PT Solutions now offering Pelvic Health service line

PT Solutions of Williamsburg has announced Pelvic Health as a new service line to their growing clinic.

Stacy Moses is a caring and compassionate occupational therapist who emphasizes a holistic approach to each individual patient in order to achieve their unique goals related to pelvic floor dysfunction, according to a PT Solutions of Williamsburg release.

Moses has extensive knowledge and experience in upper extremity orthopedics and vestibular rehabilitation serving southeast Kentucky for the past 17 years.

She has always enjoyed orthopedics and has a newfound passion for pelvic health

and believes that both women and men across the age spectrum can achieve exceptional results with pelvic floor dysfunction, including: urinary incontinence, prolapse, constipation, IBS, diastasis recti, pre- and post-pregnancy pain, as well as sexual discomfort.

Moses is a 2000 graduate of Whitley County High School. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 2004 with her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy. She was initially trained in female pelvic health in 2021 and recently in male pelvic health dysfunction.

“She is excited to have the opportunity to now offer this treatment in her hometown of Williamsburg. Outside of the clinic, Stacy enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, cooking, and being outdoors,” PT Solutions wrote in the release.

Patsy June Olsen Mays

Patsy June Olsen Mays, 86, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 24, 2023.
She is survived by her two children, James Timothy Mays (Sherry) and Tammy Elizabeth Mays-Murphy; three grandchildren, Erin Murphy West (Jamie), Christopher Murphy, and Natalie Mays Hemmer (Patrick); four great-grandchildren, Troy Hemmer, Mitchell Hemmer, Maxwell Hemmer, and Fiona West; her two sisters, Wanda Partin (Estle) and Jan Rose White (Dennis); as well as many beloved nieces and nephews, sisters-in-law, and friends.
Patsy was born in Corbin, Kentucky on June 8, 1937, to Orbin and Lucille Olsen. She was the Valedictorian of her class and a motherly guide to her younger siblings from a young age. Patsy was blessed to have found the true love of her life with dedication to a long marriage of 61 years to her husband, the late James V. Mays. She had a protective instinct for her children and grandchildren that was close to being a superpower and was very kind and compassionate to everyone and never failed to meet new people with a smile and a laugh.
Patsy was a successful businesswoman as a realtor and did bookkeeping. She lived a full life and was beloved by her family. Patsy was a member of First Baptist Church in Benton, Kentucky. She stayed true to her beliefs and convictions. She will be missed greatly.
Patsy was preceded in death by her parents, Orbin and Lucille Olsen; her younger brother, Stanley Olsen; her husband, James V. Mays; and her youngest son, Mark Olsen Mays.
Visitation will be held from 1-3pm on Tuesday, August 29, at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home.
Following the visitation, a funeral procession will go to Lynn Camp Cemetery for a graveside service with Jim Murray officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Lynn Camp Cemetery Fund. Lynn Camp Cemetery, c/o Delvie Hensley, P.O. Box 893, Corbin, Kentucky 40702.
Arrangements by Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home, where messages may be written to the family at vankirkgrisellfuneralhome.com.

Investigation into stolen cemetery fence led to barricade situation for deputies

Knox County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested two people in connection to the theft of a fence from a Woodbine cemetery, but only after one of the suspects barricaded the two of them inside a residence in Whitley County, according to a Knox County Sheriff’s Department release.

On Aug. 19, Knox County deputies responded to a theft complaint at Campbell Cemetery on Campbell Cemetery Road in Woodbine where they found 150 feet of black painted chain-link fence taken along with top rails, seven posts, two 10-feet gates and all the hardware.

Knox County Sheriff Mike Smith learned that the stolen fence and hardware were reportedly at the residence of Jason W. Taylor on Perkins Street in the Whitley County portion of Woodbine, according to the release.

Smith and deputies went to the residence on Aug. 23 and when they arrived, a man ran into a detached garage and locked the door from the inside.

While deputies were preparing information to obtain a search warrant, Jason W. Taylor allegedly crawled out of the garage through a hole in the side and fled into the residence where he barricaded himself and a woman, who was already inside, the release stated.

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies then responded to the residence and later obtained a Whitley County search warrant. When deputies executed the search warrant, they discovered the stolen fence and all the hardware located on a utility trailer behind the residence, according to the release.

After several hours, Smith, Whitley County Sheriff Bill Elliotte and deputies entered the residence where they immediately arrested Angela Taylor, 34, of Woodbine on charges of receiving stolen property, menacing and second-degree hindering prosecution or apprehension, the release stated.

