120,000gallon tank’s gauge to go tozero. “The tank was prob-ably half-full,” saidLivingston Mayor JasonMedley.
When the tank bottomedout, water customers in thearea had to go about a daywithout water while the tank
In February
McConnell and Paulscheduled to visitRockcastle County
Man arrestedfor two robberiesarraigned Monday
By: Doug PonderThe City of Livingston
has received a $7,500 grantfrom AT&T and the checkwas officially presented at aceremony at the Trail TownVisitor Center in Livingstonon Monday.
The $7,500 was awardedby AT&T to help fund the
The filing deadline foroffices to be contested in theMay Primary has passedand two of the last filingswere for county-wide of-fice. All together, 41 candi-dates have filed as candi-dates in the primary electionand, in the case of non-par-tisan offices (Mayoral andcouncil members), in theNovember general election.
Incumbent CountyJudge/Executive BuzzCarloftis filed his re-elec-
By: Doug PonderA local man, who was re-
cently arrested for twoRockcastle County robber-ies, was arraigned inRockcastle County DistrictCourt Monday morning.
Lee Hamilton DurhamSpeaks, 28, of Mt. Vernonwas arrested Sunday, Janu-ary 19th, after admitting topolice that he robbed Citi-zens Bank in Brodhead onFriday, January 17th andCash Express in Mt. Vernonon Saturday, January 18th.
During his arraignment,Speaks was appointed Pub-lic Defender Nathan Shirleywho made a motion to lowerSpeaks’ current $250,000cash/property bond duringthe proceeding. RockcastleCounty Attorney BillyReynolds objected to themotion stating that Speakswas “a danger to others af-ter committing two armedrobberies within nineteen
Vernon.The event is sponsored
by the Rockcastle CountyChamber of Commerce andthe Mt. Vernon KiwanisClub. The event is free ofcharge and those wishing toattend are being asked toRSVP to McConnell’s of-fice by calling 606-864-2026.
hours of each other.”District Court Judge
Katie Wood overruledShirley’s motion, keepingSpeaks’ bond at $250,000cash/property and labelinghim as a danger to himselfor others.
development of a marketingand public relations cam-paign in support ofLivingston’s Trail Town ef-forts.
Eastern Kentucky Uni-versity is also partneringwith the City of Livingstonby providing an internship
tion papers recently for his6th term in the office.
Carloftis, a Republican,is the third longest servingcounty judge/executive inthe state.
He will face-off with
challenger Doug Bishop, ofBrodhead, in the May Re-publican Primary. This willbe the second contest be-tween the two men. Bishopran as an independent in2010 and was narrowly de-feated by Carloftis in theNovember General Elec-tion.
Also filing was incum-bent County Attorney BillyReynolds.
This will be Reynoldsthird run for the office towhich he was appointed in2004 to fill the unexpiredterm of Jeff Burdette, whohad won election as a Cir-cuit Court Judge.
Reynolds will face his
first opposition for the of-fice from challengers Jer-emy Rowe and Jerome Fish.
Rowe recently resignedas Reynolds’s assistantcounty attorney and Fishhas been in private practicein Mt. Vernon for manyyears.
Other county officialsfacing opposition in the pri-mary include incumbentJailer James E. Miller.
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PointsEast
By Ike Adams
Pg. A2 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 30, 2014
One cold morning, justa few short years back, abunch of us were sittingaround a breakfast table atUncle Tom’s restaurant,which, at the time, was athriving business here inPaint Lick, and a populargathering spot for a fewbusinessmen and the regu-lar crowd of local farmersto share camaraderie beforebeginning the day’s labor.
On the morning I am re-calling. The subject underdiscussion had to do withthe exact wording of a Bib-lical verse from The NewTestament and several fel-lows were adamant thattheir version was the pre-cise quote. Finally one ofthe younger fellows said,“I’m pretty sure that DanLedford is correct”.
Somebody else askedwhy he thought that, and thefellow said, “As I under-stand it, or at least I’ve beentold, Dan was sharpeningpencils for Saint Markwhen he wrote it.”
Just past noon LastMonday as a host of hisfriends sat in the sanctuaryof Old Presbyterian Churchof Paint Lick, the officiat-ing minister implored us to“thank God for the gift ofhis faithful servant, DanLedford.” In just a fewminutes Dan would be laidto his final resting placewith military honors, therebeside his late wife,Laverne, in Paint Lick’sManse Cemetery.
If asked to point to asingle time or person thatmade me fall in love withour little village, I wouldimmediately recall the firsttime I met Dan Ledford. Itwas early in the spring of1983. The closest place toBerea that Loretta and Icould find that was largeenough for us to combinefamilies and cohabitate wasan old farm house on top ofthe hill in Paint Lick. I can’teven remember why wethought it so all fired impor-tant that we be close toBerea, but it probably hadto do with keeping oldestdaughter Carol, enrolled inthe same school she was at-tending at the time. All ofwhich is beside the point.
The point being thatvery early one fine, sunny,spring morning youngest
daughter, Jennifer, cametearing into my study to an-nounce, “Dad there’s a manout there tearing up yourfield wearing a jungle hatand driving a big tractor.”
I followed her to the liv-ing room window and sureenough, a fellow dressed inkhaki and wearing whatturned out to be a genuineBritish adventurer pith hel-met was plowing up the spotI intended to garden. I hadpreviously spread word toeverybody we’d met in theneighborhood that I wantedto raise a garden and some-how Dan had gotten hold ofthat information. Turnedout the helmet was a veryefficient sun shade, and away of reminiscing his tourof army air corps duty inNew Guinea during WorldWar II.
Although he only livedabout a quarter mile and twohouses out the road, we’dnever met. He had driven byour house, taken a look atthe place and decided theonly logical place to plantwas where he was plowing.He proceeded to turnenough ground to make adozen vegetable gardens,telling me later that I coulduse whatever I wanted butthe whole field neededplowing anyway so he justwent ahead and did it whilehe was there.
When I pulled out mywallet to pay him, he wavedme off. “Just being neigh-borly,” he said. “You’d dothe same thing me,” he said,and winked.
Ask Loretta or any otherwoman in Paint Lick, whatthey best remember aboutDan Ledford and they’ll tellyou about his wink. Actu-ally that’s what I best re-member too, because he’dfrequently grab my wifeinto a hug and wink at mewhile he teased her aboutrunning off with him.
Our children rememberhim as their school busdriver and they loved himdearly. Truth be known, heprobably taught them asmuch as any of their teach-ers. The school system fi-nally made him stop drivingthe bus when he was in hisearly eighties. I rememberhis 80th birthday during a
“Radio”Anyone who has read
this column over the yearsis already conscious of howlarge a part music has playedin my life. From sitting withmy mother (Bee) in herdouble rocker watching theHit Parade on television asa young child, through mytime as a student and con-tinuing until now, musictruly has been thesoundtrack of my life.Therefore, I am oftenprompted to write about dif-ferent songs (as you are wellaware). Because that musicstill serves as a backgroundfor my daily life, I am cer-tain that there are more mu-sical memories to come. Ihope that you will bear withme because this is anotherone.
Before I get into the songand how it “took me back,”the following lyrics comefrom country music favoriteDarius Rucker (formerly ofHootie & the Blowfish) ashe croons his song “Radio”(one of the tunes featured inhis hit album True Believ-ers):Seventeen, the only way I
had a carIs after I dropped my
Momma off where sheneeded to go
It had four bald tiresWith the ceiling falling and
the windows stuckBut the only thing I cared
about was the radioWe turned it on, turned it up
to 10And everybody would jump
on inRidin’ down the highwayWho wants to be the DJ?I’ll find a spot on the side of
the roadYou find somethin’ on the
radioLike a feel real good songWe’ll know it when it comes
onWe had no money and no
place to goAll we needed was a radioGrabbed my girlWe looked for somewhere to
watch the starsA perfect place to put it in
park and take it slowShe sang alongTo even the ones that she
barely knewStill sounded good, a little
louder tooBut we didn’t careI looked at her, she looked
at meI’ll never forget that melodyHey ya’ll be quiet, that’s my
favorite songHey man, turn it up loudCome on, come on, come on.
My perspective onceagain begins with my ’58Chevy, where the AM radiowas NEVER turned off, andthe volume was almost al-ways turned up to the limit.As soon as I stopped the car,my friends piled in and offwe drove. One of the first tojump in was MarthaSowder; she usually called“shotgun” before the rest of
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Staying All Night atGrandma's and Grandpa's
HouseDear Journal,
At this time of year, dur-ing the bitterly cold andsnowy days, my mind driftsquite often to a huge, two-story frame house where myGrandma and GrandpaNorton lived in the SwissColony, just on the outskirtsof London. When I think ofthe now bittersweet memo-ries that came to pass underthe roof of this grand oldlady, I always find peace andsolace.
Although Mom and Ilived in a small two-bed-room “cottage” thatGrandpa had built for us (Uncle Junior and mybrother, Don, did quite a bitof the construction) about ahundred yards away, wespent a lot of time atGrandma and Grandpa's.Rather than moving nextdoor with Mom and me,Don decided to stay on thereat the Norton house.
Some of the best timeswere spent there at night. Westayed in part due to sick-ness in the family where theoccasion called for Momand Grandma caring for thesick or sometimes “just be-cause”.
I remember the evening“ritual” the best. Now, Icouldn't have been morethan four or five, but thememories are fresh in mymind.
We always had a big, old-fashioned supper that Momand Grandma fixed, which
usually included biscuits orcornbread, and pie or cakefor dessert. Most nights, twoor three of the Creech boysand/or two or three of theDaughtery boys and LewisJones would drop by to seemy brother. These were allneighborhood boys, andthey enjoyed dropping by towatch TV.
We had one of the onlyTVs in the community, somy brother was popular.They watched Gunsmokeand the like. Sometimes itwas Howdy-Doody, too.They all piled up on andaround an old royal-bluemohair chair in the corner ofthe living room, eating pop-corn, homemade oatmealcookies Don made, or left-over dessert. It was washeddown with tall glasses ofKool Aid. My favorites wereLewis Jones and JimmyCreech, who looked a lotlike Howdy-Doody. Hescarely excaped any givennight without me sitting inhis lap wanting a story read.
These boys were all intheir teens, and this wasabout as wild as it got. Ourfamily would usually gatheraround that old black andwhite screen, too, and we allenjoyed the other's com-pany. Imagine that.
After a while, the boysleft for home on foot, buttheir walk was no more thana mile. If it was very bad,my Uncle Junior took themhome, as he lived with mygrandparents, too.
The house was heated by
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ObituariesObituaries
Mary AnnBridges
Mary Ann JonesChasteen Bridges, 68, ofCrab Orchard, died Satur-day, January 25, 2014 at theUK Medical Center in Lex-ington. She was born inLivingston, January 22,1946 the daughter of Bennyand Irene Morris Jones. Shewas a seamstress and home-maker and was of the Holi-ness Faith. She enjoyedsewing, and spending timewith her family, especiallyher grandchildren, or in herown words, "playing ba-bies".
She is survived by: herhusband, Robert Bridges;her children, Carl
Claude G.Sanders, Jr.
Claude G. Jr. Sanders,68, of Orlando, died Sun-day, January 26, 2014 at hisresidence. He was born inPrestonsburg, January 10,1946 the son of EmmitGolden and Bonnie Sand-ers. He was a retired gen-eral laborer and attendedCalloway Holiness Church.He enjoyed fishing, work-ing around his house and hisgrandchildren.
He is survived by: hiswife of 47 years, LindaSanders of Orlando; twosons, Ricky (Sandy) Sand-ers of Red Hill and Mark(Tammy Renea) Sanders ofHummel; and one daughter,Christina Marie (David)Swafford of Mt. Vernon.Also surviving are: threegrandchildren, Rocky Dou-glas Lear, Mark AnthonyIsaiah Sanders andDonovan James Lee Sand-ers; three step grandchil-dren, Freddy Fowls, StevenFowls and Chelsea Sanders;two step great grandchil-dren, Matthew Sanders andTaylor Cardwell; and sev-eral cousins, nieces andnephews.
In addition to his parents,he was preceded in death bya brother and a sister.
Funeral services wereconducted Wednesday,January 29, 2014 at theCalloway Holiness Churchby Bro. Elzie Doan. Burialwill follow in the JohnettaCemetery.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to
view online obituary.
