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Marlowe graduates from LMU-DCOM
Stanley Marlowe will graduate from Lincoln Memorial University-Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine today. He also received his MBA this May and will begin a three-year residency program at Norton Community Hospital in June. Marlowe plans to complete an additional three-year residency in Pulmonary Critical Care as well. He then hopes to practice medicine in Harlan County.
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Domestic Violence Council to host 5K run
Nola Sizemore Staff Writer The Harlan County Domestic Violence Council will host the sixth annual “Run Against Rage 5K” and “Fastest Kid in Town” races at 8:30 a.m. on May 18, beginning in front of Harlan High School on Central Street. “The run is on streets located in historical downtown Harlan,” said Sheryl Caudel, Harlan County Domestic Violence Victim Advocate. “The course begins on Central Street with a right turn onto North Main S...
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M60 tank donated to ChalleNGe Academy
Nola Sizemore Staff Writer Moving a tank had never been requested of Pennington’s Wrecker Service, at Keith, or Allen’s Body Shop, at Grays Knob, but together they figured out a way to move and place a 60-ton M60 military tank at the Appalachian ChalleNGe Academy on Friday. Donated by the Wendell H. Ford Training Center, in Greenville, Mercer Transportation, of Louisville, transported the large tank to Grays Knob en-route to the academy...
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Black Bear Festival begins Thursday
Nola Sizemore Staff Writer The 1oth annual Black Bear Festival will kick off Thursday in Cumberland with the Paw Hop Street Dance in the Freeman Shopping Center Plaza as a prelude to the main event on Friday and Saturday. The event is sponsored by the Cumberland Tourist and Convention Commission (CTCC). “Everyone is invited to break it down or cut a rug with awesome new music, lights and sound at our street dance,” said CTCC Director ...
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Farley graduates from KSP Telecommunications Academy
Harlan resident Justin Farley, a dispatcher at Kentucky State Police Post 10, received his KSP Telecommunications Academy diploma during a ceremony on April 25 in Frankfort. The training included 194 hours of instruction during a five-week period. Studies included subjects such as legal liability and limits of telecommunicator authority, the telecommunicator’s role in public safety, interpersonal communications, customer service, interactio...
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Evarts native practicing law in Harlan
Danny Lunsford, born and raised in Evarts, has returned home and is now a new associate attorney at Turner Law Office, located at 114 South First Street in Harlan across from the Courthouse. A graduate of Evarts High School, Lunsford attended the University of the Cumberlands where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science. He attended the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Va., where he obtained his Juris Doctorate. “I’ve al...
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Area students honored for conservation art, essays
“Where does your water shed?” was the theme for the 2013 Conservation Art and Writing Contest sponsored locally by the Harlan County Conservation District and Kentucky Farm Bureau. Winning students and their families were honored at a banquet held at Camp Blanton this week. David Howard, chair of the conservation district, said the National Association of Conservation Districts began a national program in 1955 to focus on stewardship. Ste...
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Documentary producer visits Harlan
Kim Childers, owner and operator of Kaci Productions, of Owensboro, visited Harlan on Thursday to talk with local historians and visit places of interest she intends to film in June for her documentary entitled: “Harlan County-A Road To Change.” The documentary will document Harlan County beginning in the 1900s with the history of coal and progress to what the county is focusing on today — tourism. “The name ‘Harlan County - A Road To Cha...
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Friendly Village to hold annual fishing tournament
May is Mental Health Awareness month. In honor of that designation, the Cumberland River Comprehensive Care Center’s (CRCCC) Friendly Village will host the third annual fishing tournament at Martins Fork Lake on May 18. “During the month of May, doctors, counselors and the families of those with mental illness work together to raise awareness of known mental disorders,” said CRCCC Therapeutic Program Director Kyle Jones. “It is estimated th...
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Tim’s Barber Shop opens in Harlan
Nola Sizemore Tim’s Barber Shop has now opened in the Sunshine area of Harlan. Owner Tim Howard said he will be spending most of his days cutting hair in his new shop located at 53 Middleton Street, two lanes on the right past the Harlan County Community Action Agency coming in from the Harlan exit and the third house on the left. A new roomy area with lots of seating, there is also plenty of parking available. A graduate of Tri-State I...
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Spoon River Anthology presented at SKCTC
The Center Stage Players of Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College recently concluded a run of four performances of the classic production ‘Spoon River Anthology’ in the Edsel Godbey Appalachian Center on the Cumberland campus. The play was presented in a readers’ theater format and featured Michael and Dianne Corriston, Janey Feher, Crystal Lewis and Warren Gray. The play, by Edgar Lee Masters, centers on the deceased of the small ...
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Napier begins new career as realtor
Nola Sizemore Beginning a new career, after retiring as vice president at BB&T in Harlan following 36 years of service, Janice Napier is now in the real estate business. “I think a part of living is being active,” said Napier. “I didn’t want to just go home and do nothing, so I decided to go to real estate school, which I did and obtained my license. I’m a sales agent with Darlene Lemarr, owner of Lemarr Realty in Harlan.” Napier said t...
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