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Volume 5, No. 43 December 2, 2014 Russell/Flatwoods/Greenup, KY

Beacon Video News Magazine

This week’s Gree-nup Beacon Video News Magazine will stream live from the new official home of the magazine: the McConnell House in Wurtland with spe-cial guest Tammy Steele of the Greenup County School District. Also on the program will be Allen Blair public information officer for the Flemings-burg District Office of the Kentucky Department of Transportation.

We’ll also possibly in-clude a cooking segment with Brittnany Hoback and see just what she has cooked up for this week. Join host Brittnany Ho-back and co-host Hank Bond at 1 p.m., on: gree-nupbeacon.com or gree-nupbeacon2.com Wednes-days. Shows are also archived on the websites.

Lights of Love Dec. 2This event to be streamed live

at www.greenupbeacon.comOur Lady of Bellefonte

Hospital (OLBH) invites the community to join in the 31st installment of the hospital’s Lights of Love celebration Tuesday, De-cember 2.

The free holiday fes-tivities begin at 6:15 p.m. with entertainment at the front entrance of the hospital with the Adult Handbell Choir from Ad-vance United Methodist Church, Flatwoods under the direction of Diana Williams. The annual tree lighting ceremony takes place at 6:30 p.m. fol-lowed by singing from the Kings Way Church Praise Team. Refreshments will be served.

With a $5 donation to Lights of Love, a Christ-mas light on the tree will be dedicated in honor or memory of a loved one. Proceeds benefit the hos-pital’s Lifeline service – a home-emergency re-sponse unit that provides seniors assistance with just the push of a button.

The Lifeline system is a unit connected to the tele-phone, allowing the Life-line user to utilize a small remote control to signal for help in the event of an emergency. A call center is notified to send help when signaled.

OLBH Mobile Mammography Unit

Releases Dec. Schedule

The Our Lady of Belle-fonte Hospital (OLBH) Mobile Mammography Unit schedule for the month of December has

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PVA speaksBobby Hall, then Greenup County PVA-elect, spoke to the Kiwanis Club at Giovanni’s in Flatwoods. Hall was scheduled to take the oath of office on Mon., Dec. 1 administered by District Judge Brian McCloud. Hall was elected to a full four-year term.

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Greenup Beacon honored by ACSKaren Sperry, left, and Andrea Arnett, right, from the American Cancer Society present Hank Bond and The Greenup Beacon the Lighthouse Media Award during the Greenup Beacon’s Nov. 26 Live Video News Magazine at the McConnell House in Wurtland.

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Prepping for the TrotRussell High School students prepare for the annual Turkey Trot held Thanksgiving Day in downtown Russell. Shown left to right are: Alex O’Dell, Kenna Kazee, Jessi Danner, Kierstin Miller, Mallory Clark, Alexis McMonigal, and Tanner Miller.

River Cities Dance Company to present “The Nutcracker”Tammy Jo’s Studio will

present the River Cities Dance Company in The Nutcracker with two shows on Saturday, December 6 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the John P. Stephens Cultural Arts Center at Raceland-Worthington High School.

The beloved ballet tells the story of a little girl named Clara who is given a magical nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. She en-counters the frightful King Rat before embarking on a wondrous journey through the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets.

Featured performers are members of the River Cit-ies Dance Company with Ally Smith as Clara, Chloe Thorner as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Olivia Couchot as the Snow Queen and Dew Drop Fairy, Karoline Edmonds as the Guardian Angel and Coffee From Arabia, and Katie Wesley as Spanish Princess.

Also performing is Syd-ney Hieneman as the Bal-lerina Doll, Haley Young as the Arabian Doll, and Zoe Wigett and Lexi Rose as Harlequin Doll. Also join-ing the cast of RCDC as

guest artists is Patrick Sloan as the Nutcracker Prince, Casey Myrick as the Cava-lier and the Snow King and

John Lynd as Drosselmeyer.Reserved tickets for either

performance are $12 for adults and $8 for students

age 5 and under. Reserved tickets for performances are available for purchase at Tammy Jo’s Studio or at

the door. For more information call

606-473-5244 or 606-836-8685.

River Cities Dance Company

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been released. The unit will visit the following locations with all times 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. unless noted:

Poage Elementary, 3215 South 29th St., Ashland- Monday, Dec. 1, 9-11:30 a.m.

Paul Blazer High School, Blazer Boulevard, Ashland- Monday, Dec. 1, noon-2 p.m.

Bellefonte Primary Care- Grayson, 100 Bellefonte Drive, Grayson –Tuesday, Dec. 2

Safe Harbor, Ashland – Wednesday, Dec. 3

Wurtland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 100 Wurtland Ave., Wurtland- Monday, Dec. 8

Charles Russell Elementa-ry School, 1100 Russell St., Ashland- Tuesday, Dec. 9, 9-11:30 a.m.

Hager Elementary School, 1600 Blackburn Ave., Ash-land- Tuesday, Dec. 9, noon-2 p.m.

Community Hospice, 1480 Carter Avenue, Ashland – Wednesday, Dec. 10

Bellefonte Primary Care, South Ashland, 2910 Carter Avenue- Monday, Dec. 15

Crabbe Elementary School, 520 17th St., Ash-land- Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9 – 11:30 a.m.

Ashland Headstart, 3215 S 29th St, Ashland- Tuesday, Dec. 16, noon- 2 p.m.

Valley Medical Center, Ironton Hills Plaza, Ironton, Ohio- Thursday, Dec. 18

Chapel House/Friendship House, Everyman Street, Grayson – Monday, Dec. 22

Office of Dr. Sanjiv Gupta, 300 St. Hwy. 1947, Grayson – Tuesday, Dec. 23

Bellefonte Primary Care-South Shore, US 23, South Shore – Monday, Dec. 29

Ashland Family Medicine, 2222 Winchester Ave., Ash-land- Tuesday, Dec. 30

Bellefonte Primary Care- Cannonsburg, 12470 U.S. Route 60, Cannonsburg – Wednesday, Dec. 31

Those who wish to attend any of the scheduled stops of the OLBH Mobile Mammog-raphy Unit must schedule an appointment by calling the OLBH Women’s Center at (606) 836-PINK (7465).

A.W.A.K.E event Dec. 5 Our Lady of Bellefonte

Hospital’s (OLBH) Sleep Lab is hosting its quarterly support group for individu-als with sleep apnea. The free A.W.A.K.E (alert, well and keeping energetic) event takes place Friday, Dec. 5 at noon at Bellefonte Centre (1000 Ashland Drive, 5th Floor Conference Room) on the OLBH campus.

The guest speaker will be pulmonologist Sabrina Rob-erts, M.D. Lunch will be sponsored by Leading Respi-ratory Services. A.W.A.K.E. is designed as a support for persons that have been di-agnosed with sleep apnea and their families. Those interested in attending the A.W.A.K.E. meeting should RSVP by Friday, Nov. 27 by calling (606) 833-3993.

For more information about the OLBH Sleep Lab or to obtain a free brochure, contact the OLBH CareLine at (606)-833-CARE (2273).

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tures or information to sub-mit to The Greenup Beacon, please send them via email to hank@greenupbeacon.com. We include as many articles as possible on a space avail-able basis.

Russell Parade Dec. 4The Russell Christmas

Parade, hosted by the Down-town Russell Business Asso-ciation, will be held on Dec. 4, beginning at 7 p.m.

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The event, which will be held on the streets of down-town Russell, will line up between 6 and 6:30 p.m. on Clinton Street directed by the Russell Police Department.

The parade will kick off at 7 p.m.

The featured float will be Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, as pictures will be allowed after the parade in front of the fire station.

Organizers as that there be no other Santas in the parade.

A chili/cookie dinner will be served at the Russell Fire Station immediately follow-ing the parade with musical entertainment provided.

The parade committee welcomes all participants: floats, walkers, bands, fire trucks and others.

The grand marshals of the parade this year will be Bucky Jones and Mark Bal-lard, longtime Russell resi-dents and volunteers.

For additional informa-tion please call Cheryl Jones, 502-314-4662.

Flatwoods parade is Dec. 6It is just around the corner!

The Flatwoods Lions Club will be hosting the annual Flatwoods Christmas Parade, Saturday, December 6. Line-up will begin in the vicinity of the General Heating and Air building at 12PM. The parade will begin at 1PM (barring inclement weather). Evelyn and Bob Quesenberry will be the grand marshals.

The theme for this year is “Hometown Traditions”. Mark Justice and Lions Club President Susie Gullett will be doing commentary in front of Carman Funeral Home.

We encourage all churches, civic organizations, schools and individuals to join us for the festivities.

For further information or to R.S.V.P., contact Nancy Litteral (606)836-3012 or Lion President Susie Gullett (922-2504); leave a message if no answer-someone will get back to you.

Also, the Lions Club is selling nuts (Pecans, Pecan Pieces, Black Walnuts and English Walnuts) if you need any contact a Lions Club member.

Yahoo! Cowboy ChristmasAt Advance Dec. 6-7

Cowboy Christmas Drama “While Cowboys Watched Their Herds by Night” by

Daniel Wray will play for the fourth consecutive year at Advance Memorial United Methodist Church in Flat-woods.

The play addresses the concept of The Christmas story as it might have been…

The staging will be held December 6 and 7 beginning at 6 p.m. each evening.

It will be held at Advance Memorial UMC, 1007 Belle-fonte Rd., Flatwoods.

It is free and open to the public in fact the Cowboys invite all their friends and family to come and sit a spell.

For information call 606-836-5634.

Cowboy Up!! Wear Your Trail Gear. Nursery will be available fer little cowpokes

New exhibit at HighlandsMorehead State University

and the Highlands Museum and Discovery Center have partnered for a new astro-nomical exhibit, “Satellites, Aerospace and the Bluegrass State.”

A reception and ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on Thursday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

Designed by Eric Thomas, director of Morehead State University’s Star Theater and staff member of MSU’s Space Science Program, the exhibit will inform visi-tors about the role satellites play in the field of aerospace feature 1:1 scale models of satellites built and flown by MSU, and highlight the Uni-versity’s role in preparing students to work in the chal-lenging field of aerospace.

“This exhibit will help visitors gain a better under-standing for where satellites are in earth’s orbit and how that relate to their function,” said Thomas. “It also will let visitors learn about the pro-cess of building satellites, gain a better understanding of the role of Ground Op-erations in satellite manage-ment and overall more about MSU’s Space Science pro-grams.”

