A2 Friday, June 6, 1997 BRIEFS The Winchester Sun County Born: To Brandy and Michael Caskey, Paris, a son May 27 at Clark Regional Medical Center. He has been named Kyler Thomas. Grandparents are Tammy Johns, Paris; Frank Chamberlain, Richmond, and Eddie and Robin Caskey, Paris. To Anthony and Bonnie Bond, Clay City, a son May 28 at Clark Regional Medical Center. He has been named Anthony Glen.
Grandparents are Roy and Watkins and Ronald G. Bond, all of Stanton. To Chad and Jennifer Barrett, Winchester, a son Saturday at Clark Regional Medical Center. He has been named Christopher Journey-Lee. Grandparents are Peggy Blevins, Winchester; Deborah Trent, Hazel Green, and Randy Crouch, Florence.
Johnny and Andrea Farthing, Winchester, a daughter, May 29 at Clark Regional Medical Center. She had been named Kelsey Danielle. Grandparents are Brenda Farthing and Barbara Hale, all of Clark County. To John and Suzanne Pica, Winchester, a daughter Monday at Clark Regional Medical Center. She has been named Stephanie Marie.
Grandparents are Kevin and Eileene Pickles of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Eva Pica, Clearwater, Fla. Meetings set: The Winchester-Clark County Industrial Development Authority will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at its offices, 2 S. Maple St.
The Kentucky Public Retirees, Bluegrass East, will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Western Steer Restaurant, Richmond Road, Lexington. Officers for 1997-98 will be elected and installed. After Hours set: The WinchesterClark County Chamber of Commerce will have a Business After Hours from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Hall's on the River.
In hospital: Jessie Mullins, BrownProctor Apartments, is undergoing medical treatment at the Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington. She is in Room 5138. Correction: A news story Wednesday's Sun incorrectly stated that Joe McCord, 4258 Lexington Road, spoke against a proposed text amendment which would permit creation of subdivisions of Body of missing man discovered WARFIELD, Ky. (AP) Officials have eastern Kentucky man who has been missing five-acre tracts along a newly-created roadway. McCord spoke in favor of the amendment, stating it was unfair to curtail development in western Clark County.
Goff Bedford, Thompson Station Road, also asked The Sun to clarify his remarks to state that he also is in favor of the amendment. Reunion set: The Class of 1952 at Clark County High School will hold its 45th class reunion at 6 p.m. June 14 at the Holiday Inn. Additional information may be obtained by calling 744-6994. Hall, John Samuels and William Watson, all of Winchester, and Carl Hovermale, Mt.
Sterling Dismissed: Lois Jones, Winchester; Beulah Hatton, Stanton, and Jeffrey Terrill, Campton. Clark Regional: Admitted: Jeffery Charged: Winchester police said David A. Jones, 26, of 115 E. Broadway, was charged with criminal trespass, alcohol intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest following an incident at the residence of Karen Ballard, 116 Tyler Banks, around 12:50 a.m. today.
Officers said Ms. Ballard had asked Jones to leave her residence, he refused and began to argue with others at the residence. After arriving at Ms. Ballard's residence, officers told Jones he was under arrest and said he began running through the apartment. Officers apprehended Jones after a short foot chase.
Theft reported: Employees of Best Value Store, 1218 W. Lexington told Winchester police Thursday that someone had taken a video camcorder valued at $725 from a display case at the store sometime between April 21 and May 30. Traffic mishaps: Winchester police said an unidentified vehicle struck a telephone pole in front of Anthony Fountain's residence at 450 S. Main st. at 10:01 a.m.
Thursday. According to reports, the vehicle also struck Fountain's fence, causing $200 in damage, before leaving the scene of the accident without stopping. Vanda J. Smith, 13 Arlington Road, told Winchester police her vehicle was parked in a driveway at 218 E. Washington at 5:55 p.m.
Thursday when a vehicle Around the State The body of Wendell Harmon, 32, of Pigeon Roost in Martin County was found Wednesday afternoon in the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. The body was hung up in a fallen tree about five miles north of the city of Warfield. Kentucky State Police have not ruled out foul play. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed. Officials from the Martin County Rescue Squad recovered the body around 12:40 p.m.
EDT Wednesday. Salyersville man charged with murder SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (AP) An eastern Kentucky man has been charged with murder in the death of a man whose body was found in September 1994. A Magoffin County grand jury indicted William Kennard, 35, of Salyersville on Monday. He was charged with killing Johnny Simpkins, 31, on or about Sept.
