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Collett becomes Marine « Thread Started on Apr 8, 2006, 8:07am »
Collett survives ‘The Crucible' to become a U.S. Marine
Marine Corps Pvt. Daniel R. Collett, a 2005 graduate of Red Bird Mission High School, Beverly, Ky., recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C. designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally.
Collett and fellow recruits began their training at 5 a. m., by running three miles and performing calisthenics. In addition to the physical conditioning program, Collett spent numerous hours in classroom and field assignments which included learning first aid, uniform regulations, combat water survival, marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat and assorted weapons training. They performed close order drill and operated as a small infantry unit during field training.
He and other recruits also received instruction on the Marine Corps' core values - honor, courage and commitment, and what the core values mean in guiding personal and professional conduct.
The recruits ended the training phase with The Crucible, a 54-hour, team evolution culminating in an emotional ceremony in which recruits are presented the Marine Corps Emblem, and addressed as Marines for the first time in their careers.
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Book Review « Reply #1 on Apr 8, 2006, 9:19pm »
A 'heart-driven' tour of Kentucky By Wade Hall, Special to The Courier-Journal
Neither David nor Lalie thingy is a native-born Kentuckian, but they probably know more about grassroots Kentucky and its people than anyone since Joe Creason, the beloved Courier-Journal columnist who used to boast that he set foot in all 120 counties at least once each year. Surely, as this new collection of 88 short Bluegrass essays shows, the peripatetic thingys cover the state from corner to corner like rambling folklorists, and report their findings in an informal style, sometimes assuming the vocabulary and speech of a backwoods storyteller.
To begin, they observe that "Kentucky is quietly out of the ordinary," then prove it on every page that follows. On this traipse around the commonwealth, you'll stop at familiar spots like Richmond, Taylorsville, and Lexington, but mostly at bucolic hideaways like Egypt, Inez, Swindling Gap, Hooten Holler, and, yes, Monkey's Eyebrow. You meet all sorts of people and critters, including a dog named Cat, and two cows named Bozo and Horney, who reside in Nicholas County.
Our guides cover the state like a politician running for governor, stopping at every twist and turn of the road from Hindman to Henderson, visiting Postmaster Jackie Lush in North Middleton, dropping in on the Red Bird Mission complex of the United Methodist Church near Pineville, and attending a signing of When Cuba Conquered Kentucky, a book on Kentucky high school basketball by Marianne Walker. They hear Frolic Fain tell his balogna sandwich story at his grocery store in Caninesville, and they mix with the walkers at Lexington's Fayette Mall. They spend time with the whittlers at Blevins Grocery in Bath County and attend the spectacular Kentucky Crafted Market at the fairgrounds in Louisville.
Wade Hall, professor emeritus of English at Bellarmine University, is editor of "The Kentucky Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State."
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On mission for charity « Reply #2 on Oct 25, 2006, 7:35pm »
Party puts Cokesbury on mission for charity Story on teen's bash leads to pledge of $100,000 in late member's honor By KEVIN COWAN
A lavish party and the work of a deceased church member have inspired Cokesbury United Methodist Church to do a favor for a Kentucky charitable organization. The West Knoxville church has set a goal to raise $100,000 for the Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Ky. The organization provides spiritual, educational, health and community outreach ministries to the needy in a three-county region in the Appalachians.
Dr. G. Steven Sallee, senior pastor at Cokesbury, read the Oct. 2 News Sentinel article "My Super Sweet 15," which chronicled an over-the-top birthday party thrown for a Farragut teen. The bash was inspired by MTV's series "My Super Sweet 16," which goes behind the scenes of six-figure parties for wealthy teens.
"I came home from church and I read that story," Sallee said. "At 2 o'clock that same afternoon, I went back to church to conduct a funeral for a member."
The member was Rachel Noble, 81, of Knoxville. She and her husband, Walter Noble, "responded to a need in Red Bird," Sallee said, "and ministered to some of the poorest people in Appalachia for 35 years."
According to government statistics, Beverly's Clay County is the poorest county in Kentucky, with a per-capita income of $9,626. Beverly is about 50 miles east of Corbin. About 40 percent of the county's residents live below the poverty line. Also, 50 percent of Clay County residents older than 25 are not high school graduates.
At Red Bird, Rachel Noble was a nurse, Sallee said, and her husband carried "coal to the school and worked at some of the churches."
It bothered the pastor that Rachel Noble "spent 35 years helping others and that it was going to be unnoticed," he said, "and that this little 15-year-old girl had gotten all of this notoriety for all of this money spent for a birthday party."
So Sallee came up with the idea to begin a series of sermons, "The Cure for the Common Life."
The first cure introduced to the congregation was "finding a cause."
As part of the sermon delivered Oct. 8, Sallee retold the story of the birthday party and shared the story of Rachel Noble's life.
"Spontaneously in the sermon, I said I think we should raise $100,000 to take to the Red Bird Mission in Rachel Noble's name," Sallee recalled. "As soon as I announced it, the entire congregation started applauding."
