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Licking Valley Courier - 2.13.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Lincoln Valley Courier to bring
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you news from in and around West Liberty. Your reader
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today is Channis. We begin with the addition dated Thursday,
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February twelve, twenty twenty six, as a reminder, Radio I
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as a reading service intended for people who are blind
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or have other disa pardon me, other disabilities that make
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it difficult to read printing material. Our first article is
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really a picture.
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Speaker 2: There's a picture of a six boys and an adult.
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The title of it says high school chess team advances
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to upcoming state competition, and underneath the picture it says
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congratulations to Morgan County High School chess team for winning
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second place overall in the recent Quaddie Tournament of the
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high school. Principal Ashley Pelfrey told the Courier that the
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team will advance to the state team championship competition on Saturday,
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March fourteenth at Bullet Central High School in Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
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Pictured from left to right are coach Lee Armstrong, Fletcher Hammonds,
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Lucas Fraser, Walker, Adkins, Colton Thomas, Landon Smith and Ethan Barley.
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Our next article is a dog from local shelter adopted
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after new owners saw pitcher in The Courier Editor's note,
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We are very pleased to hear from Helping Hands for
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Animal volunteer Kathy Gullett that Tyke, a dog featured in
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the January twenty ninth edition of The Courier, was adopted
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from Morgan County Animal Shelter after his new owner saw
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his pitcher in the paper. Tyke was one of many
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dogs awaiting the home at the Morgan County Animal Shelter
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at the time of his adoption. To any of our
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readers who might be thinking about getting a pet, we
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would like to ask you to consider giving a forever
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home to a dog at Morgan County Animal Shelter. We
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would also like to thank Helping Hands for Animals for
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providing lunch to our staff last Friday after Tyke's adoption,
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and for the group's long standing dedication to animals in need.
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Congratulations to Tyke and his new owner on finding each other.
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Tych's story can be found below in the following Facebook
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post from Morgan County Animal Shelter Miranda M. Cantrell of
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February six, we have some very happy news to share.
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Tyke affectionately known as Tickle, arrived at our shelter on
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February fourth, twenty twenty five. He was less than a
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year old at the time. We sent him to EKCC
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obedience training, fully believing he'd be scooped up quickly, but
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weeks turned into months. He became a staff favorite and
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no one could understand how such an incredible boy was
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still waiting. Last week, The Licking Valley Courier featured him
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as one of their own of their two adoptable dogs.
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When the call came from someone asking to meet him,
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they said, I have to have that dog in my life.
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We set up the meeting and we were thrilled to
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say it was a perfect match. As I opened his
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book to prepare the paperwork, I realized something incredible. It
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was one year to the day since Tyke first came
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to us, and the very day he was finally going
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home to his forever family. Thank you E. K. C. C.
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The Licking Valley Courier, and most of all, to Tyke's
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new family for giving this wonderful boy the life and
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love he's always deserved. For more information regarding dog adoptions,
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contact the Morgan County Animal Shelter at six oh six
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seven three, twenty five forty five, or visit the facility
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at sixty five ninety one Highway four sixty West and
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West Liberty. Our next article is school district releases Amended
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school calendar. Schools in Morgan and surrounding county state closed
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through Tuesday.
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Speaker 1: By Miranda M. Cantrell. Morgan County School District officials recently
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announced amendments to the school calendar following an extended closure
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following last month's winter storm. In a February fifth Facebook posting,
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school officials wrote that spring great has been adjusted, with
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March thirtieth through April second designated as regular school days.
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Schools will be closed on April third in observance of
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Good Friday. However, Superintendent of Schools Doctor Ralph Hamilton told
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the Courier that as of Tuesday, there have been thirteen
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traditional time and nine non traditional instruction that's in ti
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days this school year. Doctor Hamilton also noted that the
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last day of school for students is tentatively scheduled for
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May twenty second at press time. As of February tenth,
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schools in Morgan and several surrounding counties, including Elliott, Lawrence Macgoffin,
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Wolf and Rowan remained closed due to the continued icy
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road conditions. Temperatures rose into the sixties on Tuesday afternoon,
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with meteorologists predicting that the warming trend will continue with
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above normal temperatures for several days. Additional school calendar updates
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will be noted in the Courier as they become available.
