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GROUP DEMANDING THAT PICTURE OF
JESUS BE REMOVED FROM COURTHOUSE
Vol. 7 No.28
WHO WILL BEE
HONEY QUEEN?
Five Vying For Queen
28 others in under age 15
categories competing
Outstanding Citizens Banquet is Sunday
A group has drafted a letter and is threatening legal
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courthouse portraying Jesus isn’t removed.
The art in question was drawn in 1981 by a local artist
and according to the inscription on the portrait, “Donated
to the people of Breathitt County” and hangs in the
hallway just outside of the County Judge Executive’s
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In a letter to Judge JL Smith dates August 14, 2015,
an attorney for the Freedom From Religion Foundation
says a constitutional violation is occurring by the artwork
hanging in the courthouse and conveys a message to
those visiting the building that Christianity is the favored
religion of the government.
The letter goes on to say that several other requests to
remove the art from the wall were sent to former Judge
Executive Jason Richardson but were ignored.
The group claims it received a complaint from a
“concerned local resident” and ended with the following
statement: Please remove the picture of Jesus from the
Breathitt County Courthouse immediately and inform
us in writing that appropriate actions are being taken to
remedy this violation.”
The opening events of the 38th annual Breathitt
County Honey Festival will begin this weekend with
the Honey Pageant on Saturday and the Outstanding
Citizens Banquet on Sunday.
Morgan Trent
Several courthouse employees and citizens along
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picture portraying Jesus that is in question. From
left to right are Sheriff Ray Clemons, Kristina Napier,
PVA Ervine Allen, Lottie Hutchinson, Kaye Barnett,
Lucy Tharp, and Charlotte Bailey.
Katie Watts
See ‘Jesus Picture’ Page 8
State Of cials Make
Second Visit To County
To Discuss Tourism
Counterfeit Money
Surfacing In Jackson
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Many area merchants have stopped accepting
$100 bills due to counterfeiting. Merchants say the
counterfeiters are copying the hundreds onto one and
ten dollar bills causing the anti-fraud markers not to
detect the fraudulent bill.
Commissioner of the Department for Local Government
Tony Wilder, Executive Director of SOAR Jared Arnett,
Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet Secretary
Bob Stewart, Breathitt County Museum Director Janie
Grif th, Museum Board Member Ervine Allen, Jackson
Breathitt Chamber President Doug Fraley, Kentucky 91st
District State Rep. Cluster Howard, and Museum Board
Member Diane Little.
See ‘TOURISM’ Page 7
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Leanndra Henson
Those competing for the
title of Honey Queen are
as follows:
Kayla Gross is the 19
year-old daughter of Greg
and Patricia Gross. She
is sponsored by Kentucky
Farm Bureau.
Katie Watts is the 17
year-old
daughter
of
Hobert and Susan Watts.
She is sponsored by
Bryant Farms and Dave
and Susie Duff and family.
Kayla Gross
Madison Noble is the 16
year-old daughter of Michelle Branson and Tracy/Chrissy
Noble. She is sponsored by her family and friends.
Morgan Trent is the 17 year-old daughter of Jack and
Deanna Keith. She is sponsored by Jett Tours.
Leanndra Henson is the 18 year-old daughter of
Ed and Steph Henson and is sponsored by Henson's
Western Auto.
Other youth categories in the pageant will feature 28
competing for various titles.
Madison Noble
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CAMERON TURNER INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST
By: Lance Turner
Part Two
Up until the 1960s, the NFL was the dominant professional
football league and faced little competition. Rival leagues
included three separate American Football Leagues and
the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), none of which
lasted for more than four seasons, although several teams
from the AAFC joined the NFL after the league dissolved
in 1949.
A new professional league, the fourth American Football
League (AFL), began play in 1960. The upstart AFL began
to challenge the established NFL in popularity, gaining
lucrative television contracts and engaging in a bidding
war with the NFL for free agents and draft picks. The two
leagues announced a merger on June 8, 1966, to take full
effect in 1970. In the meantime, the leagues would hold
a common draft and championship game. The game, the
Super Bowl, was held four times before the merger, with
the NFL winning Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II, and the
AFL winning Super Bowl III and Super Bowl IV. After the
league merged, it was reorganized into two conferences:
the National Football Conference (NFC), consisting of most
of the pre-merger NFL teams, and the American Football
Conference (AFC), consisting of all of the AFL teams as
well as three pre-merger NFL teams.
