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Page B6 Thursday,January 26, 2012 The Dawson Springs Progress Pennyrile Homemaker Club Hosted By Beverly Seibert Preservation Conference Scheduled For This Area BRENDA AND TOMMY HUNT Celebrate 50 years of marriage Tommy And Brenda Hunt Observe 50th Anniversary Tommy and Brenda Hunt celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise reception Jan. 7 given by their daughter Stephanie Gamblin. A group of 60 friends and relatives attended the reception held at the Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation Center. The event was coordinated by Debra Oldham and Lori Back. Refreshments of cake and fin- ger foods were served. The Hunts were married Jan. 3, 1962, in Springfield, Tenn., with Buddy Castle and Judith McGregor serving as witnesses. The couple have a daugh- ter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Curtis Gamblin; a son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Jen- nifer Hunt; three grandchil- dren, Jared Gamblin, Natalie Gamblin and Justin Gamblin; and three great-grandchildren, Hunter, Hayden and Charlie Ann Gamblin. DAWSON SPRINGS High School band members who performed at Madisonville Commu- nity College Saturday, Jan. 21, in the all-district KMEA band concert, are (from left) Brittney Davis, Connor Prow, Kate Adams, Jacob Skimehorn, Amber Yeisley and Austin Ryan. They rehearsed Thursday, Friday and Saturday before Saturday’s concert. submitted photo PARTICIPATING in the installation ceremonies at the Al E. Orton Lodge No. 628 F. & A. M. Thursday, Jan. 12, are (front, from left) Jerry Fletcher, Wilson Wilder, Terry L. Bowman, Grand Master of Kentucky, Donnie Davis, Jack Audas, Steven C. Morse, Carroll Neisz, Tom Winters, Matt Elam; (back) J. William Ryan, Jimmy Mathews, Brent Morse, Keith Steeley, Master of Al E. Orton Lodge No. 628, Roy Ray III and Ray Bochert. photo by Charlie Beshear The Pennyrile Homemak- ers met Jan. 20 at the home of Beverly Seibert. Members were served a lunch of home- made stew, corn bread muffins, salad and dessert. Sharon Budd opened the meeting, and Dorothy Menser gave the devotion, reading Prov- erbs 17;22, Galatians 6:9 and a poem “Count Your Blessings.” Roll call was answered with members naming their favorite things to do on a snowy day. A new member, Sophia Logan, was welcomed into the club. After the business session, the lesson on Kentucky folk- lore and myths was given by Jeannie Moore. A game on “old sayings,” was won by Wanda Hughes. In attendance were Joyce Garrett, Anna Lipford, Jean Massamore, Doris Frank- lin, Charlotte Cooley, JoAnn Edwards, Naomi Stallins, Budd, Menser, Logan, Moore, Hughes and Seibert. The Western Kentucky Lakes Region and the com- munities of Princeton, Dawson Springs and Eddyville/Kuttawa have been selected to host the 2012 Kentucky Historic Preser- vation Conference Sept. 20-22. Preservationists from across the commonwealth will gath- er to participate in tours and educational activities and learn about current trends, address challenges, share success sto- ries and hear from preservation experts and nationally noted speakers. The biennial conference is co-sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Council/State His- toric Preservation Office and the statewide nonprofit Pres- ervation Kentucky Inc., which selected the conference location based on proposals solicited primarily from Kentucky Main Street Program communities. Presenting sponsors will be the city of Princeton, Princeton Main Street/Renaissance on Main, Princeton Tourism Com- mission, Lyon County Tour- ism and the Dawson Springs Main Street and Preservation Program, with assistance from many other local organizations. “We are honored to be cho- sen as the site of the 2012 Kentucky Preservation Confer- ence. As the first rural area in the western part of the state to host the conference, we look forward to sharing our history and showcasing our wealth of historic places,” said Prince- ton Mayor Gale Cherry. “Our community has long been a proponent of preservation. Our county has received two Ida Lee Willis Memorial Founda- tion preservation awards and the Kentucky Historical Soci- ety’s award for