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September 30, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener This article first appeared in the September 30, 1977, Daily Statesman, and I was struck by several echoes to the news some 40 years later. Jody Richards speaking at a local dinner, Pam Hoots making news, and welding as a lucrative career option, among other things. --Pen By Ed Waggener I made a big haul day before yesterday, for my wife Linda, the builder, in a pickup truck she borrowed from my brother-in-law, Peanut McKinley. The cargo was a spiral staircase for the house Linda is making out of a barn. She hunted a long time before finding a man who would do a quality job at a very reasonable price. Frank Furlong of Glasgow is a craftsman, and he painstakingly welds the spiral stairs, custom made for each house. So far, he says, he has made 50 of them just this year. "I retired once," Furlong says, "but people kept after me, so I went back to work. It's hard, dirty work, and young 'uns won't get into it today.' That's a pity. The work Furlong does is in great demand, and he himself says he's satisfied with the money. So much we need is like that In building the house, it seems that more and more materials which are actually native to this area aren't produced here. In too many instances, materials aren't even available. And this is surprising, because Adair County is the buildingest place west of Somerset these days. I hope that more and more we'll see local production of quality goods, especially those which take advantage of our more abundant natural resources. You never know the effect of ecology You never know how a project will effect the ecology of the land. I myself have never built the first building. I always thought that, next to being a part of bringing a child into the world, erecting a building is the most serious thing a person can do. It can be a thing of great utility. It should punctuate the landscape and make it more pleasing. Man can do that. Man can improve on the natural. But too often, the buildings constructed insult the skyline with their ugliness. If my wife's project is successful, I'll be pleased. But if it isn't good, I'll take no blame for it. A family was displaced But in Linda's building, she displaced a family, a respectable pair of (mostly) beagles - a mamma and a daddy beagle. The mamma beagle had picked the barn as her house. I know the beagles were legally wed, for I had seen them running as a courting pair as much as a year ago. And they looked married in the winter. Every attempt to move the mother beagle from the house went for nothing. She would always find a new haven around the house. Linda even called the Adair County dog warden, but was told, by the warden's wife, that Linda, not the warden, would have to catch the dogs and chain them up. Finally, though, the builder, Charles Taylor, an exceptionally good man, came to the rescue. He adopted one whole beagle family. They now reside in the rural countryside - good doggy land - on the Campbellsville Road. The good turn will pay off Now, I am of the opinion that this good turn will add to the benefactor's good fortune. There will soon be puppies, which many consider a nuisance. But I believe that these little hounds may not be the orphaned waifs they appear. I think they are probably of high blood, and that maybe some wealthy man, while traveling through this good land of ours, let the high born dogs out for exercise, and they became so enamored with this blessed land that they strayed, and could not be found. Perhaps someday he would return, and offer a rich reward. Or perhaps, these high born dogs will have all perfect puppies, which, if Taylor chose to sell, would bring a royal dollar for the litter. Miss Pamela Hoots is editor Miss Pamela Hoots, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hoots of Columbia, has been named editor-in-chief of the Somerset Community College student newspaper, The Mirror. Pamela is a graduate of Adair County High School. I guess Richards is still a native of Adair In yesterday's Statesman there was a reference to Jody Richards, Democratic state representative from the 20th Kentucky House District, as a former native of Adair County." Some think that is a misprint, and maybe it was. For the rest of his natural life, Jody will probably be a native of Adair County, as this is the only county in which Jody was born - originally. But, he was born into a mixed family, his mother is a democrat, and Demaree, his father, is a Republican. Jody since then has gone to the land of the purest democracy, and has been "born again" so to speak, in the Democrat Party, hence the "former native" phrase. Richards will be speaking tonight at the Annual Ham Supper at the Columbia United Methodist Church. A report on the Columbia United Methodist Church Travis Paul Scott was elected president of his Sunday School Class at the class' potluck dinner Monday night. In a close race, R.L. Walker won the vice presidency of the class over John Begley, who did not campaign. Sharon Steele was elected secretary-treasurer. George Critz was overwhelmingly elected chairman of the social committee and his assistants are Pam Scott, Sheila Goodpastor, and Lucretia Begley. Larry and Clair Marshall are the paint committee for the class, which at present is not named and is called the No- Name Sunday School Class. Don Benningfield is to be allowed to teach the class for an indefinite time. A good time was had by all. This story was posted on 2019-05-19 21:00:55
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