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Volume 5, No. 38 October 28, 2014 Russell/Flatwoods/Greenup, KY

Turn your clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

This week’s Greenup Beacon Video News Mag-azine will stream live from the new official home of the magazine: the McCo-nnell House in Wurtland with special guest Shawn Moore, who is principal at Russell Middle School. A second guest will be Carrie Wellman a newly licensed Kindermusik instructor. She has opened a new stu-dio in Greenup. We’ll also include a cooking seg-ment with Brittnany Ho-back featuring grandma’s banana nut bread with special topping. Join host Brittnany Hoback and co-host Hank Bond at 1 p.m., on: greenupbeacon.com or greenupbeacon2.com Wednesdays. Shows are also archived on the web-sites.

Bayes Honored with DAISY Award

Bon Secours Kentucky Health System has award-ed Lora Bayes with the DAISY Award.

The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Im-mune System. As a DAI-SY Award partner, Bon Secours Kentucky Health System recognizes one of its nurses with this special honor every other month. DAISY Award honorees consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and ex-traordinary compassionate care. They are recognized as outstanding role models in the nursing community.

Bayes is a nurse in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hos-pital’s (OLBH) ICU. She has been an employee of OLBH for 16 years. She received her degree in nursing from Ashland Community and Technical College. Bayes resides in

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Terror by the Tracks this weekendThe Downtown Russell Business Association is sponsoring its annual haunted adventure Terror by the Tracks in downtown Russell. The haunted train rides will be at the Russell Depot on Ferry Street in Russell, located just through the Russell underpass and next to the big blue caboose. The Shriners are again providing the fearful train for this year’s chilling event. Terror by the Tracks will be held Thursday, October 30 through Saturday, November 1. Each evening the haunted trains will begin scary departures at 7 p.m. and will continue to take brave riders until 10 p.m. The cost for the spooky ride is $5 for ages 12 to 112 and $3 for any goblins under 12-years-old. So, if you dare, and you’re feeling courageous, come to the Russell Depot October 30, 31, and November 1 from 7-10 p.m. and join in the frightening fun at Terror by the Tracks!!

Russell grad Okoro takes discus gold

Chinwe Okoro

By Jim WelpSpecial toThe Greenup Beacon

It’s not unusual for a Bel-larmine student to spend some time abroad in the summer. But when physical therapy student Chinwe Okoro traveled over-seas in June it was for an un-usual reason: to compete in the Nigerian National Champion-ships in track and field.

Okoro is a 2007 graduate of Russell High School.

The trip paid off. Ms. Okoro took the gold in discus, was the runner-up in shot put and quali-fied for the African Champion-ships in Marrakech, Morocco, where she set a new African and Nigerian record for discus.

The newest trophies have plenty of company in her tro-phy case. The University of Louisville biology grad is a two-time Kentucky female ath-lete of the year and a three-time Big East athlete of the week. She holds the U of L women’s record in both shot put and dis-cus and the Nigerian record in the discus.

But when asked about her proudest accomplishments, academics top the list. She is a five-time All-Academic honors award recipient, five-time Big

East All-Academic recipient, a Kentucky Educational Excel-lence Scholar, a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma honor society and a recipient of the Michael Hale Scholarship in Bellarm-ine’s Doctor of Physical Ther-apy (DPT) program.

And, as any student-athlete knows, it’s not easy balancing athletics and academics. “To be in class for approximately 40 hours per week makes practic-ing and competing quite a chal-lenge,” she said. “However, school has always been my primary priority. Once I have completed this degree I can turn my focus to athletics.”

Practice typically includes weight lifting and throwing drills for shot put and discus. “Each practice can take two hours to complete, but with graduate school the time has had to decrease during the se-mester,” she said. “Upon the conclusion of each semester I am able to increase my practice times for that break period.”

Meanwhile, until May 2016, when Ms. Okoro will complete her DPT, academics come first. “The physical-therapy program is very rigorous,” she said. “However, I have already learned so much about physical therapy, and I have truly been

enjoying the academic and clinical process. The staff has been very supportive in help-ing all of us succeed, and I sin-cerely appreciate all their help. I have also made several lifelong friends that have made the diffi-cult road a lot more enjoyable.”

“Athletic discipline and ded-ication can enhance the already challenging education of a DPT student,” said Dr. Whitney En-sor, assistant professor in BU’s physical therapy program.

“Chinwe not only represents our profession extremely well but also positively impacts the clients we see in our ser-vice learning clinic,” she said. “I’ve witnessed firsthand the impact Chinwe’s work ethic and dedication to her training have on clients that were previ-ously not cooperative with their prescribed exercise program. They know she is not only talk-ing the talk but is also walking the walk and, as a result, they work hard for her. Chinwe has managed to not only manage her studies and training with impressive time-management but also with a humble, appre-ciative demeanor. She’s truly an inspiration.”

Ms. Okoro, holds dual American/Nigerian citizenship and has relished the opportuni-

ty to see the world. “I’ve com-peted in many states across the U.S., as well as Bydgoszcz, Po-land; Porto Novo, Benin; and Lagos and Calabar, Nigeria. It has been a wonderful oppor-tunity to experience many dif-ferent nations. You learn a little bit about the culture, and an important lesson to never take anything you have for granted because there are some who are not as well off,” she said.

This past summer, her travels took her home to Eastern Ken-tucky. She got some valuable on-the-job clinical training at Premier Physical & Occupa-tional Therapy.

“The clinic just happened to have an open position for a student. It was great to have the opportunity to come back,” she said. “I worked alongside a physical therapist for six weeks in order to put into prac-tice what I have learned in the classroom. I worked the same schedule as the therapist, and I was able to interact with every patient he evaluated.”

After graduation and fur-ther athletic conquests, Okoro will decide which way to steer her physical-therapy career. “I haven’t narrowed down which PT setting I would like to work in just yet, but I like to keep my

Sparks to perform at Carnegie HallJames Sparks, a 2007 Rus-

sell High School graduate – son of Sam and Cynthia Sparks – who now resides in Princeton, NJ, will per-form Gustav Mahler’s choral masterwork Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” with The Philadelphia Orchestra con-ducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia October 30, November 1 and 2.

They will also perform at Carnegie Hall in New York on Friday, October 31. James is a student at Westminster Choir College of Rider Uni-versity in Princeton, N.J., and is a member of the West-minster Symphonic Choir.

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Westminster, the Westmin-ster Symphonic Choir has recorded and performed with major orchestras under virtu-ally every internationally ac-claimed conductor of the past 79 years. Recognized as one of the world’s leading cho-ral ensembles, the choir has sung more than 350 perfor-mances with the New York Philharmonic alone.

In addition to this perfor-mance, the ensemble’s 2014-2015 season includes Car-mina Burana with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Jacques Lacombe; J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass with The Philadel-phia Orchestra and Yannick

Nezet-Seguin; and Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Re-quiem with the Vienna Phil-harmonic conducted by Dan-iele Gatti.

Westminster Choir College is a division of Rider Univer-sity’s Westminster College of the Arts. A professional col-lege of music with a unique choral emphasis, Westmin-ster prepares students at the undergraduate and graduate levels for careers in teach-ing, sacred music and perfor-mance.

James Sparks is pursuing a master’s degree in col-laborative piano. Part of his program is performing with some of the choirs there at Westminster.

options open. I am interested in working with various groups from athletes to geriatrics pa-tients. I have a lot of interests, particularly in traveling PT, sports and home health.”

Wherever her future lies, she is eager to express her grati-tude. “I would like to thank the Bellarmine physical therapy staff, my classmates, coaches, friends, and family for being very supportive in my athletic endeavors,” she said. “Without God and all these individu-als, there is no way I would be where I am today.”

James Sparks

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Catlettsburg.The DAISY Award origi-

nated from The DAISY Foun-dation. The foundation was formed in November, 1999, by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. The Foundation, in Barnes’ memory, was established to express gratitude to nurses for the work they do for patients and their families every day.

For more information about The DAISY Foundation, visit daisyfoundation.org. For in-formation concerning Bon Secours Kentucky Health System, visit olbh.com or call the OLBH CareLine at (606) 833-CARE (2273).

Advance United Method-ist Church annual Bazaar will be Sat,Nov 1st, 9.00am to 3.00pm.The church is lo-cated at 1007 Bellefonte Rd, Flatwoods.Homemade crafts, white elephant and bake sale will be available. Methodist Men will serve lunch which includes, soup,chili, hot dogs, desert and drink. Diane Wil-liams, Healthy Community Service Director OLBH, said there will be a flu shot clinic, also free health screenings 9,ooam-12 noon.Any ques-tions call Williams at 833-3397.The event is sponsored by United Methodist Women. Proceeds go to the church and missions.

Auction slated Nov. 15 AARF is hosting our an-

nual Howl-iday Auction, Saturday, Nov. 15, 6 p.m. at the Ashland Transportation Building. Dinner is being ca-tered by Texas Roadhouse. Entertainment during the din-ner hour, followed by a LIVE auction, led by Ed Fairchild, auctioneer. Items donated by local businesses and indi-viduals, just in time to kick-

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off your holiday shopping. AARF items will also be available for purchase.

Tickets are $10 donation and can be purchased at Ash-land Animal Clinic in ad-vance or call 606.922.5157. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. If you would like your business to be rep-resented at this community event, plus all donations are tax deductible, please call 606.922.5157.

ACTC/MSU Space Science agreement

Ashland Community and Technical College and More-head State University signed an agreement October 17 to establish a transfer program in Space Science.

Dr. Kay Adkins, ACTC president and CEO, and Dr. Wayne D. Andrews, MSU president, signed the agree-ment in the Rocky Adkins Pavilion on the ACTC Tech-nology Drive Campus.

“Space Science is an excit-ing high-tech field of the fu-ture,” said Dr. Adkins. “This collaboration with MSU will provide our students with an additional option for continu-ing their education in this re-gion.”

In the 2+2 transfer pro-

gram, students will complete two years at ACTC before transferring into the Bachelor of Science degree program in Space Science at MSU. The agreement lists the spe-cific ACTC and MSU courses needed for the bachelor’s degree, with freshman and sophomore level courses to be completed at ACTC and the junior and senior courses completed at MSU.