As he sang the last chorus of the service's final song, "People started coming down the aisle putting checks in my pockets," Sallee said. "I reached into my pockets and there was about $12,000 or $13,000 in checks."
In the days after the message, money has continued to be donated, even by those who may have needed help themselves.
"There was this woman dressed shabbily," Sallee remembered. "She said, 'That sermon has changed the way I look at life. I can't afford it, but I want you have this.' It was a check for $100."
Other donations have ranged from $1,000 from Fisher Tire to $117 in rolled pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters from a school bake sale. Cokesbury is about at the $46,000 mark, Sallee said Monday. The pastor hopes to reach the goal by Oct.31 and present the check to Red Bird Nov. 5 during a service at the church.
If more than $100,000 is raised, Sallee said Cokesbury wants to donate the excess to Second Harvest, a local food bank. To make a donation, mail checks (payable to Cokesbury for Red Bird Mission) to Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 9908 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37922.
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Redbird ATV Club « Reply #3 on Jan 23, 2007, 4:25pm »
Redbird ATV Club Partners With Forest Service
A local ATV club signs an historic agreement today with the US Forest Service. The Daniel Boone Trailblazers will provide assistance to rangers on portions of the Redbird Crest Trail in the Daniel Boone National Forest.
"We're looking forward to working with your trailblazer club on the light maintenance, on the litter patrol, and then whatever duties we might develop in the future," said Redbird District Ranger John Kinney.
The group is the first ATV club to partner with forest officials to preserve the land and promote safe recreational ATV riding. Club secretary Lisa Marcum hopes this partnership will encourage other groups to get involved in other areas of natural preservation.
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School May Close « Reply #4 on Feb 1, 2007, 4:30pm »
Low Donations May Cause School To Close Jenna Emenhiser, wymtnews.com
After three years of low donations an eastern Kentucky school may have to close its doors. School administrators say the Red Bird Mission School in Clay County is facing financial hardships and unless they can raise a half a million dollars, the school may not re-open next year.
Administrators say since recent natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the 2005 tsuanami they have seen a decline giving fatigue. Many of the donors they relied on are sending their money elsewhere, now unless funding increases many students may be left without a school. Christen Wooten is a junior at Red Bird Mission School. It's a school she's attended since the fifth grade and now Wooten and the friends she's known since then may be forced to split up. It's a fate none of them are taking lightly.
"In my case I don't know where I'd go because I live between Leslie County and Clay County and I really like going to school here," Wooten said.
School administrators say they need 500 thousand dollars to keep the entire school open.
"Right now if we have to make any adjustments it will have to be a fairly major adjustment which would mean one of the schools at least would have to be not opened up," Fred Haggard said.
Haggard says 90 percent of the schools budget comes from donations.
"We could take all then money away from the other ministries and still not have enough money to pay for the school," Haggard said.
Now to save their school, students are writing letters to churches and alumni asking for help.
"If you're wanting to give money anywhere I'd give it to Red Bird because it's worth it because they really care about the students,"
We're getting money in, hopefully it will be enough to keep us open," Wooten said.
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Teen electrocuted « Reply #5 on Mar 22, 2007, 5:15pm »
Teen killed during Red Bird copper theft
New details after an 18-year-old was electrocuted. Police say he was trying to steal copper from power lines. It happened in the Red Bird area near the Bell and Clay County line.
State police say Joseph Roop, 18, of Gray, Kentucky was going after copper. It is something that has become a lucrative metal to grab and sell in recent months. Police say it happened just before five Tuesday afternoon when Roop cut into a high voltage line and then fell off a transformer.
They say his girlfriend managed to get him into her car and drive him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. One man says he was riding his ATV through the area at the time and nearly witnessed everything. WYMT’s Jeff Allen did talk with several of Roop's family members who understandably are having a rough time dealing with this.
His grandmother says he was a good kid, but just had a really rough life. There have been other attempts throughout eastern Kentucky to cut lines for copper. Another one that claimed a life was when a man was killed last year while trying to cut lines in the Ward Chapel area of Bell County.
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Oneida Poker Run « Reply #6 on May 20, 2007, 1:16pm »
Oneida Fire Department Poker Run
Registration will be from 10:00 untill 11:00 A.M. on June 2, 2007 at the Manchester Wal-Mart.
1st Card 11:00 A.M. @ Manchester Wal-Mart
2nd Card -- Hyden, Ky Highway 421 @ B.P. Station
3rd Card -- Jackson, Ky on Highway 15, @ Shell Gas Station
4th Card Slade, Ky Rest Area
5th Card -- @ Oneida Park
1st Place will be $100.00; 2nd Place $50.00; and 3rd Place $25.00.
All riders will be treated to a cook out 11:00 A.M. to 5 P.M. at the Oneida Park Entry Fee is $15.00 per person and $20.00 for a double. The rain date will be June 9, 2007
All proceeds will go to the Oneida Volunteer Fire Department.
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Service trip to Appalachia « Reply #7 on May 20, 2007, 1:23pm »
Crosswood UMC returns from service trip to Appalachia
Seven adults from Crosswood United Methodist Church in Marion traveled to Red Bird Mission in the Appalachian Mountains of southeastern Kentucky recently. During the weeklong service project, group members replaced windows and doors, built a new porch, steps, a kitchen and bathroom for a 150- year-old home that was in need of repair.