Ricky DaleMink
Ricky Dale Mink, 43, ofMount Vernon, son of OllieMink, died Monday, Janu-ary 27, 2014 at his resi-dence. He was born inMount Vernon, October 28,1970, a son of Ollie AliceMcFerron Mink and the lateWillie Edward Mink. Hewas of the Church of Godfaith, enjoyed singing andplaying the guitar. He alsoenjoyed quilting, makingbaskets, drawing and break-ing green beans. He was afaithful follower of WLJCtelevision, particularly en-joying the Hour of Harvest.
He is survived by: hismother, Ollie AliceMcFerron Mink of MountVernon; one brother, Larry(Regina) Mink of MountVernon; two sisters, Lisa(Steven) Still and DebraTanner, both of MountVernon; two nephews,Larry Dale Mink andWesley Tanner; four nieces,Ashley Tanner, Tabitha(James) Gray, Alice Smithand Daisy Mink; four greatnephews, Dylan Smith,Zack Smith, Devin Smithand Landan Gray; four greatnieces, Jamie Gray, ChelseyMink, Nevaeh Miller andTrinity Tanner; and manyaunts, uncles, neighbors andfriends.
He was preceded in deathby his father, Willie EdwardMink.
Funeral services wereconducted Wednesday,January 29, 2014 at theMarvin E. Owens Home forFunerals with Bro. ClydeHodge officiating. Burialwas in the Ottawa Cemetery.
Casketbearers were:Larry Dale Mink, WesleyTanner, James Gray, JohnLakes, Cody Ross andShaun Wright.Condolences to the family may be
made at his online registry atwww.marvineowensfuneralhome.com.
MargaretMarieCollins
Margaret MarieRobinson Collins, 51, of Mt.Vernon, died Monday, Janu-ary 20, 2014 at the Univer-sity of Cincinnati Hospitalin Cincinnati, OH. She wasborn in Rockcastle County,March 19, 1962 the daugh-ter of Henry Graham andEffie Chester. She was ahomemaker and of the Bap-tist Faith.
She is survived by: herhusband, Tom Collins of Mt.Vernon; one son, Johnathan(Christina) Robinson of Mt.Vernon; one daughter, Lisa(Tim) Ashcraft of Orlando;and one sister, Kathy Coffeyof Newport. Also survivingare two grandchildren, Aus-tin Ashcraft and KaylaAshcraft. In addition to herparents, she was preceded indeath by: two sisters, Eliza-beth Spangler and JaniceSue Walters; and onebrother, Tommy Chester.
Funeral services wereconducted Monday, January27, 2014 at the Dowell &Martin Funeral HomeChapel by Bro. JimmyMiller. Burial was in theMaretburg Cemetery.
Please visitwww.DowellMartin.com to view
online obituary.
Mary LucyHoward
Mary Lucy Howard, 75,of Mt. Vernon, died Satur-day, January 25, 2014 at theCompassionate Care Centerin Richmond. She was bornin Harlan County, Decem-ber 24, 1938 the daughter ofVirgil William and OpalDane Weaver Arnold. Shewas self-employed housekeeper and was a memberof Providence Church of
JohnReynolds
John Reynolds, 92, ofMt.Vernon, died Sunday,January 26, 2014 at hishome. He was born May 24,1921 in Rockcastle County,the son of the late Fred andGeorgia Henson Reynolds.He was a member of theLittle Country Church.
Survivors are: sevensons, L.C. Mink, J.D. Mink,Marvin Mink, DelertReynolds, JohnnyReynolds, and MichaelReynolds, all of Mt.Vernon,and M.B. Mink ofMiamisburg, OH; threedaughters, Bonnie Combs ofCorbin, Mae Renner ofStanford, and Karen Bray ofMt.Vernon; one sister,Bonnie Clontz ofMt.Vernon; 19 grandchil-dren; and 28 great grand-children. He was precededin death by his wife, IrenePruitt Reynolds.
Services will be held at1 p.m. (today) Thursday,January 30, 2014 at Cox Fu-neral Home with Bro. JackWeaver officiating. Burialwill be in Maretburg Cem-etery.
Pallbearers are: ScottRenner, Greg Mink, DavidMink, Jonathan Coning,Thomas Wagner, DanielRenner, and JonathanReynolds.View the complete obituary, sign
the guest registry, or sendcondolences to the family onlineat www.coxfuneralhomeky.com.
Roy W.Parriman
Roy W. Parriman, 86, ofBrodhead, husband of JudyParriman, died Friday, Janu-ary 24, 2014 at Saint JosephHospital East in Lexington.He was born in Harlan,January 17, 1928, a son ofthe late William Lyman andCumile BrummettParriman. He was a memberof the Brodhead Lions Club,a former Rockcastle Countyconstable, a Kentucky Colo-
nel and a licensedminister. He wasa veteran of the
United States Navy and amember of the LocklandChristian Church in Cincin-nati, OH, being a member ofthe church’s quartet. He wasa 32nd degree Mason,A.A.S.R. Northern MasonicJurisdiction, USA, being amember since 1972. He wasa member of the GrandChapter of Royal Arch Ma-sons of Ohio in Lockland,OH and a 50 year memberof the Grand Lodge ofF&AM of Ohio, Lockland,OH. He was part of the Scot-tish Rite and member of theTrail of Tears Kentucky In-dian Tribe. He attendedLockland High School, wasdedicated to sports, specifi-cally football and baseball,and excelled in shot-put anddiscus as well. He was a topsenior olympian in Cincin-nati and was to go to Aus-tralia to compete in the Se-nior Olympics. He was re-tired from the CincinnatiGas and Electric Company,having served faithfully for39 years. He had been a dis-trict supervisor in theutility’s electric transmis-sion and distribution con-struction department. Hewas married to his first wife,Shirley Parriman and fromthat union came three chil-dren. On May 6, 1992 hewas united in matrimony toJudy Burton Eldridge.
He is survived by hiswife of 23 years, Judy Bur-ton Eldridge Parriman; hischildren by his first wife,Susan Tyle and DannyParriman; step-children,Jim Eldridge and Tammy
Eldridge; 10 grandchildren;six great grandchildren; asister, Betty Bicknell ofMontana; a loving and de-voted sister-in-law, MonicaFox of Brodhead; two life-long friends, Don Scrantonof Lockland, OH, and ArtHeber of Dunnellon, FL;and many nieces, nephews,friends and neighbors.
Besides his parents, hewas preceded in death by: adaughter, Debbie ParrimanSmith; two brothers, VernonParriman and BennyParriman; and two sisters,Bonnie Rose and GertrudeHenry.
Funeral services wereconducted Monday, January27, 2014 at the Marvin E.Owens Home for Funeralswith Bro. Justin Padgett of-ficiating. Burial was in theNegro Creek Cemetery.
Casketbearers were:Tucker Rose, Chris Craig,Teddy Rose, Mark Denny,Jim Eldridge and KelvyJohnson.
Condolences may be made atwww.marvineowensfuneralhome.com.
Lula RoseLula Howard Rose, 52,
of Brodhead, died Saturday,January 25, 2014 at theCompassionate Care Centerin Richmond. She was bornDecember 22, 1961 in Rich-mond, IN ,the daughter ofthe late Carl and LucyMoore Howard. She was aNursing Assistant and was amember of the Baptist faith.
Survivors are: one son,Michael Jim Rose of Berea;two daughters, Becky Roseof Russell Springs, and LisaDuncan of Brodhead; threesisters, Lucy Lawson, andMartha Ann Heath, both ofUnion City, OH, and CarlaJo Lipscond of Orlando; andseven grandchildren. Shewas preceded in death byone sister, Becky Karn.
Services were held Tues-day, January 28, 2014 at CoxFuneral Home with Bro.Stacy Smith officiating.Burial was in Gilbert Cem-etery.
Pallbearers were: BillyGene Robinson, MichaelRose, Leon Nicholas,Joshua Roy, Bo Lawson,and Charlie Lawson.
Honorary pallbearer wasRyan Rose.
Send condolences online atwww.coxfuneralhomeky.com.
(Michelle) Chasteen ofFairfield, OH and Anna(Russell) Poynter of CopperCreek; her mother, IreneJones; a sister, Edith(James) Renner of Cincin-nati, OH; six grandchildren,Amanda, Joey, Trina, Justin,Marie, and Jon; and threegreat grandchildren, Emma,Peyton, and Adelynn. Alsosurviving are: a step-son,Kevin Bridges of Ohio; astep-daughter, LisaHolcomb of Ohio; two step-grandchildren and one step-great grandchild; and a girlwhom she helped raise,Vanessa Rizzo and her chil-dren, Jordan, D.J., Raven,and Jamie.
She was preceded indeath by: her father, BennyJones; her first husband,James Chasteen; two broth-ers, Virgis Jones and BillyRay Jones; and a grandson,James Walter Chasteen.
Funeral services will beconducted (today) Thurs-day, January 30 at 1 p.m. atthe Dowell & Martin Fu-neral Home Chapel by Bro.Randy McPheron. Burialwill follow in theCartersville Cemetery.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to
view online obituary.
Christ.She is survived by: two
sons, Dale Howard ofMiddleburg, FL and DonHoward of Mt. Vernon; onebrother, Keith Arnold ofDayton, OH; two sisters,Phillis Hines of Mt. Vernonand Billie Janice Brant ofGreenwood, IN; and fournephews, William ThomasHines of Mt. Vernon, HenryCasey Hines of Murray,Randall Arnold of Dayton,OH and Keith Brant ofWhiteland, IN; and oneniece, Lisa Brant of India-napolis, IN. Also survivingare three grandchildren,Jacob Howard, John Monroand Joseph Howard, all ofMiddleburg, FL.
In addition to her par-ents, she was preceded indeath by a sister, Opal FayeShaw.
Memorial services willbe conducted (today) Thurs-day, January 30, 2014 at 2p.m. at the First ChristianChurch by Bro. Bruce Rossand Bro. Dan McKibben.
Please visitwww.DowellMartin.com to view
online obituary.
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City Council Meets ThursdayThe January meeting of the Mt. Vernon City Councilmeeting will be held Thursday, January 30th at 7 p.m.
Brodhead Alumni BanquetThe Brodhead Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday,April 26th.
Foster/Adoptice Parent TrainingThe Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Departmentfor Permanency and Protection (DPP) will host Foster/Adoptive Parent training beginning at 9 a.m. on Satur-day, February 1st. The training will be held at the Lon-don Regional Office Building, 85 State Police Road,London. Please contact Terry Nelson at 606-573-4620for more information or if you have any questions.
Brodhead Lodge MeetingThe Brodhead Masonic Lodge #556 meets every thirdSaturday at 7 p.m. on Main Street in Brodhead aboveBrodhead Pharmacy.
Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday nights at 8 p.m.behind Our Lady of Mt. Vernon Church on Williams St.in Mt. Vernon.
Kiwanis Club MeetingsThe Rockcastle Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday atnoon at the Renfro Valley Lodge. Everyone is invited.
Historical Society HoursThe Rockcastle Historical Society is open on Mondaysfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the RTEC garage building.
American Legion Post 71American Legion Post 71 meets the second Thursday at7 p.m. of each month on the third floor of the courthouse.Commander David Owens invites all Rockcastle veter-ans to join this organization that honors American sol-diers, sailors and airmen.
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Thought van waslocal...Dear Editor,
I have just read Perlina’sramblings from lastweek...you know the oneabout BFF (Best Friend For-ever), speaking out, almostanti-everything (as very art-fully decorated on the van),including (but not seen inthe front view of the van),social security, medicare,assimilation (into society, Ipresume), vote the nanniesout, etc., and the one thatwas a real zinger, “Don’t beopinionated.”
Well, when my mother
Thank you toMagistrate...Dear Editor,
I would like to say thankyou to my magistrate BillMcKinney and his crew forthe wonderful job they didin keeping our roads clean.
Bill, you are a good mag-istrate.
Thanks again,Mattie Miller
and I spotted the van withthe four-foot eagle attachedto the roof, I just had to takepictures and send them toPerlina Anderkin, telling herthat I was sorely disap-pointed when I realized thewispy, white-haired ladydriver wasn’t Perlina her-self. I was absolutely posi-tive that she must have got-ten herself a new set ofwheels and decided to takeher philosophy on the road,so to speak -- or, morelikely, be the lead car goingthrough America gatheringup a caravan of like-mindeddrivers visible through thetrail of smoke left behind (Ican vividly picture that inmy mind’s eye).
My mother cautioned meabout sending it to Perlina,but I assured her that it wasbeing sent in a good naturedway. Perlina’s response,“My gosh, you should havecalled me. I would have hada new BFF - and would havebought the van on the spotand parked it on MainStreet.” Ha-Ha!
By the way, everyonehere at the courthouse got agreat lift - and laugh - outof the ramblings. VickieMiller said she should defi-nitely write a book. Weagreed.
