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Violet Hope Stevens Porter

1937-2021

Mrs. Violet Hope Stevens Porter, age 84, of Olive Hill, Kentucky passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at her residence with her loving family by her side.

She was born Sunday, July 4, 1937 in Grahn, Kentucky a daughter of the late Russell and Vida Brown Stevens.

Hope was a loving Pastor’s wife who always supported his ministry. They traveled many miles spreading the Gospel through the years. She loved shopping, traveling, going to the Smokey Mountain Craft Show, cooking, roller skating and giving when she saw a need. She most enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She co-owned Porter’s Tire & Auto service with her husband, Ed, serving as secretary for several years. She retired upon the arrival of her grandchildren taking on her favorite role of full time, grandmother.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by one brother, Buell “Buck” Stevens, five sisters, Willa Dean Oney, Augustine Bailey James, Helen Fultz, Irene Fultz and Ella Ann Barker.

Hope is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Edward Porter, one son, Scott (Sherry) Porter of Olive Hill, Kentucky, one daughter, Jennifer (Timothy) Harris of Olive Hill, Kentucky, three grandchildren, Madison (Josh) Caplinger, Tiffany (Justin) Kennedy, Kiersten Harris, two sisters, Brenda (Robert) Yoak of Grayson, Kentucky, Phoebe (Curtis) Frazier of Grove City, Ohio, one brother-in-law, Johnny Fultz, one sister-in-law, Eula Stevens, also a very special person in Hope’s life, Paula Henderson whom she thought of as her own daughter and many wonderful caregivers and a host of family and friends.

Funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Globe Christian Church Shelter House at 18166 US 60 West in Olive Hill, Kentucky with Brother Tim Harris, Brother Chris Glover and Brother Clyde Holbrook officiating. Entombment will follow in the Garvin Ridge Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until the service hour on Saturday at Globe Christian Church Shelter House in Olive Hill, Kentucky.

Josh Caplinger, Justin Kennedy, JC Porter, Rick Tackett, Randy Glover, Rob Yoak and Martin Henderson will serve as pallbearers.

Curt Frazier and Robert Yoak will serve as honorary pallbearers.

DUE TO COVID 19 ALL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED OUTSIDE

Livestock and Grain Market Report: 8/28/21

Olive Hill’s Oney selected to Team Kentucky for 2022 Special Olympics USA Games

Levi Oney (submitted photo)

FRANKFORT – Bowler Levi Oney of Olive Hill has been named to the Team Kentucky delegation that will compete in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games next June in Orlando, Fla.

Oney, 22, has been a Special Olympics athlete for six years, competing in bowling for that entire time. He has also competed in soccer and track and field. Oney is making his first ever USA Games trip. He works at Rural King in Ashland.

He will be joined in the Team Kentucky bowling delegation by Dallas Derringer of Louisville, Casey Freeman of Franklin and Brianna Goode of Glasgow. 2017 Special Olympics Kentucky Coach of the Year Michael Ghant of Frankfort will coach the Team Kentucky bowlers.

This will be the second consecutive USA Games that has had an Olive Hill representative in the Team Kentucky bowling delegation. Joseph Jarrell competed at the 2018 Games in Seattle, Wash., bringing home a gold medal in the pairs competition with Daniel Williams of Glasgow. He also placed fourth in the individual event and the team event.

“We’re excited to once again have the opportunity to send athletes and coaches to the USA Games,” said Special Olympics Kentucky President and CEO Trish Mazzoni. “Being selected to Team Kentucky for the Games is not only a tremendous honor for our athletes, but it offers a great opportunity for personal growth. We have seen many of our athletes be transformed by this experience at the previous four USA Games that have been held. Plus, with these Games being held largely at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex, it will be a one-of-a-kind environment and a chance to compete in world-class facilities.”

Special Olympics Kentucky will send 34 athletes, seven Unified partners and 16 coaches to the Games. They will compete in eight sports – artistic gymnastics, bocce, bowling, flag football, golf, swimming, track and field and Unified basketball. The total cost of sending Team Kentucky to the 2022 USA Games is expected to approach $100,000. For information about how you can help sponsor the team or to donate, contact Trish Mazzoni at 502-695-8222 or tmazzoni@soky.org.

For more information about Team Kentucky or about the USA Games, contact Special Olympics Kentucky Director of Communications and External Relations Mark Buerger at 502-695-8222 or mbuerger@soky.org.

The 2022 USA Games are the fifth such games in Special Olympics history. Past USA Games were held in 2006 in Ames, Iowa; 2010 in Lincoln, Neb.; in 2014 in New Jersey; and in 2018 in Seattle, Wash.

The 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, scheduled for June 5-12, 2022, in Orlando, Florida, will unite more than 5,500 athletes and coaches from all 50 states and the Caribbean during one of the country’s most cherished sporting events–the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games. The USA Games will offer 19 Olympic-style team and individual sports, including athletics (track & field), basketball, bocce, bowling, cheerleading, equestrian, flag football, golf, gymnastics, open water swimming, powerlifting, soccer, softball, stand up paddleboard, surfing, swimming, tennis, triathlon and volleyball.

Special Olympics is the world’s largest program of sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Participation in competitive events is open to all individuals eight years of age or older. Training and competition in local, area, state, and national programs is offered year-round in Kentucky in 15 sports. In addition to its traditional sports competitions, Special Olympics also offers early childhood programming through the Young Athletes Program and medical screenings though the Healthy Athletes Initiative. Special Olympics Kentucky began as a one-day event in Louisville in 1970 and has expanded to serve more than 11,300 athletes statewide annually. Special Olympics celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the global movement in 2018.

East Carter wins second of season: West Carter bounces back for first win

Charlie Terry high steps in the end zone after his second successful touchdown of the evening. (Photo by Jeremy D. Wells, Carter County Times)

By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times

East Carter is officially on a winning streak, with their second victory of the season over Rowan County on Friday. 