Thomas also stated the MSU’s Space Science Pro-gram intends this to be a long term relationship with the Highlands Museum and Dis-covery Center. Through this partnership, the exhibit space will continually be updated and collaborations on work-shops, summer camps and guest speaking opportunities will also be forthcoming.

During the ribbon cutting ceremony, the Highlands Museum and Discovery Center, located at 1620 Win-

chester Ave. in Ashland, will be unveiling a new exhibi-tion hall which will house Satellites, Aerospace and the Bluegrass State. The hall will be located in a previ-ously undeveloped area of the Discovery Center and has been under construction in recent months.

“The Highlands Museum is very excited to be in part-nership with MSU’s Space Science Program in bringing this educational exhibit to the Ashland area. As a former educator, it has been my de-sire to expand our education-al opportunities in science and technology available to area middle and high school students. We are thrilled to be offering workshops to school tours and summer camps thus enriching the classroom experiences,” said Carol Allen, Highlands Mu-seum and Discovery Center executive director.

The Kentucky Highlands Museum was organized in 1984 as a historical and cultural center for the Ash-land area. The Museum was housed in the historical Mayo Mansion until taking up residency in downtown Ashland’s Main Street Dis-trict in the first floor, base-ment, and mezzanine levels of the former C. H. Parsons Department Store in 1994. In 1997, the museum, fol-lowing a strategic planning process, changed its name to the Highlands Museum and Discovery Center.

Additional information is available by calling the Highlands Museum and Dis-covery at 606-329-8888 or Thomas at 606-783-9593.

Party scheduled at extension office

There will be a FREE Nu-trition Education Holiday Party at the Greenup County Extension Office on Friday, December 19, 2014, from 5:30pm-8:00pm. Please join us for a nutritious snack, Holiday crafts, and a free raffle for a Holiday Basket Giveaway. All children must be accompanied by an adult during program.

Call the Greenup County Extension office by Decem-ber 15, 2014, at 606-836-0201 for more information and to reserve a spot.

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participate in the FIRST LEGO League Regional Tournament December host-ed by Ashland Community and Technical College on December 12 and 13.

This is the second year that ACTC has hosted this tour-nament for FIRST LEGO teams in Northeastern Ken-tucky. Twenty-six teams have entered this year, up from 12 teams last year, and the top seven teams will ad-vance to the state level.

Greenup county teams are from Greenup County 4-H Clubs, Wurtland Elemen-tary School, Wurtland Mid-dle School and Raceland-Worthington High School.

FIRST LEGO is a robot-ics program designed to get youth ages nine to 14 excited about science and technol-ogy. Teams work on projects that include building robots and designing solutions to real-world problems.

ACTC is hosting the tour-nament to provide skill build-ing opportunities for area youth in science technology, engineer and math as well as in teamwork, critical think-ing and problem-solving.

Free and open to the pub-lic, the tournament will be held at the Technology Drive Campus on Friday, Dec. 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 13, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, contact Karen Coburn, ACTC Direc-tor of Workforce Solutions and LEGO tournament co-ordinator, email: karen.co-burn@kctcs.edu.

ACTC Science FairArea fourth to twelfth

grade students are invited to participate in the 3rd An-nual FIVCO Area Science & Engineering Fair that will be

held February 6 at the ACTC Technology Drive Campus.

The students must be en-rolled in public, parochial or home-based schools in Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup and Lawrence Counties in Ken-tucky.

“The registration deadline is not until January 23, but teachers and schools will need to working on their projects now,” said Dr. Bar-bara Walters, a retired ACTC Professor and the Science Fair Director.

Each student may en-ter one individual or team project, and team projects are limited to three student participants. There are five project categories: Life Sci-ence, Mathematical Science, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics & Astronomy.

The only required entry form, as well as project infor-mation and a rules guideline booklet, are online at: www.fivcosciencefair.com.

Winners in each category will receive a medal, and the overall winners in grades 6-8 and 9-12 will be eligible to advance to a regional science fair. Cash prizes awarded through a grant from Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Ken-tucky, Inc. include $1,000 for first place in the high school (grades 9-12) and middle school (grades 6-9) catego-ries and $500 for first place in the elementary school (grades 4-5) category.

“Our partnership with Toyota has been important in helping the college involve more schools and students in the FIVCO area,” said Dr. Walters. Area organizations and businesses are also invit-ed to join Toyota in support-

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Obituaries

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82 YEARS OF SERVICE

Gilbert Lee Waugh1938 - 2014

Gilbert Lee Waugh, 76, of Flatwoods, KY passed from this life to his eternal life on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY.

He was born on Septem-ber 5, 1938 in Boyd County, KY, a son of the late, Gilbert Waugh and Shirley Robi-nette Waugh Hutchinson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Waugh; two sisters: Carol Huber and Pauline Downs; and a grand-son, Trenton Cordle.

Mr. Waugh was an accom-plished song writer, and had been recording gospel music since the 1970’s. He was of the Pentecostal Faith, which was his inspiration for his songs. He was a retired car-man for C & O Railroad and a Kentucky Colonel.

He is survived by his wife of fifty four years, Gloria Jean Short Waugh; two daughters: Lois Ann (Greg) Cordle of Ashland, KY, and Marcia Dale (Randy) Cordle of Flat-woods, KY; two grandchil-dren: Tiffany (Chris) Cordle of Flatwoods, KY and Tara (Sean) LeMaster of Ashland, KY; five great grandchildren: Ryan, Pyper, Tenley, Pia, and Sophie; a brother, Geroge Patrick (Jeanie) Waugh of Ashland, KY; and a sister, Yvonne (Danny) Hickman of Ashland, KY, and a host of extended family and friends.

The was conducted Satur-day, November 29, 2014 at Bailey Family Funeral Home in Flatwoods, KY with Bro. Randy Cordle officiating.

Burial followed at Palmer Cemetery in Flatwoods, KY.

To express online condo-lences and to view webcast-ing of the funeral, visit bai-leyfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Kevin Lee Daniels1965-2014

Kevin Lee Daniels, 49, of Ironville, loving husband of Vanessa Maggard Dan-iels, went home to the Lord following a sudden illness on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at Whayne Supply in Cannon-sburg, while at work.

Kevin was born June 5, 1965, in Ashland, a son of Hearl and Roberta Lyon Daniels of Ashland. He was a maintenance technician with

munity Hospice, 1480 Carter Ave., Ashland, KY 41101.

Steen Funeral Home in Ashland is in charge of ar-rangements.

Condolences may be made to steenfuneralhome.com.

Wilma Coriell1930-2014

Wilma “Jean” Grham-Coriell, 84, of Flatwoods, KY passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Wurtland Nursing Rehabilitation Center.

Wilma was born on Sep-tember 19, 1930 in Ports-mouth, OH to the late Her-ald E. and Edith M. Bobst Grham.

Mrs. Coriell enjoyed read-ing, kroesching, computer games, cooking, gardening, but most of all spending time with her grandchildren family and friends.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 30 plus years Richard E. Coriell who died in 1986 and one brother Ray Grham and a son-in-law James Brewer.

Left behind to cherish her memory is her sons; Tony (Pam) Coriell of Ashland, KY, Mike (Bea) Coriell of Raceland, KY two daugh-ters; Connie Brewer of Ash-land, KY and Candyce Cori-ell of Flatwoods, KY, two sisters; Ginnie (Bill) Wagner of Lucasville, OH and Jenet-tia Burchett of Minford, OH, six grandchildren; Chris, Stacy, Dawn, Josh David and Shawn and four great-grandchildren and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins friends and family whom will miss her dearly.

There will be no services held at this time. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.carman-funeral.com

Brenda Jane Blair Phillips1950-2014

Brenda Jane Blair Phil-lips, 64, of Phenix City, Ala., formerly of Ashland, passed away Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, at the Community Hospice Care Center in Ash-land.

Brenda was born March 18, 1950, in Ashland, a daughter of the late Wordie Britton and Tressie Hunley Blair. In addition to her par-ents, she also was preceded in death by her husband, Benny F. Phillips Sr., sis-ters Lillie Mae Blair, Bethel Irene Blair, Betty Jo Blair Baker and Ethel Jean Blair; brother James Edward Blair; and brothers-in-law Hugh Clevenger and Jack Baker.

Brenda was a sales clerk for Walmart and served

Whayne Supply Co., an avid UK fan and enjoyed hunting, golfing, fishing and the out-doors, but most importantly, he was a Christian and found true comfort in the Lord.

Kevin truly loved every-one he met and always put others’ concerns before his. Those who knew him saw his unselfishness every day and he loved the Christian fellowship with his family more than anything else.

Surviving, in addition to his loving wife and parents, include a precious daughter, Kevanna Daniels of Iron-ville; a son, Trey Kruger of West Palm Beach, Fla.; two brothers, Gary Daniels and wife Linda of Barboursville, W.Va., and David Daniels and wife Judy of Russell; a sister, Cheryl Deborde and husband Denny of Flat-woods; and many nieces, nephews, family members and friends.

Funeral services were Fri-day Nov. 28, 2014 by Brother Jim Porter at Bridges Church in Russell.

Burial followed in the Golden Oaks Memorial Gar-dens.

Arrangements were under the direction of Preston Fam-ily Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent to prestonfamilyfuneral-home.com.

Contributions may be made in Kevin’s memory to the Kevanna Daniels Schol-arship Fund, c/o Members Choice Credit Union, 1315 Cannonsburg Road, Ashland, KY.

Daniel Eugene Turley1943-2014

“Well done, thou good and faithful servant”, those were the words spoken to Daniel Eugene “Mudflap” Turley, 70 of Greenup who passed from this life on Sunday, No-vember 23, 2014 at his resi-dence and is now in the pres-ence of his Lord and Savior.

Dan was born on Novem-ber 28, 1943 in Flatwoods at home in the old log cabin that is now in the Flatwoods City Park to the late Eugene “Pap” and Lillian Gilley-Turley.

He wore many hats in his community and was a pas-sionate caring man who would go out of his way to help anyone that was in need. Dan was very active in numerous organizations but one that was near to his heart and that he held a great sense of pride in was the planning of Holy Week for all area churches; as well as being instrumental in the organization and success of a church group that secured grants from the Foundation of Kentucky Methodists Conference to make avail-able the Flu Vaccine at no cost to residents, having helped over 1900 people.

