The Estill County Tribune, March 13, 2019, Page 15
JacksonEnergy’sOpera-tion Round-Up is helpingEstillCountyorganizationsfund community projectsthroughOperationRound-UP grants. The HargettVolunteerFireDepartmentrecently received a $500grant. “OperationRoundUPisaneasywayforco-opmem-berstogiveasmallamounteachmonthtodeservingin-dividualsandorganizationsintheirlocalcommunities,”said Jackson Energy VicePresidentofCorporateSer-vicesRyanHenderson. Operation RoundUPworkswhenco-opmembersvoluntarilyhavetheirelec-tricbillroundedtoanevendollaramount.Forexample,ifabillwas$122.62andthemember had volunteeredtoparticipateinRoundUP,it would automatically beroundedupto$123.
Theadditional38¢wouldgodirectlyintotheRound-UP account. The averagecontributionovertimeisap-proximately45¢permonth. The donated funds godirectlyintoatrustaccountthat can only be used forgrantfunding.Thisaccountisadministeredbyaseven-person Board of Trusteeswho meet quarterly to re-view grant applications.Anyindividualorcommu-nity group with a worth-whileprojectcanapplyforfunding. Morethan$240,000hasbeendonatedtoareacom-munity service projectssinceJacksonEnergybeganthisprogramin2003. FormoreinformationonOperationRoundUPcall1800-262-7480,orlogontoJacksonEnergy’swebsite,www.jacksonenergy.com/content/operation-roundup.
Jerry Goosey, right, accepts a $500. Operation RoundUP grant check for the Hargett Volunteer Fire Department. Presenting the check is Jackson Energy’s Estill County Director Teresa Dawes. (Photo courtesy of Jackson Energy)
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Jackson Energy presents grant to Hargett Fire Department
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Boyle County football star has ties to Estill
TimesRememberedBetty A. Young
A tribute to thestruc-turesthatmadelifeeasierand safer for our ances-tors. In the early days ofAmericansettlement,tim-ber, stone and masonrywerethemostabundantresourcesourforefathershadforbuildingthrough-out the countryside.Thankfully,todayalotofthese same bridges arestillaroundandinuse,justlikegristmillsandbarns. Intheolddays,bridgesmade from wood wereoften covered for tworeasons. First, becausecovering them reducedagingbroughtonby theweather and sunlight,and secondly, becausetheycloselyresembledabarn,whichmeanthorsesand livestock might feelless threatening to passthroughcomparedtoanopenbridgewithwateror
rockunderneath. Astimeworeon,timberandstonegavewaytosteelandothermetals,andtheeraoftheoldwoodenandstonebridgesbecamethethingofthepast. Toap-preciatetheirbeautyistopayhomagetoourances-tors’pioneerengineeringefforts, and today they are stillasighttobeholdonsome of Americas’ ruralroadslesstraveled. In fact, there are sev-eralinKentuckythatarestillstanding.ManyareinNorthern Kentucky thatare located just off the AA Highway.TheWolcottCov-eredBridgeandtheValleyPikeCoveredBridge;itisprivatelyownedbutisvis-ible from the turn off KY. 8. The Cabin Creek Cov-ered Bridge, circa 1870,is closed to traffic but you canstillviewit.InFlemingCounty,youfind the Goddard White Covered Bridge locatedjust off KY 32 on Parkers-burg Road near KY 111, and in Millersburg youhavetheColvilleCoveredBridge.Also,theFlemingCounty Covered BridgeMuseumislocatedonWa-terStreetinFlemingsburg.Itisamuseumofhistoryand pictures of coveredbridgesintheirareacom-munity. Just in Northern Ken-tucky you could make adaytripandseemostof
thesebridges.Whentheweather gets warmer Iplantotakeatriptovisitsome of these famousbridges. In the Blue Grass Re-gion, you find Western Wanderings, Kentucky’slongestsurvivingcoveredbridgeisfoundabout60mileswestinWashingtonCounty just off the BG Parkway.TaketheSpring-field Exit. The Switzer CoveredBridge is located on 3392 Jones Lane (1262) in Frankfort,whichisprob-ably the closest to visit.Take I-75 North to I-64West. Manyof thesebridgeshavebeenlostduetode-terioration and floods, butmanyarestillstand-ing across the country.I’d liketobeginbyvisit-ingtheonesinKentucky;andIwouldliketoseeinthe North East, the cov-eredbridgeintheWhiteMountainNationalForestinNewHampshirealongwithseveralmoreintheNorth East. Bridges are dottedallovertheNorthEast; covered bridges playedalargeroleintheRevolutionary War andtheCivilWar. Hopefully,Icangetpic-tures of some of thesebridges this spring andsummerwhenItakemydaytrip.
