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Father, recovering alcoholic, changed
his life, now counsels others at Hope Center
Every Wednesday afternoon, Shawn Whitlock leaves his work behind, picks up his daughter Trysten from school and heads to the George Privett Recovery Center on West Loudon Avenue. As Trysten occupies herself on an office computer,Whitlock takes his place …
Robert Treadway: Calvert McCann carried
his camera along on sit-ins and marches
Eighth of a Series Photographer Calvert McCann, the “accidental” historian, is such a personal favorite of my heroes of the Civil Rights movement that I have devoted three columns to his story. Calvert is still living, though in poor …
Berea’s New Opportunity School for Women
holding fundraiser, settling in to new space
By Judy Clabes KyForward Editor Reeling from an arsonist’s destruction of their school facility last December, the New Opportunity School for Women at Berea is regrouping and aiming for full operation for a June session. Executive Director Lori …
Hank Bond: You can go home again, happily,
says this Russell boy who has been places
Sometimes it’s necessary to reflect on all that is around you. That time for me is now. I have been a fortunate man my entire life. The people I have had the great fortune to meet have helped make …
Q&A with Lori Rice:
Bringing global experiences to the table
By Erin Holaday Ziegler Bourbon and Beans Lancaster, Ky., writer, food blogger and nutritionist Lori Rice compares herself to a Maracujá, or a Passion Fruit. The well-traveled public relations director is “unique, yet familiar at the same time …
Robert Treadway: Lex’s accidental historian
gave only photographic record of movement
Seventh in a series Calvert McCann, the teenage amateur photographer who became Lexington’s accidental historian of the Civil Rights Movement, provided us with beautiful photographs of the marches and sit-ins of the local movement – the only photographic record …
Robert Treadway: Calvert McCann was
photographer of Lex’s Civil Rights era
Sixth of a series A still-living hero of the civil rights movement in Lexington who is still living, Calvert McCann was a teenager in the early ’60s when a wave of sit-ins at lunch counters and restaurants all over …
Zany band of fun-loving musicians, volunteers
are ‘mad’ about marching – and Lexington
March Madness may conjure up images of college basketball for most people, at least in Kentucky. But for a group of Lexington musicians, hula-hoopers, belly dancers and otherwise crazily-dressed volunteers, March Madness is their calling card. The March Madness …
Face to Face: Hair stylist turned artist
capturing ‘500 Faces’ with new project
By Julie Wilson KyForward correspondent Madelaine Enochs-Epley is used to hearing people’s life stories. As a former hair stylist, she played the role of therapist to a motley crew of clients-turned-friends as they chatted in her barber’s chair. …
Monday is deadline to nominate a
‘Local Hero’ for using open-government laws
Do you know someone who has made a difference in their community by using information gleaned through freedom of information laws of the states or federal government? You have until Monday, Feb. 20 to nominate them as a “Local Hero” …
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