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Mount Vernon, Kentucky 40456 - (606) 256-2244 Volume 129 • Number 45 .50 per copy Thursday, November 5, 2015

Large crowdturns out for

annualHalloweenon Main

A large crowd turned out lastSaturday night for the annual

Halloween on Main in Mt. Vernon.Local businesses and organizations

handed out candy to trick-or-treaters. Shown at right are JoshBray and his son, Trapper, enjoy-

ing the festivities. The City ofBrodhead hosted Halloween in thePark for little ones to enjoy and theCity of Livingston had neighbor-

hood trick-or-treating.

Voters turned out across Rockcastle County during Tuesday’s General Election.Republican candidate Matt Bevin was elected as the new Governor of Kentuckyand Rockcastle countians voted overwhelmingly Republican in every precinct.

Rockcastle County votes Republican

The annual “Celebration of Veterans Day” will be heldat the Rockcastle County Middle School on Wednesday,November 11th.

The event will begin with a reception at 10:30 a.m. inthe school cafeteria for veterans and their families.

Following the reception, everyone will convene in thegymnasium at 1 p.m. for a student-led program of honor.

The keynote speaker will be Colonel Lee G. Hudson, amember of the National Guard and Commander of the ArmyDepot in Richmond.

Veterans, and anyone else planning to attend the event,are asked to call (606) 256-5118 with your plans to attend.

The faculty and staff of RCMS would like to invite ev-eryone to attend and honor the veterans in our community.

Veterans Day celebrationplanned for November 11

By: Mike FrenchSeveral items were dis-

cussed at the regular meet-ing of the RockcastleCounty Industrial Develop-ment Authority Monday.

Board member and sec-retary/treasurer Corey Craigpresented RockcastleCounty Judge ExecutiveDoug Bishop with a checkfor $35,000 from the sale ofland at the Industrial Park.

Craig said the check rep-resents part of the paybackto the Fiscal Court. “As oftoday, we have returned$2,178,000 to the FiscalCourt towards the businesspark purchase. Consideringthe park only cost $2.5 mil-lion, I think the IDA hasdone a good job of makingcertain the projects we en-gage in pay for themselves,”Craig said.

Craig said the funds paidback thus far come fromgrants and land sales at thepark.

Members of the boardalso addressed recent ru-mors that SourceHOV mayend its contract inRockcastle County.

Chairman Jason Coguersaid he feels certain the con-tract will be renewed. “Wefeel confident that theSourceHOV contract will berenewed. It’s a very impor-tant part of our community,”

RCIDA discusseshiring Director

he said.Craig agreed. “We have

been in discussion withthem and verified their op-timism about the renewedcontract,” said Craig.“HOV has a strong trackrecord and I feel verystrongly that they will get anew contract. They aregood corporate citizens,”

Craig said SourceHOVhad only followed federallaws in informing thecounty that their currentcontract was about to expirebefore a new contract is ineffect.

Bishop agreed thatSourceHOV is an importantpart of the county’s success.“It would be devastating tothe county to lose SourceHOV,” he said. “We havedone everything we can dofrom our end and contactedthe state and others to makesure everything is in orderto renew the contract. Thereis nothing more we can dobut wait to see.”

Bishop agreed that heexpects the contract to berenewed. “I think things arein very good shape forthem. I feel confident thecontract will be renewed,”he said.

Craig said the IDA hasopen lines of communica-tion with SourceHOV and

High speedchase yieldstwo arrests

By: Mike FrenchPolice were involved in

a high-speed chase in MountVernon last Friday around11:30 p.m.

According to a press re-lease from the KentuckyState Police, Officer ChrisMcQueen, of the vehicle en-forcement unit, attempted tostop a black BMW forspeeding near the MountVernon exit 62 of I-75.

The report says when theofficer turned on his lights,the car, driven by ZacharyT. Cobb, 23, of London,darted off the highway ontoexit 62 then onto KY 461and sped off in a recklessmanner, cutting off othermotorists.

The chase continuedabout four miles where po-lice say Cobb was seen toss-ing suspected drugs out the

By: Mike FrenchDrug abuse is a problem

for the Rockcastle CountySheriff’s Department, theMount Vernon Police De-partment and the KentuckyState Police, and the prob-lem doesn’t end just becausethe drug bust is made.

According to CarlosMcClure, Jailer of theRockcastle County Deten-tion Center, drug abuse is aproblem inside the jail aswell as outside.

“We are working hard tofight the drug abuse probleminside the jail just like ourofficers fight it outside,”said McClure “Drug abuseinside a jail or prison is aproblem throughout thecountry.”

McClure said he and hisstaff often call for the localK-9 unit and perform stripsearches in an effort to keepdrugs out of the local deten-tion center.

“We will never stop it all.But we are going to fight ithard and stop all of it thatwe can,” he said.

According to McClureand his deputy jailers, in-mates find many ways tosneak illegal drugs into thejail cell.

“Oh you wouldn’t be-lieve some of the ways theycome up with to sneak methand marijuana and otherdrugs into their cell,” saidMcClure.” They will some-times place a baggie of methinto their anus with a stringattached and then when theyreach their cell they can re-move it,” he said.

McClure says most of thetime the drugs are slipped inthrough the work releaseprogram. “Inmates are out inthe community and theypick up the drugs while

working and then try to slipthem in to the jail,” he said.

However, McClure hasrecently recruited the use ofan x-ray machine and doesrandom searches of inmatesas they return from a workrelease program using themachine.

He also uses the machineon inmates if he or his depu-ties receive a tip or if theysuspect an inmate may beinvolved with contraband.

“Of the 97 or more in-mates in our detention cen-ter, I would say 75% of themare in here for some kind ofdrug-related offense,” saidMcClure. “With that muchof our population involved

in the drug world, they cancome up with some prettyslick ways to get drugs,”

McClure says the topcontraband in the jail is cur-rently Suboxone strips. The

strip is used in many clinicsand rehab centers to help getpeople off drugs. However,ato McClure, it has become

Jailers fighting drug problemDrugs slipped into detention center

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(See “ VOTE” on A-5)

(See “ DRUGS” on A-5)

(See “ CHASE” on A-5)

By: Mike FrenchIn every precinct of each

election race, RockcastleCountians voted RepublicanTuesday.

“Wow! Tuesday’s elec-tion was a very excitingnight for Republicans herein Rockcastle County andacross Kentucky,” saidDoris Cromer, Chair of theRockcastle RepublicanParty. “Conservatives cameout in force and elected folksup and down the ballot whowill fight hard for our prin-ciples and make positivechanges in Frankfort.”

Republicans took severalsurprising wins from someDemocrats duringTuesday’s General election.

While only 30.7 percentof registered voters state-wide showed up at the polls,the majority of them votedRepublican in most elec-tions.

Kentucky voters electedthe second Republican infour decades as Governor.Republican Matt Bevin beatJack Conway even thoughBevin trailed in the polls allyear and trailed by five to sixpoints the day of the elec-tions.

Bevin received 511,771votes to Conway’s 426,944while Independent candi-date Drew Curtis received35,629. In RockcastleCounty Bevin was muchmore dominant receiving2,536 votes to Conway’s744 and Curtis’s 132.

Democrat AlisonLundergan Grimes took thevictory as Secretary of Stateagainst challenger StephenL Knipper. Grimes received493,600 votes to Knipper’s471,239. However, inRockcastle County Knipper

more than doubled Grimes’total with 2,257 to Grimes’1,079.

Democrat Andy Besheartook the state in the race forAttorney General in a479,924 to 477,734 neck-and-neck race. But in

Rockcastle CountyWesterfield more thandoubled Beshear’s votes re-ceiving 2,412 to Beshear’s914.

Republican MikeHarmon won a surprising

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Livingston Fire and Rescue’s

TURKEY SHOOTSat., Nov. 21st and

28th 11 a.m.David Mason’s Garage

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ramblingsby perlina m. anderkinParticipated in the

women’s state bowlingtournament in Grayson thispast weekend. A team fromRockcastle had an openspot, due to a member re-cuperating from an illness,and needed a fill-in. Theychose me, I think becauseof my very nice handicap -no I’m not going to tell youwhat it is -- with the hopethat I would outdo myselfand contribute to the teamscore. That didn’t happen,but I did manage to get myaverage overall which is aminor miracle to say theleast.

There were three divi-sions: team, doubles andsingles bowling.

An unusual thing oc-curred during the singlesbowling when my ballsomehow jumped the cov-ered ball return and woundup returning itself up thegutter.

We spotted it and I man-aged to catch it as it cameout of the gutter but every-one said it was the first timethey had seen that happen.But it wasn’t the last. A fewframes later, we heard anuproar in the lanes to ourleft and my ball was head-ing back in their gutter.Someone on those teamscorralled it for me.

I told my teammates theball was obviously pos-sessed but later decided itwas a call for help from theball to “give me to someonewho knows how to use me.”

We had another amusingincident and I might get intotrouble with my teammatesby identifying them but, it

From time to time peopleask me if I have ever writ-ten a book or if I intend to.And the answer is that I did“ghost write” 3 documenta-ries and an autobiographyfor The Christian Appala-chian Project (CAP)aroundthe turn of the century but Iam not sure if they are stillavailable. The second partof the answer is that I haveno real plans to write an-other because I am too lazyto do all the work that suchan undertaking entails.

Writing, from my obser-vation, is one thing. Gettinga book published and sold isa horse of an entirely differ-ent color. I was paid quitewell to write the CAP books,but I had absolutely nothingto do with their publication

was funny, and if we can’tlaugh at ourselves...

We were staying at aDays Inn in Grayson. Will-iam Taylor was our driverfor the outing. He was ac-companying his wife, Mary,who is a team member andother members, besides my-self, were Evelyn Mullinsand Alice Mae Faulkner.

We returned to our mo-tel late on Saturday night,parked at the side and en-tered through a side door.

We had entered throughthe lobby when we first reg-istered and went to ourrooms before going to eat.

When we got to ourrooms, with the correctnumbers on the doors, noneof our keycards wouldwork. We tried them severaltimes and then gave up andMary and I went to thelobby to find someone andtell them something had de-magnetized our keycards.

When we got to thelobby, the clerk was notthere. Mary, being more ob-servant than I, immediatelyrealized that the lobby wasnot the same one we hadregistered in earlier.

We rounded up the oth-ers and walked outside,looked around and realizedwe had gone into the Com-fort Suites, instead of DaysInn further down the road.

The two hotels are con-structed very similar and theroom numbers matchedwhat we had been given ear-lier, so?

The incident threw usinto a fit of giggles for quitea while with several sce-narios presenting them-selves such as what if theoccupants of the rooms hadnoticed someone trying toenter their rooms? What ifthere had been a clerk in thelobby? They would haveprobably called the police toreport a bunch of old peoplewho didn’t know wherethey were.

It was funny, and only alittle embarrassing becausethe two motels did look agreat deal alike, darn it, es-pecially at night...

Well, Republicans getanother chance to run thestate government.

It was a surprising winfor Matt Bevin, who hadtrailed in the polls from dayone. In my opinion, it was acombination of things. One,an indication that voters are

and distribution. Gettingthe attention of a major, oreven minor, for that matter,publishing company forone’s manuscript is moreakin to winning the lotterythan it is to having a pub-lisher actually read and likewhat one has written.

Self publishing involvesshelling out a bunch ofcash to get a book printedbetween covers and thenspending another ton oftime, energy and $ tryingto sell it or otherwise makeit available to the public.

On the other hand, oneof the top 3 best novels thatI have read this year is asemi-self published(Xlibris) and distributedwork that is far, far betterthan almost all the 200+other titles (at least 2 dozenof them, “bestsellers”)Ihave perused since the firstof the year. I read too muchto have time for writinganything more serious thanthis column. The best thingabout retirement is that Inow have almost as muchtime as I want to read. It isnot unusual for me to getso wrapped up in a goodnovel that I will completeit in one day without everlaying it down.

Such was the case withAlfred Patrick’s newestand anxiously anticipatedoffering, entitled ClinchValley Pursuit, the thirdbook in his “Clinch” seriesthat was preceded byClinch River Justice andClinch Mountain Echoes.I read Pursuit twice in oneweekend early last monththen dug around the houseuntil I found the first twoso that I could reread themfor the third time.

As is the case withmany other writers whenthey decide to get seriousabout the craft, Al’s booksare noticeably more com-plex and more cleverlyplotted as they advancechronologically. Both Ech-oes and Pursuit will be farmore meaningful to read-ers who have read the pre-ceding titles simply be-cause all three feature sev

The Two Dollar BillWhen I was around

seven years of age, mymother (Bee) was workingas the ticket agent for theGreyhound Bus Station onMain Street in Mt. Vernon.One afternoon after school,I was hanging out with herwhen she said, “David Joe,I found something today thatyou might love to have.”

While she walked to thebackroom to get my surprisefrom her purse, my mindwas spinning as I tried toimagine what she had found.As she walked back into therestaurant, I saw a brandnew two-dollar bill in herhand. I was excited becauseI had never seen a bill of thisdenomination. I thanked herprofusely and carefullyplaced the bill between thepages of one of my booksfor safe keeping. Sixty fouryears later, I still have thattwo-dollar bill.

I remember another oc-casion when I was giventwo-dollar bills by my par-ents. My Dad owned a taxiservice in downtown Mt.Vernon and, when I waslittle, he occasionally tookme with him. One eveninghe picked up a customer atthe L&N Depot and drovehim home, which was out inthe county. I have no ideahow much Daddy chargedthe man, but he paid with 2two-dollar bills. Once thegentleman had exited thecar, Daddy handed the billsover to me. I have a sneak-ing suspicion that Daddy did

not trust the scarce denomination – just like he did nohave much trust for banks ingeneral. Most of his moneywas tucked away in hispocket.

Both of these eventscaused me to develop a fondness for those particularsamples of our United Statescurrency. The denominationof two-dollar bills was authorized under a congressional act and was actuallyfirst used in March of 1862(Bet you didn’t know thatdid you?) That bill was issued continuously unti1966.

In 1976, production of thetwo-dollar denominationwas resumed and was assigned as a Federal ReserveNote. It has remained a current denomination eversince. Hoarding of the seriesdue to the lack of publicknowledge of the bill has resulted in very few bills seenin circulation. I suppose thaI am one of the guilty parties. I am inclined to be ahoarder; I usually put themin a drawer if one is given tome as change.

The last two-dollar bilthat I kept as a “prized possession” came to me in 1969when my good friend, JimAndy Sears, and I bet twodollars as a friendly wageron a UK basketball game. Ialways pick the Cats, and Iwon that wager. When hehanded me the two-dollarnote, I wrote on its face, “UKwon – Sears lost!” I have tha

T.J.’sJournalby: Tonya J. Cook

The Halloween That WillAlways be RemeberedDear Journal,Last night was Hallow-

een night, the night that is anight of fun and excitementfor most children and evena few adults. I celebrated theevening with a frightful ex-perience right at home onmy own couch. I watchedthe Wildcats lose to the Ten-nessee Volunteers. The lasthalf of the game was a par-ticularly scary sight.

As the dark of theevening approached, mymind went back to the Hal-loween evening of 1952. Idon't remember the evening,as I wasn't born yet, but eachHalloween evening as Igrew up, Mom would relatethe evening her belovedGrandma Price died.

Grandma Price had be-come ill a few days earlierwith congestive heart failureand was in the hospital atMiddlesboro, Kentucky.Most of the family had gath-ered at the hospital, fearingthe worst. My Grandma andGrandpa Norton were there.My Grandma Price was agreat-grandma. GrandmaNorton, Evelyn, was herdaughter. My Uncle Juniorhad driven Grandpa andGrandma there. This leftMom and my brother, Don,back at home in London.

Mom didn't go, probably

because my brother Donwas too young for such anouting. I believe, lookingback, it may have been inpart that she didn't want tosee her grandma in such a

We are a society of com-plicated things. Nothng issimple anymore. It seemsthat we are not happy withsomething until we haveregulated, proclamated, ad-justed and amended thingsuntil they are no longer un-derstandable.

I remember a bill pass-ing Congress not that longago in which legislatorssaid, “We have to pass thebill before we know what’sin it.” It was too complexto read or comprehend. Soas long as the proper partysubmitted it, pass it.

The NFL is followingsuit. Rules have become socomplex that it would takea team of scholars to figurethem all out from one yearto the next.

Apparently it is a hugepenalty-causing a foul if aplayer says, “ha ha, I beatyou” to another player.They call it “taunting”.

Every year there are rulechanges that make me won-

der why they wear the padsanymore. Don’t hit anyonethere, don’t touch themhere, don’t say somethingmean, and by all means,don’t celebrate if you reachan accomplishment.

And have you seen thetax code? There are 74,000pages of it. Have you evenread 74,000 pages in yourlifetime? Has anyone?

If you read the Dictio-nary every month per yearfrom cover to cover, itwould take 23 years to readthat much.

It is a shame to have alaw that affects everyAmerican’s finances andnot one human beingknows everything about it.

The internet is a hugehelp but web pages arestarting to get more com-plex all the time as well.

I recently had someonetell me there is a very in-teresting story on a certainwebsite that I may enjoy.

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ShirleyClark Bullen

Shirley Clark Bullen, 77,of Berea, died Sunday, No-vember 1, 2015 inWilliamsburg.

Funeral services will beconducted Friday, Novem-ber 6, 2015 at 11 a.m. atDowell & Martin FuneralHome Chapel by Bros. SteveHobbs and Gary Pettyjohn.Burial will follow in theClark Cemetery. Friendsmay call from 6-8 p.m. (to-day) Thursday.

A complete obituary willappear in next week’s Signal.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to

view online obituary.

Charlie R.Page

Charlie R. Page, 79, ofOrlando, died Wednesday,October 21, 2015 at the VAHospital in Lexington. Hewas born in Wilson, NC onSeptember 9, 1936 the sonof Evan and Iva RobbinsPage. He had been a truckdriver, mechanic and min-ister and was of the Holi-ness Faith.

He was retired from theUS military having servedin the US Army for 13

years and the USNavy for 10years. He served

two tours of duty in Viet-nam and one in Korea. Heearned the Vietnam Cam-paign Medal, the NationalDefense Service Medal,the Vietnam Service Medalw/ one Bronze Star, twoNavy CommendationMedals, the MeritoriousUnit Commendation, theNavy ExpeditionaryMedal, a Sea Service Rib-bon w/ one Bronze Star,and the Good ConductMedal.

He is survived by: hiswife, Dorothy Page of Or-lando; two sons, Charlie R.Page, Jr. of Berea andDavid Page of RockyMount, NC; one daughter,Mary Reed of Orlando;three brothers, Tom Pageof Rocky Mount, LynwoodPage of Raleigh and Will-iam Earl Page of RockyMount; and three sisters,Deanie Page, Iva Walstonand Marie Proctor, all ofRocky Mount. Also surviv-ing are 13 grandchildrenand 14 great grandchil-dren. In addition to his par-ents, he was preceded indeath by a sister, CarolGardner.

A Memorial Servicewill be held at a later datein the Pineview Cemeteryin Rocky Mount, NC.

Local arrangementswere by Dowell & MartinFuneral Home.

Please visitwww.DowellMartin.com to view

online obituary.

Elmer LewisStewart

Elmer Lewis Stewart, 31,of Orlando, died Wednes-day, October 28, 2015 at UKHospital in Lexington. Hewas born in RockcastleCounty on February 24,1984 the son of Elmer Boydand Vonda BallingerStewart. He was a self-em-ployed laborer and a mem-ber of New Hope BaptistChurch.

He is survived by: hisparents, Elmer Boyd andVonda Stewart of Orlando;his paternal grandparents,David and Hazel Stewart ofOrlando; a special friend,Heather Kirby of Orlando;four brothers, Kenny andRachel Ballinger of Or-lando, Jason and CrystalStewart of Pongo, Nathanand Megan Stewart of Or-lando and Austin Stewart;one sister, Sheena Pitman ofMt. Vernon; and nieces andnephews, Nathaneal andTrinity Barnett, Kenny andAlexis Ballinger, JalonStewart, Chloe Stewart andOctober Kirby.

He was preceded in deathby: his maternal grandpar-ents, Murphy and VirgieBallinger; uncles, OtisBallinger and DavidBallinger; and one aunt,Destil Ballinger.

Funeral services wereconducted Tuesday, Novem-ber 3, 2015 at Brush CreekHoliness Church by Bros.Jack Carpenter and MattGriggs. Burial followed inthe Johnetta Cemetery.

Pallbearers were:Nathaniel Barnett, JasonStewart, Michael White,John White, Ron Harris IIand Jr. Clark.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to


TommieFalin

Tommie Falin, 99, of Or-lando, died Sunday, Novem-ber 1, 2015 at RockcastleHealth and RehabilitationFacility. He entered this lifeFebruary 24, 1916 the son ofthe late Martin and MaggieWyrick Falin. He was amember of Flat Rock Mis-sionary Baptist Churchwhere he had served as Dea-con and Usher for severalyears. He was a Powder man

for the KentuckyStone Companyand had worked

for the Blue Grass ArmyDepot for several years as anAmmunition handler, theMullins Station and Mt.Vernon Quarries, cut right ofway for phone company andhighway department. Heserved his country in the USArmy. He enjoyed fishing,hunting, loved humming-birds, dogs and animals of allkinds. He especially enjoyednavigating Pam on recentdrives around the county. Hewill be remembered for sit-ting on the porch and wav-ing to everyone that passedby. He was a loving and de-voted husband, father andgrandfather.

On May 2, 1942 he mar-ried Maxine Chesnut, andthey shared 49 years to-gether prior to her passing in1991.

Those left to celebrate hislife are: his two children,Robert (Mary Jane) Falin ofFlorence and Pamela (Rick)Leger of Richmond; fivegrandchildren, KennethDwight Falin, Kristie Falin(Danny) Bustle, John KevinFalin, Chantel Leger-Creekmore (Cody) andShane Heath Leger; a host ofnieces, nephews, friends andneighbors, including hisbuddy Tyler Howard; a spe-cial cousin, Gladys Mason;and special friends, Bud andJennie Shelburne.

Besides his parents, hewas preceded in death by:his wife, Maxine ChesnutFalin; one son, Johnny KeithFalin; six brothers, Alva,Henry, Elmer, Orin, Ed, in-fant brother Michael; andfour sisters, Grace Hurd,Carrie Allen, Mae Falin, andinfant sister Pearlie E Falin.

Casketbearers are: KevinFalin, Shane Leger, DannyBustle, Cody Creekmoreand Don Falin. Honorarycasketbearer is BudShelburne.

Funeral services will beconducted (today) Thursday,November 5, 2015 at the FlatRock Missionary BaptistChurch at 1 p.m. with Bro.Jack Stallsworth officiating.Burial will follow in theMaple Grove Cemetery withMilitary Rites by SaswellSaufley.

Visitation is (today)Thursday, November 5,from 10 a.m. until the fu-neral at 1 p.m.

Condolences may be made atwww.marvineowensfuneralhome.com

JohnnieSims

Johnnie Ashford Sims,77, of Crab Orchard, diedFriday, October 30, 2015, atthe Fort Logan Hospital inStanford. He was the hus-band of Denola "Dee"(Salyers) Sims whom hemarried on December 13,1975. He was born inWaynesburg on April 4,1938. He was the son of thelate Duval Sims, Sr. and

Jestie (Roberts)Sims. He servedin the U.S. Army

and was a paratrooper. Hewas a member of the WattsChapel Baptist Church andwas a former KentuckyState Police officer. He wasalso a former LincolnCounty Sheriff and a formerLincoln County Judge Ex-ecutive. He was a formertruck driver for Consoli-dated Freight, and was aformer East End AmbulanceBoard Member and servedon many other boards andcommittees, too numerousto mention.

He is survived by: hisloving wife of 39 years,Denola M. Sims; fourdaughters, Pam (Carl)Hinkle, Laura Rimer, TeresaJones and Crystal Marlowe;son, John Ray (Ruth) Sims;sister, Nancy Hoover; threebrothers, David, Clinton andDuval (Eleanor) Sims; eightgrandchildren; and 13 greatgrandchildren.

Pallbearers were: DannyRowe, Johnathon Hoover,Russell Fields, Marion,Chris, Shane and Jeff Sims.

Funeral services wereheld Tuesday, November 3,2015 at McKnight FuneralHome Chapel with Bro. DanGutenson officiating. Burialwas at Camp Nelson Na-tional Cemetery with Mili-tary Honors by the CaswellSaufley American Legion.

Memorial contributionscan be made to the Ken-

James EvansJames Harold Evans, 76,

of Mt.Vernon, died Tuesday,October 27, 2015 at theRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal. He was born June 5,1939 in Rockcastle County,the son of the late John andSyble Mink Evans. He wasa cabinet maker with an as-sociates degree in electron-ics, and was a member of theMt.Vernon Church ofChrist.

Survivors are: his wife,Carolyn Whitaker Evans ofMt.Vernon; one son, Ricky(Cathy) Evans of Mt.Vernon; two half-brothers,Johnny Thompson ofSomerset, and Mark Evansof Ohio; two half-sisters,Brenda, and Edith; onegranddaughter, JessicaHodge (Lloyd Prewitt); andone grandson, StormyJones.

Funeral services wereconducted Friday, October30, 2015 at the Cox FuneralHome with Bro. Cecil Kingofficiating. Burial was in theFriendship Cemetery.

Arrangements by theCox Funeral Home.

Send condolences online atwww.coxfuneralhomeky.com.

MarthaHasty

Martha Hasty, 95, diedMonday, October 26, 2015.She was the former MarthaMarie Denney, a native ofRockcastle County and amember of Eastern ParkwayBaptist Church.

She was preceded indeath by her husband,James L. Hasty and broth-ers, Irvin Denney, Jr. andCraig Denney.

She is survived by: herson, Jerald L. (Martha J..)Hasty; grandchildren,Lynnetta (Tom) Hornback,Jim (Julia) Hasty andJealene (Jay) Tewell; greatgrandchildren, Justin (Jenn)Hornback, Amanda(Donnie) Distler, Cassie(Bryan) Alexander, LaurenHornback, Chris (Amanda)Tewell, Jacob Hasty andJesica Hasty; great greatgrandchildren, Austyn,Lucas, Nolan, Rylan,Landon and Jonah; a sister,Beulah McLane Carter; anda brother, Wayne Denney.

Funeral services wereheld Saturday, October 30,2015 at the Cox FuneralHome. Burial was in Pop-lar Grove Cemetery.

The Family would liketo thank the sixth floor staffat Parkway Medical Centerfor their kindness and sup-port.

Memorial gifts may bemade to Eastern ParkwayBaptist Church, 601 EasternParkway, Louisville, KY40217 or Hosparus.

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AlphaRecoveryAlpha Recovery, a pro-

gram promoting freedomfrom addiction, not a lifelong struggle with drugs, al-cohol or anything else,meets each Saturday from 3to 4 p.m. at Chestnut RidgeChurch of God in Mt.Vernon. The group is led byRay Owens and Tommy andGina Dooley. “The pastdoes not have to be yourprison. You have a voice inyour destiny. You have achoice in the path you take.”Max Lucado For more in-formation, call 606-308-5593.


Bookmobile ScheduleMon., Nov. 9th: Seek ‘n Learn, Child Development, TicToc Preschool. Tues., Nov. 10th: Maple Grove, Orlandoand Climax. Wed., Nov. 11th: Calloway, Red Hill, SandHill, Livingston, Lamero and Pine Hill.

PVFD FundraiserPongo Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold a fundraiser Satur-day, November 7th from 5 to 8 p.m. It will be a pig roastwith potato salad, baked beans, cole slaw and dessert for$7 a plate. All you can eat. Please come.

CVFD Fish Fry/Yard SaleClimax Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold a fish fry and in-side yard sale on Friday, November 6th from 6:30 to 8p.m. The department will also have their annual TurkeyShoot on Saturday, November 21st beginning at 10 a.m.

LVFD Turkey ShootThe Livingston Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold a TurkeyShoot on Saturday, Nov. 21st and Sat., Nov. 28th, begin-ning at 11 a.m. at David Mason Garage on US 25 at PineHill.

Shop With A LionMt. Vernon Lions Club is soliciting donations for theirannual Shop With A Lion project. The project allowsunderprivileged children to have a shopping trip to WalMart for Christmas. Donations may be given to MikeDebord, 606-308-4844 or at the Sheriff’s Department byDecember 5th. Help us make it a great Christmas for thesechildren.

Service Officer AvailableA certified ad trained State Service Officer will be at theLondon DAV building on East 80, behind Valero TruckStop, on Nov. 10th from 9 a.m. to noon, or longer, toassist all veterans and their dependents with VA claims.DAV does not charge for this service. For more informa-tion, call 606-862-0032 or 606-877-1308. If no answer,leave a short message.

Alpha RecoveryAlpha Recovery, a program promoting freedom from ad-diction, not a life long struggle with drugs, alcohol oranything else, meets each Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m. atChestnut Ridge Church of God in Mt. Vernon. The groupis led by Ray Owes and Tommy and Gina Dooley. “Thepast does not have to be your prison. You have a voice inyour destiny. You have a choice in the path you take.”Max Lucado For more information, call 606-308-5593.

Celebrate RecoveryCelebrate Recovery classes are being held every Mon-day night at 6 p.m. at the Community Outreach Center inBrodhead (next to the Fairgrounds). The purpose of theministry is to fellowship and celebrate God’s healingpower in our lives through the Eight Recovery Principles.Refreshments at 6 p.m. followed by group lesson or tes-timony each night. Qualified leaders are available to signcourt-ordered papers. Please call Chris Martin at 606-308-3368 for more information.

DAR MeetingsThe Rockcastle Chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution meets the first Monday of each month,September-May at 6 p.m. at First Christian Church inMt. Vernon. All prospective members are welcome toattend.

Brodhead Lodge MeetingThe Brodhead Masonic Lodge #566 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 Limestone Grill. 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 at6 p.m. of each month at the Limestone Grill. CommanderTommy Hodges invites all Rockcastle veterans to jointhis organization that honors American soldiers, sailorsand airmen.

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“ramblings”(Cont. from A2)

angry about the way thingsare going in the countrywith the Dems in power --you know, millions addi-tional on food stamps, aPresident that lies to ourface about his healthcareprogram, foreign countriestreating us as if we make nodifference to anything, us-ing his “phone and pen” toattempt to grant amnesty tomillions of illegal immi-grants, policemen across thecountry feeling as if they areunder siege and the hugefederal debt that is going tohaunt our great grandchil-dren.

As best as I can remem-ber, I pulled the straightticket for the first time in mylife. But, I’m sorry, I justdon’t trust a party that fightsagainst outlawing “Sanctu-ary Cities” where illegal im-migrants are allowed toroam free, even thoughmany have been convictedfor felonies, some violent;a party that refuses todefund Planned Parenthoodthat, in direct violation offederal law, dismembersaborted babies and sellsthem for profit or that boos

“Aces”(Continued from A-2)

at their national conventionwhen there was a proposalto include the mention ofGod in their national plat-form.

I will have to admit thatour own Mitch McConnellhas been complicit in muchof the Dem agenda. Buthope springs eternal thatone day the Republican vot-ers of Kentucky will seethrough this man’s shallowveneer and send a true Con-servative to Washington.

I hope that Bevin realizesthat a Republican in thehighest office in our stateneeds to be “squeaky clean”and not pull a “Fletcher”while in office. He needs tofirm up his stand on severalcritical issues and quit flip-flopping so that Republi-cans are not once again con-signed to the back bench foryears.

All in all, it was a goodFriday night. Our bowlingteam, me, my daughterJane, daughter-in-law Lauraand granddaughter Kaylahad a great night in ourbowling league -- winningfour games from our oppo-nents. We are climbing fromthe cellar in standings aftera disastrous start, sorta likethe Republicans...

But when I visited the website, there were 35 optionsin sub catagories of subcat-egories of different sections.It was a pretty website but Inever found the story.

There is such a thing astoo much information.When I need information ona story, I just call the county/circuit clerk or the Sheriffand ask them about it.

I recently did a storyabout the KDE school re-port card which gradesschools throughout Ken-tucky.

I hate to admit it but itwould have been impossibleto write a complete story onthe subject. I had to settle forwhat I understood and whatI thought may be importantto our readers.

However, if people had

any idea how complex andmultifaceted the report cardtruly is, they would knowmy story only touched therough edges.

I learned the best thing todo is, ignore that report cardand pay attention to howyour child is doing inschool. That’s the reportcard that matters.

We have become so pre-occupied with satisfying ev-eryone, that no one is actu-ally satisfied.

I know it’s pretty basic,but it seems to me that thoseten little rules in the Biblekeep thiings pretty simple.Don’t steal or covet or mur-der and such.

Instead, we have to writea 2,000 page document de-fining murder and to whatdegree the murder is and theintentions and the sanity ofthe murderer.

And of course there is

theft or burglary, or theft byunlawful taking. I wouldthink if you steal something,that’s just plain theft and Iwould assume it’s unlawfulwithout putting it in the titleof the charge.

I’ve seen a lot of peoplearrested and there is acharge sometimes of thatperson “attempting to con-ceal evidence,” or “avoidingarrest.”

Well, duh. If they are adrug dealer, I think it’s okayto assume they have beenconcealing evidence forquite some time. Thatcharge could be on all ar-rests.

And avoiding arrest? Ifwe didn’t arrest them yes-terday, then aren’t they allguilty of that?

We have laws upon lawsabout laws. But it’s becausewe have made things socomplicated to cover everyimaginable possibility.

Many attorneys say thatevery American breaks atleast one law from time totime. Usually without evenknowing it. But there is alaw that says “Ignorance ofthe law is no excuse.” Sounless you have read andmemorized the entire Li-

brary of Congress, you areguilty.

Phones are the sameway. Complicated!

I use my iphone a lot. Butit does things that I couldnever understand. It has be-come so complex that noone could ever know every-thing it does.

In fact, the phone on myhip has the same amount ofcomputing power thatNASA used for the firstApollo Mission. But, at theNASA launch site, therewere hundreds of peopleworking to understand anduse that computing power.

And Apple expects me touse all that power by my-self?

I don’t care to be oldfashioned. I still like thephone I used to have whereI had to spin a rotary to diala number and wait for therotary to return before Icould dial another number.

I like when the law said,“don’t kill anyone.” Period.

I have decided that in myown life, I’m going to keepthings as simple as I can andnot get caught breakinglaws that I didn’t know ex-isted.

eral of the same majorcharacters and the samegeneral location/setting inrural, mountainous,southwestern Virginia.The time frame is the1940s with the first booktaking place during theWWII years and the thirdone in 1948. Reading allthree in order, enablesreaders to watch the twomain characters grow uptogether.

While Pursuit can bebest described as Crime/Action Adventure, it isdifficult to pigeonhole ei-ther of the titles into oneparticular genre. The firsttwo combine elements ofstandard murder mystery,dramatic action, history,law enforcement andsocio-economics. Allthree are seasoned withenough romance to keepfans of that genre inter-ested.

In a previous review ofone of these books I recallsaying that the most com-pelling aspect of AlPatrick’s writing is that henails the use of Appala-chian dialect better thananyone I have ever read.Al is a native of southwestVirginia so it’s easy tounderstand that he mightget it right. But more of-ten than not I find myselfembarrassed for both thewriters( Including na-tives) and their characters

as they absolutely butcherand unintentionally makemockery of our dialectwhen they attempt to cre-ate dialogue in the localvernacular. Al Patrick hasthe too rare talent of mak-ing his characters feel andsound so genuine thatreaders will begin to feelas though they knowthem.

Al has not always beena fiction writer. His long,successful teaching careerbegan at the high schoollevel in his beloved south-west Virginia several de-cades backand culmi-nated when he retired asDean of Eastern Ken-tucky University’s Col-lege of Business about 4years ago.

But persistence is Al’strademark as evidencedby the fact that he hashiked the entire lengths ofboth the AppalachianTrail and the John MuirTrailas well as numerousothers exceeding 100miles. In case you don’tknow, The AppalachianTrail is over 2,000 mostlysteep miles long. I sus-pect that persistence is themajor reason his bookshave been relatively suc-cessful and became pub-lished in the first place.

The best way to get thebooks, individually, or asa set, is to purchase themdirectly from the author atthe wholesale price. Eachbook is in the 230 pagerange. Softcovers are $14each, 2 for$25, 3for $37.Hardbacks are $18.00, 2for $30, 3for $44. If youorder by mail postage andhandling is $3 for 1 book,$4 for2, $5 for all 3.

Shipping is the samefor both hard back andsoft cover but Al is happyto make arrangements tohave buyers pick them upin Richmond to save allS&H charges. Call himat 859-623-4290, [email protected] order directly by send-ing payment plus S&H toAlfred Patrick, P.O. Box2077, Richmond, KY40476.

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“Journal”(Cont. from A2)

condition as they were very close.Back in those days, Halloween wasn't the big deal

that it is today. Not many people went out to “trick ortreat”, and when they did the adults went, too. On thisHalloween night, there wasn't a single “trick or treater”come to the Norton door. The weather, according toMom, was unbelievably bad. She said the weather re-ally showed all it had to offer that night. It stormed awhile, ending up with sleet and snow flurries, all withvery high winds.

Meanwhile, back in Middlesboro, my GrandmaNorton was standing near a window in the lobby of thehospital watching the last rays of light turn to dark-ness. She turned as a nurse approached. She knew byher expression that her mom was gone. “Mama is gone,isn't she?” “Yes, I'm afraid she is, Mrs. Norton”, thenurse replied.

When she could compose herself, enough, she sentword back to Mom that Grandma Price was dead. Momdidn't have access to a phone. Grandma Norton calledthe Binder house, which had one of the few phones inthe community, about a half mile away. Keith, theirteenage son, brought the news.

When he knocked at the door about nine-ish, Momthought it was the wind beating and banging about out-side. Finally, Mom answered the door to learn the hor-rible news.

Shortly, Mom and Don began hearing walking up-stairs, a pacing the length of the hall for the first timeever. What became known as “Old Charlie” had ar-rived.

Over the years, “Old Charlie” has made his pres-ence known many times and to many who didn't knowof him, but that is another story.

Once again, the Halloween night of 1952 has beenremembered.


Construction began Monday on the newest addition to Rockcastle Business ParkSouth. Kimike, Inc. is constructing a building large enough to house their ownbusiness, Mt. Vernon Eye Care, and future businesses. Mt. Vernon Eye Care willbe located across from Whitehouse Clinic.

“Memories”(Cont. from A2)

bill in my wallet to thisday. My friend Jim Andydied from a heart attackwhen he was only 55 yearsold.

I suppose it is strange tohave been collecting two-dollar bills, but I still havea few that remind me ofevents in my childhood orthose like I got from mygood friend. The truth of thematter is that, first of all, Ido tend to be a hoarder ofcertain types of things and,secondly, I also tend to berather sentimental. There-fore, I have small collec-tions of many kinds. It is notexactly a good combinationfor someone who lives in asmall house.

My wife keeps tellingme that we need to have ayard sale and get rid of abunch of “stuff.” Havinglived in the same house forover twenty years, I willadmit that our home doesseem like it is overflowinga bit. If I eventually give into having a sale, it will behard for me to let go ofmuch of my stuff. However,you can be assured that mycollection of two-dollarbills is safely tucked awaywhere my wife can’t get tothem!

(You can reach me [email protected] or you candrop me a line at 2167 Furnace

Road – Stanton, KY 40380. Iappreciate your comments and

suggestions.)

is available to help in anyway. “Once this new con-tract is underway there is achance they will approachus about expanding thebuilding and the parking,”said Craig.

Craig said there are al-ready plans for a 17,000square foot addition to thebuilding with an additional75-100 parking spacesshould an expansion occur.

“RCIDA”(Conntinued from front) In new business, the

board held an extensive dis-cussion about the hiring ofa new Executive Director,following the resignation ofHolly Hopkins Scoville lastmonth.

Coguer said the boardshould be thinking about thecharacteristics of the job andthe skills that should be re-quired of the next director.

“We need to craft a jobdescription, craft advertis-ing, discuss salary with theFiscal Court and other is-sues. The Fiscal Court maywish to reevaluate the salarystructure. It’s been my ex-perience that you get whatyou pay for,” he said. “Weneed to think about thingslike incentives and havingmore control over the ac-tions and over the director.A big part of this is workingwith the Fiscal Court.”

Craig presented severalissues since he was involvedwith the hiring of the previ-ous three Executive Direc-tors.

“Are we going to havethe funding to hire a direc-tor? How do we go about thesearch? There are many is-sues to discuss,” he said.

Craig suggested a com-mittee to help create the jobdescription. “In the past thecommittee developed ashort list of criteria and thenbrought that to the board tobe adjusted and whittleddown,” he said.

Coguer agreed that acommittee should be formedand said he agreed withCraig’s suggestion of havingtwo members of the fiscalcourt and three members ofthe board to sit on the com-mittee.

Board member SamHamilton said he believesthe fiscal court should drivethe process. “I believe theFiscal Court has to drive thisfrom the top down. The fis-cal court tells the board whatactions are needed and thenthe board tells the director

what actions to take insteadof the director telling uswhat’s going on,” he said.

Bishop said the most im-portant issue may be that thenew director understand thecommunity. “We havelooked at other counties andour situations are unique,”said Bishop. “We needsomeone who understandsour community and our set-ting. They need to be ableto relate to the people ofRockcastle County.”

“We need someone withpositive feelings about ourcounty. It’s hard for a sales-man to sell something theydon’t believe in,” saidBishop.

Craig suggested theboard provide a broad jobdescription and then let thenew committee use that in-formation to make a moredetailed description.

Coguer asked the boardto begin work on the strate-gic plan.

Craig said a third partyshould be involved in thecommittee. “It is very easyfor a committee to get to-gether and get stuck on onesubject for two hours andget nothing done. We needsomeone from the outsidewho can let us know weneed to move on,” saidCraig.

Bishop agreed and saidthe fiscal court would workwith the RCIDA in any waypossible. “I’ll work withyou in any way I can. I feellike all our hearts are in theright place. If we keep thecitizens of RockcastleCounty in mind, we are do-ing the right thing,” he said.

Craig assured the boardthat in the meantime (whilethere is no director on theboard) he and Coguer haveaccess to all the emails andmessages and they will helpkeep efforts moving. “Wecan keep everything afloatfor awhile. But we need tomove on this and take thingsforward,” he said.

a popular drug in itself.“Suboxone strips are

very difficult to find. It ispaper thin and looks like oneof those breath mints thatyou put under your tongue,”he said. “Inmates can hidethem behind their ears orarmpits or testicles and it isvery difficult to spot.”

However, McClure andhis staff attend classes whichteach them how to search forcontraband. “My goal is toslow down the drug problemin our detention center. Weare making progress,” hesaid.

McClure took over asJailer in January of this yearand he is keeping a close eyeon the drug problem. “I amguessing that we miss about20% of it. But catching it

“Drugs”(Conntinued from front)

X-Ray machine used byRockcastle DetentionCenter to scan inmatesfor contraban.

80% of the time is a prettygood start and we are notgoing to let up,” he said.

McClure said he is sur-prised that inmates smuggle

contraband as often as theydo. “Some of them don’t re-ally have that much moretime in here. Then they tryto sneak in drugs and theycan get up to five years inprison added to their sen-tence,” he said.

McClure and his depu-ties also do random cellsearches and have foundsyringes, meth, tattoo gunsand other contraband. “Wefound five syringes the firstweek I was here,” he said.

McClure said he aver-ages about two busts permonth inside the jail butsometimes there are more.

“We may never stop theproblem completely. But theone thing I know for certainis, we will never stop fight-ing it and we will look for itevery day,” he said.

victory as Auditor of Pub-lic Accounts receiving486,651 votes to incum-bent Adam H. Edelen’s450,316. Harmon’s mar-gin of victory inRockcastle County wasmuch larger with 2,454votes to Edelen’s 797.

Republican AllisonBall got the win asKentucky’s new StateTreasurer getting 572,296votes to Democrat RickNelson’s 450,316 in thestate. In RockcastleCounty Ball received overfour times the votes forNelson with 2,669 toNelson’s 598.

In the race for Com-missioner of Agriculture,Republican Ryan F.Quarles took the victorywith 563,414 votes com-pared to Jean-MarieLawson Spann’s 374,402.In Rockcastle CountyQuarles got 2,663 votes toSpann’s 607.

The race for Board ofEducation Division 5, Su-san Wren Jordison was theonly candidate on the bal-lot and she received 416votes.

“I appreciate everyonewho got out and voted andhelped our party securethese historic wins. Seri-ous work is ahead of ournew statewide leaders,”said Cromer.

Cromer also said Re-publicans should look for-ward to next year’s Presi-dential election. “We mustalso elect a Republicanpresident in 2016. Look-ing at the results fromTuesday, I think we arewell on our way to doingthat,” she said

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window of the vehicle.According to the report,

when other officers joined

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the chase, Cobb pulled overand surrendered to officers.Cobb was arrested at thescene and lodged in theRockcastle County Deten-tion Center. He was chargedwith speeding, fleeing orevading police, carelessdriving, disregarding trafficcontrol device, improperpassing, possession of mari-juana, improper signal and

wanton endangerment.According to police,

Spencer Brashear, 23, whowas a passenger in the ve-hicle, was also arrested onthe scene and charged withpublic intoxication.

Officer McQueen wasassisted by Officers KeeganBray, Mark Scott and DavidBurton. The case is still un-der investigation.

The USDA-Natural Re-sources Conservation Ser-vice (NRCS) in Kentucky isencouraging landowners,farmers and producers tovisit their local NRCS officenow to receive informationand apply for conservationtechnical assistance andpossible financial fundingopportunities.

The application processfor NRCS’s conservationprograms is continuous, butfunding selections for spe-cific programs are madethroughout the year. For theEnvironmental Quality In-centives Program (EQIP)the first application cutoffperiod date for consider-ation for 2016 funds is No-vember 20, 2015. Applica-tions received after Novem-ber 20, 2015, will be helduntil the next application cutoff period, which will beMarch 18, 2016.

EQIP is a conservationprogram that provides finan-cial and technical assistanceto farmers and ranchers whoface threats to soil, water,air, and related natural re-sources on their land.Through EQIP, NRCS de-velops contracts with agri-cultural producers to volun-tarily implement conserva-tion practices. Persons en-gaged in livestock or agri-cultural production andowners of non-industrialprivate forestland are eli-gible for this program. Eli-

gible land includes crop-land, pastureland, privatenon-industrial forestland,and other farm or ranchlands.

EQIP offers several Na-tional and State Initiativeswhich include the SeasonalHigh Tunnel Initiative, Or-ganic Initiative, On-FarmEnergy Initiative, WildlifeInitiative, and Forestry Ini-tiative. Interested land usersshould visit their localNRCS Office to find outwhat opportunities areavailable through each ofthese EQIP Initiatives.

“We’re getting an earlierstart on EQIP contracts thisyear to give farmers moretime to install practices,”said Deena Wheby, assistantstate conservationist forprograms.

All recipients of assis-tance are required to de-velop a conservation plan.Conservation planning is anintegral part of the conser-vation process. Landownersshould work with a conser-vation planner to developthe plan based on thelandowner’s operationalgoals to improve the pro-ductivity, sustainability andprofitability of their opera-tion.

“Good conservationplanning helps us identifythe practices that will bestaddress a landuser’s re-

First application period forEQIP in November 20th

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The RCHS girls' cross-country team successfullydefended their Class 2A Re-gion 5 title on Saturday atCave Lake Park in WayneCounty. The girls won theregional championship by20 points over runner-upCasey County. BoyleCounty placed 3rd withMercer County finishing4th and Corbin 5th. Thiswas the 3rd regional cham-pionship title in the past fourseasons for RCHS and the8th in the program’s history.Coming into the regionalchampionships, RCHS helda slim one point lead overCasey County. Some greatperformances by the team’sveteran cross-country run-ners, along with some im-pressive races by newcom-ers helped put the LadyRockets over the top.Amazingly, RCHS placedfive runners in the top fif-teen to help secure the re-gional title win.

8th grader Tori Dotson,the defending regionalchampion from last year andone of the best young run-ners in the state, led RCHS

Led by Dotson and Mercer

RCHS girls’ cross-country team wins region championshipwith another great perfor-mance. Tori placed 3rdoverall and covered the 3.1-mile course in an impressivetime of 20:08, a personalbest for the Cave Lake Parkcourse. Next Saturday, she'llbe looking to turn in anotherall-state performance as sheleads RCHS in the Class 2AState Championships at theKentucky Horse Park inLexington. Earlier this sea-son at the Franklin CountyInvitational held at the samesite, Tori shattered her ownRCHS record for 5,000-meters with an incredibletime of 19:15. She’ll be at-tempting to break her recordonce again on Saturday asshe leads RCHS againstsome very tough state meetcompetition.

Junior Sierra Mercercame through with an ex-ceptional 7th place finishoverall and a sensationaltime of 21:58. Sierra has

been one of the most con-sistent runners for RCHSthis season, placing in thetop ten at most meets andkeep her time between 21and 22 minutes for most ofthe season. Both Sierra andTori earned regional cham-pionship medals for placingin the top 8. At state, Sierrawill be looking to break the21 minute mark and estab-lish a new personal best timein the process. She’s vital tothe team’s success as she al-ways bridges the gap be-tween Tori and the rest of theRCHS team. If she can staynear Tori and the team fol-lows her closely, RCHScould have a great state meetfinish.

Junior Taylor Bullockstayed close to Sierra at re-gion and placed 11th over-all with an awesomeseason’s best time of 22:20.As with Sierra, Taylor hasbeen very consistent thisseason and continues to getbetter with each meet, espe-cially in the last couple ofweeks. Next Saturday, Tay-lor will be looking to run apersonal best in the 21minute range or possiblyunderand stay as close toSierra as possible. She willplay a very important rolefor RCHS at state and hasplaced herself in a positionto have a great race. Taylorwill be key in keepingRockcastle’s younger run-ners close to the pack.

Freshman KensieSheffield was a huge key onSaturday for RCHS, easilyrunning her best race of theseason. Kensie placed 13thoverall with an exceptionalseason's best time of 22:31.Next Saturday, she'll also belooking to establish a newpersonal best in the 21minute range and alwaysruns her best at region andstate. Her remaining closeto Sierra and Taylor is vitalfor the team’s success. If sheruns as well as she did at re-gion, RCHS should have achance at a great team fin-ish and she’ll figure promi-nently in the team’s finalplacement.

7th grader JasmineAshcraft came through withan unbelievable perfor-mance at state. Jasmineplaced 15th overall with anincredible personal besttime of 22:38. Amazingly,she improved upon her all-time best by over 2 minutesand 10 seconds. Once of thehardest working, most con-sistent athletes on the teamin practice, she picked agreat time for her breakoutperformance. In the last halfmile, she ran down andpassed Casey County's 3, 4,and 5 runners to seal the winfor RCHS. Next Saturday,she'll be looking to helpRCHS at state and is ex-pected to run another per-sonal best time in the pro-cess. Her ability to pass run-ners in the last mile couldprove very valuable in mov-ing the Lady Rockets teamcloser to state title conten-tion.

7th grader Erin Hindmanhad yet another awesomeperformance for RCHS atthe regional championships.Erin placed 26th overallwith an exceptional race,despite being out with an ill-ness on Wednesday. Her

The RCHS girls' cross-country team successfully defended their Class 2A Region5 title on Saturday at Cave Lake Park in Wayne County. The girls won the re-gional championship by 20 points over runner-up Casey County. This was their3rd regional title in the last four years and 8th championship overall. Next Sat-urday, the team will compete in the Class 2A State Cross-Country Champion-ships at the Kentucky Horse Park. Team members are from left: Hannah Davis,Grace Gardiner, Erin Hindman, Sierra Mercer, Taylor Bullock, Kensie Sheffield,Tori Dotson and Jasmine Ashcraft.

Newest members of the Rockcastle Football Hall of Fame were introduced during last Friday night’s gamewith Lincoln County. From left are inductees Chad Burdette, Jim Browning and Casey Hayes. They areshown with former assistant coach Tony Saylor, far right.

At the Class 2A Region 5Cross-Country Champi-onships at Cave LakePark in Wayne County,RCMS 8th grader ToriDotson led the RCHSgirls' varsity team to theregional title with a 3rdplace finish overall. Heroutstanding time of 20:08was a personal best forthe Cave Lake Parkcourse.

At the Class 2A Region5 Cross-Country Cham-pionships at Cave LakePark in Wayne County,RCHS junior Sierra Mer-cer helped lead theRCHS girls' varsity teamto the regional title witha 7th place finish overallin a sensational time of21:58.

