Wooton Presbyterian Center

The Wooton Presbyterian Center, also known as Wooton Community Center, is a historic building on KY 80 in Wooton, Kentucky. It was built during 1919-21 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

The center provided medical services to the community from 1917 until 1950. Its building, completed in 1921, is a two-and-a-half-story Shingle Style building with a recessed porch on its first floor and an enclosed sunporch on its second floor.[2]

Worthington, Kentucky

The site of the present city was once owned by Abraham Buford, who sold the land to the Means and Russell Iron Company. This company sold the land to W.J. Wortington,[5] who was William O. Bradley's lieutenant governor from 1895 to 1899.[6] After his death, the property was given to his daughters, who founded the present town and named it for their father.[5]

Worthington is located in eastern Greenup County at 38°33′2″N 82°44′5″W / 38.55056°N 82.73472°W / 38.55056; -82.73472 (38.550616, -82.734694),[8] on the south bank of the Ohio River. It is bordered to the west by Wurtland, to the south by Raceland, and to the east by Russell. Directly across the river is the village of Hanging Rock, Ohio, but the closest river crossing is the Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge 3 miles (5 km) to the southeast, connecting Russell with Ironton, Ohio.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Worthington has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), of which 1.1 square miles (2.9 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 7.03%, is water.[3]

Worthville, Kentucky

Worthville is located along the southern boundary of Carroll County at 38°36′33″N 85°4′6″W / 38.60917°N 85.06833°W / 38.60917; -85.06833 (38.609186, -85.068452).[5] Eagle Creek, the county line, flows past the southern border of the town and joins the Kentucky River less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the southwest. Owen County is to the south across the creek. Exit 44 of Interstate 71 is 4 miles (6 km) to the northwest along Kentucky Route 227, and Carrollton, the county seat, is 8 miles (13 km) to the northwest.

As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 215 people, 78 households, and 58 families residing in the city. The population density was 824.6 people per square mile (319.3/km²). There were 88 housing units at an average density of 337.5 per square mile (130.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.07% White, 0.47% African American, and 0.47% from two or more races.

There were 78 trailerhomes out of which 44.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.07.

Levy Restaurants

Levy is a restaurant company based in Chicago specializing in providing premium-quality vending and food services to major entertainment and sports venues. It is a unit of Compass Group, and was founded in 1978.

It operates over 100 foodservice locations in 41 markets throughout the US and Canada. In 2004, company revenue exceeded $470 million, and by 2017 had exceeded $1.5 billion in revenue.[2] The company owns several restaurants and fine dining locations in addition to its entertainment venue holdings.

The company was founded in Chicago, IL in 1978 by Larry Levy of St. Louis. The first property was D.B. Kaplan's Delicatessen in Chicago's Water Tower Place.[3] In 1982, the company pioneered the concept of fine dining in stadiums and arenas with award-winning restaurants and foodservice locations at Chicago's Comiskey Park (home of the Chicago White Sox) and again in 1985 in Chicago's Wrigley Field (home of the Chicago Cubs.) In 1989, the company was selected by The Walt Disney Company to own and operate two locations inside their world-famous Walt Disney World Resort, Portobello Yacht Club and Fulton's Crab House. Levy was also a partner in the former Wildhorse Saloon location at Walt Disney World. The Portobello Yacht Club's has consistently been voted best Italian restaurant in Orlando. Fulton's Crab House has achieved one of the top ten sales volumes of any restaurant in the United States. In 1994 they added their first location outside Chicago. The company also created and implemented the WOCAAT (Winning One Customer At A Time) training philosophy.

Hugh X. Lewis

Hubert Brad Lewis (born December 25, 1930 in Yeaddis, Kentucky), known professionally as Hugh X. Lewis, is an American country music singer-songwriter-poet. In 2006, the State of Tennessee Senate and House designated Col. Hugh X. Lewis as the Poet Laureate of Christian-Country Music. He recorded between 1964 and currently for various labels, and charted fifteen singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Lewis's debut single, "What I Need Most", peaked at number 21 on this chart. Lewis also wrote Stonewall Jackson's biggest hit, "B.J. the D.J.," and 11 other songs for Stonewall. He also wrote songs for many other country artists - Charlie Pride, Little Jimmy Dickens, Carl and Pearl Butler,Carl Smith, Freddie Hart, Kitty Wells, Lynn Anderson, Del Reeves, Billy Ed Wheeler, Mac Wiseman, Leon Mc Caluff and the original Texas Playboys, George Morgan, Tommy Cash, Ray Pillow, Hank Mills, Bobby Goldsboro, Bob Luman and many others. Stonewall Jackson's number one single "B.J. the D.J."