Other civic groups that he thoroughly enjoyed were the Greenup Gideon’s; Greenup County Drug Court as well as being a part of a three man group at the Greenup United Methodist Church that ro-tated serving as a Sunday School Teacher. “Mudflap” as he was known by his bud-dies at Armco, was a Master Machinist for 30 years before his retirement.

Besides his parents Mr. Turley was preceded in death by a daughter Joi Lynn Tur-ley-Bryson.

Left behind to cherish his memory are a loving family including his beautiful and devoted wife Carol Fields-Turley of Greenup; two sons Michael and Diane Cleveng-er of Cabot, Ark. and Doug-las E. Turley of Greenup; one daughter Heather Clevenger of Ashland; two sisters Mary Ellen and Gary Walters of Flatwoods and Debra Tur-ley-Adkins of Russell; one brother Brian and Connie Turley of Milan, Oh.; nine grandchildren Corey and Ka-tie Thomas, Jessi and Phillip Lee, Samantha Clevenger, Jenna Lynn Bryson, Seth Bryson, Michael Cleveng-er, Tanner Runyon, Daniel Clevenger and Sydney Run-yon; two great grandchildren Lily Lee and Lillana Joi Lee as well as many many friends and church family all of whom will miss him dearly.

Funeral services were held at the Greenup United Meth-odist Church, 607 Main St. Greenup, KY 41144 on Sat-urday, November 29, 2014 under the direction of Car-man Funeral Home in Flat-woods.

Burial followed services on the family farm in Gree-nup.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.carmanfuneral.com

Mary Helen Davis1924-2014

Mary Helen Davis, 90, of Flatwoods, passed away in Trinity Station Retirement Community in Flatwoods on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, fol-lowing an extended illness.

She was born May 8, 1924, in Mount Vernon to the late Clay and Emma Thompson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wil-liam E. Davis; a son, William E. Davis Jr.; and a brother, Leo Thompson.

She was a homemaker and of the Presbyterian faith.

She is survived by a daughter, Peggy (Bob) Wyatt of Westwood; four grand-children, Josh (Teri) Wyatt of Flatwoods, Ashley Davis of New York City and Timo-thy Davis and Hayley Davis of Centreville, Va.; a great-grandson, Trent Wyatt of Flatwoods; two stepgrand-children, Caroline Arnold and Elisabeth Arnold, both of Centreville; two stepgreat-grandchildren, Hunter Cor-rell and Chase Correll; and a daughter-in-law, Laurie (Dave) Arnold of Centrev-ille.

Graveside funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at the Ever-green Cemetery in South-gate. Burial will follow the service.

Contributions in her mem-ory may be made to Com-

1100 Grandview Drive – Flatwoods, Ky.606-836-3187 www.oakmontmanor.com· Recipient of the American Healthcare Association Quality Award

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her country in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam.

Survivors include sons Thomas M. Phillips of Ala-bama and Douglas M. Phil-lips of Georgia; brothers Wordie Blair and wife Kime of Ashland, Gerald Blair and wife Donna of Ashland, sisters Millateen Davis and husband Bobby of Ashland, Linda Clevenger of Ironton, Mary Bowling and husband Darrell of Catlettsburg, Connie Chaney of Ashland and Theresa Frazier and husband Bruce of Greenup; grandchildren, A.J. Phillips and Danielle Phillips; and a host of extended family and friends.

Funeral services Were held at Steen Funeral Home-Central Avenue Chapel by Mike Blankenship.

Burial followed in the Golden Oaks Memorial Gar-dens.

In lieu of flowers, con-tributions may be made to Community Hospice, 1480 Carter Ave., Ashland, KY 41101.

Online condolences may be sent to steenfuneralhome.com.

Ennis E. Sammons Jr.1961 -2014

Ennis Edward Sammons Jr., 53, of Greenup, Ken-tucky passed away Wednes-day, November 26, 2014 in Southern Ohio Medical Cen-ter in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Mr. Sammons was born June 22, 1961 in Annapolis, Maryland a son of the late Ennis Sammons Sr. and Shir-ley Ann Anderson Stewart of Baltimore, Maryland.

He loved music and sports.He is survived by one

daughter, Brittany Nicole Sammons South Shore, KY; two sisters, Barbara (Thom-as) Cataraso Wurtland, KY and Phyllis Sammons South Shore, KY.

Services were conducted November 28, 2014 at Reed Funeral Home in Greenup.

Condolences may be made at www.reedfuneralhome.us

Johnsey G. Collins1925-2014

Johnsey G. Collins, Jr., 89, of Kenova, WV went to be with the Lord on Wednes-

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ByHankBond

The attack on Pearl Har-bor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Im-perial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States’ entry into World War II.

In my career I have had the opportunity to interview many people: Some famous and then again some not so famous.

As a newspaper person I have always maintained that absolutely everyone has a story to tell. It really doesn’t matter who you are, where you live, how you have made your living, I have always operated with that thought in mind.

I have found so many who write for a living or who say they are reporters to offer up the comment that they “didn’t want to do that story” because they had no interest.

That has always sort of es-caped me. How do you ever learn anything if you don’t do stories or research for sto-ries about many things? And yes, some of those things aren’t really going to totally interest you.

I have always maintained that a good craftsman with words should be able to grow into the gathering of notes and presentation of a story without regard to topic.

There are basic rules by which I have always abided.

Seldom, I might like to add, should a writer ever get in-volved directly with a story unless the story pertains di-rectly to him or her . . . or the media outlet for which they perform.

This is just simply a truth in my opinion: We report news not become part of the news report.

With that said I wanted to share just a few lines with you, who graciously take the time each week to read our publication.

I have always enjoyed do-ing interviews, gathering facts, taking pictures and all of the elements of taking a concept and turning it into a product. This is especially true when I have been for-tunate enough to come in contact with what I will call those very special people in this world.

One of those people for me – and one I had the chance to interview – is the late Wil-liam Stevens. I’ll refer to him as Bill from this point on as that is the only way I knew him. His wife was Thelma and his daughter, who has been a friend of mine since our high school years, is Nannette.

The reason I led this col-umn with a few words about the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor was Bill was there.

He was on his ship, pulling Sunday morning duty, when the planes swarmed across the harbor and destroyed most of the American fleet

harbored in Hawaii.Some, such as the U.S.S.

Arizona never hoisted an-chor and were destroyed where they were – floating in Pearl Harbor.

Remnants of those ships – especially the Arizona – still remain in a watery grave, only occasionally making a gesture with an oil drop ris-ing to the surface to mark the spot of that terrible tragedy.

Back in the early 1990s, I had the chance to inter-view Bill Stevens about his time in the service, his life in Russell, and that fateful day when exploding bombs broke the silence of a sun-ny, Sunday morning. It was 7:48 Hawaiian Time – which made it 1:48 p.m. in New York and Washington D.C.

There is a lot of the inter-view with Bill I can’t recall. But there were those mo-ments, and I know for any-one other than Nannette, are very hard to understand or explain, that captivated the mind of Bill Stevens.

He told me that often on Sunday they would do drills dropping bags of flour on the ships as a test to the fleet’s

readiness to respond to an at-tack.

He also told me of look-ing over the bulk head that sunny morning and seeing planes with Japanese mark-ings and bombs beginning to fall when it came to him in a horrific manner that this was not a drill.

He talked of the moments after the attack and seeing the Arizona go down and watching in fear as other ships tried to get underway but to no avail.

It was a horrible moment in time as the American Pa-cific Fleet was consumed.

All eight U.S. Navy battle-ships were damaged, with four being sunk. All but one (Arizona) were later raised, and six of the eight battle-ships were returned to ser-vice and went on to fight in the war.

The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one mine-layer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 oth-ers were wounded. Important base installations such as

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ByAmy Bond

Veloz

Veloz’s ViewpointGreetings from Nevada.

I hope you are all having a great week!

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! One of my favorite parts about Thanksgiving, and holidays in general, is the ability to take a break and just “be” with family. The expecta-tion of being near a phone or email is less and the ability to take a nap is much more prevalent. Yay naps!

Wednesday night, before Thanksgiving, I had to pre-pare the dishes we were re-sponsible for taking to Ben’s parents’ house for Thursday. The dish I was making was pretzel salad. It is one of my favorite dishes and what bet-

ter occasion to make it for than a holiday.

Antonio asked if he could help me and I said sure. He helped with crushing the pretzels and pecans for the crust of the dish. He then helped me mix in the sugar and butter to form the crust. He counted down with the clock on the stove when it was time to pull it out of the oven.

Although, the wait for the crust to cool so we could pre-pare and add the second lay-er was nearly torture for the poor boy. When it was finally time to make the second layer, I had gathered a few more helpers in the kitchen. Everyone got a turn mixing

and pouring ingredients. And the best part, everyone got something to clean off after. Isaiah and Analise each got a beater to lick clean, and An-tonio got the spoon I used to scrape the bowl of the deli-cious middle layer. In fact, I may have licked the bowl afterward, but there are no pictures to prove it.

The third layer of the pret-zel salad was a little more difficult to mix and pour so I wasn’t able to let the kids help, but we did manage to have a dance party in the kitchen and a minor wres-tling party in the living room.

Since it was way past bed-time, the kids had to crash after we finished. Ben and I

stayed up to finish the home-made potato rolls. Granted, he made them, I just kept him company. I was also tortured by the delicious smelling bread.

Thursday we spent the day at Ben’s parents house and the potato rolls and pretzel salad were both delicious if I do say so myself. The kids played with their cousins and I took a nap on the couch while watching football. What can I say, I love naps.

But the best part of my night was the cuddle time with my kiddos. I was able to cuddle each of my babies at least once during the day. Nothing beats that.

The rest of the weekend

will be busy. I may decide to decorate the house for Christmas this weekend as the rest of the month is going to be jammed packed! We also have a wedding this Sat-urday. Another one! And my beautiful twins are going to be in it. Isaiah is so glad that he isn’t going to be. As he says, “I not doing that wed-ding thing!”

I also hope to spend a great deal of time this weekend just relaxing and cuddling with my kids! Nothing better than a holiday weekend.

Until next week, make it a great one!

Amy

the power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 65 ser-vicemen killed or wounded. One Japanese sailor was cap-tured.

Bill Stevens survived that day – and in fact the war. But his mind never left that Sun-day morning in the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii wasn’t even a state yet. That wouldn’t happen until Jan. 3, 1959, nearly two decades later.