Today, the NFL is considered the most popular sports
league in North America; much of its growth is attributed
to former Commissioner Pete Rozelle, who led the league
from 1960 to 1989. Overall annual attendance increased
from three million at the beginning of his tenure to seventeen
million by the end of his tenure, and 400 million viewers
watched 1989's Super Bowl XXIII. The NFL established
NFL Properties in 1963. The league's licensing wing, NFL
Properties earns the league billions of dollars annually;
Rozelle's tenure also marked the creation of NFL Charities
and a national partnership with United Way. Paul Tagliabue
was elected as commissioner to succeed Rozelle; his
seventeen-year tenure, which ended in 2006, was marked
by large increases in television contracts and the addition
of four expansion teams, as well as the introduction of
league initiatives to increase the number of minorities in
league and team management roles. The league's current
Commissioner, Roger Goodell, has focused on reducing
the number of illegal hits and making the sport safer, mainly
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These actions are among many the NFL is taking to reduce
concussions and improve player safety.
From 1920 to 1934, the NFL did not have a set number
of games for teams to play, instead setting a minimum. The
league mandated a 12-game regular season for each team
beginning in 1935, later shortening this to 11 games in 1937
and 10 games in 1943, mainly due to World War II. After
the war ended, the number of games returned to 11 games
in 1946 and to 12 in 1947. The NFL went to a 14-game
schedule in 1961, which it retained until switching to the
current 16-game schedule in 1978. Proposals to increase
the regular season to 18 games have been made, but
have been rejected in labor negotiations with the National
Football League Players Association (NFLPA).
The NFL operated in a two-conference system from 1933
to 1966, where the champions of each conference would
meet in the NFL Championship Game. If two teams tied
for the conference lead, they would meet in a one-game
playoff to determine the conference champion. In 1967, the
NFL expanded from 15 teams to 16 teams. Instead of just
evening out the conferences by adding the expansion New
Orleans Saints to the seven-member Western Conference,
the NFL realigned the conferences and split each into two
four-team divisions. The four conference champions would
meet in the NFL playoffs, a two-round playoff. The NFL also
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Bowl) from 1960 to 1969. Effectively a third-place game,
pitting the two conference runners-up against each other,
the league considers Playoff Bowls to have been exhibitions
rather than playoff games. The league discontinued the
Playoff Bowl in 1970 due to its perception as a game for
losers.
Following the addition of the former AFL teams into the
NFL in 1970, the NFL split into two conferences with three
divisions each. The expanded league, now with twenty-six
teams, would also feature an expanded eight-team eight
playoff, the participants being the three division champions
from each conference as well as one 'wild card' team (the
team with the best win percentage) from each conference.
In 1978, the league added a second wild card team from
each conference, bringing the total number of playoff teams
to ten, and a further two wild card teams were added in 1990
to bring the total to twelve. When the NFL expanded to 32
teams in 2002, the league realigned, changing the division
structure from three divisions in each conference to four
divisions in each conference. As each division champion
gets a playoff bid, the number of wild card teams from each
conference dropped from three to two.
2015 BHS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug 28 Perry County Central home 7:30 PM
Sep 5 Cinci. Hills Christian Academy, OH home 7:30 PM
Sep 11, 15 Prestonsburg away 7:30 PM
Sep 18, 15 Letcher County Central home 7:30 PM
Sep 25, 15 Knott County Central
away 7:30 PM
Oct 2, 15 Estill County home 7:30 PM
Oct 9, 15 Powell County away 7:30 PM
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Oct 23, 15 Morgan County home 7:30 PM
Oct 30, 15 Hazard home 7:30 PM
2015 Jackson City Golf Tigers All “A” Regional Champions
cumulative score of 173
which was two shots better
than perennial Regional
champion and established
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in an extraordinary effort were Owsley County (216);
this evening to take home Wolfe County (232); and
the hardware from the 14th Lee County (237). Breathitt
All “A” Regional tournament County and Jenkins had
held at Sugar Camp Golf individual players who
Club. On a beautiful and competed.
