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This Week’s Democrat:

Arrest made in shooting incident
A Cynthiana man is in jail and another recovering from a gunshot wound following a Nov. 2 and 3 shooting spree.
Published: 11/14/2007

More News headlines
Christmas Angel project back on track to help families in need
There was some initial concern that there would not be enough resources or staff to pull off the annual Angel Tree project that is managed by the Family Resource, Youth Service and Community Education staff.
Shooting death ruled accidental
A Harrison County woman?s death is being treated as accidental after she was discovered Sunday afternoon with a gunshot wound to her abdomen.
Elks have lunch for veterans, safety personnel
The Cynthiana Elks Lodge #438 held its 4th annual fish fry last Friday, with several hundred people stopping in for lunch.
Police solve Wal-Mart purse snatching cases
A 17-year-old girl has confessed to four purse snatchings which have occurred at Wal-Mart in Cynthiana over the last month.
Middle school teacher’s heroics save life of colleague
Oct. 26 was like any other day for Kim Newell. At least it was until she found herself in the hallway at Harrison County Middle School gasping for breath.
Church, citizen team up to send packages to soldiers
Harrison County resident Richard Cox, who has a son serving in Iraq, and the outreach team at Cornerstone Christian Church have teamed up to put
together care packages to send to soldiers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Cable’s sports channels should be ready Dec. 20
Time Warner, the cable television provider for Cynthiana, should be online to bring Fox Sports North and South to local subscribers by Dec. 20.
Park plans again dominate joint meeting
The Harrison County Fiscal Court and the Cynthiana City Commission held a joint meeting Tuesday to discuss topics that the governments have in common.
Court approves purchase of used Tahoe
The Harrison County Fiscal Court approved the purchase of a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe Tuesday in a brief special meeting preceding a joint city-county meeting at the Harrison County Extension Office.

Coffeebreak – Let it Snow!

Over the past few weeks, I have been running too many different errands in the mornings and afternoons to catch Coffeebreak–that’s why I haven’t said anything about the show in a while. However, this morning, I actually had time to listen, and I was treated to a funfilled show.

This morning’s scheduled guest was unable to attend, so this morning’s show ended up becoming a weather report. It all started at 7:55am, just prior to the show, when a caller reported that it was sleeting at McDonald’s.
Reports of sleet were also reported in Colville, Ken’s New Market, a motorist in Cynthiana on Pleasant Street, and a motorist in Bourbon County. A caller in Robynwood reported that she was seeing a really fine snow falling.
Other areas reporting snow, or a snow-like phenomena were the Buena Vista area (on Goebel White Lane), South Elmarch Avenue (in Cynthiana), and Oddville. A caller from Kelat reported that the wind was blowing fairly fierce.
Calls were also received from listeners in Connersville, Shadynook, Kelat, Claysville, and Berry. These locations had nothing to report.
I wasn’t sitting at the computer throughout the program as I usually do, so I missed the opportunity of catching who this morning’s sponsors were. I did however catch that the cost of recordings of Coffeebreak have changed, and are now much lower than they had been previously. If I heard right, a cassette is now $5 and a CD $10. I’ll have to see about tuning back in to hear this afternoon’s replay to verify that. If so, I might start buying a few shows.
In a related note, I just received notification of an update to Bailey’s Weather Blog. WKYT has received numerous reports of snow falling across the region. Some of these reports may be from WCYN–Rick said that he was going to give them a call.

This Week's Democrat:

Fletcher out, Beshear in
Harrison County voters stayed with the rest of the state by ousting Republican incumbent Gov. Ernie Fletcher in the general election Tuesday.

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More News headlines
Business burglaries discovered Wednesday morning
Police were on the scene Wednesday morning of three burglaries which occurred on the south end of town.
Couple denies animal cruelty charges
A Harrison County couple who thought they were doing a good thing by rescuing underfed horses, is facing misdemeanor charges of cruelty to animals.
Friends remember victim of Thursday’s deadly crash at Toyota
Friends, neighbors and co-workers of a former Cynthiana resident killed in a car crash outside the Toyota plant in Georgetown last week remember Kathryn Moses as someone everybody loved.
Musician’s stories bring life to Celtic, Christmas CDs
Alson Cole sees himself as a communicator – more specifically as a storyteller.
Indictment issued in Hillside
The Cynthiana man who allegedly set fire to his estranged girlfriend’s apartment at Hillside on Aug. 27, was named in a four-count indictment issued Tuesday.