For more information, con-tact Hope Perkey, ACTC/MSU transfer advisor, at 606-326-2098 or at [email protected].

Poet imagines an Early Kentucky

Former Kentucky Poet Laureate Joe Survant will be at ACTC on Thursday, Oct, 30, to read and sign copies of his latest book, The Land We Dreamed: Poems.

The collection expresses the strong spirit of Kentucky and its people, with poems that envision the life of our predecessors from the first Ice Age hunters to late eighteenth century pioneers.

The program begins at 12:15 p.m. in the Mansbach Library on the College Drive Campus. For more informa-tion, contact Matt Onion at ACTC, email: [email protected].

500 attend Young Women’s Conference

About 100 students from Greenup County, Raceland, Russell Independent High

Schools attended the Young Women Lead (YWL) confer-ence held October 14 and 15 at ACTC. They joined a total of over 500 high school girls from nine counties in Ken-tucky and Ohio at the leader-ship event.

“I want to learn a bet-ter way to assert myself in whatever field I choose,” said Kenzy Moore, a Russell High School student from Flat-woods. She chose to attend sessions on Be the Boss Lady, First Year of College and Fighting for Success. “Being the boss sounds pretty good to me,” she said with a laugh.

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82 YEARS OF SERVICE

Darlene K. Rice1947 – 2014

Darlene K. Lyon-Rice, 67 of Flatwoods passed away peacefully at her home Fri-day, October 24, 2014.

She was born in Ashland on September 2, 1947 to the late Noah and Mildred Sam-mons-Lyon. She was a Press Operator in an Automotive Rubber Factory and was of the Baptist Faith. Darlene had many interests but most of all she loved her family. She truly enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren and attend-ing special school events with them. She enjoyed roller skat-ing, dancing, motorcycle ride and playing cards with Texas Hold’em being one of her fa-vorites.

She is leaves behind a loving and devoted fam-ily including her husband of 30 years Larry Rice of Flat-woods; one daughter Sherry Van Buren and her husband Dan of Colorado Springs, CO; two sons Mike Lyon and his wife Monica of Lapel, IN. and Gary Rice and his wife Karen of Andrews, IN; two brothers Eugene Lyon and his wife JoAnn of Ironton and Joseph Lyon and his wife Carol of Lancaster, KY; 13 grandchildren and a special friend and sister-in-law Pat Rice as well as many friends who will miss her dearly.

Funeral Services will be at Carman Funeral Home in Flatwoods on Tuesday, Oc-tober 28, 2014 at 1 p.m. with Dan Rapp officiating.

Entombment will follow at Rose Hill Burial Park in Ash-land.

Visitation for family and friends will be from 11:00 am until service time Tuesday at the Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.carmanfuneral.com

Geneva Freeman1924 – 2014

Geneva Utz Freeman, 90 of Louisville, Ky formerly of Raceland passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Arden Courts of Lou-isville.

She was born on February 5, 1924 in Raceland, KY to the late Mathias “Tice” and Bonnie Davis-Utz.

Mrs. Freeman was a mem-ber of the Melrose United Methodist Church and was retired having worked for G.C. Murphy’s five and dime, the Columbia Gas Company and Dr. Willis Littleton. She was an avid Cincinnati Reds Fan and thoroughly enjoyed watching their ball games.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Curtis Ray Freeman on October 20, 2007 as well as her two Yellow Labradors Katy and Brandi.

She is survived by her lov-ing and devoted son Ron and

grandchildren Elijah Scott and Piper Scott; nieces and nephews Bart Tackett and wife Leslie and T. Jay Tack-ett, all of Ashland, Erin Free and husband Chris of Lex-ington, Megan Woods and husband Scott of Wurtland, Lori Russell Meadows and husband Mike of LaGrange, David Russell and wife Mary of Jeffersonville, Ind., and Rachel Crowell of Versailles; and a host of extended family and friends.

The funeral was conducted on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at Steen Funeral Home-13th Street Chapel in Ashland by Monty Cooper, minister.

Burial was in Ashland Cemetery.

Members of the family served as pallbearers. Honor-ary pallbearers were his be-loved friends and co-workers at Kentucky Electric Steel.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be sent to the Seed and Feed Ministry, c/o Bridg-es Christian Church, 1402 Kenwood Drive, Russell, KY 41169.

Edith Chadwick Bradley 1923-2014

Edith Chadwick Bradley, 90, of Ashland, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2014, in Kingsbrook Lifecare Cen-ter in Ashland.

She was born Nov. 30, 1923, at Cadmus, a daughter of the late William and Dova Belcher Chadwick.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Dempsey W. Bradley; a daughter, Janie Edwards; a son, David Bradley; and a grandson, Keith Maynard.

She was a retired insurance clerk for Humana Hospital, and was a member of Louisa Freewill Baptist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution. She was a Kentucky colonel. She was a Rosie Riveter during World War II, stationed in Akron, Ohio.

Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Wood of Niceville, Fla., and Reva Hampton of Ashland; grand-

his wife Kim Freeman of Louisville, Ky.

Funeral Services were held at Carman Funeral Home, 2301 Argillite Rd., Flat-woods, KY on Friday, Octo-ber 24, 2014.

Words of comfort were de-livered by Pastor Mark Wil-son.

Entombment will take place at the Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery Northeast at a later date.


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Jimmy G. Dingess1945 – 2014

Jimmy Gene Dingess, 69 of Greenup passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hos-pital in Russell.

He was born in Chattaroy, WV on August 15, 1945 to the late Rubin and Minerva Lycans-Dingess.

Jimmy wore many hats in his professional life including being certified as an EMT; a CPR Instructor; a police of-ficer for the Cities of Race-land and Flatwoods as well as a fireman for the City of Flatwoods. Mr. Dingess was employed for 30 years in Se-curity at Armco followed by becoming Chief of Security of AK Steel. He also was a safety technician for Starcon at Marathon.

Besides his parents Jimmy was preceded in death by five siblings Rubin Donald Dingess, William Richard Dingess, Milard Ray Ding-ess, Benny Jack Dingess and Betty Sue Pennington.

Left behind to cherish his memory include a loving a devoted wife who he as been with over 20 years Sherry Duncan-Dingess of Greenup; a son Jimmy Gene Dingess, II of Ft. Gay, WV; two daugh-ters Tonya Dingess-Castle of Paintsville and Crystal Din-gess-Rowe of Ft. Gay, WV; two step children Stanley Cooper, Jr. of Greenup and Christy Sheppard of Crown City, OH; four siblings Jay Dingess of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Bonnie Triplett of Hode, KY, Jerry Dingess of Ashland and Rita Alley of Ft. Mill, SC; ten grandchildren; six step grandchildren and three step great grandchildren.

Local funeral services were held at Carman Fu-neral Home in Flatwoods on Thursday, October 23, 2014.

Words of comfort were de-livered to those in attendance by Bro. Donald McCann.

Additional services were held at Richmond-Callahan Funeral Home in Warfield on Friday, October 24, 2014.

Burial was to follow the service on Friday at the Din-gess Family Cemetery in Hode, KY.


Ronald Lee Fish Sr. 1955-2014

Ronald Lee Fish Sr., 59, of Ashland, passed away Oct. 22, 2014, in King’s Daugh-ters Medical Center in Ash-land following a brief illness.

He was born April 4, 1955, in Ashland, to the late David J. Fish Sr. and Helen Mundy Fish Williams. He was also preceded in death by a broth-er, Carlos Fish.

He worked at Kentucky Electric Steel in the ship-ping department for more than 30 years and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a member of St. James AME Church, the Ironton Ameri-can Legion Post 590 and the Local Steelworkers 7054.

He is survived by his son, Ronald Lee Fish Jr. of Ash-land; brothers, David J. Fish Jr. (Debbie) of Weirton, W.Va., Byron M. Fish (Ellen) of Greenup and Wilby Fish of Erlanger; sisters, Adriennia Reed (Darrell) of Erlanger and Birdell Thomas of Ash-land; his ex-wife, Angelita Hill of Ashland; two step-children, NaTasha Fairfax of Bridgeport, Conn., and Zack-ariah Davis of Las Vegas, Nev.; and his friend, Alfreda McAfee of Ironton, Ohio.

The funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at Steen Funeral Home-Cen-tral Avenue Chapel in Ash-land with the Rev. LaVeeshia Pryor.

Burial was held in Ken-tucky Veterans Cemetery North East in Greenup Coun-ty.

Military honors were pro-vided by the U.S. Air Force and the Kenova American Legion Post 93.

Condolences may be sent to steenfuneralhome.com.

Orison M. “O.M.” Scott III 1956-2014

Orison M. “O.M.” Scott III, 58, of Ashland, passed away Monday morning, Oc-tober 20, 2014 in Community Hospice Care Center in Ash-land.

Mr. Scott was born Aug. 6, 1956, in Denver, Colo., a son of Juanita Wireman Scott of Rush and the late Orison M. Scott Jr.

He was also preceded in death by brothers Sam Tack-ett and Clyde David Scott.

Mr. Scott attended Cannon-sburg Methodist Church and recently had been attending Bridges Christian Church in Russell. He actively served with the Jaycees, was a mem-ber of the United Steelwork-ers of America and was a 1974 graduate of Boyd Coun-ty High School. He worked in the maintenance department of Kentucky Electric Steel for the past 36 years.

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Bond’s Broadcast

ByHankBond

This past weekend Marilyn and I journeyed to Louisville to enjoy a mini-family re-union with our three daugh-ters and only son.

Michael, as the picture with the column so indicates, graduated from Spencerian College with an associate’s degree so designating him as a licensed practical nurse.

With this stroll across the stage during graduation he reached a level of education and success it has taken him 10 years to achieve.

I will not even pretend to tell you that I am anything but especially proud. I have written about this a few times but in my letter from home type of column I wanted to be sure I shared some of the most important aspects of the past ½-week.

Of course Michael’s gradu-ation was extremely important to Marilyn and me. It showed he has achieved a point in his life where dedication and work have paid off for him.