The Tigers
historic evening for JCS, ¿YH FRPSHWLQJ PHPEHUV
the competition came down of Cameron Turner, John
to an exciting and tense Turner, Jr., Albert Turner,
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Sugar Camp Golf Club
VOLLEYCATS ON A ROLL
By Lance Turner
Josiah Henson, have put
in hours and hours of daily
practice and work on their
games. “These kids have
put in the time and effort for
success and it is good to see
it pay off for them, extremely
proud of my team,” said
Coach John Turner.
JCS Freshman, Cameron
Turner was the individual
medalist
and
regional
champion.
Cameron,
playing #1 for the Tigers,
posted a 39 for his round
which was a tie with Hazard
#1, Ryan Smith. Turner
and Smith decided the title
in a playoff after all other
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Cameron prevailed in the
playoff on the 9th hole in
almost total darkness to
take the title. A great show
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The individual scores by
team were:
Jackson City:
(173)
Cameron Turner – 39;
John Turner – 44; Albert
Turner – 44; Jordan Barnett
– 46; and Zach Hollon –
48.Hazard:
(175) Ryan
Smith – 39; Rudy Akemon
– 45; Dylan Campbell –
44; Mikee Bates – 49; and
Issac Turner – 47.Owsley
County: (216) Xander Terry
– 61; Keaton Marcum – 56;
Trevor Addison – 50; Jonah
Dean – 57; and Andrew
Noe – 53.Wolfe County:
(232) Drew Bush – 50;
Brendon Bush – 56; Devan
Stone – 62; Kenny Demers
– 67; and Hunter Brewer –
64.Lee County: (237) A.J.
Warner – 54; I. Coburn – 58;
Noah Combs – 64; Austin
Bailey – 68; and Kyren
White – 61.Breathitt: Nick
Correll – 53; Aaron Withrow
– 59; and Grant Hamilton –
55. Jenkins: Josh Wright
– 53.
The Tigers will compete,
both as a team and
individually, in the All “A”
State Championship on
September 11 and 12 at
Eagle’s Nest Country Club
in Somerset.
HENSON POWERS JCS SOCCER
Soccer Cats Split Opening Week
By Lance Turner
The Breathitt County Volleycats are on a roll to open
the 2015 season, picking up three wins in the opening
week of play.
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County (0-2) 2 to 0; and Perry County Central (1-5) 3 to
0.
Jackson City also entered the win column with a 3 to
0 shutout of the Estill County Lady Engineers (1-4). The
Tigers (1-2) suffered losses to Hazard (2-1) 2 to 3 and
Owsley County (2-0) 2 to 3.
The 13th Annual Big Branch
Haddix Reunion
The Annual Reunion will be held Saturday,
September 5, 2015 at the Jackson
Kiwanis Shelter at the City Park.
Time: 12:00 P.M. after the Honey Festival
Parade
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2015
Bring a favorite dish, be prepared to visit
and have a great time.
Directions: While traveling on Route 15,
exit toward the river – between Miller’s
Café and Hutch Automotive. You will see
the shelter.
For more information just call
606-568-6013
SMS Bobcats
Josiah Henson powered the Jackson City Tigers (10) in their season opener against the Menifee County
Wildcats (0-2).
Henson scored two goals and had three assists in
leading the Tigers to 6-1 win. Zachary Hollan scored one
goal and had two assists; Shey Trent scored one goal;
Camron Turner scored one goal and had one assist; and
John Turner scored one goal for JCS.
The Breathitt County Ladycats split their opening
week of soccer; defeating the Menifee County Wildcats
(1-1) by a score of 1-0 on a goal by Cassady Thomas
and then falling to Oneida Baptist Institute 1-4. Makenzie
Neace scored the lone BHS goal on an assist by Grace
Badarak. The Lady Mountaineers improved to (1-1-1)
while the Ladycats are (1-1).
BCRTA Will Meet August 28th
The Breathitt County Retired Teachers Association
(BCRTA) will meet August 28, 2015 at the Breathitt
County Public Library; 1:00 p.m. Plans and schedules
for BCRTA meetings and activities will be discussed.
