There will be a special meeting of the Crittenden County Site-Based, Decision-Making Council at 4 p.m., Thursday at the school's teacher work room. The agenda includes a personnel matter.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Inside this week's issue
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| Judy Winn at her home |
And, U.S. Census data released Tuesday shows that one in five Crittenden Countians is living in poverty, with a significant number of those living at 50 percent below the poverty line. Most alarmingly, almost 32 percent of children 18 and under are living in poverty, while three of five are on free or reduced meals at the schools.
Because of the economy and numbers like that, Community Christmas, the annual effort to provide gifts to underprivileged children and food to hungry families, is in jeopardy.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Area deaths
Larry Parish, 70, a well-known farmer in the Caldwell Springs community of Crittenden County, died just before 5 p.m., today at his home following a lengthy battle with cancer. Visitation is Tuesday at Gilbert Funeral Home. The funeral is Wednesday.
June Hughes Enoch, formerly of Greenwood Heights in Marion, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 at Oaklawn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Louisville. Funeral services are Thursday at Gilbert Funeral Home.
June Hughes Enoch, formerly of Greenwood Heights in Marion, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 at Oaklawn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Louisville. Funeral services are Thursday at Gilbert Funeral Home.
Area death
Vernon Lee Tolley, 64, of Hampton died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 at Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services in Salem. Funeral services are Tuesday in the chapel of Boyd Funeral Directors.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
UK football ends record losing streak
The longest current losing streak to a single team is now 25. Kentucky owns that dubious honor as well, not having beating the University of Florida since 1986.
Area death
Odell Johnson, 82, of Salem died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 at Crittenden Health Systems in Marion. Funeral are Monday in the chapel of Boyd Funeral Directors.
Salem GED class to begin Jan. 3
Livingston County Adult Education Center has scheduled a six-week adult education and GED class at Salem Springlake Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Enrollment, orientation and diagnostic testing for this class will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Dec. 6 and 13. Classes will be conducted on Tuesday nights starting Jan. 3. Anyone who is interested should call 928-3777 for more information or to pre-enroll. Seating for the class is limited.
Enrollment, orientation and diagnostic testing for this class will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Dec. 6 and 13. Classes will be conducted on Tuesday nights starting Jan. 3. Anyone who is interested should call 928-3777 for more information or to pre-enroll. Seating for the class is limited.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Guard spends last Thanksgiving in Iraq
KENTUCKY ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
A final meal at the dining facility on Camp Liberty is a sign of the times. A sign that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq is shrinking and Victory Base Complex (VBC) is not what it used to be. And also a sign of the holidays, as the meal celebrated Thanksgiving a bit early. Soldiers of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade continue to draw down VBC, but took time to come together and be thankful.
“It’s our opportunity to talk with the soldiers, and to look every one in the eye and thank them,” said Col. Scott Campbell, 149th MEB’s Commander and Crittenden County native. “We can reflect on our families and the holiday. And while we are apart, they are still in our hearts and minds.”
With all dining facilities closing, the effort was made to serve one last prepared meal to the remaining troops at VBC as the holiday approached. Although a few days prior to Thanksgiving Day, the food and festivities was still appreciated by the soldiers. With amenities disappearing quicker than people from VBC, soldiers were grateful for the opportunity to celebrate a holiday, even if away from home.
“This is just another sacrifice we make,” said Spc. Benjamin DiPalma. “But we did have a good meal and even decorations. It was a nice small reminder of home.”
Leaders of the 149th took shifts behind the service line dishing up turkey, ham, potatoes, gravy, and all the items needed for a good holiday meal. Long lines of soldiers continued to form until every one was served.
“It’s great that the command staff would do this,” said Capt. Adam Culbertson. “It shows they care and they are willing to do anything for us.”
In the soldiers’ last day at the chow hall, conversations of the final days in Baghdad could be heard in a dull roar. Soldiers said they were thankful for spending time with their fellow troops; thankful for finishing the job in Iraq, and thankful for the fact that the job is almost over.
These troops will still be working on Thanksgiving however, and the days after to redeploy troops from the country by the end of the year. As facilities close and the mission winds down, soldiers of the 149th will endure until the job is finished.
“It’s significant that this is the last day at the dining facility and the holiday makes it that much more special,” said Campbell. “This is their last hot meal, it’s MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat) after this.”
A final meal at the dining facility on Camp Liberty is a sign of the times. A sign that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq is shrinking and Victory Base Complex (VBC) is not what it used to be. And also a sign of the holidays, as the meal celebrated Thanksgiving a bit early. Soldiers of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade continue to draw down VBC, but took time to come together and be thankful.
“It’s our opportunity to talk with the soldiers, and to look every one in the eye and thank them,” said Col. Scott Campbell, 149th MEB’s Commander and Crittenden County native. “We can reflect on our families and the holiday. And while we are apart, they are still in our hearts and minds.”
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| Photo by Sgt. Scott
Raper, 149th MEB Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Johnson of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade pours gravy on the plate of a soldier as Col. Scott Campbell, a Crittenden County native, observes at Victory Base Complex (VBC), Nov. 20. The meal celebrated Thanksgiving for the remaining troops on VBC and was also the last hot meal served before the dining facility closed. |
“This is just another sacrifice we make,” said Spc. Benjamin DiPalma. “But we did have a good meal and even decorations. It was a nice small reminder of home.”
