Nov. 27, 2013
As a result of new state regulations, the Board of Eduction uthorized
the Middle School to start an athletic boosters club. The club will
handle concession stand sales and spearhead fundraising.
The Hope Ministries Food Pantry of Woodford County has begun a capital
fundraising drive to generate $100,000 to build a new physical locaation
at Falling Springs which was approved by the Fiscal Court. The move is
due to the school board agreeing to only extend the lease on the current
location until 2014.
The “Honeybees”, an all-girl chorlae at the high school, gave a
performance of holiday classics to the Board of Education at its last
meeting.
Students at Simmons Elementary have been writing cards and letters to
send to American military personnel who will be away from home for the
holidays.
Sharon Turner, who has erved on the council for ten years, announced her
candidacy for mayor of Midway in the 2014 election. Wayne “Tiny” Wright
filed for reelection for Woodford County Sheriff. Jackie Brown filed for
reelection to the 8th magisterial district of the Fiscal Court.
Elizabeth Ann Goebel, a 2009 WCHS graduate, began her first year of
dental school at the University of Kentucky.
Heirloom Restaurant located on Main Street in Midway officially opened
with a ribbon cutting celebration.
County firefighters employed the “jaws for life” at a major car wreck on
McCracken Pike.
Lifelong Versailles native, Ruby Louise Carter Howard age 80 passed
away. Mrs. Howard was a longtime member of Polk Memorial Baptist Church.
She left three children, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
WCHS held “Jacket Madness!” at the Hive on Friday where the boys and
girls basketball teams each held scrimmages and the step team and cheer
squad performed.
WCHS boys soccer announced that Fonyam Atanga was named coach of the
year by the Central Kentucky Soccer Officials Ass’n and that Zach
Blaydes was named first team All-State.
25 Years Ago
December 10, 1998
JoAnne Trivette Alves, 63, former downtown businesswoman, real estate
agent and broker, died Dec. 2 of cancer. She was the wife of Woodford
Sun advertising manager Haywood Alves.
The Versailles Baptist Church will inaugurate Spanish language services
Sunday.
Woodford’s four elementary schools and the high school attained rewards
status during the final cycle of KIRIS testing.
Unusually warm weather greeted Saturday’s downtown holiday parade.
Sunday’s high temperature of 72 degrees here broke a record of 71 that
had stood since 1951.
Nancy Lee Marotta of Versailles, a junior at Centre College, is
completing the fall semester of study abroad in Strausbourg, France.
Michael Scott Mitchell of Versailles has been inducted into Phi Beta
Kappa at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Woodford County High School Mat Jackets swept their first home dual
meet of the season Saturday, beating Dunbar, Bryan Station, Frankfort,
Paducah Tilghman, and Pike County Central.
The WCHS Lady Jackets basketball team remains unbeaten at 3-0 after
defeating Clark County Monday night.
40 Years Ago
December 8, 1983
Lt. Col. Edward A. Geilear of Woodford County has retired from the U. S.
Army after 32 years of service.
G. Douglas Sutherland, formerly of Versailles, has been elected
president of Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Kentucky.
Haywood “Pete” Alves, a retired civil engineer with the Kentucky
Department of Highways, died Friday, just one week short of his 90th
birthday.
William F. (Bill) Etherington, retired farm implement company owner,
died Saturday at age 94.
Susan Jane Turner, 70, who taught English at Vassar college for many
years, died here last Thursday.
Freddie Bocook Moore, 72, a former schoolteacher in the Woodford system,
died Monday evening.