BCRTA dues ($10 per year) can be paid at any regular
meeting or mailed to: Mary Lou Hamilton; 20 Haddix
Depot Road; Jackson, Kentucky 41339.
BCRTA will be participating in collection of school
supplies for a to-be-designated Breathitt County school.
Please bring any collected supplies to September
meeting.
Make plans to attend BCRTA meetings; stay informed
about issues concerning all retired educators.
‘Jesus Picture’
From Front Page
After the news of the demand was aired on television
this week, Breathitt County PVA Ervine Allen drafted
a letter to Smith saying that “we are under attack for
permitting the display in the courthouse hallway of an
image of a person paying homage to Jesus.” Allen went
on to say in the letter that the group who is complaining
is a group that advocates “Freedom from religion” and
that “we are guaranteed freedom OF religion by the
constitution, not freedom FROM religion.”
Allen said he had served his country in uniform for
over 22 years and he did this “in large measure so that
we could continue to enjoy the freedom of religion in this
country.”
Allen concluded in the letter saying that, “The majority
are suppose to rule, not some miniscule minority that,
merely because it feels it has a right to and is entitled
to, seek to deny the majority of the citizens of this city,
county, state, and nation the RIGHT to worship Almighty
God according to the dictates of their heart. I am
offended of the very notion that someone would deny
me or anyone else the right to utter the name of Jesus in
a public ceremony or pray in a public ceremony.”
Judge Executive Smith had no comment for the media
on the matter until the county attorney is consulted due
to this being a potential legal matter.
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GENE WATTS
REMEMBERED
Owner of Watts Funeral Home
and Former Coroner Passes
The
community
is
mourning the loss of a
local businessman, funeral
director and friend.
Gene Watts, owner of
the Watts Funeral Home
in Jackson passed away
surrounded by his family
on Monday, September 8th
after a lengthy illness.
He was a licensed
funeral
director
and
embalmer and has served
the people of Breathitt
and surrounding counties
Gene Watts
for over 40 years. He
also served as Breathitt County Coroner and assisted
thousands of families in their time of bereavement.
Gene was always sincere and had many friends in the
area who loved him dearly.
He will be missed by the community and the families
he served.
Visitation will be held at Watts Funeral Home beginning
at 6pm Thursday with the funeral being Friday at 1PM.
Rally Planned In Support of
Jesus Picture In Courthouse
A rally in support of
keeping the Jesus picture
in the courthouse is being
planned for later this
month.
Local
citizen
Mike
Bryant is organizing the
gathering that is scheduled
to take place in front of
the county courthouse
on September 22nd from
8am-10am just before the
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Several speakers are
being planned for the event in favor of keeping the
artwork posted on the courthouse wall.
The gathering stems from a letter from the Freedom
From Religion group that was received last month by
County Judge Executive JL Smith demanding that the
picture portraying Jesus in the hallway of the courthouse
See ‘JESUS’ Page 3
FEMA OPENS OFFICE FOR INDIVIDUAL
ASSISTANCE IN BREATHITT COUNTY
Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA.
Survivors
of
July’s
storms can register for
federal disaster aid at a
temporary site in Breathitt
County. The site will help
people who were affected July 11 through July 20.
The registration site is
by the severe storms,
tornadoes,
straight-line located at:
Breathitt County Library
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1024 College Ave.
and mudslides occurring
FISCAL COURT MEETS IN
SPECIAL SESSION
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It will be open Monday
See ‘FEMA’
Page 9
Honey Festival a Success
The Breathitt Co. Fiscal Court met in Special Session
on Tuesday, September 8th and discussed several items
ranging from ATV trails to road repaving.
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from Stan-Lynn Associates totaling over $55,000 from
the previous administration.
Judge Smith said that after reviewing the invoices, he
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and recommended paying the invoices. The court voted
to pay the amount.
The next item to be discussed was the opening of a
joint bank account with the City of Jackson for the Airport.
Judge Smith explained that in the near future, the county
will be the sole owner of the airport but there is still grant
funding the city obtained to repair the facility that the
county will need to be added to a joint account for. The
court voted unanimously to open the joint account.
Thousands attended the annual Breathitt County
A resolution was then read and passed to readopt old
Honey Festival over the weekend to enjoy food, crafts,
county roads for use as recreation trails.