In addition to earning his walking papers from Spence-rian, in the very week he grad-uated he also passed the state board test which proclaimed him as a licensed practical nurse.

The three days in Louisville allowed me to reflect on the

successes of all of my chil-dren.

I wrote about that last week to a certain extent but the graduations made it pos-sible for me to realize how hard all of them had worked to achieve their levels of suc-cess.

The first to earn a degree in our family was Carol Renee. I can remember clearly as she walked across the stage in the convocation center at Morehead. As she reached mid-stage C. Nelson Grote, president of Morehead State, opened his arms and hugged her as she made her way off of the stage with her diploma.

It is with a certain degree of melancholy that I recall that moment in time as we looked on from the seats high above the floor as she walked in – and – out during the proces-sional and recessional.

I went down to the floor and snapped some pictures – and we even had video of that big moment in 1992.

Beth graduated with two associate’s degrees in 1997. That too was a proud moment for us all. She added a bach-elor’s degree in 2012. Again a day of celebration was at hand. We enjoyed a celebra-tion in Morehead and marked another family accomplish-

ment.Amy Jo graduated from the

University of Nevada, Reno in 2004 – the same year Mi-chael graduated from high school.

Amy’s graduation – college that is – was the only gradua-tion we didn’t all get together one way or the other.

Marilyn and I were able to go to hers in Reno and cel-ebrate with her.

Carol has since earned two master’s degrees – momen-tous moments for our family.

And on Friday – Michael joined the ranks of degreed children and we celebrated with him, the girls and friends in Louisville.

I even got to take care of a couple of my grandchildren during the visit. Sadly, the Ne-vada grandchildren didn’t get to make the trip – but it was still a wonderful time.

The purpose of the column is to take a few minutes to

point out to those who may read this that I urge you to honor your children when they accomplish this feat.

Education is a responsibil-ity we have as parents, family and friends.

As some may shake their head at this let me point out that we are duty bound to edu-cate our children from their very earliest of days. This is true regardless of the subject matter as they are here to be molded in to upstanding, well spoken, well educated indi-viduals.

This by no mean infers that everyone should gradu-ate from college but everyone should develop a skill of some sort rather it is from formal education or hands on learn-ing.

That is why I don’t pick at those that use public educa-tion or those that home school. I find it admirable that people try to choose what path they


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Veloz’s ViewpointGreetings from Nevada.

I hope you are all having a great week!

What a whirlwind week for me. The beginning of the week was the normal cra-ziness. Antonio had a soc-cer game on Monday night instead of this Saturday, as the team they were play-ing against wasn’t going to have coaches available on Saturday. I didn’t mind the reschedule at all because it meant I got to watch him play.

Tuesday was a normal workday for me and I arrived home a little after 7 p.m. I spent some time that evening packing for the trip I would be taking on Thursday.

Wednesday morning Ben had an obligation that was causing him to miss school for the day, so he took charge

of taking the kids to school/babysitter while I headed to the elementary school early to meet with Analise and Anto-nio’s teachers. Parent teacher conferences were scheduled for Thursday, but because of my trip I was going to have to miss them. Instead, their teachers were nice enough to meet me early.

I met with Analise’s teacher first, and the report was glow-ing. To quote her teacher, “Analise is a joyful girl. She is always happy, has a smile on her face and is always willing to help those around her.” That certainly makes a Momma happy.

She got all A’s and one B. Analise was devastated at the B (it was an 88), but Ben and I reassured her that B’s aren’t bad. Her biggest downfall is

that she goes a little too fast with things due to her eager-ness to help others. So we are working on slowing down a little bit and making sure she has her own things handled first.

Antonio’s teacher was next. That boy is one smart cookie. His report was also glowing. His teacher is go-ing to work on challenging him a bit more. He is still shy and somewhat hesitant to an-

swer even when he knows the correct one. But I’m sure he will come out of that shell as the year progresses. I left the school that morning feeling like I was walking on air. My kiddos sure do know how to make me proud.

Thursday afternoon, I caught a flight to Louisville. Just me. I can’t remember the last time I flew by myself, not even one of my kiddos with me. The flight was relatively

quick, and I was able to work on my computer and get some extra work done during my flight.

Friday night, my brother Michael graduated from Spencerian College with his LPN degree. I’m very proud of him. I know how very hard he worked and he finally ac-complished his goal. He was very happy, so happy in fact, he picked up the Executive Director in a hug when she handed him his diploma. She was rendered speechless.

Saturday I spent the day with my family, sans Mi-chael. He bailed on us Friday night to drive to Florida to go on a cruise. So with him gone, it was my sisters, my parents, my niece and neph-ew and me. For most of the day, it was just my sisters,

my mom and I. We had a girls’ day. We had a delicious lunch, then went to a friend’s house for Beth and I to get a massage and then did a little shopping before an equally delicious dinner.

Saturday evening, Beth and I headed to an old friend’s house to visit for a while be-fore heading back to the ho-tel to crash. Sunday morning came way too soon and after a last breakfast/early lunch it was time to head to the air-port. Visits, no matter how long, just never seem to be long enough. And while I’m unsure of when our next trip to Kentucky will be, I hope it will be soon.

Until next week, make it a great one!

Amy

ByNick

Thomas

Tinseltown TalksBarbara Bain’s Many Missions

Two decades ago, Barbara Bain embarked on a mission many might have considered impossible: to convince chil-dren that books and reading could be fun.

“I volunteered in a day-care and just started reading to the kids one day as we sat on the lawn,” said Bain, who starred in the TV se-ries “Mission: Impossible” and “Space 1999.” “They seemed to really enjoy it and were very responsive.”

The actress soon recog-nized the potential of her simple act of kindness.

“I thought of all my act-ing colleagues in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG),” she said. “Every one of them has to read well in order to get a role and, of course, actors love an audience. So I went to SAG and our mayor, and we created BookPALS.” (See http://bookpals.net).

Today, the program has branches around the country with some 2,300 volunteer actors reading to students in classrooms, shelters, and hospitals.

“The readers love it and the kids are absolutely en-thralled,” said Bain. “Who better to take the words from a page and bring them to life than actors!”

At 83, Bain can also still bring words from a script to life in a theater or on the big screen.

Her latest film, “Silver Skies” (see www.roarpro-ductionsinc.com), had a pri-vate screening for cast and crew in August and is due to hit the film festival circuit in the coming months.

“It’s about a group of retir-ees who are getting thrown out of their apartment com-plex,” explained Bain. “It’s a wonderfully written story with each character incredi-bly well-defined. The casting was brilliant with veteran actors like George Hamil-ton, Mariette Hartley, Alex Rocco, and Howard Hes-seman. At times we would look at each other and laugh, because we were still mak-ing movies and having such a good time.”

Unlike many TV stars from the ‘60s and ‘70s whose careers were often defined by a single role in a

popular series, Bain is recog-nized for creating two iconic characters: scientist Dr. Hel-ena Russell in “Space 1999” and Cinnamon Carter in the spy series “Mission: Impos-sible.”

She is especially proud of the Carter character, which led to Emmy Awards each year between 1967-1969, the first actress to win three con-secutive Emmys.

“Very few shows at the time depicted strong women characters,” she said. “You either played a wife stirring a pot in the kitchen in a sit-com, or the dance hall girl in a western – a good girl or bad girl.”

Even today, 45 years since she undertook her last im-possible mission, Bain con-tinues to hear stories from women inspired by the char-

acter.“They stop me at the super-

market and explain how they got into law school or some other profession because of the character,” noted Bain. “Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard wrote in her autobiography that the character also in-spired her. So no question it was a groundbreaking role.”

But away from the cam-eras, Bain’s off screen mis-sion to promote an interest in reading among children has proven to be a possible and sustainable one.

“I hope the kids involved in the BookPals program have been inspired to learn,” she said. “I’ve always found joy in my work and hope they will too.”

Nick Thomas teaches at

Auburn University at Mont-gomery, Ala. His features and columns have appeared in over 400 newspapers and magazines. He is the author of “Raised by the Stars:

Interviews with 29 Chil-dren of Hollywood Actors” published by McFarland & Co. He can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com

believe to be best and suitable for their children as they grow from infancy to adults.

I am so glad we got to spend this weekend together. And personally, I am happy I was able to mentally relive those special moments of each child’s success.

There are more days ahead in both life’s education and personal growth – heck, my grandchildren are already in school, except one, and that means they too are on the path to personal success.

I really just want to urge ev-eryone to support those who choose to work toward gain-

ing education to offer them a better life.

However, even more im-portantly take the time to share those special moments and celebrate the accomplish-ments.

It is way more than getting a grade or being presented a piece of paper – it speaks volumes about dedication and hard work.

I am proud of everyone who achieves their goal and then sets another one to move up the ladder another rung.

Congratulations!And so, for another week,

thanks and thirty.

Photo submittedBarbara Bain with Peter Graves and Martin Landau from Mission Impossible.

General NewsThe Greenup Beacon October 28, 2014

ByJolinda

Case

Looking at LifeIt never ceases to amaze me

how much backlash comes to a person when they finally learn how to successfully assert themselves in a healthy way. Especially if that person is a female and especially if that female is not known for assert-ing herself in the first place.

This doesn’t mean that I think our male population has the whole healthy self-assertion thing completely wrapped up. There are just as many ineffective men out there as there are women who shy away from or are stomped for asserting themselves. But, its expected in our culture for men to be the assertive ones. Women are supposed to be the passive and accommodating ones. So, when a woman puts her foot forward and does as-sert herself for the first time, some people are put in a mild state of shock.

The asserting woman may get backlash from others illus-trating how selfish she is, how what she did wasn’t “nice” or “that’s not how nice women behave”. Her assertions and self-confidence may be mis-construed as hysteria and

blamed on hormone fluctua-tions. And, a sure fire way to know that you have effectively asserted yourself as a woman?

Someone is going to re-coil in fear masked by self-righteousness and call you the “dirty” word used to describe a female dog. And, chances are, there is going to be a very inef-fective person on the other side of those attempts to push the standing woman back down into her “place.”

The ineffective men in her audience are going to be the one’s calling her names. The ineffective women are going to be the ones accusing her of sleeping her way to the top. And, all of the people who make up this group are floating around in a sea of shaky self confidence and fear.