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Our next article is blood drive is stated for Thursday,
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February nineteenth at the West Liberty Christian Church, Kentucky. Are
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encouraged to join the life saving team at Kentucky Blood
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Center this winter and become blood donors at this upcoming
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blood drive in your community. The ultimate prize awaits those
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who join kbc's team of donors assurance that local lives
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will be impacted from their donation. All donations with kbc's
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stay local to support patients at more than seventy hospitals
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in Kentucky. All good teams need a uniform, so in
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addition to the honor of helping a neighbor in need,
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those who give blood at this drive will receive a
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team donor longsleeve shirt while supplies last. A nod to
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the twenty twenty six winter Olympics. The Morgan County Community
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Blood Drive will be ten thirty am through three thirty
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pm Thursday, February nineteenth, from ten thirty am to three
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thirty pm in the West Liberty Christian Church Fellowship Hall
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at three h four Prestonburg Street in West Liberty. Although
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winter conditions are a must for the Olympics, it's an
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obstacle for the life saving team at KBC. Winter weather
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can lead to drive cancelations and low donor turnout. Intentionally
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proactive donation from donors at community drives like this one
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ensures a healthy blood supply for local patients even when
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inclement weather strikes. Blood donors must be at least seventeen
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years old sixteen with parental consent, weigh at least one
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hundred and ten pounds, being good health, show a photo ID,
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and meet additional requirements. Appointments are preferred, but walkins are
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welcome to schedule a donation. Visit KWY Blood Center dot
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org or call eight hundred seven seventy five twenty five
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twenty two. Kentucky Blood Blood Center is the largest independent,
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full service nonprofit blood center in Kentucky and has been
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saving lives local lives since nineteen sixty eight. Licensed by
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the FDA, kbc's sole purpose is to collect, process, and
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distribute blood for patients in Kentucky. KBC provides services in
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ninety Kentucky counties and has donor centers in Lexington, Louisville, Frankfort, Piquel, Somerset,
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and the Tri County area of Corbett. Our next article
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is area EMS professionals in Frankfort to advocate for bills.
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Morgan County natives Jim Conley and Greg Gullett of Cross
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Medical Response were in Frankfort last week to meet with
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several legislators about bills regarding critical issues for emergency medical services.
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Cross Medical Response would like to thank state Representatives John Blue,
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Richard White, Chris Fugate, Ryan Dotson, Timmy Truett for being
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co sponsors of House Bill for four seven to increase
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reimbursements from private insurance to local ambulance services, and for
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pledging support for House Bill five hundred to increase EM
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to increase counties EMS block grant funding. This funding was
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approved in nineteen eighty at ten thousand dollars per county
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and has never been increased since that time. Additionally, Cross
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Medical Response would like to thank State Senator Brandon Smith
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who pledged to support both bills when they came to
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the Senate side. A big thank you from the Kentucky
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Ambulance Providers Association KAPA and the Kentucky Board of EMS.
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In addition to Cross Medical Response, Jimmy Conley Cross Medical
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Response Chief Operating Officer and Financial Advisor and Greg Gullet,
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Cross Medical Response Director are pictured with States Representative Richard
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White and State Senator Brandon Smith and Frankfort. Cross Medical
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Response currently has EMS stations in Campton, Jackson and Winchester.
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Our next article is Conservation District announces best management program.
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The Morgan County Conservation District Board of Supervisors has voted
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to promote a local cost share program for Morgan County
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farmers to implement the following practices maintenance on heavy use
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areas with filter fabric, purchasing weed chemicals, and installing livestock
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water tanks. This will be a fifty to fifty cost
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share program and the amount that will be reimbursed per
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farmer will not exceed four hundred dollars. Applicants must come
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into the Conservation District office and fill out an application
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and have a farm number on record at the Farm
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Service Agency. This will be on This will be on
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IS program. Receipts can be backdated from the time of
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signing the application. Applicants have up to six months to
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bring in pictures and receipts for reimbursement. All payments will
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be approved at each Board of Supervisors meeting. Meetings are
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held the third Thursday of each month. Applications will be
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accepted from eight thirty am to four thirty pm Monday
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through Friday. Our next article is Hazel Green man to
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plead guilty and meth conspiracy. A Wolf County man accused
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in conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in three eastern Kentucky counties
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has agreed to plead guilty in federal court. Clyde Rudolph Endicott,
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fifty five, of Hazel Green, is charged with conspiracy to
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distribute more than five hundred grams of math, four counts
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of distributing myth, possession with intent to distribute, and felling
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in possession of a firearm. Indicott was indicted on several
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of those charges in July. He is accused of distributing
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math and Wolf Brethat and Magoffin counties When officers arrested him,
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they found more than eight pounds worth of meth worth
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fifty thousand dollars in his home, along with twenty five
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thousand dollars in cash, resulting in amended and additional charges.