At the Class 2A Region5 Cross-Country Cham-pionships at Cave LakePark in Wayne County,RCHS freshman KensieSheffield helped lead theRCHS girls' varsity teamto the regional title witha 13th place finish over-all in an exceptionalseason's best time of22:31.

At the Class 2A Region5 Cross-Country Cham-pionships at Cave LakePark in Wayne County,RCMS 7th grader Jas-mine Ashcraft helpedlead the RCHS girls' var-sity team to the regionaltitle with a 15th place fin-ish overall in an incred-ible personal best time of22:38, an improvementof over 2 minutes and 10seconds from her previ-ous best time.

Congratulations to the RCHS boys varsity cross-country team on a great season.They finished their season at the Regional competition in Monticello on October31st. Pictured from left are: Zach Hopkins (47th place), Dylon Robinson (26thplace), Kordell Anderson (64th place), Peyton Bowman (58th place), Alex Spragens(68th place) and Jonmark Loudermilk (70th place).

RCHS junior Dylon Robinson was one of the top 5individuals to qualify for state at the regional meeton October 31st. His impressive finish of 19:01 willallow him to compete with the best runners in thestate of Kentucky this Saturday, November 7th, inLexington.

At the Class 2A Region5 Cross-Country Cham-pionships at Cave LakePark in Wayne County,RCHS junior Taylor Bul-lock helped lead theRCHS girls' varsity teamto the regional title withan 11th place finish over-all in an awesomeseason’s best time of22:20.

At the Class 2A Region5 Cross-Country Cham-pionships at Cave LakePark in Wayne County,RCMS 7th grader ErinHindman helped lead theRCHS girls' varsity teamto the regional title witha 26th place finish in anawesome time of23:30.1, a personal beston the Cave Lake Parkcourse.

At the Class 2A Region5 Cross-Country Cham-pionships at Cave LakePark in Wayne County,RCMS 8th grader GraceGardiner helped lead theRCHS girls' varsity teamto the regional title witha 27th place finish over-all in an exceptional per-sonal best time of23:30.8.

impressive time of 23:30.1was a new personal best onthe Cave Lake Park course.Next Saturday, she'll belooking to get into theteam’s top five competitorsafter having been ranked 4thon the team for the past sev-eral weeks. She could playa huge factor in the team’ssuccess if she can pull off apersonal best effort at state.

8th grader GraceGardiner had an awesomeregional championship race

as well for RCHS. Graceplaced 27th overall with anexceptional performanceand a new all-time personalbest time of 23:30.8, com-ing in just behind Erin. Hertime also shattered her per-sonal best on the Cave LakePark course by over 30 sec-onds. At Class 2A State nextweekend, Grace will look to

continue her improvementand could play a major rolein the team’s success. She’salso poised to run anotherpersonal best time whichcould have a very positiveimpact for the team.

Heading into the re-gional championships,RCHS was ranked 12th inthe state in Class 2A. Afterall the regional results from

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Chayse McClure was the leading rusher for the Rockets in their 34-0 win overLincoln County last Friday night. McClure had 12 carries for 78 yards and scoredtwo rushing touchdowns. He also was nine for 17 in passing for a total of 126yards. On the defensive side, McClure had six tackles on the night, five solo andone assist. Brent Lovell and Dalton Cole each had a rushing touchdown for theRockets.

Isaiah Mercer recovers a fumble on this play and returned for a Rocket touch-down during the Rockets 34-0 win over Lincoln County this past Friday night.Mercer also had three tackles on the night. On the offensive side, Mercer had sixreceptions for a total of 95 yards. The Rockets finished the regular season with a4-6 record.

Lucas Jones, #12, led the Rockets in tackles against Lincoln County with foursolo tackles and six assists. The Rockets begin playoff action this Friday nightwhen they travel to East Jessamine to take on the Jaguars. Game time is 7:30p.m.

Motorists encounterdeer on Kentucky roadwaysthroughout the year but thenumber of collisions in-creases in the fall.

Almost half of all deer-related accidents in the stateoccur from Octoberthrough December withmore of these collisionsreported in November thanany other month, accordingto Kentucky State Policedata.

“Drivers should beaware of deer movementsthis fall no matter wherethey are in the state,” saidKyle Sams, deer biologistfor the Kentucky Depart-ment of Fish and WildlifeResources. “Drive a littleslower and try to anticipatewhat might be coming fromdifferent directions.”

Multiple factors contrib-ute to the seasonal rise in

Deer related crashesincrease in fall

deer-related crashes.Shorter periods of day-

light and cooler tempera-tures trip breeding instinctsin deer and the peak of ac-tivity generally occurs bymid November. Crop har-vesting and increased hunt-ing pressure also can putdeer on the move in the fall,Sams said.

“But the thing thatcauses deer to move moreduring October and Novem-ber is simply the matingcycle known as the rut,” hesaid. “Male deer are search-ing for females and theydon’t really pay attention totheir whereabouts like theydo at other times of the year.At the same time, you seemore does (female deer)darting across roadwaysbecause the bucks are chas-ing them.”

Motorists commuting to

Climax Volunteer Fire Department’s

TurkeyShoot

Sat., Nov. 21st(Beginning at 10 a.m.)

and from work around duskand dawn are reminded thatthose are periods when deerare typically most active.Last November, more thanhalf of the deer-vehicle col-lisions occurred between 5-8 a.m. and 5-8 p.m., accord-ing to state police data.

“Deer have evolved tobe active during those por-tions of the day,” Sams said.“During the mating cycle,or rut, they can be activethroughout the day.”

Proceed with cautionwhen passing throughknown deer crossing areas,often identified by yellowhighway signs, and usehigh-beam headlights atnight when there’s no on-coming traffic.

Should you encounter adeer on the road, slow downbut only take evasive actionif it can be done safely.Swerving could confusethe deer even more and in-crease the likelihood of acrash. Allow the deer toleave the roadway but keepin mind that more may befollowing it.

Kentucky State Policeoffers these tips and awealth of statistics on awebpage dedicated to ve-hicle-deer collision infor-mation atkentuckystatepolice.org/deerauto.htm.

It also publishes the an-nual Kentucky Traffic Col-lision Facts report. Accord-ing to the 2014 report, deer-related crashes accountedfor less than 3 percent of the127,326 total vehicle colli-sions reported to state po-lice. Three people died invehicle-deer collisions lastyear.

Populous counties withhigh deer densities producesome of the highest colli-sion rates. Boone County innorthern Kentucky led thestate the previous five yearswith an average of 148 ve-hicle-deer collisions peryear followed by Hopkins(122), Jefferson (103),Campbell (97) and Hardin(96) counties, according tostate police data.

Hunting is a criticalcomponent in the manage-ment of Kentucky’s deerherd.

Of the 10 counties withthe highest average of ve-hicle-deer collisions from2010-2014, according tostate police data, more thanhalf are classified by Ken-tucky Fish and Wildlife asZone 1 counties. The de-partment sets deer huntingseason dates and the num-ber of deer each hunter cantake by zone. In a Zone 1county, the deer populationis higher than biologistswould prefer, so hunters areallowed to take more deer.Hunters may harvest an un-limited number of femaledeer in Zone 1 counties butmust purchase the appropri-ate number of additionaldeer permits.

“Without hunters wewould have a tremendousoverpopulation of deeracross the state,” Sams said.“Hunters really are themost efficient and cost ef-fective tool that we have indeer control. They help usmanage the deer populationthrough harvest.”

the weekend were com-piled, the girls’ team iscurrently ranked 6th go-ing into the Class 2AState Championships thisSaturday at the KentuckyHorse Park in Lexington.Rankings are difficult to


Fish Fry(And Inside Yard Sale)Sat., Nov. 6th

6:30 to 8 p.m.

Fish, sides, dessert & drink

make sense of in cross-country since some re-gional courses may beeasier or more difficultthan others which affectthe times of the athletesand influence the teamrankings. Placing in thetop six will not be an easytask with the field ofteams at state being ex-

ceptionally talented thisyear. RCHS has a veryyoung team with an av-erage grade level of only8.7. A top four finish is apossibility if every girlruns a personal best timeand the team stays closeto the front of the pack.Start time for the girls’race is 11:30 am.


A balanced diet is animportant foundation tomaintain good health, butmany Americans don’tknow what nutrients arebest for their eyes, andthat diet can affect youreye health and vision asyou age.

A 2015 national surveyfrom the American Opto-metric Association foundthat 48 percent of Ameri-cans think of carrots arethe best food for eyehealth. The correct an-swers are kale, collardgreens and spinach,which are actually themost nutrient-rich foodsfor the eyes.

“It’s important forpeople to be proactivewith their health—makegood lifestyle choicesnow to help avoid prob-lems later,” said Dr.Darren Patrick, an optom-etrist in Bardstown.“Stick to the buildingblocks for overall well-being: enjoy a nutrient-rich diet, stay active, andavoid harmful habits,such as smoking. All thiscan help people avoidsight-threatening diseaseand enjoy a lifetime ofhealthy vision.”

The Kentucky Optom-etric Association recom-mends these eye-healthypower foods:

• Power foods: Green,leafy vegetables (such asspinach and kale) andeggs

• Eye-healthy nutri-ents: Lutein and Zeaxan-thin

• Good for the eyes be-cause: Many studies haveshown that lutein and ze-axanthin reduce the riskof chronic eye diseases,including cataracts and

age-related macular de-generation (AMD), theleading cause of severevision loss in adults overage 50. These plant-basedpigments also appear tolower the risk of develop-ing type 2 diabetes, aleading cause of blind-ness. They are also pro-tective antioxidants thatwork like internal sun-glasses, absorbing dam-aging blue light thatAmericans are exposed toevery day.

• Power foods: Fruitsand vegetables

• Eye-healthy nutri-ents: Vitamins A, C andpolyphenols

• Good for the eyes be-cause: The eye’s light-sensitive retina (thin layerof tissue at the back of theeye) requires adequatevitamin A for properfunction. Vitamin C sup-ports the health of ocularblood vessels. Scientificevidence suggests vita-min C lowers the risk ofdeveloping cataracts, andwhen taken in combina-tion with other essentialnutrients, can slow theprogression of AMD.Polyphenols are plant-de-rived substances that re-duce inflammation, and

are especially high in col-orful fruits and veg-etables.

• Power foods: Nuts,fortified cereals andsweet potatoes

• Eye-healthy nutri-ents: Vitamin E

• Good for the eyes be-cause: Vitamin E pro-motes the health of cellmembranes and DNA re-pair and plays a signifi-cant role in the immunesystem. It has also beenshown to slow the pro-gression of AMD and vi-sual acuity loss whencombined with other es-sential nutrients.

• Power foods:Salmon, tuna and othercold-water fish

• Eye-healthy nutri-ents: Omega-3 fatty acids

• Good for the eyes be-cause: Omega-3 fatty ac-ids may reduce inflam-mation, enhance tear pro-duction and play a role inpreventing or easing thediscomfort of dry eye.

“The body doesn’tmake the nutrients listedabove on its own, so theymust be replenisheddaily,” Patrick said. “Inaddition to a healthy diet,

Top eye-healthy foods

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Rockcastle Jailer Carlos McClure, shown above second from left, and membersof his staff enjoyed handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters last Saturday night.

Damien McDaniel, Janie King and Sandy Durham were busy Saturday nightpassing out candy for Community Trust Bank. Many other local businesses andorganizations took part in the annual event held on Main Street in Mt. Vernon.

Crystal Rush was busy Saturday night passing outcandy for the City of Mount Vernon during the an-nual Halloween on Main held on Main Street.

Local historian David Owens was in full costumeduring Halloween on Main Saturday night. He isshown with his Dalmation, Pongo.

an eye doctor can recom-mend specific vitamins orother supplements for bal-anced nutrition based oneach patient’s individualdiet and risk factors.”

To find an optometrist inyour area, please visitwww.kyeyes.org.

We want your story!DAR takes part in Veterans History Project

The local Daughters ofthe American Revolution isparticipating in the Con-gress-created Veterans His-tory Project (VHP). Theirmission is to collect, pre-serve and make accessiblethe personal accounts ofAmerica’s wartime veter-ans so that future genera-tions may hear directlyfrom veterans and betterunderstand the realities ofwar.

All Veterans who servedin the United States mili-tary, in any capacity, fromWorld War II through thepresent, and are no longerserving, to participate, re-gardless of branch or rankare urged to participate.War time and peace timeVeterans are wanted.

Any day is a good dayto share, record or submit aveteran’s story. Let’s getRockcastle County andKentucky veterans’ storiesrecorded.

The DAR, in conjunc-tion with the newly formedRockcastle CAR (Childrenof the American Revolu-tion) will be involved in re-cording, interviewing andassisting in this project.

A representative of theDAR or CAR will sit downwith a veteran and conducta video-audio interviewabout his/her military ser-

“Healthy”(Cont. from A7)

source concerns,” Whebysaid. The conservation planwill serve as a roadmap to avariety of technical assis-tance and financial assis-tance through EQIP as wellas other options available tothe landowner.

For more informationvisit NRCS on the web atwww.ky.nrcs.usda.gov orcontact your local NRCSservice center at http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/lo-cator/app.

vice. Or, submit a collec-tion of photographs ordocuments that tell theveteran’s story from his/herperspective, even if the vet-eran is deceased or unableto share an oral history. 13veterans have already

“EQIP”(Cont. from A5)

signed up to participate inthis project!

If you have questions orwould like to sign up to tellyour story, please call 606-256-2244 between thehours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.Monday through Friday.

Second Section Thursday, November 5, 2015

On Sunday evening, October 18th, approximately 150people joined together at Kentucky Christian Assembly inBrodhead to celebrate 50 years of service to children in ourarea and to rededicate the facilities to the continued teach-ing of young people.

The evening began with a potluck fellowship meal.Following the meal the program was opened by SteveOwens. At this time State Representative Johnathan Shellpresented a resolution from the State House of Representa-tives honoring Kentucky Christian Assembly for 50 yearsof service. The first speaker, Larry Johnson, was ministerat WildieChristian Church when the camp was first envi-sioned and shared stories of “carving the camp out of thewilderness.” Bro. Johnson challenged the group with thestatement, “We are doing something of eternal significance.”Following his message Tracy Valentine, minister ofBrodhead Christian Church led congregational singing.

29 Strings of First Christian Church then delighted thecrowd with special music. Bro. Roger Carr, former minis-ter of Brodhead Christian and camp dean, then spoke to thegroup and challenged them to continue this legacy and notgive up in the teaching of young people. Bro. KentonParkey, former minister of Wildie Christian Church andformer camp dean, shared a few stories of his tenure at KCAand then led the group in a responsive reading that chal-lenged all to continue to be involved in this work of God.

KCA celebrates 50 years of service to children

State Representative Johnathan Shell (left) presenteda resolution from the State House of Representativeshonoring Kentucky Christian Assembly for 50 yearsof service. Accepting on behalf of KCA was CharlieSmith, KCA Chairman.

Approximately 150 people joined together Sunday, October 18th at Kentucky Christian Assembly in Brodheadto celebrate 50 years of service to children in the area and to rededicate the facilities to the continued teachingof young people.

Bro. Kenton Parkey, former minister of Wildie Chris-tian Church and former camp dean, shared a fewstories of his tenure at KCA and then led the groupin a responsive reading that challenged all to con-tinue to be involved in this work of God.

Local business collecting toys, cannedfood, coats and goods for needy

In this time of economicstress and uncertainty, manypeople need help. For theeleventh consecutive year,Cash Express LLC, 315-AUS Hwy. 150, Mt. Vernonis collecting toys, cannedfood and coats for the un-derprivileged.

Cash Express has teamedup with Operation GiveHope, which is sponsoredby the Rockcastle Associa-tion Kentucky Baptist andCommunity Mission Teamto distribute these items.

Anyone in need of helpcan contact Katheryn Popeat 606-308-3099, the dis-tributing organization, withyour request.

These items may bedropped off at the Cash Ex-press office or at the

The Livingston Community Lions Club will be hosting their fourth annual talent showon Saturday night, November 14, 2015, at 7 p.m. We need your talent in order to put onour show. All of the proceeds from the show will stay here in the county to aid those lessfortunate, and in community support. The show will be at the Rockcastle High SchoolAuditorium, with rehearsal from 4 to 6 p.m. the day of the show.

The overall winner will receive a hundred dollars and a huge trophy. Second placereceives fifty dollars and a ribbon. Third place receives twenty-five dollars and a ribbon.The audience favorite recieves a huge trophy. This is determined by audience applause, sobring lots of friends and family. All participants will receive a ribbon. There is a ten dollarregistration fee.

All contestants need to be on hand no later than 6 p.m. and registered. The doors openat 6 p.m. to the public. Tickets are $7:00 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.

Renfro Rock N Run...

Motorists urged to planahead and steer awayfrom half marathon route

chair competitors, from allover Kentucky and five otherstates will participate, andsafety is the top priority of therace committee.

If you plan to travel in theabove-mentioned areas from8:30 a.m. until noon on Sat-urday, Nov. 14, you are askedto use slow speeds and ex-treme caution. Unless youlive on the route and travel onit is unavoidable, detours areadvised.

For more informationabout the race or route, callKayla Rowe at RockcastleRegional Hospital at 606-256-7767.

Blast From the Past...Early Postcard of Brodhead Proper on Dix River, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. If you have a photo for Blast Fromthe Past contact David Owens at [email protected] or 606-386-0187.

Rockcastle County MiddleSchool on Saturday, De-cember 19th from 11 a.m. to2 p.m. Used coats will becleaned by Cash Express.

Historically the responsefrom the local community tohis effort has been heartfelt

and with open arms. Thegenerosity of the commu-nity continues to show whatthe true meaning of Christ-mas is.

During the last ten years,the Cash Express toy,canned food and coat drive

has helped hundreds ofthousands of families in thestates of Kentucky, Tennes-see, Mississippi and Ala-bama.

For more information,please call Cash Express at606-258-0886.

The third annual RenfroRock N Run Half Marathonand 5K will be Nov. 14, andorganizers are publicizing theroute early to get the word outabout traffic considerationsand possible delays.

The race, which beginsand ends at Renfro Valley En-tertainment Center, takes run-ners across Hwy. 25, aroundLake Linville, up BarnettRoad before turning right onPurrigsby, then left on BrindleRidge Rd before turning backdown Mt. Zion Road, to thelake, and back to Renfro.

As many as 500 runnersand walkers, as well as wheel

It’s time once again forthe popular Renfro ValleyBarndance Alumni Show.This show is held each yearin conjunction with theRenfro Valley EntertainmentCenter’s Anniversary Week-end Celebration.

This year’s Alumni Showwill be held on Saturday, No-vember 7th from noon until2 p.m. on stage at the origi-nal Barn.

The show will feature anOhio band, Butch Jones andThe Standard Country TimeBand, as the back-up andfeatured band.

Among the list of enter-tainers will be our own PeteStamper, Ralph Marcum,Jeannie Gibson, Betty LouYork, Jenny Robbins, specialguest Doug Morgan, KatheeBrown Staton and GwenBullock Flannery, JerryIsaacs (the Chicken Man),John Cosby, Earl Barnes andhis gospel band, on-stagechats with Bentley Cumminsand Hank England and anAlumni friend Pat Craig,joining the performers for theclosing song.

Everyone is invited to at-tend and support these pre-vious Barndance performersas they gather for the annualreunion and show.

While most of these per-formers entertained Renfro

audiences back in the 40s,50s, 60s and 70s, they enjoythis day and want to make theevent fun for everyone.

Tickets for the RenfroValley Barndance AlumniShow are $7 general admis-sion and can be reserved orpurchased by calling theticket office at 606-256-2664.

Also, while you are call-ing the ticket office, don’tforget to reserve tickets forthat night’s Renfro Valley

barndance Show at 7o’clock.

There is also a Travis TrittConcert scheduled for thatevening next door in the NewBarn. Just think! A full dayand evening of performancesat the Renfro Valley Enter-tainment complex for you toenjoy.

For additional info., con-tact Kathee Brown Staton,the Barndance Alumni Coor-dinator and Show Emcee at606-256-3776.

Renfro Alumni Show is November 7thOriginal Old Barn show

Talent Show planned in LivingstonYour Talent is needed

Pg. B2 • Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, November 5, 2015

News from theRockcastleCourthouse

Agricultural NewsBy: Warden Alexander, FSA Director

MarriageLicenses

DeedsRecorded

Ashley M. Haight, 24,Crab Orchard, waitress toRobert Gregory Brown, 31,Crab Orchard, floor in-staller. 10/26/15

Christy Olivia Napier,26, Mt. Vernon, speech lan-guage pathologist toMichael David Deborde,23, Mt. Vernon, SPC 10/29/15

District CivilSuits

Ernie L. and Maggie D.Lewis, property inRockcastle County, to JohnL. and Diane Lamb. No tax

Troy and Karen Durham,property in Rainbow RidgeSubdv., to Karen Durham.No tax

Bodie Barnett, propertyin Rockcastle County, toBodie Barnett. No tax

Eagle Financial Ser-vices, Inc. v. Austin Thomp-son, et al, $2,445 plusclaimed due.

Midland Funding LLC v.Holly Brown, $520.37 plusclaimed due.

Portfolio Recovery Asso.LLC v. Jacob Kerr, $939.21plus claimed due.

Citizens Bank v. Eric W.Denney, et al, $1,116.33plus claimed due. C-00172

Circuit Civil SuitsDiscover Bank v. P.K.

Carlisle, $9,049.84 plus

claimed due.Commonwealth of Ken-

tucky v. Lindsey York, com-plaint for child support andmedical support.

Krystal Webb v. Bran-don Webb, complaint.

Chad Campbell v. FedEx Ground system, Inc., etal, complaint.

Park Federal CreditUnion v. Edwin B. Evans,$6,949.03 plus claimed due.

HSBC Mortgage Ser-vices, Inc. v. MindyLunsford, et al, $52,062.98plus claimed due. CI-00212

DistrictCourt

Speeding: Robert EricBuchanan, $32 fine andcosts; Natalie E. Pitman,Chloe M. Riddell, SherdeenBiggs, license suspendedfor failure to appear (fta);

Willie C. McCloud:speeding and operating onsuspended/revoked opera-tors license.

Kelley D. Branscum:Viol Part 392, Fed SafetyReg., Driving of Motor Ve-hicle; Viol Part 390 FederalSafety Res - General Policy,All other Traffic, license

suspended for fta.Stefani L. Cole: no/ex-

pired registration plates -receipt, failure to produceinsurance card, failure ofowner to maintain requiredinsurance/security, benchwarrant (bw) issued for fta.

Jeffery D. Doan: allother traffic, license sus-pended for fta.

Landon L. Fletcher: per-mit unlicensed operator tooperate motor vehicle, $50fine plus costs.

Jamie L. Grubb: fines/fees due ($233), bw issuedfor fta/5 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Brandy L. Hammond:operating motor vehicle un-der influence of alcohol/drugs, sentencing order en-tered.

Stanley W. Harding, Jr:driving motor vehicle usinghandheld mobile telephone,license suspended for fta.

Amber A. Medley:speeding and no/expiredKentucky registration re-ceipt, license suspended forfta.

Kevin J. Mink: anyfelony charge not coveredby these codes, bw issuedfor fta.

Roger J. Shubert: theftby unlawful taking, sentenc-ing order.

Jerry Slusher: failure towear seat belts, booster seatviolations, no rear view mir-ror, no operators/moped li-cense, improper use of bluelights, no operators/mopedlicense, bw issued for fta.

James D. Wynn: publicintoxication, 4 days in jail,credit time served, costswaived.

John M. Collinsworth:criminal mischief (fourcounts), sentencing ordersentered; fleeing or evadingpolice, sentencing order en-tered.

Christopher J.Deangelis: assault, sentenc-ing order entered.

Harlan B. Lawson: Vio-lation of Kentucky EPO/DVO, sentencing order en-tered.

James M. Miller: revoca-tion of probation, 360 days/to serve 90, balance pro-bated 24 months on condi-tion.

Jeffery Miller: alcoholintoxication in public place,$50 fine plus costs.

Farmers to ReceiveDocumentation of USDA

ServicesFarm Service Agency

(FSA) reminds agriculturalproducers that FSA providesa receipt to customers whorequest or receive assistanceor information on FSA pro-grams.

As part of FSA’s missionto provide enhanced cus-tomer service, producerswho visit FSA will receivedocumentation of servicesrequested and provided.From December throughJune, FSA issued more than327,000 electronic receipts.

The 2014 Farm Bill re-quires a receipt to be issuedfor any agricultural programassistance requested fromFSA, the National Re-sources Conservation Ser-vice (NRCS) and Rural De-velopment (RD). Receiptsinclude the date, summaryof the visit and any agricul-tural information, programand/or loan assistance pro-vided to an individual orentity.

In some cases, a form ordocument – such as a com-pleted and signed programenrollment form –serve asthe customer receipt insteadof a printed or electronic re-ceipt. A service is any infor-mation, program or loan as-sistance provided whetherthrough a visit, email, fax orletter.

Livestock IndemnityProgram (LIP)

The Livestock IndemnityProgram (LIP) provides as-sistance to eligible produc-ers for livestock death lossesin excess of normal mortal-ity due to adverse weatherand attacks by animals rein-troduced into the wild by thefederal government or pro-tected by federal law. LIPcompensates livestock own-ers and contract growers forlivestock death losses in ex-cess of normal mortality dueto adverse weather, includ-ing losses due to hurricanes,floods, blizzards, wildfires,extreme heat or extremecold.

For 2015, eligible lossesmust occur on or after Jan.1, 2015, and before Decem-ber 31, 2015. A notice of lossmust be filed with FSAwithin 30 days of when theloss of livestock is apparent.Participants must providethe following supportingdocumentation to their localFSA office no later than 30calendar days after the endof the calendar year forwhich benefits are re-quested:

• Proof of death docu-mentation

• Copy of growers con-tracts

• Proof of normal mortal-ity documentation

USDA has establishednormal mortality rates foreach type and weight rangeof eligible livestock, i.e.Adult Beef Cow = 1.5% andNon-Adult Beef Cattle (lessthan 400 pounds) = 3%.These established percent-ages reflect losses that areconsidered expected or typi-cal under “normal” condi-tions. Producers who sufferlivestock losses in 2015must file both of the follow-ing:

• A notice of loss the ear-lier of 30 calendar days ofwhen the loss was apparentor by January 30, 2016

• An application for pay-ment by January 30, 2016.

Kentucky 2015 AcreageReporting Deadline

In order to comply withFSA program eligibility re-quirements, all producersare encouraged to visit yourlocal County FSA office tofile an accurate crop certifi-cation report by the appli-cable deadline.

Dec. 15th-Fall SeededSmall Grains. Examples:Barley, Canola, Oats, Rye,Wheat

Exception: If the crop hasNap coverage, the crop mustbe reported 15 days beforethe onset of harvest.

To learn more aboutFSA, visitwww.fsa.usda.gov or to findyour local USDA office,visit http://offices.usda.gov

Next FSA County Com-mittee Meeting Date:

November 4, 20158:00 A.M. at the Mt. VernonUSDA Service Center

December 9, 20158:00 A.M. at the Mt. VernonUSDA Service Center

Office Closure ScheduleThe Mt. Vernon Service

Center (FSA, NRCS andRockcastle Co. Conserva-tion District) offices will beclosed the following datesfor observance of a FederalHoliday:

November 11th-Veter-ans Day

November 26-Thanks-giving Day

December 25-ChristmasDay

January 1, 2016-NewYear’s DayImportant program dates

and Interest RatesFarm Operating Loans-

Direct =2.625%Farm Ownership Loans-

Direct=3.750%Limited Resource

Loans= 5.000%Farm Storage Loans=7

yr. =1.875%, 10 yr.=2.125%, 12 yr. =2.375%

C o m m o d i t yLoans=1.375%

The US Department of Ag-riculture (USDA) prohibits dis-crimination in all its programsand activities on the basis ofrace, color, national origin, age,disability, and where applicable,sex, marital status, familial sta-tus, parental status, religion,sexual orientation, genetic infor-mation, political beliefs, re-prisal, or because all or part ofan individual’s income is de-rived from any public assistanceprogram. (Not all prohibitedbasis apply to all programs). Per-sons with disabilities who re-quire alternative means for com-munication or program informa-tion (Braille, large print, audio-tape, etc.) should contactUSDA's Target Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD). Tofile a complaint of discrimina-tion write USDA, Director, Of-fice of Civil Rights, 1400 Inde-pendence Avenue, SW, Wash-ington, DC 20250-9410 Or call(800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD). USDA is anequal opportunity provider andemployer.

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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.Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recoveryclasses are being held everyMonday night at 6 p.m. atthe Community OutreachCenter in Brodhead (next tothe Fairgrounds).

The purpose of the min-istry is to fellowship andcelebrate God’s healingpower in our lives throughthe Eight Recovery Prin-ciples.

Refreshments at 6 p.m.followed by group lesson ortestimony each night. Quali-fied leaders are available tosign court-ordered papers.

Please call Chris Martinat 606-308-3368 for moreinformation.

RevivalBrush Creek Holiness

Church will be in revivalNov. 8-13 with EvangelistDanny Byrd. Pastor LonnieMcGuire and congregationwelcome all to come.

Gospel SingingLighthouse Baptist

Church will hold a GospelSinging on Sat., Nov. 14that 6 p.m. Featured singerswill be Voices of Praisefrom Barbourville.

The church is located at1391 Gabbardtown Road,Berea.

Benefit SingingThere will be a Benefit

Singing at Sand SpringsBaptist Church for JackBradley and family on Sat-urday, November 14th at l6p.m.

Proceeds will be used tohelp defray funeral ex-penses of their son, Joe JoeBradley.

Featured singers will beChange of Heart and theDoan Family.

Pastor Eugene Gentryand congregation welcomeeveryone.Ole Stump Kickers

at Flat RockOle Stump Kickers will

be singing at Flat RockBaptist Church Sundaynight, Nov. 15th at 7o’clock.

Pastor Jack Stallsworthand congregation invite youto come to this special ser-vice.

Russell Gilbert from Harlan, will be the special guestsinger this Friday night at The Depot in Livingston.Music starts at 7 p.m.

Mamaw’s KitchenBy Regina Poynter Hoskins

RUEBEN CASSEROLE2 cans (16 ounces each)sauerkraut1 package (8 ounce) me-dium noodles, uncooked2 cans (10 ounces each)cream of mushroom soup1 and 1/3 cups milk1 tablespoon prepared mus-tard1/2 cup chopped onions1 and 1/2 pounds Polish sau-sage2 cups shredded Swisscheese3/4 cups fine dry breadcrumbs2 tablespoons melted butterHeat oven to 350°. Rinseand drain sauerkraut. Spooninto greased 9 x 13 casseroledish. Top with uncookednoodles.Mix soup, milk, mustard,and onions. Spoon overnoodles.Cut sausage into 1/2-inchpieces; spread over casse-role. Add cheese.In a small bowl, stir breadcrumbs with the butter.Sprinkle over cheese layer.Cover tightly with alumi-num foil; bake for one houror until noodles are tender.

BAKED REUBEN DIPOur neighbor,

Joanne,served at a summer2012 block party atMargaret’s. It was so good,everyone raved about it. Icouldn’t resist getting therecipe.1 jar (32 ounce) sauerkraut,rinsed and well drained10 ounces sliced deli cornedbeef, chopped2 cups shredded sharp ched-dar cheese

2 cups shredded Swisscheese1 cup mayonnaise (I usedMiracle Whip)1/4 cup Russian salad dress-ingPreheat oven to 350°.Grease 13 x 9 glass bakingdish.In a large bowl, mix all in-gredients. Transfer to pre-pared baking dish. Bake for25 to 30 minutes or untilbubbly. Serve with crackers.

MIMI REUBEN1 loaf of cocktail rye bread1/2 cup Thousand Islanddressing1 can (16 ounce) sauerkraut,drained1/2 pound corned beef,thinly sliced chopped6 slices reduced-fat Swisscheese, cut into fourthsMustard for dipping, op-tionalExtra Thousand IslanddressingPreheat oven to 400°.Line a cookie sheet withfoil. Place 24 slices cocktailrye on the cookie sheet in asingle layer.Spread each piece with 1teaspoon of dressing. Placeone piece of pastrami on topof each.Add about 1 tablespoon ofsauerkraut on top of that.Top each with one piece ofSwiss cheese.Bake for about 8 minutesuntil cheese is melted. Servewith extra Thousand Islanddressing and mustard, ifdesired,for dipping. Serveat once.

50th AnniversaryThe children of Don and Joyce Faye Sigmon Gabbardwould like to invite all family and friends to FairviewBaptist Church’s Reception Hall on Saturday, Novem-ber 7th, from 2 to 4 p.m., to celebrate with them 50years of marriage.

The eleventh day of No-vember is just a few daysaway. For some, the daymay be recognized as noth-ing more than another na-tional holiday that givesthem a day away from workand a pleasant bit of leisure,but for 96 years, the day hasbeen a special occasion forall serious-minded citizensof the United States. Flagslining the streets of ourtowns and cities will wavein the autumn breeze. Theremay be parades and flour-ishes of oratory to com-memorate the occasion, forthe day is a time to remem-ber, with gratitude, thosewho risked, or gave, theirlives for the freedom weenjoy and so often take forgranted.

In 1919, to commemo-rate the end of World War I,President Woodrow Wilsonissued a proclamation thatmade November 11 specialday to be observed through-out the land as ArmisticeDay. In that proclamation,President Wilson stated, inclear language, the purposeof Armistice Day: “To usin America, the reflectionsof Armistice Day will befilled with solemn pride inthe heroism of those whodied in the country’s serviceand with gratitude for thevictory, both because of thethings for which it has freed

us and because of the oppor-tunity it has given Americato show her sympathy withpeace and justice in thecouncils of the nations.”

In 1945 at the end ofWorld War II, RaymondMeeks, a native of Alabamaand a veteran of that war,asked that Armistice Day beexpanded to include all vet-erans. His request came tofull fruition on June 1, 1954when Congress passed aresolution, signed by Presi-dent Dwight D. Eisenhower,changing Armistice Day toVeterans Day to recognizeall veterans.

What will you do on Vet-erans Day? Maybe not awhole lot, but you can re-member, with gratitude andappreciation, those whoserved our country withhonor and made an immea-surable contribution to thepreservation of the preciousfreedoms we enjoy everyday.

An encouraging word:

You Can RememberBy Howard Coop

Renfro Valley Alumni ShowThis Saturday • Noon to 2 p.m.

$7 General Admission

Kentucky high schoolstudents headed for collegecan get an idea of how muchit costs to attend a collegeusing the school’s net pricecalculator, according to theKentucky Higher EducationAssistance Authority(KHEAA).

The U.S. Department ofEducation requires collegesto have a calculator on theirwebsites.

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Financial Aid Tip of the MonthCheck colleges’ net pricecalculators to get costs

will look lower than the netprice.

Students and parents canget free estimates for up tosix colleges across the na-tion using the “Getting theFacts” program onwww.kheaa.com. To get afree estimate, a studentmust sign in and set up anaccount. Students and par-ents should talk with the fi-nancial aid office at eachcollege to get more accurateinformation.

KHEAA is the stateagency that administersKentucky’s student finan-cial aid programs, includingthe Kentucky EducationalExcellence Scholarship(KEES). Its sister agency,the Kentucky Higher Edu-cation Assistance Authority(KHESLC), offers Advan-tage Loans to help studentsand parents pay for college.For more information aboutAdvantage Loans, visitwww.kheslc.com.

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Archery practice is eachMonday from 3:15 until4:55.

Brownies (2nd & 3rdGrades) will meet eachWednesday from 3:30 until4:30.

Hooked on Reading iseach Wednesday from 3:30until 4:30.

MVES Student Councilmeets on Thursday, Novem-ber 5 at 2:00.

MVES SBDM meets onThursday, November 5 at4:00.

Daisies will meet onThursday, November 5 and19 from 3:30 until 4:30.

Tutoring will be eachTuesday from 3:30 until4:30. Parents must pick uptheir children.

FRC NewsOur annual Kenna’s

Kitchen will take place onTuesday, November 24. Wewill begin collecting fooditems for this event onWednesday, November 4.This is what we will be col-lecting each day:

Wednesday, November4—Corn

Thursday, November5—Peas

Friday, November 6—Green Beans

Monday, November 9—Instant Potatoes

Tuesday, November10—Stuffing

Wednesday, November11—BONUS DAY—Bringin any item of choice to becounted toward classroomtotals. The class who bringthe most items each cat-egory will win a pizza party.

UNITE CLUB News:The Rocket Readers re-

cently came to read in smallgroups to the 4th gradeMVES students. HeadCoach Scott Parkey re-ceived a grant throughUNITE to purchase a char-acter education themedclassroom book set entitled,"The Energy Bus" for all4th grade homerooms. TheRocket Readers communi-cated to the students howimportant reading is in life.This is the eighth year theRocket Readers have hadthe opportunity to mentor toour students.

Mt. Vernon Message

The Rocket Readers recently came to read in small groups to the 4th grade MVESstudents.

The Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) spon-sored a five-part lesson plan series on educating chil-dren about their organs and organ donation. Onehealthy person at time of death can help 50 peoplewith organ and tissue donation. The MVES 4th and5th grade students went to RCMS to participate inhands-on experiences delivered from surgeons andother healthcare workers . The students saw piglungs, liver, and heart to further educate them onthe importance of taking care of their organs.

Kentucky residents haveanother chance to win a newiPad from the KentuckyHigher Education Assis-tance Authority (KHEAA)in a sweepstakes being heldthrough Facebook in No-vember. The contest runsfrom 12 a.m. on Nov. 1through 12 a.m. on Dec. 1.

To enter, a Kentuckianmust visit the KHEAAFacebook page, click on theorange graduate icon on theKHEAA Facebook page andanswer one question aboutcollege. KHEAA will notshare or sell any personal in-formation to a third party.

Only Kentucky residentsare eligible. Employees ofKHEAA or its sister agency,the Kentucky Higher Educa-tion Student Loan Corpora-tion (KHESLC), and their

In KHEAA drawing

Kentucky residents havechance to win an iPad

immediate family membersare not eligible. Prior win-ners are also not eligible.

The drawing will be heldin early December, and thewinner will be notified byemail. The winner must re-spond by email within threecalendar days to receive theiPad. If no response is re-ceived within three days,another winner will bedrawn.

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. 6-7214.

Rockcastle County Middle School Youth Service Center would like to thank Mr.Eric Clark and his son RCMS 8th grader Wesley Clark. Their donation of $300will be used for Rockcastle Middle School students. This donation will be usedfor coats, shoes and items needed for this winter. Accepting the donation is AngiePayne, RCMS Youth Service Center.

RCMS receives donation

Submitted by:Austin Brown,

Chapter ReporterOn Wednesday, October

28, 33 members of theRockcastle County AreaTechnology Center FutureBusiness Leaders of Americachapter attended the Region6 Fall Leadership Conferenceon the campus of EasternKentucky University in Rich-mond.

Members started the con-

FBLA members attend Leadership Conference

33 members of the Rockcastle County Area Technology Center Future Business Leaders of America chapterrecently attended the Region 6 Fall Leadership Conference on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University inRichmond.

ference at the opening ses-sion in the WhitlockO’Donnell Auditoriumwhere the Region 6 officerswere introduced, the Direc-tor of Admissions and a fac-ulty member of the Collegeof Business spoke. Membersof Phi Beta Lambda, the col-lege extension of FBLA, alsogave a greeting. Followingthe conclusion of the morn-ing session, officers were dis-missed to attend there officer

classes.Other members stayed in

Whitlock to attend the DressCode workshop where theywere instructed on the properand improper dress code forcompetitions and confer-ences. Following the conclu-sion of the morning classes,students and advisers weredismissed for lunch, held inthe Powell Building.

After lunch, students andadvisers attended an after-

noon class in one of the fol-lowing: College 101, Ins andOuts of FBLA, Fundraising,and Team Building. Theseclasses were held by officersand advisers from Region 6and the state of Kentucky.Following these classes,members and advisers re-turned to the WhitlockO’Donnell Auditorium,where a closing session washeld.

The Donate Life Ken-tucky State Team was inRockcastle County earlierthis month to present the“Life is Cool” program to allRockcastle County studentsin the 4th and 5th grades. Aspecial thank you to DianaThacker, KODA Client Ser-vices Coordinator who hasworked with these eventsacross Kentucky, she wasinstrumental in workingwith Superintendent DavidPensol to bring the programto her home county.

The program wasa handson, in-house ‘field trip’ thathelps students better under-stand how healthy choiceskeep one’s body healthy.The curriculum included 5weeks of lessons in theclassroom and is followedby an in house demonstra-tion of ten stations that showhow organs, tissues and eyesbenefit by choosing ahealthy lifestyle at an earlyage.

Each station concen-trated on a specific functionof the body, and some of thestations included the useofpig organs to provide avisual of how the body’ssystem’s work, such as see-ing the lungs inflate and de-flate as we breathe, and howthe muscles of the heart ac-tually work. They showedthe effect unhealthy choiceshas on the body systems,such as too much salt and fatin one’s food, and too littleexercise.

Members of the DLKYState Team were present, aswell as local hospital staff,organ transplant patients,and volunteers thathelpedstudents to under-stand the importance ofstaying healthy. Studentsand teachers also learnedabout organ and tissue do-nation and transplantation,and the importance of thedonor registry when peopleneed a transplant(www.donatelifeky.org) andhow one person can save 8lives and help up to 50 morepeople.

Program teacheshealthy lifestyle to4th and 5th graders


Commonwealth of Kentucky41st Judicial CircuitJackson Circuit Court

Civil Action No. 15-CI-00088

Jackson County Bank Plaintiff

V.

Electronically FiledBrent Cornelius Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue of the Judgment and Order of Sale of theJackson Circuit Court entered on October 16, 2015in the above styled matter, for the sum of what itwill bring to raise the amount of $89,700.20 plusinterest, costs and attorneys fees as described inthe Judgment and Order of Sale, I shall proceed tooffer for sale as a whole at the front door of the

Jackson County Judicial Center

in the City of McKee, Jackson County, Kentuckyto the highest bidder at public auction on

WEDNESDAY, November 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m,or thereabouts, the following

described property, to-wit:

THE TWO TRACTS WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY AND BOTH WILL BE SOLD ATTHE JACKSON COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER

TRACT # 1 (JACKSON COUNTY)Said tract of land is situated on waters of Rockcastle River, and is boundedas follows, to-wit:BEGINNINGon white oak, corner to Plat 2, 3 and 7; thence 9 E 13 poles to a stone;thence N 10 E 13 poles to a stone; thence N 21 1⁄2 W 19 poles to a maple;thence N 6 W 29 2/5 poles to a white oak on east side of branch; thence N16 1⁄2 W 62 poles to a sourwood; thence on the same direction 10 polesto a black oak and sourwood and chestnut pointers; thence to a black oakand sourwood and chestnut pointers; thence S 83 W 44 poles to a stoneat the ridge road near Lillie Nelson’s place; thence N 19 W the road 31poles and seven links to a stone in the 194 poles line; S 28 3/4 W 122poles to a white oak and gum, Lewis Cunagin’s corner; thence S 78 1⁄2 E67 poles to a stone, sourwood and spotted oak at the old road; thence S57 1⁄2 E 78 poles to the beginning, containing 85 acres by survey.There has heretofore been sold off 1 acre more or less to Earnest Doanwhich is hereby excluded from the above tract of land.There has heretofore been sold off 0.74 acre to John R. Wilson of record inDeed Book 155, at Page 237, records of the Jackson County Clerk’s office.There has heretofore been sold off a small tract of land to Betty Vaughnof record in Deed Book No. 124, at page 54, records of the Jackson CountyClerk’s office.There has heretofore been sold off a small tract of land to Forest Smith ofrecord in Deed Book No. 124, at Page 410, records of the Jackson CountyClerk’s Office.There has heretofore been sold off 1 acre to Sherry Stanley of record inDeed Book No. 120, at Page 100, records of the Jackson County Clerk’s Of-fice.There has heretofore been sold off 0.9 acres to James Elmer Shelton ofrecord in Deed Book No. 119, at Page 361, records of the Jackson CountyClerk’s Office.There has heretofore been sold off a small tract of land to Forrest Smith ofrecord in Deed Book No. 148, at Page 302, records of the Jackson CountyClerk’s Office.There has heretofore been sold off 1⁄2 acre to Leslie Wilson of record inDeed Book No. 164, at Page 315, records of the Jackson County OfficeBEINGa part of the same land conveyed from Ralph Cook and his wife, RettaKimball Cook, to Brent Cornelius by deed dated the 20th day of October,1986, and of record in Deed Book No. 116, at Page 64, records of the Jack-son County Clerk’s Office, McKee, Ky.TRACT # 2 (ROCKCASTLE COUNTY)ALSO ANOTHER TRACT OF LAND: A certain tract of land lying and being inRockcastle County, Kentucky and located on the waters of Wolf Creek andbeing more particularly described as follows:BEGINNINGon a chestnut in the old Hasten line, also Tom Philbeck’s corner being ontop of the ridge; thence North 20 E 40 poles to a dogwood; thence N 741⁄2 W 19 poles to a white oak; thence North 40 West 38 poles and 8 linksto a black oak by the side of a drain; thence South 17 west 60 poles and 5links to a black oak; thence South 54 West 6 poles and 5 links to a stake;thence East 52 poles to the beginning and containing 16 and 3/10 acres.FORMER DEED PROVISION: "There is permission granted for a right to wateron Milt Mullins land and right to all road leading out to Main Roads. Theyshall not have the right to make new roads through the fields of MiltMullins, as stated in Deed from Milt Mullins to Robert Abney".

BEING the same property conveyed from JamesCornelius, singe, to Brent D. Cornelius, by deeddated June 7, 2000, and of record in Deed Book180, Page 11, Rockcastle County Clerk’s Office.

This property will be sold for cash or (20%) downwith (30) days to pay balance at the option of thepurchaser. Unless the purchaser so elects to paycash, the purchaser of the property so sold shallgive bond for the purchase price with good suretyapproved by the Master Commissioner in makingthe sale, which bond shall be payable to the Mas-ter Commissioner and shall bear interest at the rateof twelve percent (12%) per annum from the datethereof until paid. The bond shall have the full forceand effect of the judgment, and should executionbe issued thereon, no replevy shall be allowed. Alien shall exist and be retained by the Master Com-missioner of the property sold under this judgmentas security for the purchase money.

Sharon K. AllenMaster CommissionerJackson Circuit Court

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SubmittedSeveral students from

Rockcastle Shaolin Do re-cently traveled to Lexingtonto compete in the annualNational Shaolin Do Tour-nament.

Along with studentsfrom other schools allacross the United States,Rockcastle students com-peted in empty hand forms,weapons, and sparring indivisions split by age andrank.

Rockcastle Shaolin Doachieved 20 medals as aschool, with Rockcastle stu-dents taking 1st place in all3 events in the peewee di-vision and the preteen blackbelt division.

Another big announce-ment from the tournament,Rockcastle Shaolin DoHead Instructer, Master EricBullock, has achieved 7thDegree Black Belt, which

Local Shaolin Do competes in National Tournament

RSD Demo Team members performing a staff fight.Pictured are Tommy Philbeck and Casey Hardin infront, with Coby Neal, Paige Neal, Haley Bullock,and Gail Hardin in the background.

Teen competitor, Haley Bullock, pictured with herdad, Senior Master Eric Bullock.

Rockcastle Shaolin Do Demo Team pictured after performing. Front row fromleft: Sensei Cassie Bullock with Ashlyn Bullock, Haley Bullock, Amore' Neal,Adrianna Graves and Gail Hardin. Back row from left: Sensei ChristopherGraves, Sensei Josh Stallsworth, Sam Brickley, Casey Hardin, Tommy Philbeck,Cager Doan, Melanie Mink, Eli Price, Sensei Paige Neal, Coby Neal and JosephMontano.

Kids class students pictured with medals. From left: Amore' Neal, Gabriel Renner,Adrianna Graves, Cager Doan, Susanne Mullins, Eli Price, Harrison Mullins andAutumn Hackler. Not pictured: Heath Barnes.

makes him a Senior Master.He was presented his newbelt and certificate at theblack belt meeting themorning of the tournament.Requiring over 25 years oftraining and an extensiveamount of knowledge andskill in martial arts, veryfew will ever achieve thisrank.

At the martial arts dem-onstration held later thatnight the RockcastleShaolin Do Demo Teamperformed for the crowdalong with individual per-formances from MasterEric Bullock and HaleyBullock.

Students competingwere:

White to Blue Belt Pee-wee Division (Age 7 andUnder) - Susanne Mullins,1st in empty hand and 1stin weapons; HarrisonMullins, 2nd in empty hand,2nd in weapons, 3rd in spar-ring; Amore' Neal, 3rd inempty hand and 1st in spar-ring.

Green to Black Belt Pee-wee Division - AdriannaGraves,1st in weapons and3rd in sparring.

Green to Brown BeltJunior Division (Ages 8-10)- Heath Barnes; GabrielRenner, 1st in empty handand 1st in weapons.

Brown Belt Preteen Di-vision (Ages 11-13) - Au-tumn Hackler, 2nd in emptyhand and 3rd in weapons.

Black Belt Preteen Divi-sion - Cager Doan, 2nd inempty hand, 2nd in weap-ons, and 1st in sparring; EliPrice, 1st in empty hand and1st in weapons.

Black Belt Teen Division(Ages 14-16) - Haley Bul-lock, 3rd in weapons.

1st Degree Black BeltAdult Division (Age 17 andup) - Casey Hardin, 3rd in

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College students andhigh school seniors headedfor college may receive let-ters offering them creditcards with zero percent fees.They should read those of-fers carefully, advises theKentucky Higher EducationAssistance Authority(KHEAA).

Most cards that offerzero percent interest to newcardholders do so for onlya limited time, perhaps sixmonths. After that, the inter-est rate may rise to morethan 20 percent, dependingon the cardholder’s pay-ment record during the in-troductory period.

If all the purchases arenot paid off before the in-troductory rate expires, thehigher interest rate may beapplied to those purchasesfrom the time they weremade.

Students should contactthe credit card issuer tomake sure they understandexactly what their obliga-tions will be. It is always agood idea to get that infor-mation in writing and tosave it for future reference.

KHEAA is the stateagency that administersKentucky’s grant and schol-arship programs, includingthe Kentucky EducationalExcellence Scholarship(KEES). It provides finan-cial literacy videos at http:// i t smoney.kheaa .com.KHEAA also provides freecopies of “It’s Money,Baby,” a guide to financialliteracy, to Kentuckyschools and residents uponrequest [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; orcall 800-928-8926, ext. 6-7214.

Money Tipsfor StudentsBe cautious aboutzero percentcredit card offers

sparring; Joseph Montano;Paige Neal; Coby Neal;Tommy Philbeck.

2nd Degree and UpBlack Belt Adult Division -John Wells.

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Grounds KeeperBerea College is seeking an individual to serve as the GroundsKeeper with Facilities Management. The Grounds Keeper will beinvolved in performing all aspects of seasonal grounds opera-tions such as mowing, trimming, edging, planting and snow andice control. In addition, the incumbent will plant and maintainlandscaped areas. The position is also responsible for providingmaintenance of trees and other plants. Candidates must have aHigh School Diploma or G.E.D. and three to five years of Land-scaping and Groundskeeper experience. For a detailed job de-scription and how to apply, please visit: https://www.berea.edu/human-resources/prospective-employees/ to complete an on-lineapplication.

Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeduca-tional and interracial college in the South. With an emphasis onservice to the people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls1,600 students from 40 states and 60 countries. The College hasa longstanding commitment to interracial education; here, peopleof different races seek to learn from and about each other, whilealso living together. Berea is among the most racially diverse pri-vate liberal arts colleges in the United States. The college admitsonly students whose families are unable to afford the high costof tuition and awards each of them a four-year tuition scholar-ship. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive but de-manding academic environment, and many are the first in theirfamilies to graduate from college.

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated indi-viduals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part ofan exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with thisapplicant friendly, online job application!

Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruitsand hires qualified candidates without regard to race, reli-gion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disabil-ity, or veteran status.

The Christian AppalachianProject, Inc. seeks qualifiedand interested persons to fill

the following position:

Cook/Driver #2903Family Life Child & Family Development Center

Mt. Vernon, KY7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • Monday - Friday

Occasional evenings and weekendsPrepares menus and well-balanced meals for the center according toChild and Adult Care Food Program. Maintains all records pertainingto the food programs. Keeps kitchen and dining areas clean andsanitary on a daily basis according to local, state and federal healthregulations. Safely drives/rides with 3-5 year old children and parentsto and from their residences as needed with responsibility forbehavior and discipline of children.

