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Inbound for Landing: First Flights
BY GARY WAYNE COX Aircraft: Big Sandy Unicom…experimental…5…1…5…Bravo…Alpha…inbound for landing from the southwest…airport advisory please… Unicom: We have aircraft in the pattern…please use caution and report your position inbound…winds favoring runway 3… Everyone remembers the first time they were in an airplane or a helicopter, their first time leaving the bonds of earth and taking…
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Enrollment open at college prep school
The Piarist School is private, tuition-free BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN HAGER HILL — Parents who wish to send their children to a 6-12 grade private school have that opportunity tuition-free. The Piarist School, a private Catholic college preparatory school in Hagerhill, is for students in grades 6-12 who reside in Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Lawrence, Floyd…
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Fireworks Saturday in Inez
INEZ — Inez Fire Department announced that the Fourth of July fireworks event has been rescheduled for Saturday, July 9 at 9:45 p.m. at the community center in Inez. Martin County Public Library also announced that vendors would be set up by 5 p.m. in the parking lot.
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Pastor celebrates 50th anniversary
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — Lonnie Ratliff has been the pastor at Zion United Baptist Church Pack Bottom for 50 years and is still finding joy in the job. Ratliff, 73, says the Lord called him to preach in 1969 and has kept him going. “The Lord told me to go and warn the…
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Hefner solo exhibit coming to MAC
Lovely artist recognized BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — Local artist Hefner will present her latest work at Haus of Hefner, a solo exhibit at the Mountain Arts Center, with an opening reception Aug. 5. Her work will remain on display for the entire month of August and will be available for purchase. Hefner, based…
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Farmers market open in Inez
INEZ — The Martin County Farmers Market opened Monday in Inez, offering locally grown fresh produce. The market is set up at 9 Holy Street and will be open 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week. Patrons will find cabbage $5 large, $4 small, green tomatoes $4 carton, summer squash 3 for $2,…
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Mills wins ELI business competition, scholarship
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — One Martin County High School student earned a scholarship to Eastern Kentucky University during the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute Camp hosted by the Center for Rural Development’s Youth Programs in Somerset. Kennedy Mills, a junior from Tomahawk, was rewarded with the scholarship when her camp team won the ELI’s Business…
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Back to School Bash
The Martin County 2022 Back to School Bash is 7-9 p.m. July 29 behind the Martin County Courthouse. K-12 students can pick up free school supplies at the event sponsored by Martin County Family Resource and Youth Service Centers and the Martin County Ministerial Association. Businesses or groups who want to set up a table…
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Blood Drive July 5 in Inez
Donors eligible to win Toyota RAV4 CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Donors who help shore up the low blood supply July 5 in Inez will get a chance to win a free SUV. Marion Hale Lodge #672 is partnering with the Kentucky Blood Center to sponsor the blood drive 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Collier…
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Monthly mobile food pantry
Facing Hunger Foodbank of Huntington will host a monthly distribution in Martin County at the Pigeon Roost Community Center parking lot. The distribution will be 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month. The mobile food pantry is partnering with Wolf Creek Community Church to give out food June 29. The next date…
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