The game stayed scoreless until the second quarter when back-to-back touchdowns from Charlie Terry – the first less than two minutes into the quarter and the second halfway through – took the score to 12 – 0. Wet conditions caused East to slip when setting up their first extra point attempt, and they were also unsuccessful on a two-point conversion attempt after the second touchdown. 

An interception by Kanyon Kozee with four minutes left in the half nearly promised a third Raiders touchdown, but the team would have to wait until the second half for that. 

Four minutes into the second half, East would score that touchdown, again on a play by Terry, taking the score to 20 – 0 after a successful two-point conversion. 

The score would hold at 20 – 0 until Rowan County scored a touchdown around eight minutes left to play, taking the score to 20 – 8 after running in their extra points. 

But East Carter wasn’t finished. With four minutes left in the game Connor Goodman delivered touchdown number four for the Raiders. A successful two-point conversion play by Isaac Boggs put the final score at 28-8 as the Raiders ran out the clock. 

Passing yardage, rushing, and defensive state were not yet available at press time.

West Carter

Playing away, against Fleming County, the West Carter Comets came back from a disappointing loss last week to take home a win on Friday night. 

West had one touchdown, courtesy of Cole Crampton, but held the Panthers scoreless for a 6 – 0 victory. 

Quarterback Eli Estepp had three pass completions, on ten attempts, for 51 passing yards. Crampton had two of those pass receptions – including his touchdown pass – for 31 receiving yards, and rushed for 91 yards on 18 attempts. Blake McGlone caught the other competed pass, for 20 receiving yards. 

On defense, Conner Greene had 10 total tackles, with four solo and six assists. Bradyn Flener had six assist and three solo tackles, for nine total. Isaac Bond had five assists and three solo. Kaden Wilson four assists and three solo. Sam Jones had three and three for six total tackles. McGlone had one assist and four solo tackles for five total. Samuel Rayburn had two and two for four total tackles. Crampton had two assists and one solo tackle. Jake Barker had two solo tackles. Gavin Adams had two assisted tackles. Raymond Rayburn, Jackson Kidwell, and Preston Nauman had one assist each. 

Flener, Bond, Rayburn, and Nauman shared defensive two defensive sacks among them. 

Contact the writer at editor@cartercountytimes.com

Slowing down and snapping beans

By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times

It has been a terribly busy month so far. The past week, however, has been an especially busy week. 

Not just professionally, but in our family and home lives, we’ve had a lot going on. It seems like just as we finish one project, or an emergency passes, three more pop up to take its place. 

It’s like the Hydra was replaced by chores, but the tasks before us are no less Herculean for their banality. 

Then, into the middle of all this, came a bushel of beans. 

I didn’t have time to grow a garden this year – despite promising to – so Nicole purchased a couple bushels of half-runners from a farming friend. 

These needed to be sorted, the bad beans removed, and the good beans strung, snapped, and washed before Nicole could do her canning. 

We had no sooner sat down to do it together than she received a phone call about another family health emergency. 

She had to leave, and I had so many other projects I could have been focusing on. But the beans weren’t going to string themselves, and I couldn’t concentrate enough to focus on detailed tasks. 

Stringing beans seemed like the perfect way to stay productive, without exerting too much mental energy. So, while the toddler watched Scooby-Doo and the pre-teen played Minecraft, I cleared my mind of thoughts and started snapping beans.

Snapping beans used to be a regular summer activity when I was a kid. My Nan would sit on the front porch swing, with my aunts, cousins, and her friend Rachel, chatting and snapping bushel upon bushel of green beans. Nan would can most of them, string some up as leather britches, and cook some right away. Of course, she always sent a brown bag full of beans home with whoever was helping her too. It wasn’t just beans they grew in their garden. There were tomatoes and corn, potatoes and sunflowers, spinach, mustard, cabbage and kale. There were strawberries and pumpkins and peppers and cucumbers. And, just for me (at least according to Nan) beets, which she pickled and kept up for me to snack on. But stringing beans was a social exercise. The canning and pickling she did mostly on her own, but the stringing we did together. 

At some point while I was stringing my own little man came in to help. He made more of a mess than anything. I had to pick strings out of the save bucket, and good beans out of the discard bucket. But it made me happy, watching him help. I imagine it would have made my Nan happy too. 

Sometimes, it’s good to slow down. I’m glad we still can. 

Jeremy D. Wells can be reached at editor@cartercountytimes.com

“Who says you’re an author?” started an unending journey

By: Keith Kappes
Columnist
Carter County Times

The first person to ask me that question did so a few years ago when I proposed to publish a book with a collection of my best newspaper columns.

The newspaper company’s regional executive wasn’t teasing. He had orders to make sure that his newspapers each published a book at a reasonable cost that sold at a considerable profit.

Newspaper revenue was in a steady decline and the corporate owners demanded that we find new ways to generate new profits. That revenue slippage forced many newspapers out of business, including the three I published .

The decision not to publish a book of my personal columns happened when the corporate brass realized that most of their instant books didn’t turn a profit.

But I knew in my heart that dozens of my commentaries had resonated with many readers who urged me to put them into a book. With the help of my old boss, I negotiated with the newspaper company to sell me reprint rights to my columns for republishing in book form.

As a result, “The View From My Keyboard” was published in early 2019 by the Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc. It sold out of the first two printings and a second book of my commentaries will be published later this year by the JSF.

That publisher also asked me to write a chapter in an anthology of crime stories in 2018 and then picked three of my stories from the book of columns for a Christmas anthology in 2019.

Another piece from my first columns book appears in a “great teachers” book published recently by the Idaho State University Press. I wrote about Wilma Mobley, the wonderful high school teacher who taught me how to type.

The last person to ask me about being an author was a literary agent in New York City. I sent him the manuscript of my unpublished novel entitled “In the Shadow of War”. Somehow, he didn’t like it. Four others agreed with him.

