The way we were

Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years

February 4, 1960 Letcher County would have its own circuit judge and would elect its own circuit judge and commonwealth’s attorney under a bill passed Wednesday by the Kentucky House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Harry M. Caudill, would separate Perry and Letcher counties into separate judicial districts.  Kentucky Power Company has received final approval from the […]

Car Talk

Olive oil good for many things, but not repelling snow

Dear Tom and Ray: We had a big snowstorm this week. Not wanting to scrape the ice off my windshield, the night before the storm I looked around for something to put under my wipers to keep the ice off . Unable to come up with anything, I contemplated alternatives. Then it came to me: Filippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive […]

Horoscope



ARIES (March 21 to April 19) All that flattery and fawning shouldn’t affect any decision you have to make. Keep your focus on the facts and ignore all the hyperbole, especially if it gets uncomfortably personal. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your Bovine instincts are on the mark about that “favor” you’re being asked to do. Agree to nothing […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS

RECAPS – 2/1-2/5

ALL MY CHILDREN Æ Opal has premonitions of someone bad coming to Pine Valley. Greenlee was shocked to see Erica and Ryan together and wants to hurt Ryan the way he has hurt her. Jake suspected David was doing stem cell therapy. Colby was devastated to learn the JR’s cancer has returned. Greenlee sabotaged the Fusion computer system to hurt […]

Strange But True



• It was American writer Cullen Hightower who made the following sage observation: “Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.” • Thanks to the fact that their eyes are placed on the sides of their heads, rabbits can see behind themselves without turning their heads. • In the town of Arcadia, […]

Moments and Memories at WHS



Jerome Eastham 1914-1917 Jerome Eastham served as principal of Whitesburg High School from 1914- 1917. He was born on July 31, 1888 in Pulaski County, Ky. He married Polly M. Fields in Lexington, Ky. on August 11, 1915. Mr. Eastham died in Gainesville, Fla., on August 23, 1982 at the age of 94. His parents were James Thomas Eastham and […]

Time has taken its toll



I hope everyone is thawed out by now. It sure was a bit cold there for awhile, but is nice now even with all the mud from the thaw. I am not a winter-oriented person anymore, so I’ll take the rain and mud anytime. I get to feeling rather useless sometimes when it comes a big snow. I am no […]

2010-02-03 E-Edition