Thirty years ago, the newspaper was abuzz with both local and national stories.
On a local level, a near-miss shooting had taken place at a local business, history lovers were trying to save as much of our county’s historic battlefield as they could, and local schools were nearing the end of their sports seasons. In national news, mass murderer John Wayne Gacy was executed – and singer Billy Ray Cyrus’ wife had just given birth to a son who the media thought might become the next Cyrus family country music star.
I see a lot of familiar names in this week’s Pulaski’s Past. Are you one of them?
Here’s what was newsworthy in Pulaski County this week in 1994, from the pages of the Commonwealth Journal.
Man Faces Attempted Murder Charge
A Somerset man was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder following an alleged shooting at Family Billiards in the Tradewind Shopping Center earlier this morning. (The man,) 44, was also charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, operating motor vehicle under influence of intoxicating beverage, first offense, and reckless driving, according to arrest citations filed by Somerset Police Officer Jeff Phillippi. …
(The man) allegedly held Stephen Smith, owner of Family Billiards, at gunpoint inside the pool hall and allegedly fired a shot at Smith. Detective Jeff Absher said Smith telephoned the Somerset-Pulaski County 9-1-1 Communications Center at 12:45 a.m. today. Smith reported he had been shot at and gave a description of the suspect’s vehicle. … Phillippi stopped (the man’s) 1984 Pontiac in the Tradewind Shopping Center parking lot. …
A short time prior to the shooting, a family member had obtained a mental health warrant on (the man.) The citation stated (he) had “a strong smell of alcoholic beverage” and was “unstable on feet.”
Development Near Battlefield Sparks Outcry
A portion of nine acres of land near Zollicoffer Park on KY. 235 is being developed for modular homes and a double-wide trailer, altering the terrain of the Civil War battlefield area. Much of the land in question, 8 1/2 acres, is owned by former county judge-executive Darrell BeShears, who said he’s planning to call the neighborhood, when built, Holly Acres. Loren Tarter said he and Sondra McIntyre sold the land less than two months ago to BeShears. They kept the remaining half-acre for their trailer.
According to local historian Duke Turpen, whose property abuts BeShears’, and maps of the area, the nine acres contain the site of a Confederate hospital, which was torn down in the 1940s. Turpen said a cemetery is located just behind the hospital site; BeShears said he has set aside land for it.
BeShears had the front portion bulldozed in the latter part of April for a road and said he’s planning to cut timber in a couple of weeks.
The Mill Springs Battlefield Association has expressed concern about the development. “Pulaski County and the country lost part of the Civil War heritage,” MSBA president Bill Neikirk said last week. … BeShears said last week he’d still offer the land to MSBA, but at a slightly higher price than he paid for it.
Noting “it would have been prime” land for MSBA, Neikirk said his organization cannot buy anything above appraised value, assuming money is available. If it could have been bought, MSBA would likely have built a replica of the Confederate hospital, he said. …
With the Battle of Mill Springs National Register boundary comprising 687 acres, much of the land will remain in private hands for years to come. … If a property owner in the battlefield vicinity is planning to develop his or her land, Neikirk said he’d like to request an archaeological survey be done to recover any artifacts before they’re lost. “All we ask is they consider the historical significance of their land.”
Goode Hired as Downtown Director
A new executive director has been named to head Downtown Somerset Development Corporation, following a 5-4 vote by board directors. The position has been open for nearly four years. Directors chose Brenda Goode over Donna Sheehan, who has been with DSDC for nine years and has served as acting director for most of the last four. …
In regular session, Judy Burdine made the motion to hire Goode, and Steve Fischer made the second. Voting in favor were Burdine, Fischer, John Simkins, Kirby Stephens and John Musterman. DSDC president Charlie Carr initially voted, but was reminded he could vote only in case of a tie. Voting against were Bob Hudson, Jim Davidson, Bob Sams and Donna Hunley. Those abstaining were Gene Cheshire and Christy Oliver. Board member Don Moss left before the executive session and wasn’t present for the vote. Eight board members were not present, including John Mandt, the Rev. Bob Browning, Reed Hall, Alan Stringer, Winter Huff, George Joplin IV, John Pruitt and Steve Seifert. …
Goode, who works as an LPN in the intensive care unit at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, has a degree in housing and interior design, which she obtained from the University of Kentucky in 1990. She’s lived in Pulaski County since 1975, is married to Darrell Goode and has four daughters and two step-daughters.
