Church

CLAYSVILLE CHRISTIAN
The Punches Family will be in concert on Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. at Claysville Christian Church.
For more information call 859-234-5482.
LIVING HOPE
Living Hope will be hosting their first Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Space is available for anyone interested in setting up a booth. We need arts, crafts, Avon, Mary Kay, etc.
Call 859-235-4673 for more information. Leave message on machine.

ST. JAMES AME

It is difficult to think of personal things to write about in a column for a newspaper if you really think about it.
I try every once in a while to have a more personal story, especially from my childhood, for some of the readers to try and relate to and other times I pick a topic in the community and just spill out my thoughts.

When I was a kid we used to listen to a record album of silly songs.
One song went: “Glory, glory, hallelujah. Teacher hit me with a ruler. She bopped me on the bean with a rotten tangerine….”
I can’t remember the rest. But even all these years later, whenever I hear the word “glory” that stupid song pops into my head. (And now it will pop into yours.)

Forty-one years ago, Steve Starnes played football alongside Al Cowlings and O.J. Simpson as the Buffalo Bills fifth-round draft pick out of the University of Tampa.
He also played for the Green Bay Packers and the (former) Boston Patriots.
He was big and burly. Then he injured his neck and his professional football career, the dream of many little boys and grown men, was cut short. Five years ago a stroke nearly took his life.