24, 1994. Simpkins' body was discovered in January 1995 off U.S. 460 near the Morgan County community of White Oak. The indictment said he was killed by a blow to the face with some object. Kennard was arrested Tuesday in Mount Sterling by Kentucky State Police.
He was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Detention Center, but officials there said he was picked up Thursday by police. It was unclear where Kennard was transferred. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Magoffin Circuit Court. Grayson officer commended for heroics GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) A Grayson police officer was credited with pulling three residents out of a burning apartment building Just ducky recovered the body of an since May 28.
(Sun photo by James Mann) Weather lately has been more suited for ducks, causing them to seek a break from the water in the spillway of the Carroll Ecton Reservoir. operated by Christina M. Ballman, 429 Oxford Drive, backed into her auto. Ms. Ballman told officers she looked back and did not see anything so she started backing up.
She said she saw Ms. Smith pull in behind her as she was backing up and she was unable to stop in time to avoid striking the Smith auto. Leanna Williams, 200 Hubbard Road Apt. 105, told Winchester police her vehicle was struck by an unidentified auto while it was parked in front of her residence at 6:38 p.m. Thursday.
Chanel N. Glover, 39 Memorial Park, told Winchester police she lost control of the vehicle she was operating at 11:27 p.m. Thursday, causing her to travel across a gravel parking lot and strike the corner of the House of God Church at 133 Third St. Ms. Glover, 24, was cited for having no insurance.
Betty G. Dickerson, 211 Center Drive, told Clark County sheriff's deputies she was attempting to turn left off the Old Boonesboro Road onto the Boonesboro Road at 4:09 p.m. Thursday when she struck an auto operated by James E. Owens, 11 Howard Drive, from behind. Owens told deputies he was going to turn left when he was struck by Ms.
Dickerson. The accident occurred about one-fifth of a mile south of Winchester. -Kevin D. Noble, 865 Darby Trace, told Clark County sheriff's deputies he was traveling along the McClure Road at 11:26 p.m. Thursday when he rounded a curve and the right front tire of his pickup truck slipped off the edge of the roadway.
Noble said he lost control of the truck and ran into a ditch before coming to a halt. The accident occurred about two miles west of Winchester. Graduates: Benjamin Michael Shear- er, son of William and Susan Shearer, 1455 Irvine Road, and a graduate of George Rogers Clark High School, recently received a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. His senior independent study project was entitled "Amongst Strange Pastures" and consisted of a series of drawings and paintings on canvas centered around non-rational compositions involving childhood toys and suggestive of a bizarre or surreal narrative. early Thursday.
Police Sgt. Ron Lindeman reported the fire about 2:10 a.m. EDT and went to the front of the building as a man and a woman were coming out, he said. He sat them on the curb across the street, and the woman began screaming that her two children and sister were still in the burning downtown building. Blinded by thick smoke, Lindeman said he crawled 30 feet up a flight of stairs, feeling his way to the top.
Just to the right of the stairwell he found the first child and pulled it out to safety. "There was nothing to breath but smoke," he said. Lindeman said he could hear the woman choking and the child crying as he made his second ascent. "If you've got kids and you hear babies crying, you'll do things you wouldn't normally do," said Lindeman, who has three daughters and three grandchildren. Again feeling his way around the apartment he was able to grab both the woman and child and pull them to safety.
After firefighters arrived, three other people were rescued from two apartments in the back of the building one upstairs and one down. The names of those rescued were not available. Fire investigators were working to determine the cause of the blaze. Funerals EVA LOU DeVARY Eva Lou DeVary, 68, of 401 Cambridge Square, widow of James O. DeVary, died at 7:50 p.m.
Thursday at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. A native of Clark County, she was the daughter of the late Orville and Effie Crowe Osborne. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corinth Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law, James and Nena DeVary, Winchester; Danny and Patsy DeVary, Newark, Ohio, and Johnny DeVary, Clark County; three granddaughters, Kellie Tipton, Shellie Lewis and Ramona Hampton, two grandsons, Johnathon DeVary and Brian DeVary; two greatgranddaughters, Katie Hampton and Karisa DeVary; two brothers, Vernon Osborne, Pikeville, and Junior Osborne, Clark County; a sister, Dorothy DeVary, Winchester, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m.
Saturday at the Scobee Funeral Home by Rev. Janice Claypoole. Burial will be in the Log Lick Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Brian and Johnthon DeVary, Randy Lewis, Randy Hampton, Jamie Tipton and Larry Osborne; honorary, William, David, Mike and Mark DeVary and Mike and Tim Osborne. Friends may call 6-9 p.m.
today. STEPHEN MEFFORD Stephen Mefford, 86, of 891 Hume Bedford Road, Paris, widower of Martha Lee Plum- The forecast for noon, Saturday, June 7. Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. 60s, 60s 80s 80s 70s 80s 90s 70s 60s 80s 60s 80s- 70s 80s 80s 90s 90s- FRONTS: 90s- COLD WARM STATIONARY 1997 AccuWeather, Inc. Pressure HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT.
