Beattyville News

A boil water advisory is in effect for some customers in Lee County. We're told Beattyville Waterworks customers from 349 McGuire Avenue through Depot Hill and downtown to the underpass are affected.

Everyone please take a moment to check out the website for this teriffic new band, www.boallenmusic.com. Join their fanclub and download their new song free! You can also find them on Facebook and Myspace.

Lead singer Bo Allen grew up in Harlan,Kentucky and now lives in Georgetown. Erik Thieling resides in Louisville, Jarrod Biddle lives in Cynthiana, and Owen Brand calls Lexington home. The band has a unique sound with many original songs. I personally believe you will quickly become a fan. Please check the website often for updates on new releases and upcoming show dates! So click now and enjoy!!

Beattyville Editor

Two eastern Kentucky fire departments will be featured in a national documentary focusing on rural preparedness and first responders.

A weekend crash in eastern Kentucky threw five people from the bed of a pickup truck, killing a teenager.

A one-vehicle accident in Lee County on Saturday involving a pickup truck resulted in the death of one of five people who were riding in the bed of the truck.

Kevin Skinner from Mayfield, Kentucky has become the 2009 winner of the popular show "America's Got Talent". Kevin is from Dublin, Kentucky near Mayfield. He is 35 years old and has been writing his own songs and performing since he was 12 years old.

For more information and to see this young man in action, please click on the link below. If you haven't heard him sing, you will be pleasantly surprised.

I've always been proud to call Kentucky my home and people like Kevin Skinner is one of the many reasons why.

http://www.mahalo.com/kevin-skinner

Downtown Beattyville is still recovering from the devastating fire one month ago.

I would like to remind everyone of the PEP Coalition website. There are many informational links as well as updates on many past and future activities offered to Lee Countians. Please take a moment and check out the site.

http://peopleencouragingpeople.blogspot.com/

Beattyville Editor

Workers are continuing to clean up after a downtown fire in Beattyville that destroyed three businesses vital to the community.

Beattyville residents who used to shop at Rose Brothers Department Store and Jack's IGA could only stand and gape Friday at the burned out shells where those stores used to be.

Heavy equipment tore apart the remains of a grocery store Friday where a downtown fire was suspected to have started the day before.

An early morning fire at a grocery store has spread in downtown Beattyville in eastern Kentucky.

Investigators are trying to find out what started a fire that destroyed several businesses in Downtown Beattyville.

Indictment warrants have been issued for 16 people following a investigation into illegal drug activity in Lee County.

American flags lined the Madison County Courthouse Wednesday as about 100 people gathered to pay tribute to three fallen central Kentucky soldiers before taking off on the "Some Gave All" motorcycle tour.

Lately, I have seen so many topics dealing with very personal and damaging information on individuals and their families. I like to think, as a parent, that most of these "posts" are coming from juveniles, but I'm realizing that this is not the case.

I will be the first to agree that we do and should have freedom of speech. By no means am I suggesting otherwise. I am suggesting, however, that the ADULTS that are posting on here should think about what they are saying because there have been so many innocent children get on here and see hurtful and demeaning comments about their parents. I agree that it is a parents responsibility to monitor what their children are doing while on the internet, but as a parent myself, I also know that it isn't always possible.

This website shouldn't be a worry for any parent and if everyone that posts on here would just "think" about what you are saying about some childs' parent or other family member BEFORE you post, then so many innocent children wouldn't be getting hurt.

EVERYONE, please put yourself in a childs mind when you are posting such negative, degrading comments. Remember, it could very well be YOUR child that reads these posts about YOU.

Parents and all adults need to set a positive example for children no matter what the situation. Remember, children learn by what they see, not what they are told.

Please help me in making this site a family oriented, community site with insightful, useful topics about our town and it's citizens.

Please email me with legitimate concerns and I will respond accordingly.

beattyvilleeditor@hotmail.com

I have an interest in the way we, citizens of Lee County, are portrayed and I have to tell you, it's seldom in a positive light. I agree that there are times that this site provides me with a good laugh or two but for the most part, it's demeaning and embarassing to see how low some of my fellow Lee Countians can stoop.

In becoming editor for this site, I hope to change that. I may not succeed but I certainly won't get anywhere by not trying. Personally, I believe we live in a wonderful little town. I know our town has its problems, what town doesn't? I also know that compared to the rest of the world right now, we should be thankful each and every day for what we DO have here in Lee County instead of continuously trying to destroy it by showing ignorance, selfishness, and assinine behavior on a site that anyone, anywhere, can click on and see.

How can we, as Lee Countians, ever expect to step out of the shadow and ridicule of past mistakes that others here have made, and continue to make, if we don't put forth an effort, one at a time, to make a change? I personally don't plan to live elsewhere and I refuse to be ashamed to tell anyone that might ask where I am from. So, if by editing this site makes a positive difference in even one outsiders mind about our town, then I am satisfied. Not EVERYONE in Lee County is a drug dealer or user and not EVERYONE in Lee County is a crook, thief, or "check drawer" and I intend to do my part to let those who see this site, know that. I can only apologize for those who insist on continuing to add "fuel to the flame" of ugly misconceptions of Lee County and our citizens.