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6135 Winchester Road Irvine, Kentucky 40336-8517 Phone (606) 723-5012, Fax (606) 723-2743 Email: <[email protected]> Published on Wednesdays by Tracy Randall Patrick Delores L. Rowland, Editor Subscription Prices Estill $17, Adj. Counties $28, Elsewhere $32 Periodicals Postage Paid, Irvine, KY 40336 (Permit #685-890) POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Estill Co. Tribune, 6135 Winchester Rd. Irvine, Kentucky 40336-8517 Our 33rd Year Serving Estill County! Member of Kentucky Press Association <EstillTribune.Com> Page 4, The Estill County Tribune, October 29, 2014 Owlhead’s Grocery South Irvine * 723-7473 Pet & Livestock Feed Corn 50 Lbs Cracked Corn 50 Lbs Horse Feed 50 Lbs Rabbit Pellets 50 Lbs 40% Hog Supplement 50 Lbs Pig & Show 18% 50 Lbs Starter & Grower 25 Lbs Starter & Grower 25 Lbs Layer Pellets 50 Lbs Dog Food 50 Lbs Mineral Block 50 Lbs Salt Block 50 Lbs Fly Block Trace Mineral Salt 50 Lbs Pebble Lime 50 Lbs Defender Dog Food 50 Lbs Dry Molasses 50 Lbs -- In Time For Spring!!! -- Seed Potatoes, Onion Sets, Seeds, Fertilizer, Plants & Much More Owlhead’s Grocery South Irvine * Phone 723-7473 Donald & Katherine Dixon, Owners We Close at 10:00 p.m. We Sell Feeds by Producer Stranger In The Window Junior and Howard are headed up the creek late one night in Pa’s pickup, when suddenly an old man appears in the pas- senger window and taps lightly. “Look, there’s an old ghost’s face in my window!” screams Howard. Junior hits the gas pedal but the old man’s face stays in the window. Half scared to death, Howard rolls down the window a ways and says, “What do you want with us?” The old man softly replies, “You got any tobacco?” They give him some tobacco and start to calm down and laugh about it. “I don’t understand it,” says Junior. “The speed- ometer says we were doing 80!” All of a sudden there is a light tapping on the window and the old man reappears. Howard rolls down the window and the old man quietly asks, “Do you have a light?” Howard throws a lighter out the window says, “Step on it!” The speedometer starts to top 100 miles an hour when sud- denly they hear more tapping. Rolling the window down again, Howard screams out, “Now what?” “You want some help getting out of the mud?” Soiled Sheets A man who lives on the third floor on Main Street is having a bad case of the “trots.” He gets up and runs to the bathroom several times but as soon as he gets back in the warm bed, he has to go again. Sleepy and tired, he decides he’s going to hold it the next time and rolls over and goes back to sleep. When he does wake up, he realizes he has made a terrible mess in his sheets. Completely losing his composure, he gathers up the bed sheets and slings them out his window onto Main Street. About that time a man from up on Broadway is walking home from a party after having way too much to drink. The soiled sheets land on him and he starts yelling, cursing and swinging his arms until the sheets fall in a tangled pile at his feet. He takes off running up Broadway toward home but is stopped by the police. “What’s the problem?” asks the policeman. “You look like you’ve seen a ghost!” “I did,” replies the man. “And I beat the crap out of him, too!” Costume Party A couple has plans to attend a masked Halloween Party and are dressed in their costumes and ready to go. But she gets a terrible headache and urges her husband to go to the party alone. She takes some aspirin and after a while is feeling better and decides to join him at the party. She quickly recognizes his costume as he dances around the floor with some other wom- en. She cuts in and after dancing awhile, he whispers a little proposition in her ear and they slip off to a back room together. Just before unmasking at midnight, she slips away and goes home and waits in bed to see what his reaction will be. “Did you have a good time dancing tonight?” she asks. “Nah,” he replies. “I never danced a dance. Me and some bud- dies slipped off to the basement and and played poker all night. But, that guy I loaned my costume to . . . he sure had a good time.” Twick or Tweat! One Halloween this woman opens her door to find the most adorable little girl, with golden blond curly hair and the biggest blue eyes. She is dressed as an angel, and is just delightful. The woman says, “What are you supposed to say, Sweetheart?” The little girl looks up at the woman and says “Twick or Tweat!” The woman thinks this is just adorable, and she calls her hus- band to come to the door. The woman says to the child, “Go ahead, Honey, say it just one more time.” Once again the little angel looks up and says, “Twick or Tweat!” The husband agrees with his wife, this little angel is just the cutest thing. The woman picks an apple from the treat bowl, shines it up with her apron, and drops it into the little girl’s treat bag. The little angel looks in her bag then looks up at the woman and says, “You jewk, you just bwoke my qwookies!” The Cemetery Shortcut One dark night Junior and Howard are walking up the holler and decide to take a shortcut through the cemetery. Suddenly, they are startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear, Howard flicks his lighter and they find an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones. “Holy cow, Mister,” says Junior, after catching his breath, “You scared us half to death.We thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?” “The fools!” the old man grumbles. “They misspelled my name!” Trick or Treat The door bell rings, and a man answers it. Here stands this plain, but well-dressed kid, saying, “Trick or Treat!” The man asks the kid what he’s dressed up like for Halloween. The kid says, “I’m an IRS agent.” Then he takes 28% of the man’s candy and leaves. Letters To The Editor ____________________________________________________________________ Who makes up Kentucky Family Values? Who makes up the group Kentucky Family Values, and what do they represent? I got a call asking me to support a certain candidate. When I asked what values they purport to represent and who is funding the orga- nization, the caller hung up. KFV also advertised on the local and Lexington radio stations. It seems that the can- didates they endorse are all of one political party and have values counter to my own. They seem to support larger govt., more regu- lations, more spending, higher taxes, redistribution of wealth (socialism), com- mon core and abortion on demand. They are anti-tra- ditional marriage, anti right- to-work, anti-coal, anti- Constitution (particularly in reference to guns, religion & states rights) and typi- cally believe in the hoax of man-made global warming. They certainly do not repre- sent my values or those of my family. I couldn’t vote for anyone Kentucky Fam- ily Values might endorse. Sincerely, Charles Peek Phone 723-8423 ____________________________________________________________________ Try to make the right decision about Merger To the good people of Irvine and Ravenna as you try to make the right decision about a possible merger of the sister cities of Irvine and Ravenna: I wish that I did not feel the need to pick up the gauntlet and try in some small way to bring peace to the troubled minds of many of the citizens of Irvine and Ravenna. I know that all the Irvine and Ravenna resi- dents are trying to make the right decision that will be the best for both cities. According to The Estill County Tribune last week, Ravenna has a debt of $36,252.30. Is this debt so astronomical that Ravenna should declare bankruptcy? According to the Tribune last week the city of Irvine has a debt of approximately $500,000.00. Is this a debt so astronomical that Irvine should declare bankruptcy? In my humble opinion I think the answer to both questions is a big NO. I would have to believe that the threat of bankruptcy is a scare tactic that some might try to use on those who are uninformed. As you can see by the above numbers, bankruptcy is no where in the foreseeable future for either of our be- loved cities. The unknown can be a scary thing but to be well in- formed gives us the strength to do the right thing with a clear heart and conscience. Irvine and Ravenna are sis- ter cities that have lived and loved and helped each other every since they came into existence. They have al- ways worked together and been there for each other. There has never been a time when these two sister cities have not worked together as a family because that is what families do. The cities of Irvine and Ravenna are prime exam- ples of family values. We can all be so proud of how we have always worked and lived together. In my heart, I know that there are none of us who want to be respon- sible for making a decision that we will be sorry for in the future. I feel that all the good people of Irvine and Raven- na only want what is best for all the people. I cannot impress on you too strongly that if you vote to dissolve the city of Ravenna and make it a part of Irvine, you can never go back. Raven- na will be gone forever. If you decide to vote to let the two towns co-exist then there is always the option of making a different decision in the future. Think about your vote and weigh your options. Have you ever made a rash decision and then wish that you had waited until a later date or until you knew a little more about it? We are all the victims of a crash course in “merger.” There are so many ques- tions that need to be an- swered before we destroy a city that has co-existed as a sister city for almost a hun- dred years. Haste makes waste and in this case it could spell disaster for my city and your sister city, Ravenna. This is not a decision that can be taken lightly. I only hope that you will think about it and pray about it before you go to the polls on November 4th. Hopefully I have been of some help by giving heart- felt thoughts that could pos- sibly save us all from grief in the future. The decision is yours and yours alone, does Ravenna live or die? God Bless each and ev- ery one of you, Today, To- morrow and Forever. Sincerely, Beverly Thompson When Larry Stewart asked me to vote for him for Estill County Jailer I had a question for him: did his plans for inmates include a Prison Ministry? He said, “Yes, it’s already in the mak- ing.” Luke 4:18-19 teaches us this is the right thing to do. My answer was a yes also. Also, an Estill County native is running for Dis- trict 3 Magistrate in Madi- son County. Mike Chaney was our 1972 Senior Class President. We were the first graduates of the Estill County-Irvine High merger, and Mike led us through that transition because of his concern for all classmates. If you know anyone is that district please ask them to vote for Mike. Thank you, Valerie Flinchum ________________________________ Do plans for Estill inmates include a prison ministry? W.J. Noland, a candidate for mayor, is a true native of Irvine and Estill County. He’s been a resident from birth to present. He and his wife have raised their fam- ily here. He has a great love for Irvine and it’s people. Good people do good things, sometimes great things. He knows how to work. He knows how gov- ernment works and how to work with people. He will work well with all depart- ments in city government. He is a good man and will be good for Irvine. He is the right man for mayor of Irvine, and all its people. Be sure to vote Nov 4 and elect WJ to be your mayor, and then work with him to make Irvine a nice well kept city of good people. Thanks, Bob and Doris McCray 448 Southpoint Dr Lexington, KY 40515 ________________________________ WJ Noland is a true native of Irvine and Estill County