About one hour later, Jason Taylor, 39, of Woodbine, was found hidden inside a wall in the residence. He was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property, menacing and second-degree fleeing or evading police

According to Angela Taylor’s arrest citation, she helped hide a man inside of a wall and screwed it back shut in an effort to prevent him from going to jail.

Both Jason and Angela Taylor were lodged in the Knox County Detention Center.

Both are scheduled for a pre-trial conference on Oct. 3 in Knox District Court.

‘We are coming for you if you are selling to our kids,’ mayor says

If you own a store in Corbin that is selling vaping products to minors, Mayor Suzie Razmus has a message for you.

Whitley Co. Health Department Public Health Director Marcy Rein addressed the Corbin City Commission Monday about the dangers of youth vaping.

“As far as local vape stores are concerned, they are on notice. We are cracking down. We are coming for you if you are selling to our kids. They need to take this seriously. Our police department will be coming for them,” Razmus said during the Corbin City Commission’s monthly meeting Monday.

Corbin City Attorney Bob Hammons noted that he recently prosecuted two people in Williamsburg for selling vaping products to underage patrons, and that the penalty wasn’t cheap.

News Journal archives indicate that a Williamsburg store clerk and the store owner/manager pleaded guilty in April in regards to the sale of vaping products to minors and were each ordered to pay a $1,000 fine to Alcohol Beverage Control.

During Monday’s meeting, Whitley County Health Department Public Health Director Marcy Rein addressed the city commission on the prevalence of vaping among young people and some of the dangers that it poses.

Rein noted that the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey shows that 1 in 10 high school and middle school students have used tobacco in the last 30 days prior to taking the survey. Of those that responded to the survey, e-cigarettes or vaping, is the most common type of tobacco used.

“If a youth uses, they are likely using every day,” Rein said.

More than half of youth that use vapes, use disposable vapes and one-quarter used pre-filled or refillable pods or cartridges.

“I think most surprising of all, 85 percent of youth, who use vaping products, use flavored devices. Fruity and candy flavors are the most common,” she said. “This is all really consistent with what we hear anecdotally from parents and particularly from schools.”

Schools are also finding younger and younger students with vapes, including primary, intermediate and elementary age children in our community.

Vaping use is also causing students to flunk drug tests because they don’t know what is in the vapes that they are using even though they aren’t intentionally using THC, Rein added.

“Why do we care? Why is vaping bad? Well, vapes have nicotine and they also have toxic metals, like nickel, lead, chromium, tin and aluminum. Teen brains are still developing and they are very susceptible to nicotine addiction. Not only that, but nicotine changes their brains. In adolescents, it makes them more apt to be addicted to other substances throughout their life,” Rein said.

Given that adult use of tobacco locally is above the state and national average at more than 30 percent, Rein said that she is confident those numbers about youth use are an under representation of youth tobacco use in our community.

Rein said that she thinks it is important to enforce laws already on the books.

Kentucky law requires people to be 21 years old to buy tobacco products.

Existing tobacco free ordinances need to be enforced and schools need to enforce tobacco free policies at outdoor events in particular.

Rein noted that there are various conversations happening about possible state level changes to address youth tobacco use and vaping. One of the more promising ones being discussed is the potential for a state license to be implemented for businesses wanting to sell tobacco.

She encouraged city leaders and local residents to contact their legislators about this proposal.

“I think having a license to sell is a potential solution that is palatable on both sides of the issue, and has potential for success,” Rein added.

Hammons said that he thinks Rein has hit it right on the head with the state taking action, requiring a state license and passing something “with teeth to it.”

Free help is available

Kentucky Medicaid covers all quit tobacco medications and Kentucky law requires all private insurance companies to cover those resources as well.

There are also plenty of free resources for those wanting to quit tobacco use, including resources aimed at youths, such as My Life, My Quit. It can be accessed by texting “start my quit” to 36072, or by visiting ky.mylifemyquit.org.

“Anybody can access 1-800-QUITNOW,” Rein added.

Rein noted that there is no safe vape, and no vape has been approved for use as a quitting method for nicotine use.

“The nicotine amounts in a vape are much higher than you would get from a smoking a cigarette,” she said.

Whitley County Fiscal Court approves first reading of ordinance redrawing magistrate boundaries

The Whitley County Fiscal Court has approved the first reading of an ordinance that would slightly alter the boundary lines of the county’s magisterial districts, though a second reading is still required for approval.