Support of Community History. We are a Preserve America community, downtown Princeton is listed in the National Register of His- toric Places, and we have also won a national award for our restoration efforts.” In a letter of support includ- ed with their proposal, Cherry wrote, “Nestled in the gentle farmland of Western Kentucky, the Princeton area has many historic sites to offer. Whether it is downtown Princeton and Adsmore Museum, the ‘Castle’ in Old Eddyville or our gover- nor’s boyhood home in Dawson Springs, we have things avail- able that you simply cannot find in the ‘city.’” OUTGOING Master Matt Riley congratulates new Mas- ter of the Lodge Keith Steeley following his installation by Kentucky Masonic Grand Master Terry L. Bowman (center) Thursday, Jan. 12. photo by Charlie Beshear The Masonic Grand Master of Kentucky, Terry L. Bow- man, visited Dawson Springs Al E. Orton Lodge No. 628 F. & A.M. Jan. 12 and installed the newly elected officers in Open Lodge. Bowman first installed Donald Keith Steeley as the new Master of the Lodge, fol- lowed by the installation of the remaining officers. Assisting him was J. William Ryan. The Grand Master presented outgoing Master Matt Riley with a Past Master’s Apron. Also attending the installa- tion were dignitaries and Broth- ers Tim Sanders, Bill Perry, Perry Coleman, Jerry Fletcher, Stewart F. Strickland, Wilson Wilder and Tom Winders. This is the first time in more than 50 years that a sitting Grand Master has visited the local Lodge. Kentucky’s Grand Master Installs Masonic Officers Spirit Week Begins Monday At D.S. Independent Schools Spirit Week begins Monday in the Dawson Springs Inde- pendent School System. Each day of the week has a designat- ed theme; however, the school dress code still applies. —Monday is athletic day. Wear a favorite high school, college or pro team’s shirt. —Tuesday is rock and roll/ country music day. Dress as a budding or existing rock or country music star. —Wednesday is twin/mul- tiple day or career day. Dress up as multiples or as a career professional. —Thursday is Jersey day. Dress up as a Jersey Shore or Jerseylicious character. Girls wear big hair, big jew- elry and lots of makeup. Guys wear black clothes, spiked hair, t-shirts and tight jeans. Friday is nerd day/tacky day. The Homecoming game between the Panthers and Ful- ton County will be played Sat- urday. The JV game begins at 4 p.m., and the Homecom- ing Queen and King will be crowned between games. A dance for grades 5–8 will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. The high school dance will be held from 9 to 11 p.m. A photogra- pher will be available to take pictures, and a concession stand will be open during the dances. College Goal Sunday will be held this Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. in the Byrnes Audito- rium on Madisonville Commu- nity College’s Health Sciences Campus, 750 N. Laffoon St. in Madisonville. This event will provide free information and assis- tance to students and families applying for college finan- cial aid. In addition to MCC, the Kentucky College Goal Sunday program is supported by the Kentucky Associa- tion of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the Lumina Foundation, KnowHow2Go, the Kentucky Higher Educa- tion Assistance Authority, the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation and the YMCA. Important messages for stu- dents and families are: •Finances should not be a barrier to attending college. •Complete the FAFSA now to attend college in 2012-2013. •Be sure to use the cor- rect Web site, www.fafsa.gov, to complete the FAFSA. The application is free. Beware of Web sites that charge a fee. •Don’t hesitate to contact Madisonville Community Col- lege’s financial aid office for help. Local Graduate Is Honored At Campbellsville University Brittany Leigh Coy, a Dawson Springs High School graduate, has been named to Campbells- ville University’s Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester. The academic honors’ list recognizes students who achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the semes- ter with a course load of at least 12 hours. The fall 2011 academic honors’ list includes a