April, 2008
The Voice has learned that two Jackson residents will be facing prison sentences as a result of a drug case in Federal Court. Both 59-year-old John David Haddix and 35-year-old Gregory David Haddix were sentenced Tuesday for conspiring to distribute pills which contained OxyCodone. In addition to the father and son, three other street level dealers in their drug organization were sentenced.
Thursday, April 24th, 2008By Jeff Noble Voice Editor
The question on what to do with the old “Spec Building” at the end of Industry Road in Lakeside Estates has gnawed on the mind of many a person through the last ten or so years.
On Wednesday, three groups associated with the building - the Breathitt County Fiscal Court, the Jackson City Council, and the Breathitt County-City of Jackson Industrial Development Authority - met in special session to try to see what to do about it, and where to go on it.
By meeting’s end, the groups, and the crowd of around 40 that attended the summit at the Life Skills Center decided to form a “Committee of Eight”, to come up with a decision by late this summer. 
By Jeff Noble
Voice Editor
Thanks to a drug investigation in neighboring Lee County, five Breathitt Countians were among the 16 persons arrested on drug related charges there last Thursday.
Of the five arrested from Breathitt County, one of them, 25-year-old Othello Neace of Shucky Bean Hollow - Jackson, was served with a drug trafficking warrant from this county after coming to the Three Forks Regional Jail near Beattyville. He had come there to visit with his father, who earlier last Thursday was picked up by officers in Lee County. Othello Neace was charged with two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
By Jeff Noble
Voice Editor
High up on the hill at Kentucky Mountain Bible College, the past year has been one of amazement and pleasant surprises.
Last May the school at Vancleve broke ground for a new chapel and fine arts building, to be located across from the present chapel and next door to the Paulo Administration Center. That came after the Helen Matthews Luce family made a donation of $350,000 in March of last year - the biggest single gift ever made to the school.
By Jeff Noble
Voice Editor
Just as it is in many walks of life, the term “image is everything” is very important in medical care.
That first impression can mean the difference between life-saving treatment and a life-taking disease.
Now the techniques and processes used to create images of the human body to help advance improved medical care are here in Jackson, thanks to a new company. BCIC - Breathitt County Image Center - held an Open House and Ribbon-Cutting ceremony last Thursday afternoon in their location at 1389 Highway 15 North, on the first floor of the St. John Newman’s Medical Plaza.
By Jeff Noble
Voice Editor
With a few minutes to go before his class in Advanced Science Methods, Dr. Robert D. Boram talks about his favorite passion - teaching.
It is a passion that give his students at Morehead State University at Jackson a yearning for learning more. And in turn, to pass it on to their elementary school students.
“My students are always receptive to new ideas, whether they come to class up here at the Life Skills Center, or, since I’m teaching the course in Jackson, at the ITV (Interactive TeleVision) sites in Prestonsburg and Morehead,” added Dr. Boram, who’s in his 18th year as an instructor at MSU. “There’s always new things to try. That’s science for you.”
By Jeff Noble
Voice Editor
Continuing their efforts to honor academic excellence as they did last year, Jackson City School held their 2nd Annual A’CAT”emy Awards Ceremony last Tuesday night in the school’s J. B. Goff Gymnasium.
In front of a crowd estimated at over hundreds of parents, friends, and families, a total of 229 students from grades 4 -12 were recognized with awards for their achievements in academics. Of that group, nine JCS students were recognized with the school’s “Tiger Paw Award”for receiving all “Distinguished” and one “Proficient”in their academics, and 25 were recognized with the “Top Cat Award” for receiving all “Distinguished” in their studies.
By Jeff Noble
Voice Editor
Ronnie Combs was intrigued by the letter he got from the University of Kentucky last month.
But when he opened it up, the Science teacher for Grades 9 through 12 at Breathitt High School was more surprised than intrigued.
And for good reason.
Listeners’ Choice Radio now broadcasting online
Although they’re awaiting approval of their application for a non-commercial radio station on 89.7 FM, Breathitt Listeners’ Choice Radio, Inc. has begun their new radio station by broadcasting on the Internet. “We got the station on board Sunday,” said the group’s president, Earl Lovely. To hear the station, go online to www.breathittlistenerschoice.blogspot.com. Lovely said the station is now broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Bluegrass and Gospel music is featured, as well as church programs, programs by local artists and musicians, plus “family-friendly” music. The group is looking for sponsorship of these programs, and more information can be obtained on that, or you can request a song on their station, by e-mailing them at radiotalkdj@yahoo.com.
In Economics 101 on the study of the American economy, we learned that businesses and corporations directly or indirectly create all the wealth, provide all the jobs and pay all of the taxes in America. We also learned that the government and all of its programs are parasites of those hard working businesses, corporations and their employees. Obama and Hillary need to review this course on the American economy. Then perhaps they would stop promising that the government can solve all of your problems and provide for your every need. Their attempt to purchase the White House at the expense of taxpaying Americans must be obvious to all.
