Panthers beat Newport

In their Senior Night, the Fleming County Panthers defeated Newport 34-16 to improve their season record to 5-3. Details will be in the Gazette on Wednesday.

Next Friday the Panthers play at Mason County.

Health Dept. has H1N1 Vaccine

The Fleming County Health Department has received 100 doses of H1N1 nasal vaccine for people aged 2-49 and it is available on a first come, first served basis.

Mrs. Gray

Margaret May Gray, 87, of Cowan passed this life Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 at Pioneer Trace Nursing Home in Flemingsburg. Margaret was born in Robertson County May 6, 1922, to Tom and Vertie Adamson.

Margaret is preceded in death by her husband, Albert Gray, and is survived by four children, Connie (Paul) Fryman of Nicholas County, Gary (Bonnie) Gray of Fleming County, Donna (Frank) Wagoner of Okeechobee, Fla., Marcia Barker of Cowan, and one deceased daughter Betty Lou Gray. Also surviving are brothers Carlos Adamson of Fleming County and Dean Adamson of Robertson County and sisters Imogene Purcell and Evelyn Jolley of Flemingsburg. Preceding Margaret in death are brothers Howard Adamson, L.C. Adamson, Paul Adamson, Herbert Adamson, and Lester Workman and sisters Adaline Henderson and Marie Litterall. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren; two grandchildren preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be at 2 pm Friday at Price Brothers Funeral Home by Rev. Norman Wasson with burial in Sunset Memorial gardens on Maysville Road. Visitation will be from 6-9 pm Thursday at Price Brothers.

New bridge coming to Kelley Pike (KY 860) in Fleming County

Route will be closed for three weeks

FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. – Construction will start next week on a $267,000 project to replace an aging bridge on Kelley Pike (KY 860) at Johnson Creek in Fleming County.

Contractors will remove the existing narrow span and install a new and wider culvert-style concrete bridge, which will require a temporary road closure.

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 22, Kelley Pike will be closed to all traffic at the construction site for approximately three weeks. A detour route will be marked along Junction Road (KY 170), Convict Pike (KY 559) and Helena Road (KY 1200).

The highway improvement project is part of $24.2 million in Transportation Cabinet contracts awarded recently in Department of Highways District 9.

Work on the project is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, weather permitting.

Total Care offers flu shots

Be Flu-Free
Get your seasonal flu vaccine (not H1N1)
Thursday, October 15
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Total Care Pharmacy, Main Cross and Clark Streets

Hospital limits visitors

To all our visitors

Due to the current outbreak of the H1N1 Flu Virus and for the safety of YOU and OUR patients,
VISITORS  under the age of 18 are not permitted in any area of the hospital.
Anyone with signs or symptoms of a cold, the flu, or any other communicable disease, should not visit the patient-care areas.
We appreciate your cooperation at this time!

Fleming County Hospital

Mr. Bowen

Gayle Blair Bowen, 80, of Deland, Fla., died October 11 at his residence.
Born June 14, 1929, in Nicholas County, Mr. Bowen had been a high school teacher and coach in Nicholas County and Carlisle and at Orangeburg High School.
He was precded in death by his wife, Barbara Foxworthy Bowden, his parents, Sophie and Arnold Bowen, and by a son, Ty Bowen.
He is survived by a daughter, Tara Kicklighter of Fla., a sister, Minerva Sims-Jasper of Alabama, and a grandchild, Ali Kicklighter.
Funeral services are 11 am Thursday at Denton-Workman Funeral Home with Dr. Chris Beckham presiding.
Burial will follow in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
Visitation is from 10 to 11 am Thursday at the funeral home.