2011-05-18

Youth will peform old-time music at benefit concert here



The Letcher County Passing the Pick and Bow Program will present its spring concert and fundraiser at the Appalshop Theater in downtown Whitesburg at 7 p.m. on May 20. The Passing the Pick and Bow program puts traditional mountain music into the hands of students young and old in southeast Kentucky. The performance will feature students from Martha Jane Potter, […]

Voters in Jenkins OK alcohol sales

Williams-Farmer win easily here

Residents in the City of Jenkins voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants that seat at least 50 people. The wet-dry initiative was the most talked about issue on Letcher County ballots Tuesday that also included races for statewide offices including the governor’s race. With 247 yes votes and 129 no votes, the majority of Jenkins […]

Struttin’ Time

Joe Pack was always there to help

Another of our heroes has crossed the Silent River. The day before Mother’s Day, I had the good fortune of getting to talk to one of my best friends whom I hadn’t seen in a couple of months, Joe Pack. Joe was eating lunch with his lovely wife and constant companion at Pine Mountain Grill, his favorite place to eat […]

A tough choice to make



What a horrible choice to have to make. Whose lands and lifetimes are to be flooded. Definitely not a choice many of us would want to make. Let us remember in prayer those who have had to make these choices — they will never sleep as easily again. Having said that — let us now remember those in prayer who […]

Services held for Rev. Fred Bartley Jr.



Funeral services for the Rev. Fred Bartley Jr., 65, of Jenkins, were held May 17 in Jenkins. Burial was in the Jenkins-Payne Gap Cemetery. A son of the late Fred Bartley Sr. and Mabel Harris Bartley, he was born in Letcher County. He died May 13 at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. He worked for many years for Adams Stone as […]

Husband’s caution is causing wife to overheat



Dear Tom and Ray: My husband and I recently purchased a new car. My husband refuses to run the air conditioning in heavy stop-and-go traffic or if we are sitting in the parked car. When I ask him what the reason is, he says that since the compressor for the air conditioning is beltdriven, if there is no airflow into […]

The way we were



Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years May 18, 1961 Lt. Gov. Wilson W. Wyatt said a start on a skyline drive to cross Pine Mountain in Letcher County probably would begin this summer. Wyatt made the announcement in a speech at commencement exercises for Letcher High School seniors. . The front of the Letcher County […]

Salome’s Stars



ARIES ( March 21 to April 19) Although you would prefer to move forward at a steady pace, it might be a good idea to stop and reassess your plans. You could find a good reason to make a change at this time. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Just when you thought you had everything planned to the smallest […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS



RECAPS – 5/16-20 ALL MY CHILDREN — Tad confessed to Angie that he was holding back his feelings for Cara because of Jake. Madison told Ryan she wanted to call their daughter Sara and give her his name. Kendall accepted Ricky’s proposal as part of her plan with Griffin and Ryan. JR and Caleb bonded as they cared for Asher […]

TO BE WED