Hubert Brad Lewis was born in Yeaddiss, Kentucky.[1] He performed with guitar and honky tonk piano all through his high school days in Cumberland, KY. He married his high school sweetheart, Anna. He worked in and around coal mines in Kentucky while performing in various clubs, stage and television shows throughout KY, TN, and VA. In the late 1950s he won a Pet Milk Country Music Amateur contest which took him to appearances at WLW in Cincinnati, the Renfro Valley Barndance and the Midday Merry-Go-Round in Knoxville. It was here where Lowell Blanchard offered Don Gibson's spot to Hugh on the Tennessee Barndance since Don was leaving for the Opry in Nashville. Later in 1963, after being brought to Nashville, Tennessee by Jim Denny, he performed on all Country Music radio and television shows and stages, including the Grand Ole Opry, Renfro Valley Barndance, Tennessee Barndance, Wheeling Jamboree, Louisiana Hayride, etc. and first had success as a songwriter, writing "B.J. the D.J." for Stonewall Jackson. He often laughingly boasted that the great Jim Denny (who fired Hank Williams form the Opry) is the one who brought him to Nashville and produced his first record session. Later, Jim Denny's son, John, talked Paul Cohen (the Decca/Kapp icon) into signing Hugh X. to Kapp Records. In 1964, Lewis released his first single for Kapp, "What I Need Most." The song peaked at #21 on the U.S. Country singles chart. Lewis released 10 more singles for Kapp, plus 5 albums, including the Top 40 hit, "Out Where the Ocean Meets the Sky," "I'd Better Call the Law On Me," "You're So Cold I'm Turning Blue," and "Evolution and the Bible." He also had a Top 20 hit in Canada with "All Heaven Broke Loose." Lewis says that his biggest regret of his career is when he left Kapp Records for Columbia Records. In 1966, Paul Cohen, President of CMA, placed the names of Hugh X. Lewis, Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills, and Red Foley in the original Walkway of the Stars on the sidewalks of Music Row. These names were later moved inside to the floors of the main reception area in the Original Country Music Hall of Fame on Music Row.

In the late 1960s, Hugh X. and his lifelong friend, Bud Beal, co-produced his syndicated television show The Hugh X. Lewis Country Club. Sponsored by the Heil Quaker Corporation, it was viewed in 71 major markets. Lewis later opened an actual Hugh X. Lewis Country Club in Printer's Alley in 1972 where virtually every Country Music Star performed on its stage. Of course, the #1 country band, Jim Vest and the Nashville Cats did the backup work. This club was the only club in Printers Alley visited by Beatle Paul McCartney while a guest of Buddy Killen.

Yerkes, Kentucky

Yosemite, Kentucky

Yosemite is an unincorporated community in eastern Casey County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office was closed in September 2011.[2] It was established in the 1870s for logging facilities owned by Cincinnati businessman Eugene Zimmerman. It was named by his daughter, who said the hilly area reminded her of the Yosemite valley in California.

Zoe Kazan

Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983)[1][2][3] is an American actress and playwright. Kazan made her acting debut in Swordswallowers and Thin Men (2003) and later appeared in films such as The Savages (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008) and It's Complicated (2009). She starred in happythankyoumoreplease (2010), Meek's Cutoff (2010) and Ruby Sparks (2012), writing the screenplay for the last. In 2014, she starred in the film What If and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, for which she received an Emmy nomination. In 2017, she portrayed Emily Gardner, based on Emily V. Gordon, in the film The Big Sick.

Kazan was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Her paternal grandparents were film and theatre director Elia Kazan and playwright Molly Kazan (née Thacher).[4] Elia was an Anatolian Greek emigrant from Istanbul.

Kazan was educated at the private Wildwood School, Windward School, and also at the Marlborough School, located in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. She attended Yale University (also her grandfather's alma mater), where she was a member of the Manuscript Society, graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre.[5]

Van Lear, Kentucky

Incorporated in 1912, the town was named for a director of Consolidation Coal Company (Consol), Van Lear Black. It owes its existence to the viable efforts of John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo. Mayo bought coal rights to land along Miller's Creek in Johnson County, which he later sold to Northern Coal and Coke, which in turn was later acquired by Consol.

Consol built five miles of railroad into the Johnson County property with money loaned by Van Lear Black's Fidelity Trust. Eventually five coal mines were opened and operated in Van Lear from 1910 through 1946. The vast coal deposits were mined from five underground mines around the clock. The miners included immigrant Irish, Italians and Slavs, as well as Appalachians and locals. The mines were integrated; both blacks and whites worked underground. During the boom years the population surpassed 4000.

In 1945 Consol merged with the Pittsburgh Coal Company, then divested itself of its Miller's Creek properties. The people who lived in company-owned housing were given first chance to purchase those homes and many did. However, most of the major buildings were torn down.

Wallins Creek, Kentucky

Wallins Creek is a former home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. It is now an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP).[2] The population was 156 at the 2010 census,[3] when it was still a city, having dropped from 257 at the 2000 census.

Wallins Creek is home to the Wallins Elementary School, which has been in use since the 1940s and has won several awards in sports and academia. As of now, Wallins has no mayor. This has remained since 2008, but the townspeople do not seem to mind. At one point it was a bustling town, but now it is a shadow of its former self.

Wallins Creek is in western Harlan County, in the valley of the Cumberland River. U.S. Route 119 runs through the northern part of the community, leading northwest (upriver) 8 miles (13 km) to Harlan, the county seat, and southwest 23 miles (37 km) to Pineville.