My most poignant memory of that wonderful interview was this: When asked one thing that he would never forget about that time in his life, Bill said:

“I rode the George Wash-ington (passenger train) home from Chicago when the war was over and when we came into the far end of the yards, my eyes filled with tears and I thought to myself, ‘I never thought I’d see this place – or home – again.”

God Bless Bill Stevens and all of those who have fought for this country’s freedom.

And so, for another week, thanks and thirty.

ByNick

Thomas

Tinseltown TalksA High Chaparral

Thanksgiving with Henry Darrow

Come November, Henry Darrow’s thoughts typically turn to turkeys … and burros.

Darrow, who played Mano-lito in the popular 60s western television series “High Chap-arral,” recalls a memorable Thanksgiving episode, “For What We Are About to Re-ceive,” first broadcast on NBC on November 29, 1968.

“We spent that episode looking for a lost turkey that I’d won in a shooting contest,” said Darrow, from his home in Wilmington, NC. “The bird falls off my wagon and in one scene we’re all out in the desert making various turkey sounds trying to catch it. That was a fun episode.”

Earlier in the plot, Mano-lito’s buckboard holding the turkey is stolen, forcing him to seek alternative transportation.

“A burro!” recalled Darrow, laughing. “I can still picture myself riding that animal – it

was very boney and uncom-fortable!”

Darrow published his au-tobiography “Henry Darrow: Lightning in the Bottle,” co-written with Jan Pippins, in 2012 (see www.henrydarrow.com) and has appeared in over 130 film and television roles including all 98 “High Chap-arral” episodes.

The series has yet to be re-leased on DVD in the U.S., but can be seen weekly on the INSP cable channel.

Back in the 60s, the show was one of numerous TV westerns dominating network television.

“About 15 of the top 20 shows were westerns,” said Darrow. But the series stood out for several reasons, in-cluding being praised for its realistic treatment of life and conflict in the Old West.

“It was also the first show to feature a Hispanic family alongside an Anglo family in prime time,” noted Darrow.

The show was created by “Bonanza” producer David

Dortort, who was looking for a Hispanic actor to play Mano-lito.

“I got lucky when he saw me in a play,” said Darrow, whose parents were from Puerto Rico although he was actually born in Manhattan.

Darrow was a teenager when his family returned to Puerto Rico, where he studied at the university before head-ing back to the U.S. to take up acting.

“As a kid in Puerto Rico, I’d get out of school and go down to a small, local theater and for a quarter could see all the great cowboy stars like Charlie Star-rett (the Durango Kid), Buck Jones, Gene Autry, and Roy

Rogers,” he recalled. “Then, as a young adult, I got to play one on TV!”

Darrow says he wanted Manolito to have his own easy-going personality, but also drew on previous stage work.

“I styled him after two Shakespearean characters I played: Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet, which added a co-medic touch, and Iago from Othello, which mixed a little darkness to the character. He was a free spirit!”

“High Chaparral” also starred Leif Erickson, as head of the Cannon family’s Ari-zona ranch, as well as Linda Cristal, Mark Slade, and Cam-

eron Mitchell.“Cam (Mitchell) was quite

a character,” said Darrow. “He introduced me to horse and dog racing, and poker, but I learned a lot from watching him and his inventiveness on the set.”

During summer shooting on location in the Southwest, Dar-row says ground temperatures could exceed 120 degrees. “If you got knocked down during a fight scene and brushed your skin against a rock out in the sun, it would burn you.”

Despite the heat, Darrow remembers Mitchell usually dressed in black.

“Cam would jump into the horse troughs when it was hot and after dripping a bit when he got out, you couldn’t tell his black shirt and pants were wet,” he said. “Very smart!”

Planning for the final ban-quet scene of the Thanksgiv-ing episode, after a turkey is finally caught and cooked, Darrow remembers Mitch-ell saying he would serve the peas, leaving the mashed pota-

toes for Darrow. “But Cam grabbed the po-

tatoes,” laughed Darrow. “He was always doing something unexpected.”

The meal was also inter-rupted by neighbors and local Apache Indians, each claim-ing ownership of the turkey.

“Instead of fighting, we ended up sharing the meal,” explained Darrow. “It was like the first Thanksgiving all over again – a wonderfully written episode for the season.”

Darrow will be attending a “High Chaparral” reunion on March 19, 2015, in Tucson (see www.henrydarrowbook.com

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Mont-gomery, Ala. His features and columns have appeared in over 400 newspapers and magazines. He is the author of “Raised by the Stars: In-terviews with 29 Children of Hollywood Actors” published by McFarland & Co. He can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com

Thelma and William Stevens

General NewsThe Greenup Beacon December 2, 2014 Page 5

ByJolinda

Case

Looking at LifeHow do you learn? Have

you ever thought about it? Some people learn by doing. Some learn best by reading directions and through study. For me, learning is a slow and involved process.

When I was in college, I took notes as I was studying my reading material. Then, I re-wrote those notes and fi-nally, I re-read the material to myself out loud. I have to read it, write it and say it be-fore the information even be-gins to congeal in my brain.

There are times, too, that I have to absolutely pick things apart to understand how they work. I’ve seen my oldest son do this as well. He isn’t the type to sit quietly read-ing and studying. His body is too busy for that. He learns by physically disassembling something and then trying to put it back together again.

I learned this about him when he was very little. I cannot tell you how many bicycles he was supplied with as a child. There were many. He took each one apart studying it’s mechanisms and trying to invent new ways to put them together by mixing their parts. Then, he would test the conglomeration he had eventually fashioned back together.

Learning, in this regard for him, also involved a few scraped knees and elbows as

sometimes his “inventions” would fly apart during his road tests. But, that didn’t stop him. He would get up, dust himself off and gather the scattered pieces as he was excited to try it again. Do you think he had the same exu-berance sitting at the kitchen table trying to grasp alge-braic concepts? Um, no. His math grades at the time re-flected his resistance to learn this way. But, his active play produced knowledge of the same thing even if he didn’t receive credit for it in school.

My youngest son, how-ever, learns like a sponge. He absorbs information ef-fortlessly. But, putting that information into practical application is hard for him. He likes things to go “by the book.” When they don’t, he can become flustered and confused. He has always re-ceived high marks in school. But, his grades did not reflect his weakness in applying the information he had learned to the real world. Anyone who has ever completed a course of study knows that things work differently outside of a classroom. Knowing can only go so far in regard to actually doing. The ability to memorize and recite in-formation looks good in test score reflections but means nothing in terms of actually using the knowledge.

So often we try to put people into boxes with gen-eralizations. We measure a person’s abilities through standardization but the way we learn and apply that knowledge is anything but standardized. Instead, it’s a very personalized thing. But, instead of trying to access and figure out how it is we actually learn and do best, we compare ourselves to one another through measures that don’t really reflect our true abilities to begin with. Grades don’t show the whole picture.

I always struggled with history classes in school. The way the information was presented and tested was through memorization of dates and time lines. This meant nothing to me. And, I only retained the informa-tion long enough to make it through the exam. After that, it was gladly forgotten because numbers and dates hold no interest to me. Well, I didn’t forget anything I set

to music in my memorization efforts. I can still sing the preamble to the constitution and a few monologues from Macbeth. I responded re-ally well to the School House Rock bits that I grew up with. Conjunction junction, what’s your function, right?

Now, however, I’m fasci-nated with history. But, my personal studies have noth-ing to do with remembering that this war started on this date and ended on this date. I enjoy sinking into the cul-ture of the time involved and studying the mentality of the people. What was important to them? What was their daily life like? What were the underlying reasons for the war? How did the effects of war (or any other historical event) affect people and our culture after? How did life change for people once this historical thing occurred? The psychology and sociol-ogy of history is more inter-esting to me and helps me discover what it is when can

learn from our past. I study the art and mu-

sic of different time periods too. Each of these give in-klings into the culture of the time that isn’t grasped in the memorization of dates, times and places. It makes the event more real and tangible. It makes things interesting enabling me to actively en-gage in history.

It is a lot like my oldest son’s struggles with algebra. He wasn’t able to figure out what “Y” represented on pa-per. But, he was able to en-vision an exploded diagram of something and physically find the missing piece he needed which translates to the same thing “Y” does on paper.

Discovering how you learn and embracing that instead of trying to put yourself into the graduated “box” of how we are told we should learn is important in many ways. People who get low grades can be judged as impaired or even inadequate. Many times, that is simply not true. It is just that we learn dif-ferently than the way main-stream society is set up to measure our capacities. Dif-ferent is not bad. It just is. But, if we fall short of stan-dard measures, we can begin to believe that we are stupid or inadequate when in real-ity, we may be better in ap-

plying acquired knowledge than someone who gets the highest marks in school. It’s better to embrace our indi-vidual learning needs and ac-commodate the methods that work for us on an personal level rather than to try to pit ourselves against a standard-ized grading system.

Of course, being success-ful in learning efforts is di-rectly connected with our willingness to first learn about ourselves and then our ability to accept both our talents and limitations while moving forward in light of that knowledge. Our ability to embrace ourselves “as is” is measured through our own capacity of self-worth which can be diminished if we are being degraded for our bad grades or by personal feel-ings of inadequacy for not meeting a certain pre-set standard.

So, all that being said, how do you learn? Are you bet-ter in practical application or are you best at absorbing and parroting information? Do have to physically tear things apart in order to figure out what makes them tick? Does it help to remember things when you put them into song? Are you willing to accept the uniqueness found in your method of learning? Let me know about it at mis-suscase@yahoo.com

ByDr. Terry L.Hapney, Jr.

Going through a box of Christmas ornaments remind-ed me of restaurant mascots, logos, and slogans.

Burger Chef and Jeff. Queenie Bee and Andy Dan-dytale. Gidget “the Taco Bell Chihuahua” Chipperton. The Burger King king.

Sure, the four former characters bit the dust upon closure of the Burger Chef and Burger Queen/Druther’s chain restaurants. The lat-ter disappeared a few years back, as Burger King contin-ues without its long-time king mascot.

It’s funny. Decades have passed since it closed and I still, vividly and fondly, recall the Burger Chef and Jeff char-acters at Burger Chef. I loved going to Burger Chef as a kid. My parents still have a Christ-mas ornament that I made as a student in Mrs. Jo Biehle’s 2nd-grade class at Worthing-ton Elementary School. It was my school photograph put in the center of a Burger Chef (with logo on back) metal ashtray. It hangs on their tree every year!