Yep, my exciting, heartwarming novel remains unpublished. At 78, I hope you get to buy a copy while I’m still above ground.

Keith Kappes can be reached at keithkappes@gmail.com

AS WE SEE IT: Stop politicizing the virus

One of the few blessings of the COVID-19 virus, when it first hit, was that it didn’t seem to impact our children.

Adults were getting severely ill. They were going on respirators. They were dying. But our children weren’t getting so sick. They were still contracting the virus. But the effect of COVID-19 on children was minimal. 

Disruptions to school schedules and extracurricular activities were seen as more of a safeguard for the parents, grandparents, and guardians of children than as necessary to protect the lives of our children themselves. 

But the delta variant is changing that trend. 

Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, head of pediatric infectious diseases at Children’s National Hospital told a public radio audience last week that while doctors have “always seen a rate of hospitalization in children,” because the delta variant is causing an overall increase in the number of infections, that same percentage is now reflected in a growing number of children. 

“In this last surge, we are now filling up our hospital isolation unit beds with children who are sick and have to be hospitalized,” she said. 

Children still account for around 12 to 15 percent of all cases, and three to four percent of all hospitalizations. It’s just that the overall numbers are growing, and that, she said, is enough cause for concern.

While this very real drama is playing out in hospitals across the commonwealth and the nation, and healthcare professionals beg those who can to be vaccinated ,and those who can’t to wear masks, Kentucky’s so-called leaders are playing politics with regulations. 

Governor Andy Beshear, in response to the growing numbers associated with the delta variant, issued a mask mandate for all schools and daycare centers earlier in August. That mandate, which set unrealistic expectations for children as young as two to wear masks, was of course quickly challenged by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. 

Cameron and his Republican colleagues had described Beshear’s earlier mandates as an overreach of his legislative power and passed restrictions on those powers that sat up this inevitable conflict. “The General Assembly (was clear): the governor cannot unilaterally issue executive orders… including a mask mandate,” Cameron’s office said in their legal filing. 

The Kentucky Supreme Court agreed with Cameron, overturning the governor’s mandate. 

Arguments about the overreach of the executive power are a legitimate concern. If the General Assembly wants to put a check on the governor’s powers to act unilaterally, forcing consensus before any action is taken, that isn’t a bad thing in and of itself. 

What could be a bad thing, though, is if political partisanship causes the legislature to reject anything coming from the governor’s office, regardless of intent, simply because it is put forward by a Democrat. 

That appears to be the path that some legislators are heading toward. 

Rather than stating they would consult with medical professionals, and work with the governor when appropriate, Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer (R-Georgetown) has put his foot down. 

“There aren’t going to be any more lockdowns or shutdowns,” Thayer told reporters last week. “There’s not going to be a statewide mask mandate.” 

While he did leave an opening to work with the governor, stating, “the governor’s going to have to work with the General Assembly moving forward on some items where we can find agreement,” he was adamant about mandates and lockdowns. 

The problem now is, if it becomes apparent that mask mandates are necessary for children to safely return to school, or for business to safely continue as normal, the Republicans have painted themselves into a corner. 

The Democrats could offer them a hand, but the state of partisan rancor in Kentucky, and across the nation, makes it both unlikely for them to reach out, or for the GOP to accept any offered hand. 

In the midst of all this political squabbling, posturing, and positioning, people continue to get sick. 

Schools are being forced to go back to non-traditional instruction, and students – already suffering setbacks from the previous lost school year – aren’t getting the instruction they need. 

Maybe mask mandates are what’s needed to return to some sense of normalcy until the virus has run its course. Maybe they aren’t. 

But those are decisions that should be made in conjunction with advice from medical professionals. They should be based on science and hard data, not whether you wear a donkey or an elephant pin on your lapel. 

Our children deserve better. We need to be better for them. And we need to force our legislators to do better for them too. 

Indictments: 7/2/21

The following indictments were returned by the Grand Jury of the Carter Circuit Court on July 2, 2021. An indictment is not a determination of guilt or innocence. It is simply a charge that an offense has been committed and indicates that a case is pending on the charges listed. All defendants have the presumption of innocence until found guilty in a court of law. 

Though it is a part of the public record, the Carter County Times does not make a habit of printing the names of minor children or the victims of alleged crimes, except under exceptional circumstances. 