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Page 1: 6135 Winchester Road Irvine, Kentucky 40336-8517 … Pa’s pickup, when suddenly an old man appears in the pas-senger window and taps lightly. “Look, there’s an old ghost’s

6135 Winchester RoadIrvine, Kentucky 40336-8517

Phone (606) 723-5012, Fax (606) 723-2743Email: <[email protected]>

Published on Wednesdays byTracy Randall Patrick

Delores L. Rowland, EditorSubscription Prices

Estill $17, Adj. Counties $28, Elsewhere $32Periodicals Postage Paid, Irvine, KY 40336

(Permit #685-890)POSTMASTER: Send address changes to:The Estill Co. Tribune, 6135 Winchester Rd.

Irvine, Kentucky 40336-8517

Our 33rd Year Serving Estill County!

Member of Kentucky Press Association

<EstillTribune.Com>

Page 4, The Estill County Tribune, October 29, 2014

Owlhead’s GrocerySouth Irvine * 723-7473

Pet & Livestock FeedCorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .Cracked Corn . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .Horse Feed . . . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .Rabbit Pellets . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .40% Hog Supplement .50 Lbs .Pig & Show 18% . . . . .50 Lbs .Starter & Grower . . . . .25 Lbs .Starter & Grower . . . . .25 Lbs .Layer Pellets . . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .Dog Food . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .Mineral Block . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .Salt Block . . . . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .Fly Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trace Mineral Salt . . . .50 Lbs .Pebble Lime . . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .Defender Dog Food . . .50 Lbs .Dry Molasses . . . . . . . .50 Lbs .-- In Time For Spring!!! --Seed Potatoes, Onion Sets, Seeds,

Fertilizer, Plants & Much More

Owlhead’s GrocerySouth Irvine * Phone 723-7473Donald & Katherine Dixon, Owners

We Close at 10:00 p.m.

We Sell

Feeds by Producer

Stranger In The Window JuniorandHowardareheadedupthecreeklateonenightinPa’spickup,whensuddenlyanoldmanappearsinthepas-sengerwindowandtapslightly.“Look,there’sanoldghost’sfaceinmywindow!”screamsHoward. Juniorhitsthegaspedalbuttheoldman’sfacestaysinthewindow.Halfscaredtodeath,Howardrollsdownthewindowawaysandsays,“Whatdoyouwantwithus?” Theoldmansoftlyreplies,“Yougotanytobacco?” Theygivehimsome tobaccoand start to calmdownandlaughaboutit.“Idon’tunderstandit,”saysJunior.“Thespeed-ometersaysweweredoing80!” Allofasuddenthereisalighttappingonthewindowandtheoldmanreappears.Howardrollsdownthewindowandtheoldmanquietlyasks,“Doyouhavealight?” Howardthrowsalighteroutthewindowsays,“Steponit!”Thespeedometerstarts to top100milesanhourwhensud-denlytheyhearmoretapping.Rollingthewindowdownagain,Howardscreamsout,“Nowwhat?” “Youwantsomehelpgettingoutofthemud?”