A resolution was then read and passed to allow entertainment, and fellowship. Pictured above are Honey
operation of ATVs on county roads when they are being Queen Morgan Trent and the Honey Festival Honey Bee
who greeted over four dozen children at the Kid's Fest
See ‘FISCAL COURT’ Page 9
during the festival.
Located at 1142 Main Street- Jackson, KY Phone 606-824-5123
SATURDAY
Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA.
Representatives from FEMA have opened an Application Center at the Breathitt Co. Public Library so
those who have sustained losses from the recent severe weather can apply for assistance.
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ADVOCATE
Obituaries and Devotions
Mary Carpenter Haman Noble Clara McClees Mary Puckett Elbert Pennington Betty Butrum
Mary Ann Carpenter,
age 65, of Jackson, KY.
passed away Monday,
August 31, 2015 at her
residence.
She was born on June
26, 1950 to the Late Martin
and Margaret Stephens
Steele. She was a former
book
store
manager
of Barnes & Noble,
an employee of Lee's
College and a member
of Emmanuel Fellowship
Church.
She is survived by
her
husband,
Kennie
Carpenter Jr. of Jackson,
KY. and one son, Kennie
Carpenter III also of
Jackson, KY.
In addition to her
parents, she was preceded
in death by one brother,
Sam Steele.
Funeral service will
be held on Thursday,
September 3, 2015 at
11:00 a.m. at the Watts
Funeral Home Chapel with
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Watts Funeral Home
is in charge of the
arrangements.
Haman Noble, age 83,
of Lost Creek, KY. passed
away on Monday, August
24, 2015 at the Kentucky
River Medical Center in
Jackson, KY.
He
was
born
on
September 11, 1931 to
the Late Samuel and Irene
Noble. He was a former
employee of Falcon Coal
Company and a member of
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church.
He is survived by his
wife, Betty Spicer Noble of
Lost Creek, KY; two sons:
Ricky Noble of West Virginia
and Randy Noble of Lost
Creek, KY; one daughter,
Rhonda Noble Gabbard of
Lost Creek, KY; and one
grandchild, Jeremy Gabbard
also of Lost Creek, KY.
Funeral service was held
on Thursday, August 27,
2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the
Watts Funeral Home Chapel
with Kenneth Noble and
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Burial followed in the
Neace & Noble Cemetery at
Lost Creek, KY.
Watts Funeral Home
was in charge of the
arrangements.
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Community Choir Rehearsals
The Breathitt County Community Choir will
begin rehearsals for the cantata it will present
in December in Jackson. Everyone in the
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rehearsal on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 2:00
p.m. to 3:15 p.m., at Emmanuel Fellowship
Church on Rt. 30 West, about three miles past
McDonald's). The performance will be during
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December. There is no fee to sing with the choir
and no requirement to be able to read music.
The Bach/Back 82nd Annual Reunion
will be Saturday, September 12, 2015 at
1:00 P.M. at the Breathitt County Public
Library located at 1024 College Avenue
in Jackson, KY. All relatives and friends
are encouraged to attend this afternoon
of fun, food, and fellowship. (If possible,
please, bring a salad, vegetable, or
dessert. Other items will be furnished.)
We hope that you will mark your calendar
to attend one of the longest continuous
reunions in the state.
Clara McClees, age
81, of Jackson, KY.
passed away Saturday,
September 5, 2015 at
the Nim Henson Geriatric
Center in Jackson, KY.
She was born on March
22, 1934 to the Late Joe and
Callie Deaton Watts. She
was a retired employee of
Health & Family Services
and a member of the First
Church of God.
She is survived by two
sisters:
Martha (Elvin)
Smith of Jackson, KY.
and Vanessa (Ed) Baker
of River Caney; one
grandson, Kevin (Bridgette)
Jett of Winchester, KY; two
great
granddaughters:
Chloe and Autumn Jett;
and a host of nieces and
nephews.
In addition to her parents,
she was preceded in
death by her husband, Bill
McClees; one daughter,
Paula Diane Jett; seven
brothers:
David "Dee"
Watts, Cay Watts, Wayne
"Doc" Watts, Jerry Watts,
Virgil Watts, John Watts,
and Joe Watts Jr.; and two
sisters: Opal Watts and
Mary McIntosh.
