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Six vying for Labor Day Queen title
Six young ladies are hoping to be chosen the 2012 Winchester Labor Day Queen Sunday evening. The lucky young lady will be crowned at 6:30 p.m. Sunday during festivities at the Labor Day Celebration at Harmon Field Park. Those vying this year are: —...
Tags: Labor Day, High Schools, Holidays, Hobbies, Crime, Law and Justice
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Greece today; America tomorrow?
Many in our nation are just “Bide’n” time, awaiting November’s election. Far to the left, they’re still giving away nets full of fish — someone else’s catch. Wouldn’t we rather teach others how to fish? On...Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Arts and Culture, Sociology, Culture
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Erwin Ches: Aug. 23, 2012
Erwin Chester Ches, 87, died Aug. 23. Erwin was a native of Detroit. He came to Kentucky with the Square D Company in 1959. Erwin and his wife, Josephine, started Creative Draperies in 1967. The company is located in Nicholasville. Erwin served in the...Tags: U.S. Navy
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Carl Thornton Sparks: Aug. 26, 2012
CARL THORNTON SPARKS Carl Thornton Sparks, 87, of Winchester, husband of Louise Sparks, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, at his home. Mr. Sparks was born on Dec. 20, 1924, to the late John and Pearl Rye Sparks. He was a retired union...Tags: U.S. Navy, Shriners, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Our Christian nation
Toward the end of the Olympic Games, Tom Brokaw, author of “The Greatest Generation,” introduced a World War II documentary. In contrast to the Olympics’ world unity mission, Brokaw conveyed America’s role in saving mankind from...Tags: Tom Brokaw, Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts, Olympic Games, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Obituary: Floying Thompson
Floying Thompson 1926-2012 HARRODSBURG — Floying W. Thompson Sr., 86, died Sunday. Born Jan. 25, 1926, in Washington County, he was a son of the late Leona Cornish Thompson Carey and Ary Thompson. He was the widower of Margaret Eloise Harmon... -
Music of 1940s brought to stage in RECT's 'Swingtime Canteen'
jbrummett@amnews.comHARRODSBURG — The music of World War II will come to life in Ragged Edge Community Theatre’s upcoming production of “Swingtime Canteen.” The musical revue tells the story of five girls in 1944 London, according to show director...Tags: Patsy Cline, Book, Music, Andrews Sisters (music group), Theater
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Obituary: Hartford J. Boyle
Hartford J. Boyle 1926-2012 MORELAND — Hartford J. Boyle, 85, of Crab Orchard, formerly of Moreland, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Born Oct. 10, 1926, near Moreland, Ky., he was a son of the late Clarence and Amanda Jones Boyle. After...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, U.S. Army, Leukemia
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Obituary: Dougald ¿Mac¿ Monroe Jr.
Dougald McDougald Monroe Jr. died peacefully from respiratory failure on June 30, 2012. While he used his full name on official documents, he was known by the less formal “Mac” Monroe to everyone. He grew up the son of a Presbyterian minister...Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, American Legion
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Allen Rogers: Thursday, July 26, 2012
Allen Rogers, 85, husband of Mary Davidson Rogers, passed away July 26, 2012, at the Clark Regional Medical Center. Born on February 13, 1927, he was the son of the late O.F. and Fannie Jane Bailey Rogers. A resident of Clark County, he was retired...Tags: U.S. Navy
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Obituary: Everett C. Ransdell
Everett C. Ransdell, 87, died July 21. Born Jan. 1, 1925, in Salvisa, and raised in Kentucky, graduating from Danville High School, Everett entered the United States Navy in World War II, serving as a radioman in the Pacific theater. After the war,...
Tags: U.S. Navy
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Obituary: William E. Lucas
William E. Lucas 1924-2012 MIDDLEBURG — William E. Lucas, 87, of Memphis, Tenn., died Wednesday. Born Aug. 22, 1924, in Middleburg, he was a son of the late Herman F. and Zella Simpson Lucas. He was an engineer retired from Kimberly Clark, an...
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