So, you see, Momma, ifyou read this letter, I wasright. Perlina wasn’t of-fended, she was in completeand total agreement with thefree speech expressed by thevan’s driver who was, by theway, a very nice lady to talkto - in fact, much likePerlina herself.
Only in America. It’sgreat.
Buzz CarloftisCounty Judge/Executive
hot summer more than 15years ago. He didn’t look oract a day older than 50. I cansay for sure that I never oncefeared for Jennifer’s safetywhen Dan was driving thebus on a long road ball gamethat got her back to theschool grounds after mid-night. He loved the kids inhis charge as much as they
“Points East”(Cont. from A2)
loved him.For 60 years, Dan was a
Ruling Elder of Paint LickPresbyterian Church, whichwas founded well beforeKentucky became a state.As the minister said onMonday, he took that posi-tion seriously and literally.He was also Sunday SchoolSuperintendent for over 55years. No other person hasserved the Church any-where near that long.
Dan was a lot of thingsto a lot of people. He was agood neighbor and a fatherfigure to me for decades, butmore importantly, he was aclose, caring and oh so verydear friend. I will miss himmore than I can adequatelyput into words. Dan hadwalked our earth for wellover 95 years.
an old coal stoker furnace inthe basement. About sevenor eight o'clock someonewould ease down there tothe basement, and load threeor four buckets of coal intothe feed. This was usuallyUncle Junior's job. Hesometimes retreated to thebasement after supper toread, or work on somethingthere by the warmth of thefurnace.
The furnace would “kickon” every few minutes,blowing warm air into everyroom. The very sound of thisgave me a warm, peacefulfeeling as I lay tucked intobed with layers of home-made quilts weighting medown. Prior to this,Grandma, Mom, and Iwould stand over vents, andlet a blast of hot air shoot upour flannel gowns.
By the time I came along,my grandpa was frail andweak from years of surger-ies and hospitalization. Heoften excused himself andretired to his bedroom aftersupper, sat in his big re-cliner, and listened to a ra-dio that he preferred over theTV. This was especially trueduring baseball season. Hewas a big Reds fan.Grandma always made“grandpa's drink” just be-fore he turned in. I usuallyhelped. The drink consistedof a fresh raw egg (probablycollected that morning), twoor three teaspoons of sugar,a pinch of salt, a splash ofvanilla, and about a cup ofold-fashioned cow's milk,then blended well. She al-ways made it in a big, thickbrown ceramic bowl.
Then, around nine or teno'clock, each one of uswould gradually say theirgoodnights, and make theirway to their various rooms.To look back, this was prob-ably my grandma's favoritepart of the day. She had herown room due to grandpa'shealth. She would eitherprop up in bed and read, orsnack on oranges, a luxuryin her day, in her favoritechair as she carefully stud-ied the pages of the Searsand Roebuck or Montgom-ery-Ward catalogues dream-ing of things she would loveto buy...maybe one day.
As the night wore on, thehouse grew quiet anddreams danced in the headsof our family as we slept.
“Journal”(Cont. from A2)
These times proved to bereassuring, even now.
“Swoosh!” The sound ofthat old furnace still givesme security and warmth oncold wintery nights.
“Memories”(Cont. from A2)
the crowd.As we rode down the
highway, someone wouldgrab the cigarette lighterfrom the dash, using it as ifit was a microphone. Ormaybe someone would pre-tend to be the DJ (seems tome that those guys had a lotmore personality than thoseyou hear these days). Therewere always fun roles toplay while listening to theradio with your friends. Butmost of the time, everyonein the car was singing to thetop of their lungs.
Yes, we knew most of thewords to the Top 40 songsplaying on our favorite ra-dio station, WAKY fromLouisville. During the day-time, WAKY had enoughpower to allow us to hear itwithout any problem. At 6pm, the power was reduced,so we then switched to WLSout of Chicago with DJ Dick
Biondi, an icon of the earlyrock era. Calling himselfThe Wild Italian, Biondiwas one of the original na-tionally known DJ’s of theearly 60’s. He is credited asthe first U.S. disc jockey toplay the Beatles--onChicago’s WLS 890 AM inFebruary 1963. The songwas “Please, Please Me.”
Ever so often, someonein the backseat would yell– “Turn it up and be quiet,that’s my favorite song!” Idid as I was instructed andmomentarily we were allsinging along with as muchenthusiasm as we could pos-sibly muster.
As Rucker so accuratelystates in his song, “… wehad no money and no placeto go – all we needed was aradio!” Late at night, wegrabbed our girls andheaded for “someplace towatch the stars.” Our datesusually sang along, even ifthey did not (exactly) knowthe words. We did not care;we were having a ball.
It’s so true – in those day,all we needed really was justa radio!
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breaks.Medley went on to say
that the water main breakshave been repaired and thatthey have sent the watersamples to the laboratory tobe tested. He said the testresults usually take aroundtwo days and that the advi-sory will be lifted once thetest results are receivedfrom the lab.
Medley also said theshortage of propane gas wascausing problems forLivingston residents. “Mymom and dad were withoutheat for four days becausetheir supplier could not keepup with the demand. I man-aged to track down a gascompany delivery truck andbeg for the last 100 gallonshe had for them.”
Medley’s philosophy,“We’re tough, we canhandle it.”
Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 30, 2014 • Pg. A5
Brodhead for the offense oftampering with physicalevidence.
Both defendants’ bondwas set at $10,000 cash/property.
Voyd A. Turner, 39, ofDean Road, Sandgap wasindicted for receiving stolenproperty. His bond was setat $20,000 cash/property.
Holly M. Reed, 36 ofHereford Rd., Brodheadwas indicted for bail jump-ing and her bond was set at$50,000 cash/property.
was refilling. In higher el-evations, the outage waslonger, Medley said.
As soon as the tank re-fills, Medley said a house-to-house check will have tobe made to detect other sus-pected leaks.
The city has issued a boilwater advisory for their cus-tomers until further notice.
Medley said the advisoryis a result of the recent
During the process,school buses will have tostop at the bridge, turnaround and retrace theirroute.
Funding for the projectwill be furnished by thestate, Carloftis said.
Carlos McClure willface-off with Miller in theMay primary and the win-ner of that race will thenface Democrat RickBrummett in the NovemberGeneral Election. Brummettcurrently serves as a DeputySheriff.
Incumbent Sheriff MikePeters, who has filed for re-election to his third term inoffice, will face Shawn D.Simmons in the May Pri-mary.
County Clerk DanettaFord Allen will be unop-posed in the May primarybut two candidates willduke it out for the office ofretiring Property ValuationAdministrator MargaretOffutt. Janet Vaughn, alongtime deputy in the of-fice, will face Matt Bryantin the May primary. Bryantis currently a deputy inMike Peters’ office.
Marvin E. Owens, ownerof Marvin E. Owens Homefor Funerals in Brodhead, isthe only candidate for Coro-ner to replace retiring BillDowell who has held thepost since 1965.
All the incumbent mag-istrates have filed for re-election and all have oppo-sition.
District #1: IncumbentLee Earl Adams will faceoff with Shannon Bishop ofBrodhead;
District #2: IncumbentWillliam S. Denny has op-position from MichaelWade Combs of Mt.Vernon;
District #3: IncumbentBill R. McKinney is beingopposed by Brent Boone ofMt. Vernon;
District #4: IncumbentGary Burdette has fourother candidates vying forthat office: Burton Stephensand Ralph Carpenter, bothof Mt. Vernon, Jo Cook ofOrlando and Carl A. Millerof northern RockcastleCounty.
District 5: IncumbentMagistrate Ralph Allen re-tired and two candidateswill be on the ballot for theseat. Michael P. McGuire ofOrlando, who ran for the of-fice in 2010, will face offagainst Michael L. Smith,also of Orlando.
Delno McClure, Con-stable District #2, is unop-posed in his bid for re-elec-tion along with FrankMaples, a candidate forConstable, District #3.
In District #1, Joe M.Bussell of Brodhead andJordan Bales of Mt. Vernonwill vie for the office ofConstable and MikeRosiere, Donnie Cope andLeonard Dale Miller haveall filed as candidates forConstable, District #4.
Constable, District #5has four candidates for theoffice: Incumbent RichardDean has filed, along withRoger Alcorn, Chris Masonand Bert E. Gabbard.
Filings for non-partisanraces, thus far, include:Mike Bryant for re-electionas Mayor of Mt. Vernon; in-cumbent Brodhead MayorWalter Cash has filed for re-election and will be chal-lenged by Mark Buras, cur-rently a city commissionerin Brodhead and DallasTodd has already filed as acandidate for the BrodheadCity Commission.
Non-partisan office can-didates have until August12th to file for office.
Bullock namedto Dean’s List
Tabitha Bullock, 19, hasbeen named to the Dean’sList at Berea College for theFall 2013 semester where isis an education major.
Tabitha, a 2012 graduateof RCHS, is the daughter ofRay and Sheryl Bullock ofMt. Vernon.
“Filings”(Cont. from front)
“Bridge”(Cont. from front)
“Water”(Cont. from front)
“Indicted”(Cont. from front)
String MusicBasketballTournamentthis weekend
The first annual StringMusic Basketball Tourna-ment is this weekend atRoundstone ElementarySchool and RockcastleCounty Middle School.
Games will begin at 9a.m. this Saturday and Sun-day at both locations andgames will continue everyhour throughout both days.
Players in third, fourthand fifth grades will be ableto play and the tournamentfee is $125 per team.Awards will also beawarded in each age group.
Event organizer MikhaelShaffer said they expect tohave over twenty teams inthe tournament and eachteam will play two poolgames on Saturday with thesingle elimination tourna-ment beginning on Sunday.
For more informationcontact Shaffer at 606-802-1212.
A year after establishingan overall deer harvestrecord, Kentucky huntersdid it again.
The 2013-14 deer seasonin Kentucky ended Jan. 20with a total harvest of144,404 animals. That rep-resents a gain of more than9 percent over the previousrecord set during the 2012-13 season.
“This year we wereahead of the curve,” saidDavid Yancy, deer biologistwith the Kentucky Depart-ment of Fish and WildlifeResources. “Hunters har-vested more deer in Septem-ber than they ever had, theOctober youth weekend wasthe best it had been since2008, there was a slightlybetter than averagemuzzleloader season andthen modern gun season wasway better than it normallyis. It sort of held through-out.”
In Kentucky
Hunters post anotherrecord deer harvest
A spotty crop of acornsand other hard mast acrossKentucky had deer on themove, and made them morevulnerable to hunters.
An increase of about9,000 deer permits sold –about one third of thosecoming through youthsportsman’s licenses – alsomeant there were morehunters in the field.
“The poor acorn cropwas a major factor in get-ting those deer out into theopen and into the harvestedcorn fields and the foodplots,” said Tina Brunjes,deer program coordinatorwith Kentucky Fish andWildlife. “The weather dur-ing the modern gun seasonand during themuzzleloader season wasnot as wonderful as it waslast season, but we didn’thave any epic ice storms orsome sort of huge flood.Hunters were able to getout.”
Harvest totals for fire-arms, archery,muzzleloading and cross-bow were up across theboard. A record 104,619deer were taken by firearmshunters. Archery huntersharvested 20,833 whitetailswhile muzzleloader huntersbagged 15,641 deer andcrossbow hunters reportedtaking 3,311 deer.
Male deer accounted fornearly 54 percent of the deerharvested. Out of the 77,719male deer taken, 9,962 wereantlerless, according to
telecheck data.Three of the top five
counties in terms of esti-mated deer densities pro-duced the top harvest totals.Hunters in Owen Countytook 4,069 whitetails to leadthe state followed byPendleton County with3,464 and CrittendenCounty with 3,033.
Kentucky’s deer herdwas estimated at approxi-mately 900,000 prior to theseason. Herd estimates arederived through computermodeling that takes into ac-count harvest and age struc-ture data.
Brunjes tempered her ex-pectations for this past sea-son, thinking it might beaverage compared to therecord harvest of 131,395deer posted in 2012-13.
“We ended up with ahuge, record-breakingyear,” she said.
After a second recordharvest in as many seasons,deer are looking at a land-scape that has more to of-fer, Brunjes said.
“The potential is therefor the does that make itthrough this cold winter tohave really high fawningsuccess, and those bucksthat make it through thiscold winter, they’re going tobe the best of the best,” shesaid. “If we can get a goodspring, we might not see thenumbers next year, but we’llsee a lot of quality deer outthere.”
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Senior Gage Reynolds shoots a three pointer dur-ing Monday night’s game against Wayne County.The Rockets will travel to Somerset Friday night totake on Pulaski County. Tip-off for the Rockets gameis at 7:30 p.m.