Soiled Sheets AmanwholivesonthethirdflooronMainStreetishavingabadcaseofthe“trots.”Hegetsupandrunstothebathroomseveraltimesbutassoonashegetsbackinthewarmbed,hehastogoagain.Sleepyandtired,hedecideshe’sgoingtoholditthenexttimeandrollsoverandgoesbacktosleep.Whenhedoeswakeup,herealizeshehasmadeaterriblemessinhissheets.Completelylosinghiscomposure,hegathersupthebedsheetsandslingsthemouthiswindowontoMainStreet.AboutthattimeamanfromuponBroadwayiswalkinghomefromapartyafterhavingwaytoomuchtodrink.Thesoiledsheetslandonhimandhestartsyelling,cursingandswinginghisarmsuntilthesheetsfallinatangledpileathisfeet.HetakesoffrunningupBroadwaytowardhomebutisstoppedbythepolice. “What’stheproblem?”asksthepoliceman.“Youlooklikeyou’veseenaghost!” “Idid,”repliestheman.“AndIbeatthecrapoutofhim,too!”

Costume Party AcouplehasplanstoattendamaskedHalloweenPartyandaredressed in their costumesand ready togo.But shegetsaterribleheadacheandurgesherhusbandtogotothepartyalone.Shetakessomeaspirinandafterawhileisfeelingbetteranddecidestojoinhimattheparty.Shequicklyrecognizeshiscostumeashedancesaroundthefloorwithsomeotherwom-en.Shecutsinandafterdancingawhile,hewhispersalittlepropositioninherearandtheyslipofftoabackroomtogether.Justbeforeunmaskingatmidnight,sheslipsawayandgoeshomeandwaitsinbedtoseewhathisreactionwillbe.“Didyouhaveagoodtimedancingtonight?”sheasks. “Nah,”hereplies.“Ineverdancedadance.Meandsomebud-diesslippedofftothebasementandandplayedpokerallnight.But,thatguyIloanedmycostumeto...hesurehadagoodtime.”

Twick or Tweat! OneHalloweenthiswomanopensherdoortofindthemostadorablelittlegirl,withgoldenblondcurlyhairandthebiggestblueeyes.Sheisdressedasanangel,andisjustdelightful.Thewomansays,“Whatareyousupposedtosay,Sweetheart?” The littlegirl looksupat thewomanand says “TwickorTweat!” Thewomanthinksthisisjustadorable,andshecallsherhus-bandtocometothedoor.Thewomansaystothechild,“Goahead,Honey,sayitjustonemoretime.” Once again the little angel looks up and says, “Twick orTweat!” Thehusbandagreeswithhiswife,thislittleangelisjustthecutestthing.Thewomanpicksanapplefromthetreatbowl,shinesitupwithherapron,anddropsitintothelittlegirl’streatbag. Thelittleangellooksinherbagthenlooksupatthewomanandsays,“Youjewk,youjustbwokemyqwookies!”

The Cemetery Shortcut OnedarknightJuniorandHowardarewalkinguptheholleranddecidetotakeashortcutthroughthecemetery.Suddenly,theyarestartledbyatap-tap-tappingnoisecomingfromthemistyshadows.Tremblingwithfear,Howardflickshislighterandtheyfindanoldmanwithahammerandchisel,chippingawayatoneoftheheadstones. “Holycow,Mister,”saysJunior,aftercatchinghisbreath,“Youscaredushalftodeath.Wethoughtyouwereaghost!Whatareyoudoingworkingheresolateatnight?” “Thefools!”theoldmangrumbles.“Theymisspelledmyname!”

Trick or Treat Thedoorbellrings,andamananswersit.Herestandsthisplain,butwell-dressedkid,saying,“TrickorTreat!” Themanasksthekidwhathe’sdresseduplikeforHalloween. Thekidsays,“I’manIRSagent.”Thenhetakes28%oftheman’scandyandleaves.

Letters To The Editor____________________________________________________________________Who makes up Kentucky Family Values? WhomakesupthegroupKentucky Family Values,andwhatdotheyrepresent?I got a call asking me tosupportacertaincandidate.When I asked what valuesthey purport to representandwhoisfundingtheorga-nization,thecallerhungup.

KFV also advertised onthelocalandLexingtonradiostations.Itseemsthatthecan-didatestheyendorseareallofonepoliticalpartyandhavevalues counter to my own. They seem to supportlarger govt., more regu-lations, more spending,

higher taxes, redistributionofwealth(socialism),com-mon core and abortion ondemand. They are anti-tra-ditionalmarriage,antiright-to-work, anti-coal, anti-Constitution(particularlyinreference to guns, religion& states rights) and typi-

callybelieveinthehoaxofman-madeglobalwarming.Theycertainlydonotrepre-sentmyvalues or thoseofmy family. I couldn’t voteforanyoneKentuckyFam-ilyValuesmightendorse.

