Tag: WCYN

On this morning’s Coffeebreak:
Rick’s guest was Harrison County Sheriff Bruce Hampton.
Comment was made of the FEMA trailers neighboring the Sheriff’s Office.
Rick asked Hampton to speak a bit more on the burglaries that took place this past Sunday on Old Lair Road.  Sheriff Hampton explained that when Kevin Landrum came home, he wasn’t aware that his home was being burglarized. Mr. Landrum proceeded to his bedroom, when he found the suspect, Thomas Perysian, climbing in through a window. On a related note, Rick asked Sheriff Hampton about a service that the Sheriff’s Department will be offering citizens, with regard of “digitally recording” property. Sheriff Hampton explained that work on the effort has been slowed due to the office being busy with recent activities. Hampton also announced to the public that his office is currently short one deputy; Deputy Wayne Fryman is currently on medical leave for recovery from heart surgery.
Rick asked Hampton how he has been able to keep the office staffed with local personnel, noting that he had noticed that the Cynthiana Police Department has numerous new faces, many of which from out of town. Hampton said that he was simply lucky.
A story covered by local television raised a question on the differences between area departments. Early this morning in Lexington, cattle were found loose in the area of The Red Mile. When one cow became aggressive and butted an officer, assisting officers fired and killed the animal. Rick asked Hampton if that sort of incident has ever happened to him. Hampton explained that it’s a fairly common occurrence in Harrison County for the Sheriff’s Department to respond to a call of loose livestock. While Hampton could not recall any incident of killing a charging cow, he states that often they have been faced with having to put down an animal which has been struck by a vehicle.
Rick asked whether there have been any leads in the robbery of the Oddville Avenue branch of Farmers National Bank. Sheriff Hampton said that there is a lead that is being followed. He further alluded to there being DNA evidence recovered, which is being processed against evidence in other cases.
Rick mentioned Sheriff Hampton’s return to the board of the Kentucky Sheriff’s Association. Hampton had previously served as president of the association, and currently serves as third vice-president.
Discussion was made on Hampton’s involvement with the security at the Justice Center. Hampton explained that the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department has six officers which perform security duties at the Justice Center, and that he feels that there is a need for an additional officer. Rick poised the question if any of the bailiffs have faced anything similar to the event that happened in Scott County, referring to the incident where Peter Hafer punched his lawyer in court.
Further discussion went to the topics of property taxes, conceal and carry licenses, the department’s hazardous retirement benefits, and a bill which would modify the laws regarding incarceration alternatives [SB 72].

Sponsors for this morning’s Coffeebreak were:
Shelter Mutual Insurance, Aurora Information Systems, the Harrison County Board of Education, Whalen & Company, Eastside Pharmacy, Jetubs, Cockrell’s Auto Center, and the First United Methodist Church.
WCYN makes available to the public audio copies of Coffeebreak, however recordings are only archived for a period of five business days. Cassette copies are $5 and CD copies are $10. The views and opinions expressed on today’s Coffeebreak have been those of the guest and host and are not necessarily those of WCYN staff, management, or advertisers.

This morning’s guest on Coffeebreak was Steve Moss, WKYT Sports Director.
Since I have no real interest in sports, I am not blogging this morning’s show. (My blog, i can do what i want! :-P)
On a semi-related note:
I am seriously thinking about establishing a separate blog/site/whatever for local news. This has been a point of interest to me for quite some time now, and I think I might actually do it. I may even look into doing podcasts.
I’ll be exploring my options as the month progresses…

just goofin’ around this morning, killin’ time until coffeebreak comes on… tuned into WCYN’s broadcast, and heard Chris talking about the nice little refund that eligible tax payers will be getting later this year… that’s when i discovered something… for a guy who claims to be in the know, he’s an idiot. here’s why:

Chris stated that he spoke with the person preparing his taxes, and asked why he hadn’t gotten his part of the economic stimulus package. the answer–it’ll be coming sometime between may and december. duh. anyway, that’s not the idiot part. an additional thing his tax person said was that for people to get a portion of the money, they must file taxes for the 2007 year. Chris didn’t know this. kind of a “duh” situation there, too…

but, anyway, the idiocy comes into play with where he claimed that most people don’t know this, because “they” (government, i suppose) aren’t telling the public. let’s go googling…

hmm… on the IRS site, there’s a FAQ page which states it…

several news sources seem to have mentioned this earlier… as i look at the hits on the screen, i see print and broadcast media speaking of this…

…not to mention there should just be an element of common sense to it! c’mon…

kinda sad… a local media mogul (lol) knew about as much as my mother-in-law. (we told diana’s mom back in january that they’d have to file, and that they’d be expecting their check sometime this year, and not to expect it in may–of course her bulb doesn’t really put off much light)

Yes, Ale-8 break… I didn’t brew a pot of coffee this morning, because I’ve run out, and haven’t gone to the store… oh, well. But, I did manage to wake up early enough to listen to Coffeebreak this morning…

This morning’s guest was “Mayor of East-Lair”, Jerry Lail. Discussion was based around history and changes in Cynthiana. Lail is an interesting guest to listen to, however, due to the nature of the discussions–that of story-telling–it’s difficult to take notes.