Freshman Lucas Gentry grabs a rebound duringthe loss to Wayne County Monday night. WayneCounty is ranked first in the 12th region and 8thin the state.
Junior Dakota Hasty blocks a Wayne County shotduring Monday night’s 73-38 loss to Whitley County.The Rockets also lost to Casey County 67-63 lastFriday night and to Madison Southern 59-54 Tues-day night.
Sophomore Ashley McKinney goes for a reboundduring Monday night’s 62-33 loss to Wayne County.The Lady Rockets will join the Rockets in a doubleheader Friday night as they travel to Somerset totake on the Pulaski County Lady Maroons. Tip-offfor the Lady Rockets game is at 6 p.m.
Lady Rockets lose 3in a row; now 4-15
It’s been a rough fivedays for the Lady Rocketsas they have lost threegames in that period toCasey Co., Wayne Countyand Madison Southern.
After losing 58-38 atCasey County last Fridaynight, the girls took a baddrubbing at home from theWayne County Cardinals onMonday night 62-33.
With six turnovers the
Rockets lose lastthree outings
Senior Brianna Hansel looks to pass the ball to ateammate during Monday night’s loss againstWayne County. The Lady Rockets committed 25turnovers in the game and were 7 for 14 from thefree throw line.
first quarter, and the LadyCardinals capitalizing onthem, the Lady Rocketsfound themselves down 20-6 at the first quarter, 39-18at the half and 57-25 at thethird quarter stop. The LadyRockets committed 25 turn-overs in the game and were7 for 14 from the free trowline.
(Cont. to A7)
Along with the LadyRockets, the Rockets havehad a long lfive days.
Beginning with a 67-63loss at Casey County lastFriday night, the boysdropped games to WayneCounty 73-38 on Mondaynight and Madison Southern64-59 Tuesday.
Against Wayne, the boysturned the ball over seventimes in the first quarter and
wound up down 26-10.They were behind 47-22 atthe half and 59-32 at thethird quarter stop.
In the Rockets’ defense,the Cardinals are rankedfirst in the 12th Region and8th in the state.
Junor Sam Pensol wasthe only player in doublefigures with 13 points;
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Freshman Mahala Saylorled the scoring for her teamwith 10 pooints, six fromthe free throw line; fresh-man Emily Payne came offthe bench to score 5 points;junior Alaina Coguer andfreshman Hope Kelley got4 each and seniors BriannaHansel, Katie Mattingly,sophomores MorganRenner and AshleyMcKinney and freshmanJuliann Kirby all got 2 each.
Tuesday night, MadisonSouthern, with a 12-5 recordcame to town and it lookedfor a while as if the LadyRockets might get one forthe win column.
Head Coach ChrystiNoble changed her gameplan and switched out allfive players throughout thegame. The Lady Rocketsmanaged to stay in the gameuntil the fourth quarterwhen they were outscored17-8 for the 53-42 loss.
Coguer led the scoringfor her team with 11 points;
Hammond isAll-AmericaCandidate
The University of Louis-ville has announced thatSara Hammond, a 6’2” jun-ior forward for the LadyCardinals, is a candidate forAll-America honors, alongwith teammate senior ShoniShimmel.
Hammond was a mem-ber of the 2011 KentuckyState Championship team,where she was named MVPof the tournament, and hasonly added to her honors atUofL.
Her 2013-14 honors/highlights include: beingnamed preseason WNITMost Valuable Player; pre-season All-American Ath-letic Conference Selection;tied her career-high with 22points against UCF; leadsthe team in double-doubles;second leading scorer on theteam; top rebounder on theteam; leads the team in fieldgoal percentage and blocks.
During this season for theLady Cardinals, Hammondhas a field goal percentageof .553 and has, so far,amassed 730 points in hercollege career.
She is the daughter ofEddie and RoxanneHammond of Mt. Vernon.
freshman Lucas Gentry got8; senior CoreyMcPhetridge scored 4; se-niors Dakota Hasty andBlake Mullins each got athree point basket; seniorsTyler Harper and Josh Ma-son and freshman CarsonNoble scored two each andGage Reynolds got 1.
It was closer against theMadison Southern EaglesTuesday night with theRockets ahead 15-13 at theend of the first quarter.
However, turnovers andcold shooting by the Rock-
Freshman Emily Payne completes a lay-up duringMonday night’s 62-33 loss against the WayneCounty Lady Cardinals. Payne came off the benchto score five points during the game.
Kelley got 9; Mattingly andSaylor had 6 each; Rennergot 4; McKinney 3; seniorRebekah Ponder 2 andPayne 1.
The girls will travel ltoPulaski County Friday nightfor a double header with theboys team. The girls playthe first game at 6 p.m.
Monday night, the girlswill host Clay County in ajunior varsity/varsitymatchup.
ets gave the Eagles a half-time lead of 30-26. TheEagles also took the thirdquarter 17 to 12 for a 47-38third quarter lead.
The Rockets did manageto get it to within four in thefinal seconds on a threepoint shot by Gentry but theEagles canned four of sixfree throws to hang on to the64-59 win.
Mason led the Rockets inscoring with 16 points; Gen-try and senior GageReynolds got 12 each;Pensol had 9, Noble andMullins got three each andHasty and Harper had 2each.
The boys will play thesecond game of a double-header with the girls on Fri-day night at Pulaski Countyand will host McCrearyCentral next Tuesday nightfor a junior varsity, varsitygame. The boys are now 9-14 on the season.
“Lady Rockets”(Cont. from A6)
“Rockets”(Cont. from A6)
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By: Doug PonderLocal police have ar-
rested three people that theybelieve were involved intwo large drug operations.
In the first incident, twoMt. Vernon people were ar-rested for drug traffickinglast Tuesday night after po-lice raided a home on DavisStreet in Mt. Vernon.
Those arrested wereNathan Tyler Stewart, 26and Megan Renee Stewart,23, both of Mt. Vernon.
According to Mt. VernonPolice reports, AssistantChief Barry Adams re-ceived information that thecouple was sellingOxycodone from their homeon Davis Street. After ob-taining a search warrant,Adams, Chief Brian Carterand officer Ryan Messingerwent to the residence.
Upon arrival, they foundtwo small notebooks insidethe master bedroom thatcontained dollar amountsfrom alleged drug transac-tions. Officers also foundmedical documents fromthree people who were notat the home during the raid.
In the kitchen, officersfound a pill cutter and twomore notebooks containingalleged drug transactions.
Officers then noticed abulge in both of MeganStewart’s pants pockets. Af-ter searching her pantspockets, officers found atotal of ninety-threeOxycodone pills and oneDiazepam pill. They alsofound $275 in various de-nominations.
Officers also found$2,200 in cash insideNathan Stewart’s right pantspocket at the time of his ar-rest.
Megan Stewart andNathan Stewart were bothcharged with trafficking acontrolled substance andpossession of a controlledsubstance. They both re-mained lodged in theRockcastle County Deten-tion Center on a $50,000cash/property bond.
In the second incident, aMt. Vernon man was ar-rested for drug traffickinglast Tuesday night when po-lice raided a home onTincher Drive in Mt.Vernon.
Arrested at the scene wasRobert Blake Lovell, 28, ofMt. Vernon.
According to Mt. VernonPolice reports, Adams alsoreceived information thatLovell was sellingOxycodone from his home
on Tincher Drive. After ob-taining a search warrant, of-ficers Joe Rush and AdamStallsworth and DeputySheriff Matt Bryant re-sponded to the residence.
During their search, of-ficers found a Hi-point 9mmhandgun and $740 in vari-ous currency denominationsinside a sock. Officers alsofound eight and a halfHydrocodone pills, forty-two Oxycodone pills and aclear plastic baggie contain-ing suspected methamphet-amine.
Officers also found twosmall notebooks that con-tained dollar amounts fromalleged drug transactionsand a tin can that containedcellophane wrappers thatthey believe were used forthe illegal sale of drugs.
Officers then foundtwenty Oxycodone pills,twenty-three Hydrocodonepills and $730 in various de-nominations on Lovell atthe time of his arrest.
Lovell was charged withpossession of a controlledsubstance and two counts oftrafficking a controlled sub-stance. He remains lodgedin the Rockcastle CountyDetention Center on a$50,000 cash/propertybond.
FUNDRAISERat Rockcastle Health & Rehab
The company will be sponsoring a South Africannursing home in desperate need of quality equipment
and every day necessities.The pictures below are of the Facility we are sponsoring.
We would like to raise $100.00. Our donations are 10 timesworth what we send. If we meet our goal, we would be
giving the facility $1,000.That would go a long way to the needs of this facility.
FUNDRAISERsity and the University ofKentucky Law School. Shehas practiced law privatelyfor seventeen years whereshe has handled both civiland criminal matters in ev-ery level of the Kentuckycourt system. She alsoserved as the Family CourtJudge in Pulaski, Lincolnand Rockcastle counties forseven years.
Lambert said that she isexcited to be entering therace where she can bring herstrong work ethic as well asher varied legal and life ex-periences to the bench.
“I look forward to the op-portunity to serve our stateas a judge on the KentuckyCourt of Appeals,” Lambertsaid. “I believe I can bringan experienced, energeticand well-balanced view toour citizens’ legal issues.”
Circuit Court JudgesDavid Tapp and JeffBurdette have filed for theirrespective seats and are un-opposed. District CourtJudges Scott Lawless andKatie Wood have also filedfor their respective seats andare unopposed as well.
Local police bust twolarge drug operations
“Appeals”(Cont. from front)
program for the spring, sum-mer and fall semester of2014.
EKU senior public rela-tions major Chelcie Listerwill work as an intern for theCity of Livingston’s TrailTown program. As part ofher duties, she will plan theexecution of the marketingand public relations cam-paign, prepare promotionalmaterials, update social me-dia accounts, work in theTrail Town Visitor Centerduring seasonal months andoversee the project’s promo-tional budget.
“I am both humbled andexcited about the opportu-nity to work with the Cityof Livingston on this initia-tive,” Lister said. “I lookforward to expanding myskill set and learning a newdimension to the public re-lations field.”
Livingston Mayor JasonMedley said the whole ideawas spearheaded by a visitbetween him and Rep.Jonathan Shell in Decemberwhen he drove Shell aroundand showed him the area.
“As we drove around Itold him about some of ourfinancial struggles with theTrail Town project and howwe couldn’t afford to have afull-time employee to over-see it,” Medley said. “Nottoo long after our visit hecalled me and said he andSenator Jared Carpenter hadtalked with AT&T and thatthe company was lookingfor a good program to do-nate funds to and they wereinterested in donating$7,500. Then he told me thathe talked with some peopleat EKU and they were inter-ested in doing an internshipprogram with the donatedmoney from AT&T. So it’samazing what all can comeout of a simple visit.”
Medley went on to saythat he is excited about therecent opportunities pro-vided by AT&T and EKUfor the City of Livingston’sTrail Town program.
“We’ve had a very suc-cessful season in 2013 withpeople using the trails andthe Rockcastle River to gohiking, biking, tubing, etc.”Medley said. “The fundingfrom AT&T and the intern-ship program from EKUwill be used to help increasepublic awareness and helpbring even more tourists toLivingston which will helpour local businesses and cityas a whole. I can’t wait tosee what 2014 brings forLivingston and our TrailTown program.”
“Grant”(Cont. from front)
Paul will be the keynotespeaker at the annual Lin-coln Banquet on Monday,February 17th at theRockcastle County MiddleSchool at 6:30 p.m. with themeal being served at 7 p.m.
Rockcastle County Re-publican Party ChairmanTravis Burton said they arethrilled to have Paul as thekeynote speaker at theevent.
“We are excited and weunderstand how busy he is
Speaks remains lodgedin the Rockcastle CountyDetention Center. His pre-liminary hearing is sched-uled for Wednesday, Febru-ary 5th at 10 a.m. inRockcastle District Court.
and appreciate his staff andRepresentative JonathanShell for their work in mak-ing this happen,” Burtonsaid. “It’s going to be a greatevening and we invite ev-eryone in the community toattend.”
Burton went on to saythat tickets to the event willbe sold at Cicuit Clerk ElizaYork’s office starting nextMonday. Tickets are $22 aperson and interested partiesmay also sponsor a table for$200.
For more informationcontact Burton [email protected]
or visit the RockcastleCounty RepublicanFacebook page atw w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /rockcastlerepublicans.