After the meeting, she said the first thing she wants to do is “evaluate what has been done and how it worked or not. And I would re-evaluate Somerfest to see if it supplied the needs of the merchants and the city that puts money into it. And I would hope that we can do several different projects, not just focus on Somerfest, and help Somerset generate entertainment and people using downtown.”
National News:
Letter to the Editor:
“I attended the SCC commencement exercises at the Baptist Church. I felt thankful that all these graduates have had an opportunity to attend SCC because of the vision and efforts of Somerset leaders a generation ago. … Our SCC is an outstanding institution and it has grown and grown until it is now ‘Southern Kentucky Community College.’ It keeps growing with more students but not with more classrooms. When we accept Dr. Wethington’s offer to recommend to the UK Board of Trustees that we have a regional name, I believe that our facilities will grow! … I believe that Bowling Green is much more blessed with WKU than a Bowling Green college; Richmond is much better with EKU than with a Richmond college, and it will be better for us to have an SKU than a Somerset Community College. … The program shows graduates from Pine Knot, Parkers Lake, Liberty, Somerset, Monticello, Stearns, Crab Orchard, Burnside, Ferguson, Mill Springs, Russell Springs, Greensburg, Jamestown, London, Whitley City, Bronston, Strunk, Science Hill and Stanford. It is easy to see that we really are now ‘Southern Kentucky Community College,’ and it is right for that name to be accepted in order for our school to be approved for more funding by the Legislature and the Council on Higher Education for some of the buildings that are needed on campus. … This is a ‘golden opportunity’ for progress that I think we should hasten to accept.”
- Mary Susan Thompson, 505 East Mt. Vernon St.
((Note: Mary Susan Thompson was notorious for her decades-long vision of having a “Southern Kentucky” college in Somerset. She passed away in October of 2014. To this day, SCC is still SCC.))
Military News:
-Pvt. 1st Class Tommy Gholson recently graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Training at Parris Island, S.C. Gholson, the who joined the Marine Corps through the Delayed Entry Program in August 1993, underwent 11 weeks of training. Gholson is the son of Thomas and Nyoka Gholson of Eubank. Gholson will enjoy a 10-day leave at home before traveling to an assigned duty station for normal schooling.
-Donnie D. Todd Jr. recently joined the United States Marine Corps through the Delayed Entry Program. Todd, who is a senior at Pulaski County High School, will report to active duty at Parris Island, S.C., in July 1994. He is the son of Donnie and Debbie Todd of Somerset. Todd has been guaranteed a job in the field of UH-Combat Arms. He will undergo 11 weeks of recruit training.
-Reece A. Turner, son of Bruce and Judy Turner of Somerset, recently joined the United States Marine Corps through the Delayed Entry Program. Reece, a graduate of Somerset High School, will report to active duty at Parris Island, S.C., in May 1994.
-Air Force Airman 1st Class William E. Hunt has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Hunt is the son of Vanessa Hardgrove and stepson of Lee R. Hardgrove of Somerset. His wife, Carla, is the daughter of Lawrence and Priscilla Coomer of Somerset. Hunt is a 1990 graduate of Pulaski County High School. He earned an associate degree from Somerset Community College in 1992.
