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Unexpected weather in Egypt
History was made this past Thursday. It started like this: I had the day off work and had planned on using my free day to complete various errands – ATM run, grocery shopping, cleaning house, et...
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David & Ona-Lee Crockett celebrate 50 years together
David and Ona-Lee Crockett are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary today. David Crockett and Ona-Lee Lambert were joined together in marriage on March 2, 1960. Residents of Forge Ridge, T...
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Miller & Boldin wed
Michael Boldin and Sherri Miller were united in marriage at the Cumberland Gap Wedding Chapel on Saturday, February 13. The bride is the daughter of Boyd and Cleo Gray of Middlesboro. The bridegro...
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Celebrating 50 years together
N. J. and Maureen (Petrey) Tramell are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary today. “We thank God for 50 wonderful years together,” say Mr. and Mrs. Tramell. Married February 17, 1960, in J...
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Pickin’ onions
When we go to the store to buy onions, our only concern is whether they are the sweet type. Next, are they white, yellow or red, or are they bagged or loose. We only buy what we need and long term...
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Harvesting Early Corn
There are several types of vegetable that we always try to be the first in our neighborhood to harvest. The first in my garden is the tomato and the second is fresh corn. Unlike the tomato, corn...
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Outdoor Truths
As many of you know, sometimes it is more fun to take someone hunting than it is to go yourself. This is especially true when it comes to your own children. But that’s not the only time. I rememb...
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Making your own crappie flies
The Tackle Box
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Awkward stages
Life as of now: I have been in Greece now for over four months, and I have become accustomed to some of the culture differences thus far, but of course I learn the hard way with any situation I en...
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Cobbs celebrate golden wedding anniversary
Ralph and Wanda Cobb will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, February 6. They were married in Bell County by the Rev. Wren Thacker on February 6, 1960. Their mothers, Lona...
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Hartley & Dixon announce engagement
Dr. and Mrs. James Scott Hartley of Elizabethtown, Ky., announce the engagement of their daughter, Lucinda Jo Trimble Hartley to Justin David Dixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Dixon II of Midd...
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Whitaker celebrates her 90th birthday
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Former Middlesboro resident Nola Whitaker recently celebrated her 90th birthday at Heritage in Corbin, Ky., with family and friends. Whitaker, who lived on Exeter Avenue for many years and is a mem...
Ray and Mary Starr celebrate 66 years together
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Ira “Ray” and Mary Starr of Williams Branch are celebrating their 66th wedding anniversary today. Married February 3, 1944, in Detroit, Mich., they have three sons and three wonderful daughters-in...
Maddox & Gibbs announce engagement
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Dr. and Mrs. James G. Maddox of Middlesboro are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenna Meridith Maddox to Mark Breckenridge Gibbs, son of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gibbs of New Bern...
Gourds and other cucurbits
by Pat Biggerstaff
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When you plant gourds, whether they are edible varieties or not, along a fence line in your garden, you are never really certain what the results will be. Gourds, as a group, certainly have the old...
An old man's elixir
by Howard Baker
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This past week just about everyone I know was suffering with some kind of head and chest congestion accompanied with fits of coughing and sneezing, leaving the strongest person feeling tired and de...
91st birthday celebration a first
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Fay N. Davis celebrated her 91st birthday Thursday, January 10 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law and Shirley and Ernie Gambrel in Cumberland Gap Tenn., where she lives.  This was her fir...
Honey Buns — Brain food?
by Howard Baker
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Often I recall these resonating words recited to me by Coach Whaley, one of my high school history teachers: “Baker, you need to eat more Honey Buns— they’re brain food.” I chuckle about these word...
CENSUS TESTING
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CENSUS TESTING will be held at the following sites and dates (no appointments necessary, walk-ins welcome): Bell County Board of Education Building: Jan. 25 at 10 a.m.; Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. Pinevi...
In The Kitchen With... Black bread
by Pat Biggerstaff
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Whenever I am invited out to dinner, whether at a friend’s house or to a local club meeting, I always volunteer to bring the homemade bread. This way, people can taste for themselves just how good...
Outdoor Truths
by Gary Miller
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I am getting ready to take my yearly Alabama hunting trip. It is always my last deer hunt before I take a short break from the woods. I’ve not killed any really big bruiser bucks this year, but a c...
96th birthday celebration
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Millard Claiborne Knuckles will celebrate his 96th birthday on January 25. In honor of the occasion, a birthday celebration will be held Saturday, January 23, at 2 p.m. at Ryan’s Steakhouse in Midd...
Saylors celebrate 57th wedding anniversary
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Speedwell, Tenn., residents Roy and Ruby Saylor celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary Friday. They were married January 15, 1953, in Bell County at the Page Cut Off home of Abe and Edna Hoskin...
Using Your Raised Bed Below Ground
by Pat Biggerstaff
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I’ve written about using your raised bed for growing on the surface of the bed and for trellising to get extra height for vining crops such as cukes, pole beans, squash and melons. Now we should t...
The price of getting some sleep
by Karema Eldahan
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After a very pleasant and much too short vacation to Kentucky for the holidays, I find myself back in Egypt. Still a bit sick for home and the comfort of the American way, I haven’t fully warmed up...
Former resident celebrates 100th birthday
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Mae Campbell, a former resident of Route 1 Clear Creek Road in Pineville, recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Mrs. Campbell moved to Lima, Ohio, to be near her children (son Conrad, and daught...
It’s more than a smile
by Howard Baker
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Smiles can tell us a lot about a person. Sometimes we make judgments about a person based on his or her smile. Seemingly, we have gone crazy with teeth whitening to perfect our smiles. As I made my...
Sifton & Yeary plan February wedding
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Bill and Teresa Sifton, Middlesboro, announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Lynne to Joshua Yeary, son of Mike Yeary of Harrogate, Tenn., and Sharron Yeary of Ewing, Va. The ...
Back to Litohoro
by Emily Schneider
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After our failed attempt for an overnight stay at Mt. Olympus, as I said in my last column, we finally made it back to Litohoro where we found a nice, clean, inexpensive hotel. After checking in we...
A hill top garden how-to
by Pat Biggerstaff
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As I travel around the county talking with folks about the merits and methods of establishing an organic raised bed garden, the owner and I are often faced with embranglement, particularly those th...
Middlesboro ARH announces first baby of 2010
by Special to the Middlesboro Daily News
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MIDDLESBORO — Middlesboro ARH Hospital welcomed its first baby of the new year born on January 1, 2010. At 9:14 a.m., John Williamson, MD, delivered Kylie Amy Daugherty. She weighed 7 pounds and 1...
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