CLOUDY CLOUDY Via Associated Press Weather Saturday, June 7 Accu forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures ILL. IND. OHIO Louisville Lexington W.VA. Paducah MO. Bristol Nashville N.C.
ARK. Knoxville Memphis S.C. MISS. ALA. GA.
Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Via Associated Press GraphicsNet 1997 AccuWeather, Inc. Extended State Forecast Sunday: A chance of showers. Lows around 60. Highs in the 70s.
Monday: Chance of showers west. Lows around 60. Highs 75 to 80. Tuesday: Dry and warmer. Lows around 60.
Highs 80 to 85. People Loves Cincinnati CINCINNATI, (AP) The Godfather of Soul wants to come home. James Brown, whose hits include "I Got You (I Feel Good)," says he wants to reopen the old King Records studio here, where he recorded numerous hits. "I love Cincinnati, I BROWN loved King records, and I want to bring it back," Brown said Thursday after a tour of the building, now a warehouse. He was disheartened to find little left from the old King Records days, including his desk.
"It's disappointing that they could let so much history leave," said Brown, who may convert the building into Ga-Lina-King Records Co. King Records, founded in 1943, released many of the most important records in early rock 'n' roll. Founder Syd Nathan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland last month. 'Frank's the man' NEW YORK (AP) Bono and Frank. It's starting to get sappy.
U2's lead singer and his guitarist, Edge, wrote a song for Frank Sinatra called "Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad." At a recent U2 concert in Sinatra's home state of New Jersey, Bono said he was sad that Ol' Blue Eyes couldn't attend. "Frank's the man," Bono said. "We're all guests on his planet, as far as I'm concerned. The only man we should call Mister I would call him Mr. Sinatra." Bono sang "Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad" during an interview this week on "Access Hollywood." Sinatra heard it and sent his approval.
"Lyrics are the soul of a song," Sinatra told the program. "Bono shows he's hip to this. He's a good man and I wish him many, many shots of happy." Pay is better BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) Cindy Crawford, who once dreamed of becoming the first female U.S. president, will keep her day job. "I'll stay in modeling," the supermodel told Hungarian TV talk show host Friderikusz on Thursday.
"It pays She also dropped a word of advice CRAWFORD to men: If you want her to notice you, pretend you didn't recognize her. And it helps to be good-looking. mer Mefford, died Thursday at Columbia Hospital of Paris. A native of Scott County, he was a son of the late Joseph Quince and Rhoda Hancock Mefford. He was a retired farmer and truck driver and a member of the First Church of God, Paris.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Phillip Stephen and Molly Ratliff Mefford, formerly of Winchester, and Ronald Dean and Anna Armstrong Mefford, all of Elizabethtown, and David Arnold and Peggy Linville Mefford, Millerburg; two daughters, Marlene M. Jones, formerly of Winchester, and Stephanie M. Wise, both of Lexington; 11 grandchildren, Penney Lindeman, Missy Mefford, Andera Vaught, Alaine Mefford, Scott Wise, Joe Wise, Andi Wise, Herb Jones Jeff Jones, Mark Jones and Stephen Todd Mefford; six great-grandchildren, Chris Jones, Lauren Jones, Stephanie Jones, Jesse Jones, Lindsey Ann Jones and Bain Lindeman; a brother, John W. Mefford, Georgetown; a sister, Emma Prewitt, Bowling Green, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Saturday at the LuskMcFarland Funeral Home, Paris, by the Rev. Paul Floyd Sr. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memory Gardens, Paris. Friends may call 5-8 p.m. today.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, Mrs. Paul Hall, 725 Country Club Court, Winchester 40391. No more June Jam FORT PAYNE, Ala. (AP) Its home may be in Alabama, but the band of the same name dropped a bombshell on its hometown of Fort Payne. This year's June Jam charity concert will be the last one in Fort Payne, Alabama said Thursday in a surprise announcement.
Alabama, one of the most successful country bands ever, offered no explanation. "Members of the band Alabama Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, Jeff Cook and Mark Herndon announced today that June 21, 1997, will mark Alabama's final June Jam in Fort Payne, the band's statement said. The Winchester Sun 20 Wall Street, Winchester, KY 40392 USPS Member of The Associated Press. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all local news printed in this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches. Mailed Monday through Saturday excluding holidays.
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