-Isaac L. Sanders has enlisted for three years in the United States Army and will receive training as a food service specialist. Sanders, the son of Bill Sanders of Russellville and Cedella Harris of Lexington, is a senior at Somerset High School. He has enlisted in the Army under the special Delayed Entry Program (DEP) and will report for active duty in July. Sanders will receive his Army basic training at Ft. Jackson S.C., and will proceed to Ft. Lee, Va., for his advanced individual training.
School News:
-Science Hill Independent School Board approved its tentative working budget Tuesday night, according to board treasurer May Lois Wesley. She said the budget totals $1,596,899 and, right now, doesn’t include any salary increases.
-Somerset Independent School District has been given the go-ahead from the state Department of Education to proceed with a construction project at Hopkins Primary School. Tate/Hill/Jacobs Architects Inc. of Lexington, the board’s architect, gave school officials the “green light” to move forward on the project last week. … The project calls for construction of eight classrooms – three preschool, three kindergarten and two primary units — as well as the expansion of the existing library. Construction of a physical education facility is being advertised separately in the bid package. … In other action, the board recognized former member Mark Hail for his years of service to the board. Hail resigned in March to seek the chairmanship of the Republican Party, which he won.
-The following king and queen candidates have been chosen to represent the Southwestern High School 1994 prom court. They will take part in prom festivities May 14. Students are Kim Gibson, Christy Lewis, Shawna Hyden, Heather Melton, Stephanie McAdoo, Amanda Tarter, Jamie Sams, Kristie Higginbotham, Jayson Stringer, Brian Rice, Anthony Holman, Gary Sweeney, Kyle Stewart, Joey Crawford, Martin Mullins and Lucas Slavey.
-Tracey Kerr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr of Somerset, received the Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society First Year Award at Georgetown College’s annual academic honors program, held April 26 in John L. Hill Chapel.
-Shana Goggins, a 1993 graduate of Somerset High School, has received the freshman psychology award at St. Catharine College for the 1993-94 academic school year. Goggins was selected based on the number of psychology courses she has taken and her grade point average in class. She has taken three psychology courses and has received an “A” in each one. Goggins plans on attending Spelman College in Atlanta after she graduates from St. Catharine, with future hopes of becoming a psychiatrist. Goggins is the maternal granddaughter of Mildred Hines, the paternal granddaughter of Willie and Norma Goggins and is the daughter of Elizabeth Goggins of Somerset.
Engagements:
-Christi Lynn Hayes, 200 Jewell St., and Chad Christopher Henderson, 1340 Slate Branch Road, will be united in marriage during an open ceremony at half past 5 o’clock in the afternoon May 21 at Oak Hill Baptist Church, Somerset. She is the daughter of Larry and Karen Thrasher, Somerset, and Bill and Diana Hayes, Springboro, Ohio. He is the son of Diana Foster, Somerset, and Ron and Nancy Henderson, Somerset.
-Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Henderson, Science Hill, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Robin Gail, to Lloyd Dale Keith Jr., Somerset. He is the son of Vallerie Lynn Young, Somerset, and Lloyd Dale Keith Sr., Waynesburg. The couple will be united in marriage during an open ceremony at half past 2 o’clock in the afternoon June 4 at Pleasant View Baptist Church, Somerset.
-Patty Whitis and Keith Whitaker will be united in marriage during an open ceremony at half past 2 o’clock in the afternoon Saturday, May 21, at Pleasant Run Baptist Church (Short Creek.) She is the daughter of Ray and Joyce Whitis, 1210 Whitis Road. He is the son of Dennis and Burnadean Whitaker, 136 Leo Gilliland Road.
Obituaries:
-Maurice P. Christopher, 82, Murray, Ky., died Saturday, May 7, 1994. He was born Dec. 23, 1911, in Somerset. He was a former member of Somerset High School faculty for 23 years and also served as assistant principal; was past president of Somerset Kiwanis Club and Somerset City Hospital board of directors; co-builder and owner of Somerset Dairy Queen; and was active in Boy Scouts. He was a retired professor of chemistry at Murray State University. Survivors include a son, two daughters, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, Murray. Private burial will be at Murray City Cemetery prior to the memorial service.