“Senators”(Cont. from front)
“Robbery”(Cont. from front)
Thursday, January 30, 2014Second Section
Blast from the Past!!!This week's photograph is of the former Sutton & McBee Store on Main Street in Mt.Vernon, which still stands. This picture is believed to have been taken in the 1920's.Notice the dirt road in front. If you have a picture for Blast From The Past, contactDavid Owens at [email protected] or 606-386-0187.
The Rockcastle Senior Citizens and Adult Day Healthcare had a fun visit thiswinter from Flat Stanley. He was sent from Bryce Wilson all the way from Bethany,MO. Bryce is a home school student who read the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown.Bryce sent Flat Stanley out to every state to see what he can learn. The RockcastleSenior Citizens Center responded about the Adult Day program and the activi-ties and fun experienced. They also shared the state of Kentucky’s history andhow it has the best basketball team around. Pictured are: Chad Carpenter, JessieRichmond, Linda Hodge, Eugene Bullock, Sandra Tyree, Loretta Smith, JeanAlbright, Debra Petty, Elizabeth Brummett, Bethlean Johnson, Jeanne Mathews,John McCormick, Paul Hering and Flat Stanley.
Mt Vernon Lions Awards...Lion Tom Darst, Lion Bobby Kendrick, and Lion president Bobby DeBord re-ceive awards for Membership Growth.
Dr. George W. Griffithhas been named Chief ofStaff of Rockcastle Re-gional, a hospital to whichhe has dedicated 40 years.Dr. Griffith received hisB.A.in Chemistry from theUniversity of Kentucky andhis M.D. from the Univer-sity of Louisville School ofMedicine. Dr. Griffith com-pleted his residency atRoanoke Memorial Hospi-tal in Roanoke, VA and is amember of various medicalorganizations includingKentucky Medical Associa-tion, American Academy ofFamily Practice, and Ameri-can Medical Directors Asso-ciation.
Jana Bray has beennamed the Director of Com-munity Relations ofRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal. Jana received her B.A.in History & Social Sciencefrom Lindsey Wilson Col-lege.
Abby Dull has been pro-moted to Rural HealthClinic Staffing Manager forthe growing Rural HealthClinic of Rockcastle Re-gional. Abby has been anemployee of RockcastleRegional for 4 years.
Chasity Frakes has beennamed as a Certified Fam-ily Nurse Practitioner withRockcastle FamilyWellness. Chasity receivedher B.S.N from the Univer-sity of Louisville, M.S.N.from Frontier Nursing Uni-versity; she is certifiedthrough The AmericanAcademy of Nurse Practi-tioners.
Morgan Kincer has beennamed the EmployeeWellness Coordinator forRockcastle Regional. Mor-gan received her B.S. in Ki-nesiology & Public Healthfrom Georgetown College,and is a Certified Cooper/Clayton Smoking CessationFacilitator.
Luke Manuel has been
named the Security Direc-tor at Rockcastle Regional.Luke received his B.S. fromEastern Kentucky Univer-sity in Assets Protection andSecurity with a concentra-tion in Government Secu-rity.
Emily McClure has beenpromoted to Business Of-fice Manager for RockcastleRegional. Emily has beenan employee of RockcastleRegional for 13 years.
Renee McClure has beennamed the Trauma Coordi-nator in the Emergency De-partment at Rockcastle Re-gional. Renee received herB.S. in Biology from East-ern Kentucky Universityand her B.S.N. from theUniversity of Kentucky; sheis also certified in ACLS,PALS, and TNCC.
Megan Wesley has beennamed as a Speech Lan-guage Pathologist atRockcastle Regional. Shereceived her B.S. and M.A.Ed., both in CommunicationDisorders, from EasternKentucky University.
Dr. George Griffithnamed Chief of Staff
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This program will takeplace at the Madison CountyCooperative Extension Of-fice located at 230Dunannon Lane, Richmondfrom 1pm-4pm on Wednes-day, March 12th. To regis-ter, call 1-800-272-3900 oremail [email protected].
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Portfolio Recovery Asso.LLC vs. Gary Savage,$2,364.57 plus claimed due.
Midland Funding LLCvs. Charles Napier, Jr.,$546.49 plus claimed due.
Midland Funding LLCvs. Robin Renner, $715.06plus claimed due.
Midland Funding LLCvs. W.D. Broaddus, $725.38plus claimed due.
St. Joseph Berea vs.Alvin Dale Green, $1,265plus claimed due.
Rockcastle Medical Artsvs. Laura Frances Hensley,$2,285.99 plus claimed due.C-00012
District CivilSuits
Circuit CivilSuits
Midland Funding LLCvs. Deborah Robinson,$6,500.87 plus claimed due.
JP Morgan Chase Bankvs. Joshua Renner,$86,890.46 plus claimeddue.
Americredit FinancialServices, Inc. vs. ThomasDees, $6,813.53 lplusclaimed due.
Commonwealth of Ken-tucky Cabinet for Healthand Family Services ex relJeanie L. Renner vs. RalphE. Renner, complaint forchild support and medicalsupport.
Stellar Recovery Inc. vs.David C. Freiermuth,$5,848.99 plus claimed due.
State Farm Mutual Auto-mobile Ins. Co. vs. Robert
Damrell III and Eugene N.Chasteen, $16,334.23 plusclaimed due. CI-00018
DeedsRecordedGP Enterprises LLC,
property in RockcastleCounty, to Timothy J. andNadine Allmond. Tax $35.
Clinton Mullins, prop-erty in Rockcastle andPulaski counties, to RussellW. and Lora Mullins. No tax
Dick and Judy Howell,property near HerefordLane, to Gary and RuthAnne Lane. Tax $27
Marshall and Patricia R.Norton, property on Mt.Vernon/Somerset Road, toKevin Burdine. Tax $70.
Henry Dale and PhyllisCoffey and Janice andRoger Vanzant, property inMt. Vernon, to JaniceCoffey Vanzant. No tax
Elizabeth Thomas andNorma Jean Treon, propertyon headwaters ofRoundstone Creek, to RogerRucker. No tax
Barbara Miller, propertyon Cove Branch Road, toBeverly Miller. No tax
Don and Jewellene T.Cummins, property onSchoolhouse Road, to DonCummins. No tax
David L. and Jennifer D.Whitt, property on ChestnutGrove Road, to Linda L.Whitt. No tax
Judy Kidwell, propertyin Owens Subdv., to Carlosand Tara McClure. Tax $22
Rockhill One, Inc., prop-erty on U.S. Hwy. 25, toDGBL I LLC . $4,000 tax
Vicki Lynn Lay andVernon D. Lay, property onKy. 328 to Russell W. andAmanda F. Owens. Tax$180
John and Virginia Mink,property in Brodhead, toAnthony Lee and ShannonRoberts Smith. Tax $100.
MarriageLicenses
DistrictCourt
Chelsea ElizabethWhiteley, 22, Lexington,student to Andy JamesMilsaps II, 20, Walland, TN,student. 1/14/14
Jeanna Renee Roberts,44, Mt. Vernon, unem-ployed to Donald RayPhillips, 36, Mt. Vernon,factory. 1/17/14
Jan. 15-22, 2014Hon. Ralph E.McClanahan II
Hon. Kathryn G. WoodCarolyn R. Brasfield: no/
expired registration plates-receipt, failure of owner tomaintain required insur-ance/security, license to bein possession, failure towear seat belts, failed toappear (fta), Dept. of Trans.notified.
Gloria D. Brown: oper-ating vehicle w/expired op-erators license, license to bein possession, failure ofowner to maintain requiredinsurance/security, fta/Dept.of Trans. notified.
Joshua C. Emerson: op-erating motor vehicle underinfluence of alcohol/drugs,$200 fine and costs, $375service fee, 30 days opera-tor license suspension, alco-hol/drug treatment autho-rized.
Nathan Givins: no opera-tors license in possession,$25 fine; failure to produceinsurance card, $50 fine.
James D. Helton: speed-ing, failure to wear seatbelts, operting on sus-pended/revoked operatorslicense; failure to surrenderrevoked operators license,fta/Dept. of Trans. notified.
Carissa D. Ingram: no li-cense in possession, $25fine.
Bernard Meece: disor-derly conduct, $100 fine andcosts.
Yahcov B. Yisrael:speeding, no operators/moped license, possessionof controlled substance;controlled substance pre-scription not in original con-tainer; giving officer falsename or address, fta/Dept.
of Trans. notified.Speeding: George W.
Bradley, paid;Christopher S. Jones:
possession controlled sub-stance (2 counts) and drugparaphernalia-buy/possess,180 days/conditionally dis-charged (each count).
Amanda G. Helton: theftby unlawful taking, 10 daysin jail/credit time servedplus restitution.
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The annual challenge,sponsored by the KentuckyEducation Savings PlanTrust (KESPT), is intendedto encourage Kentuckyfamilies to start saving andplanning for higher educa-tion with their children. Sixwinning entries will be se-lected by a panel of judges.One winner will be chosenfrom each of two submis-sion categories — drawingor video and essay or poem— in grades K-2, grades 3-4 and grades 5-6. The win-ning students will receive a$1,500 KESPT college sav-ings account, and theirschools will win $500. Thecontest runs from Jan.20through March 21. Entriesmust be postmarked byMarch 21 and received byMarch 26.
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Mark Carpenter of Brodhead, a design engineer forLexmark, traveled to China recently in connectionwith his job at Lexmark. Carpenter spent two weeksin Shanghai visiting stamping and springs supplierswhile also assisting with the start-up of Lexmark’snew cartridge line. He has also traveled to Mexicoand Hungary for Lexmark where he has worked for15 years. Mark, a graduate of RCHS and the Lon-don campus of the University of Kentucky, is mar-ried to the former Deanna Stallsworth and they havetwo children. He is the son of Katha Carpenter ofLivingston and the late Roland Carpenter.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2013-1201An ordinance of the City of Brodhead, Kentucky, establishing ratesand charges for the use of and the services rendered by the Munici-pal Water and Sewer System of the said city, and providing for thecollection and enforcement of such rates and charges.WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Brodhead, Kentucky (hereinafter re-ferred to as the City), has determined and declared it to be necessary and conductiveto the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the City tocollect charges from all users of the City’s Water Distribution System (hereinafterreferred to as the Water System); and City’s Sewer Sanitation System (hereinafterreferred to as the Sewer System); andWHEREAS, it is necessary in connection with collecting the charges that a systemof user charges be established in order to provide funds needed to pay for the opera-tion, maintenance and replacement and debt service expenses associated with theCity’s municipal water systems;Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Brodhead, Ken-tucky, that the following users charges are amended for the City’s municipal waterand sewer system.SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF PURPOSEIt is the purpose of this Ordinance to establish user charges in the City of Brodhead,Kentucky, to provide funds needed to pay for the operation, maintenance and replace-ment (OM&R) and debt service expenses associated with the City’s municipal waterand sewer system.SECTION 2. MONTHLY WATER CHARGESThe charges for the water services by the City of Brodhead, Kentucky, are herebyfixed and established on a monthly basis as follows:2.1 Monthly Water Rates for residents in city limitsThe following rates will apply to all water customers of the City’s municipal watersystem shall be based on the customers’ monthly water consumption:Rates for in city residents will be as follows:
2,000 gallons or less $19.61 20.78Next 8,000 gallons (per thousand) 5.92 6.27Next 40,000 gallons (per thousand) 5.66 5.99All over 50,000 gallons (per thousand) 5.32 5.63
2.2 Monthly Water Rates for Outside City LimitsThe following rates will apply to all water customers of the City’s municipal watersystem shall be based on the customers’ monthly water consumption.Rates for residents outside city limits
2,000 gallons or less $25.83 27.37Next 8,000 gallons (per thousand) 8.26 8.75Next 40,000 gallons (per thousand) 6.51 6.90All over 50,000 gallons 5.78 6.12
SECTION 3: MONTHLY SEWER CHARGESThe charges for the sewer services by the City of Brodhead, Kentucky are herebyfixed and established on a monthly basis as follows:3.1 Monthly Sewer Rates for Sewer CustomersThe following rates will apply to all customers of the City’s municipal sewer systemand shall be based on the customers’ monthly consumption:
Rates will be as follows:2,000 gallons or less $22.83 24.19All over 2,000 gallons (per thousand) 4.11 4.35
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR WATER AND SEWER CHARGESThe foregoing water rate and sewer rate charges shall be effective as to existing watercustomers on the City’s municipal water system after the effective date of this Ordi-nance and shall be effective as to the respective premises of new customers beginningon the date on which each customer connects their premises to the water line madeavailable to such premises.
