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Count your blessings: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
BY KYLE LOVERN My wife and I have a tradition around Christmas that we watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” – a movie that we both loved even before we got together. The film was made back in 1946 and is an American Christmas classic. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who…
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About 250 new toys are coming Saturday to Warfield Park
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN CATLETTSBURG — A former Martin County resident is bringing close to 250 new toys Saturday to Christmas in the Park in Warfield. Lisa Cavaliere grew up in Martin County. She moved away after her father, John Henry Chapman, died from cancer in 1999. Following the death of her husband, Frank Cavaliere, from COVID-19,…
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Christmas in the Mountains earns new friends and supporters
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Christmas in the Mountains earned a lot of new friends and supporters last week. Thousands of folks visiting downtown Inez were treated to a vast assortment of attractions and activities. Organizer Linda Lou Webb expressed her group’s appreciation of attendees and everyone who contributed to the festival in any…
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Gov. Beshear, First Lady announce Eastern Kentucky Christmas toy drive
Mail gifts to Jenny Wiley State Resort Park FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear hope to make this Christmas season a little easier for those working to rebuild their lives after the historic floods in Eastern Kentucky this summer. Last week, they announced a new toy drive for children impacted by…
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Christmas is in your heart
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Christmas once started for me when the JC Penny and Sears catalogs came in the mail. They came early in the Fall and I wore them out looking at the toy section. By December, the catalogs were in shambles. My mother used to order clothes and other stuff from those catalogs.…
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Horn and Mills crowned Ms. and Mr. Christmas in the Mountains
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Christmas in the Mountains opened Sunday evening with A Merry Little Christmas Party at the Collier Center, where the first Ms. and Mr. Christmas in the Mountains, Carolyn Horn and Charles Mills, were crowned. “We’re going to see Martin County shine as bright as the sun,” festival planning…
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Santa Claus is coming to Warfield City Hall
Officials are counting on the community to come through for 22nd annual event BY RACHEL DOVECITIZEN STAFF WARFIELD — Santa Claus is coming to Warfield City Hall at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, bringing gifts for all the boys and girls. City officials hope the community will come through to make the 22nd annual event…
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Pigeon Roost tree-lighting Thursday
PILGRIM — The Pigeon Roost Community Center will host a tree-lighting ceremony Thursday at 7 p.m. Santa will be there, so kids should have your letters ready for him. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited.
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Cash Express sponsors coat and food drive
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Inez location of Cash Express is proud to sponsor a coat, toy and nonperishable food drive for those who need a helping hand this Christmas season. Gary McNabb, regional manager for the Cash Express locations in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, speaks of the community-minded employees with the…