Requirements: High school diploma or GED 1-2 years of successfulexperience in a job-related field, or the equivalent combination ofeducation and experience. CDL (Commercial Drivers License)required. Possess or be able to obtain CDL within six months fromdate of hire. 3-12 months experience driving 12-15 or 21-22passenger vehicles, or the equivalent combination of education andexperience.CAP offers competitive pay and benefits.

If interested and qualifiedPlease respond by November 13, 2015 to:Christian Appalachian Project • Human Resources #2903

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The Christian AppalachianProject, Inc. seeks qualified and interested

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Housing Leadperson #2902Housing

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The swim jig and theswimming retrieve are nowmainstays for trophy large-mouth from heavy cover orweeds. They also shine forcatching suspended large-mouth bass in clear lakes.

Anglers fishing theworld class smallmouth res-ervoirs in Kentucky andTennessee fished a swim jigfor decades, but they calledit the fly and rind.

A fly in Montana meansa lure for trout; a fly in Ken-tucky and Tennessee meansa hair jig, made from tyingbucktail, rabbit fur or syn-thetic craft fur onto theshank of a lead-head jig.The rind is a pork chunktrailer, a nearly forgottenstaple of jig fishing for bass.

“With a hair jig, you geta small profile, whichsmallmouths in reservoirslike Dale Hollow prefer, es-pecially in late fall, winterand early spring,” said ChadMiles, administrative direc-tor of the Kentucky Fishand Wildlife Foundation.

Miles is a smallmouthwizard who routinelycatches fish over 5 poundsin fall, winter and springfrom Dale Hollow, LaurelRiver Lake and LakeCumberland. He loves thesubtle, flowing nature of thehair jig that perfectly imi-tates baitfish or crawfishmovements in cold water.

The pork trailer alsomoves subtly and the com-bination comes through thewater like a stick, a trait thatgoads large smallmouthbass into striking.

A small tackle box,satchel or lure wrap loadedwith several 1/8 - or 1/4-ounce black, olive andbrown hair jigs and a jareach of black or brown porktrailers are all you need forfishing the fly and rind. Itsbeauty is simplicity. Thissetup also catches spottedand largemouth bass as wellas trophy smallmouth in thecolder months.

Fish the fly and rind ona 6- to 7-foot medium-light

Kentucky Afield Outdoors

Fly and rind: an old schoolcombo still going strong

or medium power spinningrod and accompanying reel,spooled with 6- to 8-poundtest pure fluorocarbon orfluorocarbon-coated line.

The stealth of fluorocar-bon line really helps in fall,winter and early spring, plusits density better transmitsstrikes. The venerable UncleJosh Company still pro-duces pork jig trailers.

The best sizes for the flyand rind are the No. 101Spinning Frog and the No.18 Mini Frog, but many oldtimers used the original sizeNo. 11 Pork Frog andtrimmed it down. You cancut the No. 11 Pork Frog inhalf and trim it to look likean elongated tear drop for aneven more subtle presenta-tion. If you only had onecolor for a trailer, chooseblack.

Fishing the fly and rindproperly requires a swim-ming retrieve, targetinggrumpy bass suspendedabove bottom. You simplycast it out, let it sink to thebottom and then swim itback just above the bottom.Swimming the fly and rindreally excels on the clearwaters of the smallmouthreservoirs of southeasternKentucky such as LaurelRiver Lake and LakeCumberland.

A 1/8-ounce fly looks themost natural with its slowfall rate, but can be difficultfor most anglers to workcorrectly from a boat. A 1/4-ounce fly is easier.

The small coves and cutsalong the main lake or inmajor creek arms that slopein a “V” shape make thehighest percentage places toswim a fly and rind. Small-mouth often suspend justabove the bottom in thesespots, so throw your fly rightin the middle of the cut, letit sink and swim it back tothe boat.

The best small coves orcuts lie near the submergedriver or major creek channelwith a bottom comprised ofshale, gravel or fist-sized

rocks. These areas drawcrawfish burrowing in forthe winter as well as baitfish.The ones that look the least“fishy” often hold biggersmallmouths.

These spots also offerexcellent opportunity forbank fishing by using boatramps, state parks or otherpublic access spots to walkto these areas and fish. Youcan easily carry the hair jigs,jars of pork trailers and amulti-tool. A 1/8-ounce jigworks best for bank fishing.

Anglers should alsoswim their jig along the sideof points in these areas andover the point well off thebank. Your drag should slipon the hookset as any fishthat strikes in these spotswill likely be large.

The fly and rind also ex-cels at picking off spottedand largemouth bass sus-pended beside bluffs.Craggy bluffs riven withfissures and shelves andformed by the original creekor river make excellent coldweather spots for these fish.

Swimming a fly and rindalong a channel ledge inmid-depth reservoirs such asBarren River, Green River,Nolin River and RoughRiver also fools lethargiclargemouth, their vigordrained by the cold water oflate fall and winter. A blackfly with matching trailermakes the best color choicefor bluffs and channelledges.

Pork trailers are moredifficult to deal with thanplastic trailers. Some an-glers strike their pork rindswith a meat tenderizinghammer to soften them.They need to stay wet. Don’tleave them on the jig afterfishing or you will have achore removing them afterthey dry and harden.

To remove a pork trailerfrom the jig, flip the jig up-side down and rotate thetrailer so the trailing edgefaces the hook shank and jighead and gently pull down.They usually pop off, butmay need an additional cutwith a sharp knife.

Swim and fly and rindthis fall and winter and foola trophy smallmouth, large-mouth or spotted bass. Thiscombo still fools them af-ter all these years.

Author Lee McClellan is anationally award-winning

associate editor for KentuckyAfield magazine, the officialpublication of the Kentucky

Department of Fish and WildlifeResources. He is a life-long

hunter and angler, with a passionfor smallmouth bass fishing.

Yards to ParadiseBy Max Phelps

Enclosing Spaces--Creating Intimacy

Intimacy seems to bemore and more crowded outof modern lives. Our newhomes with so many gad-gets, our constant interrup-tions by hand-held devices--how and where does onefind intimate moments, noton public display? I hope tosupply a few answers to thisdelimma.

A sprawling lawn has its'appeal; however, a largemodern multi-story homewith an equally expansivelawn is not usually whatmost knowledgable on thesubject would call an inti-mate setting. A sizablehouse scrunched up on asmall city lot where youlook out your window intosomeone's living room oronto their patio offers littleopportunity for any privatespots either.

Sitting in front of the tv,computer or smart phone isstealing the moments on theporch, the backyard benchand the walk in the woodsfrom ourselves and ourfamilies. The lack of a se-cluded spot for personalmeditation or private timewith those we love is some-thing we need to createroom for if we are going toremain sane in an insaneworld.

The frayed spirits after along day at work and a longarduous commute to andfrom beg for secluded mo-ments, the kind thatdeclutter and refresh themind, the kind that can nur-ture personal relationshipswith spouse, children orfriends, can be brought backif we are willing to put forthsome effort. For many, land-scaping and alterations tothe yard are the enablers tosolve this all-to-commonproblem of lack of beingable to have private time.

We have identified asituation pleading for a so-lution. Here are some ideasfor creating more intimatespots at your place. Trees,shrubs, hedges, fences,structures, bermed orsunken spots, planters anddecorations.

Greenery verifiably low-ers stress (and blood pres-sure) and sounds of waterhave been proven to relax aperson. Water features helpwith improving concentra-tion and creativity as well.Finding a way to add waterplus a lot more greenery isa big step towards our goalof creating spaces for moreintimate moments.

Structures can be imple-

mented for creating privacy.Back in the "dark ages" be-fore there were back seatsin automobiles--there was"out behind the barn". With-out meaning to create anygraphic images that mightbe inappropriate for a gen-eral audience, let's just saythat walls and fences andgazebos and other outdoorstructures can assist us increating a more intimatespot.

Carefully located largetrees can either frame ahome or a scene, or they canblock the view. Blockinghas two meanings. We canblock out with greenerythings we don't want to lookat. And we can situate largetrees so others can't easilysee we do in our own yards.Some have carried this con-cept to the extreme of thehouse not being visible fromthe street. (Sure cuts downon salesmen and trick-or-treaters! Might also keepkeep the whole world fromseeing your home onGoogle "street view". Underthe branches of large treesone can even obtain a mea-sure of privacy from dronesand others means of thosewanting to look in where

they have no business look-ing.)

Berms are used by de-velopers of prime or golfcourse properties to screennoises as well as the eye-balls that drive past. Asunken garden inside aplanted berm can double theimpacts of the efforts ofmoving some dirt about. Iimagine sitting around anoutdoor fire, inside a retain-ing wall or a planted berm.Would be a cozy location toescape to for either medita-tion or social purposes.

Large containers ofgreenery, garden ornamen-tation, panels on coastersthat can be moved about thepatio or deck, those are ad-ditional ideas for ways tocreate a simple little inti-mate spot.

What can you do to en-close some spaces from theeyes of others at your place?There are more than a fewoptions. We have touchedon some of them. Creatingspots for private momentsout of the view of otherswill help make your home,yard, gardens feel more likea paradise.The author is a landscaper. Visit

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Veterans DayCeremony

held at RCMSThe Annual Veterans Day celebration was heldWednesday at Rockcastle County Middle School.Veterans from across the county attended the eventfor the meal and the Appreciation Ceremony heldin the gymnasium and led by students. Studentslined the sidewalks and greeted Veterans by thank-ing them for their service as they entered the school.Keynote speaker at the event was Colonel Lee G.Hudson, a member of the National Guard andCommander of the Bluegrass Army Depot. Shownabove, Arlos and Martha Proctor joined the manyVeterans in the food line which was served by stu-dents and faculty. Shown at right, Cletus Peters,lifelong resident of Rockcastle County, chatted withfellow Veterans as the food was served. Peters, 89,served in World War II from 1945 to 1947 in thePacific and went in with the occupational forces.His wife, Gustava Peters, passed away 30 years ago.

By: Mike FrenchPhone scams have in-

creased in RockcastleCounty in the past twoweeks, according toRockcastle County SheriffMike Peters.

The Sheriff’s office hasbeen receiving calls overthe past two weeks fromlocal residents complain-ing about calls supposedlyfrom the IRS and Clear-inghouse scams askingresidents to call them backor send money or givecredit information.

“It’s a scam. The IRSdoesn’t call people. Theysend them an official let-ter on letterhead,” said Pe-ters. “If someone calls youand says they are from theIRS, tell them to send youa letter.”

Peters said some of thecallers are telling localresidents they owe moneyand try to collect over thephone. Others who call

Phone scams increase in countyclaim that the person haswon money and tries to gettheir banking information.“If something sounds toogood to be true, don’t doit,” he said.

According to Peterssome local residents mayhave already beenscammed by the fake com-panies.

Officials have been try-ing to track such scamcalls. “We are trying totrace some of the calls andwe have called the num-bers back but we just getvoice mail,” said Peters.

According to Peters thescams are going on in othercounties as well and some-times become more preva-lent during the holiday sea-son.

If you receive a phonecall informing you that youhave won money or thatyou owe money to the IRS,Peters suggests you hangup.

By: Mike FrenchRockcastle County

Judge Executive DougBishop attended the pasttwo meetings of theBrodhead City Council topresent the idea of buildinga playground at the newpark.

Bishop told the councillast month that if they wereinterested in a playgroundfor kids in Brodhead, he andhis staff would be willing toseek a grant that may beavailable to help with theconstruction.

“It would be a wonder-ful thing for the kids inBrodhead. It could create afamily atmosphere where

Brodhead may build newplayground at Depot Park

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Court tablesCSX leaseagreement

At Tuesday’s regularmeeting of the RockcastleFiscal Court, a CSX jointlease agreement, betweenCSX, Rockcastle and Madi-son counties, for the pro-posed Boone Trace trail areawas tabled.

County Judge/ExecutiveDoug Bishop told the courtthat requirements in thelease that the counties pro-vide $5 million in commer-cial general liability insur-ance and $1 million for em-ployee liability insurancewould have to be researchedas to cost. “Personally, Ithink a better way to go for-ward is to buy the propertyfrom CSX,” Bishop said.“I’m reluctant to sign theagreement with the insur-ance requirements listed,”he added.

By: Mike FrenchMembers of the

Rockcastle County SchoolBoard were treated to a per-formance by the RCMSChoir during the regularmonthly meeting Tuesdaynight.

The choir, led by Choir

School board hears middleschool report from Principal

Approves purchase of five new school buses

Livingston CommunityThanksgiving dinneris Saturday, Nov. 21st

The Livingston Commu-nity Thanksgiving Dinnerwill be held Saturday, No-vember 21st from 2 to 4p.m., according to MayorJason Medley.

The dinner will be pot-luck and the city will furnishturkeys, hams and drinks.Everyone is invited to attendthe free event and bring acovered side dish.

At Monday night’s regu-lar meeting of theLivingston Commission,Fire Chief Chris Mason alsotold the council that thecity’s Christmas Parade will

be at 6 p.m. on December12th with the tree lightingceremony at 6:30 p.m.There will be refreshmentsand Santa will be at thefirehouse.

The commissioners alsoheard a report from theirpolice chief TravisRichardson who said that“Livingston was, for themost part, a quiet town.”Richardson said he had is-sued 9 or 10 written warn-ings and “a bunch of verbalones.” He told the commis-

Director Carrie Hunt, pro-vided an example of theirwork as a welcome to theschool since the board choseto hold the meeting at themiddle school.

On the agenda, the boardreceived a request fromChris Cornelius, Transporta-

tion Director, to purchasefive new school buses forthe county.

Cornelius said three ofthe new buses will hold 72passengers and will cost$87,840 each. There will

Bishop did instructCourt Clerk Patricia Martinto check on the insurancecosts in question as theywould pertain to Rockcastlesince the costs would haveto be split with MadisonCounty as the property alsolies within their countylines.

The discussion wasbrought on after a power-point presentation to thecourt by John Fox, presi-dent of the Friends ofBoone Trace, as to hisgroups plans to make thearea at Boone Gap a touristattraction.

RCIDA Chairman JasonCoguer also presented thecourt with a $35,000 checkwhich represents payment

parents could be involvedwith their children,” saidBishop. “Not to mention thesmiles and laughter it wouldadd to the area.”

Several council mem-bers expressed concern thatvandalism and safety maybe difficult to control at aplayground area.

Brodhead Mayor WalterCash told the council that helikes the idea but has somereservations.

“It’s very difficult tokeep graffitti and destruc-tion of city property undercontrol at a place like that. Iam concerned that it wouldprovide some of our moretroubled youth a place to

hide or cause problems,”said Cash.

Some council membersagreed saying that spendingmonies on something, whileknowing it may be de-stroyed by vandals, may notbe prudent.

However, Bishop said hefeels local residents shouldnot let vandals dictate acity’s behavior.

“This is entirely up to thecouncil. It’s just an idea Ihad to improve the qualityof life in Brodhead a littleat a time,” said Bishop. “ButI will say that if we areafraid to grow and expandand beautify our towns be-cause of what vandals and

troublemakers may do, thenthey have won.”

(See “ Court” on A-8)

(See “ Dinner” on A-8)(See “Park” on A-8)

(See “ Schools” on A-8)

Honoring Officer Ellis...A silent hush fell over the crowd of several hundred students, faculty and local bystanders as the funeralprocession for Richmond Police Officer Daniel Ellis, who was killed last week in the line of duty, passed RCHSWednesday afternoon. Principal Jennifer Mattingly brought all students and the RCHS JROTC Color Guardto line Highway 461 in front of the school as officers from across the state joined the long line of those showingrespect for the fallen officer. The funeral was held at EKU and all Madison County schools closed for the day.Officer Ellis was buried in Adair County.


Blast From The Past...Early postcard of Brown Memorial School, Richmond Street, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. If you have a photofor Blast From The Past contact David Owens at [email protected] or 606-386-0187.

were led by Lovell with154 rushing yards, includ-ing three touchdowns.Quarterback ChayseMcClure was next with 82yards; sophomore HoldanBarnett got 34 yards; se-nior Dalton Cole got 24yards and Rowe picked up21 yards.

McClure was 7 for 12passing for 140 net yardsand two touchdownpasses.

Tomlinson got 73yards in pass receptions,including one touchdown;Isaiah Mercer had two re-ceptions for 39 yards andBishop caught the ballthree times for 28 yards,including one touchdown.

The total scoringbreaks down as follows:Lovell scored 18 points;Bishop and Tomlinson sixeach and Rowe three.

Defensively, the Rock-ets were led by junior De-von Robinson with eighttotal tackles, two solo andsix assists. senior HunterHines and Mercer eachgot four assists;Tomlinson was creditedwith four solo tackles andone assist; junior LoganCoffey got 3 solo tackles;junior Austin Saylor,Rowe and sophomoreBlaze Stewart were eachcredited with a solotackle, with Saylor alsogetting two assists andRowe and Stewart oneassist each; McClure andjunior Lucas Jones werecredited with three assistseach and sophomorePhillip Cope was creditedwith an assist.


Surprising Fall ColorWhat color is your au-

tumn landscape? What'slooking great? And howabout that roadside tree ortree in the neighborhood thatcatches your breath? Withcameras on many hand-helddevices these days, sharingan unusual tree or bush pic-ture has become trendy.Let's look at both the usualtrees with awesome fall col-ors and some you may nothave suspected that canshine and sparkle withautumn's cool nights andshorter days.

I've seen some of thelovliest colors from maplesout in the woods this year inKentucky and Tennessee.But there have been manytrees and bushes that merita second look. (I wanted togo leaf peeping today, butalso wanted to write thisstory while trees still havecolorful leaves.) So, I'llwrite from memory aboutsome lovely fall color en-counters.

A list of trees producinglovely and attention-grab-bing fall color usually in-cludes these: Maples (red,sugar, Japanese, etc.), oaks(scarlet oak in particular),sourwood trees, black gum,sweet gum, and sumacbushes.

Ginkgo turns golden,then a few days later, theground is golden as all theleaves drop nearly at once!That's a surprise to many.That golden rain tree withit's yellow blooms in earlysummer and seed podshanging for months--I ad-mired one adorned in orangeleaves this week. Appletrees, especially the redleaved ones, often turn or-ange before they drop. Andlet's don't forget burningbush; green one week andfiery red the next it seems.Saw a current bush withlemon yellow color, andsome Bluegold blueberrieswith yellow leaves. I hopeyour thoughts are taking thisand adding other instancesof surprising fall color. Feelfree to share some of yourmoments of surprising fallcolor with me as [email protected]

So, what makes treeleaves the color they are? Orthe colors they become inthe fall? Here is a short gen-eralized statement on thescience behind the colors.Green is chlorophyll (in thefall, it stops being producedin many a leaf). Yellow isfrom cartenoids andflavinoids (xanthophylis).Orange is from carotenoids(think carrots). Red is fromanthocyanins and caro-tenoids (lycopene)--as sug-ars get more concentrated inleaves and fruits, the sun-light ignites anthocyaninproduction. It is theorizedthat this bright colorizationhelps the leaves hang onlonger and contributes toadditional sugars stored inthe trees roots for the win-ter and future years ofgrowth.

A lovely autumn day isfor "leaf peeping" as in ad-miring the wonders of thenatural world. Taking noteson the lovely colors can helpwith future landscapeprojects at your own home.

Good landscapers takefall colors into considerationas they plan a new landscapeor improve an existing one.(I would caution that gardencenter sales people are fre-quently more motivatedwith selling things they havein inventory than in helpingyou obtain the specific lookyou are wanting. So, justlike in the news media somestations or papers alwaysseem to wrap every storyaround a certain agenda--beaware you often get the facts"spinned" at the garden cen-ter, too.)

Common "FAQ's" thistime of year concerningtrees in the landscape is"Why is my tree not color-ful (like the one on the salestag or the one in my neigh-bors yard?". Many factorsmust be considered to pro-vide a complete and com-prehensive reply.

Rainy, sunny, dryweather affect different treesdifferently. Then there aremicroclimates (warm in one

protected backyard, windyin another, early frost in an-other spot. All these affectgrowth, and also fall color-ing, even on the exact samespecies of tree.

Let's say we discuss redmaples. There are many,many named cultivars of redmaples. Some color early,some late. Some toleratetroublesome planting sitesbetter than others. And thereare seedlings. So, it's nowonder there are so manydifferent colors on variousmaples.

Yet, you have an Octo-ber Glory, Autumn Blaze,Armstrong or Brandywinemaple, and it's not pretty asyou expected. Maybe theone in the yard next door isa lovely red and yours ismostly green or something.What's going on? There'snot one answer, but here aresome possible reasons forthe difference: The groundmay be more fertile, or thetree may have grown faster,in one location than theother. One homeowner mayhave watered their tree, orit may be planted in a lowspot that gets more naturalrainwater. Lime and fertil-izers, mulch (all trees in theforest have mulch!), amountof shade, how long has thetree been there--so manynuances to this story that itwould be impossible tocover all the variables thatcontribute to your tree col-oring up different even fromthe same exact kind in someother location.

To conclude today'stopic, here are some uncom-mon plants with unexpectedfall presentations: sassafrasstrees and fothergilla bushesare natives to the Appala-chians that add nice orangeshades, sumac bushes colorearly with reds and oranges,"Brilliance" autumn fern(dryopteris erythersora)keeps orangish brownleaves all winter, and hereis an "uncommon thought"to conclude with: Evergreentrees and shrubs keep colorall year and their presenceenhances the glorious pre-sentations of the fall colors,so keep that in mind as youadmire that red maple nextto a pine or hemlock tree, asas you plan to add somecolor to your yard.

The author is a landscaper,specializing in water features.

Feedback welcome.www.rockcastles.net.

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Well the sickness thinghas been quite therollercoaster ride. Since Ihave no experience withdoctors or hospitals, I won-der if everyone goesthrough this kind of stuff?

When I go into the of-fice and they stick things inmy mouth and wrap thingsaround my arm and put aclothes pin-looking thingon my finger, they justdon’t understand that I haveNO experience with doc-tors and I have no clue whatthey are doing.

It’s a very stressful thingwhen you are completelydependent on those who as-sume you already know ev-erything they are doing.

When I first started thiscoughing up blood and los-ing weight and pain in mylung, the doctor said it waseither cancer or pneumonia.He didn’t know which.

So I went on a regimentof antibiotics for twoweeks. If the baseball sizedthing in my lung got better,we would know it is pneu-monia. If it didn’t get bet-ter we would know it wassomething else. That wasthe plan.

So I took the antibioticsfor two weeks and had an-other x-ray. The ball in mylung had gotten muchsmaller and more broken upand was now a little smallerthan a tennis ball.

So, another two weeksof antibiotics. The third x-ray showed the clump hadshrunk to barely larger thana half-dollar and all three x-ray techs said it was pneu-monia.

Since my doctor wasn’tthere after the third x-ray,another doctor saw me andhe told me I was fine andcould go home and didn’tneed to come back. I washealed.

When Loretta and I werein Letcher County the sec-ond week of October, theMitchell Boys, Mike andBib, were making apple but-ter, the likes of which Ihadn’t tasted in at least 40years. Apple butter thattasted like the kind mymother preserved in dozensof pint Mason jars every fallwas the order of the day.

Their other brother,Mark, had scored a couplebushels of Rome Beautiesand Wine Saps from hisneighbor there in south cen-tral Indiana and he and Bibhad brought them down toRed Star to fool around withbetween times when theywere not occupied with ac-tivities at Blackey Days.Loretta said it was too badthey weren’t selling theapple butter at a booth inBlackey during the celebra-tion because they couldhave paid for their trip andthen some if they had beena little bit more industrious.

As it happened, however,the Mitchell Boys’ recipeinvolved 24 hours of crock-pot cooking and they wererather limited, time-wise, onwhat they could produce inone trip to Kentucky, butwho knows what will hap-pen next year. Suffice to saythe apple butter seed hasbeen planted.

Anyway, after goingthrough a pint of the stuffwith Nancy’s hot biscuits atmy brother, Keeter’s houseon Sunday morning, Lorettaand I decided we had tomake some ourselves.Nancy is Keeter’s wife andsister to the Mitchells whichis why she rated her ownpersonal jar of their applebutter. The rest of it was be-ing gobbled up by friendsand relatives at her Mom’shome where the boys werestaying.

We came home and tooka drive over to Brummett’sOrchard in Crab Orchard,only to discover that it is nolonger producing after thedeaths of former propri-etors, Francis and RovennaBrummett. It never evencrossed our mind to pay thescandalous prices applesfetch in supermarkets. Be-sides that, we can’t find theold fashioned apples re-quired for good apple but-ter in them anyway and wehad our hearts set on abushel of Grime’s Goldens.

Then, one day last week,when we were in Lancastertaking care of other busi-ness, Lo allowed, “that littleAmish Produce Place welike might have some appleswe could use and actuallyafford to buy by the bushel.”So, with nothing better todo, we headed south on 39to Albert Wyler Road whichturns off about 2 miles northof Crab Orchard.

I don’t know the namesof the business or itsproprietor’s, but its locatedabout half a mile behind andon the same road as the,very visible from 39, Pro-duce Auction business.You’ll see hand paintedsigns saying “PRODUCE”on the roadside and thebuilding once you get past

Christmas Wish BookDuring the 1950’s, early

November was the time inwhich I eagerly awaited thearrival of the Sears Christ-mas Wish Book. Becausemy mother (Bee) did notadhere to the philosophythat children’s Christmaspresents were delivered bySanta, she allowed me tosearch through the catalogto find the toys that Ithought were special thatyear.

Every day I would pes-ter my grandfather (Pop) byasking if the Wish Book hadcome to our Post Officebox. When it finally arrived,he handed me the catalogand said, “Is this what youhave been waiting for?” Myfirst memory of being elatedat the arrival of the wishbook is from 1951, when Iwas seven years of age.

My pulse rate jumped asI lay down on the livingroom rug to begin mysearch. Bee told me to “dogear” the pages that con-tained the items I liked best.She also had me mark witha pencil my specific selec-tions. She made sure that Iselected several items sothat she could pick the twothat she wanted to place un-der the tree.

It took me several daysto peruse the Wish Bookand make my final choices.These were important deci-sions, and I wanted to becertain of my picks. Beethen would select her gifts,and she would also tell mygrandparents which giftthey could purchase for me.Therefore, I really did notknow for sure what was go-ing to be under the tree onChristmas Eve with myname on it. It was on Christ-mas Eve that my familygathered to celebrate thebirth of Christ.

My doctor’s PA put herhand on my knee and toldme “It’s pneumonia. There’snothing else there, Mike.”

Then this Friday, a ladyfrom the hospital called meand asked for my birthdateto confirm that she waslooking at the right chartand x-ray. She then told methat she wanted to confirmthat my x-ray was clear andI didn’t need to come back.

My family jumped forjoy. I was overjoyed for mywife, whose first husbandhad died of cancer with heras his home nurse. It washorrifying for her and thenews that I may have it also,nearly devastated her.

But, all was clear. Six in-dividuals at the hospital hadtold me my lungs were clearand I am healthy.

Then, this past Friday Igot another call. The samePA who had told me I wasall clear informed me thatmy x-ray showed a chunk ofsomething in there that doesnot look good at all and Ineed a CAT scan with dye.

They had apparentlyread the wrong x-rays whenthey told me I was clear.

I argued for quite sometime but the lady at the hos-pital assured me that theywere now looking at theright x-ray and they shouldprobably not have taken meoff the antibiotics and theywere very “concerned aboutmy health and well-being.”

So I suppose that thisThursday, (today) I am sup-posed to have that scanthing done to find out whatthat clump is in my rightlung.

However, since the scanthey want to do is $2,750,I’m not sure whom I shouldbelieve. Who is right? Thesix people at the hospitalwho told me I am healed, or

the Auction grounds andbuildings. And, believe me,if you enjoy fresh, mostlygrown on the premises, veg-etables and fruit, you willnever, ever find better stuffat better prices than you’llfind at this little place. Wedid get his cell phone #,606-355-7478.

They had squash,cushaws, cukes, potatoes,onions, tomatoes, peppers,honey, molasses, jams andjellies, etc and by far thelargest sweet potatoes (thinkfootball) I’ve ever seen.

Loretta asked the gentle-man in charge if he hadgrown the sweet taters andhe said, “Well, I put theplants in the ground, and Idug them up, but I didn’thave much to do with actu-ally growing them. You canthank the soil and The GoodLord for that.”

Loretta glanced at meand said, “Remember thatthe next time you start brag-ging on what you grew inthe garden.”

He also had several va-rieties of apples that, I sus-pect, came from CaseyCounty. No GrimesGolden, but we sampled alarger variety called GoldRush that was close enoughso we bought a big box thatturned out to be well over abushel for $16.00! That fig-ures out to less than a quar-ter per pound if you’re do-ing the math. I also boughthalf a peck ($3.00) ofCortlands after samplingone and deciding it was thebest eating apple I’d evertasted.

I ate the Cortlands in 3days and I’m going back formore which will probablybe gone by the time youread this.

In the meantime, I’mwaiting for the MitchellBoys’s apple butter recipe

When my friends cameto visit me during the monthof November, I would getout the Wish Book and elicittheir advice on which itemswould make up my Christ-mas list. The entire processtook several weeks in No-vember. Bee gave me adeadline for me to submitmy final list: December 1st.That way, she had plenty oftime to place the order andreceive the goods in time forour celebration.

It was always our customto assemble at my grandpar-ents’ home to celebrateChristmas on the day beforethe actual holiday. This wasdone primarily so that othermembers of our familycould be with their spouse’sfamilies on Christmas day.Our group included: Bee,Pop and Mommie, Albertand Eva (and eventuallytheir girls), Aunt Ruth andUncle Charles and theirdaughter, Janis, and me. Theguests always arrived late inthe afternoon but in plentyof time to visit with one an-other before Mommie Katieannounced that it was timeto gather at the table to sayGrace.

After the meal and thedesserts, we all moved intothe living room where thepresents were stacked underthe tree. Mommie Katie al-ways had one of us read thestory of the birth of Christfrom her Bible. Then one ofthe children was selected tohand out the gifts, one at atime, so that everyone couldsee what each person re-ceived and from whom.

I remember that it al-ways seemed to take a longtime for all of the gifts tovacate their spots under thetree. Not that I really caredabout how long it took, be-cause I had been waiting a

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Mary LeeMabes Houk

Mary Lee Mabes Houk,58, of Brodhead, wife ofEarl Houk, died Friday, No-vember 6, 2015 atRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal. She was born inClairborne County, TN, adaughter of the late Willieand Julia Norton Mabes.She was of the Penetcostalfaith, a homemaker andcaregiver. She enjoyed knit-ting and taking care of oth-ers.

She is survived by: herhusband of 38 years, EarlHouk; three children, Jenni-fer Lynn (Roy) Bullock ofSand Springs, Cathy DeniseHouk (Jason Gregg) ofWildie, and Johnathon EarlHouk of Brodhead; and fourgrandchildren, SavannahFaye Wilkerson, CasaundraLee Wilkerson, Adam RyanBullock and MatthewSteven Bullock. Also sur-viving are: six brothers,Esco Mabes, George Mabes,Buster Mabes, Dave Mabes,Oscar Mabes and WillieMabes, Jr.; four sisters,Ruby Davis, Margie Baird,Hazel Spurlock and BonnieMabes; and a host of nieces,nephews, friends and neigh-bors.

Besides her parents, shewas preceded in death by abrother, Chester Mabes.

Funeral services wereheld Sunday, November 8,2015 at the Marvin E.Owens Home for FuneralsChapel with Bro. RandalAdams officiating. Burialwas in the Maretburg Cem-etery.

Casketbearers were:James Houk, James Mabes,Mike Surber, Ethen Mabes,Josh Childs, Jesse Owensand Derrick Mabes.

In lieu of flowers, thefamily requests donations bemade to her burial fund incare of the Marvin E. OwensHome for Funerals. P. O.Box 658, Brodhead, KY40409

Condolences can be made atwww.marvineowensfuneralhome.com

TerryBullock

Terry Bullock, 59, ofSomerset, died Thursday,November 5, 2015 at LakeCumberland Regional Hos-pital. He was born April 14,1956 in Berea, to EthelMagdalene Bentley Bullockand the late Russell GeneBullock. He was a mechanicfor C.J. Express Lube inSomerset.

He is survived by: hismother, Ethel Bullock ofRichmond; children, Shawn(Mary) Reed of Lancaster,Kasheena Rose Bullock ofEubank, Dylan Dakota Bul-lock of Eubank, andMichelle Rowe of Somerset;a brother, Ronnie Lee Bul-lock of Stanford; three sis-ters, Barbara Conley ofRichmond, Kathy Isaac ofLouisa, and Karen Jones ofWoodstock, GA; six grand-children, Samantha Sparks,Sydney Reed, Jarrod Reed,Kendra Rowe, John TylerRowe and Austin Rowe;and many nieces, nephews,friends and neighbors.

Along with his father, heis preceded in death by: hiswife, Sherry Wallin Bullock,who he married on Septem-ber 15th, 1984 and passedaway on August 26, 2012;and a sister, Kristina Bul-lock.

Funeral services wereheld Sunday, November 8,2015 at Cross ConnectionChurch with Bro. BrianSawyers officiating. Burialwas in the Poplar GroveBaptist Church Cemetery.

Lake Cumberland Fu-neral Home is entrusted withthe arrangements.

You are welcome to view theobituary and send condolences to

the family at our website:www.lakecumberlandfuneralservice.com

ShirleyClark Bullen

Shirley Clark Bullen,77, of Berea, died Sunday,November 1, 2015 inWilliamsburg. She wasborn in Climax inRockcastle County on No-vember 10, 1937, thedaughter of Nathan andKatherine Sexton Clark.She was a retired factoryworker for Parker Seal, amember of Wildie Chris-tian Church and also at-tended Berea Church ofGod. She enjoyed sewing,crocheting, gardening,birdwatching and fishing.

She is survived by: oneson, Stephen Gary (Jan)Bullen of Apex, NC; onedaughter, Marcia Bullen(Wayne) Bird ofWilliamsburg; two sisters,Vira Dailey of Green Hilland Brenda Merritt ofWildie; seven grandchil-dren, Nathan and LindseyBullen, Elisha and MarkScales, Erin Bullen,Stephen Wayne andLeanne Bird, Michael Bird,Haley Katherine Bird andKim and Ricky Shephard;five great grandchildren;and two great great grand-children.

Funeral services wereconducted Friday, Novem-ber 6, 2015 at Dowell &Martin Funeral HomeChapel by Bro. GaryPettyjohn. Burial followedin the Clark Cemetery.

Pallbearers were:Nathan Bullen, MichaelBird, Butch Ramsey, An-thony Coffey, Mark Scalesand Stephen Bird.


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Burdis RayHampton

Burdis Ray Hampton,72, of Erlanger, died Sun-day, October 4, 2015 at theSanta Rosa Health and Re-habilitation Center inMilton, FL. He was born inRockcastle County on April15, 1942, the son of Charlesand Mary Thomas Hamp-ton, Jr. He was a retired fac-tory manufacturing worker.

He is survived by: hisson, Tony (Tonya) Hamptonof Milton, FL; his wife,Margie Hampton of Cincin-nati, OH; and a sister,Wanda Banks of Ohio. Alsosurviving are six grandchil-dren, Hannah, Hallie,Sophie, Brody, Noah andZoey.

Graveside services willbe conducted Sunday, No-vember 15, 2015 at 1 p.m.at the Maple Grove Cem-etery by Bro. JackStallsworth.

Local arrangements areby Dowell & Martin Fu-neral Home.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to


Remember VeteransWe should always be thankful and rememberAll our Veterans everyday, January thru December.

Our Veterans fought for our freedom and rights,Soldiers hungry, tired, scared and sleepless nights.

Our Veterans, no matter the situation, had to fightStanding for the USA, fighting with all their might.

Veterans fought in the heat, the cold, the rain, sleet andsnow

Stop and remember, salute the Veterans you know.

If you were called to be a Veteran today,Would you be willing to go to a land far away?

Would you wonder if you would be spared,A day, a week, a month, or maybe wonder if anyone

cared.

All of you who are wasting precious time in our life,Remember a Veteran, his pain and all his strife.

He never had the choice of being with family to rejoiceThe Veteran was fighting day and night for our freedom

of choice.

Or are you wasting an opportunity because you gotcaught?

Not honoring your freedom and setting your standardshigh.

Do you realize that the end is now drawing nigh?

You are blessed with life and still on earth,Christ died for your eternal life, and the soldier died for

your freedom’s birth.

Remember the Veteran never took the easy way home,Are you a Veteran, a soldier, a disciple or just one that

groans?

Thank you Veterans from the bottom of my heartFor the sacrifices of the many battles you were a part.

God’s blessings to each of you, andGod Bless America, Too!!

Written by: Bernice BeasleyIn Memory of James A. Beasley

and in honor of his son, Roy A. Beasley

James A. BeasleyUSA Army

World War II Veteran

Roy A. BeasleyUSA Army

Vietnam Veteran

For Underprivileged

Cash Expresscollectingtoys, cannedfood, coats

In this time of eco-nomic stress and uncer-tainty, many people needhelp. For the eleventhconsecutive year, CashExpress, on Hwy. 150 inMt. Vernon, is collectingtoys, canned food andcoats for the underprivi-leged. Cash Express hasteamed with OperationGive Hope, a ministry ofcompassion to the peopleof Rockcastle County, todistribute these items.Anyone in need of helpcan contact KatherynPope at 606-256-4571with your request.

Anyone wishing todrop off these items cando so at Cash Expess,315-A US Hwy. 150 inMt. Vernon or RockcastleCounty Middle School onSaturday, December 19th.Used coats will becleaned by Cash Express.

Historically, the re-sponse from the localcommunity has beenheartfelt and with openarms. The generosity ofthe community continuesto show what the truemeaning of Christmas is.

During the last tenyears, the Cash Expresstoy, canned food and coatdrive, has helped hun-dreds of thousands offamilies in the states ofKentucky, Tennessee,Mississippi and Alabama.For more information,call Cash Express at 606-256-0886.

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FlossieBishop

Flossie Bishop, 60, wifeof Ernie, of Brodhead, KY,died Tuesday, November10, 2015 at the RockcastleRegional Hospital.

Arrangements are in-complete and have been en-trusted with the Marvin E.Owens Home for Funerals.www.marvineowensfuneralhome.com


Bookmobile ScheduleMon., Nov. 16th: Spiro, Level Green, Willailla. Tues.,Nov. 17th: Ottawa and Bee Lick. Wed., Nov. 18th:Wayne Stewart Center, Day Health/Senior Citizens, CaveValley Apts.

PVFD FundraiserPongo Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold a fundraiser Satur-day, November 7th from 5 to 8 p.m. It will be a pig roastwith potato salad, baked beans, cole slaw and dessert for$7 a plate. All you can eat. Please come.

CVFD Turkey ShootTurkey Shoot on Saturday, November 21st beginning at10 a.m.

LVFD Turkey ShootThe Livingston Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold a TurkeyShoot on Saturday, Nov. 21st and Sat., Nov. 28th, begin-ning at 11 a.m. at David Mason Garage on US 25 at PineHill.

Diabetic Support GroupRockcastle Diabetic Support Group will meet for ourannual holiday meal on Monday, November 16 at 6 p.m.at the Rockcastle Co. Health Dept. Please bring a healthyside dish to share and holiday recipes that are diabeticfriendly.

KPR To MeetThe Cumberland Valley Chapter of the Kentucky PublicRetirees (KPR) will meet Tuesday, Nov. 17th at theGolden Corral Restaurant (next to Wal-Mart) in London.Mealtime will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the meeting tofollow. Guest speaker will be Sarah Zeller from the Ken-tucky Center for Economic Policy in Berea. Any retiree(and their spouse) receiving retirement benefits fromKERS, CERS or SPRS is welcome to attend. Member-ship information will be available at the meeting or onthe website (kentuckypublicretirees.org). For more in-formation, call 606-877-0079.




Celebrate RecoveryCelebrate Recovery classes are held every Monday nightat the Community Outreach Center in Brodhead. Cel-ebrate Recovery is a 12-step Christ-centered program andis a safe place to share and begin healing from all hurts,hang-ups and habits. Meal at 6 p.m. Music 6:45 p.m.Large Group 7 p.m. Signatures available for court, pro-bation and snap. For more information, please call ChrisMartin 606-308-3368.


















The Mt. Vernon Lions Club winners for the Lions International Poster Contestare pictured front row, from left: Holly Chadwell - 3rd place; Makaylah Bullock- 2nd place; and Lindsey Robinson - 1st place. Back row, Lions Club membersfrom left: Sandy Dowell, Brenda Kendrick and Jennifer Hand. The Lions Inter-national Peace Poster Contest encourages children, ages 11-13 to creatively ex-press what peace means to them. The 2015-16 theme is “Share Peace.”

Lions Club member Tom Darst and club presidentBill Dowell are shown with a couple of the Lions thatare being placed in various yards in Mt. Vernon. Toget the lions removed, property owners are beingasked to make a donation to the Lions eyeglassesfund.

Lions arevisitingMountVernon

If you look out inyour front yard andsee a Pride of Lionsresiding there, youare being solicitedfor a donation to theMt. Vernon LionsClub’s eyeglassesfund.

Instructions areincluded with the li-ons as to how tomake a donation, ifyou choose to, andyou get to pick some-one else to get a“visit” from the li-ons.

All money raisedgoes to the LionsEyeglass Fund usedto buy glasses forthose in need.



the lady who is telling meI am not?

I’m not coughing upblood anymore and I amnot still losing weight. Butsomething is in there be-cause it still hurts. Unlessthat’s the scaring from thepneumonia.

Anyway, my wife sug-gests I go do the scanthingy and worry about the$2,750 that I don’t havelater.

Apparently those whoset prices for such thingsare not aware of the simi-larities between a newspa-per person, a banjo playerand a homeless man. Noneof us have money.

The one sentence you

whole year for this spe-cial occasion. I wanted itto last as long as possible.As soon as the last giftwas opened, the youngfolks (like me) openedour toys and played withthem on Mommie’s liv-ing room rug. Occasion-ally, we had to ask one ofthe grown-ups to assist uswith the assembly of ourtoys. Uncle Charles andAlbert were good at thatchore.

My memory of thatnight would last until thenext November rolledaround, when the processwould start all over again.Like countless other chil-dren, Christmas was al-ways my favorite time ofthe year.

Maybe it is just myown personal perception,but I do not recall theholidays being a time ofstress back then. Actually,things were kept prettysimple, and everyoneseemed to actually enjoythe planning and prepara-tion involved. Christmaswas an enchanting timeof the year, and one inwhich we delighted inbeing together. But ofcourse I see those timesthrough the eyes of achild – and what childdoesn’t love Christmas?



suggestions.)

will never, ever hear inyour life is, “Oh, herecomes that banjo player inhis yacht.”

Anyway, I guess I’ll godo the scan and see whathappens. Chances are theywill tell me I am fine andit was a false alarm andthen call me the next dayto tell me they have goodnews and bad news. Thegood news is that I have aweek to live. The bad newsis they were supposed tocall me last week to tell methat.

Anyway, I wish doctorsand nurses would tell youwhat they are doing beforethey do it to you.

This dye stuf for ex-

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before starting to peel theGold Rush bonanza. Iknow it calls for 8 cupsof sliced apples, 4 cups ofwhite sugar, 1 cup ofbrown sugar, 2 tbs. cin-namon, 1⁄2 tbs groundcloves but I don’t knowhow to process the ingre-dients and I’m looking toquadruple the recipe twoor three times and mykids better start thinkingabout apple butter. That’swhat they’ll be getting forChristmas.

ample is supposed to be“harmless.” But, of course,I remember the day veryclearly when doctors cameon my television set andtold me that smoking ciga-rettes was good for me.

I’m not sure pumpingchemicals created in somelab through my veins is ahealthy thing. In fact, I’vedone may stories aboutpeople shooting chemicalsin their veins and the localsheriff assured me theywere illegal and deadly.

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Rockcastle Chapter DARNow Taking Pre-Sale Orders

Hidden Among Us - The American RevolutionaryWar Soldiers of Rockcastle County

This is a 143 page softbound book containingRockcastle’s American RevolutionPatriots and the battles that theyfought. Pre-publication orders arenow being taken and the cost will be$15.00. The cost will be $20.00 afterpublication. 100% of the proceeds willgo towards purchasing a militarymonument for Rockcastle’s Patriots tobe placed at the courthouse.

Please mail check payable toKSDAR Rockcastle Chapter and send to:

Karen Adams4064 Kenesaw Drive • Lexington, KY 40515

Or call (859) 273-9015

By Karen Hamm Adams

For over 25 minutes police cars drove past the Rockcastle County High School in the funeral procession forfallen Richmond Police Officer Daniel Ellis Wednesday. Students left classes to line the highway in a show ofrespect and the RCHS JROTC Color Guard stood at attention during the entire procession. Rockcastle CountySchools were delayed releasing students for forty-five minutes until the procession finished.

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Celebrate this year’sholiday season with friendsand loved ones while sup-porting conservation andtree planting with the helpof the Arbor Day Founda-tion.

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Rockcastle County High School honored the seniormembers of the football team and Marching Rock-ets during the final home game against LincolnCounty. Shown above is senior Hunter Hines, es-corted by his parents, Ralph and Angela Hines.

Senior Dalton Cole, shown with former assistantcoach Tony Saylor.

Jay Imaide, escorted by his mother, Shoko Bell ofTokyo, Japan.

Aaron Pevley, escorted by his mother, Priscilla NapierPevley and his aunt, Beatrice Collins.

Samarah Lovins, escorted by her mother, Angie Minkand father, Jack Lovins.

Caitlin Daugherty, escorted by her mother, AngelaDaugherty, Grandmother, Becky Daugherty anduncle, Greg Daugherty.

Junior Isaac McClure puts defense on a Jaguar re-ceiver during the Rockets first round playoff winlast Friday night. The Rockets beat East Jessamine33-8.

Junior Dalton Rowe had five carries for 21 yards in the Rockets win over EastJessamine last Friday night. Also pictured is #55, Logan Coffey. Coffey had threesolo tackles on the night for the Rockets.

Junior Michael Tomlinson prepares to put a stop on an East Jessamine runner inthe Rockets 33-8 playoff win last Friday night. The Rockets now travel to WayneCounty this Friday. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

Sophomore Brent Lovell picked up 154 rushing yards for the Rockets on only 10carries and scored three touchdowns. The Rockets look to avenge a regular sea-son loss to Wayne County this Friday night as they take on the Cardinals in thesecond round of playoffs.

Rockets win first play offgame; defeat Jaguars 33-8

Sophomore Brent Lovellpicked up 154 rushing yardsand scored three touch-downs for the Rockets intheir 33-6 rout of the EastJessamine Jaguars Fridaynight , in the first round ofthe playoffs, at East Jessa-mine.

The Rockets received theopening kick-off and, twoplays later, Lovell sprinted62 yards for his first touch-down of the night, with onlyone minute and two secondsgone off the game clock.Junior Dalton Rowe’s PATwas good and the Rocketswere ahead 7-0.

The Rockets next scorecame at the very beginningof the second quarter. Afterforcing a turnover on downson the Jags 19 yard line,Lovell got a first down outto the 32, followed by a firstdown by quarterbackChayse McClure to EastJessamine’s 45. A pass tojunior Isaiah Mercer gavethe Rockets a first down onthe Jaguars 30. A facemaskpenalty against the Jaguarsmade it first and ten on the12 and three plays later,

Lovell went in from the onefor his second score of thenight. Rowe’s PAT wasagain good and the Rocketswere up 14-0 at the 11:36mark of the second quarter.

An incomplete pass, offa fake punt ,by the Jaguarson fourth and 17 gave theRockets the ball on the Jag’s40. On fourth and nine,McClure scrambled for afirst down to the 29 but theRockets then turned the ballover on downs to the Jags.However East Jessaminehad to punt the ball away.On this drive, it was fourthand three for the Rocketswhen the Jags jumpedoffsides and gave the Rock-ets a first down on the Jags32. Three plays later,McClure found juniorMichael Thomlinson for thetouchdown with 50 secondsleft in the first half. Thistime, the PAT was no goodbut the Rock was up 20-0 athalftime.

In the third quarter, afteran exchange of possessions,Lovell picked up his thirdtouchdown of the night offa 71 yard run at the 3:31mark to make it 26-0. TheRock’s two point conver-

sion attempt failed.The Jags were in posses-

sion of the ball early in thefourth quarter a pass inter-ference call against theRockets gave the Jags a firstdown on the Rockets 34and, an offsides penaltyagainst the Rockets made itfirst and five for East Jessa-mine. Two plays later, fol-lowing a 24 yard pass bythe Jag quarterback, EastJessamine had the ball onthe Rockets one yard linefrom which they scored.Their two point conversionwas good and it was 26-8.

The Rockets answeredwith their final score of thegame at the 3:38 mark whenMcClure found senior Da-kota Bishop for the touch-down. The PAT was goodand it was 33-8 for the finalscore.

The Rockets are now 5and 6 on the season.

The next playoff gamefor Rockcastle will be atWayne County Friday nightat 7:30 p.m.

StatisticsOffensively, the Rockets

Rocket Madness isThursday, Nov. 19th

The annual “RocketMadness,” which givesfans a preview of the up-coming basketball sea-sons for both the girls andboys teams, will be heldThursday, November19th.

The event will featurea meal of pulled porkBBQ or hot dog dinnerfrom 5 to 6 p.m. for $5.

Tickets may be pur-chased from a ballplayer

or bought at the door.Several nice silent

auction items have beendonated by local busi-nesses and will be avail-able for inspection.

The “Little Dribblers”will perform from 6:00 to6:30 p.m., followed bythe RCHS JROTC, cho-rus, cheerleaders, theLady Rockets and Rock-ets.

The event is free ex-cept for the meal. Con-cessions will also be soldthroughout the eveningevents.

It’s not too late tomake a monetary dona-tion or to donate an itemto be autioned. You maycall 305-0091, 669-2881or 416-2119 to do so.

Come out and supportour Rocket teams.


TurkeyShoot


Rockets playFriday at

Wayne Co.Game time7:30 p.m.

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Dotson finishes 4th, named All-State

RCHS girls’ cross-country team places 6th at state championships

The RCHS girls’ cross-country team closed out another great season on Saturday with an exceptional teamperformance at the Class 2A State Cross-Country Championships at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.RCHS placed 6th overall out of over 50 qualifying schools, matching their finish from last year at the event.The girls were not very far from a third place finish. Five girls recorded all-time personal bests, with anotherrunning her season’s best time and another her best time ever at the state meet. Team members are from left:Jasmine Ashcraft, Erin Hindman, Sierra Mercer, Taylor Bullock, Kensie Sheffield, Tori Dotson and GraceGardiner.

At the Class 2A State Cross-Country Championships atthe Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, RCMS 8thgrader Tori Dotson led the girls' varsity team to a 6thplace state finish. Tori placed 4th overall out of 195state qualifiers with a new all-time personal best andRCHS record time of 18:53.61. She shattered her pre-vious school record mark by over 21 seconds. She alsohad the best performance of any middle school girlcompeting in all three state classes and finished over27 seconds ahead of the next closest 7th or 8th gradegirl. Her impressive performance earned her a statemedal which is awarded to the top 15 competitors, aswell as a medal for making the all-state team.

At the Class 2A StateCross-Country Champi-onships at the KentuckyHorse Park in Lexingtonon Saturday, RCHS jun-ior Taylor Bullock helpedlead the girls' team to a6th place state finish.Taylor placed 80th over-all out of 195 state quali-fiers. Her impressivetime of 21:53.61 was eas-ily her best time this sea-son and not far from herall-time personal best.

A week after winningtheir 8th regional title, theRCHS girls’ cross-countryteam closed out anothergreat season on Saturdaywith an exceptional teamperformance at the Class2A State Cross-CountryChampionships at the Ken-tucky Horse Park in Lex-ington. RCHS placed 6thoverall out of over 50 quali-fying schools, matchingtheir finish from last yearat the event. The girls werenot very far from a third

At the Class 2A StateCross-Country Champi-onships at the KentuckyHorse Park in Lexingtonon Saturday, RCHS fresh-man Kensie Sheffieldhelped lead the girls' teamto a 6th place state finish.Kensie placed 84th over-all out of 195 state quali-fiers. Her impressivetime of 21:55.28 was anall-time personal best andeasily her best this season.