  • Brandon Woods, 37, of Milton, WV, on or about June 4, 2021, committed the offenses of theft by unlawful taking, auto, over $500 but under $10,000, by taking a 2002 Toyota Camry from the owner with intent to permanently deprive them of their property, a Class D Felony; and criminal possession of a forged instrument, first degree, by knowingly possessing counterfeit currency with intent to defraud, a Class C Felony. 
  • Tiffany Prescott, 36, of Flatwoods, on or about January 23, 2021, committed the offense of possession of a controlled substance, first degree, first offense, when she possessed an unspecified schedule one or schedule two narcotic, a Class D Felony. 
  • Bradley Lewis, 33, of Olive Hill, on or about November 14, 2020, committed the offense of burglary in the second degree, by knowingly and unlawfully entering the dwelling of another with intent to commit a crime, a Class C Felony.
  • David Haney, 42, of Grayson, on or about May 2, 2021, committed the offenses of fleeing and evading police, first degree, motor vehicle, with intent to elude, disregarding officer’s directions to stop and creating a substantial risk of serious injury or death, a Class D Felony; assault in the third degree, by assaulting a law enforcement officer, a Class D Felony; resisting arrest, by using physical force against an arresting peace officer, a Class A Misdemeanor; possession of a controlled substance, first degree, first offense, when he possessed methamphetamine, a schedule one narcotic, a Class D Felony; possession of drug paraphernalia, when he unlawfully possessed drug paraphernalia with the intent to use it for the purpose of introducing into the human body an illegal or controlled substance, a Class A Misdemeanor; and operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first offense, by operating a motor vehicle on a public roadway while intoxicated, a Class B Misdemeanor. 
  • Destiny Gray, 22, of Grayson, on or about April 20, 2021, committed the offenses of operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first offense, aggravating circumstances, by operating a motor vehicle on a public roadway while intoxicated under aggravating circumstances, a Class B Misdemeanor; two wanton endangerment, first degree, by wantonly engaging in conduct which created a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another, each a Class D Felony; possession of drug paraphernalia, when she unlawfully possessed drug paraphernalia with the intent to use it for the purpose of introducing into the human body an illegal or controlled substance, a Class A Misdemeanor; and possession of marijuana, a Class B Misdemeanor. 
  • Mark Gee, 30, of Rush, on or about January 25, 2021, committed the offenses of assault in the second degree by intentionally assaulting his victim, causing her to suffer serious physical injury, a Class C Felony; unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, by knowingly and unlawfully restraining his victim under circumstances which exposed her to a risk of serious physical injury, a Class D Felony; and strangulation, first degree, by intentionally impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of his victim, by applying pressure on her throat or neck, or blocking her nose or mouth, without consent, a Class C Felony. 
  • Mandy Elliot, 43, of Grayson, on or about June 15, 2021, committed the offenses of possession of a controlled substance, first degree, first offense, when she possessed heroin, a schedule one narcotic, a Class D Felony; and possession of a controlled substance, first degree, first offense, when she possessed methamphetamine, a schedule one narcotic, a Class D Felony. 
  • Wayne Donathon, 39, of West Liberty, on or about April 1, 2021, committed the offense of theft by failure to make required disposition of property, over $500, when he took money totaling over $500, belonging to another, and failed to deliver it to the owners, and/or dealt with the property as his own and failed to make the required payment or disposition, a Class D Felony. 
  • Elizabeth Carter, 41, of Grayson, on or about May 6, 2021, committed the offenses of operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first offense, by operating a motor vehicle on a public roadway while intoxicated, a Class B Misdemeanor; and possession of a controlled substance, first degree, first offense, when she possessed methamphetamine, a schedule one narcotic, a Class D Felony. 

Uncle Jack Fultz’s Memories of Carter County: Hidden Treasures

By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times

The first of our Uncle Jack notebooks reaches back to 1902, with the Olive Hill Dispatch, “the pioneer newspaper of Olive Hill, the most promising town in Eastern Kentucky.” By 1905 it would be overtaken by the Olive Hill Times, which would be replaced by the Progressive and then the Herald. 

But history in Carter County goes back further than the early 20th century, and some of the more interesting stories of those earlier ages include tales of lost silver mines and buried treasures. Local author Neal Salyers has chronicled many of these in his history books, including chapters on the alleged Oligonunk silver mine in the Carter City area, the famed Sprinkle Dollars, and other counterfeiters and treasure seekers in his last book, “Caves, Counterfeiters,Trains & Moonshiners” from London Books. 

Salyers has also discussed legends of hidden silver mines somewhere inside the Carter Caves complex, LeKain’s lost silver cache, and other local legends. 

The case of the famous Sprinkle dollars, he said, may help support some of these legends of a lost silver cache or mine. Unlike counterfeiters, who tried to make coins that looked like legal tender, usually out of something other than pure precious metals, Sprinkle’s dollars were made of pure silver. More pure, according to some accounts, than the silver used in federal currency at the time. Furthermore he didn’t try to make them look like legal currency, but stamped them with his own design. He wasn’t so much a counterfeiter as a man pressing his silver cache – wherever it may have come from – into a form that he could exchange for goods. It’s one reason why the case drew so much attention and has been written about so widely. 

This week, though, we’re not looking at any of the silver that supposedly hails from, or passed through, Carter County.

This week we’re taking a look at an honest to goodness buried treasure legend, the story of the Anglin brothers’ buried gold. 

According to the story three bachelor brothers – John, Bill, and Adrian – shared a home up a hollow beyond Anglin Curve. The entire family agreed that the three were odd turned in their own ways. At hog butchering time they killed up to 20 hogs, instead of the usual three to four, and sit down to half a hog each at a meal once the butchering was finished. 

Their hand hewn log home was peculiar too. It had one window, with no glass or other covering, that stayed open to the cool air in the summer and battened tight with shutters in the winter. The home’s fire place was so large that, according to “Carter County History, 1836-1976,” the heath required “great sawlogs to burn in it.”

Bill’s bed in the home was set up high. So high, in fact, that it’s said he had three custom made chairs, each smaller than the next, that he stacked next to the bed in order to climb in. Then it continued to grow. As winter progressed, it was said, so did the number of blankets and quilts on Bill’s bed – up to 17 or more piled over him as he slept.

The brothers were said to live mostly off their land, but sold livestock in addition to their crops, and were thought by most to have some money. 

Bill, the eldest, was also said to take any money he made during the week to the store at Oldtown, where he asked for it to be converted into gold. He is said to have done this regularly on Sunday mornings. But once the Civil War started the thrifty brother, fearful that plundering soldiers could come through and find his hidden cache of gold in the home, buried it somewhere on the property. 

But he then died without telling anyone, even his brothers, where on the property it was hidden. 

At least, that’s the story. The house was supposedly searched high and low for the money it was assumed Bill had, and neither of his brothers claimed to have known where he did it. No other family ever admitted to being entrusted with the secret either. 

A rumor says that one person in the Oldtown area, after digging on the Anglin farm for several years, “became suddenly very rich” according to the Carter County History book. Though he never admitted to finding any gold, he bought a new car, ceased making his regular trips to the farm, and “never returned.” 

Maybe he did find it. Or maybe it’s still out there, waiting for a descendant of the Anglin family to come across it. Maybe someday one who enjoys hunting and roaming those hills and hollers as much as Bill Anglin did will be rewarded when they come across the old man’s hiding place. 

