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2 THE WOODFORD SUN, Versailles, Ky. September 30, 2021 THE WOODFORD SUN Here’s Johnny! By John McGary THE WOODFORD SUN Established 1869 Periodicals postage paid at Versailles, Ky. 40383 U.S.P.S. 690-480 Published weekly at 184 S. Main St., Versailles, Ky. 40383 Yearly Subscriptions $25 Woodford County $30 Elsewhere in Ky. $38 Out of State Advertising rates upon application Member of Kentucky Press Postmaster send address change to The Woodford Sun, P.O. Box 29, Versailles, Ky. 40383-0029 www.woodfordsun.com (859) 873-4131 Guidelines for letters to the editor: The Woodford Sun welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be original, on topics of public interest, and not ad- dressed to a third party. Letters must contain the name, address, and daytime telephone number of the writer for purposes of verica- tion. The Sun does not publish unsigned or unveriable letters. We reserve the right to reject or condense any let- ter and to limit frequent writers. Letters should be typed, double-spaced, not in all upper case, and be no longer than 400 words. Thank-you letters and those containing personal messages are not accepted, nor are letters concerning candidates for local ofces. The deadline for receipt of letters is noon Monday. Let- ters may be brought to our ofce at 184 South Main Street; mailed to us at P.O. Box 29, Versailles 40383, or faxed to 873-0300, or by e-mail at [email protected]. STAFF Reporting/Photography — Bob Vlach, John McGary Sports — Bill Caine Sales Representative — Thomas Lone Classified Advertising/Circulation — Cathy Smith Classified Composition — Debra Mitchell Letter to the Editor MANAGEMENT Whitney Chandler — Publisher John McGary — Editor Marla Carroll — Design Editor Mimi Logsdon — Accounting/HR Manager Rent, utilities help still available Editor, The Sun: If you are a resident of Versailles and are struggling with your rent or mortgage payments or utility bills, there is help for you! (No, this is not a letter from 2020 that accidentally got reprinted.) Just a few months ago, the Versailles City Council voted to set aside $50,000 of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to directly help residents with delinquent rent/mort- gage payments and utility bills. This is on top of the $75,000 in CARES funds the city disbursed in 2020 and earlier in 2021. Residents should call Blue Grass Com- munity Action at 859-873-8182 to see if they are eligible. Blue Grass Community Action is administering the program for the city. This time, residents don’t have to show a direct economic impact from COVID-19 (job loss/disruption, illness, etc.), but they must live in certain census tracts. Help is for rent/mortgage payments and utilities up to $750 for each for a total of up to $1,500 per household. With the eviction moratorium and extra unemploy- ment benefits ended, these funds could really make a difference for people having difficulty catching up if they lost income during the shutdowns of 2020. The reason for this letter now is that we’re not sure how many people know about this most recent infusion of money. Last we heard a month ago, only $4,000 of the $50,000 had been paid out. Please help us spread the word about this life- line. If you know city residents who are still struggling, cut this out and give it to them, take a picture and text it to them, or give them a call. If you don’t know anyone, share this on your social media! The county government set aside funds as well; these funds are also administered by Blue Grass Community Action, so if you live outside the city, don’t let that stop you from calling to see what might still be available! This is a caring community; we can do even more good for our friends and neighbors when we know where to direct them when they need assistance. Laura Dake Versailles City Council From Our Files 10 Years Ago October 6, 2011 Tammy Willett, a speech pathologist who has been a preschool teacher in Wood- ford County Public Schools for 13 years, has been named Teacher of the Year. Bruce Southworth, who spent about 10 years with Midway’s public works, then another 10 in Ver- sailles, recently retired as department director. WCHS fell to Anderson County 31-13 in Homecom- ing game Friday night. WCHS basketball stand- out Jay Johnson has report- edly committed to play col- lege ball at Tennessee Tech. He is currently recovering from ACL surgery after injuring his knee over the summer at the KDA State AAU Tournament. 