As many of you will re-call, Burger Chef was located where a bank is now located

near Lowe’s in Russell—just across from Taco Bell. After serving as Burger Chef, the location was also Godfather’s Pizza and then Burger King. Most Burger Chef locations later became Hardee’s res-taurants, as the corporation that owned Hardee’s bought Burger Chef, removing the brand from the fast-food mar-ket in the mid-1990s.

Burger Queen, with a lo-cation in Greenup where Dairy Queen stood on U.S. 23 (now an empty lot after the Dairy Queen fire), be-came Druther’s in the early 1980s. In terms of branding, the Druther’s marketers were geniuses, if only in the area of forever ingraining the Dru-ther’s slogan in my mind: “I’d Ruther go to Druther’s restau-rant.” Queenie Bee and Andy Dandytale are now but a faint memory attached to Burger Queen and Druthers.

Word has it one Druther’s location remains and is lo-cated in Campbellsville, Ky. Maybe there’s a road trip in store for nostalgia’s sake! Many Druther’s restaurants, such as the one in Greenup, were converted to Dairy Queen restaurants.

From the late 1990s until the first year or so in the new millennium, Gidget Chipper-ton was the face of Taco Bell. The famous line, “¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!” (meaning “I love Taco Bell!”) was also mar-keting genius, in regards to branding. Gidget would live another eight years after retir-ing as the Taco Bell mascot.

Of course we’ll never for-get Dave Thomas being the face of Wendy’s for many years. While not a company mascot, Dave’s appearances in Wendy’s commercials served to humanize the com-pany as down-to-earth, just as Bob Evans did when the jingle sang, “Bob Evans, down on the farm” and Bob uttered “We do it right, or we don’t do it.” Colonel Harland Sanders also took his restau-rants’ message directly to the

people, donning his signa-ture white suit, black tie, and black, horn-rimmed glasses. The chicken dipped in 11 herbs and spices that make it “Finger Lickin’ Good” was the core of the Colonel’s mes-sage for years.

I would be remorseful if I failed to acknowledge Ronald McDonald, born in the early 1960s as the creation of Wil-lard Scott, the guy who would later become well-known as delivering the weather on NBC’s “Today Show.” Ron-ald continues serve as the Mc-Donald’s mascot to this day.

While Ronald goes on to represent McDonald’s, join-ing Burger Chef and Jeff, Queenie Bee, Andy Dan-dytale, Gidget, Dave, and Bob is the King.

He was the face of Burger King since the mid-1950s,

when he was in cartoon form followed by a newer animat-ed format. He went through a variety of remakes over the years. The final Burger King king mascot was born in 2003 and the company announced just a few years back that he’s been “laid off” from his duties as company mascot.

The Burger King company placed its advertising focus on its food, showing its offer-ings from a variety of camera angles without its famous (or notorious depending on point of view) King.

I’d always thought the King was a ridiculous-look-ing character that might scare children. Of course I am not in the demographic Burger King (I imagine) was going after with this character. The fact that it existed during the era of computer-generated, high-tech characters is amaz-ing in itself. The King was a plastic-looking character who couldn’t move his eyes or mouth. How unrealistic!

I’d love to see the market-ing research report generated before the Burger King com-pany execs gave the green light to use the Burger King mascot in its marketing and

advertising campaigns.So, the Burger King joined

the mascot graveyard with the others mentioned in this column. But the company goes on, unlike a few of the others mentioned here. It will be interesting to see where this move takes Burger King (company) into the future.

What’s that smell? My wife is fixing burgers in the kitch-en! All of this food talk has made me hungry. My wife “does it right.” The leanest sirloin mixed with an onion soup mix, whole-wheat buns, sweet pickles, fresh tomato, Miracle Whip, ketchup, and mustard.

No mascot and advertis-ing campaign are necessary to make this sell! I’m hungry and I’m going to eat. See you later!

Terry L. Hapney, Jr., Ph.D., is a professor in the W. Page Pitt School of Jour-nalism and Mass Commu-nications at Marshall Uni-versity, a Greenup County native, and a news anchor on Mix 99.3/Fox Sports 1260/107.5 The Breeze. He may be reached at hapney@marshall.edu.

Hapney’s Happenings

At Home with Lora

By Lora PullinGreenup County Extension Agent

for Family and Consumer Sciences

The holiday season is gen-erally a time for celebrating and enjoying the company of friends and family. Un-fortunately, it is also a time when people eat more high-fat, high-calorie foods than they normally would. If you have diabetes, it is sometimes difficult to maintain your blood glucose within the tar-get range set by your doctor. Some careful thought and planning can go a long way to help you manage your blood glucose and still have a good time around the holidays.

Eating during the holidays should be no different from the way you eat every day if you eat a moderate amount of foods that are high in nu-trients and low in fat and calories. Before the holidays begin, create daily, healthy eating habits. Establishing daily habits early will help you make wise eating choices during the holidays. Follow these tips to start a healthy routine:

Start your day with a healthy breakfast. Include whole grains, fruit, low-fat dairy and protein.

Choose vegetables and fruits that have a variety of

colors.Eat whole grains.Choose a variety of pro-

teins like seafood, chicken, turkey and beans.

Watch your portion sizes.Parties are popular during

the holidays and can cause unhealthy eating. Try not to arrive at the party hungry. Don’t skip meals during the day to “save” calories and carbs. Don’t rush to eat at the event; spend some time so-cializing first. When you do eat, use small plates, and fill them with healthy foods like fruits and vegetables. Also, when socializing, do not stand near a table with food; this will help you avoid un-necessary nibbling.

Remember, there are lots of sweets and desserts during the holidays, and these foods often contain carbs and fat with few other nutrients. Try substituting fruit as dessert. Fruit is sweet and has fewer calories than most desserts. If using fruit as a dessert keep within one serving size for the particular fruit. When cook-ing, use vanilla or cinnamon to act as a sweetener. This flavoring will add sweetness without a lot of carbs. Also

you can split a dessert with a friend or try bringing your own diabetes-friendly dish to the party.

Pumpkin Bars Serving Size: 1 bar (3 inch-

es by 2 inch)1 (16 ounce) no-salt added,

canned pumpkin4 eggs¾ cup Splenda® brown

sugar¾ cup canola oil1½ cups self rising flour1½ cups rolled oats1 tablespoon ground cin-

namonPreheat oven to 350 de-

grees. Prepare a 9 by 13 inch baking pan coating with cooking spray.

In a mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, brown sugar, eggs, and oil. Mix well.

In a second bowl, combine

flour, oats, and cinnamon. Create a well or hole in the center of the flour mixture.

Pour the pumpkin mixture into the well in the center of the flour mixture. Stir un-til all the dry ingredients are moist.

Pour batter into the 9 by 13 inch pan.

Bake for 30 minutes or un-til done.

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Contact Lora Pullin, Ex-tension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences in Greenup County at 606-836-0201 or lora.pullin@uky.edu. Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative Ex-tension serve all people re-gardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

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Ringing the bellDebbie Finley, a member of Russell Rotary Club, rings the bell for the Salvation Army as part of the club’s effort to raise funds during the holiday season.

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General NewsStay Calm and Parent On

ByMelissa Martin

Ph.D., LPCC-S, Child Therapist

Emotions matter so manage emotions

Television commercials shown during the football Super Bowl are meant to evoke emotions. Feelings help fuel our decisions to buy. Kids and puppies pro-mote warm and fuzzy feel-ings. The puppy and horse commercial made us smile and the boy with the time ma-chine stirred up laughter. The soldier commercial moved us to tears. Emotions are power-ful motivators for children, adolescents, and adults. An essential life lesson is learn-ing to manage emotions in our relationships with others.

Being human means we possess a gamut of emo-tions; it’s part of our hard-ware. Feelings are not good or bad, but neutral. We need emotions for passionate liv-ing. However, emotions out

of balance can trigger hurtful words, rowdy reactions, and disrupting behaviors.

Where are emotions pro-duced? The Limbic System, an area in the brain, houses emotions. Saying, “I love you with all of my heart” needs to be changed to “I love you with all of my brain.” Emo-tions are not in your heart: the heart pumps blood. Most children are fascinated with the brain models I have in my counseling room. Our brains are in charge of think-ing and feeling and our bod-ies are in charge of doing and responding. As a child thera-pist, I teach children to learn to identify, label, and express their feelings appropriately instead of screaming, hitting, biting, and throwing toys. Raging outbursts, excessive crying, and intense emotion-al reactions serve a purpose and I help parents and kids

examine feelings, behaviors, and make changes.

Helping, teaching, and role-modeling human emo-tions begin at birth. Children are born with the innate abil-ity to cry so caretakers will feed them and provide love and attention. Without emo-tions human beings would be robotic. As children grow they observe and imitate emotional responses of par-ents, caretakers, siblings, relatives, neighbors, and friends.

Teenagers can learn to

manage feelings and tame tongues because the brain is in charge. Nobody grabs your tongue and makes you scream at others. Nobody pinches your tongue and makes you cuss. Nobody makes you say unkind words to others. Your tongue is at-tached to your brain. Who owns your tongue? You are the manager of your emotion-al actions and reactions. De-velop a plan to monitor feel-ings. Keep a daily record of your emotions and behaviors for one week. Write down

what happened before, dur-ing, and after emotional situ-ations. Explore and examine your feelings and responses. Develop an approach to be a self-manager. Be patient with yourself. It takes time to make changes. Feelings come and go and ebb and flow. Feelings are temporary and can be managed. “This problem will pass and I’ll feel better” and “It’s okay. I can stand it anyway.” These self-talk statements explain that feelings are manageable.

The emotion of anger serves a purpose. Anger chal-lenges us to stand up against injustice, unfairness, and to promote human rights for freedom. The emotion of anger helps us to pass laws to protect innocent children. By using anger as an energy force we can peacefully pre-vent and speak out against discrimination, racism, and prejudice through organiza-

tions and agencies. However, when anger is

out of control it can produce rage, revenge, and violence. Some of our anger is a re-action to feelings of embar-rassment, shame, rejection, anxiety, or guilt. That’s why anger is considered a second-ary emotion; there are usu-ally other feelings simmering underneath.