total of 518 students, with 352 who achieved a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 to be named to the Dean’s List. Coy is a junior at Camp- bellsville University. Madisonville Community College To Host ‘College Goal Sunday” Madisonville Community College has announced the fall 2011 Dean’s List. To quality for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in 100 level or above coursework. Local and area students named to the list are as follows: Michelle Lynn Abbott, Katee Ley Bratcher, Mariah Lei-ann Burns, Amber C. Caudill, Sarah Mae Cummins, Ashley Nicole Grable, Jessica Lynn Haynes, Tiffany Nicole Melton, Shel- by Danielle Merrell, Matthew Shane Midkiff, William Cody Nash, Nicole DeAnne Pyles, Wendy R. Thorpe, Cory Wil- liam Wilbur and Emilee Ash- ton Workman, all of Dawson Springs; and Rachel Renee Clark and Tamara Marie Stal- lins of St. Charles. MCC Announces Students On Fall 2011 Dean’s List Pennyrile Park Is Offering Weekend Of Oil Painting Derby at the Darby is com- ing April 28 to Arcadia Park and the Darby House. The event, sponsored by the Darby House, will fea- ture contests, food and raf- fles. It is the first of several fund raisers planned for the preservation of the Darby House. ‘Derby At The Darby’ Scheduled April 28 Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park will offer its Land- scape Oil Painting Weekend Feb. 24-26. Participants will learn the wet-on-wet method of oil painting by creating a 16-by-20 landscape painting. The fees are as follows: $65 for one painting class (Saturday or Sunday) or $120 for two painting classes (Saturday and Sunday) and the Friday night program. There is a maximum of 15 participants per class, so sign up early. The classes will be taught by Bonita Mallory of Eddyville. For additional information, phone Rebecca Clark at 797- 3421 or 10800-325-1711. LISA PEEK (left) and her mother Martha Davis display their oil paintings. submitted photo SYLVIA THOMAS (left) and Anna Lipford make selec- tions at the refreshment table following the swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed mayor Jenny Sewell on Wednesday, Jan. 12.
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PageB6 Thursday,January26,2012
The Dawson Springs Progress
Pennyrile Homemaker ClubHosted By Beverly Seibert
Preservation ConferenceScheduled For This Area
BRENDA AND TOMMY HUNTCelebrate 50 years of marriage
Tommy And Brenda HuntObserve 50th Anniversary
Tommy and Brenda Hunt celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise reception Jan. 7 given by their daughter Stephanie Gamblin.
A group of 60 friends and relatives attended the reception held at the Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation Center. The event was coordinated by Debra Oldham and Lori Back. Refreshments of cake and fin-ger foods were served.
The Hunts were married
Jan. 3, 1962, in Springfield, Tenn., with Buddy Castle and Judith McGregor serving as witnesses.
The couple have a daugh-ter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Curtis Gamblin; a son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Jen-nifer Hunt; three grandchil-dren, Jared Gamblin, Natalie Gamblin and Justin Gamblin; and three great-grandchildren, Hunter, Hayden and Charlie Ann Gamblin.
DAWSON SPRINGS High School band members who performed at Madisonville Commu-nity College Saturday, Jan. 21, in the all-district KMEA band concert, are (from left) Brittney Davis, Connor Prow, Kate Adams, Jacob Skimehorn, Amber Yeisley and Austin Ryan. They rehearsed Thursday, Friday and Saturday before Saturday’s concert. submitted photo
PARTICIPATING in the installation ceremonies at the Al E. Orton Lodge No. 628 F. & A. M. Thursday, Jan. 12, are (front, from left) Jerry Fletcher, Wilson Wilder, Terry L. Bowman, Grand Master of Kentucky, Donnie Davis, Jack Audas, Steven C. Morse, Carroll Neisz, Tom Winters, Matt Elam; (back) J. William Ryan, Jimmy Mathews, Brent Morse, Keith Steeley, Master of Al E. Orton Lodge No. 628, Roy Ray III and Ray Bochert. photo by Charlie Beshear
The Pennyrile Homemak-ers met Jan. 20 at the home of Beverly Seibert. Members were served a lunch of home-made stew, corn bread muffins, salad and dessert.
