SAR, DAR members remember Pearl Harbor during ceremony in W’burg

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT

For Honor: The Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution held a ceremony last Thursday at the Whitley County Courthouse to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The event concluded with the laying of a wreath at a monument outside the courthouse dedicated to the veterans of all past wars.

Fundraiser events being organized for local EMS director battling cancer

Local first responders are planning a benefit concert and another fundraiser for a Corbin woman, who is suffering from cancer and has spent much of her adult life helping others.

Amanda Jackson is currently Whitley County EMS director and has worked for the ambulance service for the past 15 years. She was named director last year after Kelly Harrison retired.

In addition, Amanda and her husband, Corbin Firefighter Chad Jackson, are also members of West Knox Volunteer Fire Department.

“Amanda was diagnosed with stage four cancer, and we wanted to do something to help her and her family out, so we came together with Corbin Fire Department, the City of Corbin and West Knox Volunteer Fire Department,” said Whitley County Projects Director Amber Owens.

Whitley County EMS is hosting a “Benefit Night for Amanda Jackson,” on Saturday, Jan. 6, at The Corbin Arena where the County Wide band will be performing.

There will be a $10 entry fee for the event, and those 10 and under will get in for free.

County Wide is performing for free, and the City of Corbin is donating use of The Corbin Arena for free for the event, Owens said.

There will be concession stand food served during the event. Several groups that Whitley County EMS work with, such as Air Evac and PHI are donating food items. Brandon Prewitt with LLL Barbeque is donating pulled pork for the event.

West Knox Volunteer Fire Department will also be hosting a benefit auction during the event.

“All of the proceeds from this will go back to Amanda,” Owens noted.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. and the event starts at 6 p.m.

“You can come early at 5 p.m. and look at the silent auction items and make your bid. If anybody has auction items that they would like to donate, we will take those as well,” Owens added. “We will have music, concession food and a silent auction just trying to help Amanda and Chad out.”

Anyone wanting to donate should contact the Corbin Fire Department at (606) 528-1122 or Whitley County EMS at (606) 539-0867 for more information.

The next day on Sunday, Jan. 7, there will be an “Art and Appetizers Benefit for Amanda Jackson,” which will take place from 3 – 7 p.m. at The Corbin Arena.

Felicia Fore, one of the Art and Appetizers organizers, said the event will be like other paint while you eat or paint while you socialize events that people attend.

There will be a ribbon cutout that participants will paint during the event, which can be decorated in various ways.

The $50 fee per person will cover everything, including the cost of painting materials and appetizers.

Fore noted that various finger foods are being donated for the event.

Anyone needing more information about the Art & Appetizers event can call Fore at (606) 515-3470.

Organizers don’t have a goal for how much money that they hope to raise through the two events.

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Colonel Players presenting ‘A Miscreants Christmas’ Thurs. and Fri. at WCHS

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Planning to transfer a vehicle? Do so soon or wait until much later

If you are planning to renew your motor vehicle or boat registration, plan to transfer a motor vehicle or a boat, get a new license plate issued for your vehicle, need to get a disabled parking permit issued or even think you might need to do one of these things in the near future, then you need to do so sooner, or it will be much later until you can.

This is due to the implementation of a new state database for vehicle information that will make online renewals and renewals at every county clerk’s office, including Whitley County, unavailable starting on Friday, Dec. 29, until Thursday, Jan. 11.

This is assuming that everything goes according to plan with the implementation of the state’s new system.

In other words, Thursday, Dec. 28, will be your last day to do this in person in Whitley County before the two-week hiatus starts.

Online renewal is expected to be restored the week of Jan. 8, 2024.

The Whitley County Clerk’s Office will be closed on Dec. 29, 2023, and Jan. 1, 2024. It will reopen on Jan. 2, 2024.

Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis noted that the office will still be able to do a number of services between Jan. 2, and Jan. 11, 2024.

The deed room will be open for recording deeds, mortgages, notary renewals, voter registration and candidate filings among other things.

Administered by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), the state’s 40-year-old legacy system AVIS (Automated Vehicle Information System) will sunset this year, and the seventh and final module of the new KAVIS (Kentucky Automated Vehicle Information System) will be fully integrated by early January. The system upgrade is a part of KYTC’s commitment to enhancing operational efficiencies within the Department of Vehicle Regulation, the Division of Motor Vehicle Licensing and County Clerks’ offices throughout the state.

“I am excited about the scheduled implementation in early January,” Willis said. “Even though the County Clerk’s Motor Vehicle Departments will be closed for a short transition period, the positive improvements for our customers and staff will far outweigh the inconvenience this may cause.”

A statewide break of services is necessary to allow for an optimal transfer of more than 350 million records. The move to KAVIS will not impact driver license issuance at Driver Licensing Regional Offices.

The project to migrate to KAVIS kicked off in 2015. Since then, six module releases have been implemented, including a standardized point of sale system, disabled placard improvements, print on demand decals and new flat license plates. With KAVIS in place in early January, new special license plate designs will be available for request at county clerk offices.

“The move to digital plates has resulted in more reflective and readable plates, reduced storage requirements and increased on-demand printing capabilities,” said Department of Vehicle Regulation Commissioner Matt Cole. “Once in place, we’ll be able to continue a stream of new advancements like offering more than 20 new specialty license plates to choose from that promote nonprofit organizations in Kentucky.”