NEWS IN BRIEF – 10/3/10

Published 10:16 pm Saturday, October 2, 2010

Church to host homecoming

Myrtle Tree Missionary Baptist Church will have a homecoming today with morning speaker, Brother Mark Holderby, and afternoon speaker will be Brother Roger Pierce. There will be special singing.

The church will also host a Ladies Missionary meeting Monday with Brother Todd Warner speaking and Ice Creek Choir singing.

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Scarecrows wanted for annual display

ASHLAND, Ky. — Community entries are needed for the fifth annual Scarecrow Spectacular at Boyd County Public Library.

The display, at the Main Branch, 1740 Central Ave., runs from Oct. 12-21.

Scarecrow makers are asked to fill out a brief application, available at all three library branches or online, at www.thebookplace.org, by Tuesday.

Winter clothing on way with UW’s Big Cover Up

Huntington, W.Va. — Local high schools are invited to submit a grant proposal for United Way’s Big Cover Up youth project.

The simple application is available by contacting the United Way office at 304.523.8929, ext 1 or by emailing laura.gilliam@unitedwayrivercities.org.

The application deadline is Nov. 5.

High school groups can apply for funds to help purchase warm winter clothing such as coats, hats, gloves, shoes and socks for elementary or middle school children. These groups must match United Way funds through fundraising efforts, discounts, or seek in-kind contributions.

Each group must have a faculty sponsor. The project, however, must be youth-led.

Grant awards have ranged from $250 to $1650. Past participants have included Symmes Valley, Rock Hill, South Point, Dawson-Bryant, Cabell Midland, and Tolsia High Schools, and Enslow Middle. This is the 11th year that United Way of the River Cities has provided this funding.

OLBH to host Cancer Walk Oct. 9

RUSSELL, Ky. — Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital (OLBH) and the OLBH Women’s Center will host Walk for a Cure, Saturday at 10 a.m.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. on the hospital campus at Bellefonte Centre (1000 Ashland Drive). Those wishing to join the fight against breast cancer will begin the walk from Bellefonte Centre (1000 Ashland Drive) travel to Bellefonte Primary Care in Flatwoods (2420 Argillite Road) and return to Bellefonte Centre.

The first 25 registrants will receive a free T-shirt. Cost for the walk is $20 with all proceeds benefiting the Avon Foundation which raises funding to find a cure for breast cancer and to advance access to mammography services. OLBH has been a past recipient of Avon grant funding to further the hospital’s mammography program.

For more information or to pre-register, contact the OLBH CareLine at (606) 833-CARE (2273).

Crime watch group to meet Oct. 11

ROME TOWNSHIP — The O I C U Neighborhood Crime Watch meeting will be held on Oct. 11 at 6:30 at the Rome Church of Christ just outside of Proctorville to discuss recent break-ins & any problems neighbors want to bring to discuss.

There has been talk about temporary speed bumps in the neighborhood to slow traffic on our roads.

The community is urged to attend this meeting.

Second Saturday Screening is Oct. 9

SUMMIT, Ky. — “Marmaduke” is the feature at the Second Saturday Screening at the Summit Branch of Boyd County Public Library on Oct. 9

The movie will be shown at 2 p.m. at the branch, located at 1016 Summit Road, across from Boyd County Middle School. Admission is free, and refreshments are served. The movie will come right after the annual multi-species Barktober program at Summit, which starts at noon.

“Marmaduke,” rated PG, is about a suburban family who moves to a new neighborhood with their large yet lovable Great Dane, who has a tendency to wreak havoc.

A free kids/family movie is shown on the second Saturday of each month at Summit. Also, a teen/tween movie is shown on the third Wednesday, at 4 p.m., at Summit. The Oct. 20 After-School Movie is “Karate Kid.”

Mountwest offers presidential scholarships

Huntington, W.Va. —Mountwest Community and Technical College is offering $100 Presidential Scholarships to students who enroll in their new Career Discovery program. To qualify for the scholarship, students must attend one of two informational sessions.

