Services for Mrs. Grimes

Mrs. Stephanie Rae Fizer Grimes, 40, of Flemingsburg, died April 23, 2008, at the Fleming County Hospital emergency room in Flemingsburg.
She was born May 26, 1967, in Fayette County, the daughter of Sam (Marita) Fizer of Flemingsburg and the late Sharon Kay Henderson Fizer.
Mrs. Grimes was a member of the Mount Carmel Christian Church and co-owner, secretary and office manager of Fizer Dairy Supplies, Tyler Electric and Four Star Storage.
In addition to her father, she is survived by her husband, Matt Grimes; a son, Tyler, at home; and her mother-in-law, Alma Grimes.
She was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Gerald Grimes.
Services are 1 p.m., Monday, April 28, 2008, at the Denton-Workman Funeral Home in Flemingsburg. Rev. Layne Wagner and Rev. Clint Stricklin will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Visitation is after 5 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to a trust fund for Stephanie Grimes at Community Trust Bank, N. Main Cross, Flemingsburg, Ky. 41041 or the Fleming County Little League in Stephanie's memory at Box 28, Flemingsburg, Ky. 41041.

Interstate 64 closed at Carter-Rowan line

Detours at Morehead and Olive Hill

FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. – An accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer at the Rowan County-Carter County line has closed all four lanes of Interstate 64 at mile marker 149.

Westbound lanes are closed temporarily; however, eastbound lanes are likely to remain closed throughout the day.

At this time, motorists should take the following detours:

EASTBOUND TRAVELERS: Exit 137 at Morehead to KY 32 east to US 60 east to KY 2 east at Olive Hill, and re-enter I-64 at Olive Hill Exit 156.

WESTBOUND TRAVELERS: Exit 156 at Olive Hill to KY 2 west to US 60 west to KY 32 west at Morehead, and re-enter I-64 at Morehead Exit 137.

Upload your Yesteryear / Looking Back Photos

Flemingsburg Gazette website users can now upload old photos and or news clippings to the Yesteryear Gallery of our website. The same rules apply for "Your Best Shot."

Our first registered gallery user Tom Hunt just sent us this one along with a newspaper clipping, so be sure to check out the gallery. Thanks Tom.

Yesteryear photos and your best shot photos may from time to time even appear in the print edition of the Flemingsburg Gazette, so be sure to pick up a copy at newspaper stands around town.

Your Best Shot

Hey everyone! You can now upload your shots to the "Your Best Shot" gallery on our website. Just click on this link and then click on register and follow the directions.

Your Best Shot Gallery

You must use a valid email address in order to register. Once your photo is approved it will appear in the gallery. You may even see your photo here on our blog. Like this one sent to us from Clydia L. Hyatt of Hillsboro, Ky.

Fleming students held in NY

Students from Fleming County high School were held against their will in a store in New York City.

About 60 students from Fleming County High School spent the week in New York City for their senior trip. When they went inside one store Monday afternoon, they claim the owners wouldn't let them leave.

One student told 27 NEWSFIRST they were trying to find some designer handbags at low prices. The student said a woman ushered them through a back alley and into a warehouse full of the bags, then closed the door. They were told "to shop," but 45 minutes later they were still not let out.

That's when one student text messaged another outside, who alerted a school official, who contacted police.

Soon officers kicked the door in, let the students out and arrested those operating the illegal business.

None of the students were hurt.

Asst. Superintendent Terminated

Jeff Burke, Assistant Superintendent, Finance Officer, for the Fleming County School District Office has been terminated according to information released by the Fleming County Schools district office.

Superintendent Kelley Crain said that Burke, who had been suspended with pay since March 28, had been under investigation by the district office.

“In recent weeks I have been provided information which warrants adverse personnel action against Assistant Superintendent Jeff Burke. On Monday, April 21, 2008, I determined to terminate Mr. Burke’s employment contract. Under state law, this termination decision is not yet final and Mr. Burke has the right to request an administrative hearing before a tribunal,” Kelley said.

The tribunal is three member panel consisting of a current or former school administrator, a current or former school teacher, and a lay person, none of whom resides in Fleming County. The panel is presided over by a hearing officer assigned by the Office of The Attorney General. Burke has the exclusive statutory right to determine whether the hearing is open to the public. No documents or additional information relating to this issue will be made public until the administrative process is concluded, according to Crain.

Barker Wins Kentucky Literary Award for Fiction

Fleming County author Garry Barker’s latest book, “Kentucky Waltz,” won the 2008 Kentucky Literary Award for fiction presented by Western Kentucky University and the Southern Kentucky Book Fest.

The award and $1000 honorarium were presented during the Book Fest April 19 in Bowling Green. Other first place winners were Davis McCombs for “Dismal Rock” for poetry and, for nonfiction, Robert Morgan for “Boone: A Biography.”

Two other Wind Publications authors were finalists in the fiction competition: Normandi Ellis for “Fresh Fleshed Sisters” and Billy C. Clark for “To Find a Birdsong.”

“Kentucky Waltz,” a collection of short fiction, was published by Wind Publications in Nicholasville in late 2007. It is Barker’s 10^th published book, and will soon be followed by “Head of the Holler: Volume 1,” a collection of newspaper columns dating back to the late 1980s.

“Kentucky Waltz” can be ordered from online booksellers such as Amazon.com or directly from Wind Publications, www.books@windpub.com.