25 Years Ago October 3, 1996 Senior candidates for Woodford County High School’s homecoming queen are Bonnie Newell, Keisha Senter, Monica Combs, Abbey Lile, Joyce Walters and Laura Adams. Carl Riddle was honored Tuesday as Y-H America’s first retiree. The plant has been in Versailles since 1989. WCHS social stud- ies teacher Terri Morford has been honored as the Kentucky Council of So- cial Studies Outstanding Teacher. Kristi Renfro of Ver- sailles is a member of the Eastern Kentucky Universi- ty chapter of Lambda Sigma Society, a sophomore honor society. Sarah Fullerton Cart- er Stanfill, 84, a native of Woodford County, a member of a prominent family, died Sept. 25 in Lexington. She was a great- granddaughter of John Cabel Breckinridge, who was vice president of the United States under James Buchanan. Stanley John Gajdik, 74, formerly of Midway, died sept. 30 in Lexington. The WCHS Yellow Jack- ets absorbed their first loss of the football season Friday night, being shut out 38-0 by Montgomery County. Andrea “Bug” Brown of Versailles was inducted into the Midway College soccer Hall of Fame Saturday and her jersey was retired. 40 Years Ago October 8, 1981 The classroom wing of an addition to Woodford County High School is ready for occupancy and is awaiting final certification from the state fire marshal. The United Way cam- paign begins tomorrow with a goal of $69,300, which is $4,500 higher than last year’s quest. J. Steve Ward is general chairman of the drive. The Versailles City Council is looking into the possibility of locating a garbage transfer station on Kuhlman Blvd. Kimberly Ann Young of Versailles was among the summer graduates of Morehead State University. Pam Lathrem of Ver- sailles is a member of the Marching Maroons Band at Eastern Kentucky Uni- versity. Marcus Barnett of Ver- sailles has been awarded a $1,000 Philip Morris Scholarship to attend the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. William D. Hamilton, Midway’s versatile man of music, died Saturday at the age of 86. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Roach and daughter, Amanda, of Midway are spending a few days in Vail, Colo. The Woodford County Yellow Jackets defeated Jessamine County 30-7 Friday night to even their season record at 3-3. Clippings from the Blue Grass Clipper October 3, 1901… It is reported that the estate of President McKinley will amount to between $225,000 and $250,000. Powers, Youtsey, How- ard and Ripley, having been tried for the murder of Gov. Goebel of Kentucky, are still trying to have for- mer Gov. W.S. Taylor and Charles Finley extradited from Indiana for trial in the conspiracy. Leon Czolgosz, not al- lowed to plead guilty, was tried in eight hours and 26 minutes and sentenced to be electrocuted. He said “There was no one else but me” in the plot to kill the President. He will be ex- ecuted during the last week of October. He is 28 and has no criminal record. When Czolgosz reached the prison at Auburn, N.Y., where he will be executed, he col- lapsed completely. In the trial of Leon Czolgosz, the examination of witnesses took five minutes and the jury reported agreement in 28 minutes. Kentucky ranks eighth in the number of lynchings held in the past 20 years. Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Pinkerton will rent out their country place on the Clifton Pike near Versailles and will move to Lexington to educate their children. F.B. Harper entertained Sen. J.C.S. Blackburn and a number of his friends at din- ner Thursday. The occasion was the senator’s 63rd birth- day. Those present included Gov. Beckham, Mrs. D.C. Holt, A.W. Martin, E.T. Lillard, Joe Blackburn Jr. Capt. Jim Blackburn, Mrs. Blackburn, Miss Henrietta Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Hawkins, and G.V. Green and S.J. Shackelford from western Kentucky. Sam Jackson, colored, was apparently struck and killed by a train near the cut on the east side of town Saturday night. He was on his wheel. Foul play was a possibility but has finally been ruled out. Miss Amanda Johnston has moved to the house on Gratz Street, which she purchased last winter from John Wise. She will open a boarding house. There isn’t any doubt that the coming winter will be awful cold. The prophets all say so and the man is insane who disputes them. They have found moss growing thick on the trees, frogs standing on their heads, sunflowers pointing towards the North Pole, grapevines running down the pole instead of up, and there are a thousand other signs to show that every human being will be frozen stiff before the close of January. October 5, 1922… Two Negroes were killed in Midway Friday night on the L&N at the colored cemetery. There was no identification upon them, and they were buried at the colored cemetery the following Monday. The last great tract of untouched pine timber in the United States is soon to be tapped. It is located in the Malheur National Forest in Oregon. J.G. Brown offers for sale his cottage on Railroad Street. John Wallace McCabe and Jane Holloway, daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. U.G. Holloway of Troy, will be married in November. Midway defeated Har- rodsburg 12-0 on Sept. 29 with Penn scoring in the second, his first game in the backfield, and Littrell scoring the final touch- down. Littrell made several spectacular runs but missed the blocking of Faust and Portwood, who were not in the game. Gatrell starred