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Council votes 5-1 to raise tax to help with debt

CITY TO INCREASE PAYROLL TAX TO 2%

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King Returns $25,000 To County For Overpayment On Joe Little Fork FEMA Project

TRUCK CRASHES INTO YARD KSP Arrests Wolverine Man For

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A Kragon family lost everything they owned in a Friday morning fire that took three fire departments over two hours to extinguish.

A mobile home belonging to Randy and Dorothy Collins located across the KY May Coal Bridge near Kragon was reported on fire to officials around 9:30 a.m. Friday February 25.

No one was at home at the time of the blaze.

An accident in the Clayhole area damaged property last week after an 18 wheeler swerved on a rain slickened curve to avoid striking a school bus.

The driver of the truck, Kenny Smith, said he lost control of his truck in a rain slickened curve in the Clayhole area and swerved to miss a school bus taking children home. The truck then went into the yard of Clayhole resident Lawrence Molands, whose sons were inside the home remodeling it when the accident occurred.

No one was injured as a result of the accident, but everyone involved says they count their blessing that it wasn’t worse.

It took over three hours to remove downed trees from the accident and to tow the truck away.

No charges have been filed against the driver as of press time but State Police are still investigating the accident.

City Council Votes To Increase Payroll Tax to 2%In the regular monthly meeting of the Jackson

City Council, a measure to pass an increase in the occupation tax another 1% passed on a vote of 5-1 with Councilman Jason Hall casting the no vote.

The council voted to also hold a public hearing and the second reading and adoption on the matter on Thursday March 3 at 5:30 PM and to have a meeting at 8:15 PM to vote on the matter.

This means that those working in the city limits will be paying 2% city tax and 1% county tax for a total of $3.00 per $100 paid to an employee.

Even though the council was hesitant on passing the tax, it appeared to be the only solution in order

A contractor, who three members of the Fiscal Court voted to pay $75,000 for FEMA road repairs, has returned a portion of the money to the county because it was found that he overcharged the county.

According to FEMA records, a total of $24,771.45 was awarded to fix damage done to Joe Little Fork Road during the May 2009 flood, but the contractor, King Crete Ready Mix of Beattyville, sent a bill to the court for the amount of $75,000. Residents of the area and two Magistrates, Ellis Tincher and Tim Spencer expressed concern over the high invoice, saying there wasn’t $75,000 worth of work done on the road and that the work was of poor quality. A local paving company certified to do paving work visited the Joe Little Fork area and found that the entire road could have been paved for approximately

A Wolverine man was arrested on Sunday evening after marijuana was found growing in his home.

According to a State Police press release, officers arrested 38 year old Joe Vee Lyttle Rader of 1896 Wolverine Road after 131 marijuana plants in various sizes were allegedly found growing in his home. Rader was charged with cultivating marijuana and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was lodged in the Three Forks Detention Center.

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Breathitt LifeElementary Students Learn

First Hand About Maple SyrupIt was an invitation…a

tasty one, too good to pass up. One day last week the weather was just right and Roger Voth invited the el-ementary students from Riverside to come to Bethel Camp.

It was a field trip focused on the process of making maple syrup. It was a first class, hands on, hand to mouth experience.

First the group took to the hills. There Roger directed them how to take the buck-ets from the trees and pour the sap into a large plastic container.

From there it drained through a hose and down the mountainside to a larger container in the back of his

truck. After the buckets were emptied, the group went back to camp.

There Roger explained and demonstrated how the sap was strained and then had to be cooked down to make a real syrup.

Throughout the process the students had three taste tests. First they tasted the sap, uncooked. Then they tasted it partially cooked. Finally they had the chance to taste some which was completely cooked down. It was basically unanimous that the last was the best.

The students and teach-ers agreed that the field trip was informational, educa-tional and fun. Many thanks, Roger Voth.

Parents Honored With Riverside Seniors

A fitting and traditional closing to the basketball sea-son is a night to recognize the seniors who are bringing their careers on the court to a close.

Two senior basketball players were honored at Riv-erside Saturday night along with their parents.

Bethany Butters has been a student at Riverside for six years. She has participated in varsity cross country, bas-ketball and softball. She is an honor student and will be at-tending Berea College in the fall. Standing with Bethany were her mother and step dad Patty and Matt Burton.

Brian Baker has been a student at Riverside for ten years. Because of his bout with leukemia he has not been able to participate in extra curricular activities. However, this year as he had hoped, he was able to

be a part of the varsity Rams basketball team. Brian is also on the Honor Roll Hon-orable Mention list. After graduation he would like to become an auto mechanic. Standing with him were his mom Kathy Neace and his dad Randy Baker.

The junior escorts for the evening were Rebecca Barnett and Patric Haddix. They also presented a rose and a gift to each senior. The roses then went to the mothers.

Another presentation took place after that. Two very, very faithful fans and sup-porters of the Rams and Lady Rams for many years are Matthew and Sandra “Pooh” Combs. They were presented with a plaque and a bag of treats.

Before the above presen-tations took place, the Lady Rams took on a team con-

sisting of parents, a coach, and two assistant coaches. The Lady Rams won.

After the presentations the Rams took on a team of parents, alumni, junior Rams

and whoever. The Rams won that one.

To make the evening even more special, everyone was given free food the conces-sion stand.

Senior/Parent Night recognition at Riverside went to Bethany Butters and her mother Patty and stepdad Matt Burton, also to Brian Baker and his mother Kathy Neace and his dad Randy Baker.

Matthew and Sandra "Pooh" Combs received a plaque in appreciation for their faithful support of the Riverside Rams and Lady Rams for many years.

Riverside students watch as Roger Voth pours the collected sap into a pan to be cooked.

Finger tasting of the sap was done by Kaleigh Smith, Frank Claussen, and Mahlin Voth

Judah Voth and Michael Roberts learned how gravity helps take the sap down the mountain.

Advocate Columnist publishes Book

It is just a small dream of my to be able to write, and maybe someday be successful at it. It makes me proud to be able to get a book published, and write one about our home town. I am also proud to write for the Breathitt Advocate, I get paid when I

see people smile when I write a article about them.

““-Jason Campbell

JWC Members Dorothy M. Marshall, Brownie Wallace, and Lauren Bates visit Nim Henson Geriatric Center Veteran resident Finley Houn-shell for Valentine’s Day.

Veterans Receive Valentine’s Day Visits and Treats

GFWC/KFWC Jackson Woman’s Club members Lauren Bates, Brownie Wal-lace, and Dorothy M. Mar-shall recently visited Vet-erans residing at the Nim Henson Geriatric Center and presented each with Valentine’s Day treats.

Veterans visited included:

Bert Goff, Finley Hounshell, James Moore, and Delbert Moore, William Shepherd, and NHGC volunteer and a Veteran, also received Val-entine’s Day treats.

Appreciation is extended to NHGC Activities Director Sarah Strong for coordina-tion the visitation.

Local resident and Ad-vocate columnist Jason H. Campbell has published his first book, Tex’s Bloody Ground. The book is about a mountain man who had been west, coming home to the moutains, Bloody Breathitt, to help his uncle the sheriff, clean the county up. The book can be pur-chased online at Amazon.com.

The following is an sample from the book: It was slowly getting dark; he had been riding seemed like forever. At times he al-most hit the dirt, but pure will alone kept him in the saddle. He knew if he fell, he would die there. It was dark when he spotted the little cabin al-most by mistake. His horse

walked slowly down through the meadow, and a hound brayed its bark somewhere close by. Then he heard a door slam, but saw nobody. Ever who was there was pretty wary, waiting to see who it was before they showed their selves. Probably got a gun on me now, Tex thought.

Suddenly there was the hound; he came out un-der the cabin with a growl. Charging the horse with a loud battle cry. The mare a bit shy, side stepped, and when she did the man named Tex hit the ground. To be licked in the face, by the hound. Then he passed out cold, with the hound looking down at him.

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“Joe Little Fork” From Front

“TAX INCREASE” From Front

$55,000.00. According to records

received by the Advocate from unnamed sources, the court had been overcharged by over $24,000 and the company was notifi ed and returned a total of $24,500.66 to the court via check on February 15, 2011.

Notations on the record showed that King Crete

It is thought that a space heater in the living room of the home may have caused the destruction.

Fire departments from

“FIRE” From FrontJackson, Watts, and Vancleve responded to the fi re.