When someone tries to step out of that sea, the people still in that self-inflicted misery start reaching out and grabbing the ankles of the person emerg-ing in an attempt to pull them back in. They use guilt, play on a person’s empathy and some-times, they can even cause a person to question their own sanity and motivations.

Am I crazy? Am I selfish? Only you can answer that question. No one can do it for you. “Wisdom is a path that no one can travel for us or spare us” (author unknown). Once you DO answer that question and realize you aren’t selfish or crazy and see that the back-lash you are receiving really has absolutely nothing to do with you but so much more to do with the other person’s own insecurities, you regain your strength and are able to pull completely out of that miser-able pool and become impervi-ous to attempts to push or pull you back in.

Congratulations. You have graduated female dog school and have become a witch with a bachelor’s degree. In your continuing education (ad-

ditional efforts taken in the name of effectively asserting yourself), you will be able to move further and further away from these desperate drowning people.

Instead, you will meet oth-ers that have freed themselves from that sea too. These people will revel with delight as you stand on your own two feet instead of being intimidated or afraid of you. Yeah, I’ve met some of them. They are crazy cool!

Back at the drowning pool, though, we struggle. Things are foggy and nebulous. We’ve taken a baby step out of the water and the first reaction is that we have done something wrong. If you are asserting yourself in a healthy way (not running over people or being

aggressive), you aren’t doing anything wrong. If you take the fear embroiled reactions too personally, though, you are going to feel like you are. Shame. Guilt.

What were you thinking standing up for yourself? Nice girls don’t do that. Be quiet and pleasing like a nice girl.

I’m sorry, I couldn’t even type that last sentence with a straight face. It doesn’t even make sense to me.

BUT, this magical thing happens when you are able to NOT take this feedback so personally. Your eyes open and you realize, this person is tell-ing me nothing about me but EVERYTHING about them-selves and they don’t even re-alize it. Yep, that can be some very useful information, right there.

If the person throwing the backlash at you is someone you care about, you may even decide to hang around a little while and try to pull them out of the sea too. I mean, joy loves company just as much as misery, right?

But, honestly, no matter what your relationship with

the person is, your best bet is to just keep moving forward. Lead by example. Maybe they will be inspired by your prog-ress and take the initiative to jump out of the sea on their own. Maybe not. And, in the grand scheme of things, what they do from here is neither your responsibility or your business. Just like what you were doing was none of their business and not their respon-sibility.

See? You’ve got no more room to criticize the person behind you (in personal de-velopment) than he or she has room or right to criticize your forward moving efforts. Al-ways remember there was a time when you were in that sea yourself. Your journey is not their journey and vice versa. You have to sleep on your pil-low with your decisions and they have to sleep on theirs. It really is that simple. Keep your feet on your path and have faith that everyone else will eventually find theirs. If you can do that, without trying to pull or push or drag other people with you (hello, control issues), you’ll do just fine.

ByDr. Terry L.Hapney, Jr.

I received a good dose of reality this past week.

I call it “Hapney is getting old.”

During the discussion in my JMC 437/537—Public Relations Writing—class, the conversation between my students (undergrads and grad students) and me turned to the stupid things politicians do and how they make matters worse by ly-ing about the situations. The point I was trying to make is a person should NEVER challenge the media in such a situation.

It was President Bill Clin-ton who said, “Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.”

Of course that statement certainly extends to those who buy URL’s on the Worldwide Web and effec-tively utilize social media for the strategic use of dis-seminating news and infor-mation to viewers, listeners, and readers.

The first example that came to mind was Gary Hart who was making another run for the Democratic nomi-nation for president of the United States in 1988.

Hart, who served as a U.S. Senator representing Colo-rado from 1975-1987, was addressing “rumors” that he

had been having an affair with a woman. He adamantly denied this, and challenged the media to find dirt on him. He basically said the news media would find nothing.

Long story short, the me-dia soon printed proof that Hart was lying and his run for president ended.

He made matters much worse when he could have admitted his moral lapses, apologized, and put an end to it early on in the saga. Instead, he lied about it. On top of that, he challenged the media and lost.

My students enjoyed the story I shared about Gary Hart. Unfortunately, they looked at me when I first mentioned his name with puzzled faces that shouted, “Gary who?”

I soon realized the oldest person in the room, next to me, was one of my gradu-ate students who is 23. She wasn’t even born yet when Gary Hart pulled his stupid moves.

I felt old.Every fall semester, I re-

ceive “The Mindset List” from Beloit College. It al-lows professors to get inside the heads of their students. Unfortunately, I didn’t read this year’s email containing the Beloit list.

The entire list showcases the worldview of young peo-ple entering college. It con-sists of 75 facts about what these young people know to be reality.

Here’s the top 20:1. During their initial

weeks of kindergarten, they were upset by endlessly re-peated images of planes blasting into the World Trade Center.

2. Since they binge-watch their favorite TV shows, they might like to binge-watch the video portions of their courses too.

3. Meds have always been an option.

4. When they see wire-rimmed glasses, they think Harry Potter, not John Len-non.

5. “Press pound” on the phone is now translated as “hit hashtag.”

6. Celebrity “selfies” are far cooler than autographs.

7. “The Daily Show” with

Jon Stewart has always been the only news program that really “gets it right.”

8. Hard liquor has always been advertised on televi-sion.

9. Ralph Nader has always been running for President of the U.S.

10. They never sat glued to Saturday morning cartoon shows but have been hooked on FOX’s Sunday night “An-imation Domination.”

11. The water cooler is no longer the workplace social center; it’s the place to fill your water bottle.

12. In their lifetime, a dozen different actors have portrayed Nelson Mandela on the big and small screen.

13. Women have always attended the Virginia Mili-tary Institute and the Citadel.

14. FOX News and MS-NBC have always been duk-ing it out for the hearts and minds of American viewers.

15. Pepsi has always re-

freshed travelers in outer space.

16. Hong Kong has always been part of China.

17. Courts have always been overturning bans on same-sex marriages.

18. Joe Camel has never introduced one of them to smoking.

19. Bosnia and Herzegovi-na have always been one na-tion.

20. Citizens have always had a constitutional right to a “dignified and humane death.”

Back to our classroom dis-cussion . . .

Bill Clinton, John Ed-wards, Anthony Weiner, Ti-ger Woods, and Rick Pitino were each examples pro-vided by my students, as we were discussing both public officials and public figures.

Thankfully, my first-grade teacher, Mrs. Tina Rigsby, made me feel much better by telling me on Facebook, “You are not old.”

She mentioned JFK, Eisenhower, and FDR as examples. That softened my aging blow a bit.

The moral of the story . . . we each, hopefully, grow older. Unfortunately, some of the scenarios stay the same, but the names change.

One of my good friends who has worked as a school-teacher in the past was shocked that this genera-tion of my college students hadn’t been told about Gary Hart before now.

I guess it’s the responsi-bility of each generation to inform and educate younger generations to keep history alive so we can learn from the past and not replicate its mistakes.

Thankfully, the generation before me did a great job of that, or I wouldn’t know what I know about JFK, FDR, Lincoln, Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, or Wash-ington.

I plan to continue passing along my knowledge of the past to my current and future students. Hopefully, the mis-takes of the past will prepare them to become strong pub-lic relations advisers of the future.

Terry L. Hapney, Jr., Ph.D., is a professor in the W. Page Pitt School of Jour-nalism and Mass Commu-nications at Marshall Uni-versity, a Greenup County native, and a news anchor on Mix 99.3/Fox Sports 1260/107.5 The Breeze. He may be reached at [email protected].

Hapney’s Happenings

ByCatfish

Stephens

Despite the wind, rain, and cold last weekend - the 17th, 18th, and 19th - the Ken-tucky Outdoor Press Asso-ciation (K.O.P.A.) marched on with their 2014 Annual Fall Outing at beautiful Cave Run Lake at the Scott Creek Marina. Outdoor writers from all over Kentucky, and even a couple from Pikeville, Tennessee, gathered to share points to ponder.

Hall of Famer, Soc Clay, gave a slide presentation, which I might say, was awe-inspiring to say the least. It is easy to see how and why Soc’s photographs appear in magazines like National Geographic. He knows what he’s doing and is very gra-cious in passing his skills and knowledge to others who have the same desires.

Some of us had the oppor-tunity to meet with Tom Tim-mermann of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Tom is working on several projects on Cave Run Lake, includ-ing stocking, and the latest thing going is the placement of structures in the lake that support the crappie popu-lation. Thousands of old Christmas trees, as well as structures fashioned from wooden pallets and timbers have been planted on several parts of the lake to support

the populations of the fishes. Find those structures, and I guarantee you’ll catch crap-pie. Tom went on to men-tion how the once timber-rich parts of the lake have now rotted away and are not as good for habitat as they once were; that “all there are now are standing telephone poles”.

I have to agree. After many years fishing the lake, I’ve seen a decline of habitat, too. The placement of struc-tures such as the ones Tom and his crew managed will provide for many more years of good crappie fishing on Cave Run. Thank you, Tom, for all you do for the enrich-ment of our natural resources and advancement of tourism in our state.

Tom Clay, K.O.P.A. Presi-dent, has done some of the same before he retired from our Greenbo Lake State Park; submerging structures around the lake to attract fish. Tom has worked and served to support tourism for our area in many major ways. He not only has his own radio slot, but was on WSAZ TV supporting our great outdoors, and bringing to us knowledge you didn’t hear just anywhere. Why WSAZ discontinued him is beyond me. There are many disgruntled outdoorsmen in

West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio who greatly miss his show. Tom does, how-ever, have a YouTube show on the internet supporting the Greenup County Health Department. For you inter-net readers, go to: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-FugGJzRJvTmODoOt-38k6w. Thank you, Tom, for your service to our area.

G. Sam Piatt and I made the trip down Friday late af-ternoon after attending some earlier business hauling his 16 foot Bass Tracker. We had stars in our eyes at the thought of landing a lunk-er muskie or two. Upon launching the boat and tying off to the houseboat where we were going to be staying, we brought forth our best muskie lures to show one another with boyish glee. We were confident. This weekend was going to be the weekend we caught the big one.