At the Class 2A StateCross-Country Champi-onships at the KentuckyHorse Park in Lexingtonon Saturday, RCMS 7thgrader Jasmine Ashcrafthelped lead the girls'team to a 6th place statefinish. Jasmine placed92nd overall out of 195state qualifiers. She alsofinished 12th among all7th graders that qualifiedfor state in Class 2A. Herimpressive time of22:13.66 was an all-timepersonal best.

At the Class 2A StateCross-Country Champi-onships at the KentuckyHorse Park in Lexingtonon Saturday, RCHS jun-ior Sierra Mercer helpedlead the girls' team to a6th place state finish. Si-erra placed 94th overallout of 195 state qualifi-ers. Her impressive timeof 22:15.39 was her all-time personal best instate championship meetcompetition.

At the Class 2A StateCross-Country Champi-onships at the KentuckyHorse Park in Lexingtonon Saturday, RCMS 7thgrader Erin Hindmanhelped lead the girls'team to a 6th place statefinish. Erin placed 95thoverall out of 195 statequalifiers. Her impres-sive time of 22:15.71 waseasily her all-time per-sonal best. Erin's greatfinish broke a three waytie in the team standingsand secured 6th placeoverall for RCHS.

At the Class 2A StateCross-Country Champi-onships at the KentuckyHorse Park in Lexingtonon Saturday, RCMS 8thgrader Grace Gardinerhelped lead the girls' teamto a 6th place state finish.Grace placed 122nd over-all out of 195 state quali-fiers. Her impressivetime of 23:01.78 was anall-time personal best andeasily her best perfor-mance this season.

RCHS boys’ cross-country runner Dylon Robinson hadan impressive finish and set a personal record of 18:32at the Cross Country State Championships on Saturday,November 7th. He placed 114th out of 239 of the fastestrunners in the state of Kentucky. Congratulations on agreat season.

place team finish and hadsix girls place in the top onehundred. Five girls re-corded all-time personalbests, with another runningher season’s best time andanother her best time everat the state meet.

8th grader VictoriaDotson had an unprec-edented performance forRCHS. She stayed in the

top five for pretty much theentire race, placing 4thoverall with a new all-timepersonal best and RCHSrecord time of 18:53.61.She shattered her previousschool record mark by over21 seconds. She also hadthe best performance ofany middle school girlcompeting in all three stateclasses and finished over27 seconds ahead of thenext closest 7th or 8thgrade girl. Her impressiveperformance earned her astate medal which isawarded to the top 15 com-petitors, as well as a medalfor making the all-stateteam. Tori will likely nextcompete for Team Ken-tucky at the Cross-CountryCoaches National YouthChampionships atMasterson Station Park inLexington. She has a greatshot at a national title in the13 year old age group andwill join Class A StateChampion SelenaMattingly and severalmore of the state’s best run-ners. Tori has also been in-vited to the prestigiousFoot Locker South Re-gional Championships inNorth Carolina on Novem-ber 28.

Junior Taylor Bullockhelped lead the girls' teamand finished 2nd for RCHSwith a very strong race. In-dividually, she placed 80thoverall out of 195 statequalifiers. Her impressivetime of 21:53.61 was eas-ily her best time this sea-son. Taylor has been a veryconsistent top three runnerfor RCHS this season. Alittle over two years ago,Taylor ran her first 5k in alittle over 30 minutes. She'sworked extremely hard andcome such a long way

since then. She’ll onlycontinue to get better as shehelps RCHS work towardsa top four finish next sea-son. Taylor will turn her at-tention to another success-ful track season as indoortrack gets underway soon.

Freshman KensieSheffield helped lead thegirls by finishing 3rd on theteam at state with anothergreat performance when itmattered most. Comingthrough with a career best5,000-meter race, sheplaced 84th overall out of195 state qualifiers. Herimpressive time of21:55.28 was an all-timepersonal best and easily herbest this season. She couldhave a breakout year nextseason and propel RCHS toa top four finish at state.Kensie will also competealongside Tori in the Cross-Country Coaches NationalYouth Championships laterin November.

In her first season ofcross-country, 7th graderJasmine Ashcraft placed4th for RCHS at state witha great race of her own.She finished 92nd overallout of 195 state qualifiers.She also finished 12thamong all 7th graders thatqualified for state in Class2A. Her impressive time of22:13.66 was an all-timepersonal best. Amazingly,she starts out slower thanmost runners and spendsthe last mile and a halfworking her way throughthe field. If she ever getsused to a fast start and man-ages to stay with the leadpack, she could become astate title contender downthe road.

Junior Sierra Mercerwas the 5thscorer forRCHS on Saturday and ran

an exceptional race despitebeing under the weather.She placed 94th overall outof 195 state qualifiers. Herimpressive time of22:15.39 was her all-timepersonal best in statechampionship meet com-petition. She had a veryimpressive race consider-ing she was sick for mostof the week and unable topractice on Wednesday.She didn't feel well at allduring the race but stillgave it everything she had.Sierra had her most consis-tent season to date and wasthe number two runner forRCHS at every meet thisseason that Tori competedin. She’ll be looking tocarry her exceptional con-ditioning into indoor trackseason and help lead theRCHS girls’ team to an-other indoor state title.

7th grader ErinHindman played an inte-gral role in the team’s suc-cess on Saturday. Individu-ally, she placed 95th over-all out of 195 state qualifi-ers. Her impressive time of22:15.71 was easily her all-time personal best. Moreimportantly, Erin's finishbroke a three way tie in theteam standings givingRCHS 6th place overall.Considering this is onlyErin’s first season of cross-country, she will have ahuge impact on the team’ssuccess over the next fiveyears and should have agreat track season as well.

8th grader GraceGardiner had the best raceof her career while helpinglead the girls' team to their6th place state finish. Sheplaced 122nd overall out of195 state qualifiers. Herimpressive time of23:01.78 was an all-timepersonal best and easily herbest performance this year.A newcomer to the varsityteam this season, Gracewas in the top five for theteam on several occasionsand was a model of consis-tency for RCHS. Sheshould play a huge role inthe team’s future and looksbuild upon her cross-coun-try conditioning for a greatupcoming track season.

With cross-country end-ing for most of the team af-ter the Cross-CountryCoaches National YouthChampionshipson Novem-ber 21, the girls’ indoortrack team will begin prac-tice soon. Any girl that’sinterested in participatingmust have a sports physi-cal before they will be al-lowed to practice. More in-formation will be an-nounced at school regard-ing a startdate. The girls’middle school team willlook to repeat their indoorand outdoor state champi-onship title sweep from lastyear. The girls’ varsityteam also will look to re-peat as indoor state cham-pions and improve upontheir 4th place finish at out-door state.


By: Mike French“The Boone Trace and the Wilderness Road are two

completely different things. Daniel Boone had noth-ing to do with the Wilderness Trail.” This is the mes-sage that John Fox, President of Friends of BooneTrace, wants to get across to the public.

During the months of March and April of 1775,Boone Trace was the first road blazed into the wildland that was to become Kentucky in 1792.

Civil leaders from Rockcastle County as well asBell, knox, Laurel and Madison Counties will be meet-ing in Berea at the Seabury Center on Tuesday, No-vember 17 from 7-9 p.m. to craft a template which willserve as a Central Kentucky arterial connector to Tracetowns and communities, according to Fox.

“Daniel Boone blazing this trace into this area andending at Fort Boonesborough is similar to NealArmstrong landing on the moon in his day. It’s whatopened this land up to become Kentucky,” said Fox.“This trail is the most historic trail and must be pre-served,” he said.

Fox has taken on the roll of elevating Boone Trace,blazed by Boone and his 30 “axemen” from Tennesseeto Boonesborough, and bringing awareness to the pub-lic about the importance of the trace.

According to Fox an estimated 300,000 migrantspassed through the gap on their way into Kentucky be-fore 1810. “No other road is of greater historical sig-nificance to the founding of Kentucky and the openingof the western frontier than that little road. And it comesright through the heart of Kentucky,” said Fox.

Part of the work of Fox and the organization in-clude making the trace accessible to hikers, bikers andhorseback riders who wish to experience the same trekthat Boone and his adventurers traveled.

According to Fox, Larry Hammond, of RockcastleCounty, is one of the owners of land where Boone Tracepassed through. “Larry has signed the contract to letus develop the trace on his property. He understandsthe importance of keeping Boone Trace alive and notletting it disappear,” said Fox.

Fox said five mayors and many other officials fromcounties involved in the Trace will be attending thefirst meeting next week.

Fox plans to take the attendees of the meeting on avirtual tour of Boone Trace and attempt to help eachcounty involved to work together and help elevate theimportance of Boone Trace.

Anyone interested in Boone Trace is invited to at-tend the meeting.

First meeting of Friends ofBoone Trace is next Tuesday

Cash agreed that theplayground would be awonderful addition to thecity and the council agreedto hear more on the subjectas long as the county is will-ing to help with grantmoney and possibly providesecurity cameras.

Bishop said he feels theplayground would benefitthe entire county and ex-pressed his willingness tohelp in any way the FiscalCourt can. “Whatever wecan do to help, I’m sure thecounty would be willing. Anice, family playground forkids would benefit the tax-payers of RockcastleCounty and that’s basicallywhy we are all here,” hesaid.

Bishop also said he feelsthat Governor-Elect MattBevin, has policies and be-liefs that will make thingseasier for local residents.“We are going to be able todo good things here inBrodhead and other com-munities since we have apublic servant in office in-stead of a politician,” hesaid.

This month’s regularmeeting began Mondaynight with Bishop present-ing Lynn Tatum, RockcastleCounty Development BoardProject Coordinator, to pro-vide a rough idea for theplayground.

Tatum presented a draw-ing and possible plan to

sioners that his patrol hoursvaried from 15 to 30 eachweek during different timeperiods but that paperworkadded several hours to this.

Mayor Medley assuredRichardson that he had allauthority to do whateverneeds to be done. “I’m nota micro-manager so you cando as you see fit and usecommonsense.”

Richardson told the com-missioners that he had beenmet with “open arms” bythe community and appre-ciated their support.

Medley also told thecommissioners that thecompany working on bring-ing cable service to the citywas in the process of obtain-ing a franchise and he hadbeen working with theCumberland Valley AreaDevevelopment District toget the process completed“by the books.”

also be add-ons of luggageracks for $3,750, PA systemfor $2,175 and video cam-eras for $3,945.

The board will also pur-chase one 52-passenger busfor $81,520 and will add thePA system for $411 and onecamera for $1,246.

One special needs buswill be purchased for$87,319 with the same add-ons as the 52-passenger bus.Cornelius said the specialneeds bus is on a 52-passen-ger frame but will include alift and wider aisles.

The total cost for all fivebuses will be $445,343. Theboard unanimously ap-proved the purchase.

The board also discussedthe fact that enrollment for4 and 5 year-olds is downslightly. According to Su-perintendent David Pensol,enrollment fluctuates fromyear to year but this particu-lar year’s is slightly morethan usual.

Pensol also pointed outthat as that particular classgoes on through highergrades, the school systemmay notice the fluctuationin funding in later years. Butin other years, he said, en-rollment is higher than nor-mal so it may equal out inthe long run.

Reports were also pro-vided to the board showingparticipation in the mealprogram this year. Accord-ing to school records, par-ticipation numbers are stillincreasing in RockcastleCounty and across the state.

As part of Pensol’s pro-gram to provide the boardwith presentations fromeach school’s representativeand track and monitorprogress, RCMS PrincipalMarcus Reppert gave thismonth’s report.

Reppert presented a de-tailed and comprehensivereport on the middleschool’s programs, progressand plans.

Reppert listed eachgrade’s curriculum and howmany minutes each studentreceives instruction in eachelement of education.

Reppert also expressedhis goals at the school andtold the board, “We are hereto educate the whole child.I love that term ‘wholechild’. Mentally, physicallyand emotionally, we arehere to prepare students forhigh school and help themto look forward to going tothe next level,” he said.

He informed the board ofprograms he and his staffare working on to show stu-dents what they should pre-pare for to be ready for highschool. In fact, Reppert saidhe is working on a programwith the grade school tohelp prepare those studentfor the transition to middleschool, he said.

“This is a pathway tohighschool just as highschool is a pathway tohigher education. It’s ourjob to prepare students forthese transitions,” he said.

Reppert also listed hisgoals for the next KDE re-port card and said he hopesto be in the top half of

place the new playgrounddiagonally to the existingPump House at the DepotPark.

The original proposalprovides a 100x50 fenced inarea that would include awooden train play area andmulch with swings and pos-sible other equipment.

“In keeping with thetheme of the park it wouldinclude the iron fencing tomatch what’s there with agate that can be locked atnight,” said Tatum.

The current proposal in-cludes play equipment forkids between from four to12 years old, howeverTatum said other equipmentcould be added for youngerchildren.

“We can go as elaborateor as simple as the citywants, keeping in mind thatwe are attempting to get amatching grant for theproject,” she said.

According to Tatum, ifthe grant is successful, thecity would have to matchany funds awarded by thegrant with in-kind work orfunding.

City Clerk BeckyBussell said the city couldprovide labor to build thepark as the city’s contribu-tion to match the grant.

Tatum suggested pos-sible wooden arches andother designs to match theexisting park and possiblynaming the playground“Little Engine Playground.”

Tatum said the proposalas it stands would costaround $40,000 whichmeans the city of Brodheadwould have to provide$20,000 of the funding.

Councilman Keithgraves suggested the cityconsider the idea of havinga business sponsor for someof the funding and placinga plaque thanking the busi-ness at the park.

Tatum said the equip-ment is estimated at around$10,000 and the fencing at$5,000 while the mulch andbenches proposed wouldcost around $2,600.

“We can get as fancy asyou want or keep it simple.This is just my first draft andkeeps the budget within rea-son while matching the ex-isting theme at the park,”said Tatum.

Cash said he would talkwith Bishop about helpingwith extra security camerasor equipment.

Tatum said the grant ap-plication opens in Decem-ber and it would take a yearor more to receive any fund-ing from the grant.

“It is a slow process but

we should apply in Decem-ber for the grant and expectthe funding a year or morelater,” she said. “But thisgets things started.”

Tatum said she believesthe playground would be agood thing for the city. “Ibelieve this would create alot of good will. It’s allabout taking care of ourkids’ needs and creatingmemories,” she said.

The council agreed topursue the grant and letTatum know of any possiblechanges to the proposal be-fore December so that theregular meeting in Decem-ber could include a vote toproceed.

In other action, Cash saidthe city is about to pour thefoundation for the new flagthe city recently acquired.

He also informed thecouncil that the new stopsigns, placed recently aftera council vote at the requestof councilman Dallas Todd,“has caused several acci-dents.”

The council also agreedto schedule the annualChristmas Parade for De-cember 5 at 1 p.m.

middle schools in the state.According to Reppert, he

and his staff have high ex-pectations for the students.“We set out goals high andexpect a lot from our stu-dents. We expect them to dowell and we push them toexcel.”

Reppert has a staff of 55teachers at the middleschool and a total of 84 staffin all, including administra-tive.

Pensol expressed his op-timism about Reppert’s ap-proach to education. “I’llhave to say that Mr. Repperthit the ground running. Ihave been very impressedwith his leadership and fo-cus for our students. He ishere early every day andleaves late and is dedicatedto the education of each in-dividual student.”

Board member SusanJordison told the board thatshe knows that the Rich-mond Police Department isaware of the high school’seffort to recognize OfficerDaniel Ellis who was killedthis week in Richmond.

Students at RCHS willleave their classes Wednes-day to line the road in frontof the high school in honorof officer Ellis as his funeralprocession passes.

Pensol said all the creditfor that effort goes to RCHSPrincipal JenniferMattingly. “This was all herdoing. She heard the funeralwould be passing the schooland she set all this up,” saidPensol.

In other action, Pensolprovided the board with thelist of new employees hiredfor the school district.

Chris Bishop was hiredas the new principal ofRoundstone ElementarySchool.

Marie Renner was hiredas a substitute instructionalassistant and RachaelCochran was hired as a sub-stitute bus monitor.

Joanie Alexander washired as a SubstituteTeacher.

After the meeting, Prin-cipal Reppert took the boardmembers on a tour of theschool showing construc-tion and the use of labs and

for a piece of land inRockcastle Business ParkSouth which was recentlypurchased by Kimike Prop-erties LLC to construct aprofessional building tohouse, in part, a new Mt.Vernon Eye Care business.

Magistrate MikeMcGuire made a motion toapply the funds directly tothe principal of the county’sland and infrastructure notewith KACo.

The court also approvedsigning a Memorandum ofAgreement with the statefor a $100,000 (75/25)grant for the Fairgrounds atBrodhead. The county willhave to front the funds forany construction and willbe reimbursed by the state.

A Resolution and Agree-ment with the KentuckyTransportation Cabinet forFLEX funds was approvedby the court.

FLEX funds are re-turned to counties, based ongas tax revenue, by the stateand Rockcastle’s share thisyear is $207,061. Themoney can only be used torepair blacktop not for newpaving projects.

The court has approved16 projects on which thefunds will be used until ex-hausted.

Roads, by priority, thatwill be repaired are:

Old Smokey Road, FlatGap Road, Lilac Circle,Lime Plant Hollow Road,Napier Road, Poppy Lane,Goldfinch Lane, LittleBrushy Branch Road,Frosty Hollow Road,Roundstone Loop, Tar KilnRoad, Doc Adams Roadand Mullins Station Road.

The court also approveda $20,000 transfer from thegeneral fund to Rockcastle911 to make up a shortfall.911 has recently acquiredseveral new expenses, in-

volved with updating theirequipment and an addi-tional employee formerlypaid from another account.County Treasurer JoeClontz told the court thatthe $20,000 would prob-ably have to be an annualsubsidy to 911, which hasbeen largely self-sufficientsince its inception.

Besides the transfer of$20,000 to 911, the courtalso transferred $80,000 tothe jail from the generalfund.

A claim fromRockcastle County Coro-ner Marvin Owens for $340for a trip to Frankfort for anautopsy was changed toapproval of payment of$170.

The magistrates dis-cussed a previous meetingwhere they rememberedthat the amount approvedfor a round trip to take abody to Frankfort for au-topsy was $170, even if theprocess involved leavingthe body and making a sec-ond trip as was the case onthe $340 claim.

The court also electedtwo new members to theRockcastle County Exten-sion board, Kathy Price andNorietta Thompson; ap-proved payment of$9,542.52 for the countyclerk’s fee audit and$6,811.24 for the sheriff’sfee audit, both by state au-ditors; approved a donationof $300 to NAMI; tabledaction for new animal bedsat the Rockcastle AnimalShelter; approved paymentof $2,380 for lodging inLouisville for a June 2016conference for Jailer CarlosMcClure and three staffers;and $203.30 for lodging forJames Renner, Solid WasteCoordinator, to attend aSWACK meeting in De-cember at Bowling Green.

December’s meetingwas changed to Thursday,December 10th to accom-modate county officialswho may want to attend theDecember 8th inaugurationof governor-elect MattBevin.

“Dinner”(Cont. from front)

“Park”(Cont. from front)

“Schools”(Cont. from front)

“Court”(Cont. from front)

classrooms.The next regular meeting

of the school board will beDecember 8 at 6 p.m.


School NewsArchery practice is each Monday from 3:15 until 4:55.Brownies (2nd & 3rd Grades) will meet each Wednes-

day from 3:30 until 4:30.Hooked on Reading is each Wednesday from 3:30 until

4:30.Daisies will meet on Thursday, November 19 from 3:30

until 4:30.Tutoring will be each Tuesday from 3:30 until 4:30.

Parents must pick up their children.FRC News:

FRC Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, Novem-ber 17 at 12:00 in the FRC Office.

Mrs. Kathy and Mrs. Kaci’s First Grade Class News:Mrs. Kaci's and Mrs. Kathy’s first grade classes at MVES

worked together to complete a special Veterans Day Project.The students compiled their individual work to create anAmerican flag and an American Soldier color poster to bedisplayed at RCMS during the Veteran’s Day celebration.

Mrs. Kristy Isaac’s and Mrs. Jamie Bryant’s studentsand families at Mt. Vernon Elementary Schools made pump-kin storybook characters.

First grade students at MVES created pumpkinstorybook characters.

Mrs. Kaci's and Mrs. Kathy’s first grade classes atMVES worked together to complete a special Veter-ans Day Project. The students compiled their indi-vidual work to create an American flag and an Ameri-can Soldier color poster to be displayed at RCMSduring the Veteran’s Day celebration.

Mount VernonMessage

4-H Speech GuidelinesThe Rockcastle County

4-H Council will hold theirannual speech contest at 6p.m. on Tuesday, December8th at the Mt. Vernon El-ementary School. Just aslast year, the contest will beheld as a joint project withall county schools.Through 4-H, winningspeakers will have the op-portunity to advance to areaand state competition.

*Speeches must be reg-istered by December 4th atthe Rockcastle County Ex-tension office by calling(606) 256-2403.

The number of partici-pants eligible for the countycontest per class has beendetermined. The maximumnumber of representativesthat can be sent to theCounty Talk Meet per agegroup at each school are asfollows:

Mt. Vernon ElementaryGrade 4 (age 9) 8Grade 5 (age 10) 8Roundstone ElementaryGrade 4 (age 9) 6Grade 5 (age 10) 6Brodhead ElementaryGrade 4 (age 9) 7Grade 4 (age 9) 7Middle SchoolGrade 6-Voyagers 8

Grade 6-Enterprisers 8Grade 7-Adventures 8Grade 7-Shooting Stars 8Grade 8-Challengers 8Grade 8-Comets 8

4H Speech Rules1. Any boy or girl, age 9

– 19, may participate in the4-H Talk Meet Program.

2. The top speeches fromeach grade will competeagainst other youth of theirown age category and notnecessarily against theirgrade. The age category isdetermined by their age asof January 1, 2016.

3. 4-H’ers CANNOTUSE THE SAME SPEECHTHIS YEAR IN THECOUNTY SPEECH CON-TEST IF HE OR SHE WONWITH THAT SPEECH ATTHE COUNTY, AREA, ORSTATE LEVEL LASTYEAR. (Only applies to 1stPlace Winners)

4. Junior age categoriesare 9, 10, 11, 12 &13.

Senior age categories are14, 15, 16, 17 & 18.

5. Junior age categorytalks are to be 3 to 5 min-utes long.

Senior age category talksare to be 5 to 7 minutes long.

6. A participant may se-cure assistance from anyonehe chooses in writing or pre-paring his/her talk. There is

no specific topic; any suit-able topic can be used.

7. The participant andthose who may work withhim/her should be familiarwith the enclosed:

a. Objectives of the 4HTalk Meet Program

b. Judge’s Score Sheetc. Selecting and prepar-

ing the speechd. Pointers for giving a

speech8. Each contestant will

be introduced, along withthe title of their talk, by theroom chairman.

After being introduced,the speaker will present thetalk. Talks should not repeatthe title of his/her talk.

9. Each representativefor the County Talk Meetmustregister by calling theCounty Extension Office at(606) 256-2403 by Friday,December 04, 2015. Weneed the participant’s name,date of birth, full mailingaddress, grade, teacher,school, and title of speech.

10. Each representativefor the County Talk Meetshould be aware that if theywin first or second place intheir age category they willhave the opportunity to goto the area contest whichwill be in April or May of2016 in conjunction with

the Area DemonstrationContest and Variety Show.

4-H Speech Contest planned


RCMS Choir performs for school board

Members of the RCMS Choir provided entertainment during this month’s regular meeting of the Rockcastle CountySchool Board. The Choir was led by RCMS Choir Director Carrie Hunt. The board held the meeting at the middle schoolthis month and took a tour of the building after Principal Marcus Reppert provided the board with a report of the school’sprogress and plans.

The annual Remem-brance Tree ceremony is setfor Sunday, December 6,2:00 p.m., at RichmondMall inside the former JCPenney’s.

The event is a long-standing tradition for Hos-pice Care Plus and the com-munity, bringing hundredstogether for more than 20years.

The Remembrance Treeceremony gives the commu-nity a chance to remember

Remembrance Treeevent set for Dec. 6th

DAR celebrates National Native American Month

At talent show

Your talentis needed

The Livingston Commu-nity Lions Club will be host-ing their fourth annual tal-ent show on Saturday night,November 14, 2015, at 7p.m. We need your talent inorder to put on our show. Allof the proceeds from theshow will stay here in thecounty to aid those less for-tunate, and in communitysupport. The show will beat the Rockcastle HighSchool Auditorium, withrehearsal from 4 to 6 p.m.the day of the show.

The overall winner willreceive a hundred dollarsand a huge trophy. Secondplace receives fifty dollarsand a ribbon. Third placereceives twenty-five dollarsand a ribbon. The audiencefavorite recieves a huge tro-phy. This is determined byaudience applause, so bringlots of friends and family.All participants will receivea ribbon. There is a ten dol-lar registration fee.

All contestants need tobe on hand no later than 6p.m. and registered. Thedoors open at 6 p.m. to thepublic. Tickets are $7:00 foradults and $5 for children 12and under.

loved ones during the holi-day season by placing a per-sonalized memorial orna-ment on a tree.

After an opening prayerand holiday music, the me-morial list of names is read.Guests place their personal-ized ornament on the Re-membrance Tree when theyhear their loved one’s name.If no one is present to placethe ornament on the tree, ahospice staff member willdo so.

Refreshments are servedfollowing the ceremony.

The Remembrance Treewill remain on displaythroughout the holiday sea-son at the CompassionateCare Center on Isaacs Lanein Richmond. Guests whowish to take their personal-ized ornament home withthem may do so immedi-ately following the cer-emony or anytime duringthe tree’s display period.

To request an ornament,contact Hospice [email protected],859-986-1500, or 1-800-806-5492. Donations for or-naments can also be madeonline at Hospice’s website:hospicecareplus.org. Thereis no charge for the orna-ments or for the ceremony,but the organization doessuggest a donation—of anysize—when requesting thepersonalized ornament. Pro-ceeds from the event fundall of the programs offeredby Hospice Care Plus.

Hospice Care Plus is anon-profit organizationserving Estill, Jackson, Lee,Madison, Owsley andRockcastle counties. Ser-vices include hospice care,palliative care, bereavementoutreach, and hospice inpa-tient care at the Compas-sionate Care Center. All ser-vices are provided regard-less of ability to pay.

The Rockcastle Daugh-ters of the American Revo-lution will be celebratingNational Native AmericanMonth by hosting anevening of fun and educa-tion on Sunday, November22, 2015 at 2:00 PM in thecafeteria of the RockcastleCounty Middle School.

DAR state Chairwomanof the American IndianCommittee, Janice Lear,will be the guest speaker.Local historian and Nativestoryteller, David Owens,will be on hand in regalia totell stories and noteworthyfacts of the Native culture.There will be a demonstra-tion of Native Americandance by Southeastern Ken-tucky Shawnee Council-woman, Susie Holden. Au-dience participation is wel-come. Councilman JimGross will be on hand toplay the Native flute anddemonstrate “smudging”, aceremony of removingnegative energies. TheTribal Elder, Tom Jones,

may be on hand. Southeast-ern Kentucky Shawnee Sec-retary and Registrar, TonyaCook, will be taking appli-cations for tribal member-ships. Membership is a one-time fee of $10.

Karen Hamm-Adams,DAR historian and Ken-

tucky author, will be theretaking orders for her newbook, “Hidden Among Us:American RevolutionaryWar Patriots of Rockcastle”.All of the proceeds from thebook will be going to buy amonument honoring theRockcastle Revolutionary

Patriots to be placed in frontof the court house. DebbieBrown, Rockastle DAR Re-gent, will be giving the clos-ing remarks. Our chapterwill be serving a variety ofrefreshments. All are en-couraged to help us cel-ebrate.

The third annual RenfroRock N Run Half Marathonand 5K will be Saturday, andorganizers are preparing forthe biggest turnout ever. Infact, the race is expected tobe the largest run/walk everheld in Rockcastle County.

Nearly 350 runners,walkers, and wheelchair rac-ers have signed up for thehalf marathon (13.1 miles),and more than 200 are ex-pected to participate in the5K.

Both races begin atRenfro Valley Entertain-ment Center at 8:30 a.m.

Half marathoners fromsix states in addition to Ken-tucky have pre-registered.

For 40 of the participants,the race will be the final legof the first-ever “MadHalfer” half marathon se-ries, which includes theKentucky History HalfMarathon in Frankfort andthe Bowling Green 26.2/13.1.

The race, which beginsand ends at Renfro ValleyEntertainment Center, takesrunners across Hwy. 25,around Lake Linville, upBarnett Road before turningright on Purrigsby, thenright on Brindle Ridge Rdbefore turning back downMt. Zion Road, to the lake,and back to Renfro.

Because participants and

dozens of volunteers will beon the roadway, motoristsare asked to avoid travellingon roads that are part of therace route. If travel is un-avoidable, slow speeds andextreme caution is advised.The race will last from 8:30a.m. until noon.

Primary sponsors of theevent are Rockcastle Re-gional Hospital and CitizensBank. A portion of the pro-ceeds from the half mara-thon go to the Christian Ap-palachian Project, whileproceeds from the 5K willbenefit Rockcastle County’sGirls on the Run program.

For more information callKayla Rowe at 606-256-7767.

Motorists should avoid marathon route


News from theRockcastle Courthouse



859-986-7027800-347-2318


MarriageLicenses

DeedsRecorded

Stormy Bullock, 28, Or-lando, unemployed to CodyLee Mullins, 25, Orlando,NMHG. 10/30/15

Christa Paula Jean Doan,21, Mt. Vernon, call centerto Jessie Dale Renner, 24,Mt. Vernon, unemployed.11/2/15

Samantha Taylor, 20,Brodhead, housewife toRandy Dean Mink, Jr., 25,Brodhead, warehouse. 11/3/15

Shena Gail McKinney,31, Mt. Vernon, teacher toNayson Sasha Machin, 43,Mt. Vernon, law clerk. 11/6/15

Elizabeth Renner, prop-erty in Rockcastle County,to Jackie Dean and BarbaraSue Burdine. Tax $8.50

Troy and Karen Durham,property on RockcastleRiver, to Janet Durham. Notax

Elizabeth C. Jones, prop-erty in Rockcastle County,to Mike and Jennifer Cash.Tax $128

Josh and Jennifer Burke,property on East ForkBrushy Creek, to David andLeslie S. Cook. Tax $167

R. Dennis and Lisa I.Stephens, property inRockcastle County, to Tho-mas and Elizabeth Dupree.Tax $230

Douglas Paul andStephanie Griffin, propertyon Red Hill Road, to Den-ver Harold Singleton. Tax$20.50

Marcella Griffin andMelinda G. and Stephen A.Tanner, property on Pleas-ant View Drive, to MelindaG. and Stephen A. Tanner.No tax

Glen and Virginia Rob-erts, property on BarnettRoad, to Donald L. and Dor-othy Wilson and Anthonyand Shannon Smith. Tax $1

Ima Jean and KennethTaylor and Betty M. andStephen Jones, property onNegro Town Hill,, toFereidoon HosseinzadehRevocable Living Trust.Tax $24

Fereidoon HosseinzadehRevocable Living Trust,property on Negro TownHill, to Bentley G. andStephanie Collins. Tax $24

Allen Rice, property onLong Branch of Dix River,to Glen E. Roberts. Tax$13.50

Sara Miracle, propertyon Old U.S. 25, to Linda K.Miracle. No tax

Rachelle B. Wood andJames Carl Wood IV, prop-erty on Bethrum St., Mt.Vernon to Shawn and Ali-cia Adams. Tax $133

Shirley and Billy RovyCummins, Verla M. andEarl Johns and ElaineHansel, property on DashRoad, to Shirley and BillyRovy Cummins. No tax

Shirley and Billy RovyCummins, Verla M. andEarl Johns and ElaineHansel, property on DashRoad, to Elaine Hansel. No

taxAdrienne Beth Cromer,

property on Hwy. 70, toKaren Gail Johnson. Tax$155

Cromer and EdithSmith, property on SandSprings Road, to PorterSmith. No tax

David P. and Bonnie L.Martin, property inMaretburg Quadrangle, toAllen L. and Lodema D.Johnson. Tax $145

Ruby Jean Clark, prop-erty on Old State Road, toSelena Cheryl Schooler.Tax $3

Circuit CivilSuits

District CivilSuits

Commonwealth of Ken-tucky v. Carissa Ingram,complaint for child supportand medical support.

Commonwealth of Ken-tucky v. Keila A. Davidson,complaint for child supportad medical support. CI-00214

DistrictCourt

The following circuitcourt suits have been filedby the Commonwealth ofKentucky on relation ofJonathan Miller, Secretaryof Finance and Administra-tion Cabinet over unpaid2013 property taxes:

Richard and JudyHensley, $253.80; ScottAnglin, $95.12, $95.12 and$126.85; Ralph Renner,$210.53; Roger Evans,$92.15; Joshua Dennison,$95.12; Timothy Benge,$354.79; Lester and TeresaRatliff, $167.27; Robert andClaudia Caudill, $95.12;Roger and Regina Stepp,$383.64; Melissa and Eu-gene Coffey, $123.97;Shelby and James Miller,$80.71; Janeffer and DarylMiller, $80.71; Walter Gil-bert, $109.57; Roy Gillen,$110.33; Carolyn McGuire,$311.50; David Slinker,$203.31; Joshua Sturgill,$167.27; Travis Miller,$73.50; Kenneth Peck,$383.64; Douglas Poynter,$167.27; Jeanna Roberts,$44.62; Rebecca Smith,$138.41; Melissa and JohnEvans, $383.64; Stevie andBonita Spoonamore,$123.97 Michael and KarlaStrunk, $282.65; Lowelland Ida Whitson, $475.98;Troy and Janet Bowles,$383.64; Dennis and LauraHoward, $109.57. C-00205

October 28 - Nov. 2Hon. Jeffrey S. LawlessHon. Kathryn G. Wood

Speeding: Lisa R.Alexander, Daniel H. Foster,license suspended for failureto appear (fta); Lacretia V.Hudson, Dustin Samples,$18 fine plus costs; MerissaR. Seals, $42 fine plus costs;Jeremy R. Salyers, $36 fineplus costs;

Nathan Gadd: disorderlyconduct, 45 days in jail.

Craig McCreary: failure

to wear seat belts, $25 fine;license to be in possession,$50 fine.

Tyler Mobley: fleeing orevading police, 60 days injail/concurrent w/state sen-tence.

Holly M. Mullins: drugparaphernalia - buy/possessand promoting contraband,sentencing orders entered.

Joshua B. Staton: operat-ing on suspended/revokedoperators, hindering prosecu-tion or apprehension, posses-sion open alcohol beveragecontainer in motor vehicle,sentencing orders entered.

Danny L. Adams: operat-ing motor vehicle under in-fluence of alcohol/drugs,$200 fine plus costs, $375service fee, 30 days operatorslicense suspension/ADE au-thorized.

Amy M. Bingham: fines/fees due ($50), bw issued forfta.

Elisha Jasper: disregard-ing stop sign, failure to orimproper signal, no opera-tors/moped license, operatingon suspended/revoked opera-tors license, license sus-pended for fta, bw issued.

Devon S. Johnson: crimi-nal trespass, bw issued for fta.

John M. Perry: drug para-phernalia - buy /possess, 90days/probated 24 months oncondition, possession ofmarijuana, $100 fine andcosts.

Donna Pitts: no/expiredregistration plates - receipt,bw issued for fta.

Lindsey Brooke Reed: ter-roristic threatening, 365 days/probated 24 months on con-dition.

Regina Smith: illegal pos-session of legend drug, 90days/concurrent.

Bruce L. Smith: fines/feesdue ($183), bw issued for fta/4 days in jail or payment infull.

David Tipton: speeding,failure of owner to maintainrequired insurance/security,license to be in possession,operating on suspended/re-voked operators license, fail-ure to produce insurancecard, bw issued for fta.

Tonya G. Wagers: speed-ing, no/expired Kentuckyregistration receipt, reg &title requirement veh not operon hwy, failure of owner tomaintain

Jon K. Sanders: fines/feesdue ($133), bw issued for fta/3 days in jail or payment infull.

Michael R. Saylor: oper-ating motor vehicle under in-fluence of alcohol/drugs, sen-tencing order entered.

Steven O. Saylor: operat-ing on suspended/revokedoperators license, bw issuedfor fta.

Brenda G. Schiferli: fines/fees due ($178), bw issuedfor fta/4 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Tonya G. Wagers: speed-ing, no/expired Kentuckyregistration receipt, reg &title requirements veh notoper on Hwy., failure ofowner to maintain requiredinsurance/security, failure toproduce insurance card, bwissued for fta.

Andrew Whitamore: driv-ing on DUI suspended license(three counts), no motorcycleoperators license, failure toproduce insurance card (threecounts), failure of owner tomaintain req. insurance/secu-rity (two counts), operatingmotor vehicle under influ-ence of alcohol/drugs, im-proper equipment, improperturning, no motorcycle opera-tors license, unapproved/noeye protective device, drugparaphernalia - buy/possess,assault, resisting arrest, bw is-sued for fta.

Savannah L. Agee: failureto use child restraint devicein vehicle, license suspendedfor fta.

Donald S. Johnson: fines/fees due ($308), bw issuedfor fta/7 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

James H. Jones: fines/feesdue ($133), bw issued for fta/3 days in jail or payment infull.

Jack McCormick, Jr: fail-ure to wear seat belts, $25fine; operating on suspended/

revoked operators license,$100 fine; failure of owner tomaintain required insurance/security, $500 fine ($450 sus-pended).

Jose P. Mendez: no opera-tors/moped license, $100 fineand costs.

Shauna R. Phillips: failureto produce insurance card,$50 fine and costs.

Samantha A. Pittman: pos-session of synthetic drugs,sentencing order entered.

Melinda Powell: disor-derly conduct, 2 days in jail,credit time served.

Miguel A. Ramirez-Enriquez: operating motorvehicle under influence of al-cohol/drugs, sentencing orderentered.

Jerry D. Barron: fines/feesdue ($753), bench warrant(bw) issued for fta/16 days injail or payment in full.

Steven Blackwell: operat-ing on suspended/revokedoperators license, bw issued.

Michael R. Bradley, Jr:operating on suspended/re-voked operators license, fail-ure of owner to maintain re-quired insurance, failure toproduce insurance card, fail-ure to surrender revoked op-erators license, bw issued forfta.

Nakota Clifford: falsestatements & concealment offacts and domestic violenceand abuse, bw issued for fta.

Lauren M. Cocanougher:no/expired registration plates- receipt, failure to notify ad-dress change to Dept. ofTransp., failure of owner tomaintain required insurance,

failure to produce insurancecard, bw issued for fta.

Greg S. Damrell: operat-ing on suspended/revokedoperators license, $100 fineplus costs.

Tony Damrell: fines/feesdue ($258), bw issued for fta/6 days in jail or payment infull.

Roy B. Evans: no/expiredregistration plates, $25 fineplus costs.

Ashley R. Fairchild: per-mit unlicensed operator tooperate motor vehicle, failureof owner to maintain requiredinsurance/security, drug para-phernalia - buy/possess, bwissued for fta.

Jeramy B. Felty: fines/feesdue ($133), bw issued for fta/3 days in jail or payment infull.

Charles G. Fitzpatrick:fines/fees due ($233), bw is-sued for fta/5 days in jail orpayment in full.

Derrick J. French: failureto wear seat belts, failure toproduce insurance card, oper-ating on suspended/revokedoperators license, failure ofowner to maintain requiredinsurance/security, bw issuedfor fta.

Ricky Frost: fines/fees due($288), 6 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Samantha P. Gadberry:speeding and failure to pro-duce insurance card, licensesuspended for fta.

Daniel R. Griffen: operat-ing on suspended/revokedoperators license (threecounts), failure to wear seatbelts (three counts), failure toproduce insurance card (threecounts), obstructed visionand/or windshield, speeding,

failure of owner to maintainrequired insurance/security,bw issued for fta.

Nikolay P. Grishchuk:failure to produce insurancecard, failure to use child re-straint device in vehicle, li-cense suspended for fta.

Alejandro H. Guillen:failure of owner to maintainrequired insurance/security,$500 fine (suspend $450) oncondition plus costs; no op-erators/moped license, $50fine.

Dana Lorraine Hasty:fines/fees due ($378), con-verted to 40 hours commu-nity service work.

Larry Cecil Hubbard:fines/fees due ($163), bw is-sued for fta/4 days in jail orpayment in full.

Luna P. Ramos: fines/feesdue ($100), bw issued for fta/2 days in jail or payment infull.

Jon S. Reynolds: operat-ing on suspended/revokedoperators license, bw issuedfor fta.

Nathan Robinson: fines/fees due ($183), bw issuedfor fta/4 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Regina Gail Russell:fines/fees due ($263), bw is-sued for fta/6 days in jail orpayment in full.

Apology...I, John Collinsworth,

would like to apologize fortaking road signs down inthe county (District Courtnews, Mount Vernon Signalissue of 10/29/15).

The matter has beensettled in court and again, Iapologize







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Submitted byReporter Sierra SturgillOn October 1st, the

Rockcastle County FFAmembers traveled to EasternKentucky University tocompete in various competi-tive events.

Rockcastle had a JuniorVarsity Parliamentary Pro-cedure Team to compete inthe region and placed first.Members included Presi-dent- Sydney Hines, VicePresident- Hope Holbrook,Secretary- ConnorRobinson, Treasurer- DayaMcGuire, Reporter- JarrettBurke, Sentinel- TiffanyMcGuire, and MembersCole Ballinger, JohnBishop, Autumn Davidsonand Josh Mason. Alternatesincluded Austin Allen,

Kevin Burdette, and RantSaylor. The JV Team willcompete in the spring com-petition.

Rockcastle also had aLand Judging Team to com-pete in the regional compe-tition. They placed 2nd inthe region and will be com-peting in the state contest onNovember 5th at the Ken-tucky FFA LeadershipTraining Center inHardinsburg. Team mem-bers included: JoshuaMcKinney, Brianna Lay,Tara Northern, and TylerRobinson. Tyler Robinsonwas 2nd high individual andJoshua McKinney was 3rdhigh individual. DavidGabbard also participated inthe regional tractor drivingcontest.

The Rockcastle County FFA members recently traveled to Eastern Kentucky University to compete in variouscompetitive events during Regional Fall Field Day. Pictured front from left are: Sydney Hines, Autumn Davidson,Tiffany McGuire, Hope Holbrook, Daya McGuire, Cole Ballinger, and Josh Mason. Back row from left: JohnBishop, Kevin Burdette, Rant Saylor, Connor Robinson, Jarrett Burke, Austin Allen, and Jeremiah Allen.

Regional Fall Field Day

Recently members of the RCHS Marching Rockets were selected to perform aspart of the High School Band Days at the University of Louisville and EasternKentucky University. These students spent the day rehearsing with the collegeband programs, working with college staff and were part of the halftime perfor-mance at both games this past Saturday. Pictured above, performing at U of Lwere: Greg Daugherty, RCHS Director; Morgan Didelot; Abigail Fletcher, BandGuide; and Christie and Caitlin Daugherty. Pictured below, performing at EKUwere front from left: Samarah Lovins, Ben Tyler and Connor Noble. Back rowfrom left: Aaron Pevley, and Logan Anglin.

Local team places first

Seven anti-drug schoolUNITE Clubs across theFifth Congressional Districthave been named “Clubs ofthe Year” for their outstand-ing efforts and accomplish-ments during the 2014-15school year.

The winning clubs are:• Belfry High School

(Pike County)• Cold Hill Elementary

School (Laurel County)• Hayes Lewis Elemen-

tary School (Leslie County)• Meade Memorial El-

ementary School (JohnsonCounty)

• Rockcastle CountyHigh School (RockcastleCounty)

• Rockcastle CountyMiddle School (RockcastleCounty)

• Stinnett Elementary(Leslie County)

In addition to a trophy,each of these clubs are allo-

RCHS and RCMS among winners

UNITE announces anti-drug clubs of the yearcated an additional $750from the UNITE Founda-tion to fund anti-drug activi-ties during the currentschool term.

UNITE Clubs, estab-lished during the 2005-06school year, increase astudent’s ability to resistsubstance abuse by provid-ing positive role models forother students, buildingself-esteem, engaging inhealthy lifestyles, strivingfor high student achieve-ment, and creating positiverelationships.

During the 2014-15school year there were 88registered UNITE Clubs in25 counties with a total of7,298 student members.

To qualify for Club ofthe Year honors, studentssubmitted scrapbooksshowcasing their monthlyactivities, service projectsand mentoring activities.

Scrapbooks are judged in el-ementary, middle and highschool categories.

“UNITE Clubs raiseawareness about the dangersposed by substance abusenot only in their schools, butthroughout their communi-ties,” said Debbie Trusty,UNITE Education Director.“The amount of creativityand effort put forth by clubmembers is outstanding.”

“One of the core compo-nents of a UNITE Club isperforming at least one com-munity service project,”Trusty continued. “Theseprojects aim to developleadership skills and in-crease students’ awarenessof their civic responsibili-ties.”

For more informationabout Operation UNITEvisit their website atwww.operationunite.org.

The Signal office will be closedFriday, November 13th


Commonwealth of Kentucky41st Judicial CircuitJackson Circuit Court

Civil Action No. 15-CI-00088

Jackson County Bank Plaintiff

V.

Electronically FiledBrent Cornelius Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue of the Judgment and Order of Sale of theJackson Circuit Court entered on October 16, 2015in the above styled matter, for the sum of what itwill bring to raise the amount of $89,700.20 plusinterest, costs and attorneys fees as described inthe Judgment and Order of Sale, I shall proceed tooffer for sale as a whole at the front door of the

Jackson County Judicial Center

in the City of McKee, Jackson County, Kentuckyto the highest bidder at public auction on

WEDNESDAY, November 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m,or thereabouts, the following

described property, to-wit:

THE TWO TRACTS WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY AND BOTH WILL BE SOLD ATTHE JACKSON COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER

TRACT # 1 (JACKSON COUNTY)Said tract of land is situated on waters of Rockcastle River, and is boundedas follows, to-wit:BEGINNINGon white oak, corner to Plat 2, 3 and 7; thence 9 E 13 poles to a stone;thence N 10 E 13 poles to a stone; thence N 21 1⁄2 W 19 poles to a maple;thence N 6 W 29 2/5 poles to a white oak on east side of branch; thence N16 1⁄2 W 62 poles to a sourwood; thence on the same direction 10 polesto a black oak and sourwood and chestnut pointers; thence to a black oakand sourwood and chestnut pointers; thence S 83 W 44 poles to a stoneat the ridge road near Lillie Nelson’s place; thence N 19 W the road 31poles and seven links to a stone in the 194 poles line; S 28 3/4 W 122poles to a white oak and gum, Lewis Cunagin’s corner; thence S 78 1⁄2 E67 poles to a stone, sourwood and spotted oak at the old road; thence S57 1⁄2 E 78 poles to the beginning, containing 85 acres by survey.There has heretofore been sold off 1 acre more or less to Earnest Doanwhich is hereby excluded from the above tract of land.There has heretofore been sold off 0.74 acre to John R. Wilson of record inDeed Book 155, at Page 237, records of the Jackson County Clerk’s office.There has heretofore been sold off a small tract of land to Betty Vaughnof record in Deed Book No. 124, at page 54, records of the Jackson CountyClerk’s office.There has heretofore been sold off a small tract of land to Forest Smith ofrecord in Deed Book No. 124, at Page 410, records of the Jackson CountyClerk’s Office.There has heretofore been sold off 1 acre to Sherry Stanley of record inDeed Book No. 120, at Page 100, records of the Jackson County Clerk’s Of-fice.There has heretofore been sold off 0.9 acres to James Elmer Shelton ofrecord in Deed Book No. 119, at Page 361, records of the Jackson CountyClerk’s Office.There has heretofore been sold off a small tract of land to Forrest Smith ofrecord in Deed Book No. 148, at 2, records of the Jackson CountyClerk’s Office.There has heretofore been sold off 1⁄2 acre to Leslie Wilson of record inDeed Book No. 164, at Page 315, records of the Jackson County OfficeBEINGa part of the same land conveyed from Ralph Cook and his wife, RettaKimball Cook, to Brent Cornelius by deed dated the 20th day of October,1986, and of record in Deed Book No. 116, at Page 64, records of the Jack-son County Clerk’s Office, McKee, Ky.TRACT # 2 (ROCKCASTLE COUNTY)ALSO ANOTHER TRACT OF LAND: A certain tract of land lying and being inRockcastle County, Kentucky and located on the waters of Wolf Creek andbeing more particularly described as follows:BEGINNINGon a chestnut in the old Hasten line, also Tom Philbeck’s corner being ontop of the ridge; thence North 20 E 40 poles to a dogwood; thence N 741⁄2 W 19 poles to a white oak; thence North 40 West 38 poles and 8 linksto a black oak by the side of a drain; thence South 17 west 60 poles and 5links to a black oak; thence South 54 West 6 poles and 5 links to a stake;thence East 52 poles to the beginning and containing 16 and 3/10 acres.FORMER DEED PROVISION: "There is permission granted for a right to wateron Milt Mullins land and right to all road leading out to Main Roads. Theyshall not have the right to make new roads through the fields of MiltMullins, as stated in Deed from Milt Mullins to Robert Abney".

BEING the same property conveyed from JamesCornelius, singe, to Brent D. Cornelius, by deeddated June 7, 2000, and of record in Deed Book180, Page 11, Rockcastle County Clerk’s Office.

This property will be sold for cash or (20%) downwith (30) days to pay balance at the option of thepurchaser. Unless the purchaser so elects to paycash, the purchaser of the property so sold shallgive bond for the purchase price with good suretyapproved by the Master Commissioner in makingthe sale, which bond shall be payable to the Mas-ter Commissioner and shall bear interest at the rateof twelve percent (12%) per annum from the datethereof until paid. The bond shall have the full forceand effect of the judgment, and should executionbe issued thereon, no replevy shall be allowed. Alien shall exist and be retained by the Master Com-missioner of the property sold under this judgmentas security for the purchase money.

Sharon K. AllenMaster CommissionerJackson Circuit Court

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Celebrate Recoveryclasses are held every Mon-day night at 6 p.m. at theCommunity Outreach Cen-ter in Brodhead (next to theFairgrounds).

Celebrate Recovery is a12-step Christ-Centeredprogram and is a safe placeto share and begin healingfrom all hurts, hang-ups andhabits. Meal at 6 p.m., mu-sic at 6:45 p.m. Large groupat 7 p.m.

Come and be inspiredand begin your journey ofhealing!

Signatures availaable forcourt probation and snap.

For more information,call Chris Martin 606-308-3368.

Saturday ServiceThere will be a Satur-

day night service at BereaGospel Tabernacle, 231Berea Road (U.S. 25) withRev. Donald King.

Pastors Eugene Webb

and Ralph Chasteen inviteeveryone.

Gospel SingingLighthouse Baptist

Church will hold a GospelSinging on Sat., Nov. 14that 6 p.m. Featured singerswill be Voices of Praisefrom Barbourville.

The church is located at1391 Gabbardtown Road,Berea.

Benefit SingingThere will be a Benefit

Singing at Sand SpringsBaptist Church for JackBradley and family on Sat-urday, November 14th at6 p.m.

Proceeds will be usedto help defray funeral ex-penses of their son, Joe JoeBradley.

Featured singers will beChange of Heart and theDoan Family.

Pastor Eugene Gentryand congregation wel-come everyone.Ole Stump Kickers

at Flat RockOle Stump Kickers will

be singing at Flat RockBaptist Church Sundaynight, Nov. 15th at 7o’clock.

Pastor Jack Stallsworthand congregtion invite youto come to this special ser-vice.

Blast From The Past...Early Postcard Langdon Memorial School for Girls, corner of Williams and Langdon Streets, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.If you have a photo for Blast From The Past contact David Owens at [email protected] or 606-386-0187.

CLASSIC CHEESECAKEThis is a favorite treat for

me to bring to our annualNew Year’s Eve get-to-gether with Lawerence andLelia King.6 tablespoons butter2 cups graham crackercrumbs4 tablespoons brown sugar1 cup white sugar3 tablespoons all-purposeflour5 boxes (8 ounces each)cream cheese, softened1 tablespoon vanilla1 cup sour cream4 eggsLemon curd for toppingPreheat oven to 300°. Put anovenproof dish filled half-full with water on bottomrack, this helps keep thecheesecake moist as itcooks.Place butter in 9 x 13 bak-ing pan. Put in oven to letbutter melt. When melted,add cracker crumbs andbrown sugar. Stir untilmixed. Press into bottom ofpan. Bake 10 minutes.Mix white sugar and flour;cream with cream cheeseuntil blended. Scrape downsides of bowl occasionallyto make sure all is blended.Stir in vanilla and sourcream; mix well. Add eggs,one at a time, mixing on lowspeed after each addition


just until blended. Pour overcrust. Place on middle rackof oven and let bake for 1hour and 10 minutes or un-til center is almost set.Let cool on wire rack untilcool enough to put in refrig-erator. Spread with lemoncurd. Refrigerate forat least4 hours.