Funeral service was held
on Tuesday, September
8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at
the Watts Funeral Home
Chapel with Bobby Hollon
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Burial
followed
in
the Jackson Cemetery,
Jackson, KY.
Watts Funeral Home
was in charge of the
arrangements.
Mary
Faye
(Feltner)
Puckett, age 53, of Jackson,
KY. passed away on Friday,
September 4, 2015 at the
Wells Hospice Care Center
in Hazard, KY. She was born
April 10, 1962 in Hazard,
KY and was the daughter
of the late John S. and
Katherine (Haddix) Feltner.
She was preceded in death
by three brothers: Robert
Feltner, Willie Feltner and
Johnny Feltner; one half
sister, Besty Fouch; one
half brother, Wesley Feltner;
and wo sisters in law, Anna
Feltner and Mildred Feltner.
She is survived by
three daughters: Crystal
Puckett (Boris) Schellig of
Georgetown, KY; Rebecca
Bowling of Jackson, KY;
and April (Stephen) Pelfrey
of Jackson, KY; one sister,
Carrie Crank (Bob Back) of
Jackson, KY; two brothers:
James “Jimmy” Feltner
(Sarah) of Bethany, KY. and
Ervine (Margaret) Feltner of
Vancleve, KY; two special
grandchildren to Mamaw
Mary: Emily Paige Pelfrey
and Dalton Aaron Tharp;
one sister in law, Tammy
McGuinn of Jackson, KY;
two special family friends,
James Johnson and James
Grover Johnson; and a host
of nieces and nephews.
Funeral service was held
on Monday, September
7, 2015 at 1:00pm at the
Deaton
Funeral
Home
Chapel with David McIntosh
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Burial
followed
in
the Taylor Cemetery at
Quicksand, KY.
Deaton Funeral Home
was in charge of the
arrangements.
We would like to thank everyone for their
nomination for the Honey Festival Outstanding
Citizen Award (Professional) and wish to thank the
festival committee for presenting us with this award.
We are humbled by the award and appreciate every
one of our friends and community members who
have faith in us by awarding us with this honor.
Thank you, Mary and Jason Deaton
Deaton Funeral Home
27th Homecoming Celebration
Bach
Memorial Christian Church
Sunday, September 13, 2015.
Bro. Jack Niece, former Pastor,
will be preaching.
Service starts at 11 AM with a
fellowship dinner after the service.
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Elbert
Pennington,
age 74, of Jackson, KY.
passed away on Sunday,
September 6, 2015 at the
KY River Medical Center
in Jackson, KY. He was
born January 12, 1941 in
Grundy, VA. and was the
son of the late Grover and
Orpha (Deel) Pennington.
He was preceded in death
by two sisters: Stella Gross
and
Oma
Pennington
and one brother, Walter
Pennington.
Survivors
include
his wife, Joan (Combs)
Pennington of Jackson, KY;
three daughters: Marsha
Allen of Jackson, KY; Orpha
Rose (Jason) Summers
of Poland, IN; and Debbie
Cheryl (Richard) Foutch
of Freedom, IN; one son,
David (Tammy) Pennington
of Jackson, KY; two sisters:
Opal Shouse and Gladys
Oaks of Jackson, KY; ten
grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
Funeral service was held
on Wednesday, September
9, 2015 at 10:00AM at the
Deaton Funeral Home
Chapel with Buddy Johnson
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in the Pennington Family
Cemetery on Belcher Fork
Road, Jackson, KY.
Deaton Funeral Home
was in charge of the
arrangements.
Betty
Lois
Butrum,
age 74, of Jackson
passed away Thursday,
September 3, 2015 at
her residence. She was
the daughter of the late
Curt Russell and Viola
Clemons. She was also
preceded in death by exhusband, Jerry Butrum;
grandmother,
Armine
Napier; two sisters, Mary
Jane Gobel and Saphronie
Bonwell; one brother,
Harlan Clemons; and a
special cousin, Charlie
Howard.