SECTION 4: SEVERABILITYIf any clause, provision, paragraph or section of this Ordinance is ruled void or unen-forceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder hereof is intended tobe enacted and shall be in full force and effect notwithstanding.SECTION 5: ALL FORMER PROVISIONS REPEALEDAny City ordinances, orders, resolutions, motions or parts thereof, in conflict here-with, are repealed.
SECTION 6: EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCEThis Ordinance shall be in full force and effective from and after its passage, ap-proval, recording and publication as provided by law.This Ordinance as stated above is hereby enacted this 13th day of January, 2014./s/ Walter Lee Cash, Mayor, City of BrodheadAttest: /s/ Rebecca Bussell, City Clerk
Date of 1st Reading: December 9, 2013Date of 2nd Reading: January 13, 2014Publication Date: January 30, 2014
Free Bible CoursesFree Bible Corres-
pondence Course. Sendyour name and address to3168 Quail Road, Mt.Vernon, Ky. 40456.Let the Bible Speak
Tune in to “Let the BibleSpeak,” with Brett Hickey,on Sunday mornings at8:30 a.m. on WDKY Fox56.Fellowship Meeting
Crab Orchard Pentecos-tal Church will have a Fel-lowship Meeting on Febru-ary 3rd, beginning at 7 p.m.Jack Carpenter will bepreaching. Bro. and Ms.Donald King and congrega-tion welcome everyone.
Coming to Flat Rock--Adam Hill and his gospelband, Driven, on February9th at 11 a.m. This is goingto be a great service. Freeadmission. A love offeringwill be received. Flat RockBaptist Church, located onMaple Grove Road, andPastor Bro. JackStallsworth welcome all.
RevivalYou’re invited to attend
a Revival, with specialpreaching by Bro. JimSuits, at the LivingstonPentecostal HolinessChurch Sunday, Feb. 2ndthrough Friday, Feb. 7th.
Sunday service is at 6p.m. and Monday throughFriday at 7 p.m.
Come and join us for atime of worship.
Gospel SingingThere will be a Gospel
Singing at Lighthouse Bap-tist Church, featuringJimmy Logan and BlessedHope Singers from Londonon Saturday, Feb. 8th at 6p.m.
The church is located at1391 Gabbardtown Road,Berea.
Five GenerationsOn January 13th, Rylee Scottlyn Thacker came into thisworld and became the fifth generation of the LorettaWoodall family. Shown in the photo are , from left: Jen-nifer Bullock Houk, Debbie Woodall Bullen, Mrs.Woodall, holding Rylee Scottlynn and Samantha BullenThacker.
Mary McCownThe family of Mary
McCown would like tothank everyone for the flow-ers, gifts, thoughtfulness andprayers during our loss.
Thanks for everyonewho came by and whobrought food. Special thanksto Bro. Stayton, Bible Bap-tist Church, Copper CreekMissionary Baptist Church,Rockcastle Ambulance Ser-vice, Dr. Stewart and theRockcastle Hospital staff,Central Baptist Hospital andstaff and Cox FuneralHome.
Thanks again for all youdid, most of all the prayers.Family of Mary McCown
Thank YouWe want to thank every-
one in our community forthe love, prayers and sup-port during our time of need.We are so thankful andblessed to live in a commu-nity where people really docare. We appreciate every-thing that everyone did forus.
Thank You,Kimberly, Joseph, T.J. and
Austin Ramsey
In Loving Memory ofSandra (Momma Jean)
McKinney7/21/48 - 1/12/13
It has been a year now sinceyou had to leave us. It seemslike only yesterday I heldyou in my arms and we werewalking the streets of Nash-ville. I know you hurt nomore. I know God onlytakes the best. We will al-ways love and miss you.
Love Ya Momma.Jim McKinney and the kids
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JALAPEÑO POPPER DIP16 ounces cream cheese, atroom temperature1 cup mayonnaise8 pieces of bacon, cookedand chopped up6 jalapeños, minced (2cloves garlic, minced1/2 teaspoon cumin1 and 1/2 cups shreddedcheddar cheeseTOPPING:1 cup panko breadcrumbs1 cup grated Parmesancheese4 tablespoons unsalted but-ter, meltedPreheat oven to 375°. Com-bine the cream cheese, may-onnaise, bacon, jalapenos,garlic, cumin, and cheddarcheese in a mixing bowl.Pour the mixture into a cas-serole dish or 9 x 13 bakingdish.Combine the pankobreadcrumbs, Parmesancheese and melted butter ina small bowl, tossing witha fork until the mixture isevenly moistened. Sprinkleevenly over the creamcheese mixture.Bake in the preheated ovenfor 25 to 30 minutes, until
the top is golden brown andthe dip is bubbling. Let restfor 5 minutes before serv-ing. Serve with your favor-ite tortilla chips, crackers,vegetables, etc.
SALMON LOAF1 tablespoon margarine,melted1/4 cup skim milk2 slices whole grain bread,crumbled1 can (16 ounces) pinksalmon, skin and bones re-moved1 and 1/2 tablespoonslemon juice1 tablespoon minced onionDash pepper1 eggDash paprika2 T chopped fresh parsleyPreheat oven to 325°.Spray Pam into 1-quart cas-serole dish.Mix first 7 ingredients(through pepper) in mixingbowl. Beat egg and foldgently into above mixture.Pour mixture into preparedcasserole dish. Sprinklewith paprika and parsley;bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
BBQ CHUCK ROAST3 pound chuck roast1 small onion, finelychopped1/3 cup vinegar1/4 cup catsup1 tablespoon vegetable oil2 tablespoon soy sauce1 T Worcestershire1 teaspoon mustard1/4 teaspoon garlic powderPlace meat and finelychopped onion into crockpot. Combine remainingingredients and pour overroast. Cook for 8 hours onlow. Remove meat fromjuices, discard any fat, andshred meat. Place back intocrock pot until ready toserve.
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Sand Hill BaptistChurch
Sand Hill Rd.Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Night 5:00 p.m.Thursday Night 6 p.m.Pastor Tommy Miller
Sand SpringsBaptist
Directions: Take Hwy 1249, goexactly 5 miles, church on right
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 6 p.m.Pastor:
Bro. Eugene GentryScaffold Cane
BaptistChris Cobb, Pastor
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Night 7 p.m.
Union ChapelPentecostal
1505 Union Chapel Rd.Brodhead, Ky.
Letcher Napier, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Thursday Evening 7:00 p.m.United Gospel
Church of Christ4 miles off US 25 on Wildie Rd.
Church welcomes everyoneSunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m.Wildie Christian
Church1478 Wildie Rd. • Wildie
606-256-4494Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:55 a.m.Family Fellowship 6 p.m.
Bible Study 6 p.m.Bro. Gary Pettyjohn,
Pastor
Mount Vernon606-256-2500
McKee606-287-8390
Somerset606-451-2274
24 Hour Information Line 1-800-530-8561
Brodhead606-758-8212
Rockcastle ProfessionalPharmacy
Newcomb Ave. • Mt. Vernon606-256-4613
Open Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Sat., 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Free Delivery”
Believers House of Prayer156 Scenic View Lane
U.S. 25 N, left at 18 mile markerRenfro Valley, Ky.
Sabbath School Sat. 10 -11 a.m.Morning Worship 11 a.m.Evening Worship 7 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Pastor: Bill [email protected]
Berea Gospel Tabernacle131 US 25 South
Berea, KYTuesday Night 7 p.m.Sunday Night 6 p.m.
Pastor: Ralph ChasteenBible Baptist Church
100 Higher Ground (off US 25)Mount Vernon, Ky.
Church Phone 606-256-5913e-mail: www.biblebaptist.org
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship/Children’s
Church 11 a.m.Sunday Night Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.
Video services Tues., Thurs., &Sat. at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Channel 3 - New WaveCable Channel 5 in Berea andRichmond 1 p.m. Wednesdays
Pastor: Don StaytonAssociate Pastor/Youth:
Bro. Jeremy EllisKids for Christ
Children’s Ministry:Bro. Jarrod Amyx
Secretary: Jo RobertsMusic Director: Dan Dull
Blue SpringsChurch of Christ
7 miles south of Mt. Vernon onHwy. 1249 (Sand Springs Rd)
Services:Sundays 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Preaching BrethrenZade McClure, Gary Reppert,
Marcus ReppertContact Info:
Marcus Reppert104 Byrda Way • Mt. Vernon, Ky.
[email protected] of Christ Church100 High St. Mt. Vernon
Sundays 6:00 p.m.Thursdays 7:00 p.m.
Pastor Darlisa Holder606-416-7136606-379-6335
Brodhead Baptist ChurchCorner of Silver & Maple St.
Brodhead, Ky. 40409606-758-8316
Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m. &
7 p.m.(Nursery Provided)
Sunday Youth Bible Study5 p.m.
Wednesday Adult & YouthWorship/Bible Study 7 p.m.
Children’s Programs:RAs & GAs
Mission Friends andCreative Ministry
Ralph Baker, PastorBrodhead Christian
Church237 W. Main St. Brodhead
606-758-8721Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Tracy Valentine, Preacher606-758-8662
Cell 606-305-8980
Church DirectoryBrodhead Church of God
Hwy. 3245 • Brodhead758-8216
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday evening 7 p.m.Terry Orcutt, Pastor
Brush CreekHoliness Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 7 p.m.
Tuesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.Special Service 1st Sunday or
each month at 11 a.m.Lonnie Reese McGuire,
PastorBuffalo Baptist ChurchLocated 15 miles south ofMt. Vernon on Hwy. 1249
(Sand Springs Rd.)606-256-4988
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Tim Owens, Pastor
Calloway Baptist Church76 Calloway Branch Rd.(Off US 25) • CallowaySunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 6 p.m.George Renner, Pastor
606-224-4641Central Baptist Church
86 Maintenance Rd.Mt. Vernon, KY 40456
606-256-2988centralbaptistky.orgPastor: Mark Eaton
Home of “Central BaptistChristian Academy”K-12 Private School
“Central Time” RadioBroadcast
WRVK 1460AMMonday -Friday 11:15 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning and
Children’s Church 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study,
Prayer Meeting and “Patchthe Pirate Club” 7 p.m.
Transportation and Nurseryprovided for all services
Mark Eaton, PastorChurch of Christ at
Chestnut Ridge2 miles south of Mt. Vernon
Turn left off US Hwy 25Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.Bro. Ova Baker
Bro. Dale McNewBro. Philip Scott
Church of Christ onFairground Hill
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.Different speaker each
SundayClimax Christian Church
Hwy. 1912308-2806 - 256-4138 - 256-5977
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Wade Johnson, Minister
Climax Holiness ChurchSunday Night Worship 6 p.m.
Thursday Nights 7 p.m.3rd Sat. of every month at
7 p.m.
Conway MissionaryBaptist
U.S. 25 betweenMount Vernon and BereaSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Worship6 p.m.
Wed. Prayer Service andBible Study 7 p.m.Youth Meetings:Sunday 5 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Bobby Turner, Pastor
606-758-4007Crab Orchard Pentecostal
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Tuesday Evening 7 p.m.Pastor: Donald King
606-355-7595Crossroads
Assembly of GodHwy. 150 • Brodhead
Bro. Steven Vanhook, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship
6:00 p.m.Wednesday Night 7 p.m.
Dixie Park Cornerstone700 N. Powell St. Berea, Ky.
859-623-8292 • 859-985-2484
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6p.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Gene Smith, Pastor
Fairview Baptist Church520 Fairview Loop Road
Mount Vernon, Ky.Sunday Services
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Children’s Choir 6 p.m.
Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.Sunday Adult Choir 8 p.m.
Wednesday ServicesCreative Ministry 6 p.m.
Bible Study 7 p.m.Youth Ministry QUEST 7 p.m.
RAs and GAs 7 p.m.Mission Friends 6 p.m.Vaughn Rasor, Pastor
606-256-3722email: [email protected] Chapel Pentecostal
S. Wilderness RoadMount Vernon, Ky.
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Saturday Service 7 p.m.Jack Carpenter, PastorFirst Baptist Church
340 West Main StreetMt. Vernon, Ky. 606-256-2922
Neal Thornton, PastorJesse Wright,
Assoc. Pastor/Youthwebsite: www.fbcmvkyorg
email:[email protected] Services: 8:30 a.m.,
10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.Wednesdays: AWANA and
Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m.Live Broadcast WRVK 1460AM
Sundays at 11 a.m.Broadcast on New Wave CableChannel 3 Tues., Thurs. & Sun-day at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.
First Christian ChurchWest Main St. Mt. Vernon
606-256-2876Bro. Bruce Ross, PastorSunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.Flat Rock Missionary
Baptist504 Maple Grove Rd. Hwy. 1004
Orlando, Ky.Sunday School 10 a.m.