No injuries were reported.

double invoiced the court for the amount that was returned.

Both Magistrates Spencer and Tincher asked that an investigation be done into the high cost and work done on the road but the other three members of the court voted against the measure.

The Advocate will continue to follow this ongoing story.

Heavy Winds Destroy War Creek Home

above: The above house belonging to Ollie Johnson of War Creek was destroyed by wind and rain during Monday’s storm. Johnson says high winds peeled the roof of the home at approximately 7:45AM Monday when the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. Johnson was not injured. STaFF PhoTo

1-John 4:1-4:31Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the fl esh is of God: 3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the fl esh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 2 Corinthians 13:5 (King James Version)5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?Isaiah 66:4 (King James Version)4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.Hebrews 6:4-6:64For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they

crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 2 Timothy 2-192And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6The husbandman that laboureth must be fi rst partaker of the fruits. 7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. 8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: 9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profi t, but to the subverting of the hearers. 15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. 19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 1 John Chapter 2:2727But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. Righteous are in the fi nal of last days, and many believers of great evidences remain in neutral awaiting some special sign: yet daily the Spirit speaks forwardness, and the righteous speaks forwardness, and the righteous remain speechless.Only by the blood of Jesus can one walk through the storm, encounter prophecy and survive being found in faith-in time!

Feed My SheepBY HOLBERT BUTLER

Jackson Woman’s Club Delivers Items to Hazard Safe House

The third annual “Shop and Share” drive, a collabor-ative project of the Kentucky Domestic Violence Associa-tion (KDVA), the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs (KFWC), the Kentucky Commission on Women, the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiania , Kroger stores, and with add-ed encouragement of First Lady Jan Beshear, was con-ducted Saturday, February 5, 2011.

The one-day drive helped provide much-needed re-sources to domestic violence shelters which support vic-tims and their children.

The GFWC/KFWC Jack-son Woman’s Club recently delivered collected items to the Hazard Safe House which serves an eight county area including Breathitt.

Domestic Violence Aware-ness is a signature project of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), the Kentucky Federation of

Women’s Clubs (KFWC), and the Jackson Woman’s Club. During April Child Abuse Prevention Month,

the Jackson Woman’s Club will conduct a drive to supply the Hazard Safe House with paper product supplies.

Jackson Woman’s Club to Meet March 7th

The GFWC/KFWC Jack-son Woman’s Club will meet March 7, 2011 at the Breathitt County Senior Citi-zens Center; 6:30 p.m. Dell Sasser will address “Dying Hemlocks.”

Anita Litteral, JWC Domestic Violence Awareness Chairman, delivers a personal contribution and collected

items to Hazard Safe House Director Lois Valentine

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to pay the past debt off from the recent audit that showed indebtness at over a million dollars. The council did set four stipulations to the tax increase which are as follows:

The tax will expire when it is no longer needed.

The tax will not be used for any new spending, new hires, or salary increases.

Be spent on past debt and bond accounts and be put in accounts for this.

Only be spent on previously approved budgeted expenses.

City offi cials told the

Advocate that the city government has made cuts in the last several months saving the city approximately $60-$80,000 a month and that the tax was looked at as a last resort. The next step without the tax was to lay off police and fi refi ghters said one city offi cial.

City council members voted in the meeting to hold the second reading and adoption and a public hearing at 5pm Thursday where residents will be given three minutes each to speak to the council on the tax increase matter.

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March 18, 19, 20-Friday-Sunday5:00-7:00 each eveningAges Preschool to Adult

Movie will be shown and participants will be divided into appropriate age groups for instruction. Come see the Biblical themes in Disney’s remake of C.S. Lewis’s The

Loin, The Witch and The Wardrobe.Good food, Fellowship, and Fun provided each night; as well the church will also feature a concert by a live

religious band! Come join us!For more information or to set up transportation means, contact Mike Cox at 606-438-9221 or

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Tye (King) Hounshell, age 82, widow of the late Joe Hounshell, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Ohio. She was the devoted mother of two daughters and two sons, loving grandmother of six, great grandmother of ten, great great grandmother of one, step grandmother of 14, step great grandmother of 13, dear sister of eight brothers and sisters, also survived by a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 1 PM at the Breathitt Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Pelfrey Cemetery at White Oak, KY. Breathitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Margarett L. Gross passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2011 in I.U. Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, IN.She was born on April 25, 1946 in Jackson, Kentucky, the daughter of Barlow and Carrie (Johnson) Clemons. She married Barlow L. Gross in Wise, Virginia on August 15, 1968. They moved to Blackford County in 1990 from Cedar Grove, Indiana.Survivors include her husband, Barlow; one daughter, Jocelyn Fay “Joy” Tague (husband, Mark), Rising Sun, Indiana; one son, Nathan William Gross, Hartford City; one sister, Dora Holbrook, Jackson, Kentucky; fi ve brothers, E. B. Clemons and Jimmy Clemons, both of Somerset, Kentucky, Willard Clemons and Barlow Clemons, Jr., both of Jackson, Kentucky, and Oddis Clemons, Connersville, Indiana; and three grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Phillip, and one brother, Tommy Clemons. Funeral services were held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, February 21, 2011 at Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St., Hartford City, IN. with Rev. Lloyd Hall offi ciating. Burial followed in Hartford City Cemetery.Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watersfuneralhomes.com.

William Charles Knox, age 68, of Beattyville Road, Jackson, KY departed this earthly life on Friday, February 18, 2011 at his residence. He was born November 1, 1942 in Wellsville, NY. and was the son of the late Raymond James and Thelma Margueritte Jordan Knox and a US Navy Vietnam Veteran.

He is survived by his

Charlie Bush, age 79, of Strong Br. Rd. Altro, KY departed this earthly life Friday February 25, 2011 at his residence. He was a coal miner and a member of the Pentecostal Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Price and Mae Estes Bush; one sister, Pauline Bush; and two brothers, Dan Bush Jr. and Jacie Bush.

Rosemary Combs Carpenter, age 76, of St. Petersburg Beach, FL. departed this earthly life on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at the Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, FL. She was born April 21, 1934 at Jackson, KY and was the daughter of the late Willard and Lora Carpenter Combs. She was preceded in death by her husband Ollie James Carpenter.

William McKinley Neace, age 83, of Gays Creek, KY departed this earthly life Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his residence. He was a retired minister at the Free Pentecostal Church of God at Altro, KY and was a retired miner.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mcager Neace and

She is survived by one son, James W. Carpenter of Mason, OH; one sister, Shirley Griffi th of Quicksand, KY; grandchildren: Jessica Mason, Sara A. Carpenter and Jameson Lee Carpenter; and great grandchildren: Jake Riley Cranmer, Aubrey Paje Mason, Jameson Lee Carpenter, Jr. and Emme Rose Mason.

Funeral services were held on Monday, February 28, 2011 at 11:00AM at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel with Rusty Haddix, Bobby Hollan and A.T. Hays offi ciating.

Burial followed in the Bach Cemetery at Quicksand, KY.

Deaton Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

William McKinley Neace

Laurinda Arrowood Neace, one daughter, Wilma Neace and one grandson, David Allen Neace.

He is survived by his wife,Vesta Crank Neace of Gays Creek, KY; fi ve daughters: Cora Russelburg of Winchester, KY; Elizabeth (Freddie) Morris of McKee, KY; Connie L. Neace of Lexington, KY; Rose (Ralph) Lippert of Harrodsburg, KY; and Amy (Stan) Daniel of FL; four sons: Andrew C. (Alice) Neace, Timothy (Mary) Neace, and Steve (Sonia) Neace all of Gays Creek, KY; and Davey (Phyllis) Neace of Lancaster, KY; he is also survived by a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews to mourn his passing.

Funeral service was held Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 11 AM at the Watts Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dave Spicer offi ciating.

Burial followed in the Neace-Smith Cemetery at Gays Creek, KY.

Pallbearers were grandsons and sons-in-law. Watts Funeral Home was in charge of the

arrangements.

Margarett Gross

wife, Nancy Richburg Knox of Jackson, KY; one son, Eric Charles Knox (Ramona) of Lexington, KY; one sister, Terry Lash of New Mexico; one aunt, June Cowles of NY; one cousin, Susan LeBerth of NY; and two grandchildren: David Charels Knox and Sydney Ann Mcendre.

Memorial services were held on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 2:45PM at the Little Cane Creek Baptist Church, Beattyville Road Jackson, KY. with Pastor Herman Newton offi ciating.