"We are unable to put a price on the service these groups provide in this area of Appalachia," stated Fred Haggard, executive director of Red Bird Mission in a press release. "Over 200 volunteer groups from all over the U.S. have completed vitally needed construction projects in our community and given more than 78,000 hours of volunteer labor each year."
The Work Camp program at Red Bird Mission is a year-round work opportunity for volunteers in mission and service-minded groups. The program strives to provide home repair for low-income community residents in need and maintenance for Mission buildings and grounds. Much needed work such as roof replacements, small room additions, painting, and porch and ramp construction is completed on local homes in the area.
"Each year we are able to make a profound effect not only on those we serve, but on those who come to serve as well," said Haggard. "Lives are enriched through the simplest acts and by people simply helping other people." Started in 1921, Red Bird Mission helps over 14,000 people each year in an economically distressed area of southeastern Kentucky by providing educational, health, economic opportunity, and community outreach ministries.
For information about Red Bird Mission and volunteer opportunities, visit www.rbmis sion.org or call 606-598-3155.
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Music at Red Bird « Reply #8 on Jun 27, 2008, 6:38am »
Church brings music to Kentucky school by Lori Ann Cook, pantagraph.com
In a small Kentucky town hit hard in recent years by shuttered coal mines, the joy of music is experiencing a rebirth. Credit an effort by a Central Illinois group nearly 500 miles away with being -- literally -- instrumental in making that happen. Karen Daudelin, a member of the Missions Committee at Wesley United Methodist Church in Bloomington, visited the Red Bird Mission School in Beverly, Ky., in October 2006. "Some of the needs were obvious," she said, but she also discovered the need for band instruments.
"We have no money for purchasing instruments," said the school's music teacher and director, Mark Smallwood, who leads the fifth-sixth grade band, the high school band, two choirs and the jazz/pep band.
"I do all the repairs on the instruments we are using," Smallwood said. "We have instruments, but a lot of them don't play. We repair them as long as we can." The students rent the instruments for $20 per year to help with the cost of upkeep.
Daudelin talked to other missions committee members at the church, including Illinois State University Associate Professor of Horn Joe Neisler. He contacted other churches in the United Methodist Church's Illinois Great Rivers Conference and about 30 instruments were donated. But they needed repairs; some needed new cases. Neisler contacted Carl Thacker, Illinois State University's instrument repair technician and owner of Carl's Pro Band Instrument Repair in Bloomington. Thacker and his son, Travis, volunteered to clean and repair all instruments for the mission project.
"It means a lot to us to be able to help the kids," Thacker said. "Hopefully this will help the kids learn to be better people. Musicians are generally better in school."
The National Association of Band Instrument Repair Technicians, a locally based organization of which Thacker is a member, donated a tuba. The project wound up May 14, when Wesley UMC mission team members loaded 27 refurbished instruments into a church van and set off at 6:30 a.m. to deliver them. The group arrived 12 hours later, just in time for the final concert of the school year by Red Bird's school band.
Said Daudelin, former president of United Way in McLean County, "All my life I raised money for United Way. What was lacking was real hands-on experiences. Handing someone a pair of shoes who has no shoes... it's more than giving money or time. It's a sense of fellowship that is hard to duplicate."
"When band director Mark Smallwood said 'I love you' to the kids, he really meant it. That is really inspiring. You want to help someone like that," added Daudelin.
Smallwood was grateful for the instruments the school received.
"Getting instruments into the hands of these kids means a lot. You never know how music could affect a student or what impact it might have on a musically gifted child," Smallwood said.
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Red Bird, Oneida News « Reply #9 on Sept 3, 2011, 7:50pm »
kentucky.com Grow Appalachia at Red Bird has developed four-season gardening program By Susan Smith-Durisek, Contributing columnist
Summer is winding down, but your garden harvest can go on into winter. Cole crops such as broccoli and cabbage love cool weather and can be newly transplanted through mid-September. Row covers, hoop houses and cold frames employ solar energy and enclosed spaces to turn up the heat. Here's some help for becoming an all-season gardener:
* Winter gardening workshop. The Edible Garden Series presents Extending the Season with John Walker at 6:30 p.m. Sept.13 at Beaumont Presbyterian Church, 1070 Lane Allen Road. Protection techniques of mulching and cold frames will be discussed. Walker says, "We would like to hear about those experiences and discuss the pros and cons of different approaches as well as how to implement them." Go to Faithfeedslex.org; (859) 797-2326.
* Local Cooperative Extension Service. More than a century of experience and research are distilled into publications such as the comprehensive Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky ID-128. It's on the Web at:
* Grow Appalachia. Founded with a gift from philanthropist John Paul Dejoria and administered through Berea College, the program supports and encourages Appalachian gardeners in growing their own food. The program is now in seven Kentucky locations, including Bell County's Red Bird Mission, where intern Magan Meade has developed four-season gardening, a slide presentation and a hoop tunnel construction video. Go to:
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