2014-09-17

To perform



Appalachian Strings will play at Country Cabin II in Norton, Va., on Saturday, Sept. 20. The show will take place from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children 2 to 11 years old.

Now here’s a tip



• “Wax drippings from candles can be scraped off of most hard surfaces with the side of a credit card.” — T.E. in Kansas • To prevent garbage cans from filling with water during rainstorms, drill several holes in the bottom, near the sides. This also will help bags to come out of the can easier. • “Use fluoride toothpaste […]

Cornhole match set for Sept. 21



A cornhole tournament will be held at 2 p.m., Sept. 21, at the American Legion Post in Whitesburg. The match is sponsored by the Sons of the American Legion. For more information, call 634-1459 or 633-2834.

Open house planned



An open house celebrating the 80th birthday of Jonelle Williams of Neon will be held from 2 to 5 p.m., Sept. 20, at the Fleming Baptist Church. Mrs. Williams retired after teaching 60 years in Neon, and those whose lives she has touched are invited to attending the open house. She has a son, Bob Williams of Lexington, and three […]

WINNERS



Pictured (left to right) are Razor Duncan and Harvey Fox, first-place winners of the Neon Days Horseshoe Tournament, which took place at the American Legion on Sept. 13, and Ricky Davis and Ricky Ratliff, who took second place. Ricky Ratliff won the award for the most ringers in the tourney.

NEW DICTIONARIES



Deborah Young (left), vice president and Whitesburg campus director of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, recently distributed dictionaries to third-grade students at Cowan Elementary School. The dictionary program is a service project of the Whitesburg Rotary Club. Each year all third graders in Letcher County are given a dictionary. Dictionaries were distributed to 46 students in Melissa Caudill’s (right) […]

Adamses mark 70th anniversary

Jeremiah

Our communities have been saddened by the deaths of Virginia Dare Back and Don Quillen, and I also just learned that Rodney Collins of Blackey has died. Dare was president of our Letcher Area Homemakers for many years, when her health was better. I venture to say that she served as president off and on for a total of 20 […]