Leaders of the 149th took shifts behind the service line dishing up turkey, ham, potatoes, gravy, and all the items needed for a good holiday meal. Long lines of soldiers continued to form until every one was served.
“It’s great that the command staff would do this,” said Capt. Adam Culbertson. “It shows they care and they are willing to do anything for us.”
In the soldiers’ last day at the chow hall, conversations of the final days in Baghdad could be heard in a dull roar. Soldiers said they were thankful for spending time with their fellow troops; thankful for finishing the job in Iraq, and thankful for the fact that the job is almost over.
These troops will still be working on Thanksgiving however, and the days after to redeploy troops from the country by the end of the year. As facilities close and the mission winds down, soldiers of the 149th will endure until the job is finished.
“It’s significant that this is the last day at the dining facility and the holiday makes it that much more special,” said Campbell. “This is their last hot meal, it’s MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat) after this.”
Area death
Florence Estelle Jones, 86, of Marion died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 at Crittenden Health Systems. Services are scheduled for Saturday at Gilbert Funeral Home.
Mineral museum discounting gifts
The Clement Mineral Museum in Marion will be closed today in observance of Thanksgiving, but will reopen at 10 a.m., Friday with 10 percent off all gift shop merchandise.
Happy Thanksgiving to our readers
A brief history
From the first American Thanksgiving celebrated in 1621 to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter, until today, the holiday is a unique American tradition. In that first year Gov. William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving, allowing the colonists to celebrate it as a traditional English harvest feast to which they invited the local Wampanoag Indians.
Days of thanksgiving were celebrated throughout the colonies after fall harvests. All 13 colonies did not, however, celebrate Thanksgiving at the same time until October 1777. George Washington was the first president to declare the holiday, in 1789.
By the mid-1800s, many states observed a Thanksgiving holiday. Meanwhile, the poet and editor Sarah J. Hale had begun lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, looking for ways to unite the nation, discussed the subject with Hale. In 1863 he gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.
In 1939, 1940, and 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt, seeking to lengthen the Christmas shopping season, proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November. Controversy followed, and Congress passed a joint resolution in 1941 decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November, where it remains.
Click here to read more at www.infoplease.com.
Office closing
Our office will be closed today and Friday in observance of the holiday, giving us time to count our many blessings and be with our families and friends.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Area death
Leslie Ann Camboni, 62, of Lubbock, Texas, formerly of Crittenden County, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 in Lubbock. Graveside services are scheduled for Sunday at Rosebud Cemetery. Gilbert Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Inside this week's Crittenden Press
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| Marion pilot Mark Beduhn works on building his new aircraft. |
Also, read the latest on the financial crisis faced by Crittenden Health Systems in regard to its ambulance service. Judge-Executive Perry Newcom assures the court will not let the service die, but is awaiting more figures to help the fiscal court decide on exactly what to do. Meantime, EMS director Kevin Hilkey places the fate of the service in the hands of the public it serves through maintaining contact with their magistrates on the matter.
Finally, Marion pilot Mark Beduhn is fulfilling a dream of building his second airplane. Read that front-page story in its entirety this week.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Rockets live on iHigh tonight
Catch Crittenden County's boys' basketball team's scrimmage against Murray High live on iHigh's webcast tonight. Click here to log on.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Providence woman dies in crash
A 30-year-old Providence woman died in a single vehicle accident Saturday in Hopkins County.
According to Kentucky State Police, Pricilla Dean Garrison was killed after being ejected from her 1996 Mercury Sable subsequent to leaving the roadway, striking a tree and overturning off Barnhill Road in Hopkins County. She was not wearing a seatbelt.
The wreck occurred at 11:37 p.m., Saturday.
According to Kentucky State Police, Pricilla Dean Garrison was killed after being ejected from her 1996 Mercury Sable subsequent to leaving the roadway, striking a tree and overturning off Barnhill Road in Hopkins County. She was not wearing a seatbelt.
The wreck occurred at 11:37 p.m., Saturday.
Area death
Nadine Tabor, 93, of Marion died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 at Crittenden Health Systems. Funeral services will be Monday at Marion Baptist Church. Myers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Government offices closed for Thanksgiving
Though the courthouse and judge-executive’s office will remain open all day Wednesday, all other courthouse offices will be closing at noon that day for the Thanksgiving holiday. The offices will reopen the following Monday.
Meantime, Marion City Hall and all state offices will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. Only Thanksgiving Day is a federal holiday, so mail will be halted only on that day only.
Crittenden County Public Library will be closed Thursday and Friday for the holiday, but will be open Saturday for its regular hours, 9 a.m., to 1 p.m.
Crittenden County schools are closed for the holiday beginning Wednesday. They return to class the following Monday.
Meantime, Marion City Hall and all state offices will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. Only Thanksgiving Day is a federal holiday, so mail will be halted only on that day only.
Crittenden County Public Library will be closed Thursday and Friday for the holiday, but will be open Saturday for its regular hours, 9 a.m., to 1 p.m.
Crittenden County schools are closed for the holiday beginning Wednesday. They return to class the following Monday.
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