LEMON CURD3 lemons, zested and juiced1 and 1/2 cups sugar1/2 cup lemon juice (3 to 4lemons)1/4 pound unsalted butter,room temperature4 extra-large eggsUsing a carrot peeler orzester, remove the zest of 3lemons, being careful toavoid the white pith. Put thezest in a food processor fit-ted with the steel blade. Addthe sugar and pulse until thezest is very finely mincedinto the sugar.In heavy 2 quart saucepan,combine sugar mixture andlemon juice with wirewhisk. Stir in butter andeggs. Stirring constantly,cook over medium heatabout 8 minutes, until mix-ture thickens and coats backof spoon (do not boil). Im-mediately pour into pint-sized canning jars. Let cool.Store covered in refrigeratorup to 2 months.


You Are SomebodyBy Howard Coop

What can I do? I’m justa nobody.”

Did you ever hear some-one say that? Well, it maynot be the correct way to sayit, but it says something im-portant: Nobody is a no-body; everybody is a some-body. And that somebodyis important. That some-body may not be able to doeverything, but while it maynot be much, that somebodyis able do some little some-thing that is worthwhile.

Are you familiar withDame Anita Roddick, theBritish businesswomanwho founded The BodyShop after being diagnosedwith cirrhosis? Dame Anitasaid, “If you think you’retoo small to have an impact,try going to bed with a mos-quito in the room.” Herpoint is well taken. Onerises to the occasion anddoes what can be done in agiven situation.

Just think who you are!You are a person who wascreated “in the image of”the Creator, and you havebeen “blessed” by the Cre-ator. You were created “alittle lower than the heav-enly beings,” and the Cre-ator “crowned (you) withglory and honor.” Then, theCreator “put everything” hehad created “under (your)feet,” and He made you“ruler over the works of(His) hands.”

That’s a tremendousheritage! With that in mind,no person should ever, un-

der any condition, say, “I’ma nobody.” Instead, at alltimes, the shout of everyheart should be, “I amsomebody! It may not bemuch, but I can do some-thing worthwhile, and Iwill!”

Two men---AbrahamLincoln and Moses---couldhave been taken for “no-bodies.” But in spite oftheir backgrounds, each ofthem did something signifi-cant. Lincoln, a rail-split-ting country boy from thehills of Kentucky, becameone of the greater presidentsof the United States, andMoses, a man who spoke“with faltering lips” andsaid, “Why would Pharaohlisten to me” but was“made...like God to Pha-raoh,” led the Israelites tothe Promised Land.

You are somebody, andthat somebody can make adifference.

The Depot in Livingston is glad to welcome KatyChrisman this Friday night at 7 p.m. The Depot in-vites everyone to come out for some great singingand friendly fellowship.

The Signal officewill be closed

Friday, November 13th

Poplar Grove Baptist145 Richlands Rd. •

BrodheadSunday 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. 618Dan McKibben, Minister

758-8524 or 758-9316Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

email:[email protected]

www.WhatSaithTheScriptures.comRoundstone BaptistJason Brown, Pastor

606-308-1272Sunday 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 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 of Christ

4 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.Valley Baptist Church4482 Copper Creek Rd.

Berea, Ky. 40403Organized in December, 1908

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.

Evan Eckler, PastorWildie Christian

Church1478 Wildie Rd. • Wildie


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

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 Tabernacle231 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 BrethrenGary Reppert, Doug Hawkins

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


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


Wednesday evening 7 p.m.Terry Orcutt, Pastor

Brush CreekHoliness Church


Tuesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.Lonnie R. McGuire,

PastorBuffalo Baptist ChurchLocated 15 miles south ofMt. Vernon on Hwy. 1249

(Sand Springs Rd.)606-256-4988


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.

Terry Thornton, MinisterClimax Holiness ChurchSunday Night Worship 6 p.m.

Thursday Nights 7 p.m.3rd Sat. of every month at

7 p.m.Conway Missionary

Baptist116 Meadow Lark Lane

Berea, KY 40403

Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship

11 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship

6 p.m.Wed. Prayer Service and

Bible 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.


Sunday Evening Service 6p.m.

Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Joe Vanwinkle, 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: 8:20 a.m.,

10:45 a.m. and 6 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 ChristianChurch

West Main St. Mt. Vernon606-256-2876

Bro. 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

606-256-2968Hickory Grove

Pentecostal ChurchHwy. 1505 (6 miles from Brodhead)

Brodhead,Ky.Randal Adams, Pastor

Youth Pastor, Scott AdamsSunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wed. Evening 7 p.m.

Lighthouse Assembly ofGod

Hwy. 1004 • Orlando, Ky.Tim Hampton, Pastor

606-256-4884 • 606308-2342Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship11 a.m.

Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Tues. Night Intercessory Prayer

7 p.m.Wednesday Night Bible Study

7 p.m.Little Country Church

Jarber Rd.Turn left off Rev. Green Loop

onto Jarber Rd.Jack Weaver, Pastor

Sunday 6 p.m.Wednesday 7 p.m.

Livingston BaptistWorship Service 11 a.m.

Children’s Church 11 a.m.Prayer Meeting/Bible Study

Wednesday 7 p.m.Gary Parker, Pastor

Livingston ChristianChurch

Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Arthur Hunt, Minister

Livingston PentecostalHoliness Church


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.


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


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

BaptistSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Jerry Ballinger, Pastor

Mt. VernonChurch of God1025 W Main St.

Mount Vernon, Ky.Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.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


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. 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.

TuesdayCelebrate Recovery 7 to 9

WednesdayAdult & Youth Worship 7 p.m.

Time Warner CableTues., Thurs., Sun.

9 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m.

Ottawa Baptist Church1074 Ottawa Rd. • Brodhead


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. Michael Flanagan, Pastor

Sister Joyce Moeller,Pastoral Associate

Jack Lawless, GroundskeeperTom Darst, MaintenancePhiladelphia United

Baptist834 Bryant Ridge Rd. Brodhead


Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Saturday Service 7 p.m.Gordon Mink, Pastor

606-308-5368Pine Hill Holiness

5216 S. Wilderness Rd.Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456

Randy Chrisman, Pastor256-5955

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


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


1st Sunday in Month Church at2 p.m. at Rockcastle

Respiratory CareBro. Gary Bowling, Pastor

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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I will not be responsible fordebts made by anyone otherthan myself. Andrew S.Elam. 46x4Notice to Amanda PetersKendry. If you want the restof your things, come and getthem by 11/20/15 or it willbe disposed of. LandlordRuby Epperson. 46x1Notice is hereby given thatLorraine D. Cromer, 148Christmas Tree Dr., Mt.Vernon, Ky. 40456 has beenappointed executrix of theestate of John Travis Cromeron the 21st day of October,2015. Any person havingclaims against said estateshall present them, accord-ing to law, to the saidLorraine D. Cromer on orbefore April 21, 2016. 44x3Notice is hereby given thatDiana Newman, 1689Grassylick Road, Mt. Ster-ling, Ky. 40353, has beenappointed Administratrix ofthe estate of Charles E.Sturgill, deceased. Any per-son having claims againstsaid estate shall presentthem, according to law, tothe said Diana Newman orto Hon. Jerry J. Cox, P.O.Box 1350, Mt. Vernon, Ky.40456 on or before May 6,2016 at 9:30 a.m. 45x3Notice is hereby given thatLinda Newcomb, 2136Mary Dell Road, London,Ky. 40741 has been ap-pointed Executrix of the es-tate of Bert Cecil Newcombon the 19th day of October,2015. Any person havingclaims against said estateshall present them, accord-ing to law, to the said LindaNewcomb or to Hon. PatrickJ. Smith, Franklin LawGroup, 505 W. OrmsbyAve., Louisville, Ky. 40203on or before April 19, 2016.46x3Notice is hereby given thatGeraldine Spires, 9679North Wilderness Road,Berea, Ky. 40403 has beenappointed Administratrix ofthe estate of Hobert E.Spires on the 19th day ofOctober, 2015. Any personhaving claims against saidestate shall present them,according to law, to the saidGeraldine Spires or toBlevins Law, 400 RichmondRd. North, Ste. C, Berea,Ky. 40403 on or before April

19, 2016. 46x3Notice is hereby given thatWilliam J. Thacker, 5122Scaffold Cane Road, MtVernon, Ky. 40456 orRebecca M. Reynolds, 96Springhill Ave., Mt. VernonKy. 40456 have been ap-pointed Co-Executors of theestate of Cecil YancyThacker on the 19th day ofOctober, 2015. Any personhaving claims against saidestate shall present themaccording to law, to the saidWilliam J. Thacker orRebecca M. Reynolds or toHon. Tracy Todd BlevinsBlevins Law, 400 RichmondRd. North, Ste C, Berea, Ky40403 on or before April 192016. 46x3

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Homes destroyed

by firethis week

Two separate structurefires this week causedthe destruction of bothhomes. Pictured above,firefighters work toprotect surroundingareas and extinguishthe blaze of a home atCalloway. According toLivingston Fire ChiefChris Mason, the homeof David Barnes onDogwood BranchRoad, was fully en-gulfed upon arrivaland the home was de-stroyed.Shown at right, an un-occupied home wasalso completely en-gulfed upon arrival offirefighters, accordingto Brian Bullock of theBrodhead Fire Depart-ment. There were noinjuries at either home.

The cruiser of Kentucky State Police Trooper Adam Hensley was severely dam-aged after Trooper Hensley hit a horse early Tuesday morning on Highway 150near Brodhead. According to a KSP report, two black horses were on the high-way Hensley made contact with one while the other was nearly hit by respondingofficers. Trooper Hensley was airlifted to the UK Medical Center for non lifethreatening injuries. Officials are investigating the incident.

Sting operationyields arrests

By: Mike FrenchAll members were

present for Monday night’sregular meeting of theMount Vernon City Council.

The primary discussionagain focused on the pro-posed Nuisance Ordinanceswhich were presented at lastmonth’s meeting.

One ordinance involvesthe actual control of areaswhich citizens complain ofas a nuisance and the otherdeals with the creation of amediation board to deal withthe complaints.

The council had plannedto hold the first reading ofthe new Nuisance Ordi-nances this month but de-tails were still being ham-mered out by legal councilas well as council members.

Councilwoman JamieBryant, who first broughtthe suggestion of creatingthe new ordinance, said shehad questions about parts ofthe proposal. “The wholereason for bringing this up,was that there are some un-sightly areas with old cars inthe city at some garages andmechanic shops. But this or-dinance creates an exceptionfor them,” she said. “I havereceived numerous com-plaints about these carsmaking the areas look likejunk yards.”

The ordinance says “Itshall be unlawful for a per-son in charge of, or in con-trol of premises, whether asowner, lessee, tenant, occu-pant, or otherwise, to allowany partially dismantled,

City studies nuisance ordinance

By: Mike FrenchDeputies of the

Rockcastle County Sheriff’sDepartment made severaldrug arrests last week, usingconfidential informants, ac-cording to reports by DeputyMatt Bryant.

Bryant said on Sunday,November 15, he and an in-formant went to 235 WestMain Street in MountVernon where the informantattempted to purchase syn-thetic marijuana fromJohnny Austin Roundtree,18, of Mount Vernon.

The informant was wear-ing a recording device, ac-cording to Bryant, andRoundtree was heard askingthe informant if he hadmoney on him.

The informant then saidRoundtree weighed themarijuana as Arthur AnselBailey, 37, of MountVernon, entered the roomand became irate. The reportsays Bailey told the infor-mant to leave.

Deputies then entered theresidence and arrested

By: Mike FrenchTwo structure fires in

Rockcastle County lastweek caused the destructionof both homes.

According to Chris Ma-son, Livingston Fire Chief,the home of David Barnesin Calloway Hollow onDogwood Branch Road wasfully engulfed in flameswhen the fire departmentarrived on the scene lastThursday evening.

Mason said the familywas at a ball game when thefire department received thecall and by the time firefighters arrived it was toolate to save the home.

Mason said the MountVernon Fire Department as-sisted with the call as partof the Mutual Aid Programestablished in the county.The program automaticallycalls neighboring fire de-partments when any fire de-partment receives a call.“This way, help is alreadyon the road if we need it,”said Mason.

According to Mason thehome was a total loss and

Two homes destroyedin county this week

Bailey and RoundtreeRoundtree was chargedwith possession of syntheticmarijuana and traffickingsynthetic marijuana. Baileywas charged with posses-sion of synthetic marijuana.

The report says Baileytold deputies that he tried torun the informant off be-cause “he is a rat.”

Both were arrested andlodged in the RockcastleCounty Detention Center.

Another citation saysthat a search of the resi-dence found Larry D.Powell, 58, of MountVernon in the same resi-dence.

According to the report,deputies, and members ofthe Mount Vernon PoliceDepartment, found a baggieof synthetic marijuana anda pack of rolling papers inPowell’s room.

Powell was cited to courtdue to health reasons ratherthan arrested.

Another report fromBryant says that on Novem-

wrecked, junked, discardedor otherwise non-operatingmotor vehicle which is notproperly licensed pursuant

to KRS 186.020 to remainon the property longer thanten (10) days.”

However, the section

that Bryant was referring isSection D of that codewhich reads, “This shall notapply with regard to any ve-hicle on the premise of abusiness enterprise operatedin a lawful place, other thana residential district, when

According to a KentuckyState Police report, RobertFranklin Kidwell, 38, ofRichmond, was arrested andcharged with rape in the firstdegree of a child under theage of 12, sexual abuse of avictim under the age of 12and causing serious physicalinjury to a victim under theage of 12.

The victim was inter-viewed in Lexington andgave graphic details aboutthe rapes.

Officers say the incidentsoccured in RockcastleCounty in July and upon ar-rest, Kidwell confessed tothe incidents.

Kidwell was lodged inthe Rockcastle County De-tention Center on FridayNovember 13th.

Man chargedwith rape

By: Mike FrenchMount Vernon Police ar-

rested Michael Larkins, 37,of Mount Vernon on Sun-day, Nov. 15th and chargedhim with possession ofmethamphetamine, traffick-ing marijuana, carrying aconcealed weapon, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia,tampering with physical evi-dence and burglary.

A four page police reportby Mount Vernon PoliceAssistant Chief Joe Rush,lists details about the inci-dent.

The report says that po-lice were called to Lime-stone Grill on Holt Drive onSunday in reference to a bur-glary. When Rush arrived heinterviewed those at thescene and discovered a bankcard belonging to Larkinsnear a broken door.

Rush interviewedLarkins at the Days InnMotel where he was stayingand the report said officersobserved Larkins tossingsomething off the balcony.Upon investigation, officersfound the substance to bemeth.

After gaining permissionfrom Larkins, officerssearched the motel room and

Local man arrested forburglary and drugs

Larkins’ person and discov-ered marijuana in Larkins’pocket and the bank bagsthat had been reported sto-len from the LimestoneGrill, as well as other drugparaphernalia.

Officers also discoveredmore meth and marijuana ina backpack belonging toLarkins, as well as a fullyloaded 9mm pistol.

According to the report,Larkins confessed to own-

KSP Officerhits horse

By: Mike FrenchA Kentucky State Police

Trooper was injured inRockcastle County thisweek when his cruiser hit ahorse.

According to the KSPreport, Trooper AdamHensley was traveling easton Highway 150 at 1:15Tuesday morning when ahorse in the road collidedwith Hensley’s cruiser injur-ing the officer and causingsevere damage to the cruiser.

The report said the acci-

See “Sting” on A-5)

See “Fire” on A-5)

See “Nuisance” on A-5)

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Friday, Nov. 20:Northern beans & ham,mixed greens, scalloped

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lima beans, mashedpotatoes, whole wheat

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T.J.’sJournalby: Tonya J. Cook

ramblings

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by; perlina m. anderkinIt really doesn’t take a lot

to make me happy. I enjoythe company of my children,I enjoy watching TV withmy Jack Russell asleep inmy lap, I enjoy dandlinggrandchildren and greatgrandchildren on my kneeand I enjoy the fact that myhealth has held up to the ex-tent that I can still go towork, for a few hours, eachday. I also enjoy spending alittle time on Twitter andFacebook (okay, a lot morethan I should) but, hey,there’s a lot of people outthere who need my pearls ofwisdom. Just kidding.

I got to enjoy this pastweekend with my family onour annual trip to the Ten-nessee mountains. We renta huge cabin and just enjoyeach other’s company and,it seems, eat constantly. Weextended the trip by a daythis year, although sonTravis and family were un-able to make it until Fridayand daughter Jamie and hus-band Rick left on Friday toattend a high level cow salein Nashville, TN and didn’treturn until late Saturday.

But, we still got in ashopping trip, or two forsome of them, and a cut-throat game of Spades fromwhich Travis and I emergedvictorious over sons-in-lawSpencer and Daniel.

Spencer would have youbelieve he threw the gamebecause, at one point whenhe and Daniel set me on myattempt at a zero hand, I kid-dingly (wink, wink) threat-ened to fire him.

We took more food thanusual because we were to bethere an extra day and Iprobably gained ten pounds.I grazed the entire time and,at one point, had to lie downbecause I felt like I was go-ing to throw up. Fortunately,the feeling passed prettyquickly and I got up and atesome more of Sara’sBruschetta, topped off byJane’s apple dumplings.

But, now to what I don’tenjoy. I don’t enjoy thestress that today’s events areengendering

I don’t enjoy not believ-ing that my government isdoing everything it can tokeep me, my family and mycountrymen safe.

The stress from hearingPresident Obama say that heis going forward with bring-ing over 200 thousand moreSyrian refugees into thiscountry by 2017, in spite of

I don’t know that I haveever been more struck by astory I have done than I wasthe funeral procession forOfficer Daniel Ellis lastweek. It was amazing to bethere in front of RCHS asall the students lining theroadway waiting on theprocession.

Bystanders, police andfiremen and EMS workerslined the other side of theroad as we waited. Theremust have been close to athousand people out therewaiting to show their re-spects for the fallen Rich-mond officer who waskilled in the line of duty.

I was not only affectedby the presence of so manypeople joined in solidarityto support not only officerEllis, but all police officers.

The most amazing partwas the respect shown. Theinstant the long line of po-lice cars topped the hill andbecame visible, a completesilence fell over the crowd.

You could hear a pindrop. No one said “bequiet.” Everyone simplyfroze where they stood, andbecame totally focused onthe procession.

Silence among a thou-sand people, as police carsfrom counties across thestate drove by us. Not asingle person that I sawwas looking at a cell phoneor whispering to someoneor fidgeting. A crowd ofpeople as far as the eyecould see was joined to-gether for that 30 minutesin respect.

Every officer thatpassed gave me a slight nodas I stood in the road witha camera. I was so en-thralled with the show ofsupport that I almost forgotto take the photo for ourfront page.

After the processionwas over, the crowd startedto slowly move towardstheir cars. I walked alongwith hundreds of peoplegoing in my direction andstill there was no talking.Even the younger ones kepttheir phones in their pocketand we all walked to ourvehicles in silence.

I occasionally caughtthe eye of someone I knew,but instead of stopping andchatting, we simply nod-ded. No words wereneeded. We all knew whywe were there. It wasn’t asocial occasion or a chanceto do business or an oppor-tunity to speak with some-one. Instead, it was a unitof people.

For that half hour, wewere not individuals stand-

ing alone. We were a singleunit of people joined in acommon cause.

I listened to the Demo-cratic debate this week andheard Hillary and Sanderstalk about how Americaneeds to make stronger lawspunishing police officersand create more stringentrules for police officers tofollow and I became nause-ated.

With media attacks onofficer who use deadlyforce to protect themselvesand the public, and thenew socially correct atti-tude of blaming officers forstopping a criminal, I’mlooking for less restrictionson officers instead of more.

Rest in Peace OfficerEllis. And to all officerswho would step in front ofme to protect me from thosewho would cause harm, Ioffer a bow of appreciationand a quiet nod of thanks.

For those keeping trackof my health, after receiv-ing the wrong informationabout all my x-rays and toldI needed a CAT-scan, afterbeing told I was clear, Iagreed to go last Thursdayfor the scan. The hospitalcalled to confirm my ap-pointment the day beforethe scan.

But when I got to thehospital, they had no ideawhy I was there.

There was no record of

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Our Readers Write

When I was growing up,especially during my pre-teenage years, we very sel-dom had turkey for Thanks-giving Dinner, both becauseraising turkeys was not con-sidered an economic use oflivestock feed and becauseturkeys were, largely, noth-ing more than tremendous,relatively-useless, aggrava-tions when comingled withthe rest of the farm animals.

Geese were grown fortheir feathers and their vo-racious appetites for weeds.A few folks kept Guineafowl because they served asgreat watch dogs and essen-tially foraged for them-selves, including eating lotsof insects. They also madefor excellent table fare.

Our neighbor, I.D.Adams, kept guineas be-cause he claimed they ateevery bean and tater bug inhis garden. Then my Dadconvinced him that whenthey vocalized, day andnight, a very loud, screech-ing, “pot-a-rack, pot-a-rack,pot-a-rack” sound that theyscreamed in unison when-

ever they were the least bitperturbed, they were actu-ally yelling “democrat,democrat, democrat!” Ifyou’ve ever been aroundGuinea fowl, you alreadyknow that all you have to doset them off to squawking,is cough, sneeze, clap yourhands or raise your voice.

I.D, adevoutly commit-(Continued on A-4)

Freedom Is SweetAs I’m certain that I have

mentioned before, I startedlearning to drive when I wasmerely twelve years old. Mygrandfather (Pop) let me sitby his side and steer his1954 Chevy Bel Air whenhe went to the Post Officeon a daily basis. He was verycalm and gave me expertinstruction. The thing I re-member most is how he ex-plained each part of histeaching. If he said, “Takeoff slowly,” he would add,“Jack Rabbit starts cause theback tires to wear.”

After a few months, Popmoved to the passenger sideof the front seat and allowed

me to drive. We would be-gin at his house in the PineGrove area, and he wouldhave me pull over when wereached the Mt. Vernoncemetery so that he couldtake over. Old US 25 did nothave much traffic at thetime, so it was a safe placefor me to practice. I learnedevery pot-hole and curve inthat two-mile stretch ofhighway.

I will never forget whenTuesday, March 1, 1960rolled around, enabling meto take the written portionof my driver’s test. I hadbeen preparing for this dayfor over four years. Up tothat time, I was forced ei-ther to double date withsome of my older friends orto let Pop take me to pickup my dates to go to theVernon Theater. Most of thetime, I would walk my dateshome and then call him topick me up.

After I passed the writ-ten portion of my driver’stest, I drove absolutely any-where and everywhere thatmy family went for an en-tire week until I could takemy actual driver’s exam.

Tuesday, March 8, fi-nally arrived, and I took mytest in Pop’s ’54 Chevy. Istill remember the exactroute that the KentuckyState Police Officer told meto go. Of course, I had toparallel park, and I placed

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Thank you...Dear Editor,

The Chestnut RidgeChurch of God in JesusName would like to thankeveryone who came out andsupported us and helped tomake our auction a success.

We want to thank the fol-lowing businesses for theirdonations: Bee Jays,Brodhead Farm Mart, CarQuest, El Cazador, KFC,Lester Kirby Tree Service,Limestone Grill, Little

Caesars, Mahaffey’s QuickLube, Mark’s Hardware,Mt. Vernon Paw Spa, Napa,New Vision Hair Studio,Pizza Hut, Sylvia’s Cut &Curl, and Jamie Mounts atWarner Feed Market.

We also want to thankRoundstone ElementarySchool for letting us usetheir facilities. Again, thankyou and God bless.

The Chestnut RidgeChurch of God in Jesus

Name

The Felling of Our OldFriends

Dear Journal,I've often heard the old

cliché about “you don't misssomething until it's gone”.Sometimes you become soaccustomed to something itis about second nature. Weusually go about our dailyroutine having breakfast,seeing the same people andthings, doing the same oldthing until we go to bed atnight in the same old bedabout the same time eachnight.

I've written so manytimes about the family's oldhome place in London. I'vealways thought of it asScarlett O'Hara regardedTara. She got her strengthfrom that place and I guessI get a portion of mystrength from the old home

place, too. There hasn't beena day gone by that I haven'tvisited there, at least in mymind. I think I even want tobe there when my timecomes to die, if I have achoice in the matter.

A few days ago I wentback to the old homeplace.It always was so beautifulthere, surrounded by big oldtrees that had been theresince 1936, when the housewas built. Some of theNorton family had livedthere since about 1945. Re-cently, the house passed outof the family, so to speak,when my niece died, goingto her husband.

Some of the beautifultrees have been cut. Theywere old and in their finalyears and probably neededcutting, but it still filled mewith hurt when I saw themlying there on the ground. Itseemed like a death of oldfriends or family.

The Norton family hadsuch a good time with theseold friends for many years.We gathered under theirbranches for family picnics,visiting while sitting in theswing and folding chairs.They were a favorite spotfor making pictures andplayed an important part ofour lives.

When I was about four orfive, I remember mygrandpa set up a tent in thefront yard in the shade ofthat old silver maple. Weplayed in that old tent fordays to come. I had little teaparties and picnics with girl-friends as I grew up. Thenthere were hours ofplaytime spent in the shadethe trees provided. Theirbranches provided perfectplaces to hang swings.

It was a favorite place formy brother to hang out withhis friends, too. They wouldclimb all the way to the topand carve their initials. I re-member one time he and afriend, Lewis, jumped outfrom the top of that silvermaple. Neither of them gothurt, but it caused consider-able damage to a camp cot.

The other tree that wascut was an evergreen thatgrew at the corner of thefront porch. It was a rare treethat grew very tall and hadgnarly branches. It was a

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SimonGriffin, Jr.Simon Claude Griffin,

Jr., age 80, of WestCarrollton, OH, died athome on Friday, November13, 2015 after a courageousfight with lung cancer. Hewas born December 14,1934 in Renfro Valley. Hewas the son of Claude andBertha (Franklin) Griffin.

He retiredfrom GeneralMotors with 43years of ser-

vice, and honorably servedhis country in the US Army.

He was preceded indeath by: four brothers andsix sisters, Monroe Griffin,George Griffin, John Grif-fin, Arthur Griffin, EdnaMaue, Nanella Shivel,Martha Knight, AnnaStevenson, Dorothy Tackettand Julia Marker.

He is survived by: hiswife of 56 years, Lena(Blanton) Griffin; daugh-ter, Kimberly Griffin; son,Scott Griffin (NormaYeazell); three sisters, RuthMiller, Jean Day, and LindaKessinger; numerousnieces and nephews; andhis extended family, "TheBlanton's".

Funeral services will beprivate and final restingplace will be at EvergreenCemetery, West Carrollton, OH with full MilitaryHonors.

In lieu of flowers, me-morial may be made to thecharity of your choice.

Arrangements in care of,Sanner Funeral Home,West Carrollton, OH.

MSgt (Ret)Robert Carr

MSgt (Ret) Robert EarlCarr, 43, of Ramstein, Ger-many, died November 6,2015. He was born in MtVernon on January 13, 1972the son of James Paul Carr,Sr and Mary Cromer Carr.He was a 1991 graduate ofRockcastle County HighSchool. He was a govern-

ment employee atRamstein AirForce Base after

retiring from active duty inMay, 2015. He served over22 years in the United StatesAir Force. His military ser-vice included many deploy-ments to Iraq, Afghanistanand many other areas ofneed. He was a member ofRheinland Baptist Church inLandstuhl, Germany wherehe was charged with theyouth group and he was avolunteer for many churchactivities. He was known byhis kindness, loyalty, patrio-tism, love for his family,sense humor and his love ofmusic and dance.

He is survived by: hiswife, Romy Carr and twodaughters, Kimberly Elaineand Shannon Irene, all ofRamstein, Germany; hismother, Mary Cromer Carrof Campbellsville; and threebrothers, James Paul(Christy Ann) Carr, Jr andtheir two children, KristoferPaul and Miranda Elizabethof Beavercreek, OH,Micheal Lee (Sarah) Carr ofFrankfort, and DewayneAllen Carr and his children,Brandon, Travis and

Burdis RayHampton

Burdis Ray Hampton,72, of Erlanger, died Sun-day, October 4, 2015 at theSanta Rosa Health and Re-habilitation Center inMilton, FL. He was born inRockcastle County on April15, 1942 the son of Charlesand Mary Thomas Hamp-ton, Jr. He was a retired fac-tory manufacturing worker.

He is survived by: hisson, Tony (Tonya) Hamptonof Milton, FL; his wife,Margie Hampton of Cincin-nati, OH; and a sister,Wanda Banks of Ohio. Alsosurviving are six grandchil-dren, Hannah, Hallie,Sophie, Brody, Noah andZoey.

Graveside services wereconducted Sunday, Novem-ber 15, 2015 at the MapleGrove Cemetery by Bro.Jack Stallsworth.

Local arrangements areby Dowell & Martin Fu-neral Home.


online obituary.

Elmer"Bus" Holt

Elmer "Bus" Holt, 78, ofCorinth, died at his resi-dence on Tuesday, October20, 2015. He was the hus-band of Verna "Sunny"Holt. He was a former em-ployee of Cincinnati Sash &Door Co. for more than 20years. He was an avid hunterand loved the outdoors.

He is survived by: threesons, David J. (Angela)Holt, Thomas A. Holt andRonald W. Holt, all ofWilliamstown; one daugh-ter, Shirley Holt of DryRidge; one brother, HenryHolt of Florence; two sis-ters, Lorine Woodall andNina Jean Jones, both ofLivingston; 11 grandchil-dren; and 10 great grand-

Billy T. BondBilly T. Bond, 79, of

Temperance, MI, died Sun-day, November 8, 2015, inHospice of Northwest Ohio,Perryburg Twp., OH. BornJune 21, 1936, in CrookedCreek, he was the son ofFranklin and Mary Belle(Moore) Bond. He marriedPatricia Ann Navarre onApril 29, 1960. He was em-ployed as a precisiongrinder for GM Powertrainfor over 31 years, retiring in1990. He enjoyed fishing,hunting, camping, but hisgreatest joy was his love forhis grandchildren.

He is survived by: hisloving wife of 55 years,Patricia; children, Lisa(Keith) Miller, Peggy Rifaiand Michael (Bonnie)Bond; brothers, Elmer,Nathan, Franklin and LloydBond; sister, Sallie Mason,eight grandchildren; andone great granddaughter.He was preceded in deathby two sisters, four brothersand one granddaughter.

Funeral services wereheld Friday, November 13,2015 at the Michael W.Pawlak Funeral Home,1640 Smith Rd. (atJackman) Temperance, MI.Interment followed atRoselawn Memorial Park,LaSalle, MI.

Memorials may be madeto Hospice of NorthwestOhio. The family wishes tothank the entire staff at Hos-pice of Northwest Ohio, es-pecially Maxine, for thespecial care given to Billyand his family.

www.pawlakfuneralhome.com

Mercedes ofCampbellsville.

He was preceded indeath by his father, JamesPaul Carr, Sr.

Robert leaves behindmany family members,friends and co-workersfrom around the world.

A memorial service willbe held at First BaptistChurch, Mt Vernon on No-vember 29, 2015 at 2 p.m.The family would like towelcome all those that knewRobert to attend this service.

Funeral services will beheld in Landstuhl,Germany.

FlossieBishop

Flossie Bishop, 60, wifeof Ernie, of Brodhead, diedTuesday, November 10,2015 at Rockcastle Re-gional Hospital. She en-tered this life February 18,1955 in Wayne Co. IN, thedaughter of the late Earland Margie SmithCampbell. She was of theCatholic faith, and a home-maker who loved hergrandchildren and takingcare of her family. On May2, 2004 she was united inmarriage to Ernie Bishop.

Those left to celebrateher life are: her husband,Ernie Bishop; two chil-dren, Tammy Jo Begley ofLivingston, and StaceyNicole (Brandon) Day ofMt. Vernon; six grandchil-dren, Sarah Begley,Kristen Nicole andNicklaus Blake Day, TracyJoann Carr, Myca Koenig,and William Tyler Bishop;one brother, EarlCampbell, Jr. of Winches-ter; and three sisters, Judy(Jim) Petery of Somerset,Sue Mullins ofElizabethtown, and Bar-bara French of Berea.

Besides her parents, shewas preceded in death bya brother, David Campbelland a grandchild, ShawnBrandon Day, Jr.

Funeral Services wereconducted Friday, Novem-ber 13, 2015 at the MarvinE. Owens Home for Funer-als Chapel with David Bul-lock officiating. Burial wasin the Piney Grove Cem-etery.

Casketbearers were:Shawn Brandon Day, EarlHarvey, Tim Baugh,Russell Bullock, ZachBegley and David Begley.Condolences may be made to the

family atwww.marvineowensfuneralhome.com

Commonwealth of Kentucky28th Judicial Circuit

Rockcastle Circuit Court • Division ICivil Action No. 15-CI-00117

Ford Brothers Plaintiff

V.

Sharon Yauger-Pendery,the unknown spouse ofSharon Yauger-Pendery,Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.,University of Kentucky FederalCredit Union, Commonwealth ofKentucky Department of RevenueDivision of Collections andRockcastle County, Kentucky Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on September 25, 2015 for the pur-pose of satisfying the judgment against the defen-dants in the amount of TWELVE THOUSANDSEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR DOLLARSAND 09/100 ($12,724.09) bearing interest at therate of 6.00% per annum ($2.09 per day) from June16, 2015 until the date of judgment, plus post judg-ment interest at the rate of 6.00% per annum, fromthe date of this judgment until paid in full, plusPlaintiff’s attorneys fees in the amount of $2,500.00and Court costs in the amount of $756.16, plus allSpecial Master Commissioner fees and other ex-penses of sale, I will offer at public auction the realproperty located in Rockcastle County, Kentuckyand more particularly described herein. The salewill occur:

At the Courthouse on East Main Street

Mt. Vernon, Kentucky

on Friday, December 4, 2015

Beginning at the Hour of 1:30 p.m.

Description of Property:

A certain lot or parcel of land lying and being in Mt. Vernon,Rockcastle County, Kentucky and further described as follows:BEGINNING at a corner stone at Locust; thence running with street79 feet to a fence; thence running up the hill 75 feet to a straightline with fence to an iron rod in the ground above a Chestnut tree,Monroe Falin’s line; thence with Monroe Falin’s line, 79 feet straightabove a block wall to a post and iron stake at a road; thence downthe hill with road 75 feet to the beginning.

The Defendant, Sharon Yauger-Pendery obtainedtitle to the above-described real property by Deeddated May 12, 2014, executed by Ford BrothersInc. and of record in Deed Book 247 Page 664 inthe office of the Rockcastle County Court Clerk,Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.

The property shall be sold on 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 percent (20%)of the purchase price in cash on the date of saleand to secure the balance with a bond bearing in-terest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annumapproved by the Special Master Commissioner.

2. The bond shall bear interest at the rate of tenpercent (10%) per annum until paid in full. The bondshall have a force and effect of a judgment andshall be and remain a lien upon the property soldas additional surety for the payment of the purchaseprice.

3. Unpaid taxes or liens of record at the time ofentry of judgment shall be paid out of the proceedsof sale, subject to the priority set out in the judg-ment entered on September 25, 2015.

4. The purchaser shall pay the 2015 local,county, state, and school property taxes.

5. The purchaser shall have possession of thereal property upon compliance with the terms ofthe sale.

6. 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 expenses of sale.

7. Upon confirmation of sale and distribution ofproceeds the parties shall release their liens ofrecord against the real property or the SpecialMaster Commissioner is authorized to execute arelease on behalf of the parties releasing their re-spective liens.

8. This sale shall be made subject to all ease-ments, set back lines, restrictions, and all other cov-enants and conditions of record, and otherwiseshall be sold “AS IS.”

Jerome S. FishSpecial Master Commissioner

children.Funeral services were

held Saturday, October 24,2015 at the Elliston -Stanley Funeral Home inWilliamstown. Burial wasin the New Vine Run cem-etery in Dry Ridge.

Memorials are suggestedto the American Cancer So-ciety, 297 Buttermilk Pike,Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017.Online condolences may be left at

www.stanleyfuneralhomes.com

Deadline fornext week’s

paper is 4 p.m.Monday


Bookmobile ScheduleMon., Nov. 23rd: Scaffold Cane, Clear Creek, Wildie.Tues., Nov. 24th: Pongo, Hwy. 3245, Bryant Ridge.

LVFD Turkey ShootThe Livingston Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold a TurkeyShoot on Saturday, Nov. 28th, beginning at 11 a.m. atDavid Mason Garage on US 25 at Pine Hill.

Grandparent Support GroupAre you raising a grandchild in your home? If so, youare invited to attend our support group meetings, heldmonthly, to share experiences. The next meeting will beThursday, ov. 19th (today) at noon at the Rockcastle Co.Extension Office, 1050 W. Main St., Mt. Vernon. Guestlspeaker will be Brianne Vanwinkle on domestic violenceand Debbie Pettyjohn of Cornerstone Church.




Celebrate RecoveryCelebrate Recovery classes are held every Monday nightat the Community Outreach Center in Brodhead. Cel-ebrate Recovery is a 12-step Christ-centered program andis a safe place to share and begin healing from all hurts,hang-ups and habits. Meal at 6 p.m. Music 6:45 p.m.Large Group 7 p.m. Signatures available for court, pro-bation and snap. For more information, please call ChrisMartin 606-308-3368.













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a scan for me. I was not intheir computer, there was nopaperwork and they had noorder for a scan for MikeFrench.

So.....I left!Guess I am going to start

all over at a different place.Maybe a place that will ac-tually read my own x-rayswhen telling me the resultsof my x-rays, and a placethat may have a record ofmy existence when I showup for an appointment. Thatwould indeed be very help-ful.

Last subject:I spent the week alone

again while my best halfvisited family in Alabamaand I discovered somethingelse about myself.

I’m not nearly as pickyabout cooking when I amjust cooking for myself.When Dena is there, I am so

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the recent horrible attackson France, carried out byterrorists shouting “AllahAkbar” and the broadcastedthreats from ISIS that theyare planning attacks on thiscountry.

It is a government’s pri-mary responsibility to pro-tect its citizens and ours isalready failing miserably.We already have overeleven million illegal immi-grants, some of whom arekilling our citizensparticulary in sanctuary cit-ies which protect them fromdeportation even when theyhave convictions for numer-ous felonies and have beendeported numerous timesbefore (recent Kate Steinlemurder in San Franciscocase in point).

To date, 33 states havesaid they will not acceptthese migrants but, that maybe a hollow threat since fed-

careful to keep everythingsterile and clean.

But I find that when it’sjust me, if I drop something,I just pick it up and put itback in the skillet. Noharm...no foul.

If I drop an egg, I just geta spatula and pick it up andit saves me from having tocrack it.

I spilled juice from a canof peaches onto the counterand didn’t want to waste it.So I just licked the counter.It kind of tasted like eggsbut hey, now I don’t have towipe the counter off. It’s al-ready clean.

Anyway, I told Denaabout it in an effort to teachher some kitchen skills andreduce her kitchen labor.But, I don’t think she got it.I’m pretty sure that shedidn’t agree with my meth-ods.

Hey, some people justrefuse to accept help!

eral law trumps state law inthis, and most, cases.

I don’t think that numberincludes Kentucky becauseoutgoing democratic Gov.Beshear has said that hisstate will accept the mi-grants but Governor-ElectMatt Bevin has said that hewill not and he takes officeDec. 8th.

Senator Jeff Sessions hasintroduced legislation to cutoff funding for the resettle-ment of these migrants here.We’ll see what happensthere.

The FBI presently hasover l00 open investiga-tions, at least one in everystate, of possible terrorismorganizations and the gov-ernments assertions thatthese migrants will be “ro-bustly” vetted are right upthere with “If you like yourinsurance...” and we allknow how that turned out.

I make no apology for

being against 200,000 Syr-ians, mostly Muslims. beingbrought to this country.

It bothers me greatly thatsix of the wealthiest Mus-lim countries refuse to takeany “refugees” but havesaid they will provide fundsto help build Mosques incountries who do take them.

It bothers me that thevast majority of these “refu-gees” are young men be-tween the ages of 18-35who, in my opinion, shouldhave stayed in Syria andjoined those fighting Assad.

It bothers me that thisgroup, particularly, refusesto assimilate into their hostcountry’s culture, insteaddemanding that countrychange their culture to ac-commodate them. I haveread many parts of theQur’an and it doesn’t callfor assimilation, rather itcalls for domination ofwherever they are and by

domination I mean that theyare called on literally to cutyour head off if you do notdenounce your religion andconvert to Islam.

It bothers me when theirleaders, and Imams, pub-licly say what their inten-tions are and our leadersturn a blind eye to it or say“they don’t really meanthat.”

So, yes, I fear these“peaceful” Muslims (re-member 9/11?) and I do notwant them to come into thiscountry and begin the pro-cess of trying to make theU.S. a part of their WorldCaliphate.

We take in more refugeesthan all other countries inthe world combined but, atsome point, our governmenthas to think of the citizensof this country first, insteadof thinking only of shoringup their voter base and that’sanother whole column be-cause, reports are, the “red”states (mostly Republican),are slated to get the major-ity of these “refugees.”

Convenient, huh?

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ted republican, startinglistening a bit more closelyto his birds and decided Dadwas correct, whereupon hedivested himself of his flockof guineas. Dad wound upwith half a dozen of themand we kept them on ourplace for manyyears. Tothis day, I still believeguinea and dumplings to bea far superior dish tochicken and dumplings.

A few people kept ascant few ducks becausethey claimed they liked theireggs and liked to eat them.I tried my Aunt Nan’s roastduck one time and that wasmore than enoughto satisfymy curiosity. Ditto for roastgoose. Mom once said thatsomeone down the road hadroasted a goose and itsmelled so bad that every-body on the holler lost theirappetites for anything forthe next three days.

Anyway, the biggest rea-son we seldom had turkeyfor Thanksgiving was sim-ply because we didn’t raisethem and almost everythingwe did eat, other than bolo-gna and light bread, wasgrown on the farm. Any-body in the head of BlairBranch who had turkey fordinner had won their bird ata shooting match and myDad was a horrible shot.

Once or twice I remem-ber him talking Lovell Blairinto shooting for him and he

actually came home with aturkey. But even then, Inever understood what thebig deal was because,frankly, I thought thatroasted ham or chickentasted much better.

Uncle Stevie Craft oncetalked somebodyout ofthree or four turkey eggsearly one spring and AuntNan put them under a set-ting hen to hatch. I forgetthe details, but only one tur-key poultsurvived the effortand it became a huge nui-sance in their chicken lot forthe next several months. Ido remember walking by

their chicken lot on the wayhome from school that falland stopping by the lot toclap my hands to make theturkey puff up his feathers,strut about a bit and then doa loud, “gobble, gobble,gobble.”

Later on I found out thatsaid turkey was scheduledfor butchering the day be-fore Thanksgiving and Italked Mom into letting mespend the night with themsothat I could “help out” (readget in the way) with the tur-key killing.

After several futile at-

tempts, by three grown men,to wring its neck or get it tolay still long enough to be-head on a chop block, UncleStevie finally shot it in thehead with a .22 rifle. I dis-tinctly remember helpingbuild and keep going the fireto bring a #2 washtub ofwater to boiling so that theturkey could be scalded andits feathers plucked off. Itwas well after dark when thebig turkey was finallydressed out and Aunt Nanwas satisfied that the carcasswas oven ready. She hadalready noted that she could

have cleaned a dozen chick-ens in less time than one tur-key had taken.

The next day, after ev-erybody had eaten their filland complimented her onhow good the big bird hadtasted, Aunt Nan an-nounced, “Well you’d bet-ter like it because it’s the lastone you’ll ever eat if I’m theone that has to clean it.”


that Chevy between twoparked automobiles per-fectly. The officer also hadme stop on an incline in or-der to determine whether Icould take off with the stan-dard transmission withoutrolling backward. When wegot back to the courthouse,he informed me that I hadmade a perfect score on myexam.

After I received my ac-tual driver’s license, I feltlike I was “free at last.” Myfamily owned two cars atthe time, and Pop allowedme to drive the ’54 until Iwas able to get a car of myvery own – my 1958 Chevy.

I was surprised at thedepth of the feeling of free-

dom that I experienced. Upuntil that time, I had to ei-ther ask my family to takeme everywhere I had to goor hitch a ride with one ofmy friends. Not anymore!

As soon as I was able topurchase that ’58 Chevy, myfriends and I kept the roadshot around Mt. Vernon andRockcastle County. I droveto every football and basket-ball game that the Red Dev-ils played. Usually, my carwas filled with my friendsor I had a date of my own.

I could drive wherever I

wanted, and drive I did. Injust three years, I put over100,000 miles on that black’58 Chevy.

In many ways, acquiringmy driver’s license openedup an entirely new world tome. The freedom was in-vigorating! And, as is prob-ably true for most, mywhole life changed at thatpoint in time.



suggestions.)

favorite of my niece,Sandy, who perviouslyowned the house before shedied. One summer, manyyears ago, she and heryounger sisters, Karen andRosemary, were visiting.They were playing house onthe porch and a fight en-sued. They all fell off theporch, rolled under the ev-

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ergreen, and kept on fight-ing.

Those old trees haveseen the coming and thepassing of seven genera-tions. They have surely seenour sorrows as well as ourjoys. They have not onlyseen the seasons, but theseasons of our lives Theywill be missed.

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Five Generations...On July 29, 2015, Brantlee Gunner Thacker came intothis world and became the fifth generation of the LorettaWoodall family. Shown in the above photo are, seatedfrom left: Mrs. Woodall, holding her great great grand-son, Brantlee Gunner Thacker and Mrs. Woodall’sdaughter, Debbie Woodall Bullen. Standing lat left isMrs. Woodall’s great granddaughter, Samantha BullenThacker and her granddaughter, Jennifer Houk.

dent occurred nearBrodhead and an investiga-tion by KSP Sgt. TonyDingess revealed that thehorse ran onto the roadwayin front of Hensley causingthe cruiser to hit the horse.

Officials say two blackhorses were present andtroopers nearly hit the sec-ond horse while respond-ing to the scene.

The horse, estimated to

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the keeping or maintenanceof the vehicle is necessaryto the operation of the busi-ness enterprise; or with re-gard to a vehicle in an ap-propriate storage place ordepository maintained in alawful place and manner bythe city, any other publicagency, or entity.”

However, Mount VernonMayor Mike Bryant saidanyone could still file acomplaint about the busi-nesses in question and thenewly formed board (whichwill be chosen at a laterdate) will have the option ofdeciding if the complaintholds merit.

City Administrator JoshBray said “this is not reallya good situation to be in. Wearen’t out to get anyone. Weare just trying to do the rightthing.”

Mayor Bryant andBryant agreed. ”I don’t wantto cause any trouble for any-one and I don’t want to in-trude on anyone’s privacy.But this is a small town andwhen I get this many com-plaints about an unsightlyarea, I think it’s our job totake some kind of action.We have a responsibility torespond to these com-plaints,” Jamie Bryant said.

Mayor Bryant said thetrouble will be mostly forthe police chief at first. ”Thechief will be the one havingto make decisions aboutgiving a citation or not. Wearen’t trying to dictate to oroffend anyone. But I don’tthink it’s possible to neveroffend anyone.”

Bray and Mayor Bryantalso said they are “greatlysurprised” that no residentor business owner showedup for the council meetingto express their thoughtsabout the new ordinance. “Ireally expected citizens andbusiness owners to be heretonight to give us some in-put,” said Bray. “I have nottaken a single phone callabout this ordinance.”

Councilman CliffordMullins had questions aboutthe forming of the newboard which will addressindividual complaints andset fines. “Do we have re-strictions or guidelines orqualifications about whocan be named as a memberof the nuisance board?”

Members of the councilagreed that the ordinanceneeds to be more specificabout the qualifications ofthose who will be appointedby the mayor.

With these and otherquestions still arising con-cerning the ordinance,Jamie Bryant made a mo-tion to delay the first read-ing of the ordinance andtable any further action un-til questions and details canbe worked out.

The council agreed to

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the family lost all of theirpossessions. “The onlything they have left is theclothes on their backs,” hesaid.

Brodhead firefighterBrian Bullock said theBrodhead Fire Departmentalso responded to a call at ahome on Bowling RidgeRoad in Brodhead on Mon-day.

According to Bullock,the home appeared to be un-occupied and the cause of

“Fire”(Continued from front) the fire is undetermined.

Bullock said the homewas fully involved upon ar-rival and was a total loss.

A press release said bothBrodhead and the WesternRockcastle Fire Depart-ments responded to thescene and, since the exactlocation was unknown, 911also advised Bluegrass 911who alerted the LincolnCounty Fire stations 2 and6 as well as other stations.

East End Ambulancealso responded.

postpone the first reading.Bray said there is really nohurry. “We have gone thislong without this ordinance.It’s better to have everythingthe way you want it. I thinkas long as we have some-thing in place by Spring wewill be okay.”

In other action, the coun-cil unanimously voted toaccept the proposed PoliceDepartment Policy and Pro-cedure manual.

Also discussed was a re-cent proposal by CSEPP Di-rector Hal Holbrook askingthe city to buy the lease onthe part of the Mt. VernonFire Department buildingwhich is presently beingused by CSEPP.

Rockcastle CountyJudge Doug Bishop andHolbrook attended the pasttwo meetings asking the cityfor $45,000 to buy CSEPP’slease on half of the build-ing. Holbrook said Mondaythat CSEPP contributed atleast $129,000 to construc-tion of the building when itwas built. CSEPP nowwants to use the $45,000 tohelp construct a storagebuilding on the site of thenew Emergency Servicesbuilding, recently con-structed at CSEPP’s ex-pense in Rockcastle Busi-ness Park South.

The CSEPP program iscurrently scheduled for op-eration through 2023 atwhich time, under terms ofthe lease, the building willbelong to the City of Mt.Vernon.

However, Mayor Bryantsaid he does not believe thecity would be able to allo-cate the $45,000 for the pur-chase.

Members of the councilsuggested the city draft aletter to the fiscal court andask them to help with thepurchase.

“This is all a friendlysituation and I think the cityand the county are in agree-ment that this would be agood thing. But there is onlyso much the city can do,”said the mayor.

The council agreed todraft a letter to the countywith a proposal to split thecost.

Bray said he has spokenwith Holbrook in detailabout the proposal. “Haltold me this is something wecan revisit in a couple ofyears if we can’t get it donenow,” said Bray.

Mayor Bryant agreed.“We want to go as far as wecan, but that’s all we cando.”

Mayor Bryant also an-nounced the retirement ofassistant Fire Chief JackWeaver who has been withthe local fire department for35 years. “We will miss himand we plan to acknowledgehis service soon,” MayorBryant said.

weigh 1500 lbs., was re-moved by state workers.

Trooper Hensley was air-lifted to the UK MedicalCenter for treatment of nonlife threatening injurieswhich, however, did requiresurgery Tuesday.

Sgt. Dingess is continu-ing the investigation and isbeing assisted by KSP Ve-hicle Enforcement Officers,Rockcastle County EMSand the Brodhead Fire De-partment.

ber 9th, a confidential infor-mant conducted anothercontrolled purchase of oneounce of synthetic mari-juana from Kathy Baker,53, of Mount Vernon. Thereport says the informantwas provided with $70 topurchase one ounce of syn-thetic marijuana at MountVilla Apartment #23

The informant went tothe apartment and metBaker who then then calledBill Bailey in apartment#28, to get the marijuanaand sell it to the informant.

Baker then left the apart-ment and returned with ap-proximately one ounce ofcannabis, according to thereport.

“Sting”(Continued from front) Bryant said he then lis-

tened to the recording madeby the informant and pro-ceeded to arrest Baker fortrafficing in synthetic mari-juana.

Mount Villa Apartmentsare about 650 feet awayfrom Mount Vernon El-ementary School, which in-creased the charge to traf-

ficking marijuana within1,000 feet of a school.

Baker was lodged in theRockcastle County Deten-tion Center and held on a$7,500 cash bond.

“These arrests and otherslike them are part of a co-operative effort betweendeputies and the MountVernon Police Department,”

said Bryant. “The sheriff’sdepartment and the policedepartment work hand inhand on these cases.”