She is survived by two
sons, Duane Burtum of
Indianapolis, IN and Darrel
Butrum of Indianapolis,
IN; one sister, Ethel
Arnett of Quicksand; three
grandchildren,
Laura
Butrum, Bailey Butrum,
and Cora Butrum; two
great grandchildren, Emma
Butrum and Matthew Ortiz;
stepson, Kevin Butrum
of Indianapolis, IN; step
grandchild,
Lindsey
Butrum; special friend,
Curtie Fraley of Southfork;
special cousins, Eugene
Howard and Nettie Pitts;
and a host of nieces,
nephews
and
other
relatives.
Breathitt
Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Price Clay
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Price Clay, age 67, of
Jackson, KY. passed away
Friday, September 4, 2015 at
his residence.
He was born on June 22,
1948 to the Late Sam and
Clara Combs. He was a
security worker and a member
of House of Miracles.
He is survived by his wife,
Cathy Clay of Jackson, KY;
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of Jackson, KY; Earnest
(Margaret)
Combs
of
Jackson, KY; Arthur Lee
Combs of Jackson, KY; Ed
(Sharon) of Perry County;
and Ad Combs of Jackson,
KY; one sister, Janice Combs
of Jackson, KY; one daughter,
Rose (Dennis) Strong; one
granddaughter, Megan; one
grandson, Dennis Jarrod;
one great grandson, Bentley
Jace; and a host of nieces
and nephews.
No
funeral
service
scheduled at this time.
Watts Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
removed immediately
or further action would be
taken. The group alleges
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support Christianity as its
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it sends a message that
other religions are not
welcome in the building.
A petition is also being
circulated in support of
keeping the picture posted
in the courthouse.
The artwork is hand
drawn by a local artist and
was donated to the people
of Breathitt County to be
posted in the courthouse
in 1981.
Bryant recently stated
in a post on social media
that Judge Smith and the
Fiscal Court are in favor of
the artwork being kept on
the wall in the courthouse.
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Meth Lab Case Sent
To Grand Jury
Five suspects arrested last week in a Meth
Manufacturing case appeared in court recently. Four
pled guilty to amended charges while one had his case
sent to the grand jury for review and possible indictment.
Dustin Elam, Dee Napier, Jessica Seagraves, James
D. Neace, and William Wilder were arrested in a mobile
home park on Quicksand Road last week after police
discovered an active meth lab in the residence.
After appearing in District Court on Monday, charges
were reduced to Criminal Facilitation to Manufacture
Methamphetamine against Wilder, Seagraves, Napier,
and Neace. All entered guilty pleas and were sentenced
to 365 days in jail, which was conditionally discharged.
The four were visiting the home of Elam when police
WOMAN JAILED FOR ABUSING HER
TWO MONTH OLD CHILD
A young mother is in jail after she reported her child
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the infants head.
Marlinda Hall, age 20, of Jackson, is in the Three Forks
Regional Jail as of press time charged with Criminal
Abuse 2nd Degree, Falsely Reporting an Incident, and
Endangering the Welfare of a Minor.
A citation from J. McWhorter with the Kentucky State
Police (KSP) states that on September 16th, 2015, a
complaint was received from Hall stating that she was
pushing a stroller down the road on Little’s Creek when
an unknown person ran her and the baby off the roadway
with a four wheeler causing Hall to push the stroller over
the hill causing injury to the infant after it allegedly hit a
concrete barrier.
Police say they observed red and bloody marks to the
child’s head.
See ‘Meth Lab’ Page 4
Fiscal Court Discusses
Watts Fire Department &
FEMA Repairs
The Breathitt Fiscal Court met in regular session
on Tuesday, September 22nd and opened FEMA bids
and announced that Watts-Caney Fire Department has
reopened.
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approved, several bids were opened for the repair
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baskets throughout the county. Bids were received
from King Crete Drilling, Hinkle, Moore Trucking and
TK Management. Judge Executive JL Smith said that
he was shocked that more bids weren’t received since
several contractors attended a pre bid conference. After
the judge read the bids aloud to the audience, he said
they would be tabulated and awarded at a later date.
The county’s 2015 property tax rate was also set and
remained unchanged from last year.
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they are working with local civic groups to pick up trash
and in exchange, a donation would be made to the group.