As we casted one area then

trolled another, the light rain and steady wind stinging our eyes, our hopes diminished. Maybe this weekend wasn’t the weekend after all. Per-haps another day was. We whipped the boat around three quarters of the way through our troll area and skipped our way home over the 2 foot breaking waves. ‘Twas a bit more cold and rain that we could handle. I don’t think either of us like fishing those kinds of condi-tions.

A couple others had better luck though. They first strug-gled with their “target fish”, crappie, at first. But a day into the trip they switched poles and lures. Patrick Rob-erson and his son, Tom, start-ed fishing for muskie despite the rough weather. Tom told us while reeling in his lure he saw a big fish go after his lure at the boat. Pat told him, “That would be a muskie, son”. Tom had never caught one. But it wouldn’t be long!

In Our Own BackyardOne latched onto his line and the battle was on!

I’ve seen that look before; the look on one’s face after having caught their first mus-kellunge. The fish isn’t the only one that got hooked! Hide the young man’s wal-let! Muskie equipment is not cheap!

I’m glad it has warmed up a bit since then. It was really pretty gloomy until the last day and the sun finally came out. But despite the weath-er, much was accomplished

and plans for next year were planned and laid out. We Kentucky Outdoor Writers can promise you much more to come, for there’s always something beautiful to write about here in our own back-yard.

May God bless and keep you. Until next week!

Catfish(Catfish Stephens can

be reached at [email protected]. Your comments are welcomed.)

Photo by G.Sam PiattLeft to right: Tom Timmermann, Wanda Clay, Tom Clay, Soc Clay, and Catfish Stephens talk about KDFWR plans for Cave Run Lake.


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He was born in Greenup County on July 2, 1950 a son of Bessie Violet Burgess Carter of Greenup and the late Earl Carter.

He was a Christian and a retired driver for Northeast Kentucky Area Development.

He was preceded in death along with his father by a brother, Terry Carter.

He is survived along with his mother by his wife, Sherry Ann Barker Carter; a son, James Edward Carter of Wheelersburg; a step son, Bil-ly Potter of Lloyd; a brother, Mike Carter of Greenup; two sisters, Charlotte Brown of Flatwoods and Linda Woods of Grayson; one grandchild and a host of nieces, neph-ews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednes-day, October 29, 2014 at Wright’s Funeral Home in Greenup by Brother Ed Spears.

Burial will follow in the Brick Union Cemetery in Lloyd KY.

Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 28, 2014 and 1 hour before the service on Wednesday.

Online condolences may be made at www.wrightsfu-neralhome.com.

Wilma Fryer1934 – 2014

Wilma Jean Fryer 80, of Wurtland went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at the South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born in Greenup County on April 30, 1934 a daughter of the late Henry & Garnet Barker Wright.

She was of the Baptist faith and a former employee of Wal-Mart in Ashland KY.

She is survived by two sons, Jerry Edwin Coffee and Terry Richard Coffee both of Greenup; two brothers, Haskell Wright of Greenup and Charles Wright of Ar-gillite; a sister, Wanda Sue Stealey of Seattle WA; three granddaughters, Stephanie Renee Kiser, Marryanna Ma-rie Coffee and Lonna Harris; seven great grandchildren, Cheyenne Nichole Murphy, McKenzie Elizabeth Coffee, Alexander Kiser, James Har-ris, Anthony Harris, April Christian and Darrell Chris-tian along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services were con-ducted Saturday, October 25, 2014 at Wright’s Funeral Home in Greenup KY by Brother Ed Johnson.

Burial followed in the War-nock Cemetery in Warnock KY.

Online condolences may be made at www.wrightsfu-neralhome.com.

Jack Michael Davis 1948-2014

Jack Michael Davis, 66, of Worthington, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, at his residence.

Mr. Davis was born May 12, 1948, in Ashland, a son of Mary Preston Davis of Worthington and the late Jack C. Davis.

He was also preceded in

death by his wife, Sandra Reed Davis.

He was a retired mainte-nance clerk for Armco and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a 1966 Raceland High School grad-uate and earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Marshall University.

He is also survived by two sons, Peter (Angie) Davis and Matt (Katie) Davis, both of Worthington; five grandchil-dren, Corey, Jordan, Ayden and Sharlee Davis and Dillon Pierce; and a great-grandson, Theodore Davis.

A graveside service was conducted October 21, 2014, at Brick Union Cemetery in Lloyd by the Rev. Wayne Kuhner.

Evans Funeral Home in Raceland was in charge of arrangements.

Marlene Hignite Wheeler Ettinger

1933 - 2014Marlene Hignite Wheeler

Ettinger, 81, of Ashland, KY passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at King’s Daughters’ Medical Center in Ashland, KY.

Mrs. Ettinger was born on October 8, 1933 in Ashland, KY, a daughter of the late Franklin Thomas Hignite and Mary Marcum Hignite. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry A. Ettinger, two sons: Paul Anthony Wheeler and Keith Edward Wheeler, two broth-ers: Claude Hignite and Clyde Hignite, two great grandsons: Keith Edward Wheeler, Jr. and Stephen Ty-ler Hensley; and several half-brothers and half-sisters.

Mrs. Ettinger was in the food service industry with the American Legion and the Ashland Senior Center both in Ashland. She was a mem-ber of the Women’s Auxil-iary for both the American Legion Post #76 and for the Moose Lodge #892 in Ash-land, KY. She enjoyed play-ing card games, especially solitaire, her pets, and watch-ing Hallmark and Lifetime movies.

Mrs. Ettinger is survived by two daughters: Sharon “Suzie” (Terry) Hensley of Flatwoods, KY and Brenda (Paul) Rogers of Ashland, KY; a son, Richard Allen (Ju-lie) Wheeler of Ashland, KY; two sisters, Yvonnia “Jackie” Dickison of Ashland, KY, and Lucille Johnson of Ash-land, KY; 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

The funeral services were conducted Wednesday, Octo-ber 22, 2014 at Bailey Family Funeral Home in Flatwoods, KY with Pastor Tim French officiating.

Burial followed in Rose Hill Burial Park in Ashland, KY.

Online condolences may be left at baileyfamilyfuner-alhome.com.

Joe Hannah 1948-2014

Joe Hannah, 66, of South Shore, died Tuesday, Octo-ber 21, 2014 at his residence.

He was born Jan. 25, 1948, in Portsmouth, Ohio.

He is survived by his wife, Lisa Fisher Hannan.

The funeral was conducted Friday, October 24, 2014 at Morton Funeral Home in South Shore. Burial will be in Siloam Cemetery in South Shore.

Condolences may be sent to mortonfh.com.

Harvey M. Hale 1924-2014

Harvey M. Hale, 90, of Portsmouth, Ohio, formerly of Greenup County, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 in Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth.

He was born July 24, 1924, at Warnock.

He is survived by his wife, Sally Coburn Hale.

The funeral was conducted Friday, October 24, 2014 at Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore.

Burial was in Warnock Cemetery in Greenup.

Condolences may be sent to robersonfuneral.com.

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By Lora PullinGreenup County Extension Agent

for Family and Consumer Sciences

Fall is known for its abun-dance of great, fresh foods, and apples are among the most popular. You can pre-pare apples in many differ-ent ways and include them as ingredients in main courses, side dishes and desserts. Apples are a signature part of fall to me because my fam-ily makes apple butter every October.

The end product is always wonderful but most impor-tant is spending that time with loved ones. Aunts, Un-cles, cousins, and friends all come together to share in the work and take home a few jars of this sweet treat. I want my children to have those memories of being outside on a crisp fall morning play-ing amongst cousins with the fallen leaves crunching under their feet. While all the adults gather around telling stories, stirring the apples over the

fire. It’s moments like these I never take for granted!

Not only are apples great additions to any meal, but they are also packed full of nutrients. They are low in calories, fat and sodium, cholesterol free and a great source of fiber. Apples also contain phytochemicals that may help prevent many chronic diseases including cancer, heart disease, asthma and diabetes.

The United States is home to more than 2,500 varieties of apples. Several of those are grown in Kentucky, including Red Delicious, Rome, Winesap, Gala, Jona-than, Cortland and Golden Delicious. You can get Ken-tucky-grown apples at or-chards, farmers markets and some grocery stores across the area. Look for the Ken-tucky Department of Agri-culture’s Kentucky Proud

label when shopping.When selecting apples,

look for firm, crisp and col-orful fruit. Avoid apples with shriveled skins, bruis-es, worm holes or decayed spots. Apples last longer in your refrigerator, either in the crisper drawer or in an unsealed plastic bag.

You can leave apples out on the counter for a few days, but an extensive period of time at room temperature will cause apples to shrivel and lose flavor and crispness. Always make sure to store

apples separately from veg-etables, because apples natu-rally release small amounts of ethylene gas that can dam-age lettuce and other pro-duce.

Here’s a great recipe from the Kentucky Proud program that incorporates apples:

Bone-in Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

Ingredients:2 Kentucky Proud pork

chops, bone-in Salt and pepper, to taste 1 tablespoon olive oil1 Kentucky Proud apple,

sliced1 Kentucky Proud onion,

sliced1 cup chicken stock or ap-

ple cider, to deglaze1 tablespoon butter, op-

tionalDirections:

Pat the pork chops dry with paper towels, and sea-son well with salt and pepper.

In a large skillet on high heat, heat olive oil and brown the pork chops well, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. At this point, the pork chops will be well browned, but not cooked all the way through.

Transfer chops to a sepa-rate platter.

Add the apple and onion to the pan, and cook until soft-ened and nicely caramelized.

Add chicken stock or ap-ple cider, and scrape food morsels from the surface of the pan.

Nestle the pork chops back

into the pan, and bring the mixture to a simmer. Simmer until pork chops are cooked through and season with salt and pepper.

Add butter to the sauce at the last minute for extra rich-ness, if desired.

More information about apples and other healthy foods is available at the Greenup Cooperative Exten-sion Office.