Deaton Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

He is survived by his wife, Dora Bush of Altro, KY; one daughter, Patricia (Ray) Spicer of Gays Creek, KY; fi ve sons: David A. Bush and Larry Bush of Altro, KY; Gary (Rhonda) Bush and Charlie Jr. (Pamela) Bush of Jackson, KY; and Joe Edward (Tina) Bush of Ary, KY; two brothers, Donnie Ray Bush of Barwick, KY; and Paul Ed (Lois) Bush of Gays Creek, KY; one sister, Faye Mullins of Chavies, KY; several grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Funeral service was held Monday, February 28, 2011 at 1PM at the Watts Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bennie Combs and Rev. Dillard Collins offi ciating.

Burial followed in the Bush Family Cemetery at Barwick, KY.

Pallbearers were family and friends. Watts Funeral Home was in charge of the

arrangements.

Brenda Sue Miller Combs, age 51, of Lost Creek, KY. departed this earthly life on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the KY River Medical Center in Jackson, KY. She was born September 17, 1959 in Hazard, KY and was the daughter of the late Marion and Eva Fugate Miller. She was preceded in death by two sons, Bobby and Joshua Combs.

Survivors include her husband, Alonzo Combs of Lost Creek, KY; two daughters: Angela (Hershel) Mullins and April (Stoney) Wagers of Lost Creek, KY; two sons: Mark and Damon Combs of Lost Creek, KY; four sisters: Louise Collins, Bessie Mullins and Sally Combs of Dice, KY; Laura Campbell of Ned, KY; two brothers: Nathan and Melvin Miller of Dice, KY; and fi ve grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 1:00PM at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel with Calvin and Carol Bowling and Krause Noble offi ciating.

Burial followed in the Combs Family Cemetery at Ned, KY.

Deaton Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Brenda Sue Combs

Charlie Bush Carl JohnsonCarl Johnson, age 83,

Middletown, OH passed away Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, OH. He was the widow of the late Catherine Banks Johnson and the son of the late Samuel Johnson and Mary Alice Watkins Johnson. He was also preceded in death by three sisters, Gladys Roberts, Coy Banks, Catherine South; one brother, Austin Johnson and three brothers-in-law, Gene Little, Willard Robinson and Melvin Montgomery.

Survivors include one son, J.C. and wife, Brenda Johnson of Hillsboro, OH; two daughters, Shirley Johnson of Trenton, OH and Traci and husband, Douglas Johns of Trenton, OH; two brothers, Sherman and wife, Irene Johnson of Belcher Fork and Homer and wife, Georgie Johnson of Jackson; four sisters, Etta Mae and husband, Okie McCormick of Crossville, TN, Naomi Little of Lexington, Betty Robinson of Garrett, IN and Eunice Montgomery of Garrett, IN; four grandchildren, Carl Ryan Johnson, Carole Leann and husband, Scott Leonard, Sean Mical Johnson and Patrick Chandler and wife, Jonda Johnson; and four great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 11AM at the Breathitt Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Leonard Carpenter offi ciating.

Burial followed in the Johnson Family Cemetery at Belcher Fork.

Breathitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Serving as pallbearers were Sean Johnson, Patrick Johnson, Douglas Johns, Wilson Coyle, Trey Coyle, Scott Leonard, Dustin Irving and Nathan Coyle.

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Circuit Court DocketThe following cases were heard in Breathitt Circuit Court on February 25, 2011 with the Honorable Frank A. Fletcher presiding:

andrea lee Barrett, probation revoked; three years remaining on sentenceann Barrett, pre-trail conference 3-11-11 and trial date 3-22-11Jimmy Bullock, probation revocation hearing 3-11-11Claude Burrows, bench warrant; $500 bond payable to child supportGena Campbell, bench warrantGreg Campbell, Commonwealth withdraws motionStanley ray Campbell, obtained new conviction 5-14-09 (used marijuana & failure to report to probation offi cer)Tim Campbell, bench warrant issuedElizabeth Combs, sentenced to three years (criminal possession of a forged instrument)Stephanie Jean Combs, sentenced to fi ve years-diverted for fi ve years; defendant must complete drug courtlarry Davidson, sentenced to nine and a half years (drug charges)Mark l. Dryden, sentenced to two years-diverted for two years; credit time served, 26 daysDennis Fouch, probation revocation hearing 3-25-11robert George Fugate, bench warrant issuedrobert M. Fugate, continue 4-8-11James S. Gaddis, continue 3-11-11 (to enter plea)kimberly Gibbs, bench warrant; $1500 bond payable to child supportkay hensley, sentenced to two and a half years (drug charges)Jacob henson, Jr., sentenced to nine and a half years (drug charges)Tracy henson, bench warrant issuedotis lee hollan, defendant in custody-continue 3-11-11robert hollan, sentencing 3-11-11French howard, pre-trial conference 3-11-11leslie Johnson, bench warrant issuedCecil lewis, Jr., pled not guilty; pre-trial conference 3-25-11B.G. lovins, guns released to Darrell Gross with condition he not release back to defendantBrian Lovins, pre-trial conference 3-11-11

Johnathan Martin, bench warrant issued—bond is amount owedDenzil k. Mcintosh, sentenced to four years (drug and other charges)David Mckee, pre-trial conference 3-25-11 and trial date 3-28-11 (continued until 4-11-11)Paul Miller, sentenced to fi ve years (non-support)Mark Sean Miller, continue 3-11-11adam Morris, pled guilty—sentencing 3-11-11Cynthia Morris, in custody at Three Forks—continue 3-11-11James D. napier, sentenced to twenty years (drug charges)Bert noble, sentenced to two years (drug charges)Jessica noble, pled not guilty; pre-trial conference 3-11-11Maxine Prater, pled not guilty; pre-trial conference 3-11-11Patsy rose reed, pled guilty—sentencing 3-11-11amber Stivers ritchie, bench warrant issued—bond is amount owedDerrick robinson, motion for shock probation deniedrobert robinson, pled not guilty; pre-trial conference 3-11-11Sarah robinson, sentenced to ten yearsCrystal Smith, bench warrant issued—bond is $10,400 full cash (non-support case)Sabrina Smith, continue 4-8-11amanda Spencer, pled guilty—sentenced to three years and diverted for fi ve years on condition payments madeJames allen Spencer, failure to report to probation offi cer and a positive drug testJefferson Mac Turner, pre-trial conference 6-24-11kevin Turner, continue 3-25-11Dustin Watkins, sentenced to seven years (burglary and theft by unlawful taking)adam Wireman, pled guilty—sentencing 3-11-11Courtney J. Combs, pre-trial conference 3-25-11Justin Fugate, pre-trial conference 3-25-11Priscilla Potter, pre-trial conference 3-25-11Vincent Prater, pre-trial conference 3-25-11Matthew roberts, pre-trial conference 3-25-11Wanda Stevens, pre-trial conference 3-25-11Elizabeth r. Trent, pre-trial conference 3-25-11aaron C. White, pre-trial conference 3-25-11

THREE FORKS JAIL INTAKE REPORT

In today’s world we have so much leisure time; we sit and think of ways to hurt others. People that have so little to do but to complain of how others to do their jobs; needs to put themselves in their place. I have heard so much negative things about our trash removal company. I think it is pitiful. First you need to know a little about these men1

They are human; they don’t enjoy getting covered with disgusting things that come from your trash. They have to carry wet wipes and a change of clothes with them in their trucks and only hope not to have to use them. Being covered with grease or gravy while trying to throw trash about 12 feet up in the truck, can you imagine what that would be like? I can’t, don’t think I would be a very happy camper. We need to be more considerate of how we bag our trash!! These men risk their lives in many ways each day. Who knows when they pick up a bag of trash if they will end up with HIV or AIDS because someone has thrown a needle in a bag of trash they got stuck with? Their health

is at risk from the elements of weather. Driving in the wee hours of the morning these men risk their lives getting out in the dark, to pick up your trash, they could get hit, left crippled or worse yet, dead!

Climbing in and out of two big trucks. Two to three hundred times a day, can’t be easy on them mentally or physically. Road conditions are a hazard, let alone snow and ice, where you can’t stop a loaded truck from sliding off a hill backward. That must be a trip! Not one I’d like to take. These mean are out in all kinds of weather no matter how hot or cold!