What would humans be like without emotions? Feel-ings help us to experience joy and pleasure. With our emotions, we process sad-ness and pain; frustration and anger; fear and anxiety. An important mental health mes-sage is to learn to experience, understand, process, express, and manage our emotions and to help our children do the same.

Melissa Martin. Ph.D., is a child therapist and edu-cator from Wheelersburg, Ohio.

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day, November 26, 2014 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, WV. Johnsey was born November 24, 1925 in Allen, KY a son of the late Johnsey G. and Christina Hall Collins.

He retired from Sears after 27 years of service. He was a member of the Oak Street Freewill Baptist Church in Flatwoods, KY. Johnsey was a US Army veteran stationed in Cheltenham, England. He was a life member of Ameri-can Legion Post #93 Kenova whose Military Honor Guard will conduct graveside rites. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 59 and one-half years, Phyllis Ann Jordan Collins.

He is survived by his be-loved children, two daugh-

ters, Chiquita F. Followay of Westmoreland and Olivia Sue Damron of Kenova; one son, Johnsey G. Collins, III (Jean) of Flatwoods, KY; five grandchildren, four great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.

Funeral services were con-ducted Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Rollins Funeral Home in Kenova, WV. with minister Johnsey G. Collins, III officiating.

Burial followed in Rose Hill Burial Park in Ashland, KY. Online condolences may be expressed at www.roll-insfh.com.

James Edward Meadows Sr.

1931-2014James Edward “Jim”

Meadows Sr., 83, of Wurt-land, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at his residence sur-rounded by his loving family.

He was born Sept. 9, 1931, in Greenup County, a son of the late John Henry and Min-nie Marie Brumfield Mead-ows.

He was also preceded in death by one brother, Wal-ter Meadows; one grandson, Jon Michael Meadows; and one granddaughter, Adrienne Blair Sammons.

Jim was a carman helper for the CSX Railroad until 1964, then was a self-em-ployed carpenter and dry-waller. He was a member of the Wurtland Church of God, was a U.S. Air Force veteran and was an avid golfer and fisherman.

Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Roberta Roar Meadows; two daughters, Lisha (Robert) Caskey of Coal Grove, Ohio, and Della (Tom) Heck of Lloyd; two sons, James Meadows Jr. of Wurtland and Joe (Betty) Meadows of Worthington; 10

grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The funeral services were conducted Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at the Wurtland Church of God by the Rev. Robert Davis.

Burial followed in the Three Mile Cemetery in Greenup. Military graveside services will be conducted by the American Legion Post 93 of Kenova.

Evans Funeral Home in Raceland was in charge of arrangements.

Jerry V. Collier1931-2014

Jerry V. Collier, 83, of South Shore, passed away with his loving family by his side Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation.

Jerry was born Sept. 14, 1931, at Neon, a son of the late Elijah and Bertha Meade Collier.

Jerry was preceded in death by a daughter, Carla Jo Collier on June 27, 1980; three brothers, Jimmy Col-lier, Estill Collier and Virgil Collier; and one sister, Vir-ginia Hardwick.

Jerry was a proud veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served in Japan as a mem-ber of the American Occupa-tion Force, and a retired em-ployee of OSCO Industries. He also served on the South Shore City Council, was for-mer mayor of South Shore, president of the Stan Spen-ce Little League and was a member of the “Free the U.S. Grant Bridge Committee”.

Surviving Jerry are his wife of 64 years, Nadia Mo-selle Dempsey Collier to whom he married Nov. 24, 1950; three sons, Jerry (Stel-la) Collier of London, Ohio, Michael Douglas Collier of Erlanger and Mark (Mary Alice) Collier of Mt. Ster-

ling; two grandsons, Mark Allen and Micah Collier; two granddaughters, Teresa Jo Harvey and Megan Collier; three great-grandsons, Jacob Jenkins, Lucas Harvey and Dallan Collier; two sisters, Carol Caudill of Portsmouth, Ohio, and Mora Carey of Clarksville, Ind.; and one brother, Michael Collier of Stout, Ohio.

Pallbearers were Micah Collier, Jacob Jenkins, Mark Allen Collier and Jerry’s three sons. Honorary pall-bearers will be Mike Ken-nard, Russell Wireman, Ken-ny Patton and Art Marion.

The funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore with the Rev. Norman Potter officiating.

Burial followed in Collier Memorial Gardens in South Portsmouth.

Condolences may be left at robersonfuneral.com.

Bullying tipline is put in place

Special toThe Greenup Beacon

School districts in Gree-nup County are uniting to sponsor free ACT (American College Test) preparation courses for juniors and se-niors in the Greenup County, Raceland Independent and Russell Independent School Districts.

This county-wide ACT prep program, the brainchild of Russell superintendent Sean Horne, is an exciting opportunity for all juniors and seniors living in Greenup

County to come together for a common goal. “This is a great opportunity for all three districts to collaborate and work together to benefit our students,” said Horne. We are united for the future of all Greenup County students

The ACT, America’s most widely accepted college en-trance exam, is an integral part of the admission process for many colleges and pro-grams, and is required for all Kentucky juniors.

Prep sessions will be of-fered on two separate dates to accommodate students

who are interested in improv-ing on multiple areas of the ACT. Sessions will be of-fered in three hour blocks by topic and students may regis-ter for one or more sessions as needed.

English and Reading prep-aration will be offered Janu-ary 17. Math and science will be offered January 24. Morning sessions will run from 8:30-11:30 and after-noon sessions will run from 12:30-3:30. Student check-in will start at 8:00 each day and a grab-and-go breakfast will be available. Lunch will

be provided.Each session, led by an

area teacher with expertise in the tested curricular area, will include in-depth study review, test taking strategies, tips on how the test is orga-nized, and vocabulary to en-hance scores.

A parent informational session will also be offered each morning at 8:30 a.m.

Registration begins De-cember 4. Applications are available in each high school’s guidance office and at each Board of Education. Enrollment is limited.

ACT prep program becoming a reality

Safety is our first priority. In an effort to use every able resource to STOP bullying and other risky behaviors in our schools, Russell In-dependent Schools officials

proudly announce the im-plementation of the “Safety Tipline Online Prevention” or STOP! Tipline.

The STOP! Tipline is de-signed for use as an “on-

line” reporting/prevention tool which is provided free by the Kentucky Center for School Safety.

If students, parents or community members know

of an unsafe situation in school (bullying, weapons, drugs or alcohol, etc.), they can anonymously pass on that information to school personnel by using this basic

email format.“Our hope is that, students

who fear face-to-face re-porting of bullying or other safety issues may be less reluctant to share this vital information when offered an “online” option, “said Supt. Sean Horne.

“By giving students the ability to report concerns over their tablets, computers or mobile phones, we can reach more students and ad-dress problems before they escalate.”

The process for using the tip line involves locating the STOP Tipline logo on the top, right hand corner of the website. Immediate-ly, students or community members can anonymously report bullying, cyber-bully-ing, violence, risky behavior or other safety concerns to school personnel by using a basic email format.

Tips can be left anony-mously or students may choose to have someone contact them. More infor-mation can be found about the tip line at www.kycss.org/stop/about.php

The announcement of the STOP! Tipline comes on the heels of Kentucky Safe School Week and it aligns with this year’s theme “Safety Teamwork Opportu-nity Power!; STOP! Bully-ing, Violence and Risky Be-havior in our Schools! www.kysafeschools.org

“This tip line is just an-other powerful tool in our arsenal against bullying, harassment and other unsafe behaviors in our schools. Our Comprehensive Safe School Plan is ever evolv-ing to keep our students and staff safe and we are using every resource available to do so,” says Supt. Horne.

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Band holiday eventThe Russell High School Band Boosters host-ed their annual fundraising bazaar at the high school. A day full of crafts, gifts and fun all to benefit the band program.

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tucky has provided me with some wonderful opportuni-ties for professional develop-ment over the last six years. This year, all of the Fine Arts Extension Agents went to the National Guild for Commu-nity Arts Conference in Los Angeles, California. We had a great time! The conference sessions were refreshing and inspiring, the tours of the city were fun, the food was deli-cious, and the company was the best.

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Each year in November, we have a “Rejuvenation Conference” as Fine Arts Agents. This meeting has, in the past, taken place on campus at UK. Last year, we went to New York and this year, we went to Los Angeles. We are fortunate and we know it! Extension is traditionally made up of agents that work in the areas of Agriculture, Family and Consumer Science, and 4-H Youth Development. Some counties have Horticulture agents. All Agents work in the area of Community De-velopment as it pertains to their program areas. As a Fine Arts Agent, what we do may seem drastically differ-

ent, but it is actually much the same. We focus on Eco-nomic Development and Community Development using the vehicle of Commu-nity Arts Education.

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Everyone benefits by be-ing affiliated with a larger organizations with shared goals. The Greenup Exten-sion Arts Council is a step ahead because of our affili-ation with the University of Kentucky. A connection with the National Guild for Community Arts Education is yet another affiliation that will only benefit our local arts organization. Shared information that is program specific is a resource that we can use to strengthen our lo-cal arts programming.

Although we follow the guidelines and best practices of Cooperative Extension, we do have the freedom to get specific when we address community needs that can be impacted by arts program-ming. We can learn from other organizations that have been successful in their arts education endeavors. Then we can use that learning to shape our local program-ming. I came home with new ideas and inspirations to discuss with my advisory council. I am sure that we will add some programming for our community as a result of the sessions that I attended at this conference.

One of the places that we visited as we toured the city was a small community arts studio and gallery that had a class of special needs adults working on projects that par-ticular day. We were able to peek into their workspace as they broke for lunch. It was heart-warming to see this group sit down together, share their packed lunches,

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Student work was dis-played in the front gallery space. There was motion and emotion in each piece. I wondered as I looked at the artwork if these people could communicate as well with words as they could through their artwork. Lack of com-munication can be frustrating to people of all ages. When a young child gets upset, it is often because they lack the skills to communicate their needs or feelings to the people around them. Adults with special needs often have this same frustration. Learn-ing self-expression through art is a wonderful way to reach people! I am inspired to learn more about this and find ways to bring this type of programming to Greenup County. If you are interested in being part of this, or any other community arts educa-tion program, please contact me!

Greenup Arts is always busy with community arts programming. We provide opportunities for people of all ages to be involved in the arts. Ideas are always wel-come! We strive to support all area arts events, promote live long learning, and assist artists and artisans with net-working opportunities. If you would like to be on our email list as an arts supporter, art-ist, or artisan, let me know! I would love to hear from you.