Sharon Budd opened the meeting, and Dorothy Menser gave the devotion, reading Prov-erbs 17;22, Galatians 6:9 and a poem “Count Your Blessings.”
Roll call was answered with members naming their favorite things to do on a snowy day.
A new member, Sophia
Logan, was welcomed into the club.
After the business session, the lesson on Kentucky folk-lore and myths was given by Jeannie Moore. A game on “old sayings,” was won by Wanda Hughes.
In attendance were Joyce Garrett, Anna Lipford, Jean Massamore, Doris Frank-lin, Charlotte Cooley, JoAnn Edwards, Naomi Stallins, Budd, Menser, Logan, Moore, Hughes and Seibert.
The Western Kentucky Lakes Region and the com-munities of Princeton, Dawson Springs and Eddyville/Kuttawa have been selected to host the 2012 Kentucky Historic Preser-vation Conference Sept. 20-22.
Preservationists from across the commonwealth will gath-er to participate in tours and educational activities and learn about current trends, address challenges, share success sto-ries and hear from preservation experts and nationally noted speakers.
The biennial conference is co-sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Council/State His-toric Preservation Office and the statewide nonprofit Pres-ervation Kentucky Inc., which selected the conference location based on proposals solicited primarily from Kentucky Main Street Program communities.
Presenting sponsors will be the city of Princeton, Princeton Main Street/Renaissance on Main, Princeton Tourism Com-mission, Lyon County Tour-ism and the Dawson Springs Main Street and Preservation Program, with assistance from many other local organizations.
“We are honored to be cho-
sen as the site of the 2012 Kentucky Preservation Confer-ence. As the first rural area in the western part of the state to host the conference, we look forward to sharing our history and showcasing our wealth of historic places,” said Prince-ton Mayor Gale Cherry. “Our community has long been a proponent of preservation. Our county has received two Ida Lee Willis Memorial Founda-tion preservation awards and the Kentucky Historical Soci-ety’s award for Support of Community History. We are a Preserve America community, downtown Princeton is listed in the National Register of His-toric Places, and we have also won a national award for our restoration efforts.”
In a letter of support includ-ed with their proposal, Cherry wrote, “Nestled in the gentle farmland of Western Kentucky, the Princeton area has many historic sites to offer. Whether it is downtown Princeton and Adsmore Museum, the ‘Castle’ in Old Eddyville or our gover-nor’s boyhood home in Dawson Springs, we have things avail-able that you simply cannot find in the ‘city.’”
OUTGOING Master Matt Riley congratulates new Mas-ter of the Lodge Keith Steeley following his installation by Kentucky Masonic Grand Master Terry L. Bowman (center) Thursday, Jan. 12. photo by Charlie Beshear
The Masonic Grand Master of Kentucky, Terry L. Bow-man, visited Dawson Springs Al E. Orton Lodge No. 628 F. & A.M. Jan. 12 and installed the newly elected officers in Open Lodge.
Bowman first installed Donald Keith Steeley as the new Master of the Lodge, fol-lowed by the installation of the remaining officers. Assisting him was J. William Ryan.
The Grand Master presented outgoing Master Matt Riley with a Past Master’s Apron.
Also attending the installa-tion were dignitaries and Broth-ers Tim Sanders, Bill Perry, Perry Coleman, Jerry Fletcher, Stewart F. Strickland, Wilson Wilder and Tom Winders.
This is the first time in more than 50 years that a sitting Grand Master has visited the local Lodge.
Kentucky’s Grand MasterInstalls Masonic Officers
Spirit Week Begins MondayAt D.S. Independent Schools
Spirit Week begins Monday in the Dawson Springs Inde-pendent School System. Each day of the week has a designat-ed theme; however, the school dress code still applies.
—Monday is athletic day. Wear a favorite high school, college or pro team’s shirt.
—Tuesday is rock and roll/country music day. Dress as a budding or existing rock or country music star.
