County-fair season, continued, in Bedford: "Float line up begins at 11:30 a.m. at the high school and the parade will route through town ending at the nursing home. ..."
It's also time again for the 400-mile yard sale, along U.S. 68.
Touring Boone County's "Rural Treasures."
Liberty and Casey County are working together to re-ignite business at the Goose Creek Candle Company.
All-caps is common for copy to be read on the radio, but this WCLU report on a North Carolina man's world-records-breaking performance at the Glasgow Highland Games is particularly worthy.
Ah: "If I can face my old friend one more time in 2013, it will be a great Friday night regardless of the score."
Remember the Trojans ...
Monticello School athletic uniforms, including cheerleader will beavailable ( for $5.00) today at the school from 8 to 2 and6 to 8.
— WKYM News (@wkym1017) June 5, 2013
Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown and Rineyville Baptist Church also reportedly are breaking with the Boy Scouts.
ReplyDeleteDid they sell off the Heath uniforms? Are they still for sale? Is there any way I could get a baseball or football jersey?
ReplyDeleteTwenty years ago today, Conway Twitty died. Twenty minutes from now, WBIO 94.7 FM ("We Believe In Owensboro") is treating rush-hour drivers to two solid hours of Conway Twitty.
ReplyDeleteAnd right now we're getting "Gentle On My Mind"!
DeleteAnd now the also-terrific "I Was Raised on Country Sunshine" by Dottie West.
DeleteOh, my, WBIO just related the horrible and sad tale of Dottie West's death.
DeleteOf course, "Hello, Darlin'" is the Twitty-marathon opener. Of course.
DeleteNow WBIO is playing "Happy Birthday, Darlin'," which went to No. 1 nine years after "Hello, Darlin'" did.
DeleteConway Twitty's daughter is now doing an interview, in which she says that her dad's 55 No. 1 hits are more than the Beatles and Elvis Presley combined to achieve.
DeleteTwitty's daughter just said that Twitty once told her son that what he was most proud of in his life was that "I never raised my voice to my mother."
Delete"Tight Fittin' Jeans." So great.
DeleteMan, he did do just a slew of fantastic songs ... "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" with Butcher Hollow's Loretta Lynn now ...
Delete"Linda On My Mind."
DeleteWBIO says Twitty had a mobile-home dealership and a hamburger restaurant.
Now here's his excellent version of "The Rose."
DeleteOK, that's it for Conway via WBIO in Owensboro; we're moving on to the KHSAA baseball tournament via WDHR in Pikeville.
ReplyDeleteThe color commentator for this game is Doug Flynn, the 10-year infielder from Lexington Bryan Station High who spent four seasons with the Mets. He just said that the Mercer County pitcher looks like Pat Zachry.
DeleteMercer County leads Prestonsburg, 3-0.
Here's the Doug Flynn page at UltimateMets.com. This is impressive.
DeleteMercer County is now ahead by 6-0 and still batting in the fifth.
ReplyDeleteJosh McKinney @JoshWYMT
DeleteJarrin Hall & Trey Stapleton with back-to-back RBI hits. P'Burg trails Mercer Co. 6-2 in the top of the 6th.
6:44 PM - 5 Jun 13
Kevin Patton @kjpatton67
ReplyDeleteMercer County advances to semifinals with a 6-2 win over Prestonsburg and will face winner of Henderson Co.-Collins game Friday at 5 p.m.
7:02 PM - 5 Jun 13
Complain all you want about the smart grid, but don't kid yourself into thinking you can keep watching your Conway Twitty videos on your smartphones and kicking the ol' grid-modernization can down the road.
ReplyDeleteGO, COLS!