Magisterial boundary lines are regularly adjusted through a process called reapportionment, which is required by law every 10 years based on a county’s most recent census data. The U.S. Census Bureau conducted the last census in 2020. Normally, any reapportionment is required to be done by the following year, but this reapportionment was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Magisterial districts are required to represent a roughly equal number of the county’s population and can only vary within a 5 percent margin of one another. Because of that, there is expected to be some minor changes between District 4 and District 1, with the biggest change coming between District 3 and District 1.

Despite District 3 having the largest district based on land mass, it has the lowest population density of the four districts and the populace has continued to decrease over the years. Due to the shrinking population in that district, a portion of District 1 will be remapped into District 3, with the biggest change being in the KY92E area.

The proposed changes will only impact approximately 700 of the county’s nearly 37,000 residents.

A second reading is required before the changes can be adopted via ordinance, which is expected to come during the fiscal court’s September meeting. However, the new district boundaries will still not go into effect until Nov. 8, the day after this year’s general election.

After Nov. 8, residents living in those areas will see their magistrate and constable change to reflect their new district.

Developers were smart when it came to Cumberland Mint/Run

A few years ago many of us were elated when it was announced that Corbin would be getting a facility for horse racing. It was going to be quarter horse racing, but that was okay because with it was coming a grandstand, restaurant and possibly a hotel. A little Keeneland facility if your dreams were big enough.

Don Estep is publisher of the News Journal.

We waited and waited while the state legislature did its thing on passing legislation that would allow historic wagering machines at the facility and a race track.

When all was said and done it was announced that a facility would be built at Williamsburg also.

What caught many by surprise was the Williamsburg facility was going to be the first to be built.

Now that Cumberland Run has opened in Corbin I have heard that some people are disappointed with its size and with it as opposed to the original plans.

However, those in charge of these developments did the smart thing. They built these facilities to be successful and the Cumberland Mint in Williamsburg is in the best location to draw from people in Tennessee. It’s location on the first exit of Interstate 75 out of the Volunteer state couldn’t have been better.

Not only that, it is located next to the Kentucky Splash Waterpark and RV sites, plus a new hotel is on its way.

The area has great potential to become a vacation spot.

The Cumberland Mint is the best location I have seen for any of this type facility in the state and nowhere can anybody beat its visibility as it sits right near the Interstate. It is a beautiful facility with a nice restaurant.

But back to Cumblerland Run in Corbin. Scheduled this fall is Harness Racing and according to what I have been told more activities and expansion will be coming.

The Corbin facility is much smaller than the Mint, but it will attract people coming from Knox, Bell, parts of east Tn., those travelling U.S. 25-E.

Considering everything, who could have asked for anything more?

Lawmakers, I am not an advocate for gambling, but if you have wagering on horse races, lotto wagering, sports betting and machine wagering, and whatever else is available, why do you stop there? Why not go after everything and have casinos?

• This is birthday week for me and my wife. I’ll be 84, but she is much younger than me and she looks it.

Her birthday is on the 24th and mine is on the 26th. Come June we will have been married 60 years.

I have a niece and a nephew that both were born on my birthday.  My dad’s birthday was in August. I’ve noticed several of my friend’s birthdays are in August also.

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Eliga Knuckles

Eliga Knuckles, age 58, of Corbin, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023, at Baptist Health Corbin.
Born in Gray, KY, he was a son to the late Walter Eugene Knuckles and Sally Mills Knuckles.
He worked for many years as the supervisor of landscaping for the City of Corbin.
Eliga took pride in being of the Native American Heritage. He was a very talented wood craftsman which he greatly enjoyed. He also loved racing and shared that passion with his family. Most of all, Eliga valued spending time with his family, especially his beloved grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Knuckles; and a brother, Donnie Knuckles.
He is survived by his daughter, Amber Sparks and husband Christopher Rosario; grandchildren, Audree Sparks, Alex Sparks, and Luna Rosario; nephew, Bobby Knuckles and wife Jolene; great-nephews, Joseph Knuckles and Kenneth Knuckles; three brothers; two sisters; and by a host of family and friends who will miss him dearly.
Visitation will be held from 3-5pm on Friday, August 25, at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home, where a memorial service will follow at 5pm on Friday.
Arrangements by Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home, where messages may be written to the family at vankirkgrisellfuneralhome.com.

Corbin getting new $250,000 outdoor fitness court next year

If you are looking for an outdoor space in Corbin where you can exercise and work to improve your fitness, then you just need to be patient a little longer.