Contact the writer at editor@cartercountytimes.com.

Pet of the Week: 9/1/21

Eddie is a one-year-old male Malinois mix. He’s a friendly, happy boy who would love to come home with you. Eddie’s $75 adoption fee includes rabies vaccination and being neutered. Stop by the Carter County Animal Shelter and meet him or call 475-9771 for more information. 

Shelter hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday by appointment.

Late summer is the best time to establish cool-season forages

By: Rebecca Konopka
Carter County Extension Agent

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The period from late summer into early fall is the best time to establish common cool-season grasses such as orchardgrass, tall fescue, timothy and bluegrass for pasture or hay in Kentucky. These four grasses make up 95 percent of our pasture acreage.

Many years of research have shown this period provides the best chance for successful establishment. Mother Nature has a hand in this because seed produced in late spring remains dormant until late summer, and early fall rainfall provides the moisture necessary for the seed to germinate.

To increase your success rate, remember these four points:

First, address soil fertility needs by applying lime and fertilizer based on a current soil test. Inadequate levels of phosphorous, potassium or limestone will limit the success of late-summer seedings. For pure grass stands, apply nitrogen at the rate of 40 to 60 pounds per acre.

Second, control competition. Late-summer seedings most often fail from competition and lack of water. When you control existing vegetation with herbicides or tillage, the emerging seedlings will have access to whatever water and nutrients are present without having to compete with weeds.

To maximize the success of seedings, use a burn-down herbicide ahead of planting to kill annual weeds. Translocated herbicides can be used where labeled to kill or suppress perennials such as johnsongrass.

Remember to wait two to three weeks after spraying translocated herbicides before you plant in no-till situations. This will allow time for killed weeds to dry out and for residual effects of the herbicide to decay.

Third, select high quality seed of an adapted variety. Planting high quality seed is an essential step toward establishment and longevity of a pasture. These seeds have high percentages of germination, low percentages of weed seed and freedom from noxious weed seed.

Use varieties that have a proven track record of performance in Kentucky. The University of Kentucky conducts extensive research on varietal performance, which can be found on the UK Forages website, https://forages.ca.uky.edu/variety_trials. Here you will find all of the current results for the major forage crops in Kentucky, including cool-season grasses.

Look for varieties that have performed well across several test years and locations. These varieties will have improved yield, quality, persistence, disease resistance or other positive traits.

If you’re uncertain about a variety’s adaptation and performance, you can obtain information on the leading performers in the UK forage variety tests by contacting me at the Carter County Cooperative Extension Service.

Fourth, seed at the proper time and depth. Seed legumes and grasses before mid-September. Grasses are less sensitive to later seeding than legumes. The major cool-season grasses will not do well if you simply broadcast them onto existing overgrazed or mowed pastures. Forages should be seeded no deeper than one-fourth to one-half inch.

Late-summer alfalfa seedings are susceptible to sclerotinia stem and crown rot. If sclerotinia has been active in your area or farm, strongly consider waiting until next spring to seed.

Educational programs of the Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of economic or social status and will not discriminate. 

Late to the Game(s): Exploring the worlds of Elder Scrolls Online

By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times

The MMO Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) had a free-to-play period recently. Unfortunately, that event ended just as my internet came back on Monday morning, but I had enough time in game to get a good feel for it, I think. 

If you’ve played Skyrim, or any of the other games in the Elder Scrolls franchise, you already have some understanding of the world and the lore. You probably also already have some idea of the controls and point of view options. 

They’re basically the same in the online version as they are in the offline versions of the game. There might be some slight variation from whatever game you played last – this happens across all titles – but it’s going to feel fairly familiar and intuitive. 

The world is going to look and feel familiar too, for the most part. One thing I noticed was that, rather than being based on weight, the number of items you can carry is based on inventory slots. This is great if it means no longer being over-encumbered and slowed down, but it still means dropping loot once you hit your bag limit. 

Mine started at a fairly generous 60 slots. By the time I was at the end of the opening storyline, though, my inventory was full. I was ready to go explore, sell some items off, and see about upgrading my gear. Maybe even upgrade my bags, so I could carry more stuff to sell – the Sisyphean task of all MMOs. 

What kept me from striking out right away, though, is what always holds me up in Elder Scrolls games; the books. 

There as you approach the portals to different regions of Tamriel, you pass through a library. What ended up happening is what ends up happening way too often in games like this – especially those from studios like Bethesda with such well thought out lore – instead of playing on through the rest of the game, I geeked out and started reading the books on the shelves. Of course, coming across a volume two or a volume three of a new story also meant running around the library looking for a volume one so I could start at the beginning. Finishing a particular volume meant looking for what came next. 

In other Elder Scrolls games I’d just pick up the books, take them back to my lair, and place them on the shelves, waiting until I had all the volumes. You can’t take the books with you in ESO, though. So, I felt more compelled to read them all right then. 

The immediacy and permanency of it is nice. But I missed being able to pillage and take books with me. Maybe that changes at some other place in the game. I don’t know because I didn’t get much further due to an internet outage that took me offline until the morning ESO closed the free play event. 

What they gave me during my time online – brief though it may have been – was compelling though. 

I left wanting to explore more of the realms of Tamriel. But not enough, I think, that I’d be willing to pay out a monthly fee. If online access were included with purchase of the base game, and expansions were sold separately, I’d probably go ahead and buy the game. I’d even probably buy the expansions at some point. But I can’t justify a monthly fee for a game that I might have the time to pick up a few times a month. If you have more time to dedicate to playing though, and you’ve enjoyed the single-player games in the Elder Scrolls universe, ESO is worth checking out

Contact the writer at editor@cartercountytimes.com

Weekly arrests report: 9/1/21

 The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Carter County Detention Center over the past week. This list includes local arrests only. It does not include federal inmates being housed at or transported through the detention center. 

