50th Home Craft Days E-Edition

2021-10-13 E-Edition

Railroad Buff, Duffield Daze Promoter Dies at Age 90

Kenny Fannon, the long-time organizer of Duffield Daze and railยญroad historian, passed away Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. He was instrumenยญtal in starting Duffield Daze 40 years ago as a way to bring in tourยญists and revenue to his hometown. Beginning in 1981, Duffield became a desยญtination for current and formers residents every Labor Day weekend as they returned to celยญebrate [โ€ฆ]

BOS to Consider Request for FEMA-Acquired Property

Supervisors met Monday night in Stoney Creek to continue their Oct. 6 meeting at the site of a proposed campยญground that developยญers are hoping to use a piece of county-owned property for a field bed for their septic system. Board chairman Danny Mann noted that although he personally thought the new addiยญtion would be an asset to the county, the [โ€ฆ]

Rye Cove High School Cancels Remainder of Varsity Football Season

They started the season with approximately 15 players that grew to as many as 19 but with numerous injuries, they were down to 11 players at their Oct. 2 game with Lee High. Due to the ongoing issue, Rye Cove High School officials announced last week they were suspending their varsity football season for the curยญrent year. They ended the [โ€ฆ]

Scott School Board Recognizes Retirees, State Champs



The Scott County School Board met last Tuesday (Oct. 5) at 6:30 p.m. for their regularยญly scheduled meeting where the crowd was a bit larger than usual as they recognized reยญtirees to the countyโ€™s school system as well as athletic achieveยญments of students and teams from the previยญous school year. The meeting was held at its usual locaยญtion at the [โ€ฆ]

Train Hits Car at Weber City Crossing

A car was hit by a train at a railroad crossing in Weber City on Sunday afternoon. According to Scott County Central Dispatch, a call came in at approximately 1:11 p.m. on Oct. 10 to report a car had been hit by a train on the railยญroad crossing on Chimney Top Drive. No injuries were reported at the accident and [โ€ฆ]

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: Electronic harassment, (electromagnetic torยญture), or psychotronic torture is a conspiracy theory that government agents make use of electromagยญnetic radiation (such as the microwave auditory efยญfect), radar, and surveillance techniques to transยญmit sounds and thoughts into peopleโ€™s heads, affect peopleโ€™s bodies, and harass people. I am currently experiencing this myself as I have been for almost four years now. [โ€ฆ]

Briefs

Have you been afยญfected by COVID? If you are a Scott County resiยญdent who has lost work, childcare or has otherยญwise been impacted by COVID, Appalachian Community Action and Development (AppCAA) is ready to provide asยญsistance. With support from Scott County, ApยญpCAA is helping peoยญple pay bills or otherยญwise make ends meet through a one-time payยญment of up to $500. [โ€ฆ]

Quinn Minute โ€” Sidekicks


If you grew up in the 1950s through 1970s, television westerns inยญtroduced you to a thankยญless career. Hereโ€™s the job deยญscription. You work for a cowboy who travels constantly and appears to have no source of inยญcome. You donโ€™t decide how you spend your day. Youโ€™ve got no house or apartment. Have you guessed your profession? Yes, thatโ€™s rightโ€ฆyou are [โ€ฆ]