I think it’s time we thank God we have men like them. Its time to appreciate them! Not to put them down if they can’t by some chance get your trash this week. When its safe they will be there!! So let’s be a little more considerate!

Take precaution as to how we put the trash out, lighten the load on these men and keep them safe. Watch for them as you come around curves. If you happen to be outside when they arrive a kind word

would be nice. Carry your trash to the road to a safe place for them to pick it up. And please pray for safety, for them daily. Who knows if by some slight chance you put yourself in their place, a little bit of compassion may return to you! You might someday have to rely on a job like this to supply your needs.

I have a nephew who works for us on this job. He leaves his family at 3 a.m. to go to Hazard to pick up a truck to pick up our trash. If the weather does not permit them to get the trucks off the hill they can’t get the trucks to you. The days these men can’t run, makes them late to get our trash. The next few days they have to double up on their routes. They’re only so many hours in a day. I’ve seen them leave at 3 a.m. and not get home to their wives, sons and daughters until 8 or 9p.m. only to look forward to the same thing the next day. Ice saw my nephew too exhausted to eat let alone spend time with his children when he works like this. So please let’s have a little compassion and stop complaining!!

Thank you, Madonna Trent

Where has all the compassion gone?A Special Op-Ed from Madonna Trent

Mary C. Begley, age 32 of Jackson, WeekenderDeanna M. Brock, age 21 of Jackson, Bench WarrantKaytessa M. Brock, age 19 of Jackson, Bench WarrantStephanie Nicole Burton, age 29 of Vancleve, Parole ViolationDavid Campbell, age 20 of Jackson, Disorderly Con-duct, MenacingHank Collins, age 26, of Lost Creek, Flagrant Non-supportAdam J. Combs, age 21 of Jackson, Serving Bench Warrant for CourtCourtney J. Combs, age 22 of Jackson, Theft by un-lawful taking or disposition, Criminal Mischief 3rd De-gree, Criminal Trespass 3rd DegreeElizabeth Ellen Combs, age 24 of Jackson, Criminal Possession of a forged in-strument 2nd degree

Kevin Combs, age 21 of Lost Creek, WeekenderCamille Congleton, age 34 of Beattyville, Disorderly ConductShelby Ray Donahue, age 36 of Clearfi eld, KY, Flagrant Nonsupport, serving Bench Warrant for Court, Serving Bench Warrant for Court, Serving Bench Warrant for CourtLatova Flinchum, age 29 of Beattyville, Public Intoxica-tion-Controlled substanceChris Fugate, age 27 of Jackson, Inadequate Si-lencer (muffl er), possession of open container in MV pro-hibit, DUI .08 3rd offenseShelby J. Fugate, age 22 of Lost Creek, DUI ALC/Drugs/ETC-.08 1st Offense, Failure to Register Transfer of Motor Vehicle, Failure to produce Insurance Card, No Insur-ance, 1st OffenseTaryn D. Hall, age 25 of

Jackson, WeekenderGlenna Renee Herald, age 24 of Talbert, KY, Traf Cont Sub 1st degree, 1st offenseJustin D. Hollon, age 25 of Campton, Flagrant Non SupportDarrell Keith Jr, age 39 of Beattyville, DUI ALC/Drugs/ETC-.08 1st offenseJason Lewis, age 28 of Madisonville, KY, Non Sup-port 2nd offense, Alcohol In-toxication in a Public PlaceCynthia L. Morris, age 45 of Jackson, Traf cont sub 1st degree, 1st offenseJennifer R. Mullins, age 28 of Jackson, serving warrant for other police agencyBuford E. Noble, age 51 of Jackson, DUI ALC/Drugs/ETC-.08 1st offensePriscilla Lee Potter, age 32 of Lost Creek, Receiving sto-len property (over $100) Per-sistent Felony Offender IIVinson Prater, age 49 of

Rousseau, KY, traf in mari-juana (8oz to less than 5)Vee Lyttle Rader, age 38 of Jackson, cultivate marijuana (5 plants or more), posses-sion of a fi rearm by convict-ed felonGlenda Roark, age 38 of Jackson, serving bench war-rant for courtDavid Roberts, age 29 of Jackson, operating on a sus-pended or revoked operat, Failure to surrender revoked operators l, Failure to pro-duce insurance card, no in-surance, 1st offenseMatthew J. Roberts, age 20 of Jackson, theft by unlawful taking of disposition. Crimi-nal mischief -3rd degree. Criminal trespass – 3rd de-greeBrett A. Sizemore, age 30 of Clayhole, KY, public intox-ication-controlled substanceLaura Rhea Sizemore, age 40 of Jackson, Assault 1st

(Domestic Violence), DUI .08(agg circumstances), Driving suspended 1st (agg circum)James Lee Spencer, age 35 of Hazard, KY, serv-ing warrant for other police agency, Burglary 1st degree –No forced entryWanda S. Stevens, age 37 of Lost Creek, KY, Serv-ing warrant for other police agency, Burglary 1st degree –no forced entry, theft by un-lawful taking or dispositionTravis Thorpe, age 19 of Beattyville, KY, serving war-rant for other police agencyElizabeth R. Trent, age 34 of Jackson, Traf cont sub 1st degree, 1st offenseJamie E. Turner, age 22 of Beattyville, KY, serving war-rant for other police agencyAaron Charles White, age 35 of Grassy Creek, KY, DUI ALC/Drugs/ETC .08 1st of-fense, poss of marijuana

Jackson Police Department

Weekly Report4 11 5

Accident Reports Traffi c Stops Arrests Made4

Agency Assists

laWSUiTSJackson Hospital Corporation vs. OV Watts Jr.Hazard ARH vs. J JohnsonCommonwealth Anesthesia vs. Robert E. JohnsonMelissa Young vs. Russell GlennMartha Young vs. Robert GrayLUNV Funding LLC vs. General BakerNancy K Campbell vs. Katrina Couch HillAmy Gail Collins vs. Earl Dewayne CollinsDonna Marie Combs vs. Jerry I. Combs

DiVorCESEva Hollon Campbell vs. Johnny Wayne CampbellTina Combs King vs. Mark KingJames Johnson vs. Tammy Johnson

MarriaGESRandi Nicole Spencer, age 20 of Press Howard, wed, Joseph Earl Trent, age 22 of Press Howard Fork, on the 5th of Febrary,2011 at Victory Baptist Church,Reverand Carl Miller offi ciated.Jessica Renee Noble, age 20 of Lost Creek, wed, Joshua Lileo Miller, age 20 of Jackson, on February 14,2011 at the Pentecostal Workers Church, Clyde Kilborn offi ciated.

nEW DriVErSDustin Elam • Robert Bryant

Augustus L. Campbell

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A VOICE In THE MOunTAInSBY alan D. TUrnEr

HCTC Announces Full-Time Dean’s List Students

The following Hazard Community and Technical College students have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2010 semester. To be named to the Dean’s List a student must have attained a grade average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

Jessica Renee Back of Vancleve, Justin Patrick Bak-er of Jackson, Veronica Jean Barnett, Patrick Lin Barnett, Bransten Klein Barnett of Jackson, Kristin Nicole Be-gley of Jackson, Charles Michael Bush of Jackson, Shavon E. Campbell of Jackson, Ricky D. Combs of Jackson, Brittany Nicole Combs of Jackson, Michael Chase Deaton of Jackson, Christina Faith Dixon of Jack-son, Teresa Bula Dousay of Jackson, Darren Dale Fish-er of Lost Creek, Zachary Pernell Francis of Jackson, Cassandra Brooke Fugate of Rousseau, Larry Charles Griffi n of Whick, Jesse Clay Griffi th of Jackson, Adrian Brooke Gross of Jackson, Clifton Morgan Gross of Jackson, Wesley Kyle Gross of Jackson, Bonita Tiffany Hamblin of Jackson, Bryan Wayne Harmon of Jackson, Danielle Renee Hatton of Jackson, Thadda-rhea Hen-sley of Jackson, Portia Leigh Henson of Jackson, Victoria

Howard of Jackson, Megan Suzanne Hudson of Clay-hole, Matthew Reeve Hud-son of Clayhole, Dustin B. Ir-ving of Jackson, Christopher Ray Jackson Of Bonneville, Kimberly Renne Jennings of Jackson, Jason Robert McKnight of Jackson, Steph-anie R. Miller of Jackson, Spencer Moore of Jackson, Jeremy Raymond Moore of Whick, Joshua Lee Neace of Vancleve, Marie Noble of Lost Creek, Donald Wayne Patterson Jr. of Jackson, John Warren Pence of Jack-son, Joseph Ervine Profi tt of Jackson, Lewis Anthony Ritchie of Jackson, Crystal Machell Ritchie of Jackson, Anthony Ritchie of Jackson, Jeremy Ray Ross of Jack-son, Granville S. Sewell of Jackson, Andrew Garrett Sewell of Jackson, Stepha-nie Lynn Spencer of Rous-seau, Vallerie Mae Spicer of Jackson, Joseph A. Spicer of Jackson, Christopher Brandon Spicer of Jackson, Donald Wesley Strong of Whick, Janice Marie Troy of Jackson, Nelda Kaye Turner of Jackson, April Van Zant of Jackson, Kristopher M. Wells of Clayhole, Emily L. White of Lost Creek, Ken-neth White Jr. of Lost Creek, and Rell Thomas Yates of Booneville.