  • Chasity Williams, 39, of Sandy Hook, arrested by Kentucky State Police, on charges of rear license not illuminated, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, operating on a suspended or revoked operator’s license, no registration receipt, failure to produce insurance card, non-payment of court costs/fees/fines, failure to appear, and two counts of probation violation for a felony offense, arrested and booked August 24. 
  • Doyle Otto Wilhelm, 67, of Scott Depot, WV, arrested by Kentucky State Police, on charges of speeding five mph over speed limit, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first degree possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, failure to wear seat belts, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to produce insurance card, no registration receipt, reckless driving, and as a fugitive from another state – warrant required, arrested and booked August 24. 
  • Cody Fraizer, 27, of Louisa, arrested by Carter County Circuit Court, on a hold for court, arrested and booked August 24. 
  • Justin Carter, 33, of Prichard, arrested by Kentucky State Police, on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving, excessive window tinting, and possession of an open alcoholic beverage container in a motor vehicle, arrested and booked August 25. 
  • William Savage, 44, of Grayson, arrested by Grayson PD, on charges of theft or receipt of stolen credit/debit card, and second degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, arrested and booked August 27. 
  • Krista Porter, 31, of Grayson, arrested by Grayson PD, on a charge of second degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, arrested and booked August 27.
  • Dylan Douglas, 29, of Olive Hill, arrested by Olive Hill PD, on a warrant for parole violation, and on a charge of failure to appear, arrested and booked August 28. 
  • Justin Fultz, 34, of Olive Hill, arrested by Carter County Sheriff, on charges of third degree terroristic threatening, and failure to appear, arrested and booked August 28.
  • Jason Cummings, 29, of Grayson, arrested by Grayson PD, on charges of fourth degree assault – domestic violence with no visible injury, and theft by unlawful taking – under $500, arrested and booked August 28. 

All of the charges listed are arrest charges only, and do not indicate an indictment or a conviction for the charges in question. All subjects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 

Information is compiled from publicly available sources, but may not be comprehensive. Individuals who are released or post bail shortly after arrest may not be listed. 

COVID numbers lead to online schooling: District to offer vaccinations to eligible students

By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times

 Carter County public schools went to non-traditional instruction (NTI) this week, sending a message out to parents instructing them that students would be working from home through at least Friday. 

“Collaborating with the Carter County Health Department, due to the increased number of students with COVID and in quarantine, Carter County Schools will use five non-traditional instruction days next week, August 30 – September 3,” the message read. 

The message, which parents received last Friday, told them if their children were in school they would receive assignments and instructions from their teachers. If their children were not in school on Friday, parents were instructed to contact their schools to make arrangements for picking up the assignments. If parents or students had any questions about their work, they could reach out to teachers for clarification.

“Teachers,” the recording said, “will be available to assist students during school hours.” 

The district also canceled all extracurricular activities scheduled for this week. 

They are taking steps to help return schools to normal instruction, however. This includes offering vaccinations and regular COVID testing to staff and students. 

Kings Daughters Medical Center are administering doses of the vaccine at East and West Carter High Schools today. They will start at West Carter in the morning, and finish up in the afternoon at East. 

This is their second clinic in the district, following up their August 4 clinic and providing second doses to individuals vaccinated at that time. They will also be administering the first dose of vaccine to employees and students who wish to receive it. 

In order for students to be vaccinated they must be at least 12 years of age and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to give consent. 

The district will also be providing regular weekly COVID-19 testing for all K-12 students who signed up for the program. Beginning after Labor Day, staff and students enrolled in the program will be tested for the virus on a weekly basis by Ethos Labs. Those who are interested in still registering for the COVID testing program can find more information, and a link to register, on the school district’s website at http://www.cartercountyschools.org. 

Those who register for the program may opt-out at any time. 

The district also made arrangements for parents to pick up meals to be prepared at home. Parents who wanted to participate had to contact their children’s schools by Monday, and could arrange to pick up all meals at one location if they had children at different schools. Those meals are available to pick up tomorrow (Thursday, September 2). 

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County seeks up to $5 million credit line: Funds and interest would be reimbursed by FEMA

Slips, along with floods, are among the events that can occur during heavier than normal rains. (File photo by Jeremy D. Wells, Carter County Times)

By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times

 The Carter County Fiscal Court has a problem on their hands. The bills for cleanup costs and repairs related to the ice storm will be coming due before the FEMA reimbursements reach the county. So will bills for the flooding and rain related slides that followed. It’s a problem that has frustrated the county for some time, but one with really big implications with the extent of recent damage.

Judge executive Mike Malone came to the court last Tuesday with a recommendation to secure a $1.5 million line of credit with Kaco to cover that gap. But by the time they were finished with discussions, magistrate Chris Huddle made a motion to seek up to a $5 million line of credit, which council voted to approve. 

“We’re only charged for what we borrow,” Huddle noted, and since the county will be reimbursed for all of those costs through FEMA – including interests charges on funds they borrow – he couldn’t see any reason not to seek a higher amount. Any spending from the line of credit would also have to be approved by fiscal court first, 

In addition to repairs, money from the line of credit could also be used to begin flood mitigation projects covered by FEMA grants. 

The county currently has several such projects in the planning phase, thanks to the efforts of FEMA grant advisor Laurel Matula. Malone said it would have been much more difficult for the county to manage the cleanup, and the reimbursement for the cleanup, without Matula’s efforts. Malone explained that Carter was among the worst hit counties during the ice storm, with more than 30,000 trees that were fully or partially down and in need of cutting. Around 12,000 of those trees were cut by the county’s cleanup contractor Southern Disaster Recovery (SDR), Malone said, with another 20,000 cut by volunteers across the county, helping get roadways passable again. The contractor had hauled out over 140,000 cubic yards of branches and material, he said. 

“For comparison, an average washing machine is one cubic yard,” Malone explained. 

Once those were broken down and burned, he said, SDR delivered 4,600 truckloads of debris and ashes to landfills. 