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Most of the charges carry maximum sentences of either fifteen
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or twenty years in prison, but the conspiracy charge could
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result in a life sentence due to the amount of
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drugs involved. His plea agreement is not yet available, so
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it is not known to which charges he intends to plead.
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Indicott is currently being held in the Pike County Detention Center.
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He is scheduled to enter his plea February nineteenth in
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Lexington Federal Court. Our next article is Cougar's events January
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loss to East Carter with a twenty point win in
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Grayson by David Patrick Parker. Trusty hit four to three
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pointers on his way to a team high twenty points
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as Morgan County picked up all important sixty eight to
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forty eight win over sixty second district rival East Carter
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in Grayson on Tuesday night. The Raiders had dealt Morgan
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one of the most disappointing losses of the season. On
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January fIF seventeenth with a sixty five to fifty six
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overtime set back in West Liberty. But on this night,
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the Cougars left no doubt, handing the Raiders their first
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district loss and only the second in the sixteenth regional play.
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Trustee added eight rebounds, assist and a pair of steals,
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while Aden Barker tallied eighteen points, eight rebounds, four assists,
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two steals In a block shop. Asher Gamble knocked down
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a trio of three balls to finish with thirteen points.
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Grayson Hampton and Eli Bradley finished with eight and seven
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respectively as the Cougars improved to twelve to nine overall,
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seven to five sixteenth region and two to three district.
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The Cougars are now seven to three in a new
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calendar year, and there is a picture of coast coach
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Rhys Griffith led the Cougars to five wins in the
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last six games. Sorry about that. Our next article is
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Lady Cougar's collect district wins over West Carter and Elliott County.
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Following a disappointing fifty two to forty eight overtime loss
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to sixty second district rival East Carter last Thirdesday, Morgan
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County bounced back with a hard fought win at West
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Carter fifty five to fifty Monday evening, before beating Elliott
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County eighty to twelve on Tuesday. The Lady Cougar's win
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over West gave the Blue and Gold a season sweep,
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following a fifty six to forty one victory in West
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Liberty nearly a month ago. Emma Clinger had one of
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her best games of the season with twenty four points
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and seven rebounds. Lelly Lyntrell had fifteen points, while Gracie
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Hampton and Kenzie the Viuheimer finished with seven and six
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points respectively. Morgan shot forty percent seventeen of forty two
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from the field, although it struggled mightily from the three
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point line, converting only four of twenty three that's seventeen percent.
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The time continued to have trouble hitting free throws, missing
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nine of its twenty six attempts for the season. The
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charity stripe had fiercely plagued the Lady Cougars fifty four percent,
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missing one hundred and fourteen free throws in seventeen games.
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Morgan sixty eight point route in Sandy Hook was led
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by Emma Clinger, who finished with twenty two points, seven
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rebounds in five steals. Freshman Laney Atkins was outstanding with
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the fourteen points while hitting six of eight from the field,
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a season high sixteen Lady Cougar scored in this game,
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with nine players hitting at least one three pointer. With
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the consecutive wins, Morgan improves to eleven to six, five
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to three Region and two to two District. West Carter
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falls in I mean West Carter falls to six to thirteen,
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four to nine, and one to three, while Elliott goes
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zero to twelve, zero to six, zero to two. Our
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next article is Barker and Gamble combined for forty eight
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points en rout of Fairview by David Patrick. Aiden Barker
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scored twenty seven points while Asher Gamble added twenty one
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as Morgan County easily picked up a ninety seven to
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twenty eight road wind against Fairview. Barker hit twelve of
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the sixteen from the field, including both his three point attempts.
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Gamble was on fire from deep with a perfect of
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five to five on his way to eight of nine
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over all. As a team, Morgan converted an incredible seventy
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two percent thirty eight of fifty three of its shot
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attempts in seventy one percent seventeen of twenty four from
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the three point strike. Eli Bradley filed up the stat
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page with game highs of eight rebounds and seven assists.
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Bradley and Parker had with something steals a piece, while
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the Cougars committed only four total turnovers. Coach Rhys Griffith's
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team scored ninety plus points for the third time this
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season and the second time in the last five games.