Sincerely, Charles PeekPhone 723-8423

____________________________________________________________________Try to make the right decision about Merger To the good people of Irvine and Ravenna as you try to make the right decision about a possible merger of the sister cities of Irvine and Ravenna: IwishthatIdidnotfeelthe need to pick up thegauntlet and try in somesmallwaytobringpeacetothetroubledmindsofmanyofthecitizensofIrvineandRavenna.IknowthatalltheIrvine and Ravenna resi-dentsaretryingtomaketheright decision that will bethebestforbothcities. According to The EstillCounty Tribune last week,Ravenna has a debt of$36,252.30.Isthisdebtsoastronomical that Ravennashoulddeclarebankruptcy? AccordingtotheTribunelastweekthecityofIrvinehasadebtofapproximately$500,000.00.Isthisadebtso astronomical that Irvineshoulddeclarebankruptcy? In my humble opinionI think the answer to bothquestionsisabigNO. I would have to believethatthethreatofbankruptcyis a scare tactic that somemight try to use on thosewho are uninformed. Asyou can see by the above

numbers, bankruptcy is nowhere in the foreseeablefuture for either of ourbe-lovedcities. The unknown can be ascarythingbuttobewellin-formedgivesusthestrengthtodotherightthingwithaclear heart and conscience.IrvineandRavennaaresis-tercitiesthathavelivedandlovedandhelpedeachotherevery since theycame intoexistence. They have al-ways worked together andbeen there for each other.Therehasneverbeenatimewhenthesetwosistercitieshave not worked togetheras a family because that iswhatfamiliesdo. The cities of Irvine andRavenna are prime exam-ples of family values. Wecanallbesoproudofhowwehavealwaysworkedandlivedtogether.Inmyheart,Iknowthattherearenoneofuswhowant tobe respon-sibleformakingadecisionthatwewillbesorryforinthefuture. I feel that all the goodpeopleofIrvineandRaven-na only want what is bestforallthepeople.Icannotimpressonyoutoostronglythat ifyouvote todissolve

the city of Ravenna andmakeitapartofIrvine,youcannevergoback.Raven-nawillbegoneforever. Ifyoudecidetovotetoletthetwotownsco-existthenthereisalwaystheoptionofmakingadifferentdecisionin the future. Think aboutyour vote and weigh youroptions. Have you ever made arashdecisionandthenwishthatyouhadwaiteduntilalaterdateoruntilyouknewa little more about it? Weareallthevictimsofacrashcoursein“merger.” Therearesomanyques-tions that need to be an-sweredbeforewedestroyacitythathasco-existedasasistercityforalmostahun-

dred years. Haste makeswaste and in this case itcould spell disaster for mycity and your sister city,Ravenna. Thisisnotadecisionthatcanbetakenlightly.Ionlyhope that you will thinkabout it and pray about itbefore you go to the pollsonNovember4th. HopefullyIhavebeenofsomehelpbygivingheart-feltthoughtsthatcouldpos-siblysaveusallfromgriefinthefuture.Thedecisionis yours and yours alone,doesRavennaliveordie? God Bless each and ev-eryoneofyou,Today,To-morrowandForever.

Sincerely,Beverly Thompson

When Larry Stewartasked me to vote for himforEstillCountyJailerIhadaquestion forhim:didhisplansfor inmatesincludeaPrison Ministry? He said,“Yes,it’salreadyinthemak-ing.”Luke4:18-19 teachesusthisistherightthingtodo.Myanswerwasayesalso. Also, an Estill Countynative is running for Dis-trict 3 Magistrate in Madi-

son County. Mike Chaneywasour1972SeniorClassPresident. We were thefirst graduates of the EstillCounty-IrvineHighmerger,and Mike led us throughthattransitionbecauseofhisconcern for all classmates.Ifyouknowanyoneisthatdistrict please ask them tovoteforMike.

Thank you,Valerie Flinchum

________________________________Do plans for Estill inmatesinclude a prison ministry?

W.J.Noland,acandidatefor mayor, is a true nativeofIrvineandEstillCounty.He’s been a resident frombirthtopresent.Heandhiswifehaveraisedtheirfam-ilyhere.HehasagreatloveforIrvineandit’speople. Good people do goodthings, sometimes greatthings. He knows how towork.Heknowshowgov-ernmentworksandhowtoworkwithpeople.Hewillwork well with all depart-

mentsincitygovernment. He is a good man andwillbegoodforIrvine.Heis the rightman formayorofIrvine,andallitspeople. BesuretovoteNov4andelectWJtobeyourmayor,and thenworkwithhimtomakeIrvineanicewellkeptcityofgoodpeople.

Thanks,Bob and Doris McCray448 Southpoint DrLexington, KY 40515

________________________________WJ Noland is a true native of Irvine and Estill County