-Effie Louise Brown Farmer, Lexington, died Sunday, May 8, 1994, following a short illness. She was 83. Born in Burgaw, N.C., Sept. 10, 1910, she was a graduate of Louisburg Junior College in Louisburg, N.C., in 1929, majoring in French; graduated from Biltmore Hospital Nursing School in Asheville, N.C., and worked for a short time at Zephyr Hill Tuberculosis Sanitarium and returned to Biltmore Hospital as nursing supervisor. She moved to Somerset in 1934 and became a member of First Christian Church where she was active in the Missionary Society and Carver-Friendship Class. She was an active volunteer at Somerset City Hospital and began the Candy Stripers Program and retired from City Hospital as nursing supervisor. She was a member of Somerset Literary Club. She moved to Lexington in 1988. Survivors include two daughters, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two sisters, a brother, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Tates Creek Christian Church. Burial will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Somerset Cemetery.
-Kenneth Wayne Alexander, 203 East Limestone St., Somerset, died Monday, May 9, 1994, at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lexington, following a long illness. He was 50. Born July 1, 1943, in Somerset, he was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War; self-employed truck driver; and attended the Church of God of America. Survivors include his mother, his wife, a son, Kevin Alexander, three half-brothers, two half-sisters, and a grandson. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mill Springs National Cemetery with military services by American Legion Post No. 38.
-Lucy Jane Stevens, 895 Old Somerset-Stanford Road, Eubank, died Tuesday, May 10, 1994, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was 84. A native of Casey County, she was born Aug. 24, 1909. She was a homemaker and member of Buncombe Baptist Church. Survivors include six sons, three daughters, 30 grandchildren, and 33 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of Morris and Hislope Funeral Home. Burial will be in Cuba Cemetery.
-James Gilbert Muncy, 3107 Simpson Drive, Somerset, died Friday, May 13, 1994, at his residence following a one-year illness. He was 69. Born in Manchester June 2, 1924, he was an instructor at Somerset Vocational/Technical School for 29 years and was also VICA instructor. Survivors include his wife, a son, two daughters, a sister, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Lakeside Memorial Gardens.
This Week in Local Sports:
-Chris Fitzgerald, junior point guard for the Pulaski Maroons, will play for the 1994 Kentucky Junior All Stars again this summer. The sponsor of the team is Madisonville’s Eddie Ford, the father of University of Kentucky all SEC guard Travis Ford. The All Star team will play four exhibition games in Kentucky. … After the exhibition tour, the All Stars will participate in the Hoop Stars Camp at Eastern Kentucky University. After the Kentucky Prep Festival in Louisville, the team will depart for a tournament in Los Angeles, then it is on to Las Vegas for a 64-team tourney. … Fitzgerald was named to the Blue Grass Festival Lexington Catholic All Tourney team, 48th District and 12th Region All Tourney. … Fitzgerald was also second in state on his free throw percentage.
-Somerset’s Briar Jumpers exploded for 14 hits — five of them home runs — and routed Southwestern 10-0 yesterday at PC Field. David Waters blasted home runs in each of the first two innings, and finished with five RBI to pace the Briar Jumper offense. Shawn Clark also delivered a solo homer in the first inning, while Jeremy Bales hit one out in the Jumpers’ five-run second frame. Andrew Kinch connected off Southwestern hurler Bryan Morrow in the fifth, while Joey Criswell hammered a two-run shot in the seventh. Kinch and Bales both had two singles to go along with their home runs, while Joe Dan Thompson doubled and Matt Cowan, Brad Chaney and Les Kirkpatrick all had base hits. While the offense provided plenty of firepower, Somerset pitcher Brad Sanders was masterful on the mound. The senior righthander fired a two-hitter with six strikeouts en route to the complete-game victory.
