MISCELLANEOUS

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REAL ESTATE

HOUSE FOR SALE — 110 Fields Cliff in Whitesburg. 4–5 bedrooms, 2 baths, detached garage. All on city lots. All offers will be considered. 606- 633-0149. (7-18-ufnb) _________________ TRAILER LOT FOR SALE — Mayking, water/septic hook-up. Secluded on a hill. Asking $12,000. 336-681- 4580. (8-29-ufnb) _________________ FOR SALE — Live 2 bocks off of Main Street in Downtown Whitesburg. 4 […]

SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENT — Remodeling and new construction, additions, decks and finish carpentry. All done with topnotch skill and quality. 30 years experience. Call Doug at 606-633-2042. 9-15-ufn) _________________ XTREME STEAM CLEANING — Commercial and Residential Cleaning. Carpet, Tile, Grout, Upholstery, Vehicles. 606-634- 9558 or 606-213-6419. 5-8-unf) _________________ HAMPTON CONSTRUCTION — 25 years of experience. Remodeling, new construction, hardwood floors, custom […]

Johnny Cash and his pinto beans


In 1950 at Sampson Air Base, New York, I came home to my quarters on base and my wife asked if I’d take our family to the NCO Club for lunch the next day. I was worn out from my week’s work, but I told her I’d be happy to. The club was only a couple of blocks from our […]

Elmer Looney dies at 65

Elmer “Cowboy” Looney, 65, died August 28 at his home in Whitesburg. A son of Hilma Mullins and the late Mary Ann Mullins, he was the widower of Deborah K. Looney. He was a brother of the late Connie Looney, and a son-in-law of the late Betty S. Trent. Surviving in addition to his father are a daughter, Samantha Looney […]

Rites held for Verita Davis

Verita Faye Hall Davis, 78, of Orlando, Fla., died August 24 at her son’s residence in Sparta. Born in Neon to the late Dewey and Effie Hall, she was the widow of Furney Davis. She was a sister of the late Dewey Hall Jr. and Jean Hall Husk, and an aunt of the late James Hall. Mrs. Davis was graduated […]

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF INTENTIONTO MINE Pursuant to Application Number 867-0495Renewal In accordance with KRS 350.055, notice ishereby given that Sapphire Coal Company, 1073Riverview Street, Grundy, VA 24614, has appliedfor renewal of a permit for a surface coal miningand reclamation operation affecting 116.40 acreslocated 0.5 mile northeast of Colson in LetcherCounty. The renewal operation is approximately 0.5 milesnortheast of the intersection of […]

Tarlov cysts and back pain

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was a healthy female until I had an injury to my back. I experience pain and tingling in my right side, going down the back of my right leg. Sitting is especially painful, as is standing in one place for too long. Now the pain has started in my left side also. I have tried chiropractors, […]

Salome’s Stars

Your 7-day horoscope for week of September 10 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) With your Arian charm quotient at an almost all-time high this week, plus all the facts to back you up, you just might win over the last doubters to your proposal. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might be in line for that job change […]

The Way We Were

Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1928 Three men have been indicted in the September 2 murder of Letcher County Deputy Sheriff Joner Cornett, who was killed on Linefork while accompanying Prohibition Officer Clark Day on a liquor raid there. Charged with murder are Joe Davidson, High Davidson, and Denver Bowman. Deputy […]