Hospice of the Bluegrass is looking for volunteers…

I just heard this on Coffeebreak, and thought I should share…
Hospice of the Bluegrass is looking for volunteers. Medical experience isn’t necessarily needed. Anyone who has any skill can be put to work. Examples of tasks/chores a volunteer can do are building ramps, raking leaves, cleaning, etc.
Anyone who is interested in helping our community’s elderly can contact Kelly Kendall at (859) 234-6462, or via email at kkendall@hospicebg.org.
Kelly will also be a guest on tomorrow’s Coffeebreak program, aired on WCYN 1400AM.

History on the Hilltop (story by Donald Richie – The Cynthiana Democrat)

History on the Hilltop
Memories… there are over half a century of them on the Hilltop floating around Ingles Stadium. Many are of great games and plays and others are just of good times and friends, of days long gone and many, many laps around the track.

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The Cynthiana Democrat's new site…

So, I revisited the Democrat’s site an still found nothing but a site index–at least until I actually put that blasted www in front of the domain name, in the URL… and, whuddya know? The thing showed up! and they’ve revamped the site…
and, i don’t like it… well, sorta…
Honestly, the new layout and design of the Democrat’s site is better organized, and helps to deliver the news in a more organized way. The color scheme is also more comfortable, with the blues and whites, as opposed to the yellows and maroons. I understand why the site had been colored in the other colors, for our high school’s colors are maroon and gold, but that scheme isn’t all that pleasing for a reader’s eyes.
Another change, which I like, is the listing of headlines on the left of the page, and the navigation at the top–the navigational categories have also been condensed. The site also now offers national news feeds toward the bottom of the page, making it a page which one may actually consider having as a home page for his/her browser.
And, finally, they have rid the site of the guest/comment book. Thank God.
Two problems I have with the new site, are where it no longer has a link for an archival search, and where the generation scripts are tossing in extra characters or leaving out spacing on certain pages. On the editorial page, all the letters run together, and in a few of the news stories odd characters are appearing between words and paragraphs.
Another problem, which I might have with the new site, is how story links are handled. I’m not sure whether the site will allow me to link to the stories in my blog, as it had before, due to the scripting they are using. The stories also no longer have an option for print or email. I suppose I shall see how this may affect my blogging later this week, when the new stories appear…

long time no blog

I haven’t done much blogging here in a while. I’ve been fairly busy over the past few weeks. We had student loan overage money come in, and I’ve been busy catching up on a number of our back debts, and deciding what portions of those funds could be spent on the family for winter clothes, and such. And now, one week later, all the money is gone, and we are back on track (well, sorta).
Doesn’t seem like much, but it was enough to take my attention away from my blog.
I’ve missed quite a bit of CoffeeBreak, and have almost lost interest in the show. This morning’s guest is supposed to be speaking about the Veteran’s Day celebration this weekend. That reminds me–I need to do something for mom’s birthday.
As part of Winkle’s toying around with the WCYN website, he has added a “question of the week”–a weekly poll, where listeners/viewers of the site can provide input. This week’s question is:

What is the most important issue that needs to be addressed by the leaders of Cynthiana & Harrison County?

With 7 votes, (as of 7:29am this date) 57% say New Jobs, and 43% say the Recreation Park.
I’m part of the majority–I feel we need to do something about the job market, and bring more business and industry to Cynthiana.
I also hadn’t been able to make a post last week of news in the Democrat, for their site as down, and I’m not wasting 50¢ on a stack of advertisements. I need to check back at their site, and see if it’s back up.
Well, I believe that’s it for now. Think I’ll get back to housework.

FW: WKYT – October 28, 2007

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Lexington Police Investigating Violent Home Invasion
Police are investigating a violent home invasion in Lexington.

FW: WKYT – October 27, 2007

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Experts Identify Skeletal Remains Found By Highway
The Anderson County coroner says the skeletal remains are that of
25-year-old Amanda Lynn Hughes who was from Nicholasville.

FW: WKYT – October 26, 2007

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Shots Fired At Magoffin Sheriff & Officers
by Elizabeth Dorsett
While the officers were trying to arrest a suspect for D.U.I., someone
started shooting.