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For Your Pets

ByMJ

Wixsom, DVM, MS

(Note: If you must share holiday food with your pets, think about eating pet food with them. Or at least only feed them veggies.)

‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving, when all through the house

Cranberry sauce was stirring, laughter filling the house.The pies were warming in the oven with care,In hopes that friends and family soon would be there.The children were gaming and hiding in their beds,But the pets all lined up with visions of dropped food in

their heads.Finally with Matt in his shorts, and I in sweats and my cap,We had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.When down in the kitchen there arose such a clatter,I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.Away down the steps I flew like a flash,Threw open the kitchen door to strewn about trash.Powdered sugar covered all like new fallen snowI could not walk for all the objects below.When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,But eight eyes in pairs looking up so dear.I knew that the puppy, so lively and quick,Had caused his share, because it was so thick. More rapid than eagles the children they came,And I whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!“Now Half! now, Worf! I said Matt and M’Kinzy!Down Ranger! Down Crash! Gastritis I foresee! What a

ByBethBond

Hello friends! I am sure with the holidays being so close everyone can use some good cake recipes. I hope you enjoy!

Apple Cinnamon White Cake1/3 cup brown sugar1 tsp ground cinnamon2/3 cup white sugar½ cup butter, softened2 eggs1 ½ tsp vanilla extract1 2/4 tsp baking powder½ cup milk1 apple, peeled and choppedPreheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x5-inch

loaf pan. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl. Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until incorporated; add vanilla extract. Combine flour and baking powder together in a bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture. Mix milk into batter until smooth. Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan; add half the apples and half the brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apple mixture into batter. Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apples into batter; swirl brown sugar mixture through apples using a finger or spoon. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.

Carrot Cake1 1/2 cups + 2 Tbsp. vegetable or canola oil1 cup granulated sugar1 cup brown sugar6 eggs1 Tbsp. vanilla extract3 1/4 cups flour1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon2 tsp. baking soda2 tsp. salt1 tsp. baking powder1/2 tsp. ground nutmegpinch of ground cloves1 lb. finely-grated fresh carrots(optional: 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts and/or 1/2 cup

raisins)Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:

3 (8 oz.) bricks cream cheese, room temperature1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature1 Tbsp. vanilla extract1/2 tsp. salt6 cups powdered sugar (or more if needed to thickenPreheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour three

8-inch round baking pans. Or alternately, you can use two 9-inch round baking pans. (Just be sure that every square inch of the pans greased and coated in flour so that the cake does

not stick!) In the bowl of a large stand mixer, mix together oil, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until combined and smooth. Add in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla, and mix until smooth. In a separate bowl, whisk together the re-maining dry ingredients (flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg and cloves) until combined. Add the dry ingredient mixture to the mixing bowl, and beat on medi-um-speed until just combined, scraping down the pan at least once to be sure that everything is well mixed. Then fold in the grated carrots by hand, and stir until combined. If you would like to add nuts and/or raisins, stir them in at this time as well. Pour the batter evenly into the prepared cake pans. Then bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cakes comes out clean. Remove pans and let them cool on a wire rack until the cakes reach room temperature. I then like to put them in the fridge for 10-15 minutes to cool off slightly. Then remove them and use a large knife or a cake leveler to level off the domed tops of the cakes so that they are level and even. Layer the cakes with the cream cheese frosting, and then frost the outside of the cake as you desire. Serve that day or store, covered, for up to 4 days.

How To Make The Cream Cheese Frosting: Using an elec-tric mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter on medium speed for 1 minute or until smooth with no lumps remaining. Add in vanilla extract and salt, and continue mixing until combined. Lower speed to medium-low and gradually add in powdered sugar. Increase speed to medium-high and beat until combined. If frosting is too thick, you can add in a teaspoon or two of water. If it is too thin, you can add in more powdered sugar.

Chocolate Orange CakeCake:

2 TBSP unsalted butter, softened½ cup plus 1 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder3 cups all-purpose flour1 ½ cups granulated sugar2 tsp baking soda1 tsp salt1 tsp ground cinnamon2 cups fresh squeezed orange juice2 TBSP finely grated orange zest¾ cup mayonnaise

2 TBSP balsamic vinegar1 tsp vanilla extract

Chocolate Glaze:1 cup confectioners’ sugar2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder2 TBSP fresh squeezed orange juice

For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together the softened

butter and 1 tablespoon of the cocoa to make a thick paste. Use this paste to paint the inside of the Bundt pan. Set aside. In an electric mixer, combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and remaining 1/2 cup cocoa and mix until blended. Add the orange juice, mayonnaise, vinegar and vanilla and mix until just combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold in the orange zest. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean, 45 min-utes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. For the chocolate glaze:

Mix the confectioners’ sugar and cocoa together. Whisk in the orange juice, 1 tablespoon at a time, until it reaches a good consistency to drizzle. Drizzle the glaze over the cake.

Caramel Apple CakeIngredients:

2 1/2 cups sugar3 eggs1 1/2 cups vegetable oil 3 cups all-purpose flour2 teaspoons vanilla1 cup chopped walnuts (I omitted)2 1/2 cups apples, canned or fresh (diced)Preheat oven 350 degrees. Cream together sugar, eggs, and

oil. Add flour; mix together until well blended. Add vanil-la, nuts, and diced apples. Spread into a lightly greased and floured 13 x 9-inch baking dish; bake for 45 to 60 minutes. Cake is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. When cake is done, punch holes in it with a knife and pour topping over.Caramel Topping:

1 1/2 stick of butter1 cup of brown sugar1/8 cup of milkHeat all ingredients together over medium heat. Bring to a

boil, stirring constantly. Let boil for about 2 minutes. Pour over warm cake.

Beth Bond is a certified chef with a culinary arts degree and a hotel and restaurant management degree from Sul-livan University in Louisville, Ky. She also has several years’ experience in the hospitality and food service industries. She is a press association award-winning photographer and has several years’ experience in the newspaper industry. She can be reached by e-mail at beth@greenupbeacon.com.

In The Kitchen With Beth

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ByJohn M.

Brown

LOVELove is an essential ingre-

dient of Christianity, without which there is no giving of God’s Son, no sacrifice of Christ, and no salvation for man. The very nature of God is love (1 John 4:16), love never fails (1 Corinthi-ans 13:13), the first “fruit of the Spirit” is love (Gala-tians 5:22-23), the church is rooted and grounded in love (Ephesians 3:17), and we are to speak God’s truth in love (Ephesians 4:15).

The “golden text” of the Bible is John 3:16, which re-minds us that God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son. When Jesus was asked about “the great

commandment in the law,” He answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.” And then Jesus said, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Matthew 22:36-40). These two commandments – loving God and loving neighbor – summarize all that God has required. All we are to do toward God and toward our fellow man must be motivat-ed by love.

The Bible describes ro-mantic love, family love, brotherly love. The great-est is an unselfish, sacrificial love – the kind of love that

From the Minister’s Study

causes people to think of oth-ers above self.

Consider some thoughts about love:

1. LOVE MUST BE PRACTICED. Love is not just what we say, but what we do; not just our profes-sion, but our practice. The Bible says, “My little chil-dren, let us not love in word,

neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18).

2. LOVE MUST BE DI-RECTED TOWARD GOD. God so loved us, and that motivates us to love him (1 John 4:19). To love God also means loving His Word, the Bible (see Psalm 119:47-48, 97, 127, 163-165). To fail to love God is to miss life’s pur-

pose and meaning.3. LOVE MUST BE

DEMONSTRATED BY OBEDIENCE. Just as love is shown in practice, so also love is shown in faithful, reverent obedience. Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments….If a man love me, he will keep my words….Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I com-mand you” (John 14:15, 23; 15:14).

4. LOVE MUST ABOUND. Paul asked for his brethren that they would increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men (1 Thessa-lonians 3:12). Love is not a commodity that must be

extended in small portions only, lest it run out!

5. LOVE MUST BE PRE-EMINENT. The apostle Paul speaks of faith, hope, and love, and calls love “the greatest” (1 Corinthians 13:13). Why is love great-est? Faith is necessary in this world (Hebrews 11:6; 2 Corinthians 5:7), but one day faith will be accomplished in sight. Hope is the anchor of our soul (Hebrews 6:19), but one day hope will be fulfilled in realization. But love – the very nature of God – will continue forever in heaven.

Think on this.Comments welcome:

preacherjohnnymack@ya-hoo.com

malee!To the top of the counter! to the sides of the wall!Now clean this up! Clean it up all!”As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,When they meet with an obstacle, they cleaned with a sigh.So up with the sponge mop, I enforced as they flew,With the bag full of trash and now chicken food, too.But most of the night’s work might have been just a spoof.The prancing and pawing ruined all of the pudding proof.As I drew in my head, and was turning around,Ranger ate one last sausage, downed it with a bound.The next day he was vomiting through his head from his

foot,And his fur was all tarnished with bile. It was caput.I wondered out loud how he got it on his back,And all that vomit kept coming like he was just opening

his pack.

We went to Guardian Animal, distinctly unmerry! My cheeks were like roses, my nose like a cherry!My droll little mouth was drawn down like a bow,But the gums of Ranger were as white as the snow.I put in an IV with gritted teeth,As sounds from his bowels went round beneath.Ranger had a broad face and a little round belly,That shook when he puked, like a bowlful of jelly!Grubby, in need of a stomach pump, he was a right sick

old elf,And I cried when I saw him, in spite of myself!But fluids did run and Ranger raised his head,And soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.He spoke not a word, but was quiet to avoid my irk,But he acted so sick, I felt like a jerk. For his part, Ranger put his paws by his nose.I think if he could, he would have given an “I’m sorry”

rose. Two days later he sprang to his feet, responded to my

whistle,And I thought if anything would teach him, this’ll.But I heard him rummage, ‘ere he dove out of sight“There is food! Food to all, and to all a good-night!”

Dr. MJ Wixsom owns and practices at Guardian Animal Medical Center on Bellefonte Road in Flatwoods. 606-929-6566. Online at guardiananimal.com

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Healthy Eating for People with Diabetes This is a season of holiday

celebrations, football play-offs, and other occasions when family and friends get together over meals and snacks. For people with type 2 diabetes, it can be especially challeng-ing to stick to a meal plan. Mouth-watering options such as honey-baked ham, buttery mashed potatoes, and sweet yams are popular for festive dinners, while chicken wings, cheesy nachos, and chips are among the favorites at football play-offs and other gather-ings. However, you don’t have to completely sacrifice all of your favorite foods. The key is to make a variety of healthy food choices and limit portion sizes.

