Reining in the Gods of the Fed

Some lawmakers dare to challenge

Here’s a story that reads like the script of an old B-grade monster movie — and it would be comic, were it not so serious. The monster is named “The Fed,” a hydra-headed creature with enormous and destructive power, which it exercises from within the misty confines of a marble cavern that is unapproachable by commoners. In real life, the […]

Taxing big bankers only a start



Tax the bankers’ profits, tax their bonuses, tax their golf scores. I mean it. Take their windfall, and give it to the taxpayers who bailed them out. Britain and France plan a 50 percent tax on banker bonuses — coordinated lest their financial bigwigs think of crossing the channel for a better deal. President Obama’s proposal to tax the big […]

Thank you



To the Editor: I was involved in collecting money for the Kingdom Come Community Center Outreach Christmas Program 2009. There are some people who donated to the program whom I want to thank publicly for their support and kindness: Maurice Royster with EQT Gas Co., Letcher County Judge Jim Ward, Letcher County Sheriff Danny Webb, Letcher County Court Clerk Winston […]

Banks rites held



Funeral services for Pearl Savanah Stidham Banks, 56, were held January 15. She died January 13. Born in Jenkins to the late Authur and Altie Stidman, she was the widow of Edsel Vaughn Banks She was the mother of the late Cassandra Lynn Banks, and the sister of the late Alvin Stidham and Lula Boggs. She is survived by two […]

Services are held for Audrey Prince



Funeral services for Audrey Sexton Prince, 67, were held January 18 at Everidge Funeral. Burial was in the Kate Hollow Cemetery at Sandlick. She died January 15 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. A daughter of the late Arlie J. and Esma Opal Adams Sexton, she was a sister of the late James Irvin Sexton, Henny Sexton […]

Mary Belle Looney succumbs at 88



Mary Belle Looney, 88, died January 11 at her home in Burdine. A daughter of the late Victor and Nellie Goins Slaughter, she was the widow of Ellis Looney, and the mother of the late Ronald Wayne Looney. She is survived by three grandchildren, Kevin Sean Looney and wife Kim of Burdine, Ronna Meagan Miles and husband Paul of Cowan, […]

Hobert Blair, 72, buried at Jeremiah



Hobert Blair, 72, died January 16, at his home at Jeremiah. A son of the late Dewey and Mandy Adams Blair, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Blaine, Glen and Buff ord, and three sisters, Ruby, Alice and Myrtle. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen Blair; two brothers, Van Blair of Jeremiah and Lyle Blair of Fort Wayne, Ind.; […]

Services are set for Thursa Gray



Thursa Lusk Spencer Gray, 94, of Mooresville, Ind., died January 17. A daughter of the late William H. and Elizabeth Whitaker Lusk, she was the widow of Asa Spencer, and later married Roy Gray, who also preceded her in death. She was a sister of the late Vina Pratt Fields, Louisa Dixon, Effie Bentley Banks, Ada Caudill, Margaret Lusk, Bobby […]

Charles Crase dies



Charles Crase, 87, died January 15 at Letcher Manor Nursing Home in Whitesburg. A son of the late Monroe and Mary Alice Baker Crase, he was the widower of Rhoda Lowe Crase, and later married Eleanor Vanover Crase, who also preceded him in death. Surviving are three sons, Gary B. Crase of Berlin Heights, Oh., Daniel R. Crase of Vermillion, […]

Mildred C. Baker buried at Ermine



Mildred C. Baker, 87, died January 13 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. Born in Letcher County, she was the widow of Bruce Robert Baker, and a daughter of the late Jasper and Elizabeth Pigman Collins. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mount Sterling. Surviving are two sons, Ronnie Wayne Baker and wife Wanda, and Robert Gerald […]