-Yesterday at PC Field, it was the Southwestern Warriors who emerged victorious over Pulaski County. … Southwestern had to scratch out a 6-5 verdict, as Derek Flynn hurled a five-hitter with six strikeouts to out-duel the Maroons’ Marty Wesley. … Both teams scored a run in the first inning, but Pulaski … plated three runs in the top of third to make it 4-1, as Tony Haste delivered a two-run single. But Southwestern scored three in its half of the third, as Lucas Slavey ripped a two-run base hit. The Warriors took the lead with two runs in the fifth. PC scored one in the sixth, but the rally fell short. … Jeffrey Stevens and Jason Burton came through with doubles for the Warriors, while Jason Stevens, Jamie Coner and Bryan Morrow had base hits. Loran King and Adam Martin pounded out a double and a single each for Pulaski County, while Kyle Wilson, Brad Mounce and Haste had singles.
-The Somerset Lady Jumper softball team kept its hopes for a No. 3 seed in the upcoming district tournament alive with a 23-0 rout of homestanding Corbin last night. The Lady Redhounds forfeited the nightcap, running Somerset’s worksheet to 20-12. ... The Lady Jumpers scored three runs in the first and one in the third to make it 4-0, but they then broke it open with 11 runs in the fourth inning. Somerset came right back and tallied eight more in the fifth. Rachel Treado led the Lady Jumpers offensively with three singles and six RBI, while Betsy Duell blasted a two-run homer. Jessica Davis was 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, while Brandi Wilson singled and tripled, and Jasie Logsdon singled. Gretchen Brown, Christy Price, Shawna McWilliams, Beth Crabtree, DeShon Cowan and Robin Aker all singled.
-Despite rallying for 25 runs in two games against the Lady Jaguars of North Laurel, Southwestern girls’ softball team was defeated in the doubleheader. In the first contest, the Lady Warriors were outscored, 28-15. Southwestern’s Megan Carey nailed two runs with two singles, while teammates Courtney Stringer banged out a single, a double and collected an RBI for two runs and Kelly Morrison contributed two runs on two hits, yielded a triple and four RBIs. Melissa Collins supplied two singles and two RBIs for her team and Brandy Benfield aced a run on a single. Benfield also nabbed an RBI. Lady Warrior Auburn Weaver netted a run by fielder’s choice and twin sister Autumn Weaver scored a run as well as an RBI by fielder’s choice. Carrie Edwards gained two runs and two RBIs with a single and double and Kim Maybrier produced a run on two singles, racked up two RBIs and supplied a home run. ... In the second game, Southwestern was halted by North Laurel, 25-10. Carey was 2-for-3, scored two runs and nabbed an RBI, while Stringer aced two runs on a single, collected four RBIs and made two home runs. Morrison contributed two singles and an RBI, while Collins yielded a run on a single. Kathy Clark banged out two singles for a run and an RBI and sophom*ore Elizabeth Smith scored a run on a single and earned an RBI. Benfield supplied an RBI and one run on a single and Edwards banged out a single, while Maybrier added a run with a walk. Auburn Weaver was good for two singles and an RBI and Autumn Weaver aced a double and earned an RBI.
-Pulaski County’s Lady Maroons softball team played nearly flawless defense and downed homestanding South Laurel 1-0 in the first game of a twinbill last night. PC scored the only run of the game in the fourth frame, when Autumn Reese singled and later scored on Amy Pinson’s base hit. … Shawna Taylor and Morgan Draughn hammered out two hits each in the win, while Pinson, Reese, Heather Alsup, Jessica Floyd and Christy Estep banged out a single each. In the nightcap, South Laurel knocked off the Lady Maroons 13-3 in five innings. Pulaski County scored all three runs in the second frame, as Finson drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Estep and Jody Dick banged out RBI singles. Draughn, Reese and Melina Rose all singled in Game 2 for Pulaski County.