Bryant said none of thelocal law enforcement offic-ers are “chasing” credit forarrests, but are instead chas-ing the goal of getting drugsoff the streets of RockcastleCounty.

ing the marijuana and themeth and the gun but deniedbreaking into LimestoneGrill.

However, the report saysthat evidence, including thebank card and the bank bagsreported stolen found insidehis room, is evidence thatLarkins committed the bur-glary.

Larkins was lodged inthe Rockcastle County De-tention Center on a $5,000cash bond.

“Burglary”(Continued from front)

Christopher Smith, son of Mike and Cristy Smith,killed this 12 point buck on a hunt with his grandpa,Clarence Owens. It had an inside spread of 23 1/2inches. Congratulations Christopher!

The Information Centerat the Kentucky Departmentof Fish and Wildlife Re-sources fields approxi-mately 100,000 phone callsannually, and the call vol-ume peaks from late Octo-ber into early November ashunters inquire about rulesand regulations for the state-wide modern gun deer sea-son. This year, it opens Nov.14.

An informal poll of In-formation Center staff mem-bers this week identifiedcommon questions about theseason. Some of those ques-tions - and answers to them- appear below.

When does the moderngun deer season start andend in my county?

The season opens state-wide on the second Saturdayin November and a county’szone assignment dictateswhen it closes. KentuckyFish and Wildlife takes afour-zone approach to themanagement of the state’sdeer herd. The modern gunseason runs for 16 consecu-tive days in Zones 1 and 2and for 10 consecutive daysin Zones 3 and 4. A map ofthe deer hunting zones ispublished on Page 11 of theKentucky Hunting andTrapping Guide. The guideis available online atfw.ky.gov and where li-censes are sold.

What licenses and per-mits are needed to hunt deerin Kentucky during themodern gun season?

Unless license exempt,hunters must obtain andcarry while in the field proofthat they have purchased anannual hunting license andstatewide deer permit. Thelicense and permit are in-cluded in a Senior/Disabledlicense, which is available toKentucky residents only.Resident and nonresidentyouth hunters ages 12-15will need a youth huntinglicense and youth deer per-mit unless they are licenseexempt.

Who needs a hunter edu-cation card?

Kentucky’s hunter edu-cation law specifies that alllicense-required huntersborn on or after Jan. 1, 1975must pass a hunter educationcourse and carry the coursecompletion card while hunt-ing. Pre-registration is doneonline at fw.ky.gov.

For those who have notcompleted a hunter educa-tion course in time, theHunter Education Exemp-tion Permit is an option. Thisone-time only exemption isavailable to Kentucky resi-dents and nonresidents. Soldonline at fw.ky.gov, the $5permit is good for one yearfrom the date of purchase.

Hunters using the ex-

Kentucky Afield OutdoorsAnswers to common questions about deer season

emption permit must be ac-companied by an adult whomeets Kentucky’s huntereducation law. The adultmust remain in a position totake immediate control ofthe exempted hunter’s bowor firearm while hunting.

Children aren’t requiredto take a hunter educationcourse until they are 12years old. Those who areyounger than 12 don’t needa hunter education card, butmust be accompanied by anadult while hunting.

What are the hunter or-ange requirements duringthe modern gun deer sea-son?

All hunters, and anybodyaccompanying them, mustwear hunter orange that canbe seen from all sides on thehead, back and chest whenhunting for any species dur-ing daylight hours in mod-ern gun deer season. Asimple, solid hunter orangevest and hat combo fulfillsthis requirement. Hunter or-ange apparel can be made ofmesh-type material but theopenings in the mesh weavecannot be wider than 1/4inch. Camouflage-patternedhunter orange garmentswithout additional solidhunter orange clothing onthe head, back and chest donot satisfy the requirements.

How many deer can ahunter harvest?

Hunters may take a totalof four deer statewide.However, in Zone 1 coun-ties, hunters may take an un-limited number of antlerlessdeer provided they havepurchased the appropriatenumber of additional deerpermits. One deer permitallows a hunter to take twodeer - one antlered and oneantlerless, or two antlerless– but there is a statewidelimit of one antlered deerper license year. As a re-minder, only antlered deermay be taken in Zone 4counties during the modern

gun deer season.What do I need to do af-

ter I’ve harvested a deer?Hunters must fill out a

harvest log as soon as thedeer is taken and prior tomoving the carcass. Anydeer taken in Kentucky alsomust be telechecked. Hunt-ers can do that online atfw.ky.gov or by calling 1-800-245-4263. Callers willbe asked their Social Secu-rity number and code for thecounty in which the animalwas taken. County codes areprinted on Page 7 of theKentucky Hunting andTrapping Guide. Callersmust also indicate theanimal’s species and sex.Harvested deer must betelechecked by midnight onthe day the animal is recov-ered.

Where can I get more in-formation?

In addition to consultingthe Kentucky Hunting andTrapping Guide, or callingKentucky Fish and Wildlifeat 1-800-858-1549, theresoon will be a detailed listof frequently asked ques-tions about deer hunting inKentucky available on thedepartment’s website.

Hunters also will have anopportunity to submit ques-tions during KentuckyAfield’s fall hunting call-inshow on Nov. 14. It will airlive starting at 8:30 p.m.(ET) on Kentucky Educa-tional Television (KET).Scheduled to join host TimFarmer are Gabe Jenkins,deer and elk program coor-dinator; John Morgan, up-land game program coordi-nator; and a representativefrom the department’s LawEnforcement division.

Author Kevin Kelly is a staffwriter for Kentucky Afield

magazine, the official publicationof the Kentucky Department of

Fish and Wildlife Resources. Getthe latest from Kevin and the

entire Kentucky Afield staff byfollowing them on Twitter:

@kyafield.

Blood DriveArea residents are in-

vited lto be life-savers at theupcoming Kentucky BloodCenter blood drive.

Kentucky Blood Centerwill hold a drive at theBrodhead Baptist Church inthe Fellowship Hall onTuesday, Nov. 24th from 3to 6 p.m.

To schedule a donationor for more details, visitkybloodcenter.org or call800-775-2522. Walk-ins arewelcome.

Donors must have aphoto ID, be 17 years old(16 with parental consent),weigh at least 110 pounds,be in general good healthand meet additional require-ments.

ClaudiaHundley Wren80th BirthdayCelebrationNovember 22, 2015

3:00 – 5:00Fairview Baptist ChurchCome Celebrate With Us!

No Gifts Please –only Memories.

ElementaryBB sign-ups

Elementary School boy’sbasketball (grades 2nd thru5th) sign-ups and evalua-tions will be held Saturday,November 21st at Mt.Vernon Elementary. Thecost to participate is $45.

Evaluation times are: 5thgrade at 8:30 a.m.; 4th gradeat 9:30 a.m.; 3rd grade at10:30 and 2nd grade at 11:30a.m.

Please arrive 15 minutesearly if you have not turnedin a form.



TurkeyShoot


Rockets lose heartbreakerto Wayne County, 27-24

Sophomore Brent Lovell blocks for junior Chayse McClure during the Rockets27-24 loss to Wayne County in the second round of playoffs last Friday night.McClure scored two rushing touchdowns and completed a touchdown pass forthe Rockets. Lovell scored the other Rocket rushing touchdown.

Rocket players signal their first touchdown of the night, a quarterback sneakfrom the one yard line by Chayse McClure.

Austin Saylor and Logan Coffey work to make a hole for running back BrentLovell in the Rockets tough loss to Wayne County last Friday night.

Rocket Madness istonight at 5:00 p.m.

The annual “RocketMadness,” which givesfans a preview of the up-coming basketball sea-sons for both the girls andboys teams, will be heldThursday, November19th.

The event will featurea meal of pulled porkBBQ or hot dog dinnerfrom 5 to 6 p.m. for $5.

Tickets may be pur-chased from a ballplayeror bought at the door.

Several nice silentauction items have beendonated by local busi-nesses and will be avail-able for inspection.

The “Little Dribblers”will perform from 6:00 to6:30 p.m., followed bythe RCHS JROTC, cho-rus, cheerleaders, theLady Rockets and Rock-ets.

The event is free ex-cept for the meal. Con-cessions will also be soldthroughout the eveningevents.

It’s not too late tomake a monetary dona-tion or to donate an itemto be autioned. You maycall 305-0091, 669-2881or 416-2119 to do so.

Come out and supportour Rocket teams.

It was a heartbreakingloss for Rocket football lastFriday when they lost 27-24to Wayne County in secondround play-off action.

The Rockets had mo-mentum going into the sec-ond week after defeating the7-3 East Jessamine Jaguars33-8 in first round action.

The Rockets were look-ing to avenge a regular sea-son 21-13 loss to WayneCounty and, for a majorityof the game, it looked likethat might happen.

The Rockets led most ofthe game before WayneCounty took their first leadmidway through the thirdquarter.

On paper, it was theRockets game to win. Theyhad 173 more total yardsthan the Cardinals, allowingonly 70 total yards rushingon the night by the Cardi-nals.

“We basically owned ev-ery aspect of the game. Webeat them in every phase onoffense and defense,” saidhead coach Scott Parkey.“Where we didn’t fare sowell was on special teams,particularly our punting andpunt return teams. It waspurely bad luck,” he said.

“We have not had issuesin practice or a game all sea-son with snaps, fieldingsnaps, punting or blockingfor punts,” Parkey said. “Wefelt, and still feel super con-fident in the punt team guy.It was simply horrible luckthat it had to happen in thisgame, on this night.”

The Rockets scored ontheir second drive of thegame when junior quarter-back Chayse McClurescored from the one yardline, putting the Rockets up6-0 after the extra point at-tempt was blocked.

Wayne County ran a fakepunt inside the Rockets fiveyard line, scoring on thenext play to tie the game atsix with 4:11 left in the firstquarter. The Cardinals extrapoint try was no good.

Rockcastle wasted notime reclaiming the leadwith 1:58 left in the firstquarter. The Rockets put to-gether an eight play drivewith sophomore BrentLovell diving in from theone yard line to put theRockets back on top, 12-6.

Dear Fans,Despite the disap-

pointing loss in the sec-ond round playoff game,this season has been a tre-mendous success. Look-ing back at the season, Ican’t say enough abouthow proud I am of thisyear’s players and coach-ing staff.

The players have beenthrough so much adver-sity with injuries, illness,and other factors. Theyhave competed as onebody for a season and ahalf without having alltheir parts. Finally, mid-way through this season,we saw what this teamcan look like as a wholeunit.

The boys learned whatit means to fight throughadversity, pain andstruggles. They learned toplay varsity football foran entire 48 minutes.Most of all, the guyslearned how to be ac-countable to their team-mates rather than onlythemselves or othersaround them.

Because of these les-sons, this team has thechance to do specialthings on and off the fieldnext season and beyond.

I, along with the play-ers and coaches, truly ap-preciate all the fans hang-ing in there with us as wehave gone through thisseason’s tough schedule.We appreciate all the sup-port from businesses, par-ents, school administra-tion, and teachers alongthe way as well. Thiscounty’s love for RockFootball was alive andloud this season.

We will be takingsome time to reflect, restand recover before begin-ning preparations for the2016 season. We will beopening up at BourbonCo. in the Bob Allen Pig-skin Classic in late Au-gust.

Thanks and Go Rock!!Head CoachScott Parkey

Sophomore Holdan Barnettplayed a huge role for theRockets on this drive. Thetwo-point conversion at-tempt was no good.

Rockcastle County putsix more points on the boardin the second quarter whenMcClure scampered 78yards to put the Rockets up,18-6. Again, the extra pointtry failed.

“Offensively, we playedour most complete game ofthe season. The offensiveline did a great job, espe-cially in the first half withrun blocking. Our big threereceivers, Tomlinson, Mer-cer and Bishop played greatdown the stretch in crunchtime. McClure had a tre-mendous game overall.Running, passing, and ondefense, he put everythinghe had out there to help ourteam be successful,” CoachParkey said.

With Wayne Countythreatening toward the endof the second quarter, theRockets’ defense came upbig, stopping WayneCounty on fourth down with1:02 left in the half.

“Defensively, we basi-cally shut down their run-ning game. Actually shutthem down offensivelycompletely. The kids playedoutstanding against a greatdefense,” Parkey said.

Wayne County drew firstblood in the third quarterwith the passing touchdownto cut the lead to 18-13.

Their second score of thequarter came when they re-turned a Rocket punt for atouchdown and successfullycompleted a two-point con-version to take their firstlead of the night 21-18, atthe end of the third quarter.

The Rockets went backon top in the fourth quarterwhen McClure connectedwith junior Isaiah Mercer ona 50 yard completion to putthe Rockets up 24-21.

The final score of thenight, unfortunately, camefor the Cardinals after abotched punt led to a WayneCounty touchdown for thefinal, 27-24.

The Rockets had acouple more possessions af-ter the score but were unableto put any more points onthe board.

“I have been, and I know

ElementaryBB sign-upsSaturday

Elementary School boy’sbasketball (grades 2nd thru5th) sign-ups and evalua-tions will be held Saturday,November 21st at Mt.Vernon Elementary. Thecost to participate is $45.

Evaluation times are: 5thgrade at 8:30 a.m.; 4th gradeat 9:30 a.m.; 3rd grade at10:30 and 2nd grade at11:30 a.m.

Please arrive 15 minutesearly if you have not turnedin a form. Participants needto wear gym shoes and ap-propriate clothes to partici-pate in the evaluations.

Call 606-308-1285 withany questions.

Rural mail carriers whovolunteer to help the Ken-tucky Department of Fish andWildlife Resources reportedseeing fewer rabbits alongtheir routes this year, but hunt-ers can still expect to encoun-ter plenty of rabbits this sea-son.

“If you look back at thedata, we’ve had really highnumbers of rabbits, some ofthe highest in several years,”said Ben Robinson, smallgame biologist with KentuckyFish and Wildlife. “Thereshould be good numbers ofrabbits on the ground, whichshould translate into good rab-bit hunting.”

Kentucky’s rabbit andquail season dates vary byzone.

The Eastern Zone is madeup of 91 central and easternKentucky counties. In thiszone, the season opened Nov.1 and continues through Nov.13. It closes for the openingweekend of modern gun deerseason (Nov. 14-15), then re-opens Nov. 16 and continuesthrough Jan. 31, 2016.

The Western Zone in-cludes Fulton, Hickman,Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken,Graves, Calloway, Marshall,Livingston, Lyon, Trigg,Caldwell, Crittenden, Chris-tian, Hopkins, Webster,Union, Henderson, McLean,Muhlenberg, Todd, Logan,Simpson, Allen, Warren, But-ler, Ohio, Daviess andHancock counties. In thosecounties, the rabbit and quailseason opens Nov. 16 and runsthrough Feb. 10, 2016.

The statewide daily baglimit is four rabbits and eightquail.

“Rabbits do well in areasthat are overgrown, grown upfields, shrubby fence rows,”Robinson said. “And just be-cause an area is grown updoesn’t mean that’s the firstplace you want to look forquail. They require more in-tensive management, whichhopefully you’ll find on ourpublic areas. One of the hotspots continues to be themulti-county Green RiverConservation Reserve En-hancement Program (CREP)down around Mammoth

Kentucky Afield Outdoors

Rabbit and quail season preview

other coaches and playersare, absolutely sickened byhow the game turned out,”Coach Parkey said. “It hasleft us all with simply a feel-ing that can only be de-scribed as unsatisfied. Wewere playing our best foot-ball, capable of winning re-gion caliber football, but ourride ended,” he added.

StatisticsOffensively, the Rockets

were led by junior quarter-back Chayse McClure with146 yards rushing on 19 car-ries and two touchdowns.McClure also completedseven of 23 passes for a to-tal of 149 yards and onetouchdown. SophomoreBrent Lovell had 13 carriesfor 60 yards and a touch-down and sophomoreHoldan Barnett had sevencarries for 51 yards. JuniorDakota Bishop had two re-ceptions for 33 yards, jun-ior Isaiah Mercer two recep-tions for 47 yards and onetouchdown and juniorMichael Tomlinson hadthree catches for 69 yards.

Defensively, the Rocketswere led by junior DevonRobinson with nine tackles,one solo and eight assists.McClure had eight tackles,three solo and five assists.Junior Logan Coffey had sixtackles, two solo and fourassists. Mercer had fivetackles, two solo and threeassists. Barnett also had fivetackles, two solo and threeassists. Junior Austin Saylorwas credited with five tack-les, two solo and three as-sists. Junior Dalton Rowehad four tackles, three soloand one assist. SophomoreBlaze Stewart picked uptwo tackles, one solo andone assist and senior HunterHines and sophomore BrentLovell each were creditedwith one tackle.

Printed below is an openletter to Rockcastle Countyfootball fans from HeadCoach Scott Parkey.

Cave. We’re still getting goodreports from there. It’s just amatter of figuring out ways toobtain landowner permissionto hunt those properties.”

Kentucky Fish and Wild-life tracks hunter success andpopulation trends on an an-nual basis with assistancefrom rural mail carriers andhunters. Hunters can help bykeeping a daily hunting diaryduring the fall hunting sea-sons.

Printable logs are avail-able online at fw.ky.gov or bycontacting Kentucky Fish andWildlife by phone at 1-800-858-1549 or mail at #1Sportsman’s Lane, Frankfort,KY 40601. Completed logsshould be submitted at theend of the season. Hunter co-operators receive a small giftfor their participation.

“It’s one of our primarysurveys for monitoring popu-lation trends from year toyear,” Robinson said. “In re-cent years, we’ve seen par-ticipation decline. We wouldlove to have more huntersparticipate.”

Rabbit hunters who sub-mitted hunter log surveys lastseason went on a combined1,413 hunts in 93 counties,jumped an averaged of 6.5rabbits per hunt and harvestedan average of 2.7 rabbits perhunt. Quail hunters who com-pleted hunting logs went on365 hunts and reported flushand harvest rates almostdouble that of the previousseason.

The mail carrier surveyoffers a peek into what can beexpected for the upcominghunting season. This year, thesurvey was conducted the lastfull week of July and indi-cated population declines inboth species.

The weather and the tim-ing of major weather eventscan impact small game popu-lations, and Kentucky has ex-perienced its share of extremeweather this year. In Februaryand March, record cold, snowand flooding affected parts ofthe state. Then a hot and dryJune was followed by a soggyJuly.

Biologists point to the coldand late snowfall as culprits

contributing to the drop in thenumber of rabbits and quailobserved by the mail carriers.Rabbits begin nesting in lateFebruary and their breedingseason can continue into latesummer. The peak hatch forquail occurred in July, so theheavy rain that month likelyhurt chick survival in spots.

“I’m afraid I can’t giveone statewide prediction forquail this year,” Robinsonsaid. “From the anecdotal re-ports that I’m getting, it’sgoing to depend on where youare in the state. The fall coveycounts conducted out west onPeabody Wildlife Manage-ment Area (WMA) this yearwere some of the best in re-cent years. You move intoparts of central Kentucky andthe numbers seem to bedown. You keep going farthereast and up to Clay WMA (inNicholas, Fleming and Bathcounties) and throughout thesummer they were seeingbroods all over the ground. Itseems like kind of an oddyear. It’s going to be hit ormiss.”

The East Region fromLewis County down to WayneCounty and points east led thestate in the number of rabbitsobserved by the mail carri-ers. The region also produceda year-over-year increase inthe number of quail observedalong the delivery routes.

“We’ve always had goodreports of rabbits and quail inthat area,” Robinson said.“Some of the reclaimed mineareas are growing up. For thenext couple of years, it maybe an area that folks want totarget if they can get accessto some of these properties. Ifhunters are targeting thoseareas and can find foodsources on those mine areas,there’s a good chance they’regoing to find quail.”

More information aboutthe rabbit, quail and othersmall game seasons appearsin the Kentucky Hunting andTrapping Guide, availableonline at fw.ky.gov and wher-ever hunting licenses are sold.

Author Kevin Kelly is a staffwriter for Kentucky Afield

magazine, the official publicationof the Kentucky Department of

Fish and Wildlife Resources.


Chaplain Laura Durham lighting a candle in memory of deceased members dur-ing the recent luncheon held at First Christian Church to commemorate the 45thanniversay of the Rockcastle Chapter Daughters of American Revolution.

The Rockcastle Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution recently commemo-rated their 45th anniversary with a celebratory luncheon held at the First Chris-tian Church. Charter members Norma Eversole, Ann Henderson and Iris Youngwere recognized and presented with a patriotic corsage.

The Rockcastle Chapter,Daughters of AmericanRevolution recently com-memorated their 45th anni-versary with a celebratoryluncheon held at the FirstChristian Church.

Those in attendance werechapter members, guestDAR from the Berea-LaurelChapter and three chartermembers.

Regent, Debbie Brown

Rockcastle DAR chaptercelebrates 45th anniversary

gave greetings followed bythe reading of the names ofpast chapter membersnowdeceased.

Chaplain, Laura Durhamalong with first Chapter Re-gent, Norma Eversole andcurrent Regent, DebbieBrown lit candles inmemory of the deceaseddaughters.

The luncheon was filledwith members sharing sto-

The Rockcastle chapterof the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution willbe hosting an afternoon offun, food, and education onSunday, November 22 in thecafeteria of the RockcastleCounty Middle School be-ginning at 2 PM to celebrateNational Native AmericanMonth. Janice Lear, Ken-tucky State Daughters of theAmerican Revolution Na-tive American Chairwoman,will be the guest speaker.

Other guests will beSusie Holden, to demon-strate Native dance. Audi-ence participation is encour-aged. Jim Gross will beplaying the Native flute andsinging in the Native

Rockcastle celebrates NationalNative American Month

tongue. He will be doingsome “smudging”, a purify-ing ceremony to rid nega-tive energies. David Owenswill be telling “Tales of theThunderbolt People”, a Na-tive people of the area, andtelling facts of the Nativeculture.

Tonya Cook, RockastleDAR Native AmericanChairwoman and South-eastern Kentucky ShawneeSecretary/Registrar will betaking applications to jointhe Shawnee tribe. There isa one-time fee of $10.

The event is free to thepublic, and all are encour-aged to attend. Light re-freshments will be served.

U.S. Department of Ag-riculture (USDA) Farm Ser-vice Agency (FSA) Admin-istrator Val Dolcini recentlyannounced that almost halfof all dairy farms in Americahave made their annual elec-tions for 2016 coverage un-der the Margin ProtectionProgram, and reminded pro-ducers who have not yet en-rolled that they have untilNov. 20, to select coverage.

Established by the 2014Farm Bill, the program pro-vides financial assistance todairy producers when themargin – the difference be-tween feed costs and theprice of milk – falls belowthe coverage level selectedby the applicant.

“This safety net is not au-tomatic, so producers mustvisit their local FSA officeto enroll before Nov. 20,”said Dolcini. “Despite thebest forecasts, the dairy in-dustry is cyclical and mar-kets can change quickly.This program is like any in-surance product, where in-vesting in a policy today willprotect against catastrophiceconomic consequences to-morrow.”

FSA estimates that basedon current participationrates, had the program ex-isted before the 2014 FarmBill, producers in 2009would have invested $73million in premiums and re-ceived $1.44 billion in fi-nancial protection duringthat historically weak mar-ket period.

Enrolled dairy operationsmust pay a $100 administra-tive fee annually to receivebasic catastrophic coverage.Greater levels of marginprotection are available fora higher premium, and pro-vide expanded coveragebased on historic dairy pro-duction. Once enrolled, pro-ducers can change their lev-els of coverage each year.Dairy producers are encour-aged to review protectionoptions online atwww.fsa.usda.gov/dairy orby visiting their local FSAcounty office. The nearestFSA county office can befound at http://offices.usda.gov.

The Margin Protection

USDA reminds dairy producersof November 20th deadline

Program for dairy was reau-thorized by the 2014 FarmBill. The Farm Bill buildson historic economic gainsin rural America over thepast six years, while achiev-ing meaningful reform andbillions of dollars in savingsfor taxpayers. Since enact-ment, USDA has made sig-nificant progress to imple-ment each provision of thiscritical legislation, includ-ing providing disaster reliefto farmers and ranchers;strengthening risk manage-ment tools; expanding ac-cess to rural credit; fundingcritical research; establish-ing innovative public-pri-vate conservation partner-ships; developing new mar-kets for rural-made prod-ucts; and investing in infra-structure, housing and com-munity facilities to help im-prove quality of life in ruralAmerica. For more infor-mation, visitwww.usda.gov/farmbill.

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Call 606-256-0288

Thirteen indictmentswere returned last Friday bya Rockcastle County GrandJury for various offenses.

Indicted were:Kayla Ashley Johnson,

24, of Stanford was indictedon one count of possessionof a controlled substance(oxycodone). Her bond wasset at $20,000 cash/prop-erty;

Randy D. Mink, 50, ofW. Main St., Mt. Vernon,was named in two separateindictments, one containingthree counts and the othertwo.

In one indictment, Minkis charged with the offenseof burglary, second degreeand two counts of theft byunlawful taking. His bond

Thirteen indictments returnedon that indictment was setat $75,000 cash/property.

The second indictment isfor one count of burglaryand one count of theft by un-lawful taking.

His bond for thosecharges was also set at$75,000 cash/property;

Billy J. VanWinkle, 36,of Climax Road, Orlandowas indicted on one countof possession of a con-trolled substance (metha-done). His bond was set at$10,000 cash/property;

Matthew W.Spoonamore, 30, FrostyHollow Road, Mt. Vernon,was indicted on four counts,two for abandonment of aminor and two for persistentfelony offender. His bond

was set at $35,000 cash/property;

Brandon N. Mason, 32,of Trace Branch Road,Livingston, was indicted onthree counts - burglary, theftby unlawful taking andcriminal mischief. His bondwas set at $20,000 cash/property;

Michael J. Kunick, 37, ofLouisville was indicted onone count of trafficking in acontrolled substance (meth-amphetamine and heroin)and operating a motor ve-hicle while under the influ-ence of alcohol/drugs. Hisbond was set at $25,000cash/property;

Clemous R. Tabor, 47, ofLondon was named in athree count indictment.Those counts are: traffick-ing in a controlled substance(methamphetamine), oper-ating motor vehicle whileunder the influence of alco-hol/drugs and careless driv-ing. His bond was set at$25,000 cash/property;

Andrew Ruhe, 35, ofCastle Village, Brodhead,was indicted for theft byunlawful taking. His bondwas set at $25,000 cash/property;

Larry W. Davis, 37 ofNicholasville was named intwo separate indictments,both for the same offense ofpossession of a controlledsubstance (heroin). Hisbond was set at $25,000cash/property for each of-fense;

Justin L. Bishop, 23 ofLambert Road, Mt. Vernonand William ChristopherMink, 20, of Brodhead werenamed in a joint indictment,containing three counts.

The men were indictedon one count of burglaryand two counts of theft byunlawful taking.

Both men’s bond was setat $35,000 cash/property;and

Paul Dunaway, 29 ofRichmond, was indicted forcriminal possession of aforged prescription. Hisbond was set at $10,000cash/property.

ries from the past, enjoyinga video commemorating thepast 45 years of the Chap-ter while enjoying a deli-cious meal and dessert.

All charter memberspresent were recognizedand presented with a patri-otic corsage.

The Rockcastle Chapterbegan its charter on 9 Octo-ber 1970 with 24 membersand today has grown to 56.

By: Mike FrenchResidents of Brodhead

may have noticed an in-creased police presence inthe city due to more calls tothe Rockcastle CountySheriff’s Department.

“We are getting a lot ofcalls from Brodhead re-cently because they havefigured out that there is nopolice force in that city,”said Rockcastle CountySheriff Mike Peters. “Van-dals and drug users have dis-covered that we can’t havea full time presence.”

officer. “People wonder howthere can be so much drugsand violence in our littletown. Well, we ain’t inMayberry anymore,” hesaid.

Members of theBrodhead City Councilmentioned the increased ac-tivity during the regularmeeting Monday evening.

However, Peters said apart of the activity of thedepartment is due to 911calls that should not bemade. “People have becomeaddicted to dialing 911. Wehave been trained sincechildhood now that if some-thing is wrong, you call 911.The problem is, law en-forcement can’t fix every-thing,” said Peters.

Some of the calls couldpossibly be avoided, accord-ing to Peters. “We get callsfrom people telling us theycan’t get their six-year-oldkid to mind them. I’m notsure what we could do aboutstuff like that,” said Peters.

The Sheriff’s Depart-ment plans to continue pa-trolling as many areas aspossible and responding toall 911 calls the best theycan, Peters said.

Sheriff department getting more calls to BrodheadPeters said there are only

four deputies that mustcover Livingston, Brodheadand Mount Vernon as wellas the rural areas of thecounty. “We patrol there asoften as we can but when adeputy is there, that’s leav-ing somewhere else notcovered.”

Peters said he and fourroad deputies handled over500 calls this month alone.“We received 522 calls to911 last month and thatdoesn’t count the peoplewho flag us down on the

street or call the Sheriff’soffice or our cell phones.”he said.

Peters said his deputiesare finding more and moreused needles on the groundin Brodhead as well asLivingston. “Heroin has be-come cheaper than pills nowand needles are found al-most everywhere. It used tobe in certain areas of town.But now we find them allover the county,” said Pe-ters.

Peters said times havechanged since he became an

By: Mike FrenchThe Mount Vernon City

Council heard reports fromthe city Fire Department, thecity Police Department andthe All American Club dur-ing their regular meetingMonday night.

The All American clubrepresentative Wayne Bul-lock reported that picking up47 bags of trash in October.

The report lists 6 bagsfrom US 150, 3 bags fromSomerset Road, 2 bags near

City department reports

The annual Remem-brance Tree ceremony is setfor Sunday, December 6,2:00 p.m., at RichmondMall inside the former JCPenney’s.

The event is a long-standing tradition for Hos-pice Care Plus and the com-munity, bringing hundredstogether for more than 20years.

The Remembrance Treeceremony gives the commu-nity a chance to rememberloved ones during the holi-day season by placing a per-sonalized memorial orna-ment on a tree.

Remembrance Tree event set for December 6thAfter an opening prayer

and holiday music, the me-morial list of names is read.Guests place their personal-ized ornament on the Re-membrance Tree when theyhear their loved one’s name.If no one is present to placethe ornament on the tree, ahospice staff member willdo so.

Refreshments are servedfollowing the ceremony.

The Remembrance Treewill remain on displaythroughout the holiday sea-son at the CompassionateCare Center on Isaacs Lanein Richmond. Guests who

wish to take their personal-ized ornament home withthem may do so immedi-ately following the cer-emony or anytime duringthe tree’s display period.

To request an ornament,contact Hospice [email protected],859-986-1500, or 1-800-806-5492. Donations for or-naments can also be madeonline at Hospice’s website:hospicecareplus.org. Thereis no charge for the orna-ments or for the ceremony,but the organization does

suggest a donation—of anysize—when requesting thepersonalized ornament. Pro-ceeds from the event fundall of the programs offeredby Hospice Care Plus.

Hospice Care Plus is anon-profit organizationserving Estill, Jackson, Lee,Madison, Owsley andRockcastle counties. Ser-vices include hospice care,palliative care, bereavementoutreach, and hospice inpa-tient care at the Compas-sionate Care Center. All ser-vices are provided regard-less of ability to pay.

the IGA store, 4 bags on HillStreet, 8 bags and one tireon Carter Drive, 4 bags onSand Springs Road, 5 bagson Lake Linville Road, 2bags on Old US 25, 1 bagon Gerri lane, 7 bags onRichmond Street, 1 bag onHigh Street, 2 bags inRenfro Valley and 2 bags onpark Road.

Police Chief BrianCarter reported 396 totalcalls for service in October.

See “Reports” on B-3)


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DeedsRecorded

Felicia Nicole Cameron,23, Mt. Vernon, EMT toPhillip Wayne Hampton, 25,Mt. Vernon, TTAI. 11/9/15

Megan Dawn Elam, 23,Mt. Vernon, bus monitor toDustin A. Lovell, 21, Mt.Vernon, Call Center. 11/10/15

Cassie Swinney, 15, Mt.Vernon, unemployed toBrandon Hoskins, 18, Mt.Vernon, TCO. 11/10/15

Circuit CivilSuits

Carol Berniece andBlaine McHargue, propertyin Level Green, to Earl andBrenda Bullock. Tax $37.50

Earl and Brenda Bul-lock, property at SkeggsCreek, to Carol BernieceMcHargue. No tax

Robert and Shirley Wil-son, property in RockcastleCounty, to Winifred andElby S. Smith. Tax $4.50

Cody D. and JenniferLaswell, property on BigClear Creek, to Cecil Leonand Linda D. Clark. Tax$170

Brenda K. West, prop-erty on Freedom SchoolRoad, to John W. Erwin, Jr.and Grace L. Erwin. Tax$110

Wendell K. Holt, prop-erty on US 25, to Steven R.and Patricia Lynn Hayes.Tax $32

Donna J. Bullock, prop-erty on Skeggs Creek, toCarol Berniece McHargue.Tax $50

Christopher and JanetDale, property in ShannonR. Sparks Division, toLawrence Vernon Staton.Tax $70

Jerry Lee and Betty JaneDowell, property in

Rockcastle County, to KeithL. and Susan B. Coffey. Tax$150

Shirley and Billy RovyCummins, Verla M. andEarl Johns, Elaine Hansel,property on Dash Road, toVerla M. and Earl Johns. Notax

Michael Dickerson,property in RockcastleCounty, to Barbara Fetters.Tax $30

Dennis and Laura Smith,property in RockcastleCounty, to RodneyCameron. Tax $175

Linda S. and JohnMoore and Ricky LaneVanzant, property inRockcastle County, toCameron Properties. Tax$100

Camille and ThomasPopplewell, property inRockcastle County, to Den-nis Smith. Tax $135

Kristen F. Wilder Rob-erts and Jonathan BlakeRoberts, property in Mt.Vernon, to WPF Invest-ments. Tax $85

District CivilSuits

Thomas AdamMcDiffett v. Cherie LynnMcDiffett, verified petitionfor dissolution of marriage.

Discover Bank v.Charles Williams,$6,071.14 plus claimed due.

Opal Wilder v. MargieHarrison, complaint forchild support and medicalsupport.

Americredit FinancialServices v. Layne Nicely,$8,529.60 plus claimed due.

Discover Bank v. VirgilB. Mullins, $7,133.67 plusclaimed due.

Danielle Paige Cromerv. Kyle Lewis Mullins,complaint for child supportand medical support.

Chassity Wilkerson v.

David Wilkerson, Jr., peti-tion for dissolution of mar-riage. CI-00221

DistrictCourt

Johnny Bullock v. Rob-ert Brown, et al, forcibledetainer complaint.

Midland Funding v.Emma Crank, $540.07 plusclaimed due.

Castle Village Apts v.Cody Cummins, forcibledetainer complaint.

Castle Village Apts. v.Jody Hayes, forcible de-tainer complaint.

Southeastern EmergencyPhysicians v. TimothyAzbill, $676.10 plusclaimed due.

World Finance Corp. v.Scottie McFerron,$2,814.25 plus claimed due.

The following districtcourt suits have been filedby County Attorney Will-iam D. Reynolds on behalfof Commonwealth of Ken-tucky ex rel JonathanMiller, secretary of the Fi-nance and Administrationcabinet, for unpaid 2013property taxes:

Gary and Arlene Todd,$80.14; Donald Brown,$103.32; Jeffery Miller,$282.65; Jeff Richards,$109.59; Randy and JessicaThomas, $123.97; Charlesand Mary Stallsworth,$95.12; Rob and TiaRogers, $239.39; Paul andBecky Renner, $44.62.

William and BarbaraMink, $95.12; Yul andWanda McCollum,$181.69; Terry and JamieHacker, $109..57; Shannonand Victoria Clark,$700.99; James andMildred Ballard, $297.07;Brenda Ambrose, $468.77;Dakota Hoskins, MadisonHoskins and BrandonHoskins, $752.82.

John and Cindy Griffith,$956.23; Michael Alcorn,$123.97; Yulonda Bader,$145.65; Dale Bradley,$95.12; Kenneth Cromer,$167.27; Mike Lear,$275.44; David Lovell,$98.01; Freddie Mason, Jr.,$131.20.

Clinnie McCracken,$239.39; Clinton Miller,$45.08; Jesse Payne,$37.44; Kenneth Peck,$383.64; Douglas Poynter,$167.27; Jenna Roberts,$44.62; James and ShelbyMiller, $80.71; Daryl andJaneffer Phillips, $80.71;Rebecca Smith, $138.41

World Finance Corp. v.Denny Smith, $1,569.33plus claimed due.

Personal Finance Co. v.Tina Bryant, $2,726.46 plusclaimed due.

Midland Funding v.Joshua Wallin, $1,997.85plus claimed due. C-00249

Hon. Kathryn G. WoodNov. 9, 2015

Charles G. Fitzpatrick:fines/fees due ($233), con-verted to 5 days in jail; drugparaphernalia - buy/possess,90 days/to serve 30.

Derrick J. French: fleeingor evading police, 360 days/probated 24 months on con-dition plus costs; failure ofowner to maintain requiredinsurance/security, $500fine ($450 suspended oncondition) plus costs.

Mitchel Dylan Nolan:criminal mischief, 60 days/to serve/concurrent plus rea-sonable restitution ordered,costs merged.

Ryan W. Revis: operatingon suspended/revoked op-erators license; failure ofowner to maintain requiredinsurance/security, $500fine/suspend $450 on condi-tion, plus restitution andcosts.

Brian K. Abner: fines/fees due ($163), bench war-rant (bw) for failure to ap-pear (fta) 4 days in jail orpayment in full.

Robert C. Abner: failureof owner to maintain re-quired insurance/security,$500 fine ($450 suspendedon condition) plus costs.

Speeding: Logan C.Adams, Clayton R. Roberts,Mary J. Stewart, licensesuspended for fta; WilliamC. Singleton, $50 fine pluscosts/state traffic school au-thorized in lieu of fine.

George I. Arbogast: im-proper lane usage/vehiclekeep to right except to passand failure to produce insur-ance card, license suspendedfor fta.

Rakim Malcom Baker:fines/fees due ($153), bwissued for fta/4 days in jail

or payment in full.Alan J. Banks: fines/fees

due ($233), bw issued forfta/5 days in jail or paymentin full.

David Blackburn: fines/fees due ($53), bw issued forfta/2 days in jail or paymentin full.

Joseph A. Borel: assault,4th degree, bw issued for fta.

Curtis L. Broughton:fines/fees due ($133), bwissued for fta/3 days in jailor payment in full.

Tyler L. Burke: fines/feesdue ($708), bw issued forfta/15 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Roger W. Burton: fines/fees due ($758), bw issuedlfor fta/16 days in jail orpayment in full.

Aaron Cain: no/expiredregistration plates - receipt,action slip entered.

Gregory A. Coots, Jr:fines/fees due ($188), bw is-sued for fta/4 days in jail orpayment in full.

Paula A. Cope: fines/feesdue ($238), bw issued lforfta/5 days in jail or paymentin full.

Toni Damrell: no/expiredKentucky registration re-ceipt - plates, license to bein possession, bw issued forfta/license suspended.

Joshua L. Dooley: oneheadlight, rear license not il-luminated, operating on sus-pended/revoked operatorslicense, failure to surrenderrevoked operators license,drug paraphernalia - buy/possess, bw issued for fta.

Nathan Gadd: fines/feesdue ($188), convert to 4days in jail/concurrent.

Scott A. Goforth: fines/fees due ($208), bw issuedfor fta/5 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

James D. Helton: speed-ing, failure to wear seatbelts, operating on sus-pended/revoked operatorslicense, failure to surrender

revoked operators license,bw issued for fta/licensesuspended.

Gary R. Lane: failure towear seatbelt, action slip.

Gabrielle McFerron:failure to wear seatbelts, no/expired registration plates -receipt, license to be in pos-session, action slip entered.

Gregory A. Phelps:fines/fees due ($758), bwissued for fta/15 days in jailor payment in full.

Adam L. Reed: fines/fees due ($133), bw issuedfor fta/3 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Juanita R. Renner: fines/fees due ($188), bw issuedfor fta/4 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Stephen O. Saylor: no/expired registration plates -receipt, operating on sus-pended/revoked operatorslicense, giving officer falsename or address, failure ofnon-owner operator tomaintain req. insurance,failure to produce insurancecard, improper equipment,bw issued for fta/licensesuspended.

Derick K. Shirley: oper-ating motor vehicle underinfluence of alcohol/drugs,$200 fine plus costs, $375service fee, 30 days opera-tors license suspension/ADE authorized.

Jason Smith: fines/feesdue ($233), bw issued forfta/5 days in jail or paymentin full.

Travis B. Smith: failureto produce insurance card,operating on suspended/re-voked operators license, bwissued for fta/license sus-pended.

Norman Walker: fines/fees due ($333), bw issuedfor fta/7 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Chaz W. Proffitt: speed-ing, failure to wear seatbelts, license suspended forfta.

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Twin brothers, Willisand Willie Coffey, cel-ebrated their 90th birth-day last Saturday withfriends and family. Thetwo residents ofRockcastle County arethe oldest children ofthe late Robert andSallie Coffey and wereborn November 18,1925 in Renfro Valleyon the farmland whereLake Linville is pres-ently located. They arepictured holding theirKentucky Colonel cer-tificates.

Remember VeteransWe should always be thankful and rememberAll our Veterans everyday, January thru December.

Our Veterans fought for our freedom and rights,Soldiers hungry, tired, scared and sleepless nights.

Our Veterans, no matter the situation, had to fightStanding for the USA, fighting with all their might.

Veterans fought in the heat, the cold, the rain, sleet andsnow

Stop and remember, salute the Veterans you know.

If you were called to be a Veteran today,Would you be willing to go to a land far away?

Would you wonder if you would be spared,A day, a week, a month, or maybe wonder if anyone

cared.

All of you who are wasting precious time in our life,Remember a Veteran, his pain and all his strife.

He never had the choice of being with family to rejoiceThe Veteran was fighting day and night for our freedom

of choice.

Are you today, respectful and thankful for those whofought

Or are you wasting time and opportunity because you gotcaught?

Not honoring your freedom and setting your standardshigh.

Do you realize that the end is now drawing nigh?

You are blessed with life and still on earth,Christ died for your eternal life, and the soldier died for

your freedom’s birth.

Remember the Veteran never took the easy way home,Are you a Veteran, a soldier, a disciple or just one that

groans?

Thank you Veterans from the bottom of my heartFor the sacrifices of the many battles you were a part.

God’s blessings to each of you, andGod Bless America, Too!!

Written by: Bernice BeasleyIn Memory of James A. Beasley

and in honor of his son, Roy A. Beasley

James A. BeasleyUSA Army

World War II Veteran

Roy A. BeasleyUSA Army

Vietnam Veteran




Celebrate Recoveryclasses are held every Mon-day night at 6 p.m. at theCommunity Outreach Cen-ter in Brodhead (next to theFairgrounds).

Celebrate Recovery is a12-step Christ-Centeredprogram and is a safe placeto share and begin healingfrom all hurts, hang-ups and

habits. Meal at 6 p.m., mu-sic at 6:45 p.m. Large groupat 7 p.m.


Signatures available forcourt probation and snap.


RevivalGrace Baptist Church

will be in Revival Nov. 18ththrough Nov. 22nd at 7o’clock each evening.

Bobby Lakes will bepreaching on the 18th;Bluegrass Boys and BobJones will be holding theservice on the 19th; CarlMorton on the 20th; JeffFain on the 21st and ShawnMadden on the 22nd.


CORNBREAD DRESSINGIf it weren’t for

cornbread dressing, I mightnever have started workingon this book. Mum andMamaw made the most de-licious cornbread dressing.Since my dressing wasclose to what they used tomake, Robbie kept askingme to write the recipe down.He wanted his mother andgirlfriend to know how tomake the dressing. I starteda list of all the recipes thatneeded to be written downso they could indeed behanded down to today’syoung folks and the oneswho will come after them.That’s when I realized thatmany of my memories ofthe people closest to mewere food-related—

Daddy’s green thumb,Mum’s love of cooking,Judy’s need to talk whilefishing, etc. I decided tocombine those memorieswith the recipes. Behold,Mamaw’s Kitchen wasborn.6 cups crumbled cornbread4 slices white bread, toasted1 medium onion, chopped3/4 cup chopped celerySalt and pepper4 to 5 tablespoons sage4 cups chicken or turkeybroth2 eggs, beatenHeat broth to boiling point.Reduce heat to just keepwarm.Preheat oven to 350°.Crumble cornbread andwhite bread into a largebowl. Add chopped onionand celery. Add salt, pep-per and sage. Gently pourbroth into mixture. Mixthoroughly. Taste to makesure it is seasoned to yourtaste. Add beaten eggs andstir until incorporated intocornbread mixture. Pourinto 9 x 13 baking dishsprayed with non-stickspray. Bake at 350° for onehour.

CRANBERRY SALADI don’t always wait untilThanksgiving to make thissalad. It is wonderful withany entrée. As soon as thefresh cranberries come intoseason, I buy several bagsand freeze them to use any-time. It also freezes wellonce it has been made.1 bag fresh or frozen cran-berries2 medium oranges1/2 to 3/4 cup white sugarWash and sort cranberries.Using a food processer orchopper, chop cranberries.Peel one orange. Chopboth oranges—one with thepeeling and one without.Add sugar to taste and letsit for 10 to 15 minutes un-til sugar melts. Thisfreezes very well.


A Change of DirectionBy Howard Coop

If you have paid theslightest attention to thenews media in recentmonths, you have becomekeenly aware of Fort Hood,Ferguson, Baltimore,Charleston, Chattanooga,San Francisco and the listgoes on ad infinitum. Youmust realize that somethingis radically wrong in ourworld.

As I listened to news re-ports about these cities andthe terrible events that hap-pened there, I became awareand took notes of commentsmade by well-known lead-ers about the situation in oursociety. One said, “Ourworld is sorely perplexed.”Another said, “The world isrunning out of gear.” Then,another said, “The world isstumbling from one crisis toanother.” Again, I read,“Something has thrown amonkey wrench into theworks.” Someone else said,“No man in his senses cancall our world healthy. It issick with a sickness that ap-pears to be incurable.”Probably the most attention-catching statement I sawwas, “Our civilization is indanger of collapse because

the cancer of uncertainty isclawing away at it very vi-tals.” This list, too, goes onad infinitum.

Is something wrong inour society? It seems so. Inpublic education, we mustteach math, science, andcomputer skills, but there isno room for God, the Bible,prayer, and morality. Inpublic life, it is no longerimportant to be morallyright, but it is an absolutenecessity to be politicallycorrect. Several years agoJulian Huxley, the Britishevolutionary biologist, sug-gested that we need “humancontrol by human effort inaccordance with human ide-als.” To right the situation,have we made corrections inthe wrong way and in thewrong places?

During the course of mylife, I think I have learnedat least one important les-son. When things are notgoing well,

I need to stop, evaluationmy situation, and change thecourse of my life. What’sgood for me just may begood for human society.Maybe we need a change ofdirection.

Twin brothers celebrate 90th birthday...

For Underprivileged

Cash Express collectingtoys, canned food, coats

In this time of eco-nomic stress and uncer-tainty, many people needhelp. For the eleventhconsecutive year, CashExpress, on Hwy. 150 inMt. Vernon, is collectingtoys, canned food andcoats for the underprivi-leged. Cash Express hasteamed with OperationGive Hope, a ministry ofcompassion to the peopleof Rockcastle County, todistribute these items.Anyone in need of helpcan contact KatherynPope at 606-256-4571with your request.

Anyone wishing todrop off these items cando so at Cash Expess,315-A US Hwy. 150 inMt. Vernon or RockcastleCounty Middle School onSaturday, December 19th.Used coats will becleaned by Cash Express.

Historically, the re-sponse from the localcommunity has beenheartfelt and with openarms. The generosity ofthe community continuesto show what the truemeaning of Christmas is.

During the last tenyears, the Cash Expresstoy, canned food and coatdrive, has helped hun-dreds of thousands offamilies in the states ofKentucky, Tennessee,Mississippi and Alabama.For more information,call Cash Express at 606-256-0886.

His report lists 19 non-injury accidents, 1 injuryaccident, 45 arrests, 23 drugcharges, 35 traffic viola-tions, 30 other criminalcharges, 26 warrants served,3 D.U.Is and 1 grand juryindictment.

Fire Chief David Balestold the council that themount vernon Fire Depart-ment made 26 runs in Oc-tober and used 1,800 gallonsof water.

The report lists 1 struc-ture fire, 1 vehicle fire, 3vegetation fires, 3 smoke in-vestigations, 8 vehicle acci-dents without extrication, 2vehicle accidents with extri-cation, 7 false alarms withgood intent and 1 servicecall.

The fire department hasmade 399 runs this year upto October 31.

“Reports”(Continued from B-1)

RevivalGRACE

BAPTIST CHURCHNovember 18th - 22nd

7:00 p.m.November 18th - Bobby Lakes

November 19th - Bluegrass Boys& Bob Jones

November 20th - Carl MortonNovember 21st - Jeff Fain

November 22nd - Shawn MaddenBRO. RAYMOND OFFUTT AND CONGREGATION

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Tiger Pause...On this past November 11th, in honor of Veterans Day, the fifth grade students hosted a school wide assembly torecognize those men and women who have so bravely served our country. Over 30 veterans were in attendance whoshared a touching moment with students and staff in honoring Veterans Day. Students lead patriotic songs, and sharedthoughts and feelings on what Veterans Day means to them. Members of Brodhead Elementary School would like toextend a special thank you to all veterans in appreciation of their service. Please join our 2nd and 3rd grade studentson Tuesday, November 24th for a Thanksgiving production. Student performances will start at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Allare welcome to join Brodhead in our celebration of upcoming Thanksgiving Day.

Ms. Kami’s kindergarten class honoring Veterans with American flag hats andOfficer Ellis with a blue ribbon on their shirts. Mrs. Wendy King’s MVES fifth grade class.

School NewsArchery practice is each

Monday from 3:15 until4:55.

Brownies (2nd & 3rdGrades) will meet eachWednesday from 3:30 until4:30.

Hooked on Reading iseach Wednesday from 3:30until 4:30.

Daisies will meet onThursday, November 19from 3:30 until 4:30.

Tutoring will be eachTuesday from 3:30 until4:30. Parents must pick uptheir children.

There will be no schoolon Wednesday, Thursdayand Friday, November 25-27 in observance ofThanksgiving. HappyThanksgiving to all!

Our Fall Book Fair willbegin Monday, November30 and will end on Friday,December 4.

FRC NewsOur annual Kenna’s

Kitchen CommunityThanksgiving Dinner willbe on Tuesday, November24 at MVES

Ms. Kami’s Kindergar-ten Class News:

Kindergarten HonoringVeteran's with our Ameri-can Flag hats and OfficerEllis with a blue ribbon onour shirts.

Mrs. Wendy King’s 5thGrade Class News:

Planning to Read…Reading to Plan….

Students in Mrs. WendyKing’s Fifth Grade Classput their reading and mathskills hard to work with aproject that really PAIDOFF! Each month, studentslook through their Scholas-tic Book Club flyer makingtheir own “wish list” ofitems they’d love to have ifthey had unlimited funds…What if?? That’s the ques-tion their teacher posed,“What if you had $150 tospend… the only catch isyou MUST purchase booksfor each grade level in ourschool and be prepared todefend why you think thisis a good purchase?” Thestudents began their plan-ning and calculating, doveinto their learning and fun!Mrs. Susan, our LibraryMedia Specialist caughtwind of their Book Clubproject and agreed to re-view the projects andFULLY FUND the bestproposal and purchase ALL$150 of the books on thewinning student’s book or-der! Students worked furi-ously defending their ra-tionales for each purchaseand working hard to care-fully spend their “now real”$150…Each student in

Mt. Vernon Message

Mrs. White’s MVES class trick-or-treated for Unicef. Right now, they have col-lected $60.

Class winner of the Scholastic Book Order Project,Laura Beth Saylor and Library Media Specialist,Susan Coffey.

Aircraft manufacturerAirbus has donated flight-control surfaces known as‘elevators’ from within theAirbus A320 to theSomerset Community Col-lege Aviation MaintenanceTechnology program. Thedonation, worth nearly$500,000, will be used di-rectly for student educationand training.