The informational sessions will be held at Cabell Hall, on the corner of 20th Street and 7th Avenue in Huntington on the following dates:

> Tuesday, Oct. 5: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

> Thursday, Oct. 7: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

“Career Discovery is a perfect way for potential new students to explore the many career options available to them through a Mountwest education. The purpose of the $100 Presidential Scholarship is to assist them in that direction,” said Dr. Keith Cotroneo, president of Mountwest.

The Career Discovery program consists of a set of bundled courses available during the second eight weeks session which starts Oct. 13. Mountwest has designed four distinct career tracks to help students kick-start their career in Allied Health, Business Technology, Information Technology, or Human Services.

In each of those areas, new students will enroll in six to nine credits of coursework that will provide both an introduction to college education as well as the careers available in each of the above noted fields.

Career Discovery is perfect for individuals seeking to start a new career or looking to make a career change.

For more information, contact Mountwest at 1-866-676-5533.

Historic black church seeks grant for repairs

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — An Appalachian church that touts itself as Ashland’s first predominantly black house of worship is seeking federal funding to repair its aging building.

Members at the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church are hoping for a $10,000 federal grant to help the church make repairs and prevent further damage from flooding.

Thelma Keeton, a steward on the church board, said the building’s roof leaks and water also seeps into the basement.

“These are things that are on the back burner until we have the money to do them,” Keeton said.

The grant allocates money from the National Historic Preservation Fund, The Independent in Ashland reported.

Chris Pullem, Ashland’s director of Economic Development, said the building is significant to the history of the black population in Ashland.

St. James’ was founded in 1868 and the congregation met in a building on 11th and Carter. It moved in the 1900s to the current building, Keeton said.

Church member Christopher Barr said St. James was the first predominantly black church to form in Ashland, and several other congregations in the area have grown from it, such as New Hope Baptist Church and Christ Temple Church. Barr has attended the church for 25 years.

Barr said the church’s membership has dropped significantly in recent years.

“We’re not drowning,” he said. “We’re past wading water, we’re ankle deep, though.”

Barr said in order for the church to grow it has to have good facilities.

“If the roof falls in then we have no place to go,” he said.

The Ashland Board of Commissioners voted on Sept. 16 to approve a grant application to support renovations at the church. The money would come from a Kentucky Heritage Council 2010-2011 Federal Survey and Planning Grant.

Haunted Tunnel to open this weekend

IRONTON — Ready to get scared — and help out a great cause at the same time? It is time for the annual Ironton Lions Club’s Haunted Tunnel.

Not only the Tri-State’s scariest haunted attraction, it is the only one in a former state highway tunnel that goes more than 200 feet into the earth. The dates are October 8, 9 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30. Admission is $5. Gates open at 7 p.m. and close at approximately 11 p.m.

The tunnel is located in Ironton at the intersection of U.S. 52 and State Route 93 across from the Ironton Hills Shopping Center

All proceeds go to the Ironton Lions Club, a non-profit civic organization that puts every penny back into the community through scholarships, donations and community projects. The Lions also focus on helping those who are visually impaired by donating eyeglasses here and abroad and providing seeing eye dogs to those in need.

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin to perform at OUS on Oct. 11

IRONTON — Council for the Arts/Lawrence County Concert Series will welcome the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin from Moscow at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 11, at the Ohio University Southern campus in Ironton at the Riffe Center. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.

Since its formation in the late 1991 in Moscow, the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin has performed over 1400 concerts — nearly 600 in Moscow and the rest on tours in 24 countries of Europe, North and South America and the Far East.  The orchestra has recorded over 30 CDs, receiving widespread international acclaim and awards.

The orchestra is directed by Misha Rachlevsky. Rachlevsky has studied violin since the age of 5. He has been directing music since 1984 and has been with the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin since 1991.