—Wednesday is twin/mul-tiple day or career day. Dress up as multiples or as a career professional.
—Thursday is Jersey day. Dress up as a Jersey Shore or Jerseylicious character.
Girls wear big hair, big jew-elry and lots of makeup. Guys wear black clothes, spiked hair, t-shirts and tight jeans.
Friday is nerd day/tacky day.
The Homecoming game between the Panthers and Ful-ton County will be played Sat-urday. The JV game begins at 4 p.m., and the Homecom-ing Queen and King will be crowned between games.
A dance for grades 5–8 will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. The high school dance will be held from 9 to 11 p.m. A photogra-pher will be available to take pictures, and a concession stand will be open during the dances.
College Goal Sunday will be held this Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. in the Byrnes Audito-rium on Madisonville Commu-nity College’s Health Sciences Campus, 750 N. Laffoon St. in Madisonville.
This event will provide free information and assis-tance to students and families applying for college finan-cial aid. In addition to MCC, the Kentucky College Goal Sunday program is supported by the Kentucky Associa-tion of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the Lumina Foundation, KnowHow2Go, the Kentucky Higher Educa-
tion Assistance Authority, the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation and the YMCA.
Important messages for stu-dents and families are:
•Finances should not be a barrier to attending college.
•Complete the FAFSA now to attend college in 2012-2013.
•Be sure to use the cor-rect Web site, www.fafsa.gov, to complete the FAFSA. The application is free. Beware of Web sites that charge a fee.
•Don’t hesitate to contact Madisonville Community Col-lege’s financial aid office for help.
Local Graduate Is HonoredAt Campbellsville University
Brittany Leigh Coy, a Dawson Springs High School graduate, has been named to Campbells-ville University’s Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester.
The academic honors’ list recognizes students who achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the semes-
ter with a course load of at least 12 hours. The fall 2011 academic honors’ list includes a total of 518 students, with 352 who achieved a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 to be named to the Dean’s List.
Coy is a junior at Camp-bellsville University.
Madisonville Community CollegeTo Host ‘College Goal Sunday”
Madisonville Community College has announced the fall 2011 Dean’s List. To quality for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in 100 level or above coursework.
Local and area students named to the list are as follows: Michelle Lynn Abbott, Katee Ley Bratcher, Mariah Lei-ann Burns, Amber C. Caudill, Sarah
Mae Cummins, Ashley Nicole Grable, Jessica Lynn Haynes, Tiffany Nicole Melton, Shel-by Danielle Merrell, Matthew Shane Midkiff, William Cody Nash, Nicole DeAnne Pyles, Wendy R. Thorpe, Cory Wil-liam Wilbur and Emilee Ash-ton Workman, all of Dawson Springs; and Rachel Renee Clark and Tamara Marie Stal-lins of St. Charles.
MCC Announces Students On Fall 2011 Dean’s List
Pennyrile Park Is OfferingWeekend Of Oil Painting
Derby at the Darby is com-ing April 28 to Arcadia Park and the Darby House.
The event, sponsored by the Darby House, will fea-
ture contests, food and raf-fles. It is the first of several fund raisers planned for the preservation of the Darby House.
‘Derby At The Darby’ Scheduled April 28
Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park will offer its Land-scape Oil Painting Weekend Feb. 24-26.
Participants will learn the wet-on-wet method of oil painting by creating a 16-by-20 landscape painting.
The fees are as follows: $65 for one painting class (Saturday or Sunday) or $120 for two painting classes (Saturday and Sunday) and the Friday night program.
There is a maximum of 15 participants per class, so sign up early. The classes will be taught by Bonita Mallory of
Eddyville.For additional information,
phone Rebecca Clark at 797-3421 or 10800-325-1711.
LISA PEEK (left) and her mother Martha Davis display their oil paintings. submitted photo
SYLVIA THOMAS (left) and Anna Lipford make selec-tions at the refreshment table following the swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed mayor Jenny Sewell on Wednesday, Jan. 12.