In an aircraft, the eleva-

From aircraft manufacturer Airbus

SCC receives $500,000equipment donation

tor is the small moving sec-tion at the back of the hori-zontal stabilizer, whichkeeps the nose from swing-ing. The elevator is hingedand therefore moves up topitch the aircraft nose upand down to move the nosedown by altering the lifts ofthe wings, said Mike Calder,associate professor of Avia-

Mt. Vernon Florist andNational Heritage Inn aresponsoring a Frozen teaparty with Elsa, Anna &Olaf on Thursday, Decem-ber 3rd from 3:30-6:00 p.m.at Heritage Inn in RenfroValley. Entry is $5 at thedoor or bring a $5 gift forour RCMS Youth ServicesCenter Christmas Programin memory of AbbyLangford. Refreshments areincluded.

We are very proud of ourKind Kids for the past week:Jeriann Price, AshleyCameron, Daniel Mason,Patrick Webb, CierraStewart, Halek Payne, andJosh Newcomb.

Our 8th graders are sell-ing Krispy Kreme glazeddonuts to support an 8thgrade trip. The orders aredue to Mrs. Cromer onThursday and the donutswill arrive here on Novem-ber 24th. If you don't knowan 8th grader to purchasefrom, call our office onThursday. KONA Ice willbe at RCMS on Monday,Nov. 23rd. Profits will alsogo toward the 8th grade trip.

Mid-term reports weresent home on Wednesday.Yearbook order forms were

also sent home. Yearbooksare now on sale for $30. Theprice will go up to $35 afterthe Christmas break.

Thursday will be BlueDay in support of diabetesawareness month.

Congratulations to thenewly elected Y-Club offic-ers: President Zach Taylor,Vice-President TristanWinstead, Secretary Au-tumn Courtney and Trea-surer Ashlyn Brock.

Congratulations to Mrs.Bobo and Mrs. Little'shomerooms on winning theattendance battle last week.We would like to encourageour 7th and 8th graders tostep up their attendance ef-fort. The 6th gradehomerooms took 7 spots inthe top ten last week.

Veterans Day at RCMSwas a joy as usual. We wereso blessed to have so manyhonored guests and theirfamilies and can't wait to seethem back next year. Wethank all of the many peoplewho made that event pos-sible.

There is no school No-vember 25-27 for Thanks-giving break. Have a won-derful time with your fam-ily counting your blessings!

Would you be the first inyour family to graduatefrom college?

Eastern Kentucky Uni-versity has established aTrailblazer ScholarshipAward to assist studentsseeking to be the first intheir families to earn a col-lege degree.

This fall, more than 800new freshmen enteringEKU were first-generationstudents.

“Serving this populationof students has been at theheart of Eastern’s missionfor over a century,” said Dr.Brett Morris, executive di-rector for enrollment man-agement at EKU. “Thisscholarship will help fulfillunmet needs many first-generation families experi-ence when attempting tofind affordable, quality col-lege options for their chil-dren.”

According to a reportfrom the Pell Institute en-titled “What Works forFirst-Generation Students,”many first-generation stu-dents find the amount of aid

awarded is often insuffi-cient to offset the risingcosts of college attendance.Tuition increases, stagnantgrant aid, and the high costsof textbooks and transpor-tation make it a struggle topay for college. Also, manyfirst-generation studentschoose to work rather thanto take out student loans,making it difficult for themto focus time and attentionon their coursework.”

And that’s precisely whyEKU has taken the unprec-edented step of designatingfunds for first-generationstudents.

“I applaud theUniversity’s leadership inrecognizing and addressingthe needs of those weserve,” Morris said. “EKUprides itself as a school ofopportunity. Those opportu-nities become fewer whenthe cost of attending ex-ceeds a family’s ability topay for a first-rate educa-tion. This scholarship willgive more students the op-portunity to study at EKUand help move the Com-

EKU establishes Trailblazer Scholarshipto help first-generation college students

Mrs. King’s Class learnedlots about their math skillsand how to write to per-suade others throughout thisproject.

The student with thewinning Scholastic BookOrder Project was Ms.Laura Beth Saylor. Con-gratulations, Laura Beth andto each student in Mrs.King’s class-who knewScholastic Book Orderscould be so much fun andthat we could learn somuch!!

monwealth forward.”First-generation students

who will be new freshmenin Fall 2016 can apply untilMarch 1, 2016, to be con-sidered. The award amountmay vary depending uponthe individual’s need andacademic record. Prioritywill be given to studentswho are not receiving otherinstitutional merit aid. Stu-dents will receive writtennotification in April.

The Trailblazer Scholar-ship application form isavailable online atscholarships.eku.edu/trail-blazer. The applicationshould be accompanied bya written essay and a letterof recommendation from aschool official. Studentsmust have also completedthe Free Application forFederal Student Aid(FAFSA) to be consideredfor the award.

Minds in the Middle

Special CalledFiscal Court MeetingNovember 20, 2015 • 4 p.m.

3rd Floor Conference RoomCourthouse

AGENDA• Road Dept. Surplus Property• Fairgrounds Surplus Property

• Approval for Employee Training“Harassment Training”

Daniel Boone Community Action Agency, Inc. (DBCAA)is seeking qualified contractors to add to the agency’s

approved list for housing construction.

Interested applicants may pick up a Contractor Application Mon-day through Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm at DBCAA’s centraloffice located at 1535 Shamrock Rd, Manchester.

They may also contact Marthanna Dobson at 606-598-5127 [email protected] to request the appli-cation to be mailed or emailed.

Contractors not listed on DBCAA’s approved list will not be eli-gible to work on agency projects. DBCAA is an Equal Opportu-nity Employer and provides Fairs Housing opportunities.

Attention of bidders is called to Section 109 and Executive Order11246, Title VI, Section 504, and Section 3 of the Housing andUrban Development Act of 1968 which states that HUD-fundedjobs and contracts are to be directed, to the greatest extent fea-sible, to local low-income residents and the businesses that em-ploy them.

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(FSA) Administrator ValDolcini recently announcedthat the U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA) willbegin mailing ballots to eli-gible farmers and ranchersacross the country for the2015 FSA County Commit-tee elections on Monday,Nov. 9, 2015. Producersmust return ballots to theirlocal FSA offices by Dec. 7,2015, to ensure that theirvote is counted.

“County committeemembers represent thefarmers and ranchers intheir communities,” saidDolcini. “Producers electedto these committees havealways played a vital role inlocal agricultural decisions.They are essential to thedaily operation of nearly2,200 offices across thecountry. It is a valued part-nership that helps us betterunderstand the needs of thefarmers and ranchers weserve.”

Nearly 7,700 FSACounty Committee mem-bers serve FSA offices na-tionwide. Each committeehas three to 11 elected mem-bers who serve three-yearterms of office. One-third ofcounty committee seats areup for election each year.County committee mem-bers apply their knowledgeand judgment to help FSAmake important decisionson its commodity supportprograms; conservation pro-grams; indemnity and disas-ter programs; emergencyprograms and eligibility.

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Farmers and rancherswill begin receiving theirballots the week of Nov. 9.Ballots include the namesof candidates running forthe local committee elec-tion. FSA has modified theballot, making it more eas-ily identifiable and lesslikely to be overlooked.Voters who do not receiveballots in the coming weekcan pick one up at their lo-cal FSA office. Ballots re-turned by mail must bepostmarked no later thanDec. 7, 2015. Newly electedcommittee members andtheir alternates will take of-fice Jan. 1, 2016.

For more information,visit the FSA website atwww.fsa.usda.gov/elec-tions. You may also contactyour local USDA ServiceCenter or FSA office. Visithttp://offices.usda.gov tofind an FSA office.

Kentucky 2015 AcreageReporting DeadlineIn order to comply with

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Dec. 15th-Fall SeededSmall Grains. Examples:Barley, Canola, Oats, Rye,Wheat.

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To learn more aboutFSA, visitwww.fsa.usda.gov or to findyour local USDA office,visit http://offices.usda.gov

Next FSA County Com-mittee Meeting Date: De-cember 9, 2015 8:00 A.M.at the Mt. Vernon USDAService Center.

Office Closure ScheduleThe Mt. Vernon Service

Center (FSA, NRCS andRockcastle Co. Conserva-tion District) offices will beclosed the following datesfor observance of a FederalHoliday:

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The National DiabetesEducation Program (NDEP)and the Rockcastle CountyHealth Department want youto know that diabetes educa-tion is needed throughout aperson’s lifetime, not just atdiagnosis. Having a networkof support can also help aperson with diabetes bettercope with the day-to-day de-mands of living with diabe-tes.

Whether you are a personliving with diabetes, a fam-ily member, caregiver, healthcare professional, or a part ofthe community—such as anemployer, member of theschool staff, or clergy—youhave an important role toplay when it comes to dia-betes education and support.

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Congressman HalRogers commended Airbusfor enhancing the aviationprogram for local studentsin southern Kentucky.

“With aerospace tech-nology on the rise in Ken-tucky, it is important to en-sure our students have ac-cess to the best educationalopportunities to advancetheir skills and knowledgefor the industry,” said Con-gressman Rogers. “I ap-plaud this partnership be-tween Airbus and SomersetCommunity College tobring this commercial air-craft material directly to in-structors and students inter-ested in the field.”

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on said settlement will beheld December 9, 2015 at 11a.m. Any exceptions to saidsettlement must be filed be-fore that date. 47x1Notice is hereby given thatDiana Newman, 1689Grassylick Road, Mt. Ster-ling, Ky. 40353, has beenappointed Administratrix ofthe estate of Charles E.Sturgill, deceased. Any per-son having claims againstsaid estate shall presentthem, according to law, tothe said Diana Newman orto Hon. Jerry J. Cox, P.O.Box 1350, Mt. Vernon, Ky.40456 on or before May 6,2016 at 9:30 a.m. 45x3Notice is hereby given thatLinda Newcomb, 2136Mary Dell Road, London,Ky. 40741 has been ap-pointed Executrix of the es-tate of Bert Cecil Newcomb

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Larry D. Carter of Mount Vernon, placed Christmas decorations on the lightpoles along Main Street this week. The Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony is sched-uled in Triangle Park on December 1st, at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

Members of the Mount Vernon Fire Department battled a brush fire Saturday on Freedom School Road nearDusty Trails Subdivision. Wind gusts of 20 miles per hour made controlling the fire more difficult and threat-ened homes in the subdivision. However, Mount Vernon Fire Chief David Bales said his crews were able to getthe fire under control before it reached populated areas.Bales said about five acres burned before the fire wasextinguished. The cause of the fire is unknown but Bales said it started near the highway and may have beencaused by a discarded cigarette. The burn ban is still in effect and residents may not set fires between thehours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

By: Mike FrenchThe Rockcastle County

Tourism Commission is at-tempting to gain support fora Rockcastle Visitor andConvention Center.

According to SusanTomes, Executive Directorof the Tourism Commission,the building would look likea castle and be visible fromI-75 as tourists pass MountVernon’s Exit 62.

“Some have suggestedusing a barn or log structure.But neither would be uniqueor irresistible.” said Tomes.“I can’t think of anyone whocould resist stopping to seea castle sitting above I-75overlooking Lake Linville.”

The Tourism Commis-sion has posted informationabout the project on socialmedia as well as newspaperads in an attempt to gaugepublic support. “The adcampaign is mainly outthere as feelers. We needpublic support before wecan begin to think aboutfunding and thus far 100percent of the phone callswere positive,” said Tomes.

The castle, as proposedby Tomes and the tourismcommission, would includea visitor center, meetingrooms, a chapel, a ballroom,and could host most any lo-cal event.

“This is not only a verypositive thing for tourism,but local residents could usethis center all year,” saidTomes. “Birthday parties,conventions, banquets, par-ties, and most any event forbusiness or personal usecould benefit from this cen-ter,” said Tomes.

Tomes said she believesthe center would help localbusiness immeasurably.“Gas stations, hotels, restau-rants and the people ofRockcastle County would

By: Mike FrenchA Brodhead man was ar-

rested on several chargesFriday on Shandon Lane inBrodhead, according to aKentucky State Police re-port.

The report says James RHaight, 27, of Waynesburgwas arrested and chargedwith possession of methpossession of drug para-phernalia and endangeringthe welfare of a minor.

According to the reportKSP Trooper ScottiePennington arrived at theresidence in Brodhead andnoticed an unknown malewho then ran out the backdoor.

Officer Pennington thenentered the residencethrough the open front doorand smelled burnt mari-juana.

The report says a sixyear-old child was in theresidence, along with

Brodhead man isarrested with meth

The Annual Renfro Val-ley “Christmas in the Val-ley” is underway.

The award winningChristmas production willfeature Pigeon Forge starCharlie Bob Smith. Smithwas named Pigeon ForgeEntertainer of the Year andis called “man of a thousandvoices.”

Smith will join the regu-lar Renfro Valley entertain-ers for the special produc-tion, which includes blue-grass, oldies, gospel andcomedy.

The event will last untilDecember 19 and local resi-dents are encouraged to at-tend the show.

For more informationabout Christmas in the Val-ley, call 1-800-765-7464.

Christmas inThe Valley isUnderway

Local Tourismseeking supportfor new CastleVisitor Center

all benefit. Even if only halfof the projected visitors stopat the center, that’s still over100,000 people per yearspending their time andtheir money in RockcastleCounty,” she said.

Tomes also said the cen-ter would provide jobs forlocal residents and increasebusiness.

“There would be admin-istrative, event coordina-tors, laborers,groundskeepers and otherpositions available as wellas the work it could bringto local businesses. It’s awin situation for everyoneinvolved,” she said.

By: Mike FrenchParades and festivities

are planned throughoutRockcastle County for theholiday season.

The festivities will beginin Mt. Vernon with the an-nual Tree Lighting Cer-emony in Triangle Parkwhich is scheduled for De-cember 1 at 6 p.m. and willbe conducted by theKiwanis Club.

Special music will beprovided by the RCHSBand, MVES Pentatones,Aden Amburgey and CeliaShaffer.

Mt. Vernon Mayor MikeBryant will turn on the treelights and the Kiwanis Clubwill be giving fruit basketsto children present.

Everyone is invited to at-tend the event.

The City of MountVernon will start off the pa-rade season at noon on De-cember 5th. Anyone inter-ested in being in the paradeshould be in line at theMount Vernon ElementarySchool by 11 a.m.

The parade is expected toleave the school at noon andtravel up Williams Streetand turn left onto West MainStreet. Parade participantswill then travel down Mainto just past the courthouse.

Holiday events planned throughout Rockcastle

Tree LightingCeremony,December 1

6 p.m.

City of MountVernon Christmas

Parade.December 5

12 noon

BrodheadChristmas Parade.

December 51 p.m.

LivingstonChristmas Parade,

December 57 p.m.

Livingston AnnualChristmas Singing.

December 18.

There will be a DJ an-nouncing the best floats andcertificates will be awardedto the first, second and thirdplace winners.

Mayor Bryant said theparade is weather depen-dent. “Unless the weather is

simply too bad to bear it, theparade will be on schedule.But if the weather simplywon’t allow the parade, wewill reschedule,” he said.

Livingston will hold itsAnnual Christmas Paradeon the same day but willbegin at 7 p.m. for a nightparade. participants should

line up at 6 p.m.Livingston Mayor Jason

Medley said there will betoys, treats, food and hotchocolate at the firehousefor everyone attending theevent.

Livingston will also holdits Annual Christmas Sing-ing at the Depot Building onMain Street on December18.

The Annual BrodheadChristmas Parade will beDecember 5 at 1 p.m. Any-one who wishes to partici-pate in the parade shouldshow up around noon.There is no registration. Theroute will begin at the el-ementary school and travelto West Street and thendown Main Street to WallinStreet.

An award will be givento the best float.

(See “Castle” on A8)

62 suits filed over 2013 delinquent taxesA total of 62 suits have

been filed in Rockcastle dis-trict court in an effort to col-lect $12,618.76 still out-standing from the 2013property tax bills which

(See “Meth” on A8)

were due beginning No-vember 1, 2014.

The suits were filed byCounty Attorney BillyReynolds, on behalf of thestate fiance and administra-

tion cabinet.The bills range from a

low of $44 to $956.Many unpaid tax bills

were purchased by compa-nies who then add on costlyfees and interest, under alaw enacted several yearsago by the state legislature.

According to the countyattorney’s office, the proce-dure now is that propertyowners have l20 days to filean answer (refuting theclaim of taxes due). If ananswer is not filed, a defaultjudgment will be sought andsuit could be filed in circuitcourt asking that the prop-erty be sold to satisfy thelien.

Several suits have beenfiled, over the past severalyears, in circuit court by thecompanies purchasing un-paid tax bills to sell theproperty on at acommissioner’s sale.

Operation UNITE is oneof hundreds of nonprofit or-ganizations across Ken-tucky participating in thethird annual KentuckyGives online fundraisingevent on Tuesday, Decem-ber 1.

UNITE’s focus for thisyear’s Kentucky Givesevent is to raise funds foryouth prevention and educa-tion initiatives – specificallyCamp UNITE, school anti-drug UNITE Clubs, and the“On The Move!” mobileeducation classroom.

“These UNITE initia-

UNITE set to raise funds foryouth on Kentucky Gives Day

tives are making a signifi-cant impact on youth per-ceptions and knowledgeabout substance abuse,”said Nancy Hale, president/CEO of Operation UNITE.“Our region has lost toomany people to drug over-doses. It is imperative tochange attitudes and behav-iors at an early age, and togive our youth the knowl-edge and skills they need forsuccess as adults.”

This global day of phi-lanthropy is also known as

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TURKEY SHOOTSat., Nov. 28th 11 a.m.David Mason’s Garage




Okay, it’s the wee hours(3:35 A.M.) of Sundaynight/Monday morning be-fore Thanksgiving, at thiswriting, butI woke up hun-gry after dreaming aboutleft-over turkey and actuallymade it all the way to therefrigerator before realizingthat it was, in fact, a dream.

If all goes as planned,however, next Sunday nightit won’t be a dream. I willwake up hungry and therewill be a platter of dark meatput back, but easy to reach,just for me on the top shelfand I will convince myselfthat a good cold turkey sand-wich is just the thing I needto finish off a good night’ssleep.

I am fortunate to have afamily of white meat loverswith nary a one of themprone to even look at thethighs, wings and drum-sticks. I tell them to put iton the table anyway andsave every scrap because itwould be a shame to see itgo to waste.

The truth of the matter isthat if a turkey carcass didn’thave a bunch of dark meat,I would opt for hamburgersor pork chops for the cel-ebration dinner or simplymake do with cranberrysauce, stuffing, half a pump-kin pie, some biscuits and ajar of apple butter.

I am the only person Iknow who shops for turkeythighs at the supermarket,while everybody elseisshopping for breasts. Un-fortunately, they are pretty

hard to find because nobodyelse is on the marketforthem. If you want to findjust dark turkey meat at thegrocery, you just about haveto buy turkey sausage orbologna. And both of thoseproducts have plenty of it.Sausage and bologna arewhat happens to the legs,thighs and wings when theystuff those big freezers withwhole turkey breasts. Andthat’s a crying shame, if youask me.

I’ve tried the turkey sau-sage and bologna and de-cided that both are sorelylacking but I do hope to en-joy cold turkey, midnightsnack,sandwiches through-out most of December.Daughter, Jennifer, and herhusband, Kevin Ochs, willbake the first one forThanksgiving dinner at theirplace and I’ll bring homeenough to last a week or so.Then Loretta will fix one forChristmas and I’ll eat on ituntil well past the New Year.The way I have it figured, Ishould be well set up.

In other news, I’ve hadnumerous inquires as to howthe apple butter project, thatI mentioned here a fewweeks back, actually turnedout.

I’m proud to say that itwent much better than origi-nal expectations and I neverlifted a hand to make it hap-pen.

Loretta took over as soonas she discovered that acombination of laziness andMr. Parkinson would not al-low me to use the applepeeler. And the truth is thatmy hands shake so badlythat everybody in the houseis in mortal danger any timeI try to use a knife for any-thing.

Still, we had over abushel of gold rush applesand something had to bedone with them before theyrotted.

Loretta read, somewhere,that apple butter was actu-ally better if you didn’t peelthe apples to begin with.She simply, cut the applesup into quarters, cut the seedcores out and ran themthrough a food processor,peels intact, that convertedthem into a somewhatlumpy, thick apple sauce.

To 16 cups of this sauceshe added a cup of water anda cup ofcider vinegar and letit cook in a crock pot, set onhigh for several hours. Thenshe added 4 tablespoons ofcinnamon, 2 of groundcloves, 2 cups of brownsugar, 6 cups of white sugarand mixed all that up realgood, still in the crock pot,with a regular old kitchen

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It’s funny how holidayschange so much after onegets older.

I spent my youth in avery close family. Easter,Thanksgiving and Christ-mas was a family holidayand every Thanksgiving ev-ery aunt, uncle, cousin andgrand parent gathered at ourhouse.

Mom was known in thefamily as the cook. But allof her sisters were also mas-ters in the kitchen.

This were so very differ-ent then. This was the 60sand 70s and the men justdidn’t cook. The ladies ofthe family would bring adish while mom had the tur-key and ham and some sidesready when they got there.

Our house would be-come filled. In fact, overfilled. The men usually gath-ered in the living room andanother room to talk aboutfootball and work and poli-tics and religion, while thewomen gathered in thekitchen and dining room andtalked about cooking andcleaning.

Yeah, I know how sexistthis was. But I didn’t knowit then because I was raisedthat way. To my 10 year oldmind, it was just the waythings were supposed to be.

The men always ate first.All the ladies in the familywould vacate the diningroom while the men filledtheir plates and ate their fill.It was only after the menwere finished and had sat atthe table long enough tosettle their bellies, that thewomen came into thekitchen.

The ladies of the familygot what ever was left overafter the men were finished.

I hate to sound as thoughI was ahead of my time andI most definitely was notsmarter or better than anysingle member of my fam-ily, but I always saw thingsa bit differently. I guessthat’s where I first started tobecome the rebel of the fam-ily.

Even as a youngster Iquestioned the status quo.“Hey dad, how come theones who did the work haveto eat the left overs?” Popwould seem embarrassedthat I asked that kind ofquestion in front of the othermen in the family. In fact,he would usually answerwith an angry eyebrow anda demeaning voice. Perhapsit was an effort to save faceamong the other family menwho stood with their shoul-ders back with authoritywaiting for his answer.

“It’s the way it is and youbetter realize that rightnow!”

Although his body lan-guage and tone of voice let

The Toys and Joys ofYesteryear

Remember Betty Boop?How about Bozo theClown? Sock Monkeys?Elvis teddy bears? Coca-Cola semi-trucks loadedwith cartons of Coke? OrMickey Mouse watches?Were any of those toys everon your Christmas Lists asa child?

Many of these types ofitems are again available forpurchase thanks to the“retro” fads that have be-come so popular.

The same is true for a lotof the classic old TV shows.For example, which episodeof I Love Lucy was your fa-vorite? My wife insists thatthe absolute best one wasabout “spooning your wayto health” withVitameatavegamin. Person-ally, my favorite is the onewhere Ethyl and Lucyworked on an assembly linemaking candy. I know thatthe favorite of many was theone where Lucy must stompthe grapes for a wine-mak-ing venture. Lucy’s funnylines and silly faces kept usamused for years – and theyare still around for yourviewing pleasure. That isclassic entertainment.

The toys and games fromthe 50’s and 60’s may nothave always needed elec-tricity, much less “wirelessconnections,” but they weregreat fun. And, unlike today,our forms of amusement ac-tually promoted social inter-action and sometimes evenskill.

Did you know someonewho was exceptional atthose Etch-A-Sketches?Even my son, Todd coulddraw like crazy with one ofthese toys. His only “hang-up” was he wanted to saveevery drawing he com-pleted. Heck, some of thegirls began “cooking” withtheir popcorn poppers, theirEasy-Bake ovens, and theirlittle cotton candy ma-

me know to drop the issue,it still didn’t answer myquestion.

So I tried mom. “Mom,why do you wait till themen eat before you eat?”She usually just smiled andpatted me on my back andcontinued to cook.

The unwritten rule thatus kids ate last never reallyhappened.

Though all the womenfolk were still wiping sweatfrom their brow and tryingto keep the dishes cleanedfor the next round of food,the women of the familywould hand us kids a plateand we would eat beforethe women as well.

I never understood howthat became the norm. Whywomen had to wait whenthey were the ones whoprepared the entire meal. Inever saw a man in ourfamily turn a single knobon the stove or wash asingle plate at our familyThanksgiving gatherings.

And no one ever said aword about it, until I camealong.

Most of the men who at-tended our yearly event aregone now. Our Thanksgiv-ings are more about re-membering than gathering.

I used to argue withmembers of the family thatit wasn’t fair for my momto have to wait and eatscraps. But I was alwayspushed aside as if my argu-ment was that of a childwho didn’t know the waysof the world.

I never agreed with theway women were treated in

chines.All the while, the boys

may have been developingtheir talents with LincolnLogs, their toy trains, and,of course, their BB guns.

And what about the dollsfrom those days? My wifetells me that Betsy Wetsywas a huge hit because thedoll actually needed to haveits diapers changed, just likereal babies. Before verylong, dolls began to talk(Chatty Kathy) and even towalk (Patty Playpal). Atsome point in time, the“special” dolls began to beavailable: like Dorothy ofOz or Cinderella.

The release of Barbiedolls in 1959 began a truerevolution. They must havebeen on every Americangirl’s Christmas list by thefollowing year. Bet youdidn’t know that Barbie’sofficial name is BarbaraMillicent Roberts. Her offi-cial birthday is March 9,1959 – the same date thatshe was introduced at theannual New York Toy Fairin her black and whiteswimsuit. She was adornedwith that hairstyle of theclassic Ponytail that was sopopular during that time.

The above games andtoys do not include suchstaples as: marbles, side-walk chalk, Tick-Tack-Toe,“mumbley peg,” pick-upsticks, View Master andreels, die-cast cars andtrucks (like Match Box),hula hoops, and cap pistols.All of those were highlypopular. Some even tookskill to play, and they didnot even require batteries.

One thing is certain: Aschildren, our Christmas listsdo not bare any semblanceto those of today’s kids. ButI am glad that many of ouroldie-goldie toys are againavailable. My wife keepsbuying those types of gamesthat she used to play withher sister as gifts for her sis-

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Hellebores for HappierWinters

When nothing elseblooms, count on helleboresto brighten the cold days ofwinter in your yard orwoods. This evergreen pe-rennial is about as low main-tenance a plant as you canhave, and it is evergreen andblooms from December toApril, depending on species.The most common ishelleborus orientalis, com-monly called Lenten Rose,which typically blooms inMarch. Helleborus nigertypically blooms in Decem-ber. There are many hybridsand their possibilities ex-ceed even daylilies and tu-lips it seems.

This plant is a bit slow,taking 4 years from seedsprouting to first bloom.And the first year it mayneed watering in dry times,but after that you can almostforget it. It tolerates shade,but will also grow in full sunexcept in the hottest places.

It grows well in most of theUS except Hawaii andSouth Florida. It tolerates avast range of pH, but pre-fers 6 to 7. Size is 12 to 30inches tall and wide, and italmost never needsdivinding, unless you wantto give some of it away orsomething. It can even tol-erate being planted underwalnut and pecan treeswithout issues with juglone.

Did I mention deer won'teat it! Besides daffodills,what else can you say thatabout? Moles and voles andsquirrels avoid them, too.

Hellebores make lovelyshade plantings, can begrown in large pots, andeven can be used as agroundcover replacing alawn. In a shaded lawnwhere grass barely grows,this plant could easily solvethe problem. (Rather thanmow weekly, do a littleweed pulling once in awhileand add a little mulch annu-ally.)

Blooms are insignificant,like dogwood blooms. It isactually the sepals that arepretty and masquerade asblooms. And, like all ever-greens, the old leaves willget tattered or yellow atsome point, so to look theirbest you'll need to do a bitof snipping on some plants.

If there's a downside tothis lovely shade tolerantperennial, perhaps it's that alot of the blooms droop orhang down. Some new cul-tivars have been bred toavoid this. I like to cover aslope with them; they are adelight to see from the footof a slope. And, as with anyplant a deer won't eat, youshouldn't either. One addi-

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Pamela Mason Plaintiff

V.

David Mason and wifeDebra Mason Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this partition action on August 20, 2015, I willoffer at public auction the hereinafter described realproperty in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.




Beginning at the Hour of 11:30 a.m.

Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:

Beginning at Dr. Pennington’s corner, running in a southern direc-tion with county road to the cave spring; thence a straight line acrossthe railroad to a stone, stone cliff; thence a straight line out the hillto a double white oak; thence a straight line down the hill to Dr.Pennington’s line, the beginning corner, and containing nine (9) acresmore or less.

Pamela Mason and David Mason obtained title tothe above described real property by deed datedSeptember 13, 2001 and recorded in Deed Book186, page 302 in the Office of the RockcastleCounty Clerk.



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.

2. 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.

3. The purchaser shall pay the 2015 local,county, and state property taxes.

4. Unpaid delinquent State, County and/or Cityad valorem taxes shall be paid out of the proceedsof the sale.


6. This 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

MartyWright

Marty Wright, 42, of Or-lando, died Wednesday,November 18, 2015 at theUK Medical Center in Lex-ington. He was born in WestPalm Beach, FL on Febru-ary 1, 1973 the son ofStanley and Betty LunsfordWright.

He was a fabricator forIndustrial Service Solutionsof Berea, of the HolinessFaith and enjoyed motor-cycle riding, fishing, hisfamily and working withhis hands.

He is survived by: hisson, J.D. (Lily) Wright ofBrodhead; his daughter,Brittany Wright ofBrodhead; his mother,Betty Wright of Orlando;two brothers, RonnieHensley of Mt. Vernon andWayne (Renny) Hensley ofOrlando; and one sister,Sherri Turner of Mt.Vernon. Also surviving arethree grandchildren, Trin-ity, Zoey and Ryker. Hewas preceded in death byhis father, Stanley Wright.

Funeral services wereconducted Saturday, No-vember 21, 2015 at theDowell & Martin FuneralHome Chapel by Bro.Randy Chrisman and Bro.Chris Davidson. Burialwas in Briar Field Cem-etery.

Pallbearers were: SheriBowling, Tommy Oliver,Jeff Renner, David Short,Travis Stewart, and DaleYoung.

Honorary pallbearerswere: Donavan Mullins,Tim Robbins, and CobyRobinson.


online obituary.

Jack L.Nicely

Jack L. Nicely, 77, of Mt.Vernon, died Thursday, No-vember 19, 2015 at the UKMedical Center in Lexing-ton. He was born inLancaster on November 5,1938, the son of Leonardand Laura B. McKinneyNicely. He was a retired cabdriver and was a member ofthe First Church of JesusChrist in Milford, OH.

He is survived by: hisloving wife of 50 years,Roberta Hoskins Nicely;his children, Rick Helton ofHarrodsburg, JeanetteDevine and Jack R. Nicely,both of Mt. Vernon, JeanBrown of Ackworth, GA,and Jacob Helton of Cincin-nati, OH; and a sister, LillieLawson of Michigan. 10grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren also survive.In addition to his parents, hewas preceded in death by abrother and two sisters.

Funeral services wereconducted Monday, No-vember 23, 2015 at theDowell & Martin FuneralHome Chapel by Bro. MarkEaton. Burial followed inFreedom Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: RickyD. Helton,Jacob Helton,Trevor Moore, Jack R.Nicely, Donald Devine andBrandon Barnes.


online obituary.

Russell E.Ramsey

Russell E. Ramsey, 83, ofMt. Vernon, died Friday,November 20, 2015 at theHospice Care Compassion-ate Care Center in Rich-mond. He was born Septem-ber 4, 1932 in Well Hope, ason of the late WilliamBurge and Lula May RennerRamsey. He was a retireddiamond salesman who en-joyed horse racing andpeople in general.

Those left to celebrate hislife are: his children, BillyRussell of Mt. Vernon,Linda (Gerald) Raider ofIndiana, Debbie (Keith)Bullock of Orlando, BobbyRamsey of Mt. Vernon,Diane Ramsey of Mt.Vernon, Gary (Nancy)Ramsey of Mt. Vernon,Cody (Heather) Ramsey ofMt. Vernon, Zachery(Devin) Ramsey of Mt.Vernon, and GeorgeDurham of Lexington.

Russell was loved by hismany grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, hewas preceded in death by:two sons, Timmy and MarkRamsey; brothers, Ben, CarlEdward, and Floyd JamesRamsey; and sister, Rosella.

Funeral services wereconducted Monday, Novem-ber 23, 2015 at the MarvinE. Owens Home for Funer-als with Bro. Eugene Gen-try officiating. Burial was inthe Logsdon Cemetery inMt. Vernon.

Casketbearers were:Keith Bullock, GaryRamsey, George Durham,Doug Asher, James Millerand Jeff Hayes.

Condolences may be sent towww.marvineowensfuneralhome.com

(StatePoint) Select-ing, preparing andcooking the centerpieceof your family’sThanksgiving meal canpile on a lot of stress.However there aresome easy ways to sim-plify the process.

“There are a lot ofgreat choices, but theycan certainly be over-whelming during abusy holiday,” saysTheo Weening, GlobalMeat Buyer for WholeFoods Market.

Here are seven basicrules to ensure you havethe perfect turkey foryour holiday meal.

1. Plan ahead: Fro-zen turkeys can takeseveral days to fullythaw. The safest methodis by placing it on a trayin its packaging to catchdrips, and put it in therefrigerator on the low-est shelf. Plan for onefull day of thawing forevery five pounds ofturkey. If you’re shorton time, put your turkeyin a leak-proof wrapperand submerge it com-pletely in cold tap wa-ter. The water should bechanged every 30 min-utes. Plan for 30 min-utes of thawing time perpound.

2. Research: Thereare many different

types of turkey to choosefrom. Some grocers carrya variety of birds and ad-ditionally have in-housebutcher experts behindthe counter to help youchoose what is right foryour taste and budget.Here are the five types ofturkey found at WholeFoods Market:

• Organic: fed organicfeed (that means noGMOs, among otherthings) and given accessto the outdoors.

• Classic: known fortheir trifecta of flavor,quality, and value.

• Heritage: rich, succu-lent, old-world breedscherished for flavor.

• Heirloom: robust fla-vor with a higher percent-age of dark meat.

• Kosher: certified ko-sher.

3. Size matters: A goodrule of thumb is to buy 1.5pounds of turkey per per-son, providing everyone ahealthy portion while al-lowing for those soughtafter leftovers.

4. Read the label: Thebest birds are raised withthe highest standards.This means no antibiot-ics, no animal by-prod-ucts in their feed, noadded solutions or injec-tions and no addedgrowth hormones. Tomake it simple, shop at a

Less stress this Thanksgiving: 7easy steps to your best turkey yet

store that only carriesturkeys raised withthese standards, such asWhole Foods Market.Their turkeys are also5-Step Animal Welfarerated.

5. Brine: Soakingturkey in a saltwater so-lution for four to 24hours before roastingkeeps it tender andjuicy. Try a brine kit fora simple and easyrecipe.

6. Time it: It takesapproximately 13 min-utes per pound to cooka turkey at 350 degrees,and the turkey is doneonce it reaches 165 de-grees. Use a meat ther-mometer and insert itinto the thickest part ofthe thigh (without hit-ting the bone) to test thetemperature.

7. Rest: Wait 30 min-utes before carving theturkey. Giving the tur-key time to rest allowsthe juices to redistributefor better flavor.

More turkey tips areavailable atwww.wholefoodsmarket.com/turkey.

When it comes tochoosing and cookingyour holiday turkey,preparation is key. Doyour research, knowwhat you like, and en-joy the rest.

NOTICE OF BID OPPORTUNITYRockcastle County Fiscal Court

P. O. Box 755Mt. Vernon, KY 40456

Rockcastle County Fiscal Court is accepting bids fordemolition of 3 barns at the Brodhead Fairgrounds. Alllumber and metal to be removed from site within 60days of awarding bid. Bids will be accepted until noonon December 10th, 2015. Bids will be opened at1 pm on December 10th, 2015 at the Rockcastle CountyFiscal Court meeting. The Rockcastle County FiscalCourt reserves the right to reject or accept any or allbids. Bids can be mailed to Rockcastle County FiscalCourt, P. O. Box 755, Mt. Vernon, KY 40456. Pleasemark envelopes “Sealed Bid”

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Blast From The Past...This week's photo is of Gray's Theater shown next to the Post Office on Main Street in Brodhead. If you have a photofor Blast From The Past send it to David Owens at [email protected] or 85 Chestnutridge Road, Mt.Vernon, KY 40456.

Bookmobile ScheduleMon., Nov. 30th: Brodhead and Copper Creek.Tues., Dec. 1st: Green Hill, Fairview, LambertRoad, Sweetwater Road and Brindle Ridge.

LVFD Turkey ShootThe Livingston Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold aTurkey Shoot on Saturday, Nov. 28th, beginningat 11 a.m. at David Mason Garage on US 25 atPine Hill.

Shop With A LionMt. Vernon Lions Club is soliciting donationsfor their annual Shop With A Lion project. Theproject allows underprivileged children to havea shopping trip to Wal Mart for Christmas. Do-nations may be given to Mike Debord, 606-308-4844 or at the Sheriff’s Department by Decem-ber 5th. Help us make it a great Christmas forthese children.

Alpha RecoveryAlpha Recovery, a program promoting freedomfrom addiction, not a life long struggle withdrugs, alcohol or anything else, meets each Sat-urday from 3 to 4 p.m. at Chestnut Ridge Churchof God in Mt. Vernon. The group is led by RayOwes and Tommy and Gina Dooley. “The pastdoes not have to be your prison. You have a voicein your destiny. You have a choice in the pathyou take.” Max Lucado For more information,call 606-308-5593.

Celebrate RecoveryCelebrate Recovery classes are held every Mon-day night at the Community Outreach Center inBrodhead. Celebrate Recovery is a 12-stepChrist-centered program and is a safe place toshare and begin healing from all hurts, hang-upsand habits. Meal at 6 p.m. Music 6:45 p.m. LargeGroup 7 p.m. Signatures available for court, pro-bation and snap. For more information, pleasecall Chris Martin 606-308-3368.

DAR MeetingsThe Rockcastle Chapter of the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution meets the first Monday ofeach month, September-May at 6 p.m. at FirstChristian Church in Mt. Vernon. All prospectivemembers are welcome to attend.

Brodhead Lodge MeetingThe Brodhead Masonic Lodge #566 meets ev-ery third Saturday at 7 p.m. on Main Street inBrodhead above Brodhead Pharmacy.

Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday nights at8 p.m. behind Our Lady of Mt. Vernon Churchon Williams St. in Mt. Vernon.

Kiwanis Club MeetingsThe Rockcastle Kiwanis Club meets everyThursday at noon at the Limestone Grill. Every-one is invited.

Historical Society HoursThe Rockcastle Historical Society is open onMondays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the RTECgarage building.

American Legion Post 71American Legion Post 71 meets the secondThursday at 6 p.m. of each month at the Lime-stone Grill. Commander Tommy Hodges invitesall Rockcastle veterans to join this organizationthat honors American soldiers, sailors and air-men.






our family and to me, theargument that “It had al-ways been that way” wasnot an explanation.

Even to this day, 50 yearslater, my mother still refusesto fix her plate before I eatwhen we visit her. She re-fuses to go first.

So I have a plan.This year, when I show

up for Thanksgiving dinner,and the whole house iscleaned and the counter topsare covered with dishes shehas prepared, I’m going togo first again.

I’m going to push myway through the crowd andprepare the biggest plate Ican find filled with some ofeverything.

Then I’m going to hand

that plate to my mom beforeanyone else has so much asa bite.

I know if pop were hereand all my uncles were stillaround, they wouldn’t likeit. “It’s just not the waythings were.” But thisThanksgiving, it’s the wayit is.

I wish I could cook theentire meal and watch momeat to her fill before I toucha plate. But, I can’t possi-bly cook like mom does andit wouldn’t be a very enjoy-able meal.

But I can at least breakanother family traditionsince the men folk aren’taround to chastise me aboutit.

This year, mom eats first.

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electric mixer and let themixture cook on low allnight and up into the nextday.

She lets it cool, then at-tacks it again with the mixerto get a very creamy consis-tency, puts it in pint and/or12 oz. jars and cans it a wa-ter-bath canner, but I don’tremember how long it needsto boil in the canner. I’msure you can find that infosomewhere.

Also, use white andbrown Splendasugarequivalents if you are mak-ing it for diabetics. It costsmore than regular sugar butyou can find it in cup-for-cup mixtures at most gro-

cery stores and, if anything,it actually tastes better to methan regular sugar.

I’m reasonably sure thatLoretta is going to tell me,when she reads this, that Ididn’t get the process ex-actly right but I’d be will-ing to bet good $ this willwork. Bottom line is thatshe has turned out the bestapple butter I’ve ever tastedand I suspect she will bemaking more before youread this because there’s stilla peck of apples that we darenot let go to waste.

Once they are turned intobutter, they go to waist, and,for whatever reason thatseems to be acceptable.

tional point, as it takes 4years to blooming, the timeinvolved means these plantscost a bit more than your av-erage perennial from the bigbox store.

Fall is the ideal time toplant hellebores, but pottedplants can be planted any-time except when theground is frozen. (But skip

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ter, who shares them with her abundant grandchildren. (Fivekids having kids of their own will give you a horde of them.)

No matter what kind of toys or games or just simpleblessings are on your Christmas list, I hope that Santa fillsyour stockings full. And even though you are no longer achild, may your Christmas morning bring fond memoriesof when you were. Merry Christmas to all!(You can reach me at [email protected] or you can drop me a line at2167 Furnace Road – Stanton, KY 40380. I appreciate your comments

and suggestions.)

planting them in the sun insummer.)

Where can you buy thisplant? Many garden centerswill cary one or two, but youmay have to make friendswith someone who has olderplants (and baby plants), orelse go online. Some mailorder growers include: PlantDelights Nursery in Ra-leigh, NC, Sunshine Farmsin Renick, WV and PineKnot Farms in Virginia.

Having these lush andsexy plants blooming inyour yard next winter willsurely brighten up yourplace. You will smile whenyou see them in bloom, andI guarantee your winter willbe a little brighter.

The author is a landscaper.Website is: www.rockcastles.net

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For the past severalyears, attending the para-medic program at EasternKentucky University was afive-day-a-week proposi-tion. But it wasn’t practicalfor many experienced EMTsto be away from their em-ployment that long.

Now, the EKU programis introducing “stackable”classes, with pre-requisitecourses for all studentsscheduled on Tuesday andThursday. The second yearwill be the advanced se-quence of paramedic classesthat will be scheduled onMonday and Wednesday.

Reducing the total num-ber of days on campus “wasimperative, as we havemany highly experiencedEMTs who would like tomove up to paramedic, butjust can’t because of theway we have been schedul-ing our classes,” said Pro-gram Director Bill Young.

In addition, the programis offering an EMT class onthe Corbin campus in thespring. The Corbin class willbe taught by Dr. DariuszWolman, a paramedic with

At EKUParamedic Program revampsschedule for working professionals

many years of both EMSand law enforcement expe-rience. The class will be en-tirely on site in Corbin; theonly required travel for stu-dents would be in May forthe National Registry ofEMTs practical exam. Thattest is provided, at no cost,on the main campus inRichmond.

According to the UnitedStates Bureau of Labor Sta-tistics, employment of emer-gency medical technicians(EMTs) and paramedics isprojected to grow 23 percentfrom 2012 to 2022, muchfaster than the average forall occupations.

“EMS is the only job thatI really know that you couldgo just about anywhere to-day and start work tomor-row,” Young said. “Short-ages of qualified personnelcontinue to exist in all areasof the country, not just Ken-tucky.”

To learn more about theParamedic Program at EKU,visit emc.eku.edu, contactYoung [email protected] or call859-429-1367.


Crystal Frith shot her first deer while on her firsthunt, November 21st in Madison County.

Noah Montgomery Alan Brock, 13, killed a 10 pointbuck at Copper Creek in Rockcastle County on No-vember 16.

The One That Didn’t Get Away! Kevin B. Carpenter,of Brodhead, killed this 9 pt. buck November 15th inRockcastle County.

Allison Coffey, daughter of Bobby and DonnaCoffey, killed an eight-point buck in RockcastleCounty. Congratulations, Allison.

Thanksgiving at BES...The staff and students at Brodhead El-ementary would like to extend a spe-cial thank you to our cafeteria andcustodial staff for hosting the annualThanksgiving lunch on November18th. Their exceptional efforts allowour families and community membersto share this special day with us dur-ing lunch. Over 400 guests were inattendance to partake in this year’sspecial meal. We very much appre-ciate the additional hard work thatgoes into preparing and serving sucha large crowd and are grateful for theoutstanding cafeteria staff and supportthat we have at Brodhead Elementary.Also, Brodhead Elementary wouldlike to take this opportunity to thankMr. John Holbrook for his continualgenerosity to our school and our com-munity. The students and staff wouldlike to say thanks to Mr. Holbrook forthe 510 keychains that he provided forevery student and staff member totake home. Thanks again Mr.Holbrook for the cheer that you con-tinue to provide.

Alexis Lovell shot this 3 point buck and doe whileon a hunting trip with her dad Michael"Bubba"Lovell and step mom Sheila Lovell and fam-ily last weekend.

Jacob McGuire, 15, of Rockcastle County, killed this11 pointer November 14th in Carter County. Jacobis the son of Sheila Prewitt Lovell and step dad“Bubba” Lovell.

Mrs. Julie Asher’s Class News:Pictured are the students who made it in our homeworkclub. To be in the club they must have all assignmentsboth from home and school turned in on time. As a re-ward for their hard work, they get to bring their elec-tronic device in this day, eat lunch in the classroom,listen to music, eat, talk, and have fun until it is time togo to arts block.

Ms. Kathy’s Class News:All students enjoyed eating their Thanksgiving meal withtheir school family in their rooms last Wednesday. Pic-tured below is Mrs. Kathy’s 1st grade class.

Mt. Vernon MessageSchool News

Archery practice is each Monday from 3:15 until 4:55.Brownies (2nd & 3rd Grades) will meet each Wednes-

day from 3:30 until 4:30.Hooked on Reading is each Wednesday from 3:30 until

4:30.Daisies will meet on Thursday, November 19 from 3:30

until 4:30.Tutoring will be each Tuesday from 3:30 until 4:30.

Parents must pick up their children.There will be no school on Wednesday, Thursday and

Friday, November 25-27 in observance of Thanksgiving.Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Our Fall Book Fair will begin Monday, November 30and will end on Friday, December 4.

FRC NewsOur annual Kenna’s Kitchen Community Thanksgiving

Dinner will be on Tuesday, November 24 at MVES.

News and advertisingdeadline is

noon TuesdayCall 256-2244

Minds in the MiddleMt. Vernon Florist and National Heritage Inn are spon-

soring a Frozen tea party with Elsa, Anna & Olaf on Thurs-day, December 3rd from 3:30-6:00 p.m. at Heritage Inn inRenfro Valley. Entry is $5 at the door or bring a $5 gift forour RCMS Youth Services Center Christmas Program inmemory of Abby Langford. Refreshments are included.

Several of our Y-Club students are gearing up for theKentucky Youth Assembly. There will be meetings nextTuesday and Wednesday all Bill Authors. There will be ameeting on December 8th from 3:00-4:30 for all studentswho are attending KYA. That meeting will be followed bya parent meeting at 4:30.

Thanks to the 8th graders who sold Krispy Kreme glazeddonuts to support the 8th grade trip.

Yearbook order forms have beensent home. Yearbooksare now on sale for $30. The price will go up to $35 afterthe Christmas break.

Congratulations to Mrs. Little's homeroom on once againwinning the attendance battle last week. The 6th gradehomerooms took top five spots in the top ten last week.Central Body Service

offers Haddix Custom Detailing.

Basic hand wash to a fulldetail that is guaranteed to make

your vehicle look great!Free pickup and delivery

Stop by Central Body Service or give usa call today to make an appointment.

606-256-4210 or 606-308-1490


Eighth grader Bentley Taylor drives to the basketfor two of his 11 points for the Rockets in their 48-40 win over Farristown last week.

RCMS 8th grade all-state cross-country runnerVictoria Dotson had another brilliant performanceat the Cross-Country Coaches Youth National Cham-pionships held at Masterson Station Park in Lexing-ton. Tori ran an amazing race and finished 22nd over-all out of 241 runners from across the nation. Shealso finished as the top 13 year old for Team Ken-tucky while running a personal best and breakingher own RCMS all-time record for 4,000-meters (2.4miles) with an awesome time of 15:14.08. Tori placed16th among all 13 year olds in the race earning anaward for finishing in the top twenty five. She wasalso the 2nd overall runner for Team Kentucky in-cluding all the 14 year olds that competed. Tori willnext compete at the Foot Locker Cross-Country Na-tional Championship South Regional at Charlotte,North Carolina next Saturday.

Reece McGuire and Ashton Hansel go after a re-bound in the seventh grade Rockets loss toFarristown last week.

Seventh grader Hunter Spivey goes up for two ofhis 23 points for the Rockets in their 42-40 loss toFarristown last week. Riley Smith added 14 for theRockets, Caleb Williams scored 2 and Tanner Noeladded one.

Sixth grader Landon Gentry fights his way to thebasket in the Rockets 42-40 win over Farristown lastweek. Gentry was the leading scorer for the Rock-ets with 12. Drew Hopkins added 11, Silas Shafferhad five and Daniel Mullins and Noah Fain eachscored two.

Jake Sanders and Reese Coguer put the defense ona Farristown Flyer during the sixth grade’s 42 - 40win last week. Coguer scored eight points for theRockets.

Rockcastle 3rd grader Lila Holt (right) and RCMS6th grader Karalinn Loudermilk (left) both ran awe-some races for Team Kentucky at the Cross-Coun-try Coaches Youth National Championships held atMasterson Station Park in Lexington. Karalinn fin-ished with a great time of 13:51 and helped her 11-12 year old team to an awesome 6th place overallfinish. Lila ran a great time of 14:40 and helped TeamKentucky to an exceptional 6th place overall finishin the 9-10 year old age division.

RCHS freshman Kensie Sheffield came through with acareer best performance for Team Kentucky at the Cross-Country Coaches Youth National Championships held atMasterson Station Park in Lexington. Kensie placed 54thamong all 14 year old competitors and blazed her way toan all-time personal best of 17:31.51. She shattered herprevious personal best for 4,000-meters (2.4 miles) by over30 seconds.

Josh Thacker goes up for two in the eighth gradewin over Farristown last week. Thacker was the lead-ing scorer for the Rockets with 17. Jacob Loudermilkscored six, Logan Noel added four, and Caleb Burns,Spencer Begley, Dakota Kirby, Dylan Bullen andLogan Bullock each scored two for the Rockets.

The Brodhead Wildcats coached by Dustin Burdettewere the second place team in the 2-3 Grade LilRocket League. Pictured front from left are: ShianaSprinkles, Bailey Harriss and Kaylee Harness. Backrow from left: Kaille Moberly, Gracie Burdette andJayna Burton.

The Boys of Fall

Raiders team members include John Esten Har-ris, Brenton Hall, Caleb Catron, GradyMcGuire, Hutson McGuire, Gavin Combs,Brylee Centers, Brayden McGuire, JasperRogers, and Logan Rogers.

Submitted byJamison Rogers

During this fall, theboys from Berea com-peted in the RockcastleCounty Youth LeagueFlag Football program asthe Black Team Raiders.

Led by their dedicatedHead Coach DavidMcGuire, with assistancefrom Todd Harris, BrentCenters, Justin Rogers,and Mark Catron, theRaiders finished the regu-lar season 5-1.

This group of dedi-cated boys, ranging in agefrom pre-k to 2nd grade,worked in practice andgames every week fromSeptember to Novemberto execute plays, give110%, and learn to workas an amazing team.

They learned the ba-sics of football throughthe flag league to preparethem for playing in thetackle league when theyget older. Each week theboys played their heartsout and enjoyed everysecond of playing in the

flag football league.The running and pass-

ing plays that the Raidersexecuted were somethingyou might see in an NFLgame.

The season concludedwith a double-eliminationtournament, which waslast Saturday atRoundstone Elementary.The Raiders worked to-gether to win threegames, including theChampionship and goingundefeated in the tourna-ment.

The Raiders demon-strated great sportsman-ship throughout theleague and tournament,something that is worthcommending for a teamof young athletes.

Raider Fans are veryproud of their team onand off the field. In thewords of The Great VinceLombardi “The harderyou work, the harder it isthe surrender” you boyshave earned your Cham-pionship. GO RAID-ERS!


UNITE Poster winners from Brodhead Elementary School were: Hallie Brown infirst place, Keelee King in second place, and Daejeon Dean (not pictured) in thirdplace. They are shown with Carl Varney, UNITE Coalition Coordinator.