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There was plenty of offense to go around Elive Bradley
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twelve points, Parker Trusty nine, Grayson Hampton eight, Gage Gamble six,
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Matthew Vance five, Aiden Wit three, Carson Hoskins three, Noah
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Cantrell three. The Cougars are playing their best basketball at
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the ideal time, winning seven of the last nine games,
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with three of those coming on the road. Morgan will
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play its final three regular season games on the road
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as well, with trips to Bourbon County February seventeenth, Nicholas
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February nineteenth, and Prestonburg February twentieth. Our next article is
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Morehead group offers scholarship for area women. Post secondary education
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can be a costly adventure through no doubt exciting and
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life changing, though no doubt exciting in life changing. PEO
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is an international philothraphic educational organization that was founded in
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eighteen sixty nine at Iowan Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
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The organization's goal is to help provide funds for higher
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education to women in the United States, Canada, and through
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various grants and loans or scholarships. In twenty twenty five,
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a local Moorhead chapter of PEO in An, Kentucky established
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a scholarship. It is ready for the fall semester of
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twenty twenty six and the spring semester of twenty twenty seven.
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This scholarship will be for women seeking higher education in
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a community college, college, or university to help with their
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expenses they may experience. If interested in any of these
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women of Rowan, Carter, Elliott, Menafee, Bath or Lewis County,
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please send an inquiry for further information to PEO KY
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dot Chapter an at gmail dot com. Our next article
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is Chris Adams Benefit reschedule for Saturday, February twenty first,
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a fundraiser for local resident Chris Adams has been rescheduled
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for one to three pm Saturday, February twenty first, at
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the Index Church Community Center located at seventeen forty nine
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West Main Street in West Liberty. Let's rally together to
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support Chris Adams and his family as they navigate this challenge,
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the challenges of his camp or diagnosis, medical bills, travel,
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hospital stays, and the loss of wages. The fundraiser event
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will include a soup, bean dinner, live music, live auction,
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and raffle. Any donations are greatly appreciated. The meal will
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include a bowl of beans, corn bread, fried potatoes, tenderloin, onion,
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and a drink for ten dollars. Chris Adams, our dear citizen,
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is a devoted Christian and a member of the New
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Salem Church. He also serves as chief of White Oak
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Volunteer Fire Department. Chris is also a dedicated husband of
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Sandy McClure Adams. Please join us in supporting Chris at
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this special event. Our next article is keep your letter
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carriers safe by clearing paths of snow and ice United
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States Post Office posts. I'm sorry, let me start over
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up as let me start over again. USPS is reminding
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customers of importance of keeping walkways, sideways, and areas around
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mailboxes clear from snow and ice so letter carriers can
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provide safe and timely mail delivery. Snow and patches of
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ice in front of mailboxes can make it difficult for
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letter carriers to safely deliver the mail Residents. Maintaining a
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clear path to the mailbox, including steps, porches, walkways, and
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street approach will help letter carriers maintain consistent delivery service.
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Customers receiving curb side delivery should also ensure clear access
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to their mailboxes. For letter carriers who deliver the from
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their street, postal employees make every reasonable effort to deliver
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mail in many difficult weather conditions. With your help, we
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can keep your letter carriers, your neighbors, and your properties safe.
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Thank you for protecting our letter carriers as they continue
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to bring pack our me packages and correspondence to your
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door each day. Hi. Our next article is soul testing
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program announced by SCS. The Morgan County Conservation District will
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pay for up to three soil tests for farmers in
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Morgan County to apply stop by the Conservation District at
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nine to five to five Prestonburg Street, West Liberty at
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the USDA Service Center for a voucher in soul test bags.
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Soul samples can be dropped off to the Morgan County
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Cooperative Extension Service to be submitted to the UK Laboratory
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for analysis. C two five five T Republican. Our next
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article Republican Party meetings schedule for February twelve. Location changed.
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The regular meeting of the Morgan County Republican Party that
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was slated for Thursday, February fifth has been rescheduled for
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six pm Thursday, February twelve in the Fiscal Courtroom at
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the cant Government Building at four point fifty Prestonburgh Street.
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The public is invited to attend. Our next article is
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Wrigley School Based Meeting Council. Sorry, let me try that again.
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I'm having difficulty today. Wrigly School Based Council Meetings. Wrigley
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Elementary sb DM council meetings will be held the fourth
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Tuesday of each month at five pm Tuesday and Friday.
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Our next article is Morgan Central sb DM Council Meetings.
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The Morgan County Elementary School sb DM meetings will be
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the third Monday of the month. At four point thirty pm.
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Thank you, and here is a little note if from
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Mark Twain sell away. Twenty years from now you will
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be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than
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the one you did. So throw off those bow lines
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and sail away from the harbor. Catch the trade winds
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in your cells, explore, dream and discover Mark Twain. This
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pardon me. This concludes excerpts from recent editions of The
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Licking Valley Courier. Your reader has been Channis on behalf
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of everyone here at RADIOI thank you for listening, keep
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on listening, and I hope you have a very good day.