Rural Bridges of America’s Back Roads
EstillCountyfanswillbewatchingtheEngineersfoot-ballteamthisfall,anticipatinggreatthingsfromnewEstillCountyheadcoachJordanMarcum.ButseverallocalfanswillhavetheireyesontheBoyleCountyRebelsandtheirstarwidereceiverReeseSmith,aswell,becauseofhistiestoEstillCounty. Reese is the sonofEstillCountynativeLisaNeal-SmithandBoyleCountynativeJimmieSmith.Lisaprac-ticesdentistryatDanville.ReeseisthegrandsonofproudgrandparentsScottyandDonnaPattonNealofDoeCreekinIrvine. Justlastweekthe3-starjuniorrecruitoutofDanville,committedearlytotheWestVirginiaMountaineerswithplanstoplayinMorgantownduringhiscollegecareeraftergettingoffersfromnearlyadozentopschoolsincludingKentucky,LouisvilleandTennessee.SomesayWestVir-ginia’snewcoachNealBrown“pluckedtheirfirstcommit-mentfromKentuckyfromtheCats’ownbackyard,”butBrownalsohadaninsidetracksinceheisaBoyleCountygradwhoplayedforMassachusetts. SmithhasplayedeveryyearfortheRebelsvarsityandearned2,875yards.Hehasscored44receivingtouch-downsandthreeTD’sonindividualrunsfor47totalcareertouchdowns.FormerBoyleCountycoachChuckSmith,norelation,returnedtotheRebelsin2014afterastintwiththeUKWildcats,andBoylewonthestatein2017;thenfinishedasrunner-uptoCorbinin2018. Reesecomesfromanathleticfamilyandhasplayedinsportsallhislife.Hehasanoldersister,MarleewhowonabasketballscholarshipataGeorgiaschoolbutwasforcedtoquitbecauseofaninjury.Healsohasayoungersister,Phoebe. AsaBoyleCountyfreshman,Reeseearnedtwostatechampionshiprings,oneforhisRebelsfootballteam’swinoverCorbinandtheotherfortrack.Justrecently,hewasnamedall-regionfortheBoyleCountybasketballteam,buthisgrandmother,Donna,saysfootballishisfirstlove.
SheandScottytrytoattendallhisgamesaswellaseventsfortherestoftheirsevengrandchildren,butDonnasaysshe“liketofrozetodeath,”atarecentgame. DonnaanticipatesdrivingtoMorgantown,WestVir-ginia,toseeReeseplayafterhefinisheshissenioryearatBoyleCounty.“He’sagood,Christianboy,”sayshisgranny.“Hehasagoodworkethicandheworkshard.” Sheadds,“He’snotonetolayonthecouch!”
Boyle County junior Reese Smith is shown with West Virginia head coach Neal Brown after Reese committed to play for the Mountaineers over nearly a dozen other schools, following his senior year at Boyle County.
Brynnleigh Muncy
TheEstillCountyMid-dleSchoolYouthServicesCenter Student of theWeekisBrynnleighMun-cy.SheisthedaughterofBillandLarissaMuncy,iscurrentlyinthe6thgrade,and enjoys softball andband. StudentsreceivingthisrecognitionarenominatedbystaffmembersattheEs-tillCountyMiddleSchoolforexemplarybehavior,at-titude,and/orcitizenship.Courtesy Elizabeth Hardy
Estill County Middle SchoolStudent of the Week
Callee Arvin
The Estill CountyMiddle School YouthServicesCenterStudentof the Week is CalleeArvin.Sheisthedaugh-terofAnthonyArvin,iscurrentlyinthe7thgrade,andenjoysband. Studentsreceivingthisrecognition are nomi-natedby staffmembersat the Estill CountyMiddle School for ex-emplary behavior, atti-tude,and/orcitizenship.Courtesy Elizabeth Hardy
Estill County Middle SchoolStudent of the Week
Congratulations to Estill County Lady Engineers senior Meagan Bellamy. She made the 1,000-point club on Jan-uary 18th and finished with 1,184 points and 199 three-pointers. At right is Lady Engineers coach Ruth Hughes.
Here are some different views of Switzer Covered Bridge in Franklin County, Kentucky, taken by Stanton native Becky Conley Brewer who drives or hikes to some of the most beautiful sites in Kentucky on a regular basis. “I found several covered bridges on Google maps,” says Becky, “and just took off driving to them. I’ve been to Colville and I think Goddard . . . I’m pretty sure Goddard is the one with a church at the end of it. It’s very photogenic.” Becky works at Toyota Motor Manufacturing and is a member of the Wolfe County Search and Rescue team, but she finds time on weekends to visit some of the most beautiful sites in the Red River Gorge and other areas.
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