The court then voted unanimously to donate $2,500.00
to the Shriners for their efforts in picking up trash along
See ‘Fiscal Court’ Page 12
Lt. Governor Candidate Visits County
State Representative and Democrat Lt. Governor
Candidate Sannie Overly made a campaign stop in
Breathitt County on Monday. Pictured above are Tim
Spencer, Judge JL Smith, and State Representative
Cluster Howard along with Overly.
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“Save the Jesus Picture” Rally Attracts Large Crowd
A large crowd attended
a rally in front of the
courthouse on Monday to
show support for keeping a
piece of artwork portraying
Jesus hanging in the
courthouse.
The rally was organized
by Mike Bryant after the
Freedom From Religion
group sent a letter to
County Judge Executive
JL Smith demanding the
picture portraying Jesus be
removed saying it offends
those who do business at
the courthouse who are
not Christians.
Speaking at the rally
were several people but
the
keynote
speaker
was Frank Simon with
the
American
Family
Association of Kentucky
who said “there are some
people who want to get of
God completely and the
more they get rid of God,
the worse things get.”
Smith
said
in
a
statement that the art
display, containing 17
artworks from local artists,
is known as the “People’s
Hallway” and gives no
preference to any one
See ‘Rally’ Page 4
Pictured above- On
Monday, a large crowd
attended a rally in
support of keeping the
picture portraying Jesus
hanging on the wall of
the courthouse. Pictured
right- Several pieces of
artwork hang on the walls
of the courthouse known
as the “People’s Hallway”.
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September 24, 2015
A Look Back At Breathitt’s History
Remember When...
Many Photos courtesy of the Breathitt Museum
An old photo from 1967 of
the Bob Gabbard Funeral
Home which is now Deaton
Funeral Home. Managers
of the funeral home at that
time were Bob Gabbard and
Eugene Watts along with
Lady Attendant Mrs. Bob
Gabbard and
Attendant Rob Hall.
See more old photos on
the Breathitt Museum’s
Facebook Page.
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3. Awful
4. Create a sculpture
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6. *____-friendly
7. *Directional helper
8. Appear like a chick
9. Winglike
10. “It’s time!” signal
11. Impulse
12. One who eyes another
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20. Public ____, rappers
22. As opposed to mishap
24. It’s often sudden death
25. *____ drive
26. Indian metropolis
27. Greek bazaar
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31. Mandolin’s cousin
32. Parkinson’s drug
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61. On top of
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open arms to any religion and of any faith or of people
with no faith,” said Smith.
Smith said there are no plans to take the artwork down.
Annie Gaylor with the Freedom From Religion group
said in a statement that the picture sends a message that
Christians are insiders and non Christians are outsiders.
The artwork in question was created by Connie Combs
and donated to the people of Breathitt County in 1981
and has hung in the courthouse for 34 years with no
opposition.
The Advocate will continue to follow any updates in
this situation.
‘Meth Lab’ From Front Page
raided the residence.
Elam’s case was sent to the Breathitt County
Grand Jury for review and possible indictment. He is
charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance
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Substance within 1,000 Feet of a School, Unlawful
Possession of Meth Precursor, and Manufacturing
Methamphetamine. Elam’s bond was reduced to
$5,000.00 surety with the condition he has no contact
with the four co-defendants and be drug tested twice per
month.
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6. Exclamation of disgust
9. Fit of shivering
13. American writer Jong
14. Beauty treatment site
15. “No guts, no ____”
16. ____ in, for a doctor
17. “C’____ la vie!”
18. *A portable one is great
for camping
19. eBay participant
21. *Power provider
23. *A smart one syncs
everything you write
24. *Pretty hot and
tempting, in a text
25. Public health org.
28. Bluish green
30. ____ talk
35. ZZ Top hit
37. Lady Gaga’s 2010
dress material
39. Lowest Hindu caste
40. Tons
41. “Walk the Dog” device,
pl.
43. Civil wrong
44.
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to
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documents
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65. Unit of electric current
67. Scape goat’s due
69. ____circle
70. Likewise
71. More ill
72. No I in this
73. Long, long time
74. Working shoelaces
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Cost is $6.
This fundraiser is to raise
funds for a new van.