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Chapter 7

“That must be the in-strument Chloe and I heard earlier,” I said when we got upstairs and saw something that looked a little like a fid-dle. Mr. B. picked up the instrument, put it in his lap and began strum-ming.

“It’s an Appalachian dulcimer. Some folks call it the Kentucky dul-cimer, the mountain dul-cimer or the hog fiddle,”

Mr. B. explained, result-ing in a giggle. “The Ap-palachian dulcimer is different from the ham-mered dulcimer. As you can see, the dulcimer is made from wood. It’s about 75 to 90 centime-ters long, and the sound box is in the shape of a teardrop or hourglass. It typically has three or four strings. The player puts the dulcimer in his lap or on a table and strums. Do you know what the word dulcimer

means?”Chloe and I were clue-

less.“It means ‘sweet mu-

sic,’” Mr. B. said. “Music, especially mountain mu-sic, was a big part of the Appalachian Mountains. Every year we would go to “singing school” and learn how to read shape notes. Then we could sing four-part harmony.”

“Please sing the song you sang earlier,” I begged, wanting to hear that song about the sour

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mountain. Chickens a-crowing

on Sourwood Mountain,Hey, ho, diddle-um

day.So many pretty girls I

can’t count ’em,Hey, ho, diddle-um

day.Mr. B. said that when

folk songs or stories were passed down from generation to gen-eration, people would change the words a lit-tle. I decided to change the song to Sourwoody Mountain. You should have seen Chloe and me dancing a jig, as Mr. B. called it, while he kept strumming. “Now let me see you pups clog.”

“Clog? Is that like the moon walk or the elec-tric slide?” I asked.

“Not quite,” Mr. B. said, laughing. “Clog-ging is the official dance of the state of Kentucky. You use the heel or toe of your shoe to make a percussive sound on the floor to the down-beat of the music. Make sure you keep your knees loose. Can you guess where clogging originated?”

“Apple-at-cha?: I asked, being careful to pronounce it correctly.

“You got it!”“Do you know how

to clog, Mr. B.?” Chloe asked.

“I reckon so. Clogging is a folk dance. Like so many other things, clog-ging has been passed

down through genera-tions. My granny won second place in a na-tional clogging compe-tition back many a year ago. I never will forget when my Pa taught me to clog. Once I got older, I loved going to the lunchbox social and bidding on the prettiest girl’s basket. Then we would eat our lunch to-gether, listen to music and clog.”

I didn’t know why Mr. B. was wasting his time talking about girls when we could talk about clog-ging. Wanting to make the drumlike sounds on the floor while I clogged, I found my heaviest four shoes and put them on. Unfortunately, my heavi-est shoes were my snow boots. Even with them on, I couldn’t seem to get the beat.

“One of the keys to clogging, Woody, is to listen to the music,” Mr. B. explained. “Other-wise, you won’t hear the downbeat of the song, so use those ears of yours and listen care-fully.”

There was that listen-ing word again. I did my best to listen. Mr. B. started singing another mountain song called Cripple Creek. Chloe seemed to pick up clog-ging easily. Maybe it was my shoes. They didn’t have the correct heel to make that drum sound.

As they continued to sing and clog, I went downstairs to Mom’s closet. I searched but couldn’t find four shoes that were alike. I finally decided on four different high-heeled shoes, hop-ing the different heights of the heels would make the clogging sound stronger.

Though it was difficult to walk back upstairs in four different high heels, it was worth it. I began kicking my heels to the beat of the music and stomping my feet so loud it sounded like airplanes flying over our house. The more I clogged, the more my family laughed, though I was unsure why. Be-fore I knew it, I’d lost my footing and felt myself traveling through the air while I heard Mom say “Woooo-dddyyyyy ... .”

I tried to open my eyes but couldn’t see anything. Just minutes ago, I was on the sec-ond floor of our house clogging with my sister. Now I was somewhere on the first floor. I could hear Mom and Dad call-ing my name and felt someone wiping my head with a wet cloth. Finally my eyes fo-cused, and I saw Mom, Dad and Chloe staring down at me. I rubbed the goose egg on my head and was alarmed to find I was covered in blood.Chapter 7

Woody’s Word Search

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BEAT CLOG DANCEDULCIMER FIDDLE HARMONYLISTEN MUSIC STRUM

1. Open your local newspaper to the Classified section. Look under musical instruments to see if there are any dulcimers for sale. If so, is it an Appalachian dulcimer or a hammered dulcimer?

2. Ask your school’s music teacher if he/she has an Appalachian dulcimer. If so, as a class, learn the song Sourwood Mountain. Sing it while your teacher plays the song on the dulcimer. If he/she doesn’t have a dulcimer visit http://youtu.be/mzMzdrC0OYc to view and hear the instrument. Remember, folk songs are tweaked a bit as they are passed down through generations to make it more personal or relevant. Woody changed the song to SourWOODY Mountain. How could you change the song to make it more personal?

3. After you have sung it through once, repeat the song. This time either clap your hands or lightly stomp your foot to the steady beat.

4. Mr. B. talked about shape notes and four-part harmony. What are the four major voices of harmony?

5. Visit the following website to see a video on clogging: http://youtu.be/cs2j8f7H2WY.

6. Email Woody at [email protected] and tell him about your version of Sourwood Moun-tain.

7. Cut out We’re All Ears Chapter 7 and paste it in your scrapbook. Collect all ten chapters and you will have your very own Woody book! Make sure you visit www.thewoodybooks.com or www.kypress.com and listen to me read each chapter. While you are there, be sure to watch a special video message from Mom and me.

8. Woody’s Riddle for the Week:

What kind of music is the bunny rabbit’s favorite?

Visit www.thewoodybooks.com to see the answer.

Stay tuned next week to read We’re All Ears Chapter 8!

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For Your Pets

ByMJ

Wixsom, DVM, MS

Max and his two young owners were in the exam room. I knew the appoint-ment would be a bit of time. So, I saw some puppy re-checks and suture removals first. That way nobody had to wait too long. Max’s own-ers are here on what we call a self referral. (They decided they need to have a second opinion.) Max has been sei-zuring for five days. I saw the quick things first, because re-fractory seizures are difficult to control and the owners need a lot of educating for the teamwork to work.

Max had been cluster sei-zuring. (One seizure sets off a whole bunch or cluster of seizures over a few days.)

When I entered the exam room, everyone was upset. Max was trying his best to walk under the influence of heavy doses of narcotics and his parents never said it, but

I could tell they were afraid they would have to put Max to sleep. The anxiety in the room was intense! Doing my best to reduce the anxiety in the room, I perched on my stool and started to listen.

Max’s meds had been in-creased and increased again. He was sent home with in-jectable Valium to be given rectally. (Rectal Valium is an reasonable treatment, but not a fun one. IV injections are used in the hospital, but are virtually impossible at home. Rectal Valium starts antiseizure effect in 5 to 15 minutes, but only lasts 30 to 60 minutes. Unfortunately, injectable Valium cannot be in contact with plastic, be-cause the plastic inactivates it.) But even without the Va-lium, Max was only seizur-ing every couple of hours.

Max’s seizures started two days after he came home

ByBethBond

Hello friends! Hope everyone is enjoying this nice fall weath-er. As the temperature gets cooler most people like comfort food so I am going to share some soup and a dessert recipe with you this week. Hope you all enjoy!

Black Bean Soup1 onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 celery ribs, finely chopped 1/4 large red bell pepper, finely chopped 2 small chicken bouillon cubes 1 -1 1/2 cup boiling water 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, undrained 1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon cumin1/2 lemon, juice of 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarchIn a pot, combine the first six ingredients; simmer for 10 min-

utes. Add half a can of beans, salt and cumin; cook for 5 minutes. Puree soup (I use a blender which makes it easy). Add the rest of the beans to the soup. Combine the cornstarch with 1 1/2 table-spoons of water. Add the lemon and the cornstarch to the soup; cook until thickened.

Butternut Squash Soup1 teaspoon olive oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 teaspoon fresh sage, chopped (or 1t. ground dry sage) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper 3 cups fat-free chicken broth 1 1/2 lbs butternut squash (peeled, seeded, cubed) parmesan cheese (Garnish) Add oil, garlic and onion to large stockpot over medium heat.

Saute for 3-4 minutes. Add sage, salt, pepper, broth and squash. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes (or until squash has a tender consistency). Use stick blender to lightly puree, leaving some chunks, or puree half of the soup in a food processor or blender and return to pot. Garnish with parme-san cheese and more fresh sage (if desired).

Spicy Black-Eyed Pea Soup16 ounces dried black-eyed peas 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped carrots 5 cloves garlic, minced 1 -2 bay leaf1 lb. smoked sausage 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper1 tablespoon cajun spices 48 ounces chicken broth Hot sauce, to taste Sort peas and soak in plenty of water overnight. Before cook-

ing, drain and rinse. Place all ingredients into crock pot and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until peas are nicely tender. Remove bay leaves before serving. Serve with additional hot sauce, if desired.

Apple Crisp1/2 cup old fashioned oats 3 Honey Maid Honey Grahams, finely crushed 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/3 cup flour 1/4 cup walnut pieces 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, melted 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 tablespoons flour6 cups peeled granny smith apples, slices (about 5 medium

apples) Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix oats, graham crumbs, 1/3 cup

each of the brown sugar and flour, the walnuts, butter and 1/2 teaspoons of the cinnamon until well blended; set aside. Mix 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and remaining 1/2 tea-spoons cinnamon in large bowl. Add apples; toss to coat. Place in 8-inch square baking dish; sprinkle with the oat topping. Bake for 35 to 40 minute or until apples are tender. Cool slightly.

Thai Pumpkin Soup1 Tbl. olive oil1 cup diced onion1 Tbl. tomato paste1 Tbl. garlic, minced2 Tbl. fresh ginger, minced1 13.5-ounce can coconut milk1 15-ounce can 100% pure pumpkin3 cups chicken or vegetable broth1 Tbl. lemon juice1 Serrano pepper, choppedpinch cayenne peppersalt & pepper to tastescallions & fresh cilantro for garnishSauté onion in olive oil until tender. Add in tomato

paste, garlic, ginger, coconut milk, pumpkin, and broth. Combine until heated through. Season with salt & pep-per. Place mixture into blender and add lemon juice, chil-ies, cayenne, and salt and pepper. Blend until smooth, 1-2 minutes. Pour into soup bowls and garnish with fresh ci-lantro and scallion.