-Pulaski County notched wins in five of the six singles matches and went on to down Southwestern 6-3 in girls’ tennis action yesterday at PC. ... The Lady Maroons rolled to wins in the first four singles matches, as Jamie Wallace hammered Ashley Parsons 6-0, Jenny MacMurdo topped Amber Beshears 8-5, Katia Knepel downed Michelle Turpin 6-0 and Alicia Tarter ripped Mandy Cook 6-1. Southwestern’s Danielle Cundiff broke the streak with a 6-2 win over Tiffany Finley, but PC’s Casey Roberts rebounded to knock off Michelle Gayheart 8-7. ... Wallace and MacMurdo defeated Parsons and Turpin 6-4 in the No. 1 doubles match. Southwestern rebounded with victories in the final two doubles matches, as Beshears and Gayheart nipped Finley and Tarter in a tiebreaker, and Holly Tyler and Angela Bowling defeated Becky Pumphrey and Paula Cundiff. In exhibition matches, Southwestern’s Jennifer Burkett defeated Amy Hansford 8-6, and Melissa Halcomb downed April McFeron 7-6.
-The Southwestern boys’ tennis team won its first four singles matches and went on to top homestanding Pulaski County 7-2 Monday afternoon at the PC courts. The Warriors’ Joshua Nichols downed PC’s Clinton Kiteck 8-4 in the No. 1 match, while Kristian Aberg topped Matias Stenberg 8-4, Martin Mullins nipped Michael Mays 9-7 and Ben Webb downed Macy Bloomer 6-0. PC’s Henrik Klinke broke the SWHS string with a 6-1 win over Brian Roberts, and PC’s Kevin Cook followed that with an 8-2 verdict over Scott Glasco*ck. Southwestern answered in doubles play, with three straight victories. Nichols and Aberg topped Justin Flynn and Kiteck 8-5, Mullins and Webb downed Adam Keller and Andy Newsome 6-0, and Roberts and Shane Furlong nipped Andy Alsup and Ryan MacMurdo 6-4.
-Yesterday at Russell County, the Somerset High boys’ tennis team topped the Lakers 6-3, and also learned that their loss to McCreary Central last month — their only varsity loss in the last two years — had been reversed because the Raiders used an ineligible player. So Somerset is now officially 11-0 on the season. ... Somerset had little trouble yesterday, as Dale Hille (6-2), Matthew Knight (6-3), Rob Dinkens (6-2) and Jens Moller (6-2) came up with singles wins. Knight and Dinkens (6-3) and Hille and Jeremey Page (7-6) won in doubles play. ... Somerset’s girls, meanwhile, ran their record to 8-4 with a 4-3 win over the Lady Lakers yesterday. Emily Travis (6-3), Holly Neikirk (6-0) and Jamie Withers (6-0) came up with singles wins. Allison Aker and Jaime Pence (6-3) won in doubles action.
-Pulaski County girls placed second, and the boys placed third, in the junior high track and field meet at Somerset’s Clark Field last night. The Lady Maroons racked up 84 points, trailing just Jessamine County (96). ... Southwestern finished ninth with 14 points, while Somerset was 10th with 12 points. PC was led by Natalie Scruggs, who finished first in the 1600 (5:40), the 800 (2:40) and the 3200 (12:40). ... PC’s Amy Bullock finished second in the 1600 in 5:54), edging Southwestern’s Rachel Sanford (6:00). Bullock was also second in the 800 with a time of 2:41. … PC’s Brittany Brown was second in the long jump with a leap of 13-7 1/2. ... PC’s K.C. Latham finished first in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.44, and second in the 300 hurdles (45.96). ... Pulaski County’s Chris Phillippi was second in the 800 with a time of 2:16. ... Tabor was second in the 1600 with a time of 5:06. ... Pulaski County’s Chris Hines finished second in the discus with a throw of 106-9.
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