2007-09-12

Halcombs hold 38th annual reunion at Lake Cumberland

Southern Ohio

Howdy, folks! I forgot last week to add the news of Clarence and Arlyn Halcomb’s family. The Halcomb boys and girls had their 38th consecutive family reunion on Lake Cumberland in early August. There were about 60 in attendance. Willmer’s death made it a sad occasion. He was surely missed. His wife, Mary Della Ison Halcomb, and daughter, Pamela, attended. […]

UNITE honors middle school students



Students at Whitesburg Middle School have been recognized for their efforts to steer fellow students away from drugs. The school’s UNITE Club has been named a regional UNITE club of the year for the second straight year. Other regional UNITE Club winners are from Estill Springs Elementary in Estill County, Clearfield Elementary in Rowan County, Paintsville Elementary from Johnson County, […]

Cell phone drivers dangerous, but still bring us entertainment

Points East

Cell phones are going to cause me to have a truck wreck and I don’t even have one of the blasted things. If I don’t wreck, I may still yet be a victim because I’m going to get so angry on the one extreme or so wrapped up in laughter on the other that I will have a heart attack. […]

Woodcraft contest set



Woodcraft and Christmas craft/holiday decorations contests will be part of the Letcher County Mountain Heritage Festival this year. The contests are sponsored by Letcher County Extension Office. Categories are: 1. birdhouse, finished (painted, stained, etc.); 2. birdhouse, non-finished (sanded, no lacquer, natural); 3. whittled items; 4. small items decorated by wood-burning technique; 5. other small wood crafts. Birdhouses can be […]

Ermine Senior Citizens Center to hold Western hoe-down

Whitesburg

Hello, everyone. Hope you are all doing OK. We are all hoping for rain. Last week was pretty busy. Dorthy Tackett said the R.B. Caudill reunion at the Shriners building went well. They had 65 or 70 people there. All of Dorthy’s family were there except Lucille. Charlene, Jeanette, and Deloris and Albert were there. The Hatton reunion went real […]

Send your homesick college student a taste of home



He was in such a rush to move on-campus, he didn’t even close the door behind him on his way out. Now he’s enjoying the frat parties and rock concerts and, yes, maybe even learning a thing or two. But even a dean’s list scholar may occasionally miss Mom’s home cooking. So if you decide to send your homesick student […]

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Fire was burning on top of Carbon Glow

Jeremiah

Our hot, dry weather continues across the area and everything is so dusty and brown looking. The weatherman says we’re supposed to have rain this week and cooler temperatures also. Hopefully we can get some rain to keep the forest fire threat down. On top of Carbon Glow a large fire was burning across the dry grass and weeds. On […]

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