Sweet Potato Soup1 cup diced onions1 - 2 tbsp olive oil2 1/2 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed2 carrots, peeled and chopped1 large apple, peeled and chopped5 cups vegetable stocksalt, pepper, nutmeg

Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add onions. Cook until translucent, but not browned, about 5 minutes. Add sweet potatoes, carrots, apple, and stock. Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 25 minutes or until veg-etables are tender. Puree soup either in a blender (Be care-ful, it’s hot!) or use an immersion blender. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

Beth Bond is a certified chef with a culinary arts degree and a hotel and restaurant management degree from Sul-livan University in Louisville, Ky. She also has several years’ experience in the hospitality and food service industries. She is a press association award-winning photographer and has several years’ experience in the newspaper industry. She can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].

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ByJohn M.

Brown

JESUS: ENTERING THE WORLD TO TEACH US

ABOUT GOD

Jesus of Nazareth is an historical figure. But, why did He live? What was His purpose in coming into the world?

God foretold the coming of the Messiah among hu-manity as early as the third chapter of Genesis: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Gen-esis 3:15). One can continue to trace the prophetic Mes-sianic line through Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3; Acts 3:12;

Galatians 3:16), through Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15; Acts 3:22), through the prophets (see Isaiah 7:14; 53; Psalm 110:1-7 and many others). Jesus said, “These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me” (Luke 24:44). Notice that Je-sus said all things previously written concerning Him would be fulfilled by Him!

When the Messiah came, He would be the final, com-plete, and full revelation of God to man, in fulfillment of the law of Moses and the

From the Minister’s Study

prophets. The Bible says, “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath de-clared him” (John 1:18). The word “declared” means “ex-plained, show,” literally “to exegete.” Jesus was the dem-onstration, proof, exhibition, and manifestation of God; in

coming into the world, Jesus showed God to man!

In John 14:8-9, the Bible says, “Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and

how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?”

Do you want to know about God? Then you must know Jesus Christ, for He is the manifestation of God. His thoughts, words, actions, life, and pronouncements were expressions of Deity! “And without controversy great is the mystery of god-liness: God was manifest in the flesh...” (1 Timothy 3:16).

As God has given a rev-elation of Himself, of His mind and of His will, in the Scripture (1 Corinthians 2:9-13), so also He gave a revela-tion of Himself in His Son. Thus, Scripture is the “Word of God” – and Jesus is the

“Word of God” (John 1:1 ff.).To Jesus belongs all au-

thority as only begotten Son of God (Matthew 3:17; 28:18), all preeminence as Head of the church (Colos-sians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22-23), all jurisdiction as the One through Whom the Fa-ther speaks (Matthew 17:5; Hebrews 1:1-2), and all judg-ment of mankind (John 5:22; 2 Corinthians 5:10).

The most significant ques-tion confronting man, then, is “What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?” (Matthew 22:42).

Well, what do YOU say?Comments welcome:

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from boarding. (We do board, but Max did not board here.) Normally he only had thun-derstorm anxiety, but was al-most visibly tremoring.

We talked about normal seizure activity and how var-ious medications can raise or lower it, but stress always lowers the seizure threshold and makes a seizure more likely to occur. We talked about the current dose of phenobarbital that he was on and how often it had recently been increased.

Normally as I teach clients

about their pets, the stress level goes down in the room. I cannot fix everything, but often understanding and hav-ing a plan, help the stress lev-el. With Max and his owners, the anxiety stayed high. They were stressed. Max knew it and he was stressed. (Don’t think for a second, that I would not be stressed if we were thinking about Ranger being put to sleep!)

I explained how Max’s stress was contributing to his seizures. And how he was picking up on his owner’s

stress levels. I set them up with some DAP diffusers (Dog Appeasement Pher-emones), discussed proper crating to reduce stress and a few other behavioral treat-ments. Then we fitted Max for a Thundershirt®. These dog shirts are designed to fit snugly and use the dog’s since of well being with it is thigmotatic sense(think snugglely and secure). In-stantly, Max was calmer and more confident. He stood straighter and was more alert. (As great as Max react-ed, there are some dogs that seem to have no improve-ment at all with a Thunder-shirt®.) As Max improved, his owners relaxed.

I then asked them to trust me. (This is difficult with a new client and when there is not a crystal ball to give only correct future answers.) I re-duced his phenobarb level to

a reasonable amount and put him on 72 hours of oral Valium to be picked up at a local pharmacy. A few other supplements and the dif-fuser were sent home to help with anxiety and he wore his Thundershirt® home.

Max is now several days of being seizure free and doing well. He will have another seizure or cluster in the fu-ture, but his owners have a plan. Max’s owners seem happy also. They had picked up their records and the other vet had told them that I was a “female dog” or something like that. Whatever. Max is better and that is my only goal.

Dr. MJ Wixsom owns and practices at Guardian Animal Medical Center on Bellefonte Road in Flat-woods. 606-929-6566. On-line at guardiananimal.com

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Photo by Wayne ChaffinFront Row with trophy L-R Lexi Frisby, Cara Mahar, Shelby Huddleston, Harley Abshire. Directly behind them: L-R Sami Cotton, Carley Patton, AnnaLee Miller, Coach Joe Grizzle L-R Alexis McMonigal, Lexi Nichols, Jessie Barlow, #3 Josie Owens, Katie Fried, Loren Gross. Back Row L-RvHollie Hencye, Kasey Stewart, Maggie Jachimczuk, Coach Gary Lyons, Tulsi Thakor, Caroline George, Maddison Moore, Ashley Keeton, Morgan Vonderheide, Megan Bush, Daria Franklin, and Coach Rick Roberts.

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in the United States. This year’s event at Ashland

Town Center will take place on Sunday, November 16, 2014 from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

The mall will host Magical Night of Giving as its official kick-off to the holiday sea-son and as an opportunity for guests to enjoy an evening of exclusive savings throughout the mall, prize giveaways and holiday entertainment. The mall joins with many local non-profit organizations that support this community event by selling tickets, for which they keep 100 percent of the proceeds. In 2013, Ashland Town Center’s event attracted forty non-profit organizations and raised over $29,000 for the non-profit organizations that participated in ticket sales.

“Magical Night of Giv-ing allows the Ashland Town Center to support multiple non-profit organizations in one event,” explains Marketing Di-rector, Jaime Bloss. “Last year, the event raised over $29,000 for forty non-profit groups in the Tri-State area.” Bloss stat-ed, “This event would not be a success without the help from our sponsorship partners and local businesses. Last year we awarded over $8,000 in prizes, thanks to our sponsors.”

Non-profit and volunteer organizations interested in rais-ing money through this suc-cessful event, or companies looking for sponsorship oppor-tunities, are asked to contact the mall at 606-325-9570 or via email at [email protected].

OLBH’s All Hallow’s Eve Bash returns Oct. 31

The Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital (OLBH) Foundation will host a night of frights, food and fun with its fifth annual All Hallow’s Eve Bash. The event takes place Friday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. at Bellefonte Pavilion (2000 Ashland Drive) on the OLBH campus.

For ticket information or for details on corporate sponsor-ships, call (606) 833-3653.

Band event scheduledThe Russell Band Arts and

Crafts Show, Saturday, No-vember 22 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The event will be held at Russell High School.

Employers invited

to Job FairArea business and organiza-

tions are invited to participate in the Tri-State Career and Job Fair on Friday, Nov. 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the KYOVA Tri-State Mall.

The purpose of the fair to help employers and job seek-ers find each other. There is no charge to participating employ-ers, and tables, chairs, limited access to electricity, and wire-less Internet will be provided.

For more information or to reserve a space, contact Nancy Menshouse, ACTC Career & Job Placement Coordina-tor, at 606-326-2199 or email: [email protected]. Cosponsors are Ashland Com-munity and Technical Col-lege, Kentucky Career Center, Southwestern Community Ac-tion Council and KYOVA Tri-State Mall.

GAP Sessions scheduled for 2014-15

All Grandparents as Par-ent sessions will be held at the Greenup County Extension Office (at the Intersection of US23 & Industrial Parkway, Wurtland, Ky) from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, November 14, 2014, Friday, February 13, 2015, Friday, April 10, 2015.

We are looking forward to a great year ahead and hope you can join us for this year’s GAP (Guardians as Parents) work-shops.

For more information, you may contact Tammy Steele, GC McKinney-Vento Program at 606-473-1447.

thon’s Catlettsburg Refinery, 2nd Place – King’s Daughters Medical Center and 3rd Place – Veolia Environmental Ser-vices.

“This was a great start on an annual fundraiser for scholar-ships, and we look forward to next year,” Dr. Shaffer said.

Church Craft Fair plannedEngland Hill Freewill Bap-

tist Church is hosting a Craft Fair and More at 10201 Mayo Trail Road, Catlettsburg on Friday and Saturday, Novem-ber 7-8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Handmade crafts and jewelry, along with Avon, Tupperware, Premier Jewelry, Thirty One, and Younique.

On Friday, Nov. 7, the KDMC Mobile Health Unit will offer Healthy Heart Screenings open to the com-munity from

10 a.m.--2 p.m. by appoint-ment. To schedule an appoint-ment call 1-888-377-5362. Saturday, Nov. 8th, we will be having children’s activities. Come join in the fun and enjoy one of our famous hot dogs.

Russell History Mural Design Contest

The All Aboard Russell community organization is sponsoring a contest to design a theme and content of a mural to be painted on the concrete wall on Diederich Boulevard across from the Bethel Luther-an Church.

Student volunteers from Russell High School will paint the mural. Work on the mural is expected to begin Spring 2015.

The contest is open to the public. The designs should reflect on the history of Rus-sell, past and or present, or be inspirational in nature to the community.

We welcome any com-ments, suggestions, or ques-tions to our face book page, “All Aboard Russell.”

Russell Mural Rules / De-tails:

- Contest open to all- Multiple submissions are

allowed- Can be more than one win-

ner- Submissions can be in any

form such as drawings, actual pictures or lists etc.