Follow these tips from the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) to help you eat healthy during gatherings throughout the winter season:

Eat a healthy snack. Eating a healthy snack prior to leav-ing home can prevent overeat-ing at the party.

Plan ahead. Check out the party food options before you begin eating, and make a mental note of what and how much you will eat. Your food choices should fit into your meal plan.

Bring a dish. Share your healthy dish with family and friends.

Move away from the buffet. Fix your plate, and then step away from a table of finger foods to avoid grazing while chatting.

Savor the flavor. Eating slowly reduces your chances of overeating.

Drink H2O. Water is a healthy, no-calorie beverage. Drink plenty of it.

Trim it down. Eat smaller portions of food. Trim off ex-tra skin and fat from meat.

Party hard! Focus on family,

friends, and activities rather than food. Stay active by par-ticipating in games or dancing.

Follow these tips if your goal is to serve healthy feasts to your guests:

Bake it. Broil it. Grill it. Consider healthy alternatives to traditional meats. Choose skinless meat or poultry and avoid fried dishes.

Increase fiber. Serve whole grain breads, peas, and beans as part of your meals.

Easy on the toppings. Lighten your recipes by using reduced-fat or fat-free mayon-naise, butter, sour cream, or salad dressing.

Focus on fruits. Serve fresh or canned fruits instead of ice cream, cake, or pie. Transform high fat, high-calorie desserts by replacing whole milk or whipped cream with 1 percent or nonfat milk.

Serve low-calorie beverag-es. Offer your guests sparkling water or diet beverages.

We’re all in this together. Support your family and friends by encouraging them to eat healthy during the win-ter months and throughout the year.

Greenup County Health Department offers a free sup-port group for people who ei-ther have diabetes or live with someone who has that dis-ease. In the near future, Eve Greene, RN, BSN, LCE will be offering an intense series of diabetes self-management classes. Greene, a licensed diabetes educator, said, “1 in 3 adults have prediabetes. We can lower these statistics by changing to a healthier life-style.” For more information, call 606-473-9838.

To find out more informa-tion about the Control Your Diabetes For Life campaign and to order free materials and resources, visit http://www.YourDiabetesInfo.org or contact the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) at 1-888-693-NDEP (6337).

ing the fair. For more infor-mation, contact Dr. Walters at barbara.walters@kctcs.edu or call 600.922.2931.

ACTC Presents Holiday Classic

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley will be performed December 4, 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. and December 7 at 2:30 p.m. in the J. B. Sowards Theatre on the College Drive Campus.

Tickets are $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children, stu-dents and seniors, and $8 for groups of 10 or more if pur-chased in advance. Tickets are available in the College Bookstore, and unsold tickets will be available at the door for cash or check payment with photo ID.

Ready, set, learnParents and/or guardians

and children ages 1-5 are in-vited to a Ready, Set, Learn Christmas Party at the Gree-nup County Extension Office on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, from 10 a.m to 12 noon. There is no cost.

Please join us for story time, a nutritious snack, and a fun seasonal craft. Our focus is to promote social interac-tion and early childhood de-velopment. All children must be accompanied by an adult during program.

Call the Greenup County Extension office by Decem-ber 12, 2014, at 606-836-0201 for more information and to reserve a spot.

New members welcomeRussell Rotary Club is hav-

ing a membership drive to in-crease membership.

Become a member and join the Russell Rotary Club members for lunch.

Meetings are held each Thursday at noon at Bridges Christian Church.

Sweets, treats and more sale

Raceland Christian Church Ladies Fellowship is hav-ing a Sweets, Treats & More Sale on Saturday, December 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the

church located at 210 Caro-line Rd., Raceland.

There will be an array of handmade gifts, UK items such as sweatshirts, baby items and towels, jewelry, Christmas decorations, orna-ments, wreaths, gift baskets and more.

There will be lots of holiday sweets and savory treats col-orfully packaged and ready to give or take home.

Lunch is available which includes a variety of home-made soups, hot dogs, drinks and cookies.

You are invited to com join in the fun, festive day, have lunch and do some Christmas shopping at the same time.

Open house Dec. 13The McConnell House in

Wurtland, KY is hosting a Christmas Open House on Dec. 13, just for fun. Time is 6 to 9 p.m. all are welcome. Many folks will be wearing their 19th century clothing. Come to an old time Christ-mas.

Homemakers open house Dec. 6-7

The Greenup County Homemakers cordially in-vite you to join them for an “Candyland” open house on December 6 and 7 at the Jesse Stuart Lodge at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park.

Admission is free. Open house times are:

Saturday, December 6—9am to 9pm

Sunday, December 7—1pm to 4pm

Come by and enjoy the Christmas trees decorated by Greenup County Homemaker clubs and entertainment pro-vided by area music students and various local musical art-ists.

New Hope for Cancer Pa-tients - Tri-State Regional Cancer Center is on the Forefront of Cancer Treat-ment with the acquisition of the TrueBeam Radiotherapy System from Varian Medical Systems.

Greenbo Christmas event planned

A Dulcimer Christmas, Dec. 13 - Enjoy an evening of holiday musical performances

by The Rail City Dulcimer Society and others. This event will take place at the Jesse Stuart Lodge lobby starting at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Call 1-800-325-0083.

ACTC Presents A Christmas Carol

Ashland Community and Technical College Theatre will present A Christmas Car-ol: Scrooge and Marley on December 4, 5 and 6 at 8:00 p.m. and December 7 at 2:30 p.m. Performances are in the J. B. Sowards Theatre on the College Drive Campus.

This is ACTC Theatre’s 21st presentation of the heart-warming tale of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim. The classic novel by Charles Dickens, adapted to the stage by Israel Horowitz, has be-come a holiday favorite for all ages.

Tyler Bradley, a retired paramedic from Flatwoods, portrays Scrooge, Matt John-son, a nursing home em-ployee from Portsmouth, OH, portrays Jacob Marley, and Roger Workman, a restaurant employee from Ironton, OH is Bob Crachit.

Director is Mary Caroline Baughman is a Portsmouth, OH resident and Adjunct The-ater Instructor at Shawnee State University, where she has directed several theater productions including Bare-foot in the Park and Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Hori-zon.

Max Jackson, ACTC Pro-fessor Emeritus of Music, is the Music Director, and ACTC Associate Professor Mary Shortridge is the Cos-tume Coordinator.

Tickets are $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children, students and seniors, and $8 for groups of 10 or more pur-chased in advance. Tickets may be reserved with major credit cards through the Col-lege bookstore (606) 326-2014. Unsold tickets will be available at the door for cash or check payment with photo ID.

For more information, contact Dr. Carol Greene, 606.326.2142 or email: carol.greene@ktcs.edu.

ACTC offers Online Classes for SpringACTC is offering online

courses in more than 100 dif-ferent subjects for Spring Semester. Because of their popularity, online classes fill quickly, and early registration is recommended.

December 29 is the deadline to apply for Spring Semester, but students are encouraged to enroll as soon as possible in order to get the widest selec-tion of classes. New students can start by completing the application form on the web at: actc.kctcs.edu.

For more information on programs offered at ACTC or a complete listing of all online and on campus classes, go to the web at ashland.kctcs.edu under Academics.

ACTC Announces Car Raffle

Ashland Community and Technical College has an-nounced the raffle of a car donated to the ACTC Foun-dation by Professor Emeritus Ernie Tucker.

The car donation was an-nounced at “Ernie Tucker’s Last Lecture,” a farewell pro-gram on November 15 that honored Professor Tucker for his service at the college for more than 45 years.

The raffle of Tucker’s ma-roon 1960 Triumph TR6 will continue to noon on February 13, 2015. Tickets are $100 each, and only 249 tickets will be sold. Tickets may be requested through the ACTC Advancement Office, 606-326-2071or email: kim.min-nehan@kctcs.edu.

Raffle proceeds will ben-efit the college’s BuildSmart Campaign to upgrade the Col-lege Drive Campus. Built in 1970, the Main Class Room/Administration Building needs major renovations, in-cluding a completely new heating and air conditioning system that meets today’s en-

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Key Clubs help feed the hungryIt’s amazing how much

food it takes to feed 50 families.

But the Kiwanis Club of East Greenup County, with the help of its Key Clubs at Russell and Raceland-Worthington High Schools and the Builders Club at Russell Middle School, put it all together Saturday for 50 Greenup County fami-lies.

This marks the 21st year

the Kiwanis family has put together food baskets for families cleared through the family resource centers at the Russell, Raceland and Greenup school systems.

The baskets require al-most 500 pounds of raw or instant potatoes, 150 cans each of green beans and corn, 100 boxes of stuffing mix, 100 boxes of macaroni and cheese and 150 boxes of corn muffin mix.

While turkey is the tradi-tional Thanksgiving meal, the club this past year did a survey and found that ham was the preferred choice among recipients. So this year the menu was changed to include a small bone-less ham and a loaf of fresh bread..

The survey also found that many kids would just as soon have a peanut but-ter and jelly sandwich so

that was included this year.Kiwanis President Ron

Spence said the food bas-kets were picked up by families at three distri-bution points: Raceland-Worthington High School, McDowell Intermedi-ate School in Russell and McKell Middle School in South Shore.

Dozens of members of the Kiwanis family turned out to help with the annual

project at the three distribu-tion points. Personnel from the family resource centers assisted with the distribu-tion.

Money to buy the hams and bread were raised at an election day pancake breakfast while the food items in each basket were donated by Kiwanis mem-bers and the Key Clubs and Builders Club.

The idea for the proj-

ect originated with the Raceland-Worthington Key Club and the first year saw the delivery of 10-12 bas-kets: Each year after that the number grew until sta-bilizing in the 50-55 range.

The club estimated the value of this year’s deliver-ies at $2,000, bringing the 21 year total to an estimat-ed $37,000. Over that time, 1,030 families have been helped, club records show.

Kiwanis members Tom Saylor and Ron Spence are shown as food was being loaded into a pickup truck for the trip to McKell Middle School.

Photos by Tim GearhartRaceland Key Club members Madison Wilburn and Austin Baldridge wheel food baskets to a truck for transportation to McDowell Middle School in Russell.