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On a related note, the Kentucky Historical Society has made an announcement for the change in hours for the Special Collections Reading Room. The reading room will only be available by appointment on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and opened for walk-ins on Thursdays and Fridays.

After listening to Coffeebreak this morning, I hit the ‘net to search for any sign of an old Cynthiana business which died out quite some time ago–Pine Villa Restaurant. I hoped that I might find a writing or a story related to the old business, like the writing I found on McKnight’s Restaurant.
I didn’t find anything written about Pine Villa, but what I did find was much better.
I googled “pine villa cynthiana” and found four relevant hits–one being a report related to the leaking gas tanks, another being an obituary, and an image search. The one I explored was a Flickr search.
There are several photos that have been posted on Flickr which help show Cynthiana at her best–as I see her. It made me smile to see that others see Cynthiana the same way, and that they have taken the time to share these images with the world.
To view the Flickr results for Cynthiana as a slideshow, follow the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=Cynthiana%2C+KY

After listening to Coffeebreak this morning, I hit the ‘net to search for any sign of an old Cynthiana business which died out quite some time ago–Pine Villa Restaurant. I hoped that I might find a writing or a story related to the old business, like the writing I found on McKnight’s Restaurant.
I didn’t find anything written about Pine Villa, but what I did find was much better.
I googled “pine villa cynthiana” and found four relevant hits–one being a report related to the leaking gas tanks, another being an obituary, and an image search. The one I explored was a Flickr search.
There are several photos that have been posted on Flickr which help show Cynthiana at her best–as I see her. It made me smile to see that others see Cynthiana the same way, and that they have taken the time to share these images with the world.
To view the Flickr results for Cynthiana as a slideshow, follow the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=Cynthiana%2C+KY

I’m upset. My silly little Coffeebreak recorder didn’t work this morning. Well, it worked, but it shut off at the return from the first break. I haven’t figured out why yet. Either something I had something else running in the background which stole CPU cycles or bandwidth; or the stupid connection re-buffered for another reason, causing there to be a fault in recording. That stinks.
So, I set up a back-up task to record the replay at 4:00pm. I listened to this morning’s program, but did so on the way back home from dropping Diana off at work, which means that I really didn’t get a chance to sit down and think along with the program.
In keeping with the theme of government (which was disrupted by Thursday’s program–a break was taken in order to have guests speak on the upcoming “Go Red” events in February), Rick spoke on our poor representation and community involvement. One incident which happened this week, which “didn’t anger” him, but made him “wonder” was the announcement of Clark county receiving funds to assist in building an aquatic center. The big question is, how can Clark county receive state monies to aid in the funding of such a project, while Harrison hasn’t seen anything. Another sticking point is that the senator representing our district has not been so neighborly with us–Rick has not seen Sen. R.J. Palmer in the county but once, that he can recall, whereas previous senators were frequently seen or heard from.
Granted, as Harrison County Magistrate Jerry Dawson noted earlier in the week, Harrison County was rather spoiled in the past by having senators with personal interests in Harrison county–the late Wilson Palmer, for example–but the senator of any district should be more active in efforts in all counties within his district, whether or not he resides there. (Senator R.J. Palmer resides in Clark County)
Is Harrison County getting an unfair deal? Possibly.
Did the same thing happen before, in the opposite direction when we had a senator living here? Did citizens in other counties cry foul when something beneficial happened in our county as opposed to theirs? More than likely.
There is a problem here, though. Our senator hasn’t stopped by as often as the former senators. He needs to look at how he’s spending his time, and show his face, or share his voice more often. This, however isn’t the BIG problem. The BIG problem is our citizenry.
We don’t speak as loud as we should. Before I continue, I should say that I am as guilty of this as those I am taking issue with–I don’t speak out as much as I could. I don’t attend civic meetings. I don’t contact my local, state, or federal representatives. I am not as active in the community as I could be. I moan and cry about how terrible things are, and what different bone-headed decisions and directives our local, state, and federal governments make–but I don’t take any action. That, my friends, is the BIG problem. Our community is filled with people who do the same.
“Has anyone ever said to you that the city is dying?” Rick asked this question on the program this morning, and I do not know fully what he was asking–was he asking the question straight-out? was he trying to spark some thought? was it something he has thought? or was it just a question that suddenly came to mind?
“It’s a dying town,” were a few of the words Diana said, late last week, when she asked me why I was so fond of Cynthiana. I really have no choice but to acknowledge her statement, and try to pick up with weak rebuttals as I look around. We have two industrial parks–one half-occupied, the other has seen only one development. I can think of three, maybe four buildings that had been used for manufacturing/industrial applications which now sit vacant. We have two major parks–one in sad repair, and the other has been sitting idle for five years, waiting to be developed. There are numerous storefronts in the shopping centers and in the downtown area which haven’t been occupied in months, even years.
Cynthiana is dying. And it hurts me to watch her die. And I’m not doing anything to help. I’m only standing at the foot of her bed, amongst all of you, watching her gasp for air.