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Dr. O'Cull appointed to MSU Board
of Regents
| Governor Ernie Fletcher announced his first
appointments to the university governing boards at each of the state's postsecondary
educational institutions and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority. Among
the appointments is Lewis County resident Dr. John D. O'Cull to the Morehead State
University Board of Regents.
On June 10, the bi-partisan Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee delivered a
list of nominees to the governor.
Appointees were chosen from the list of nominees. Each appointment was effective July 1
and each appointee will serve a term of six years. |
Dr. O'Cull is Lewis County's first member of
the Morehead State University Board of Regents in nearly 50 years. He is a practicing
dentist at O'Cull Family Dentistry in Vanceburg. He graduated from MSU with a BS in
biology/chemistry. While studying at Morehead, he won the Kentucky Board of Dentistry
rural Kentucky scholarship.
He has held a variety of both elected and non-elected posts, including previous service
as Lewis County Coroner. |
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Tollesboro Lions Club Fair is next
week
| The 47th edition of the Tollesboro Lions Club
Fair will be next week with events scheduled Sunday through Saturday. The traditional
opening of fair week begins with a parade and bicycle parade Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Monday's events include a dairy show, co-ed volleyball and the Miss Preteen Pageant.
On Tuesday, the Floral Hall will be accepting entries beginning at Noon. Evening events
include the baby show, cutie pie contest, hog show, toddler show, and boys three-on-three
basketball.
On Wednesday, the schedule lists a sheep show, Little Miss and Mister Contest, money
scramble and three and four wheeler races. |
The Miss Teen Pageant will be Thursday
evening along with the steer show, horse pull, beef show and the Lions Queen Pageant. On
Friday evening, fair goers can see the tug tractor pull, saddle horse show and demolition
derby.
Events on Saturday feature the walking horse show, mud sling and tug tractor pull.
Admission to the fairgrounds is $6.00 and includes all rides. Children younger than
three years old are admitted free; ride bracelets for them may be purchased for $3.00.
There is no charge for parking.
The fairgrounds are located in Tollesboro between the AA Highway and Ky. Rt. 10. For
more information, call Steve Harris at 606-798-3321. |
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Appeals court reinstates Sonny
Landham's lawsuit
| (AP) A federal appeals court has reinstated a $310 million
lawsuit filed by former a tough-guy actor against the US Department of Justice. Sonny
Landham, an Ashland resident who played on action movies with Arnold Schwartzenegger and
Eddie Murphy, is seeking damages for nearly three years he spent in federal prison.
His conviction for making threatening and obscene phone calls to his now ex-wife was
overturned by an appeals court that concluded Landham's phone calls to his ex-wife were
emotionally charged, but neither threatening nor obscene.
US District Judge Karl Forester of Lexington dismissed the lawsuit last year, saying
the complaint failed to state a claim. Landham, representing himself, appealed that
decision. |
A three-judge panel of the US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
ruled last week that the lawsuit should not have been dismissed. Landham filed the suit
in September 2002 in US District Court in Ashland, the same venue that sentenced him to
prison. He claims in the lawsuit that the Department of Justice violated his
constitutional rights by unjustly imprisoning him.
Landham said he was imprisoned for using the same kinds of harsh words that many souses
exchange in heated arguments. |
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County Herald
The Lewis County Farmers Market is now open for the
2004 season. Market days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in Vanceburg at the farmers
market lot on the AA Highway next to Bee Mart, and on Fridays in Tollesboro in the
industrial park on the AA Highway next to Primary Care. Markets open at 8:00 a.m. Produce
available this week includes cucumbers, green beans, potatoes, zucchini, summer squash,
sweet corn, tomatoes, cabbage, onions and more. |
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