HCTC Full-Time Students named To president's Honor List

Some Breathitt County have been named to the President's Honor Full-time List at Hazard Community and Technical College for the fall 2010 semester. To be named to the Full-time President's Honor List, a stu-dent must earn a 4.0 grade point average and success-fully complete at least 12 HCTC semester credits of course work numbered 100 or above (excluding any courses considered devel-opmental) for the academic term without having with-drawn from a course during an academic term. Here is the list of students making

the list: Charles Michael Bush of Jackson, Bobby Fraley of Clayhole, Bryan Wayne Harmon of Jackson, Joshua Paul Mullins of Lost Creek, Joseph Ervine Profi tt of Jackson, Kristopher Wells of Clayhole, Rell Thomas Yates of Booneville, Pat-rick Lin Barnett of Jackson, Robert Booker of Sandgap, Ricky Combs of Jackson, Clifton Morgan Gross of Jackson, George Thomas Miller of Jackson, Jeremy Raymond Moore of Whick, Donald Wayne Patterson of Jackson, Lewis Anthony Ritchie of Jackson, Donald Wesley Strong of Whick.

YOUR HEALTH & YOUBy Wayne (StrongBear) hall

BEn’S ADVEnTuRES

BY BEn CoSTEllo

Twenty-one seniors from the center went to Frankfort Feb. 24th (Thursday) to meet with Rep. Ted Edmonds and Senator Johnny Ray Turner. They were gracious enough to adjust their busy schedules to meet with us.

The main purpose of our meeting with them was to make them aware of some of our needs at the senior citizens center. We were able to preset tem a written list of our major goals and objectives which fell into 4 major categories. They were:

Equipping a health 1. and wellness center

Cultural enrichment 2. opportuniti es

Educati onal acti viti es3.

Program Expansion4.

The law makers’ responses were encouraging. They said they would give us “High Priority”.

While visiting with them in one of the conference rooms of the Capital Annex, they presented the center a certifi cate of recognition in appreciation of our accomplishments

last year, including 1. Community involvement, 2. Services offered, 3. Changes (improvements) made at the center, 4. Increases in attendance, and 5. Explanation of our most successful activity.

We had a good visit with the men. Before we met them we went to the Capital Annex Cafeteria and had a good hot lunch which we all enjoyed.

Senior games are rapidly coming up. In fact the rook tournament is scheduled for March 9 at Hazard. Our two competing teams with be Bert Goff/Edna Morris and Estill Bush/Betty Cornett. We wish them well. They are all fi ne players, and I feel confi dent, “they will do us proud”.

It was great Monday having some family members back who had been gone for awhile. Two of them, Bert Goff and Estill Bush, went straight to the rook table. Jean Lusk was back after several weeks in Northern Kentucky. We loved having each of them back. Jean spent most of the morning visiting with friends as they brought her up to date on what she missed out on while she was gone.

Have a good week, everyone.

Johnnie Watkins, left, Geraldine rice, and Woodrow haddix displayed the certifi cate the Senior Citizens Center received while in Frankfort last week from Senator Johnny ray Turner and rep. Ted Edmonds in recognition of the Centers impressive accomplishments.

Senior Citizens Newsby Jack Niece

If you want a faultless man-please don’t look at me.

Because, a mediocre manis all there’s going to be.

I want to live a sinless life-that’s an impossibility;

desiring to lend the right adviceto those who are in need.At being a good example-

falling too short of the mark,piercing many sorrows

through my Father’s heart.When wanting to do good-there seems none at all,

wreaking a guilty conscienceon an already pitiable soul.

So, it all depends-on what one wants to see

when seeking an impeccable man;please don’t look at me.

Don’t Look at Me

PUBLIC NOTICETo ensure safety and protection of the citizens traveling our roads, the Jackson Police Department randomly does road checks in the city limits of Jackson. These road checks are to check for impaired drivers, seatbelt usage, insurance violations, and any other violations. The approved check points are as follows:

1. Ky. 15 South at Kentucky River Community Care2. Ky. 15 South and Ky. 1812 at Citizens Main Bank3. Ky. 15 North and Ky. 3193(Wolverine Road)4. Ky. 30 West and Town Hill Road5. Ky. 30 West and Ky. 526. Ky. 1812 (Quicksand Road) and Picnic Hill Road

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact the Jackson Police Department at (606)666-2424

Thank You, Chief John MarshallJackson Police Department333 Broadway, Jackson, KY 41339

RAIN IS A GOOD THING In last week’s article

titled: Perception (Where I Come From Matters), the subject was on how words can be perceived differently, depending on the viewpoint of both the speaker and the hearer. Using as an ex-ample, I wrote of an actual conversation that I had with another person who was a farmer; the particular discus-sion was on rain.

Though we were talking about the same thing; we were looking at it from two different perspectives. For me rain was just rain, for him (being a farmer) whether it rains or not affects his live-lihood. Then I referenced a recent country song that farmers could relate to, “Where I come from rain is a good thing”.

In this article, I continue the discussion about rain: On how it is often used syn-onymously as always being something bad. This nega-tive use of this word is even reinforced by Christians; in my opinion by an incorrect interpretation of the follow-ing Bible Verses (in more particular the underlined verse in bold black):

“Ye have heard that it hath been said; thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine en-emy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you:

That ye may be the chil-dren of (God) your (Heav-enly) Father, which is in Heaven: For He (God) ma-keth His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

For if ye love them, which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publi-cans the same? And if ye sa-lute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your (Heavenly) Fa-ther which is in Heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5: 43-50).

First off – I know by per-sonal experience that in this life there are both good and bad things which happens to both the evil and the good. But the above verses do not state that God is behind

the bad things. Yet, when evil and bad things happen, countless Christians quote the above underlined verse; implying it is God’s doings. The truth is there are evil and bad things in this life be-cause of sin; not God.

I encourage each and ev-ery one to read the above verses again. The subject is not about God allowing good things and bad things to both Christians and sinners alike. The real subject is that our Heavenly Father is a Good God who is always looking to do good things to all those on the earth.

In the above verses sun-shine and rain are both syn-onymous with being good. In the very dry region that Je-sus tells this story, not only is sunshine good (which they have a lot of), likewise getting rain is good (for they have little of it). Like the country song, “Where they come from rain is also a good thing!”

These verses also are en-couraging God’s Children to do good things to all people; the same way their Heaven-ly Father does. His children need to do nothing but good all the time.

As I close this article, here is another Bible Verse reas-suring us God is Good and only does good things:

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1: 17).

Please, the next time you quote Bible Verses, make sure you have the correct in-terpretation, and then quote them correctly. Try not to take verses out of context in your attempt to prove some belief that you may hold to (even if there may be some truth in that belief). Remember last week’s closing: “STOP” and “THINK” before you speak and do.

Please continue to read upcoming articles, as I con-tinue to share THIS ONE MAN’S OPINION on sub-jects that matter to my God and to all of us and to all of our families.

For comment I may be contacted by email aland-turner@hotmail.com.

Among the many gems of Chinese medicine is the astrala-gus root, which is also known as huang qi in Chinese. The atrala-gus plant is harvested particularly for its roots as it is known to have numerous medicinal properties. As a matter of fact, this root has been used in Chinese medicine for cen-turies, and Western herbalists are only now getting acquainted to its many amazing benefi ts.

The plant is slender and often described as fl owing and grace-ful, while the roots are white when they are freshly dug up. As they dry, they take on a yellow hue. The astralagus plants are typically na-tive to China, Mongolia, and Korea and grow well in the northern and eastern parts of China.