Fellowship Hour 11 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Jack Stallsworth, PastorContact: 606-308-0124
Freedom Baptist ChurchFreedom School Rd.
Mt. VernonSunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Discipleship Training 6 p.m.Sunday Evening Worship
7 p.m.Wednesday Evening PrayerMeeting & Youth/Children
Classes 7 p.m.www.freedomsbc.com
email:[email protected]: David Sargent
606-256-2968
Hickory GrovePentecostal Church
Hwy. 1505 (6 miles from Brodhead)Brodhead,Ky.
Randal Adams, PastorYouth Pastor, Scott Adams
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sun. & Wed. Evening 7 p.m.Lighthouse Assembly of
GodHwy. 1004 • Orlando, Ky.
Tim Hampton, Pastor606-256-4884 • 606308-2342
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship
11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Tues. Night Intercessory Prayer7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Bible Study7 p.m.
Little Country ChurchJarber Rd.
Turn left off Rev. Green Looponto Jarber Rd.
Jack Weaver, PastorSunday 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.Livingston BaptistSunday School 10 a.m.Adult Classes Available
Worship Service 11 a.m.Bro. Steve McKinney, Pastor
606-758-4097email: [email protected]
Livingston ChristianChurch
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Arthur Hunt, Minister
Livingston PentecostalHoliness Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
Jim Miller, Pastor606-256-1709
Macedonia BaptistScaffold Cane RoadMount Vernon, Ky.
Bro. Barry Hurst, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Maple Grove Baptist
Hwy. 1004 (Big Cave Road)Orlando, Ky. • 606-256-1873
Bro. Jerry Owens, Pastor Home Phone 606-256-3075
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship
11 a.m.WRVK Broadcast 2 p.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Maretburg Baptist
Church2617 New Brodhead Rd.Mt. Vernon, KY 40456Wayne Harding, Pastor
Phone: 256-8844Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sun. Morning Worship 11 a.m.Sun. Discipleship Training/
Sunday Youth Missions6 p.m.
Sunday Worship 7 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.www.maretburgbaptist.org
[email protected] Chapel Baptist
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Jerry Ballinger, Pastor
Mt. Vernon Church of God1025 W Main St.
Mount Vernon, Ky.Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
Bobby Owens, Pastor859-986-1317
Mt. Vernon Church ofthe Nazarene
40 Fair Street • Mt. VernonSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.David Smith, Pastor
Mt. Zion Baptist Church606-308-3293
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 5 p.m.
New Hope Baptist ChurchJct. 1797 New Hope Tower Rd.
OrlandoSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.Bro. David Carpenter, Pastor
Northside Baptist Church777 Faith Mountain Rd.
(Off 461 bypass) Mt. Vernon606-256-5577
SundaySunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.Children’s Church 11 a.m.Hispanic Services 6 p.m.Evening Worship 6 p.m.
WednesdayAdult & Youth Worship 7 p.m.New Wave Cable (KET2 ch. 3)
Tues., Thurs., Sun.9 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m.
Ottawa Baptist Church1074 Ottawa Rd. • Brodhead
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Children’s Church 11 a.m.Sunday Discipleship
Training/Youth MissionGroups 6 p.m.
Wednesday ServicesYouth Choir 6 p.m.
Children’s & Youth Bible Study6:45 p.m. • Service 7 p.m.
Jim Craig, Pastor • [email protected] Lady of Mt. Vernon
Catholic Church515 Williams St (across from MVES)
Mount Vernon, Ky.606-256-4170Mass Times:
Tuesdays at 5 p.m.Sabbath Mass: Sat., 5 p.m.
Holy Days 5 p.m.Fr. Frank Brawner, Pastor
Sister Joyce Moeller,Pastoral Associate
Philadelphia UnitedBaptist
834 Bryant Ridge Rd. BrodheadSunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Saturday Service 7 p.m.Gordon Mink, Pastor
606-256-9724Pine Hill Holiness
5216 S. Wilderness Rd.Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456Chris Davidson, Pastor
256-5955www.pinehillholiness.com
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sun. Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Worship7:00 p.m.
WRVK (1460 AM) BroadcastNoon Sundays
Pine Hill MissionaryBaptist Church
81 Limeplant Hollow RoadMt. Vernon, Ky. 40456
Bro. Clyde Miller, Pastor859-986-1579
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Discipleship Training 5:30 p.m.Sunday Evening Worship
6:00 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting &
Youth Service at 7:00 p.m.Prayer Partners Ladies Meetingmonthly every 2nd Tues. at 6:30 p.m.Pleasant Run Missionary
Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 5 p.m.
1st Sunday in Month Church at2 p.m. at Rockcastle
Respiratory CareBro. Gary Bowling, Pastor
Open:10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
7 Days a Week
U.S. 25 N - Mt. Vernon
606-256-4910
Brodhead PharmacyMain Street • Brodhead
606-758-4373Howard Saylor
PharmacistDavid Collins
Owner
Open:9:30 to 6:30Mon. - Fri.
“We Deliver County Wide”
Collins RespiratoryCare
Main Street • Brodhead
606-758-9333Home Health Equipment & Supplies
Insurance & Medicare AcceptedOwners: David Collins & Shelly Clements
Call changes toChurch Directory
to 256-2244
Church News Deadlineis Noon Tuesday
The Mt. Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 30, 2014 • Pg. B5
10 Piece Meal2 Sides and 4 Biscuits
for 1899
ClassifiedsCLASSIFIED RATES• Local Rates - $4 for 25 wordsor less - .10 each additional word
• Display Classifieds$5.00/Inch
Deadline for Classifiedsis 10 a.m. TUESDAY
For Rent
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Maple St.
Storage
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PropertyFor Sale
Posted
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For your convenience,we now accept VISA
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Make $1,000 selling your old scrap cars-trucks and farmequipment and machinery.
Call 24 hours a day. If no answer, leave message and your call will be returned.
859-358-3560 or 606-256-3841 anytime
We also buybatteries, converters,aluminum wheels and
radiators, starters,and alternators.
Used tires and partsfor sale at dirtcheap prices.
Pg. B6 • Mt. Vernon Signal • Thursday, January 30, 2014
MiscellaneousFor Sale
Wanted
Notices Help Wanted
GILLIAMREAL ESTATE & AUCTION
427 Chestnut St., Berea, KY • 859-986-9797John Gilliam • Principal Broker
Realtor Loretta Powell - 859-302-8411www.gilliamrealestate.com
577 Gold Dust Dr.Mt. Vernon$234,900
2780 Richmond St.Mt. Vernon
$75,000
2800 Richmond St.Mt. Vernon$125,000
An additional 11 acres can be purchased with music barn for a total of $180,000.
2138 Lambert Rd.Berea
$52,500w/ extra lot $59,900
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7216 Brindle RidgeMt. Vernon$239,900
3802Sweetwater Rd.
Berea$144,900
Rockcastle Health& Rehabilitation Center
371 West Main Street • Brodhead, Ky 40409
Employment OpportunitiesRN/LPN 3-11 • CNA 1st and 2nd Shift
Dietary Aide and HousekeepingPlease apply at our facility or call 606-758-8711Signature HealthCARE is an Equal Opportunity Employer - EOE M/F/D/V
February 4, 20149 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Rockcastle CountyAdult Education Bldg.
Participating Businesses include:Kent, Campa and Kate (KCK)
Rockcastle County Adult EducationSerco • MS Companies • Office of Employment and Training
Funded by Cumberlands Workforce Investment Board, through the U.S. Dept. of Labor.Administered by the Lake Cumberland Area Development District Inc. with Workforce In-vestment Act Title 1 monies. An Equal Opportunity Employer Program and auxiliary aidsand services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
2 Bedroom Mobile Homein Mt. Vernon. All appli-ances, KU and water. $600per month plus $200 de-posit. No pets. 606-308-4983. 5x1p3 Bedroom/1 Bath Trailerin town. Central heat andair. References reqired.$440 per month/$400 de-posit. 308-4509. 5x2pDuplex in Brodhead. Allappliances furnished. CallPatty. 758-9666. 46xntfHouse and Trailer inBrodhead. No pets. 758-4729. 46xntfTrailers and house inBrodhead. No pets. 758-8922. ntfAccepting applications atMt. Vernon Housing Au-thority on Mondays 4 to 8p.m. and Wednesdays andFridays, 4 to 6 p.m. Rentbased on income. 256-4185.14xntfAccepting Applications:For 2 and 3 bedroom unitsat Valley View Apartments.Rent based on income. Call256-5912. Equal HousingOpportunity, TDD for hear-ing impaired only. 1-800-247-2510. 36tfn
16 1/2 Acres, more or less,with 24x60 mobile home,20x20 attached garage, 2large barns, 2 large outbuild-ings, carport and blacktopdriveway. $69,000. Call606-386-1470. 2x4pFor Sale or Lease: 3 bed-room furnished house onland contract in Brodhead.No pets. 758-4729. 48xntfProperty between Mt.Vernon and Somerset. 6.1wooded acres for $34,900 or4.77 acres for $29,500 withmountain view. Owner fi-nancing available. CallDwight at 859-331-4888.30xntfLots in Castle Ridge Sub-division. Use same entryway as Bible BaptistChurch. All lots have citysewer and undergroundutilities. starting at $12,900.606-256-5692 • 256-4504 •308-3730. 50x1Mobile home lots, locatedin Sunnyside Mobile HomePark. 1/2 acre lots - $500down and $100 per month.Call 606-256-5692 or 606-256-5648. 50x1
Posted: No hunting or tres-passing on all land inRockcastle County belong-ing to Harold Miller. Viola-tors will be prosecuted.Posted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Jason and SaraCoguer at Roundstone. Notresponsible for accidents.Posted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Lora Lambert onBoone Gap Road. Not re-sponsible for accidents.
Posted: No trespassing onland belonging to James andDorothy Rash heirs on RashBranch Road off ChestnutRidge. No hunting, camp-ing, ATVs, trespassing forany purpose. Not respon-sible for accidents. Violatorswill be prosecuted. (1/15/15)Posted: No hunting or tres-passing on property belong-ing to Carol Blackburn,1435 Marler Hollow. Viola-tors will be prosecuted. (3/7/14)Posted: No trespassing onCrawford Place - OldBrodhead Road. DannySmith. 47tfnPosted: Absolutely no hunt-ing, fishing or trespassingon property belonging toMark and DebbieCummins. Violators will beprosecuted. 9x52pPosted: No trespassing,hunting or fishing on landbelonging to RachelDenney on Hwy. 3245(former Reggie Benge prop-erty).Posted: No trespassing onproperty known as C.B.Owens Farm across fromFairgrounds in Brodhead.Violators will be pros-ecuted. 25tfn
Firewood For Sale: $60truck load. Free delivery insome areas. 606-453-3999.5x2pDeep fryer, $80. Also first“Gone With the Wind” dollstill in the box. Asking.$200. Call 256-0655. 4x1pFarm gates, all sizes, allvarieties including corralpanels, hay rings, bunkfeeders. 606-305-7965.52x16
Wanted: In RockcastleCounty. 5-10 rural acres tobuy. Some tillable land,small dwelling optional, re-liable water source, electric-ity available, paved orgravel road, unrestricted.606-843-0462. 2xntf Wanted To Buy: Your an-tiques and collectibles. An-tique glassware, furniture,quilts, all types of militaryitems, clocks, watches(working or not), pocketwatches and wrist watchparts, pocket knives, coinsand paper money. All typesof gold, silver scrap, castiron banks, toys, lighters,crock jugs, cast iron skillets,marbles, pocket knives,fishing items, Indian Arrow-heads, and much, muchmore. Also buying partialestates. Over 25 years expe-rience. Call Clarence Reeceat 606-531-0467. 47xntf
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B.C.C. MetalsFeaturing metal roofing, siding,
trim and insulation.Same day service available on most orders.
