Cystic Fibrosis

Amber Moore of Boonesboro was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 3 months old, and has lived with the crippling respiratory illness for eight years. Fortunately for Amber and others with the condition, medicine is making great strides in developing drugs to treat the disease, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great Strides fundraisers support that research. “Amber’s Angels” was among the teams that participated in Winchester’s Great Strides walk Saturday, which took place at the same time as similar walks in Lexington and around the country.

Sydney Stone, center left, presents a check for more than $200 to classmate Abby Crew, money raised from a "penny war" held by students in Mrs. Thomas' class at Clark County Preschool. Crew, who has cystic fibrosis, is the captain of the Abby's Crew team for the Cystic Fibrosis Great Stride Walk, which will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at College Park. Papa Johns Pizza donated 25 large pizzas to the school in celebration of the classes feat. Also pictured are, front row left to right, Harrison Culton, Kobie Banks, Hailey Kirk, Lacandra Means, Madison Hall, middle row, Kaylie Brady, James Powell, Cadence Toath, ZyQuary Winston, Tyler Decker, Elaynia McKenzie, back row, Beth Cooke, Laun Thomas and Ruby Crosley.

Nicholasville Mayor Russ Meyer presented a pair of keys to the city during Monday's city commission meeting. The first key was presented to Reese Kemp, a a 16-year-old freshman at West Jessamine High School in Nicholasville who has cystic fibrosis. Kemp created Reese's bucket list to raise awareness about Cystic Fibrosis and benefit the lives of others in need, according to his Facebook page. The second key was given to Briana Nichole, a teen who has has been battling an illness and simply wanted to meet the mayor.

April 4, 1988 Patrick Reynolds, soon to be 3 years old, and 7-month-old cousin David Jeramy Goolman, both whom suffer from cystic fibrosis, will be on hand for the annual Clark County Cystic Fibrosis Walkathon held at the George Rogers Clark High School track. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Twenty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. unleashed riots in America's black ghettos, blacks and whites recommitted themselves to his dream of a better life for the oppressed. King was shot the day after delivering his famous “Mountain Top” speech at the Mason Temple.

David Allen Moore, 29, of Parker Place, Nicholasville, husband of Stacey Christine Allen Moore, died Saturday, Aug. 22, after a long illness. He was born Nov. 22, 1979, to David Wayne and Margaret Elizabeth Waters Moore. Additional survivors include two daughters, Bethanie Ann Hodge and Haley Danyale Allen, a sister, Angela Elizabeth and husband Travis Young, his dog, Misha Cole, and many loving aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Services will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 27, at Betts & West Funeral Home with the Rev. Lance Ladd officiating, burial in Bluegrass Memorial Gardens.

April 29, 1984 Caywood Banks, 4, a junior member of the Fannie Bush Elementary PTA, presented $50 to Tracie Patrick recently for being the school's top candy salesperson in a school fund drive. Other top-selling students were Billy Clem, Angela Grass, Bryan Kidd, Shawn Gibson, Melissa Willoughby, Wayne Kennedy, Alisha Neal, Elwood Lay, Sernia Wise, Debbie Sanders and Shane Jarmin. Many Clark Countians toured the track at George Rogers Clark High School Saturday morning, participating in a walkathon for Cystic Fibrosis sponsored by Watson's Department Store.

The terrible disease Reese Kemp has battled his entire life has left him smaller than average. He isn't quite 5 feet tall and weighs barely more than 80 pounds. But the 16-year-old has become larger than life. The West Jessamine High School freshman was given a key to the city by Nicholasville Mayor Russ Meyer , was honored by the Jessamine County Fiscal Court, and has been featured in stories by the Lexington Herald-Leader, WKYT, and Kentucky Sports Radio, among others. When a piece by the Louisville Courier-Journal was picked up by USA Today , the story of the Nicholasville boy who rubs elbows with several well-known University of Kentucky basketball and baseball players went national.

Last September, 11-year-old Gracie Baldwin sat down with crayons, construction paper, sequins and glue to create two holiday designs for a card-decorating contest at Kentucky Children's Hospital. "One picture I drew, and the other I made out of paper," Gracie said. "One of them was a gingerbread girl, but everyone says it's a boy. " After a year-long selection process, Gracie found out her designs would appear in two holiday cards that will be sold at local Kroger stores as a fundraiser for the hospital.

Today Annual â??Puttin' on the Glitz' fundraiser for the community college WINCHESTER - The annual fundraiser for Bluegrass Community and Technical College, 2020 Rolling Hills Lane, will begin at 6:30 p.m. There will be a buffet dinner, cash bar, live entertainment, dancing and a live and silent auction. Tickets are available at Court Street Gifts. For more information, call 737-3098 or 859-808-0685. Saturday Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis WINCHESTER - Get moving this weekend and support a great cause at the same time.

TODAY - Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis walk/run 6K, beginning and ending at College Park, 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. start time. Visit www.cff.org/greatstrides for more information or call 1-800-526-8126 or (859) 523-8777. No entry fee. - Devary Kin and Friend Day, 10 a.m., Central Kentucky Coon Hunters Club. For more information, call David Devary at 745-8644 or Herb Devary at (606) 663-6563. - Community car show, parking lot of Central Baptist Church, 3 p.m. - Tiny Tots, lap-sit program for parents and children, Clark County Public Library, ages 6 months-2, 10 a.m. - Story time, 11 a.m., Clark County Public Library, ages 3-7. SUNDAY, MAY 17 - Democratic Woman's Club style show and luncheon, People Helping People Building, 3 p.m. Tickets are $15. MONDAY, MAY 18 - Golf scramble to benefit Clark County Junior Miss program, Southwind Golf Course, 11:30 a.m., lunch and registration, 1 p.m., shotgun start, $200 per team.