- Name and phone number are required

- Submissions must be made on or before December 31, 2014

- Send submissions to: All Aboard Russell, % J. McK-night, P.O. Box 462, Russell, KY 41169

- Winner will have their name printed on the wall.

Flu shots availableThe annual flu shot event

will be held Saturday, Novem-ber from 9 a.m. to noon.

It will be held at Advance Memorial United Methodist Church in Flatwoods.

Medicare will be billed, so please have your card avail-able. Cost is $20 for those without Medicare.

Free health screeningA free health screening will

be held at Advance Memorial United Methodist Church

Saturday, November 1 from 9 a.m. to noon. Available will be tests for:

Lipid Profile (Total Choles-terol, HDL, Triglycerides and LDL); Blood Sugar Hemo-globin (Anemia); and Blood Pressure.

For more information call the OLBH CareLine (606-833-CARE)

Greenup Christian Church hosting Boo Bash for Trick or Treat

Greenup Christian Church is hosting a Boo Bash from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 30 in the Family Life Center.

“Come join us for an excit-ing evening during the Boo Bash!” said Gavin Krueger, youth director at Greenup Christian Church. Bethany Martin, GCC youth director adds, “Be sure to bring a friend as we have some fun!”

Children are encouraged to wear a costume as they play games, win prizes, have treats and eat candy. All children under the age of 13 are in-vited and encouraged to bring a friend to this family event. Children under the age of 5

must have a parent present. Greenup Christian Church

is located at 711 Main Street in downtown Greenup.

For more information, please contact Greenup Chris-tian Church at 473-9477.

Drive is Nov. 8If you’re interested in join-

ing an association with years of community service experi-ence, then Greenup County Homemakers is for you! The Greenup County Homemak-ers are hosting a Homemaker Membership Drive “Christ-mas Ornament Party” to in-troduce non-members to the Homemakers Association.

The event will be held on Saturday, November 8, from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Greenup County Extension Office in Wurtland.

Bring a friend, your favorite Christmas mug, and a Christ-mas ornament (new or old to exchange). RSVP will be ap-preciated by Friday, October 31 at (606) 836-0201. Contact Lora Pullin, Greenup County Extension Agent for Fam-ily and Consumer Sciences, at (606) 836-0201 if you have any questions.

Holiday market Nov. 1Come support local vendors

at the 2014 Greenup Holiday Market to be held on Saturday, November 1 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Greenup County Extension Office in Wurtland.

Local vendors will display and sell hand-crafted items. The cost is FREE!

If you are interested in vendor space at the Greenup Holiday Market, please con-tact Anne Stephens, Extension Agent for Fine Arts, or Lora Pullin, Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Scienc-es, at 606-836-0201 or [email protected] or [email protected]. Deadline to register for vendor space is October 24, 2014.

New members welcomeRussell Rotary Club is hav-

ing a membership drive to in-crease membership.

Become a member and join the Russell Rotary Club mem-bers for lunch.

Meetings are held each Thursday at noon at Bridges Christian Church.

OLBH Mammography schedule

The Our Lady of Bellefon-te Hospital (OLBH) Mobile Mammography Unit schedule for the month of October, Na-tional Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month, has been released.

The unit will visit the fol-lowing locations with all times 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. unless other-wise noted:

Bellefonte Women’s Care, 2001 Winchester Avenue, Ash-land- Tuesday, Oct. 28

Ashland Family Medicine, 2222 Winchester Ave., Ash-land- Wednesday, Oct. 29

Those who wish to attend any of the scheduled stops of the OLBH Mobile Mam-mography Unit must schedule an appointment by calling the OLBH Women’s Center at (606) 836-PINK (7465).

Festival of Trees and Trains planned

The Paramount Woman’s Association’s (PWA) fund-raiser, the Festival of Trees and Trains (FOTT), will celebrate its 30th annual Festival from Friday, November 21, through Sunday, November 30, 2014.

This year’s Festival’s theme is “30th Anniversary- Merry Memories Jubilee.”

The Festival is the largest PWA fundraiser, which sup-ports the Education Depart-ment of the Paramount Arts Center (PAC).

Ashland Town Center to host annual Magical

Night of Giving Ashland Town Center of-

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Library CornerBy Jenifer Johnson

Hello from the Flatwoods Branch of the Greenup County Library System.

This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending my 45th Russell High School class reunion. It is always nice to get together with people from your youth. It is strange how some classmates hadn’t aged at all. There were some that I hadn’t seen since graduation. There were sto-ries that won’t be repeated, at least by me. There were memories of the friends that have gone on. That is one of the more difficult parts of any reunion. It was great to see everyone and I know I am looking forward to the next one.

This week’s author is James Thompson. He was born in 1964 in Kentucky. He is American-Finnish crime writer based in Lahti. He had a Master’s degree in English Philosophy from the University of Helsinki. He studied Finnish at the univer-sity also. He studied six lan-guages. He published four crime novels with the Finn-ish inspector Kari Vaara as the protagonist.

Thompson died unexpect-edly in his home pf Lahti, Finland in August 2014.

Kari Vaar series is about a police chief in the town of Kittila, Lapland . Kari first appeared in Thompson’s first novel, “Snow Angels”. His second novel, “Lucifer’s Tears” he moves to Helsin-ki. Kari starts out as a good cop, but somewhere along the way he becomes a rogue and corrupt cop. In Helsin-ki Blood, Kari tries to turn things around and redeem

himself.James Thompson’s path

to publication was an un-usual one. It all started out in a pub. Thompson’s didn’t realize that he was chatting with the managing editor for WSOY , Northern Europe’s largest publisher. The talk resulted in a request for a manuscript. Within weeks of the submission, Thompson had a three book deal with WSOY. No Finnish debut commercial fiction writer had ever been given a multi-book deal before. Thompson was branded as a domestic Finnish author. Thompson is a well-established fixture in the Finnish literary scene.

A major U.S. literary agent discovered Thompson for a second time and he request-ed a novel. The agent made deals with Thompson in the U.S. and a half dozen other countries. Thompson had twelve publishers worldwide and his books were available in over twenty countries.

American by birth, Thompson lived in Finland for fifteen years. His U.S. publisher is G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Thompson worked as a bartender, bouncer, con-struction worker, and soldier.

His books: Snow Angels—Lucifer’s Tears—Helsinki White—Helsinki Blood—Helsinki Dead

We do have most of these in our library. Come by and check them out.Happenings at the library

October 27 Spooktacular 6 p.m.

October 28 Trick or Treat for Story Hour

New Books: The Repub-lic of Imagination-Nafisi, The Nightingale Before Christmas-Andrews, Wait

for Signs-Johnson, A Gift to Remember-Hill, Burn-Patterson, The Lost Key-Coulter, The Love Song-Irwin, Seeing Your Face Again-Eicher, Festive in Death-Robb, Visions-Arm-strong, The Story Keeper-Wingate, Water Walker-Dekker, What I Know for sure-Oprah Winfrey, Fatal Conceit-Tannenbaum, Her Last Whisper-Robards, Fast Track-Garwood

Smokey TaleThis week I tricked

Smokey into thinking he was getting his “expensive food” when in reality he was given the same kind of food that his stray friend was getting. I sat down a plate of food for him and he walked away. I just picked it up, took it out-side to the kitten and came back in and opened the same kind of food for him. He just started eating it like it was the best thing he had had in a long time. Maybe I can start getting away with buying the cheaper stuff. It may work for a while.

Library Hours Flatwoods Monday 10-8

Tuesday 10-8 Wednesday 9-5 Thursday 10-8 Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-5

Greenup Monday 9-5 Tuesday 9-8 Wednesday 9-5 Thursday 9-8 Friday 9-5 Sat-urday 9-2

McKell Monday 9-5 Tues-day 9-5 Wednesday 9-8 Thursday 9-5 Friday 9-5 Sat-urday 9-2

Phones Flatwoods 606-836-9771

Fax 606-836-8674Greenup 606-473-6514

McKell 606-932-4478Website www.yousee-

more.com/greenupKeep Reading!

A Night Without a HomeAs part of the “Nation-

al Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week”, the Shel-ter of Hope invites the com-munity to share a night of discomfort which could lead to a better understanding of the plight of the homeless in Boyd and Greenup Counties. The Shelter of Hope is orga-nizing the 4th Annual Com-munity “A Night Without A Home” event on November 21, starting at 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.

Participants will spend an evening outside in a parking lot. Local area youth and adults are encouraged to par-ticipate by attending and do-nating “the amount of money they might spend on a meal” or groups may wish to give collectively.

This event will take place at the lot adjacent to First Christian Church, 1930 Win-chester Avenue, Ashland, KY, and is a “community awareness” exercise. It’s only a brief time that will

allow you a peek into what homeless families and indi-viduals endure.

You will be able to imag-ine what it’s like to live ev-ery night without a roof over your head.

The participants will gather at 10 p.m. Friday and will hear firsthand accounts of homelessness from those who have been homeless, as well as from those who work with the homeless in our area. There will also be great music for our souls and insightful games as well.

The shelter is collecting appliance boxes and other makeshift shelter materials to enhance the experience. So, if you have a large box . . . call us!

And since it will be “Na-tional Hunger and Home-less Awareness Week”, the night will also double as a fundraiser for the shelter as we help the homeless. The needs have seemed to jump each year. Participants may

donate the cost of a meal, as well as seek sponsors to raise money for items used at the shelter, such as cleaning sup-plies, toilet paper, towels, shampoo, toothpaste and the other such items.

It’s our hope to overcome the assumptions that the homeless are strictly addict-ed to drugs or mentally ill. Those may be factors, but in northeast Kentucky people are more likely to lose their homes when they lose their jobs or are hit with heavy medical expenses. Plus, the homeless in Boyd and Gree-nup Counties are less visible because they are more likely to sleep in their cars or on a friend’s couch rather than in the park or on the street.

If your group, club or or-ganization is interested in participating, or have a do-nation, don’t hesitate to call Charley Stephens (Commu-nity Relations Coordinator) at (606) 324-6700!

The Greenup Beacon 10.28.14

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