Each branch, twig, and truckload had to be thoroughly documented as part of the FEMA process, otherwise the county will not be reimbursed – and the contractors can’t be paid. Contractors were aware of this, and thoroughly documented their work. But it all needs to be put together for FEMA. This, again, is where Matula’s services have been invaluable, Malone said. 

Without the FEMA grants, or with significant delays in the grants – the county is already waiting on money that has been released by FEMA but is waiting in Frankfort for dispersal – the county simply couldn’t afford to pay for all of the cleanup and repair needs, Malone explained. 

In other action, the court moved to approve claims and transfers, read a rent agreement with the county attorney into the meeting minutes, approved a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet resolution for road aid, and set property tax rates for the coming year. 

The court took the compensating rate, which raises their tax rate by 0.1 cent per $100 of valuation. Tax rates will now by 7.6 cents per $100 for real and personal properties. The increase is expected to give the county approximately $20,000 in additional tax revenue. 

Malone recommended accepting the compensating rate, telling the court that while the slight increase “won’t begin to (fully) address” the county’s needs, it will add to what they are able to do. The maximum amount the county could have raised the rate was 7.9 cents, but that would have required a public hearing. Property tax rates that counties and municipalities can charge are set by the state. 

The court approved $18,000 in ARPA funding for the Carter County Public Library, for revenue losses related to COVID-19. The court had initially approved up to $25,000 in payments, but when totals were tallied the library showed allowed losses of $18,000. 

The court also adopted approved the lease of trucks and equipment for the road department, including three tri-axle trucks, one road tractor, one rollback, and three single axle trucks. 

In other road news the county approved a 30-day loan for the purchase of the new road department property. The loan will be for $485,000. After 30 days the loan will be rolled over into a longer term loan. The county has already paid $15,000 of the total purchase price. 

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Like a good neighbor…: Wilhoit opens State Farm Agency

Michelle Wilhoit is Carter County’s newest State Farm agent. (Photo by Jeremy D. Wells, Carter County Times)

By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times

 How does one end up running their own insurance agency? For Michelle Wilhoit, it started with feeling like she’d accomplished what she could working for others, and deciding the next move was to strike out in an entirely different direction while building something new. 

“I think I hit a ceiling at (my old job),” Wilhoit said. “So, I was just kind of ready for a change, something more challenging.” 

She didn’t know it was going to be insurance at first, she said. 

“But then, out of the blue, a recruiter from State Farm, out of Bloomington, Illinois… sends me a message on LinkedIn asking if I’m interested in opening my own agency here in Carter County.”

Initially she was skeptical. 

“At first, I was like, ‘This is spam,’” she said with a laugh. 

She almost deleted the message, but after reading on it seemed legitimate, so she talked with her husband about it. Knowing that she was looking for a change, he advised her to get some more information. She did and, after 20 years with First National Bank, she opened her new agency in July.

“I was actually one month away from my 21st anniversary (with the bank),” she said. “So, it was a big step, but I’m so happy that I made it.” 

But she didn’t just get to jump in and open an agency right away. She had to take a few courses and get an education in the industry first. The entire process took just at a year. 

“June of 2020 is when she reached out to me, and it came full circle June 1,” she said.

It’s been an exciting ride, she said, beyond what she expected. 

“Looking back at June of 2020, I never would have imagined myself here in 2021!” she said. 

She wasn’t even sure she would be allowed to run a State Farm agency when she began her insurance education. It isn’t like purchasing a franchise license. State Farm, she explained, has four rounds of interviews for those who want to open an agency with them. She did complete two of those, which she described as more like personality assessments and aptitude tests, before starting her education. The other two were completed after she started learning the ins and outs of the business and regulatory models in the field. 

Part of this included the development of a 30 day business plan for her market. It was daunting, she said, but she enjoyed it. She and her husband, Will, worked closely together on that. He’s run his own business for more than 20 years, she said, and she relied on his advice and support as she put her plan together.

She gave her notice last September, and left the bank in October of last year.

“At that time, I was really just taking a leap of faith,” she said, noting that she hadn’t yet been approved for an office at that point. 

In January she started her internship with the company, which she described as “very challenging,” mostly because it was virtual. That ran through the first of May. She then had a month to get her office ready before opening. 

While she hasn’t yet had a grand opening and ribbon cutting, she has been open since June, and in that time she’s already been listed among the top ten agencies in the region for commercial fire, where she’s ranked number seven, and health, where she’s number five. It’s something she’s quite proud of, and feeds another of her passions – local business. 

In her time at the bank, and with the Chamber of Commerce, one constant, she said, has been a passion to support local business. 

“I always wanted to support local businesses,” she said. With the commercial policies State Farm offers, she said, she can help those local businesses save money and get back on their feet after an accident or disaster. The State Farm model also allows her to connect with those customers. Rather than routing them through an automated system, she said, she can be there for her them, and that’s important to her. 

“I’m the type of person, I really love customer service,” she said. “I have a passion for it. So, for me, that was the very first thing I implement was, we want to make our customers feel like royalty. We want to roll out the red carpet. There’s nothing we won’t do for our customers, and that is the same philosophy as State Farm. State Farm is very customer service driven.” 

She said that commitment to customer service extends to her staff, which includes her sister Sabrina Blevins, who also serves as an agent, and account associates Heather Paynter and Lakin Justice. They also try to have a “fun” workplace, Wilhoit said, while still making sure business is taken care of. 

All in all, she said, she feels “very blessed,” and like her prayers were answered. 

“I give God all the credit, and praise, and glory for (our) being here,” she said. 

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Janice Hughes Bradley

1937-2021

Mrs. Janice Hughes Bradley age 83, of Emerson, Kentucky, passed away Sunday morning, August 29, 2021 at her residence.

She was born December 26, 1937 in Ironton, Ohio a daughter of the late Grover “Smokey” and Martha “Tomie” Tackett Hughes.