April 4, 1988 Patrick Reynolds, soon to be 3 years old, and 7-month-old cousin David Jeramy Goolman, both whom suffer from cystic fibrosis, will be on hand for the annual Clark County Cystic Fibrosis Walkathon held at the George Rogers Clark High School track. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Twenty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. unleashed riots in America's black ghettos, blacks and whites recommitted themselves to his dream of a better life for the oppressed. King was shot the day after delivering his famous “Mountain Top” speech at the Mason Temple.

The terrible disease Reese Kemp has battled his entire life has left him smaller than average. He isn't quite 5 feet tall and weighs barely more than 80 pounds. But the 16-year-old has become larger than life. The West Jessamine High School freshman was given a key to the city by Nicholasville Mayor Russ Meyer , was honored by the Jessamine County Fiscal Court, and has been featured in stories by the Lexington Herald-Leader, WKYT, and Kentucky Sports Radio, among others. When a piece by the Louisville Courier-Journal was picked up by USA Today , the story of the Nicholasville boy who rubs elbows with several well-known University of Kentucky basketball and baseball players went national.

Nicholasville Mayor Russ Meyer presented a pair of keys to the city during Monday's city commission meeting. The first key was presented to Reese Kemp, a a 16-year-old freshman at West Jessamine High School in Nicholasville who has cystic fibrosis. Kemp created Reese's bucket list to raise awareness about Cystic Fibrosis and benefit the lives of others in need, according to his Facebook page. The second key was given to Briana Nichole, a teen who has has been battling an illness and simply wanted to meet the mayor.

LANCASTER - On June 6, Marsha Juarez received a devastating phone call: her house on Lakeview Drive, that she shared with her husband, Victor, and nine kids had caught fire due to an electrical malfunction. Marsha went to the house to see if anything could be salvaged, but nothing could. “I just broke down,” she said. “There was nothing else I could do.” The family stayed in Danville's Super 8 Motel, courtesy of the Red Cross, for three days, then paid for two days.

Amber Moore of Boonesboro was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 3 months old, and has lived with the crippling respiratory illness for eight years. Fortunately for Amber and others with the condition, medicine is making great strides in developing drugs to treat the disease, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great Strides fundraisers support that research. “Amber’s Angels” was among the teams that participated in Winchester’s Great Strides walk Saturday, which took place at the same time as similar walks in Lexington and around the country.

David Allen Moore, 29, of Parker Place, Nicholasville, husband of Stacey Christine Allen Moore, died Saturday, Aug. 22, after a long illness. He was born Nov. 22, 1979, to David Wayne and Margaret Elizabeth Waters Moore. Additional survivors include two daughters, Bethanie Ann Hodge and Haley Danyale Allen, a sister, Angela Elizabeth and husband Travis Young, his dog, Misha Cole, and many loving aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Services will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 27, at Betts & West Funeral Home with the Rev. Lance Ladd officiating, burial in Bluegrass Memorial Gardens.

TODAY - Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis walk/run 6K, beginning and ending at College Park, 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. start time. Visit www.cff.org/greatstrides for more information or call 1-800-526-8126 or (859) 523-8777. No entry fee. - Devary Kin and Friend Day, 10 a.m., Central Kentucky Coon Hunters Club. For more information, call David Devary at 745-8644 or Herb Devary at (606) 663-6563. - Community car show, parking lot of Central Baptist Church, 3 p.m. - Tiny Tots, lap-sit program for parents and children, Clark County Public Library, ages 6 months-2, 10 a.m. - Story time, 11 a.m., Clark County Public Library, ages 3-7. SUNDAY, MAY 17 - Democratic Woman's Club style show and luncheon, People Helping People Building, 3 p.m. Tickets are $15. MONDAY, MAY 18 - Golf scramble to benefit Clark County Junior Miss program, Southwind Golf Course, 11:30 a.m., lunch and registration, 1 p.m., shotgun start, $200 per team.

Today Annual â??Puttin' on the Glitz' fundraiser for the community college WINCHESTER - The annual fundraiser for Bluegrass Community and Technical College, 2020 Rolling Hills Lane, will begin at 6:30 p.m. There will be a buffet dinner, cash bar, live entertainment, dancing and a live and silent auction. Tickets are available at Court Street Gifts. For more information, call 737-3098 or 859-808-0685. Saturday Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis WINCHESTER - Get moving this weekend and support a great cause at the same time.

Sydney Stone, center left, presents a check for more than $200 to classmate Abby Crew, money raised from a "penny war" held by students in Mrs. Thomas' class at Clark County Preschool. Crew, who has cystic fibrosis, is the captain of the Abby's Crew team for the Cystic Fibrosis Great Stride Walk, which will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at College Park. Papa Johns Pizza donated 25 large pizzas to the school in celebration of the classes feat. Also pictured are, front row left to right, Harrison Culton, Kobie Banks, Hailey Kirk, Lacandra Means, Madison Hall, middle row, Kaylie Brady, James Powell, Cadence Toath, ZyQuary Winston, Tyler Decker, Elaynia McKenzie, back row, Beth Cooke, Laun Thomas and Ruby Crosley.

April 29, 1984 Caywood Banks, 4, a junior member of the Fannie Bush Elementary PTA, presented $50 to Tracie Patrick recently for being the school's top candy salesperson in a school fund drive. Other top-selling students were Billy Clem, Angela Grass, Bryan Kidd, Shawn Gibson, Melissa Willoughby, Wayne Kennedy, Alisha Neal, Elwood Lay, Sernia Wise, Debbie Sanders and Shane Jarmin. Many Clark Countians toured the track at George Rogers Clark High School Saturday morning, participating in a walkathon for Cystic Fibrosis sponsored by Watson's Department Store.