and fine work was done by McKinnivan, Lynn and Portwood. James Starks has taken a position in the Commer- cial Bank, made vacant by George Rouse’s resigna- tion. Miss Florida Wilson suffered severe burns on both hands while handling an acid in the chemistry laboratory. John G. Brown, one of the former owners of the Clipper and for many years a resident of Midway, moved to Frankfort on Monday. The Midway Colored Christian Church has bought the lot on Stephens Street and soon hopes to build a bungalow for a parsonage. One thousand four hun- dred sixty-three students have enrolled at the Uni- versity of Kentucky. William Reed and wife of Versailles announce the birth of a son, Sleet Reed. In looking over some old documents, Mrs. John H. Barnett of Louisville found an old Versailles paper giv- ing an account of the raising of a fund at Versailles to entertain Daniel Webster, U.S. Secretary of State, when he visited Versailles. Eugene Allen Davis sub- stituted for Grand Prelate John T. Graves in a Knights Templar ceremony. Graves was kept home by the death of his wife’s grandfather, Samuel D. Elmore. Gray Lodge #27, Knights of Pythias, banqueted 65 local members and 100 visitors at Landsberg’s Hall Thursday night. One of the speakers was Rich- ard H. Gray, 85, for whom the lodge is named. H.A. Schoberth also made a speech. The sensation of the week was the Versailles- Lancaster football game on Saturday. There was a parade from the South- ern Depot down Main to Morgan and up to Childers Field. Lancaster won a hard- fought game by 21-7. The Versailles team had only had a couple of practice games. Dear Readers, It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not referring to fall, which mercifully ar- rived last week after what seemed to be a longer, hotter and wetter summer than usual. I’m referring to the Sun’s annual countywide edition, which will arrive in your mailbox or favorite news- stand Oct. 28, U.S. Postal Service and Sun delivery driver permitting. Actually, it’ll be at newsstands Oct. 27, though, as I’ll explain, sales may be down a bit that week. As previously noted in a series of lame jokes, every edition of the Sun is county- wide plus some – anyone can get one and we don’t require pre-purchase proof of residency. What sets what we call the real countywide edition apart is that every home in the county will receive one, free of charge. We hope lots of folks who don’t subscribe or buy them at a newsstand will like what they see and read and join the team. (Yay, team!) And, frankly, the extra ads we’re able to sell for the county- wide help keep the lights on at 184 South Main Street and may even allow your humble scribe to purchase name-brand peanut butter for a few weeks. A change is coming Without too much fur- ther ado over something, this year’s theme for our special section is … Wait for it … Change. As the ancient philoso- pher Heraclitus of Ephesus said, the only constant in life is change. In a sense, any good newspaper chronicles change each issue in settings ranging from governmental meetings to community festivals. The much larger countywide issue gives us space to explore themes and stories in a fuller fashion. In my humble opinion, we’ve had some darn good ones the last few years. We’ll have stories and photos showing the chang- ing face of agriculture, the growth of Midway Station, the rise of the Woodford County High School foot- ball program and other change-related topics. (I aim to write a story or col- umn about “Zoom fails” – a topic that wouldn’t have occurred to me or anyone else before you know what.) Of course, we’ll still have the news and sports of the week in the county- wide issue, so it’s really a two-for-one deal made even better by its price tag, or lack thereof. (Shameless but substan- tive plug nearly concluded.) Our thanks to the folks who advertise in the county- wide and, for that matter, every week. If not for them, I’d be doing something that might be more financially lucrative but less spiritually rewarding and, let’s face it, less fun. If you have a story idea for the countywide edition, please drop a line at john@ woodfordsun.com or by calling 873-4131, ext. 13. If you’d like to purchase an ad for, well, any edi- tion, please call Tom Lone at 873-4131, ext. 20 or by emailing adsales@wood- fordsun.com. And if you’d like to read more about Heraclitus of Ephesus, Google him. What I believe to be his first men- tion in The Woodford Sun will almost certainly be his last, though I’m sure he was a nice guy. EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE FOR CLASSIFIED ADS ere will be an early deadline for all classified ads for the Oct. 28 issue. Please send in all submissions by noon ursday, Oct. 21. is deadline will only be for the Oct. 28 county-wide issue and applies only to classified submissions. For all other ads and submissions, the deadline will remain noon Monday, Oct. 25.
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