Lifestyles
S & J Emmick Farms: A Family Tradition in Agriculture
Meet Shelby and Jesse Emmick, the owners of S&J Emmick farms in Lewisport Kentucky. Their family has owned Emmick farms for four generations, and it has been run by Shelby and Jesse for 6 years; although they have been helping on the farm for a majority of their lives. Other than farming, Shelby and Jesse…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Aaron Walls, Purple Walrus Lawn Company
Aaron Walls is in his third year of running his small lawn, landscaping and lighting business – Purple Walrus Lawn Company, in Lewisport. He said he named the business as play on words, illustrating his changeover from factory work into landscaping and lighting full-time. “When I was working in the factory and doing landscaping at…
Read MoreExploring Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau Insurance; HCHS Agriculture Communications class spotlight article
What’s a place that you might not think of as a hometown player, but is? Your insurance! This week the HCHS Agriculture Communications class interviewed Kyle Culberth, Tim Cecil, and Josh Smith of Hancock County Farm Bureau. Kentucky Farm Bureau started as a membership program service in 1919 at a meeting in Louisville. The meeting…
Read MoreGetting to Know You – David Garrett
David Garrett, Volunteer Firefighter and EMT, was born and raised in Hancock County. “It’s been a great place to grow up and to serve the community,” he said. “I’ve always tried to help comfort people when they’re having one of their worst days and maybe help make it better.” He graduated from HCHS on…
Read MoreGetting To Know You; Adalyn Boutcher
Hancock County High School Senior Adalyn Boutcher competed at the 82nd Annual State Beta Convention held in Lexington, KY on January 16th and won First Place for her acrylic self-portrait in Painting, Division II. She is now eligible for the National Beta Competition to be held in June in Louisville. Adalyn is an outstanding local…
Read MoreGetting To Know You: Ashley Walls, CEO Labor Management Federal Credit Union
Ashley Walls, the new CEO for Labor Management Federal Credit Union, is a lifelong resident of Lewisport. “It’s a strong community,” she said. “The way that everyone pulls together when someone’s in need; you don’t find that in big cities. When there’s tragedy or triumph, the community rallies together for people and that is what…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Kimberly Mitchell
Kimberly Mitchell worked in Hancock County Schools for 21 years. She started as a wraparound aid at Lewisport Elementary, then began her position as the first Family Resource Coordinator at South Hancock Elementary School (SHES) and retired in 2021. “I loved every single day of it,” she said. “It was an excellent job.” Recently she…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Keri Jones, deputized Chief Office Executive at Hancock County Sheriff’s Office
Kari Jones is the deputized Chief Office Executive at the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office in Hawesville. She’s been in the position since 2002. Sheriff Dale Bozarth and his wife, Dana, asked if she would be interested in coming to work there when Karen White retired as Chief Deputy. She was a data entry clerk at…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Justin Obenchain
Justin Obenchain is a local farmer in Hawesville. He, his wife Chrystal, and his younger brother, Dylan, all work together raising alfalfa and sweet corn. He purchased his family’s farm in 2015 from his grandfather, the late Jim Obenchain, and they produced their first crop of corn in 2016. Justin is President of the…
Read MoreGetting To Know You; Veronica Taylor
Veronica Taylor was born and raised in Lewisport. “I consider myself fortunate to have grown up on Muddy Gut Road,” she said. “Without electronics and having to figure out how to entertain myself because that’s been real helpful through life. I had a lot of fun. My mom and dad were fun people. I played…
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