Ancient Chinese texts describe how the effi cacy of the astralagus root is enhanced when combined with other herbs and medicines. The benefi ts are many, but the main reason why the astralagus root is consumed is because it positively impacts the immune system.

Benefi ts:According to traditional Chi-

nese medicine, the astralagus root is good for problems that arise in the body because of spleen defi -ciencies. However, here’s a look at some of the other ways in which it can benefi t us:

* Astralagus root has been used since time immemorial to infuse the body with energy, gain more strength, and enhance metabo-lism. Moreover, it has been cred-ited with making the immune sys-tem stronger as well.* People suffering from night sweats seem to have benefi ted from the astralagus root. It also helps keep away colds and pre-vents diarrhea, thus making it an overall excellent medicine.* Wounds and injuries seem to heal faster when astralagus root is mixed in with the medicine and consumed.* Some of the other functions performed by the astralagus root include improving lung function, bettering the health of the adrenal glands and the gastrointestinal tract, and reducing fatigue greatly.* There has been some research conducted on the effects of as-tralagus root, which shows that it can reduce some of the sever-ity of atopic dermatitis and even asthma. However, these studies

have mostly been conducted on rodents, and human trials haven’t yet been performed to ensure the accuracy of these claims. Never-theless, there is plenty of hope with the astralagus root.

Research on the benefi ts of the astralagus root has been con-ducted in China extensively, but it hasn’t been corroborated as yet by Western medical practitioners. Despite some skepticism on this subject, it’s good to know that the astralagus root is being used for the following health problems as well:

* Astralagus can help control the hazardous effects of chemother-apy, which is the standard proce-dure to kill cancerous cells. These studies have also claimed that astralagus root induces the pro-duction of interferon, an important chemical of the immune system which also helps fi ght cancer.* Some studies have indicated that astralagus can be used in the fi ght against AIDS. It is also known to be helpful against lupus and can even prevent aging, if these stud-ies are to be believed.* Clinical studies in China have shown that astralagus root can be used to treat chronic aplastic ane-mia. The results were indeed very favorable.* The astralagus root is mainly composed of polysaccharides, which have some benefi cial ef-fects on insulin resistance and hy-perglycemia.* There are some studies that have shown that the astralagus root can protect the heart tissue and prevent heart failure as well.* In some cases, the astralagus root can act as a diuretic and be of great help to those suffering from kidney problems.

All these studies have claimed that there are no side effects on humans. However, the results of these studies have mostly been published in obscure journals in the Far East, and the promises of the effi cacy of this root haven’t yet breached Western barriers. Nevertheless, the astralagus root appears to be a wonder herb, and much is to be said for all these studies that have been conducted by Chinese scientists.

* Note this is not to diagnose or Treat any illness:

CHINESE MEDICINE

aFl-Cio’s Trumka demands Jobs, more JobsAmerican Voters want jobs

and whoever doesn’t deliver those jobs will fi nd themselves out of work.

That was AFL_CIO President Trumka’s analysis,Novemebers mid-term elections swept the Republicans into power in the House of Representatives.(The Senate of corse,the White House)”the American People know the economy doesn’t work”,Trumka said at the National Journal, “The Day After” conference e. “They’re frustrated not because too much was done, but too little was done”.

The vote was far from an endorsement of the Republican agenda, Trumka said. He pointed out that 63% percent of voters in the 100 Congressional races that swung the election oppose tax breaks for people who make more than $250,000- the key plank in the Republicans “Pledge to America”.

Nearly two-thirds (62%) oppose privatizing social security, Trumka noted-another Republican proposal and retirement age raised to 70.

While the 2010 Elections saw record campaign spending,

especially by anonymous right-wing and business contributors, Trumka said that union members grassroots electoral efforts-particularly in states like Nevada, West Virginia and California-provided “the fi rewall that prevented(many) anti-worker candidates from taking offi ce”.

More than 200,000 union members volunteered, Trumka said making millions of phone calls knocking on 8.5 million doors and distributing over 19.4 million fl yers while talking with workers at job sites across the country.

“Jobs, jobs, and more jobs”, are the labor movement’s three priorities going forward said Trumka. We are going to be pushing our fi ve part point plan to create jobs. The President should do that and put these guys to the test. They said they could do it. Now let’s make them do it.

I, Verl Bowman say that Sarah Palin does not have the ability to be President of The United States. She will get no place; we need another person like Bill Clinton for President.

Verl Bowman Retired UAW Local 653

From the UAW News Room

VERL’S VIEWSby Verl Bowman

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Breathitt High Highland-Turner LBJMarie Roberts-CaneyRousseauSMS

BREATHITT COUNTY SCHOOL NEWSBHS Students Advance to State Governor’s Cup

On Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, the BHS Academ-ic Team traveled to Lee County High School to par-ticipate in the 14th Region Governor’s Cup academic competition. Students com-peted in individual written assessments and Quick Recall. Earlier in the week, students competed in Eng-lish Composition and Fu-ture Problem Solving (FPS). Quick recall team members include Hollie Stacy, Dakota Johnson (captain), Josh Carroll, Bridgette Bowl-ing, Joe Hamblin, Lailah Alhalabi, Luke Cockerham, Hunter Noble, Tiffany Hud-son, Daniel Correll, Dustin Allen, Kaylan Little, Court-ney Hamblin, and Chandler Baker. Members of the FPS team are Bridgette Bowling, Samantha Herald, Court-ney Hamblin, and Chan-dler Baker. Students who tested in written assess-ments included Josh Car-roll and Bridgette Bowling in Math, Luke Cockerham in Science, Dakota Johnson in Language Arts and Sci-

ence, and Hollie Stacy and Lailah Alhalabi in Arts and Humanities. Kami Griffi th and Courtney Hamblin par-ticipated in Composition.

Students who place in the top fi ve in written assess-ments will advance to state Governor’s Cup competi-tion in Lexington on March 12 - 14. Three students are advancing from Breathitt High School. Dakota Johnson, the son of Tonya Gross, placed fi fth in Lan-guage Arts; Lailah Alhalabi, the daughter of Anwar and Thouka Alhalbi, placed third in Arts and Humanities; and Courtney Hamblin, daughter of Mark and Rena Hamblin, placed fi fth in Composition.

The faculty and staff of Breathitt High School would like to congratulate the aca-demic team for their hard work and dedication this year and wish the best of luck at State Competition to Dakota, Lailah, and Court-ney. The BHS academic team is coached by Tonya Gross, Henrietta Sheffel, and Rena Hamblin.

Courtney Hamblin, Dakota Johnson, Lailah Alhalabi

RES FRC Stresses Internet SafetyIn today’s society chil-

dren can sometimes know and understand more about technology than some adults. Unfortunately, chil-dren seem unable to com-prehend the severity of dangers they are exposed to. With a simple click of a mouse students can be taken into a different county, a different era and are able to become in contact with people thousands of miles away. Rousseau’s Family Resource Center takes a very strong and proactive approach to internet safety. We are happy to be able to have special guest such as; Tammy Hickman from Chil-dren’s Advocacy come into the classrooms and share with our students dangers of the internet. Sharing with students the reality that predators are also on the internet helps them un-

derstand safety precautions when visiting chat rooms or social networking sites. We ask that parents please be-come involved in what your child is looking at and doing online. Listed below are several tips that parents can apply to their family:

1.Keep the computer in a common room.2.Have rules and guidelines for using the internet.3.Teach children to under-stand that people on the internet are not always who they say they are.4.Frequently check the com-puters history.5.Talk about online danger with your child.6.You have the right to check their email account, if you need to do it.7.Spend time with your chil-dren online. Have them show you their favorite sites.

Mr. Tim King simulates being on the inter-net for the purposes of the speakers dem-onstration

Rousseau’s 4-H leaders from left to right; Cameron Wilson, Casey Romine, Chase Romine, Thomas Back and Josh Turner

Rousseau 4-H ClubBy Chase Romine

Hello my name is Chase Romine and I am here to talk to you about our 4-H club at Rousseau Elemen-tary. 4-H helps us with com-munity work and teaches us leadership skills; we also learn how to give a 4-H proj-ect demonstration. There

are 5 different jobs, I am the president and my younger brother Casey Romine is our vice president. Cam-eron Wilson is our reporter, Thomas Back is our activi-ties leader and Josh Turner is our secretary. Ms. Neace is our teacher; the last time

she came we watched a video on a how to do 4-H project demonstration. At the end of the lesson Ms. Neace let us choose an extra activity .The activity is chosen by our activities leader. If you want to do a 4-H demonstration you can

go down to Breathitt County Extension Offi ce to register. You must register by March 4th because on March 11 you will give your demon-stration. We hope you can come by the Extension Of-fi ce and watch our demon-strations on March 11.