Mt. Vernon Elementary School UNITE Poster winners were: Arianna Hosier infirst place, Carson King in second place, and Kimhari Stallsworth in third place.Students are pictured with Carl Varney, UNITE Coalition Coordinator.

At the November 18thmeeting of the RockcastleUNITE Coalition, the 2015UNITE Poster winnerswere announced. To be eli-gible, the winning postershad to reference the UNITECoalition and have an anti-drug theme. Three volun-teers from the UNITE Coa-lition judged the posters,picking the final winners.

Brodhead, Mt. Vernon,and Roundstone Elemen-tary schools were all in-volved with first, second,and third-place winnersfrom each school as well asfirst, second, and third-place winners for the over-

Roundstone Elementary School UNITE Poster winners were: Hayden Bullens infirst, Abby Owens in second, and Jerrika Pharis in third. They are pictued withCarl Varney, UNITE Coalition Coordinator.

all District.From Brodhead El-

ementary School, the win-ners were Hallie Brown,first place, Keelee King,second place, and DaejeonDean, third place.

From Mt. Vernon El-ementary School, the win-ners were Arianna Hosier infirst place, Carson King insecond place, and KimhariStallsworth in third place.

From Roundstone El-ementary School, the win-ners were Hayden Bullensin first, Abby Owens in sec-ond, and Jerrika Pharis inthird, with Carl Varney.

The overall District win-ners were Hayden Bullens,first place, Keelee King,second place, and AriannaHosier in third place.

UNITE congratulateseach of the winners, andthanks all those who par-ticipated by drawing post-ers, helping the artists, anddoing the judging.

UNITE meets at ElCazador on the secondWednesday of each monthat noon to keep up the fightto rid Rockcastle County ofthe drug problems we cur-rently face. You are wel-come to join us and encour-age the work.

UNITE poster contest winnersLocal schools recognized

On Friday, November 13th, 32 Rockcastle SkillsUSAmembers and advisorSherman Cook participated in a leadership day at Quail Park. Members of theorganization worked on leadership activities and earned their Regional States-man Award. SkillsUSA members from the Welding, Electricity, Automotive, andHealth programs of Rockcastle Area Technology Centercompleted this activity tobe eligible for the upcoming spring 2016 regional competitions. SkillsUSA wouldlike to extend their gratitude to the Quail Homemakers for the use of the beauti-ful facility.

Saint Joseph Berea, partof KentuckyOne Health, isplanning its annual holidayfundraiser, Lights for Life,for families in need that, inturn, provides a tribute toloved ones. Now in its 29thyear, Lights for Life raisesfunds to provide emergencyassistance and medicationsyear-round for underinsuredand low-income patients inthe Saint Joseph Berea ser-

Annual Lights for Life fundraiser to help assist families in needvice area.

Each donation of $10 toLights for Life purchases alight on the Lights for LifeChristmas tree in honor orin memory of a friend orloved one. The names willbe read and honored duringa special Christmas treelighting on the front lawn ofSaint Joseph Berea on Fri-day, December 11, 2015 at6 p.m. Refreshments and

entertainment will be pro-vided and the community iswelcome to attend.

Donations receivedthrough the program helpunderinsured patients getthe medical help and medi-cations they need. Whileemergency departmentstreat every patient regard-less of their ability to pay,sometimes patients needprescriptions and other fol-

low up care that they can-not afford. Without themedication and medicalsupplies they need, manypatients end up back in theemergency room

Patients who have ben-efited from the Lights forLife program include ayoung child who was hos-pitalized with bronchialpneumonia whose mothercouldn’t afford the expen-sive medications requiredfor his nebulizer to be usedat home. Lights for Life pur-chased enough medicine tosee the child through the cri-sis. Similarly, a youngworker without a job andinsurance came to the emer-

gency department with ablood clot in his leg and wasin need of a very expensivedrug to prevent clotting.Without funding fromLights for Life, the patientwould not have been able toobtain this medication.

“When you hear thenames read aloud during theceremony and see the lightssparkling on the Christmastree, it really is special,” saidLeslie Buddeke Smart, vicepresident of development,KentuckyOne Health.“Lights for Life is a won-derful holiday tradition thathelps people throughout theyear who otherwisewouldn’t get the medical

help they need to be well,while also serving as a trib-ute to special individuals atChristmas.”

Those interested in hon-oring a friend or loved onecan send donations for theLights for Life program toSaint Joseph Berea, 305Estill Street, Berea, KY40403, with attention toKatie Heckman. Donationscan also be made online atkentuckyonehealth.org/lightsforlife. In order tohave a loved one’s nameread at the tree lighting, do-nations with names shouldbe received by Monday, De-cember 7, 2015.

The Rockcastle Kiwanis extends a special thanks to Judge David Tapp for speak-ing at their November 19th meeting. Judge Tapp shared information about Vivitrol,which is used to treat opioid and alcohol dependency, a severe problem in thecommunity. Kiwanis appreciates him for taking the time to speak.

Judge speaks at Kiwanis

Leadership Day held

The Mount Vernon Signaloffice will be closed

November 26 and 27 inobservance of the

Thanksgiving holiday


The Lady Red Devils finished the Little Lady Rocket season as undefeated regu-lar season and tournament champs. Team members are shown above, front rowfrom left: Addy Beth King, Jocelyn Reynolds, Kylie McPhetridge, Kendra Barnesand Maria Himes. Middle row from left: Kylee Fletcher, Macy Spivey and BrookeRenner. Back row from left: Aisha Njie and Lacie Laws. The Red Devils arecoached by LaCosta Spivey and Wendy King.

Our Readers Write

As for the funding of theproject, Tomes said theremay be grants available aswell as help from the countyand the city and private in-vestors.

“Our main goal is to seeprogress in RockcastleCounty. We want our com-munity to grow and developand this center is the perfectway to do that,” said Tomes.

However, not all feed-back has been positive con-cerning the new castle.Some comments on socialmedia have been against theidea.

“The main reason for thead in the paper and the postson social media is that wefeel the project has beenmisunderstood. We wantpeople to be aware of howmuch this center could helpbusinesses and individuals

“Castle”(Continued from front)

The Rockcastle Tourism Commission is seeking support for a proposed new Castle Visitor Center to be located off Exit62 and overlook Lake Linville. Projections suggest the new center could have an economic impact of $4 million annuallyin the county.

Haight, and the officernoticed two pill bottles withthe labels scratched out. Po-lice also found an eyeglasscase with used needles andsynthetic marijuana and aSuboxone strip and a spoon.

Rockcastle Social Ser-vices was called due to thechild being at the residence.

The report also saidHaight claimed the drugsbelonged to another personand Officer Pennington in-formed Haight that since helives at the residence he isresponsible for items andpeople in his house.

“Meth”(Continued from front)

Thank YouDear Editor,

We would like to take thetime to thank each and ev-eryone that had anything atall to do with the benefitsinging to raise money to

help pay for Tom Clark’sfuneral expenses.

We came up with $1,260to pay Marvin Owens Fu-neral Home.

A big Thank You to All!Nadine Clark & Family

in our county, Our goal hereis to inform the public of thegood that we believe thisproject would do forRockcastle County,” Tomessaid.

In order for the project tomove forward, Tomes saidthe tourism commissionneeds public support. “Oncepeople understand all thegood this project could dofor our community, then wecan begin the funding pro-cess,” she said.

Rockcastle CountyJudge Executive DougBishop says he is not certainif he supports the project ornot.

“I really don’t haveenough information aboutthe proposal to comment.My office really hasn’t beencontacted by the tourismCommission on the subjectand all the information Ihave about it came from thead in the Mount Vernon Sig-nal.” said Bishop.

Bishop said he plans tobegin looking into the mat-ter and consider the impli-cations involved. “This allcaught me off guard. I amgoing to study the issuesome but right now I don’tknow enough about it to sayI’m for it or against it.”

Tomes says the projectcould have a $4 million peryear impact on the commu-nity and she intends to con-tinue to seek local support.

Tomes encourages any-one to [email protected] or call(606) 256-9814 to offercomments about the project.

#GivingTuesday and“showcases the collectivepower of philanthropy,” ac-cording to the KentuckyNonprofit Network.

Beginning at midnighton Tuesday, December 1,and continuing until 11:59p.m., Kentuckians – regard-less of where they currentlyreside – can go online tokygives.org, connect withcauses such as OperationUNITE, and make tax-de-ductible donations.

To make a donation toOperation UNITE on#GivingTuesday pleasevisit their Kentucky GivesDay profile page at: https://givingtuesday.razoo.com/story/Operation-Unite.

All online donations forOperation UNITE made onKentucky Gives day are 100percent tax-deductible andwill support the followingyouth initiatives:

Camp UNITEThe 10th annual Camp

UNITE is a free four-day,three-night program leader-ship/adventure program foryouth in the Fifth Congres-sional District who will beentering grades 7-9 duringthe 2016-17 school year.Camp is held at the Univer-sity of the Cumberlands atthe end of July.

“UNITE”(Continued from front)

Camp UNITE is com-prised of many fun, action-packed activities designedto develop leadership andcommunication skills, pro-mote teamwork and prob-lem solving, instill confi-dence and trust, and – per-haps most important – letyouth know they do nothave to face difficult situa-tions alone.

“More than 200 youthattend Camp UNITE eachsummer,” Hale noted. “Ittakes approximately $275 tosend one youth to camp forthe week, so the costs addup pretty quickly.”

Since 2007 there havebeen 1,723 middle school-aged youth participantsfrom 32 counties. Eachcamp also utilizes more than100 older youth and com-munity volunteers.

UNITE ClubsUNITE Clubs, estab-

lished during the 2005-06school year, increase astudent’s ability to resistsubstance abuse by provid-ing positive role models forother students, buildingself-esteem, engaging inhealthy lifestyles, strivingfor high student achieve-ment, and creating positiverelationships.

During the 2014-15school year there were 88registered UNITE Clubs in25 counties with a total of

7,298 student members.Each club is eligible to ap-ply for $750 to conduct drugawareness and educationprograms. Registrations forthe current term are still be-ing accepted.

“UNITE Clubs raiseawareness about the dan-gers posed by substanceabuse not only in theirschools, but throughouttheir communities,” saidDebbie Trusty, UNITE Edu-cation Director. “Core com-ponents of a UNITE Clubinclude performing commu-nity service projects and aprovide peer-mentoring toyounger students.”

On The Move!On The Move! is a one-

of-a-kind initiative in part-nership with AppalachianHIDTA (High IntensityDrug Trafficking Area) andthe Kentucky Army Na-tional Guard targeting stu-dents in 7th and 10th grades.

Utilizing five interactivecomponents related to dis-tracted and impaired driv-ing, this mobile classroomis offered free to schoolsand provides real-time datacollection in line withKentucky’s Core Contentareas of practical living andhealth.

“Students leave thesereal-life simulations with aheightened awareness aboutthe dangers of impairment

from alcohol or drugs,” saidTom Vicini, deputy directorfor UNITE. “It gets the stu-dents thinking about the im-portance of making goodchoices so they don’t haveto endure the tragic conse-quences of substanceabuse.”

Launched in the fall of2013, there have been 6,125students from 72 schools in18 counties complete theentire program through theend of the 2014-15 schoolyear.

“Making donations toyour favorite causes atkygives.org on December 1is an excellent way for eachof us to support thenonprofits serving you, meand our communities,” saidDanielle Clore, executivedirector/CEO of KentuckyNonprofit Network.

“Kentuckians, near andfar, have an opportunity todemonstrate their generos-ity after Thanksgiving,Black Friday and CyberMonday shopping,” Cloresaid. “Kentucky Gives on#GivingTuesday is time tosee how generous Kentuckycan be in just 24 hours.”

Organized by the Ken-tucky Nonprofit Network,Kentucky Gives is pre-sented by Anthem BlueCross and Blue Shield inKentucky and AnthemMedicaid. #GivingTuesdaywas founded in 2012.

For more informationabout Operation UNITEvisit their website atwww.operationunite.org<http://www.operationunite.org>.

The Mount Vernon Signal office willbe closed Thursday and Friday

November 26 and 27 in observance ofThanksgiving


Recently the City of Mt. Vernon held a ribbon cutting at one of the newest businesses located on West MainStreet, McGuire’s Music & More. Pictured from left are: Josh Bray, Jill Medley, Mayor Mike Bryant, ChaseMcGuire (Business Owner), Crystal Rush, Brian Carter and Dean Carpenter (Chase’s Grandfather).

Jenny Robbins performing at the recent Renfro Val-ley Alumni Show.

Kathee Brown Staton at the Renfro Valley AlumniShow.

Pat Craig and Gwen Flannery at the recent RenfroValley Alumni Show.

Kentucky State PolicePost 11, London kicked offtheir sixth annual ‘Cram theCruiser’ food drive. Thecampaign extends throughDec. 11, 2015 and is de-signed to collect non perish-able food items for needyfamilies.

The food will be distrib-uted to local shelters,churches or other organiza-tions serving those in needduring the holiday season.Suggested donations in-clude canned fruit and veg-etables, canned meat, maca-

By KSPAnnual “Cram the Cruiser”underway until Dec. 11th

roni and cheese, cereal,peanut butter, jelly, cannedsoups, chili or spaghettisauce, brownie and cakemixes, coffee, water, pow-dered milk and juices. Last

On November 7th, theold Barn at Renfro Valleywas filled with applause andlaughter as entertainersfrom the past, both musi-

Renfro Valley Alumni Showpopular with audience

The Center for Rural De-velopment is expanding theDisplaced Coal MinerTraining (DCMT) programto Rockcastle County andeight additional counties inSouthern and Eastern Ken-tucky.

The DCMT program, ad-ministered by The Center,provides free workforcetraining and re-employmentservices to displaced coalminers and former coalemployees who have beenadversely affected by thedecline in the coal industry.

The expansion will in-clude new training opportu-nities in Rockcastle, Harlan,Perry, Knox, Whitley,Pulaski, McCreary, Jack-son, and Owsley counties.An applicant must haveworked in one of thesecounties to qualify for thetraining.

“The goal of the programis to provide an all-inclusivetraining package that will

Displaced Coal Miner Trainingprogram to include Rockcastle

cians and comedians, filedon stage one after another toperform for a large audi-ence. According to KatheeBrown Staton, the RenfroValley Barndance AlumniCoordinator and Show Em-cee, audience membersraved that this was the bestAlumni Show ever, and ex-pressed appreciation to thealumni members for con-tinuing this yearly Show,even requesting that theShow be presented morethan once each year.

Regular members of theAlumni Show includedBetty Lou York, Jerry Isaacs(the Chicken Man), JohnCosby and the BluegrassDrifters, Earl Barnes and hisGospel Band, JeannieGibson, Jenny Robbins,Hank England, Gwen Bul-lock Flannery, and KatheeStaton, as well as the new-est special member, PatCraig.

The featured and back-up Band, Butch Jones andthe Standard Country TimeBand, received rave reviewsfrom both audience and en-tertainers. The Band notonly presented outstandingperformances of its own, butalso did an excellent job inproviding back-up music

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(Cont. to pg. B4) Thanksgiving is the larg-est meal many cooks pre-pare every year. Its center-piece—the turkey—is thelargest dish most cooks everencounter, and many are notexperienced at roasting one.USDA wants consumers toknow that a range of re-sources, from smartphoneapps to its 30-year Meat andPoultry Hotline, exist to helpconsumers through any foodpreparation conundrumsthis holiday season, wher-

USDA food safety resources for Thanksgiving troubles

lead displaced coal minersand former coal employeesimpacted by layoffs andcoal mine closures in theregion to find gainful em-ployment in other sectors ofthe economy,” said LonnieLawson, president and CEOof The Center. “The Dis-placed Coal Miner Trainingprogram will help partici-pants find new career pathsand long-term re-employ-ment opportunities.”

The Center is workingwith a number of providersto offer classroom trainingin some of the region’s topin-demand professions.Some of the areas of train-ing include welding, plumb-ing, computer aided draftingand design, heavy equip-ment, automotive technol-ogy, collision repair, line-man training, CDL pro-gram, and a career inhealthcare as an emergencymedical technician (EMT).

“This program is an im-

ever and whenever theymay arise.

“Unsafe handling andundercooking of your tur-key can lead to seriousfoodborne illness,” said AlAlmanza, USDA DeputyUnder Secretary for FoodSafety. “USDA’s FoodSafety and Inspection Ser-vice has a variety of foodsafety resources to help withany questions related to pre-paring Thanksgiving dinner,including our Meat andPoultry Hotline that will bestaffed will helpful experts

on Thanksgiving Day.”Cooking Turkey like a

PRO:This Thanksgiving more

than 46 million turkeys willbe eaten. Cooking theThanksgiving turkey can betricky, and trying to figureout when the turkey is doneis often the hardest task.But, it doesn’t have to be!Impress your family by us-ing a food thermometer tocook like a PRO: Place thethermometer, Read the tem-perature, Out of the oven.

•Place the thermometer

in the innermost part of thethigh, the innermost part ofthe wing, and the thickestpart of the breast.

•Read the temperature tomake sure that the bird hasreached a minimum internaltemperature of 165 °F.

•Take the turkey Out ofthe oven, and serve it toyour family without worry!

Planning Ahead:For big Thanksgiving

dinners, planning ahead isvery important. You can as-sess your pantry, refrigera-


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News from theRockcastleCourthouse

Ordinance #2015-8An Ordinance Adopting the City of Mt. Vernon’s

Police Department Policy and Procedure Manual

Be It Ordained, by the City Council of City of Mt. Vernon,Kentucky:1. The new policies of the Mt. Vernon Police Depart-ment numbered 01-2015 through 33-2015 are herebyadopted.2. All provisions in conflict with the newly adopted pro-visions are hereby repealed and void.3. These policies shall become effective as of the datethis Ordinance is legally published.

First Reading: October 19, 2015Second Reading: November 16, 2015

Approved: /s/ Mike Bryant, Mayor

Attest: /s/ Jeanette Robinson, City Clerk

Jacob Dylan Lawrence v.Nicole Lawrence, petitionfor dissolution of marriage.

World Finance Corp. v.Robert Harris, $6,969.62plus claimed due.

Shaun C. Cook v.Christin V. Cornett, com-plaint for child support.

Cabinet for Health andFamily Services v. JeffDillingham, complaint forchild support and medicalsupport.

Cabinet for Health andFamily Services v. ChristinCornett, complaint for childsupport and medical sup-port.

Brittany Sowder v.Daniel A. Martin, complaintfor child support. CI-00227


Call 256-2244

Heights Finance Corp. v.Melodye Taulbee,$3,052.46 plus claimed due.

World Finance Corp. v.Carlo Potter, $2,519.35 plusclaimed due.

Auto Credit of KnoxvilleLLC v. Scott Vanwinkle,$1,783.80 plus claimed due.C-00252

Kevin G. and LorindaFletcher, property inRockcastle County, toKevin G. Fletcher. No tax

Vanderbilt Mortgageand Finance, Inc., propertyon Union Chapel Road, toCharles and PaulaDeBorde. Tax $45

Marcus and Melissa R.Sigmon, property inRockcastle County, to Jimand Sharon Smith. Tax $21

Donna J. Bullock, Earland Brenda Bullock andCarol Berniece and BlaineMcHargue, property inOwens Subdv., to Donna J.Bullock, Earl Bullock andCarol Berniece McHargue.No tax

Nov. 16, 2015Hon. Kathryn G. Wood

Elisha Jasper: disre-garding stop sign, $25 fine/converted to one day; op-erating on suspended/re-voked operators license, 5days in jail/credit timeserved/costs merged.

Ronald Abney: fines/fees due ($158), benchwarrant (bw) issued forfailure to appear (fta)/4days in jail or payment infull.

Gary T. Adams: fines/fees due ($233), bw issuedfor fta/5 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Jonathan T. Allen: pos-session controlled sub-stance, bw issued for fta.

Robert W. Benge: fail-ure to owner to maintainrequired insurance/secu-rity, failure to produce in-surance card, failure towear seat belts, bench war-rant issued/license sus-

pended.Joey W. Bullock: fines/

fees due ($188), convertedto four days in jail.

Shawna Louise Butts:fines/fees due ($193), bwissued for fta/4 days in jailor payment in full.

Jeremy Doug Caldwell:harassment and menacing,bw issued for fta.

Joseph Cameron: no/ex-pired registration plates,$25 fine and costs.

Amy L. Cromer: fines/fees due ($183), bw issuedfor fta/4 days in jail or pay-ment in full/license sus-pended.

Christopher L. Denney:fines/fees due ($183), bwissued for fta/4 days in jailor payment in full/licensesuspended.

Freddie D. Denny:fines/fees due ($243), bwissued for fta/5 days in jailor payment in full.

Charles GregoryFitzpatrick: fines/fees due($133), bw issued for fta/3days in jail or payment infull.

Nathan L. Gadd: fines/fees due ($2687), bw is-sued for fta/6 days in jailor payment in full.

Jamie Grubb: operatingon suspended/revoked op-erators license, failure ofowner to maintain requiredinsurance/security, proba-tion violation, bw issuedfor fta/license suspended.

Michael P. Hughes:fines/fees due ($143), bwissued for fta/3 days in jailor payment in full.

Earnest D. Johnson:fines/fees due ($158), bwissued for fta/4 days in jailor payment in full.

Kelly M. Jones: fines/fees due ($358.80), bw is-sued for fta/8 days in jailor payment in full.

Destany Mounce: nooperators/moped license,bw issued for fta/licensesuspended.

Krise R. Mullins: fines/fees due ($208), bw issuedfor fta/5 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Anthony T. Neal: pos-session of synthetic drugs,45 days/probated 24months on condition pluscosts.

Austin Tyler Neal:speeding and failure to pro-duce insurance card: li-cense suspended for fta.

Charles L. Pebley:fines/fees due ($688), bwissued for fta/14 days in jailor payment in full.

Marty J. Reagan: fines/fees due ($708), bw issuedfor fta/15 days in jail orpayment in full.

Ricky L. Rice: fines/fees due ($400), bw issued

for fta/8 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Jeanette Rose: fines/feesdue ($243), bw issued forfta/5 days in jail or paymentin full.

William J. Ross: fines/fees due ($248), bw issuedfor fta/5 days in jail or pay-ment in full; failure to wearseat belts, license sus-pended for fta.

Brandy Scott: ob-structed vision and/orwindshield, no operators/moped license, failure ofnon-owner operator tomaintain req. insurance,failure to produce insurancecard, bw issued for fta/li-cense suspended.

Orville Slavey: failure tomaintain insurance/secu-rity, $450 fine imposed.

Timothy W. Smith, Jr:fines/fees due ($158), bwissued for fta/4 days in jailor payment in full.

Charles A. Snow: fines/fees due ($143), bw issuedfor fta/3 days in jail or pay-ment in full.

Alan K. Stanley: failureto or improper signal, li-cense to be in possession,failure to produce insurancecard, no rear view mirror,bw issued for fta/licensesuspended.

Lonnie Thomas, Jr:fines/fees due ($183), bwissued for fta/4 days in jailor payment in full.

Logan R. Towery: traf-ficking in controlled sub-stance within 1,000 feet ofschool, bw issued for fta.

Randall L. Young: oper-ating motor vehicle underinfluence of alcohol/drugsand failure of owner tomaintain required insur-ance/security, bw issued forfta/license suspended.

Kevin Fisher: limitedaccess, $20 fine and costs.

(StatePoint) Bullyingoutside the home makesheadlines daily, but siblingbullying can happen underone’s own roof, and can bemisperceived as normal,say experts.

“Sibling rivalry and sib-ling abuse are two separatethings,” says Pam Franklin,author of “My Five Sis-ters,” a memoir of theauthor’s challenging child-hood. “Mental health issuesare both at the root of theseproblems, and can also per-petuate them.”

Franklin, who was psy-chologically and physicallyabused by her mentally illolder sister, has turned herstory into a unique explo-ration of how dangeroussibling abuse can become ifnot addressed. She feels herstory could help others andis offering insights to thoseattempting to identifywhether behaviors theyhave witnessed are normalor problematic:

• While all siblings areinclined to bicker or com-pete, a supreme imbalanceof power that threatens themental or physical safety ofa particular child is not ac-ceptable and should be ad-dressed. Observe your chil-dren and ask other respon-sible parties, such asbabysitters and relatives,for feedback on whatthey’ve seen or heard.

• Keep in mind thatmany children won’t nor-mally share problems oc-curring at home, fearing ret-ribution from abusers orpossessing anxiety that noone will believe them.Many such children be-come masters at hidingtheir feelings. Don’t ignoresigns. Pursue the matteruntil you discover the truth.Even if there are no visibleissues, regularly talking toyour children about theirthoughts and feelings isfundamental.

• Write down troublingsymptoms to share with

your child’s doctor ortherapist. A listing of be-haviors can help healthcareprofessionals make aproper diagnosis. For ex-ample, Franklin’s sister andtormenter suffered fromDissociative Identity Dis-order, (DID, previouslyknown as Multiple Person-ality Disorder). Affectingonly 0.01 to one percent ofthe population, DID is asevere form of dissociationcharacterized by the pres-ence of two or more dis-tinct identities or personal-ity states that have powerover a person’s behaviorand can be accompanied bymood swings, sleep disor-ders, panic attacks, com-pulsions and psychotic-likesymptoms.

• Some mental healthdisorders are much morecommon than DID and canalso have larger ramifica-tions. In fact, 10 percent ofthe population today takesantidepressants and manymore have undiagnosed is-sues. If you have concerns,talk to your child’s pedia-trician about next steps.Without treatment, gainingcontrol of a condition isdifficult or even impossible

• Don’t let your family’sfinancial situation be a de-terrent towards gettingneeded help. Counselingservices are available at ev-ery price point and someclinics have a sliding scalepay structure based on in-come. For victims andabusers alike, treatment isone of the only paths to-wards leading a functional,healthy life.

More information canbe found at websitew w w. P a m F r a n k l i n -author.com.

Kids will be kids, butthat doesn’t mean every-thing that occurs betweenthem is harmless. Takeconflicts between siblingsas seriously as you wouldbetween your child and hisor her classmates.

Dealing with sibling bullying




Ford Brothers Plaintiff

V.

Sharon Yauger-Pendery,the unknown spouse ofSharon Yauger-Pendery,Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.,University of Kentucky FederalCredit Union, Commonwealth ofKentucky Department of RevenueDivision of Collections andRockcastle County, Kentucky Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on September 25, 2015 for the pur-pose of satisfying the judgment against the defen-dants in the amount of TWELVE THOUSANDSEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR DOLLARSAND 09/100 ($12,724.09) bearing interest at therate of 6.00% per annum ($2.09 per day) from June16, 2015 until the date of judgment, plus post judg-ment interest at the rate of 6.00% per annum, fromthe date of this judgment until paid in full, plusPlaintiff’s attorneys fees in the amount of $2,500.00and Court costs in the amount of $756.16, plus allSpecial Master Commissioner fees and other ex-penses of sale, I will offer at public auction the realproperty located in Rockcastle County, Kentuckyand more particularly described herein. The salewill occur:




Beginning at the Hour of 1:30 p.m.

Description of Property:

A certain lot or parcel of land lying and being in Mt. Vernon,Rockcastle County, Kentucky and further described as follows:BEGINNING at a corner stone at Locust; thence running with street79 feet to a fence; thence running up the hill 75 feet to a straightline with fence to an iron rod in the ground above a Chestnut tree,Monroe Falin’s line; thence with Monroe Falin’s line, 79 feet straightabove a block wall to a post and iron stake at a road; thence downthe hill with road 75 feet to the beginning.

The Defendant, Sharon Yauger-Pendery obtainedtitle to the above-described real property by Deeddated May 12, 2014, executed by Ford BrothersInc. and of record in Deed Book 247 Page 664 inthe office of the Rockcastle County Court Clerk,Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.



upon a credit of thirty (30) days with the purchaserrequired to pay a minimum of twenty percent (20%)of the purchase price in cash on the date of saleand to secure the balance with a bond bearing in-terest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annumapproved by the Special Master Commissioner.

2. The bond shall bear interest at the rate of tenpercent (10%) per annum until paid in full. The bondshall have a force and effect of a judgment andshall be and remain a lien upon the property soldas additional surety for the payment of the purchaseprice.

3. Unpaid taxes or liens of record at the time ofentry of judgment shall be paid out of the proceedsof sale, subject to the priority set out in the judg-ment entered on September 25, 2015.

4. The purchaser shall pay the 2015 local,county, state, and school property taxes.


6. 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 expenses of sale.

7. Upon confirmation of sale and distribution ofproceeds the parties shall release their liens ofrecord against the real property or the SpecialMaster Commissioner is authorized to execute arelease on behalf of the parties releasing their re-spective liens.

8. This sale shall be made subject to all ease-ments, set back lines, restrictions, and all other cov-enants and conditions of record, and otherwiseshall be sold “AS IS.”

Jerome S. FishSpecial Master Commissioner

Hazel Jackson, CES, giving her presentations on“Think About Your Drink” at Farm Field Day.

Ed and Barbara Congleton and Eddie Wilson dis-cussing “Our Hardworking Pollinators” at FarmField Day.

Tom Mills, CES, discussing with students about“Where Our Food Comes From?” at Farm Field Day.

The Rockcastle CountyConservation District, alongwith Sigmon’s Farm and theRockcastle County Exten-sion Service, held its 22ndAnnual Farm Field Day onThursday, October 16th atthe farm of Bill and NancySigmon. Fourth grade stu-dents from Brodhead, Mt.Vernon, and Roundstone El-ementary Schools weretreated to an educational hayride and delicious lunch. Sixeducational topics were pre-sented:

•“Think About Your

22nd Farm Field Day held for4th graders at Sigmon Farm

Drink”-Hazel Jackson, CES•“Where Does Your Wa-

tershed?”-John McQueary,CES

•“Conservation Conver-s a t i o n ” - R a n d a l lTempleman, NRCS andWarden Alexander, FSA

•“Where Does YourFood Come From?”-TomMills, CES

•Pumpkin Patch -BonnieSigmon, CES

•“Local Heros-YourHardworking Pollinators”by local beekeepers: Ed andBarbara Congleton and

Randall Templeman and Warden Alexander, USDA, having a “Conservation Con-versation” with students.

Eddie Wilson.The Conservation District

would like to take this oppor-tunity to express our sincerethanks and gratitude to theSigmon Family for their out-standing cooperation anddevotion to the field day.The district would also liketo send out a special thanksto all those who helped makethe day a huge success ourguest speakers, those whovolunteered to drive tractors,and to the people who vol-unteered to help prepare andserve lunch.

Members of theRockcastle County FFAChapter in Kentucky wereone of 39 teams participat-ing in the National FFANursery/Landscape CareerDevelopment Event (CDE).The event was held in con-junction with the 88th Na-tional FFA Convention &Expo in Louisville. Theteam, led by advisor RoyReynolds, was awarded aBronze emblem. Membersalso competed for indi-vidual awards with 148other participants. MaryBishop received a Silveremblem, Allie Johnson re-ceived a Silver emblem, andSierra Sturgill received aBronze emblem.

The top ten individualsand the national winningteam members receivedcash awards to recognizetheir success in the event.The cash awards and theevent are sponsored byArysta LifeScience NorthAmerica Corporation,Kubota Tractor Corporationand STIHL Inc. as a specialproject of the National FFAFoundation and the Na-

tional FFA Organization.The National FFA Nurs-

ery/Landscape CDE is acompetitive event in whichFFA members test theirknowledge and skills innursery practices and land-scaping. Participants mustcomplete a general knowl-edge exam testing horticul-tural principles includingplant anatomy, production,marketing, turf, landscapedesign and maintenance.Each participant must alsocomplete practicums in-volving a landscape esti-mating, plant propagationor potting, identification ofplants, disorders and equip-ment. Each team competedon local and state levels toearn the privilege of repre-senting their state at the Na-tional FFA Convention &Expo.

This event, held at theKentucky Exposition Cen-ter in Louisville, Ky., is oneof many educational activi-ties at the national conven-tion in which FFA membersapply classroom knowledgeto real-life situations.

Rockcastle County FFA atNational FFA convention

As part of its mission tooffer increased access tohigher education within itsservice region, Eastern Ken-tucky University plans tooffer courses toward theAssociate Degree in GeneralStudies at the RockcastleAdult Education Center inMt. Vernon.

Seventeen interested stu-dents attended a recent openhouse at the facility. EKUrepresentatives from theDual Credit Program and theUniversity’s Central Regionwere on hand to speak to thestudents about admission tothe University, ACT eligibil-ity for scholarships, finan-cial aid, and the first classesto be offered in January2016.

If enrollment is suffi-cient, EKU will offer threecollege-level classes at theRockcastle Adult Education

EKU to offer General Studiesclasses in Rockcastle County

Center beginning Jan. 19,2016.

EKU’s Associate Degreein General Studies is de-signed for students whowish to advance in their ca-reers, change careers, pursuea lifelong interest beyondtheir careers, or use the de-gree as a pathway to a bac-calaureate degree. Uponsuccessful completion of thedegree, the student will havemeet all general educationrequirements, which willapply toward a four-yearprogram at EKU or anyother regional Kentucky in-stitution.

To apply for the program,students can go toadmissions.eku.edu and ap-ply online before Dec. 1, theapplication deadline forspring. For additional infor-mation, call 606-256-0218.

For Underprivileged

Cash Express collectingtoys, canned food, coats

In this time of economicstress and uncertainty, manypeople need help. For theeleventh consecutive year,Cash Express, on Hwy. 150in Mt. Vernon, is collectingtoys, canned food and coatsfor the underprivileged.Cash Express has teamedwith Operation Give Hope,a ministry of compassion tothe people of Rockcastle

County, to distribute theseitems. Anyone in need ofhelp can contact KatherynPope at 606-256-4571 withyour request.

Anyone wishing to dropoff these items can do so atCash Expess, 315-A USHwy. 150 in Mt. Vernon orRockcastle County MiddleSchool on Saturday, De-cember 19th. Used coatswill be cleaned by Cash Ex-press.

Historically, the re-sponse from the local com-munity has been heartfeltand with open arms. Thegenerosity of the commu-nity continues to show whatthe true meaning of Christ-mas is.

During the last ten years,the Cash Express toy,canned food and coat drive,has helped hundreds ofthousands of families in thestates of Kentucky, Tennes-see, Mississippi and Ala-bama. For more informa-tion, call Cash Express at606-256-0886.

Congratulations to these RCMS ladies who were selected to attend the Girls Ex-ploring Math and Science Conference at Somerset Community College. The con-ference is a one day event that allowed the girls to experience a wide variety ofhands on activities in careers related to math, science, engineering, informationtechnology, and health sciences. Pictured are Caitlin Long, Cassie Smith, CarlyCromer, Kylee Fain, Autumn Courtney, Sadie Howard and Gracelyn Owens.

I’veMoved!

Signal officewill be closed

November 26th & 27th

Happy Thanksgiving!




Community Trust Bank, Inc. Plaintiff

V.

Terry Michael Reynolds,a/k/a Michael Reynolds,Brenda Lewis Reynolds,Commonwealth of Kentucky,Chase Bank, USA, N.A. andMidland Funding, LLC Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to a judgment and order of sale enteredin this action on October 26, 2015 for the purposeof satisfying the judgment against the defendantsin the amount of FIFTY THREE THOUSAND SIXTYFOUR DOLLARS AND 28/100 ($53,064.28) plusinterest, costs and attorney fees. I will offer at pub-lic auction the hereinafter described real propertyin Rockcastle County, Kentucky.




Beginning at the Hour of 11:30 a.m.

Said property being more particularly bounded anddescribed as follows:

All that parcel of land in city of Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Com-monwealth of Kentucky, as described in Deed Book 220, page 41,ID#034W-02-014. Being known and designated as:

All that certain tract of land located in County of Rockcastle, State ofKentucky, to-wit: Being all of Lot No. 19 in Countryside Estates Sub-division as shown on plat of record in Plat Book 2, Page 42, in theOffice of the Clerk of the Rockcastle County Court. Reference is madethereto for a more complete description. The lot is subject to restric-tions of said subdivision as shown on plat recorded in the CountyCourt Clerk’s Office.

Being the same property conveyed to MichaelReynolds, single, by deed dated January 16, 2008,executed by Karen A. Bray, et al. and recorded inDeed Book 220, page 41 in the Office of theRockcastle County Clerk.



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.

2. The bond shall bear interest at the rate oftwelve percent (12%) per annum until paid in full.The bond shall have a 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.

3. The purchaser shall pay the 2015 local,county, and state, property taxes, subsequent.

4. Unpaid delinquent State, County and/or Cityad valorem taxes shall be paid out of the proceedsof the sale.

5. Full satisfaction of the plaintiff’s judgment shallbe paid from the proceeds of the sale.


7. 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.

8. This 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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Ralph Allen and friends, Lee Collins, Maddie Miller, Ruby Powell and ManuelOwens. Will be singing at the Depot Corner building Friday November 27th at 7p.m.

year KSP collected 232,011pounds of food.

KSP Post 11, London isthe drop off location for any-one interested in donating tothis campaign you can alsoleave a donation at the Lon-don Wal-Mart Store.

for each performer. This wasthe Band’s first time to ap-pear on stage at Renfro Val-ley but certainly will not betheir last.

Special guest Doug Mor-gan from Covington truly“wowed” the audience, re-ceiving a standing ovation!Mr. Morgan is a relative oftwo of the most belovedcountry music entertainers,George and Lorrie Morgan.He appears regularlythroughout the Ohio andNorthern Kentucky areas,preferring to sing the old tra-ditional country music songs.According to Kathee, he hassuch a unique presentationthat audiences love, and thiswill not be his one and onlyappearance on the RenfroValley stage.

The Alumni Show is heldeach year on the first Satur-day of November on the stageat Renfro Valley. Pleasemark your 2016 calendar andplan to join with the alumnimembers next year as they“walk down memory lane”again.

The Renfro Valley Enter-tainment Center is owned andoperated by John and JulieEnneking and the HubertFamily, all of Ohio.



859-986-7027800-347-2318


“Food”(Cont. from B1)

“Alumni”(Cont. from B1)

Thanksgiving is morethan observing a nationalholiday by eating a bigmeal, and remembering, al-though remembering is im-portant, a historical eventthat involves the Pilgrims atPlymouth and the big au-tumnal feast they andfriendly Indians enjoyed atthe end of their first harvestin the new world.

From the early days ofmy life, I remember observ-ing the Thanksgiving sea-son. The congregation ofwhich I was a part sang withintense feeling “Count yourmany blessings, name themone by one, and it will sur-prise you...”

One Thanksgiving sea-son, intrigued by thoserhythmic words, I decidedto see if it would surprise meif I counted my “manyblessings” and named“them one by one.” So, Isat down at my desk, andtaking a sheet of lined pa-per, I started at the top, andon the first line, I wrote theletter “t” and continueddownward for twelve linesuntil I had written all of theletters in “thanksgiving”.Then, I tried to think ofsomething for which I wasthankful that began with theletter “t”, and when Ithought of something, I jot-ted it down on the first line.I continued that process un-til I had jotted down twelvethings for which I wasthankful, all of which beganwith a letter in the word“thanksgiving”. When Ireached that point, thingsfor which I was thankfulcontinued to come to mindalmost faster than I could jotthem down, and, as we of-ten say, the list went on adinfinitum. As that old songsays, I was surprised. Noteverything for which I hadwished had come my way,but blessings, unnoticed ortaken for granted, wereabundant.

Thanksgiving, an ex-pression of gratitude, is, in-deed, more than observinga special holiday; it is grate-ful recognition of all bless-ings received. It doesn’t

portant first step towardhelping displaced coal min-ers get back on their feet andback to work,” said Lawson.“For years, coal mining hasbeen a way of life in East-ern Kentucky. Things havechanged. Workforce trainingwill give them new skillsand new opportunities, sothey can stay in the region,work, and raise their fami-lies.”

Earlier this year, TheCenter received a $500,000federal grant to provide dis-placed coal mining trainingin Bell, Clay, Laurel, andLeslie counties. The pro-gram later added non-min-ing coal employees to thelist of prospective appli-cants. This includes officeworkers, managers, and sup-port personnel who haveworked directly for a coalcompany in the DCMT ser-vice area.

According to the pro-gram guidelines, a “dis-placed coal miner” is de-fined as someone who hasexperienced a layoff andwho has had continuousemployment of at least oneyear in the coal mine indus-try within the last five years.

For more information onthe Displaced Coal MinerTraining program, contactRobyn Phillips at 606-677-6000 or [email protected].

“Training”(Cont. from B1)

tor, and freezer to plan outyour meals and your shop-ping list. When you are try-ing to figure out if you canuse something you alreadyhave at home, keep theFoodKeeper applicationhandy.

The FoodKeeper is amobile application createdby FSIS in partnership withThe Food Marketing Insti-tute and Cornell University.The FoodKeeper offers stor-age advice on more than 400different food and beverageitems and can help you de-cide what you can keep andwhat you should throw out.It also offers handy guid-ance on leftovers, whichyou’ll probably have a lot ofafter the big meal. Down-load the FoodKeeper todayon your Android or iOS de-vice.

There Are Also RealPeople to Talk to:

If you have questionsabout your Thanksgivingdinner, you can call theUSDA Meat & PoultryHotline at 1-888-MPHotline(1-888-674-6854) to talk toa food safety expert. TheHotline has been around for30 years. Last Novemberthey received more than3000 calls mostly aboutThanksgiving dinner. Youcan also chat live with afood safety expert atAskKaren.gov, availablefrom 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.ET, Monday through Friday,in English and Spanish.

If you need help onThanksgiving Day, the Meat& Poultry Hotline phoneline is available from 8:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET.

Consumers with morefood safety questions canvisit FoodSafety.gov tolearn more about how tosafely select, thaw, and pre-pare a turkey. FSIS will pro-

take long to remember that,beyond the disappointmentsof life, there are manythings to be thankful for.Count them, and it may sur-prise you.


Recognition of BlessingsBy Howard Coop




Celebrate Recoveryclasses are held every Mon-day night at 6 p.m. at theCommunity Outreach Cen-ter in Brodhead (next to the

Fairgrounds).Celebrate Recovery is a

12-step Christ-Centeredprogram and is a safe placeto share and begin healingfrom all hurts, hang-ups andhabits. Meal at 6 p.m., mu-sic at 6:45 p.m. Large groupat 7 p.m.


Signatures available forcourt probation and snap.


Jamison - HamptonDavid and Tammy Jamison, of Mount Vernon, are

pleased to announce the engagement of their daughterFelicia Nicole Cameron, 23, to Phillip Wayne Hamp-ton, 25, son of Timothy and Kimberly Hampton, ofMount Vernon, at Light House Assembly of God on No-vember 27,2015 at 6 p.m.

vide Thanksgiving foodsafety information duringNovember on Twitter,@USDAFoodSafety, and onFacebook, at Facebook.com/FoodSafety.gov.

“Turkey”(Cont. from B1)

Poplar Grove Baptist145 Richlands Rd. •

BrodheadSunday 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. 618Dan McKibben, Minister

758-8524 or 758-9316Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

email:[email protected]

www.WhatSaithTheScriptures.comRoundstone BaptistJason Brown, Pastor


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 SpringsBaptist

Directions: Take Hwy 1249, goexactly 5 miles, church on right


Wednesday Evening 6 p.m.Pastor:

Bro. Eugene GentryScaffold Cane

BaptistChris Cobb, Pastor


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 of Christ

4 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.Valley Baptist Church4482 Copper Creek Rd.

Berea, Ky. 40403Organized in December, 1908

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.

Evan Eckler, PastorWildie Christian

Church1478 Wildie Rd. • Wildie


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

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 Tabernacle231 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 BrethrenGary Reppert, Doug Hawkins

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


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


Wednesday evening 7 p.m.Terry Orcutt, Pastor

Brush CreekHoliness Church


Tuesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.Lonnie R. McGuire,

PastorBuffalo Baptist ChurchLocated 15 miles south ofMt. Vernon on Hwy. 1249

(Sand Springs Rd.)606-256-4988


Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Tim Owens, Pastor

Calloway Baptist Church76 Calloway Branch Rd.(Off US 25) • CallowaySunday School 10 a.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


Terry Thornton, MinisterClimax Holiness ChurchSunday Night Worship 6 p.m.

Thursday Nights 7 p.m.3rd Sat. of every month at

7 p.m.Conway Missionary

Baptist116 Meadow Lark Lane

Berea, KY 40403


11 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship

6 p.m.Wed. Prayer Service and

Bible 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.


Sunday Evening Service 6p.m.

Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Joe Vanwinkle, 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.


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: 8:20 a.m.,

10:45 a.m. and 6 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 ChristianChurch

West Main St. Mt. Vernon606-256-2876

Bro. 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, Pastor

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

606-256-2968Hickory Grove

Pentecostal ChurchHwy. 1505 (6 miles from Brodhead)

Brodhead,Ky.Randal Adams, Pastor

Youth Pastor, Scott AdamsSunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Wed. Evening 7 p.m.

Lighthouse Assembly ofGod

Hwy. 1004 • Orlando, Ky.Tim Hampton, Pastor

606-256-4884 • 606308-2342Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship11 a.m.

Sunday Evening 6 p.m.Tues. Night Intercessory Prayer

7 p.m.Wednesday Night Bible Study

7 p.m.Little Country Church

Jarber Rd.Turn left off Rev. Green Loop

onto Jarber Rd.Jack Weaver, Pastor

Sunday 6 p.m.Wednesday 7 p.m.

Livingston BaptistWorship Service 11 a.m.

Children’s Church 11 a.m.Prayer Meeting/Bible Study

Wednesday 7 p.m.Gary Parker, Pastor

Livingston ChristianChurch

Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Arthur Hunt, Minister

Livingston PentecostalHoliness Church



Jim Miller, Pastor606-256-1709

Macedonia BaptistScaffold Cane RoadMount Vernon, Ky.

Bro. Barry Hurst, PastorSunday School 10 a.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


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

BaptistSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Jerry Ballinger, Pastor

Mt. VernonChurch of God1025 W Main St.

Mount Vernon, Ky.Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.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


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. 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.

TuesdayCelebrate Recovery 7 to 9

WednesdayAdult & Youth Worship 7 p.m.

Time Warner CableTues., Thurs., Sun.

9 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m.

Ottawa Baptist Church1074 Ottawa Rd. • Brodhead


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. Michael Flanagan, Pastor

Sister Joyce Moeller,Pastoral Associate

Jack Lawless, GroundskeeperTom Darst, MaintenancePhiladelphia United

Baptist834 Bryant Ridge Rd. Brodhead


Wednesday Service 7 p.m.Saturday Service 7 p.m.Gordon Mink, Pastor

606-308-5368Pine Hill Holiness

5216 S. Wilderness Rd.Mt. Vernon, Ky. 40456

Randy Chrisman, Pastor256-5955

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


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


1st Sunday in Month Church at2 p.m. at Rockcastle

Respiratory CareBro. Gary Bowling, Pastor

10 a.m. to 10 p.m. • 7 Days a Week

U.S. 25 N - Mt. Vernon

606-256-4910

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606-758-4373Howard Saylor

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Posted: Absolutely no tres-passing, hunting or ATVs onland belonging to Al andBarbara DeChambeau onPoplar Gap Road and Pop-lar Gap Church Road. Vio-lators will be prosecuted.44x10Posted: No hunting or tres-passing on land owned byJohn and Edna Williams,1942 Old State Rd. 48x3Posted: Absolutely no tres-passing on property (61acres) owned by LoydJones, .7 miles fromLivingston on St. Rd. 1955.Violators will be prosecuted.42x12Posted: Absolutely no tres-passing on property, locatedat 16545 Brown Road,Brodhead, belonging toRonnie Dillingham. Viola-tors will be prosecuted.43x6Posted: Strictly no trespass-ing or hunting on propertybelonging to Lona Brownand Susan Gray, formerlyowned by Lowell andEmma Gray, in Orlando,known as Cow Bell Hollowin Rockcastle County. Vio-lators will be prosecuted.Not responsible for acci-dents. 35x14pPosted: Absolutely no tres-passing for any reason onproperty belonging to Ernest

Alcorn located off Hwy. 461bypass at 257 ReverendGreen Loop and 23 JarberRoad, formerly Old RockyRoad, without my writtenpermission. Violators willbe prosecuted. 43x4Posted: Absolutely no tres-passing on Cook propertieslocated on Old BrodheadRoad. Violators will be pros-ecuted. Not responsible foraccidents. (11/19/15)Posted: No hunting or tres-passing on land belonging toGlen Roberts at 560 DixRiver Branch Road,Brodhead. Violators will beprosecuted. 35xntfPosted: No hunting, tres-passing or ATVs on land be-longing to Jason and Sara

Coguer at Roundstone. Notresponsible 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. (1/21/16)Posted: No trespassing onCrawford Place - OldBrodhead Road. DannySmith. 47tfnPosted: Absolutely no hunt-ing, fishing or trespassing onproperty belonging to Markand Debbie Cummins. Vio-lators will be prosecuted.9x52p

Posted: 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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Drivers: CDL-A, 1 yr.Guaranteed Home time.$1250+ per wk. & Benefits.Monthly Bonus programusually $500-$650. No-touch. 855-454-0392. 48x2Rockcastle County 911will be accepting applica-tions for a part-time posi-tion. Applications can bepicked up at the courthousefrom the County Judge/Executive’s secretary andreturned there 8 a.m. to 4p.m., Monday through Fri-day. For more info/ques-tions, call Bonnie Roark at606-256-7227. 46x3Now Hiring: StreamlineCommunications, full orpart time. Direct TV, Dish,Internet, home security. 214Main St., Crab Orchard.Apply in person. For moreinfo, 877-780-8385. 47x2Cafe Manager: Miminumrequirements: high school/GED, supervisory back-ground, experience withfood ordering/menus. Mon-Fri, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sal-ary base $12 per hour. Ap-ply at RTEC, 100 MainStreet, Mt. Vernon, Ky.40456 before 4 p.m., No-vember 27, 2015. Minoritiesencouraged to apply. RTECis an Equal OpportunityEmployer. 47x2Ready-Mix Concrete ofMt. Vernon. Now hiringdrivers. Class CDL-B re-quired. Call Zall 256-9052or come by the office andpick up an application. 44x4


WantedI will not be responsiblefor debts made by anyoneother than myself. AndrewS. Elam. 46x4Notice is hereby given thatMichael McGuire, 9126Sand Springs Road, Mt.Vernon, KY 40456 is ap-pointed guardian of HalieMcGuire, a minor. Any per-sons having claims againstsaid estate shall presentthem, according to law, tothe said Michael McGuireor to Hon. James Vaught,2393 Alumni Drive, Lex-ington, KY 40517 on or be-fore May 16, 2016 at 9:30a.m. 48x2Notice is hereby given thatOrlena Price, 2404 Dug HillRoad, Brodhead, KY40409, has been appointedAdministratrix of the estateof Lawrence Ray Price, de-ceased. Any person havingclaims against said estate

shall present them, accord-ing to law, to the said OrlenaPrice or to Hon. Jerry J. CoxPO Box 1350, Mt. VernonKY 40456 on or before May18, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. 48x3Notice is hereby given thatLinda Newcomb, 2136Mary Dell Road, LondonKy. 40741 has been ap-pointed Executrix of the es-tate of Bert Cecil Newcombon the 19th day of October2015. Any person havingclaims against said estateshall present them, accord-ing to law, to the said LindaNewcomb or to Hon. PatrickJ. Smith, Franklin LawGroup, 505 W. OrmsbyAve., Louisville, Ky. 40203on or before April 19, 201646x3Notice is hereby given thatGeraldine Spires, 9679North Wilderness RoadBerea, Ky. 40403 has beenappointed Administratrix ofthe estate of Hobert ESpires on the 19th day ofOctober, 2015. Any personhaving claims against saidestate shall present themaccording to law, to the saidGeraldine Spires or toBlevins Law, 400 RichmondRd. North, Ste. C, BereaKy. 40403 on or before April19, 2016. 46x3Notice is hereby given thatWilliam J. Thacker, 5122Scaffold Cane Road, MtVernon, Ky. 40456 orRebecca M. Reynolds, 96Springhill Ave., Mt. VernonKy. 40456 have been ap-pointed Co-Executors of theestate of Cecil YancyThacker on the 19th day ofOctober, 2015. Any personhaving claims against saidestate shall present themaccording to law, to the saidWilliam J. Thacker orRebecca M. Reynolds or toHon. Tracy Todd BlevinsBlevins Law, 400 RichmondRd. North, Ste C, Berea, Ky40403 on or before April 192016. 46x3

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