Contact Jerry BlairToll Free 1-800-658-4902 • 256-4700
Located 4 miles s. of Berea, off U.S. 25 at 862 Lambert Rd.Serving Rockcastle County & surrounding counties.
www.bccmfg.com
Award-WinningWater Features &
LandscapingMax PhelpsMember I.P.P.C.A
606-416-3911www.rockcastles.net
Want to buy good usedmobile home. Must be rea-sonably priced and no morethan 10 years old. Call 256-0655. 5x2Notice is hereby given thatJudy C. Howe, 4678 SpiroRoad, Mt. Vernon,, Ky.40456 has been appointedexecutrix of the estate ofLeon Rowe on the 13th dayof January, 2014. Any per-son having claims againstsaid estate shall presentthem according to law, to thesaid Judy C. Rowe or toHon. William D. Gregory,240 East Main St., P.O.Drawer 220, Mt. Vernon,Ky. 40456 on or before July14, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. 5x3Notice is hereby given thatKaren Noe, P.O. Box 386,Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456 hasbeen appointed guardian ofthe estate of Morgan D.Mullins, a minor on the 13thday of January, 2014. Anyperson having claimsagainst said estate shallpresent them according tolaw to the said Karen Noeon or before July 14, 2014at 9:30 a.m. 5x2Notice is hereby given thatLedford Hal Hunt, 808Dairy Lane, Mt. Vernon, Ky.40456 has been appointedexecutor of the estate ofCarolyn Dolores LambHunt on the 15th day of
January, 2014. Any personhaving claims against saidestate shall present them,according to law, to the saidLedford Hal Hunt or to Hon.Debra Hembree Lambert,P.O. Box 1094, Mt. Vernon,Ky. 40456 on or before July16, 2014 at 9:39 a.m. 5x3Notice is hereby given thatBarbara Coffey, 2353 Hur-ricane School Road, Mt.Vernon, Ky. 40456 has beenappointed executrix of theestate of Lewis E. Coffey onthe 15th day of January,2014. Any person havingclaims against said estateshall present them accord-ing to law to the said Bar-bara Coffey or to Hon. Wil-liam D. Reynolds, P.O. Box1250, 160 West Main St.,Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456 onor before July 16, 2014 at9:30 a.m. 5x3Notice is hereby given thatLinda P. Williams, 1146 OldState Road, Mt. Vernon, Ky.40456 has filed a PeriodicSettlement of her accountsas Guardian of Caleb W.Williams, a minor. A hear-ing on said settlement willbe held February 17, 2014at 11 a.m. Any exceptions tosaid settlement must be filedbefore this date. 5x2
Taking applications foroutgoing individual. Dutiesincludes sales clerk, mer-chandising and stocking.Random drug test required..Serious inquires only in per-son at Mark’s Hardware inBrodhead. No phone callsplease. 5x2Now hiring for light indus-trial positions in theSomerset area. Temp toperm. Must be availabalefor all shifts. Pay rangesfrom $9 to $13 per hour. To
apply, go towww.jcmalone.com andcomplete an online applica-tion. 52x6p
Motor VehiclesFor Sale
ClassifiedDeadline is
10 a.m.Tuesday
2007 Chevy Cobalt LT Se-dan. 4 cyl., front wheeldrive, power windows andpower locks, cruise control,keyless entry, sports pack-age, alloy wheels, 27-34mpg, 48,150 miles, rebuilttitle. $6,000 firm. Call ortext 606-308-2398. 4x2p
Morgan PlumbingService & Repair
New Construction •Commercial & Residential Service
Fully Insured • All Work Guaranteed
256-4766 • 606-232-0666
MechanicOn Duty
All Types of RepairsWe do muffler &
exhaust replacement andcustom pipe bending
Heating & Air
COMPLETE HOMECOMFORT
Locally owned and Located at:
523 West St. • Brodhead, Ky.Rodney Smith
758-0155 • 256-1683 • 859-661-5986We service all Brands and Models • 20+ years experience
Free Estimates - Affordable Service - Call for RatesExpert Installation & Troubleshooting • Friendly Hometown Service
Heat Pumps and Gas FurnacesWe also sell Gas Logs and Heaters
Fully Licensed and Insured HVAC and Electrical • MO-4808 and CE63779
BEE Garbage256-2334
Weekly residentialcurbside pickup
$1700 per month with Curb Cart
MPL #6761
5076 S Wilderness Rd. • Mt. Vernon, Ky.
David’s Tire Center24 Hr. Towing & Recovery LLC
1431 S. Wilderness Rd. (US 25)Mt. Vernon
Save On All Major BrandTires For Cars & Trucks
Farm Tractors • Lawn & More
David & Josh Thompson, OwnersOffice/24 Hr. Wrecker606-256-4606
DavidSpoonamore
ROOFINGFree Estimates
25 Years experienceCall 758-4457 or
606-392-3573
Town & Country24 HR. WRECKER SERVICE
All Types of Mechanic Work
Call 256-9634 days or256-4650 nights
MADISON TERMITEand PEST CONTROLCall Paul Burton - Day or Night
256-2318 - Mt. Vernon-----
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Winstead’sHeating & Air
Pat Winstead606-256-1038 • 606-308-4825
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Setup, Consultation,Software/Hardware Conflicts
Virus/Spyware Removal
Reasonable RatesCall
Spencer Benge606-308-5653
Rocket CarpetCleaners
Circular Dry Foam Cleaning
(606) 256-9870
Thinking About Cleaning Your Carpet!Some things to think about…
What is the best way to clean my carpet, should I use theold technology of steam cleaning or the new technology
of dry foam?
Test results from Consumer Report, 2008.
Option 1: Steam Cleaning-How does it work?A. Steam Cleaners saturate your carpet and floor pad with hot (150*degree) soapy water containing lye and beach to help dissolve stains.
B. After your carpet reaches its maximum saturation point thesolution is then extracted by means of a commercial shop vacuum.
The results: Removes less than 20% of the soil from the carpetdriving the remainder down deeper into the carpet fibers. The lye/
bleach solution used by steam cleaners to dissolve stains fadescarpet colors. Drying time is 1 to 5 days depending on the carpet
texture. As a result of the water saturation, carpet fibers harden andthe floor pad remains damp, which promotes bacteria growth andmildewing, causing carpet threads to rot, shorting the life of yourcarpet. Carpet manufactures recommend that you do not steam
clean carpets.
Option 2: Dry Foam-How does it work?C. Carpet fibers are agitated with carpet combs to separate the fibers
loosening dirt particles, which are then dry cleaned with anindustrial strength vacuum.
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Dean’s ListNational College’s
Danville, Lexington, andRichmond Campuses(www.national-college.edu)and the American NationalUniversity online programreleased the Dean's List forthe Second Fall Term.
The following studentsearned a minimum gradepoint average of 3.5 out of apossible 4.0, and thusachieved the honor andprivilege of being placed onthe Dean’s List: TeresaMessinger and Sheena Pit-man, both of Mt. Vernon.
Emily Shaw, R.N., is thelatest recipient of theDAISY Award For Extraor-dinary Nurses presented bySaint Joseph Berea, part ofKentuckyOne Health, andsponsored by the Saint Jo-seph Foundation.
Nurses are nominated bypatients, families, col-
leagues, physicians, admin-istrators or other staff fortheir superior clinical skillsand commitment to com-passionate care. Award re-cipient Shaw was nomi-nated by former patientsand colleagues for her workin the Outpatient ServicesUnit at Saint Joseph Berea.
The DAISY Awards is aprogram of the Diseases At-tacking the Immune System(DAISY) Foundation,which was founded in Janu-ary 2000 in memory of J.Patrick Barnes, who died atage 33 from complicationsof idiopathic thrombocy-topenia purpura disease(ITP). One of thefoundation’s goals is to rec-ognize extraordinary nursesin honor of the tremendouscare Barnes and his familyreceived during his hospital-ization.
Each hospital establishesits own criteria for theawards program based onboth clinical competenciesand empathetic care. AtBerea, the criteria includes:demonstrating a positive at-titude and professionalism,making special connectionswith patients or families, ex-celling at patient education,working well withmultidisciplinary teams, ex-emplifying the mission, vi-sion and value of the hospi-tal, modeling excellent as-sessment and decision-mak-
At Saint Joseph Berea
Shaw named DAISY Award recipient
Frankfort Report...It was a busy week in the
Legislature following Mar-tin Luther King, Jr. Day onMonday.
The Governor presentedhis budget onTuesday. His-tory was madeat this year’spresentationas SenatePresident ProTem KatieStine, the highest rankingfemale legislator, becamethe first female to presideover the joint session of theKentucky General Assem-bly.
Governor Beshear pre-sented a multi-faceted bud-get proposal of $20.3 billiondollars for the next two fis-cal years. The plan calls forfive percent cuts to moststate agencies, proposes agas tax increase, and bor-rows $1.9 billion in newdebt. We all know it is easyto propose grand initiativesin broad strokes. However,we also know that theeconomy is stagnant andtough choices must be madeto operate within our means.
On Wednesday, Con-gressman Hal Rogers visitedFrankfort and addressed theState Senate. He remindedus that we are statesmen andmust work on issues that af-fect all of Kentucky. Whilein town he also discussed aproposal to expand broad-band service in Kentucky.The plan would combine$60 million in state bondsand $40 million from federaland private sources to fundbroadband internet expan-sion across the Common-wealth. Specifically, 3,000miles of fiber infrastructurewould be laid in easternKentucky and throughoutthe state within the nextthree years.
Among the bills wepassed this week were Sen-ate Bill 27, a measure thatmoves all elections of con-stitutional officers to even-numbered years. This bill
saves local and state govern-ments millions by combin-ing elections. The savedfunds can be used for edu-cation, infrastructure or pub-lic safety initiatives. I be-lieve it will also help engagemore citizens in choosingconstitutional officers be-cause of a higher voter turn-out.
Senate Bill 4 is anothercost saving measure andalso passed the Senate thisweek without opposition.This legislation provides aonetime election for mem-bers to base their pensionson their legislative workonly, rather than on a highsalaried position such as ajudgeship or executive ap-pointment that they maypursue in their final years ofservice.
I am also very pleased toreport that Senate Bill 3, ameasure that requires a face-to-face consultation with aphysician or designee priorto an abortion procedure,also passed the Senate. Iwas pleased to co-sponsorthis bill, introduced by Sena-tor Sara Beth Gregory, sothat patients receive valu-able information regardinga life changing procedure.
I was pleased to welcomeBrother Neal Thornton ofMt. Vernon and Father JimSichko of Richmond toFrankfort. Brother Thorntonled the opening prayer forthe Senate on Tuesday andFather Jim Sichko gave theinvocation for the BudgetAddress. Both men pro-vided words of inspiration tomyself and fellow legisla-tors.
If you have any ideas, is-sues, or concerns, please callme in Frankfort at 502-564-8100 or e-mail me [email protected] also encourage groupsfrom Rockcastle County tocome visit the Capitol dur-ing session. Contact my of-fice if you need assistancein setting up a visit.
ing capabilities, and demon-strating excellent interper-sonal skills with peers andco-workers. The programsat the Saint Joseph family ofhospitals in Lexington,Mount Sterling and Bereaare funded by a donationfrom the Saint Joseph Hos-pital Foundation. Oneaward is given per quarterat each hospital.
“Emily Shaw truly ex-emplifies the core values ofreverence, integrity, com-passion and excellence ev-ery day in caring for her pa-tients,” said Juliana Atkins,R.N., Saint Joseph Berea.“She is also an excellent re-source and role model for allof the nursing students whocome to our hospital. Shealways makes time to in-clude them in procedures,giving them opportunitiesfor hands-on experiences nomatter how busy we are.”
Other DAISY Awardwinners at Saint JosephBerea in 2013 included:Brenda Sowder, R.N., KayMullins, R.N. and GretaThompson, R.N.
More than 220 hospitalsacross the United Stateshonor their nurses with TheDAISY Award, from majorurban teaching hospitals tocommunity hospitals likeSaint Joseph Berea. Thisprestigious recognition pro-gram helps hospitals attractand retain exceptionalnurses. More than 2,500nurses have received theaward since 2000.
Nurses are recognizedwith a certificate, a DAISYAward lapel pin, a hand-carved sculpture done byartisans from the ShonaTribe in Zimbabwe, a ban-ner that will hang in Shaw’sOutpatient Services Unit, aswell as Cinnabon® cinna-mon rolls for her entire unit.
About KentuckyOneHealth
KentuckyOne Healthwas formed when two ma-jor Kentucky health care or-ganizations came togetherin early 2012. KentuckyOneHealth combines the Jewishand Catholic heritages ofthe two former systems –Jewish Hospital & St.Mary’s HealthCare andSaint Joseph Health System.In late 2012, the organiza-tion formed a partnershipwith the University of Lou-
isville Hospital | James Gra-ham Brown Cancer Center.The nonprofit system iscommitted to improving thehealth of Kentuckians by in-tegrating medical research,education, technology andhealth care services wher-ever patients receive care.KentuckyOne Health hasmore than 200 locations in-cluding hospitals, physiciangroups, clinics, primary carecenters, specialty institutesand home health agenciesacross the state of Kentuckyand southern Indiana.KentuckyOne Health is thelargest health system inKentucky.
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