Ms. Sloas’ Preschool and Ms. Trimble’s Kindergarten News

Health Educator, Brenda Buntin from the Breathitt County Health Department visited our school. She dis-cussed poison prevention then afterwards the stu-dent’s watched the video

Spike’s Poison Prevention Adventure by the American Association of Poison Con-trol Centers.

We would like to thank Ms. Buntin for visiting our classrooms.

On Monday, February 14, 2011 the primary students (kindergarten through third grade) at Marie Roberts Caney celebrated the 100th day of school with many fun educational activities fo-cusing on the number 100. Stories were read, math-ematical problems were computed, and songs were sung in honor of this spe-cial day. Each student was also treated with a snack to celebrate the 100th day of school.

Special recognition and certifi cates of merit were pre-

sented to all MRC students who had 100 days of perfect attendance. Those students were: Nicholas Adams, Jus-tin Baker, Austin Brashear, Amy Brewer, Derrick Camp-bell, Amely Carpenter, Elijah Collins, Ina-dale Davidson, Joshua Davidson, Delano Hardin, Brianna Henson, Ethan Hudson, McKenzee Hudson, Ethan Little, David Marinelli, Sandra Neace, John Riddle, Andreya Smith, Clabe Stacy, Dillon Stacy, Jenna Strong, Ellie Taulbee, Robert Warren, Polly White, and Shane White.

100th Day!

Highland-Turner Students of The Week

Front L-R- Darren Noble, Byron Adams, Da-kota Williams, Haley Turner, Celesta Whitely, Brentley Spencer, Sherissa Napier, and Cody Irving; Back L-R- Autumn Bryant, Sierra Taul-bee, Nicholas Mantia, Lance Hinton, Rik Her-nandez, and Carissa Deaton

Principal Robert Stewart and Highland-Turner Fac-ulty would like to recognize, and honor the following stu-dents who exhibit outstand-

ing character for student of the week.

Congratulations on your selection to represent our school!

Principal For a Day at H-TRecently at Highland-

Turner, 6th grade student, Alexandrea Childers and 5th grader Lori Hall had the privilege to be principal for a day. These two remarkable students have over 200 AR points!!! Alexandrea has 232.6 AR Points and Lori has 207.2. For an entire day, Alexandrea and Lori carried out the duties of prin-

cipal. They ran errands, an-swered the phone, ate lunch with teachers, and many other exciting jobs. We are extremely proud of these two students for achieving the goal of 200 AR points, and would like to encourage every student to read and reach the goal of 100-200 AR Points so they could also be Principal for a Day.

Alexandrea Childers with Secretary Alma Turner and Virgina Helton

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January Box Top Winner

Principal Ron Combs Awards Cassy $10

LBJ Elementary School would like to introduce our January Box Tops for Edu-cation winner Miss Cassy Thomas. Cassy is a 5th grade student in Mrs. Smith’s classroom who knows how important it is to save.

Cassy saved her boxtops all year long and taped them to the saver sheets that Mrs. Watts gave her, then turned all of them in when the snow was over to become the lat-est winner of a crisp new $10.00 bill. Cassy’s proud parents are Laura & Steve Thomas of Jackson. Con-gratulations Cassy! Keep up the great work.

B- Team Tournament

Back Row: Justin Brewer, Jacob Collins, Todd Noble, Jonathon Jones, Kenny Stamper, Trey Noble, John Hall; Front Row: Andrew Stidham, Nick Corriell, Thomas Crittenden,Cameron Turner, Dylan Watkins, Grant Hamilton, Noah Nichols (Not Present For Photo Taheton Stacy)

LBJ Elementary School are very proud of our student atheletes and the effort they make to win. This article is to highlight our LBJ Gold B-Team.They faithfully attend practices and play as hard as they can, with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses. These children are coached by Jessie Bailey and are in the 5th & 6th grades.

The B-Team tourna-ment was played on Sat-urday Febuary 19th at LBJ. In the fi rst game LBJ

Gold was defeated by Ma-rie Roberts. In the second game Rousseau Elemen-tary School defeated Marie Roberts to be the B-Team Champs and Winner of the tournament. The children are motivated to win and to play hard due to all the lov-ing encouragement provid-ed by all the positive roles models in their lives. Thanks to all the great parents that volunteered and made sure the children had such a suc-cessful year!

At Every Ballgame Held At LBJ Mr. Wooton Or Mr. Combs Are Always Working!

100 Days Hats At LBJ!

How do you celebrate the days of schools that our students have attended al-ready? Just ask Mrs. Anna in kindergarten at LBJ, she lets the children demon-strate their creativity by de-signing their own 100 day

hats. The children and their parents work together and design these highly fashion-able treasures. There were hats with 100 silly band bracelets on them, 100 plas-tic soliders, 100 paperclips just every light weight item

imaginable. The children were also allowed to wear their works of art so every-one could be reminded we have made it to the 100 day mark. Now we only have 77 more to go then 1st grade here we come. The FRC

loves to highlight our chil-dren’s imagination and en-courage them in every way possible to achieve and who knows maybe one of our lit-tle Cowboys/Cowgirls will be the next designer featured on the Style Network!

Early Steps To School Success Parent-PlayNight At LBJThe “Raising a Reader”

program would like to thank Martha Yount CEA for Ag & Natural Resources from the Breathitt County Extension Offi ce for being the guest speaker at our last Parent Play night. Mrs. Yount read the children and their par-ent the exciting story “If You Give A PigA Pancake” by Laura Numeroff. This book tells a whimsical story of what happens when a girl shares her breakfast with a pig. Setting the mood for this story Mrs. Yount brought her electric griddle and let each one make their own pancakes. Thanks again for bringing this story to life as we enjoyed cook-

ing. “Raising A Reader” is a

program provided through Save The Children. Our Coordinator is Renee Neace, whose offi ce is at LBJ Elementary. She pro-vides in home services that help prepare your children to read and be super suc-cessful in school. The fam-ily nights are a wonderful chance to make friends and develop early social skills while having fellowship to-gether. If you are expecting a child or have a baby and are interested in enrolling in this free program and live within the LBJ School dis-trict contact Renee at 666-7181 for more information!

Our Parent Play Group Brings Families Together For Fun!

Mrs. Shannon Howell, pride coordina-tor, visited Mrs. Noble’s 4th grade class on Wednesday, February 16th. Students were di-vided into two groups, plastic and paper. Each group was given a cardboard box to decorate. Students used paper, fl owers, felt, markers, beads, gems, glitter glue, string, cloth, etc. to decorate their boxes. Within an hour, the classroom had two uniquely, beautiful boxes to recycle paper and plastic in. Students were very proud of their work and began recycling immediately. All students want to send a big thank you out to Mrs. Howell for her time and supplies.

H-T Displays Pride

Go Cowboys and Cowgirls!!!

Jackson IndependentSCHOOL NEWS

JCS Chess Team places 1st in King of the Mountains Tournament

By Jacob HaddixJCS Student Reporter

Congratulations to the high school chess team for winning the King of the Mountains league champi-onship for the third year in a row.

Led by Jordan Turner, Josh Hollan, Michael Mag-gard, and Cassidy Griffi th, Jackson City won the fi fth and fi nal league tournament with a score of 11.5.

Montgomery County was second with nine points and Morgan County fi nished 3rd.

For the Tigers, Shaniqui-wa Howard, Ashlee Combs, Cecily Howard, and Keegan

Snowden also scored two wins each on Saturday.

In the fi nal individual league standings, Josh Hol-lan brought home the 3rd place trophy while Jordan Turner wrapped up his high school league play by fi nish-ing 4th for the season.

Next stop for all the Jack-son City chess teams will be in Louisville on March 5th for the Sweet 16 State Chess Championships.

Chess Team Coach Chet Sygiel said, “Finishing 1st in the tournament was a total team effort, and that same effort will be crucial for win-ning next Saturday in Louis-ville.”