Janice was of the Baptist Faith. She enjoyed reading, loved her computer and watching the news.

In addition to her parents is preceded in death by her husband of thirty-five years, Albert Bradley, one daughter, Deanna Tillman, one great grandchild, Jacob Williams, one brother, Jackie Hughes.

She is survived by two daughters, Michele Heitzman of Mansfield, Ohio and Athea Dean of Emerson, Kentucky; fourteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Thursday, September 2, 2021 at Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill, Kentucky with Brother Hank Webb and Brother Jason Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the Bradley Cemetery on Dry Branch in Olive Hill, Kentucky.

Friends may visit from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday at Globe Funeral Chapel.

Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.globefc.com

Jennifer Glancy Wagoner

1963-2021

Mrs. Jennifer Glancy Wagoner, age 58, of Grayson, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, August 26, 2021, at her residence.

She was born on Monday, April 8, 1963, in Carter County, Kentucky to the late Amos Glancy J.R. and the late and Betty Cains Glancy.

Jennifer attended the New Life Victory Church, she worked in health care and loved going to church, music, dancing, shopping and spending time with family and friends.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Wanda Kitchen.

Jennifer is survived by her husband, Francis Toller. One son, Shannon Lee Wagoner of Hitchens, Kentucky. One brother, Terry Lee Glancy of Pensacola, Florida. Two sisters, Brenda Kay Menix of Grayson, Kentucky and Deborah Lynn Brown of Grayson, Kentucky. Five grandchildren, Halie Wagoner, Link Wagoner, Cheyenne Wagoner, Shannon Wagoner and Dustin Sparks along with a host of other family members and friends who will sadly mourn her passing.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 29, 2021, at Grayson Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Grayson, Kentucky, with Brother Robert Baier officiating. Interment will follow in the East Carter Memory Gardens in Grayson, Kentucky.

Friends may visit after 1 p.m. until the service hour Sunday at the Funeral Home.

Tony Cordle, Chris Cordle, Kyle Cordle, Noah Cordle, Caleb Cordle and Derick Estep will serve as pallbearers.

Senia Margaret Keaton Erwin

1938-2021

At approximately 7:45 PM on August 26, 2021, Senia Margaret Keaton Erwin went home to be with her Lord, where I imagine she happily greeted Jesus before looking for her family members and friends who had gone on before her. I can just hear her laughter and can only dream of the sights she is seeing right now and that comforts me to no end.

Senia was born on December 7, 1938 in Frankfort, Ohio to the late John D. and Frances Porter Keaton. She spent her childhood on Vincent Hollow near Soldier, Kentucky. She attended Soldier School, where she completed the ninth grade.

She was a member of the Dry Branch Church of God and enjoyed going to church, quilting, cooking, baking pies and enjoyed making Hospice Quilts.

She married Lowell Ray Erwin on June 25, 1955 in New Castle, Indiana . It was there they welcomed their daughter, Debra Dianna and where they lived until 1962. They then moved to Carter County, finally moving back to Dry Branch in 1965 in a tiny trailer they fondly called “Cozy Corner.” It was there that Senia left this earth to travel to Heaven.

On June 24, 1969, they welcomed their son, John Wallace, making their little family complete.

Senia was preceded in death by her father and mother, two brothers, Homer Keaton and Roy Keaton and two sisters, Anna Mae Pennington and Maxine Royse.

She is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Lowell Ray Erwin. One son John Wallace (Levina) Erwin of Olive Hill, Kentucky and one daughter, Debra D. (Randy) Hatfield of Winchester, Kentucky and three grandchildren, Timothy Randell Hatfield, Travis Leonida Erwin and Andrew Lee Erwin. Two brothers Jim Keaton of New Castle, Indiana and Harlan Keaton of Summittville, Indiana. One sister, Mary Bradley of Georgetown, Kentucky.

Senia didn’t just say she loved people, she showed it, and I know that many others are mourning her loss, just as the family is right now. However, if you know the Lord as Senia did, then you can look forward to a great homecoming someday and if you don’t know the Lord, today would be a wonderful day to meet Him, a wish that I am sure Senia would say she carried in her heart if she was still here.

Funeral services will be held Monday, August 30, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill, Kentucky with Brother Tim Hatfield and Brother Randy Hatfield officiating.

Burial will follow in the Garvin Ridge Cemetery, Olive Hill, Kentucky.

Friends may visit Monday, August 30, 202l at l:30 p.m. until the service hour.

Pallbearers will be Travis Erwin, Tim Hatfield, Mark Walker, Isaac Nichols, Jacob Waddell and Tyler Brown. Honorary Pallbearers will be Wayne Stamper, Lynn Johnson, Isaac Nichols, Danny Waddell and Rick Conn.

Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill, Kentucky will be handling the arrangements.

Kenneth W. Mauk

1954-2021

Mr. Kenneth W. Mauk, age 67, of Grayson, Kentucky passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at Community Hospice in Ashland, Kentucky.

He was born on Tuesday, February 9, 1954 in Elliott County, Kentucky to the late Richard Mauk and Mary Edna Whitt Mauk.

Kenneth was of the Baptist Faith and loved spending time with his family and friends, especially his grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by one son, Jeffrey Shane Mauk. One daughter, Marlane Jean Mauk. One brother, George Mauk and one uncle, George Whitt.

Kenneth is survived by one son, Kenneth (Jenilee) Mauk II of Morehead, Kentucky. One daughter, Donna Mauk of Morehead, Kentucky. One brother, Randall Whitt of Grayson, Kentucky. One sister, Daisy Wells of Grayson, Kentucky. Five grandchildren, Shane (Brieanna) Elam, Laiken Elam, Ryan Stacy, Conner Waddle, Blake Waddle and one special friend, Billy Duncan.

Visitation will be held 6-7 p.m. Thursday, August 26, 2021 at Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill, Kentucky.

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