Jackson City Middle School Academic Team Members Moving

On To State

Tyler Jones, Sarah Yount, Noah Cornett

By Amanda BarnettJCS Student Reporter

The Jackson City Middle School Academic Team re-cently competed in the re-gional Governor’s Cup com-petition.

The results were as fol-lows:

Noah Cornett placed 5th in social studies and 1st in science.

Tyler Jones placed 5th in science.

Sarah Yount placed 5th in arts and humanities.

Noah, Sarah, and Ty-

ler will all advance on to the state competition in Lexing-ton in March.

The Quick Recall team brought home 4th.

Overall the team placed 4th out of seven schools.

Coach Anji Davidson said, "They worked really hard and have practiced since September. The other middle school teachers and I are very proud of their hard work."

Everyone at JCS would like to wish Noah, Sarah, and Tyler good luck at state competition!

JCS Students Celebrate President’s Day

By Mallie BarnettJCS Student Reporter

On Monday, February 1st, Mrs. Tincher’s 1st grade class celebrated President’s Day by giving presentations about three well-known presidents.

Students could choose from Presidents Obama, Washington, or Lincoln.

For the project, they had to bring in a picture of the president they chose, 10

sentences with interesting facts about him, and make a craft to symbolize that presi-dent.

For the craft in this proj-ect, students made many different things including a cherry tree, wigs, a quarter, and many log cabins and top hats.

“This was one of our fa-vorite units to cover and I am very proud of all their hard work,” said Mrs. Tincher, 1st grade teacher.

Three JCS Academic Team Members Going To State

By Kendra TolsonJCS Student Reporter

The JHS Academic Team traveled to Lee County for the 2011 Governor’s Cup regional competition on February 19th.

The team members who placed were: Hagan Smith placed 2nd in arts & human-ities, Peyton O’Neill placed 1st in social studies, and Jacob Haddix placed 5th in social studies.

Those three will be ad-

vancing to the state com-petition, which will be held March 12th-14th in Lexing-ton.

The Future Problem Solv-ing Team placed 3rd overall, however only the 1st and 2nd place teams will ad-vance to state.

Overall, Jackson City fi n-ished 5th out of 14 schools in our region.

Everyone at JCS would like to wish Peyton, Hagan, and Jacob good luck at state competition!

Hagan Smith, Jacob Haddix, Peyton O'Neill

Congratulations to Faith Moore, JCS 3rd grade student. She is the proud winner of the Ap-ple iPad drawing sponsored by the JHS cheerleaders during the district tournament.

Congratulations to Justin Stacy, JHS senior. He is the winner of the UK Longaberger basket drawing held by the JCS 8th grade class during the district tournament.

By Whitney HutchinsonJCS Student Reporter

This week in Mrs. Pugh’s and Mrs. Hollan’s classes, they have completed many activities.

This week was Spirit Week. Every day, the stu-dents dressed up to cel-ebrate their school. Monday was “Purple and Gold Day,” Tuesday was “Cowboy Day,” Wednesday was “80’s/ Nerd Day,” Thursday was “Car-toon Character Day,” and Friday was “Camo Day.”

In both classes, the kin-dergarteners have been working with words ending with "–ay.”

Also, Mrs. Pugh’s class has read books on Washing-ton D.C. Her students com-pleted a project to represent a monument or something seen in the Washington D.C. books.

They have also learned a little Spanish from reading the story, “Abuela.”

In math, the class is still experimenting with coins. They count them along with learning who is on the front of them, what is on the back, and how much they are worth.

They also played several games where they counted fake money.

In science, Mrs. Pugh’s class has learned more about solids, liquids, and gases and completed a sort-ing exercise using pictures.

In Mrs. Hollan’s kinder-garten class, they participat-ed in Spirit Week also.

Monday was “Purple and Gold Day.” That day, every one of her students wore purple and gold.

Her class has also learned all about coins.

They learned about presi-dents too. They learned that Obama is the 1st African American president and learned about the others also. “They have a hard time comprehending that most of our past presidents aren’t alive anymore,” Mrs. Hollan commented.

They have learned about all of the different monu-ments and memorials locat-ed in Washington D.C.

They are in the process of making a book of the differ-ent monuments.

Mrs. Pugh’s 1st grade has been learning about compound words this week along with the long “U” sound.

They read a story called, “Peter’s Chair” that tells about learning to live with a new sibling.

The 1st grade also com-pleted graphic organizers that compare positive and negative effects of having a new brother or sister.

They also wrote about a time they had to share something that they didn’t want to.

In math, the students are fi nishing up a unit on weight and completed a measure-ment project.

In this project, they had to measure the height in inches and feet of fi ve dif-ferent family members or friends. Then they made a chart arranging them from tallest to shortest. They are beginning a unit on bar and pictographs.

In science they will begin a lesson on sound starting this week.

Kindergarten/ K-1 Corner

This week’s JCS Senior Spotlight is focused on Whit-ney Nicole Hutchinson.

Whitney is the 17-year-old daughter of Harold and Lottie Hutchinson.

She has attended JCS for 13 years.

While at JCS, she has been a member of the Na-tional Honor Society.

She is also involved in varsity cheerleading.

In her spare time, Whit-ney enjoys participating in gymnastics and hanging out with her friends.

After graduation, she plans to attend college.

Everyone at JCS would like to wish Whitney the best of luck in the future!

JCS Senior Spotlight

Recycling Efforts Continue At JCSBy Ashley Burton

JCS Student Reporter

JCS is continuing with its recycling efforts.

The huge recycling bin located at JCS has already been fi lled and emptied twice.

John Henson and his cus-todial staff have commented that there has been a signifi -cant drop in the amount of garbage being hauled away to the trash dumpster every day.

Several teachers have been completing projects

dealing with recycling and offering bonus points for re-cycling efforts.

Principal Jim Yount com-mented that everyone is do-ing a great job with plastic and cardboard, but wants to remind everyone that there are also recycling bins for of-fi ce/notebook paper as well as steel/ aluminum cans.

Everyone is welcome to bring in recyclables from home.

Teachers may also volun-teer to have a recycling bin in their classroom.

“I think it is a wonder-ful initiative for our school to have. It has reduced the amount of trash greatly here. Hope-fully it will get students in the future to recycle also,” stated Mr. Yount.

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Riding on a 100-year-old train from Jackson to Hazard. (L-R): Bea Bach, Marie R. Turner, Cleta Mae Howard, Mary Bays, Audrey Noble, Anita (Litteral) Rose, Dana (Magee)Rose, and Cathy (Mays) Strong, dressed in old-fashion dresses, stand for a photo taken at Hazard depot in 1962. These Breathitt County ladies rode the General, said to be the last passenger trip between the two towns of Jackson and Hazard, on that historic occasion.

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Wolfe County 41

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In Loving Remembrance Of Frank HernandezUntil We Meet again

When dawn fi rst light turned into day. Who knew an angel would soon call me away. And though I didn’t get the chance to say goodbye. I leave you three things to help you get by. I leave you courage, that you might see your heart can rebuild a world without me. I leave you Faith, that you might believe the spirit will survive no matter how much we grieve And I leave you Love, to comfort you in its healing embrace until we meet again in another place.

Sadly missed by- wife Trish, daughter Markayella, son Rik Hernandez, mother Marcella Hernandez and mother-in-law Josie Turner.

Happy 39th Anniversary

Donald and Betty CombsMarch 3, 2011

9/14/1971- 3/3/2010

We do not need a special day, to bring you to our minds.

The days we do not think of you, are very hard to find.

Each morning when we awake, we know that you are gone.

And no one knows the heart ache, as we try to carry on.

Our hearts still ache with sadness, and secret tears still flow.What it meant to lose you,

no one will ever know.Our thoughts are always with you,

your place no one can fill.In life we loved you dearly; in death we love you still.

There will always be a heartache, and often a silent tear.

But always a precious memory, of the days when you were here.If tears could make a staircase,

and heartaches make a lane,We’d walk the path to heaven,

and bring you home again.We hold you close within our hearts;

and there you will remain,To walk with us throughout our lives,

until we meet again.Our family chain is broken now, and nothing seems the same,

But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

Happy Birthday In Heaven Daddy

Love, Cheryl, Rhonda, Vonda, & Ronnie

2/22/1952- 3/25/2001

Happy 6th Birthday

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Tyson Hudson

See it in color in the Advocate Happy Birthday

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Wick Clemons on February 28th

I love you- Polly Mechelle Clemons

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