Picture Search in Small Town KY
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kybearfuzzThe drive to my hometown was pretty uneventful, which is always good in my opinion. I stopped off in London to see my sister and cut up with her at work for a bit. I hope it was a relaxing Friday for everyone.
One of my chat buddies, Michael, is also a twin and he sent me a picture of himself and his sister back in school. Amongst five sets of twins, he and his sister were the only fraternal twins in the bunch. I told him that I had a picture like that too, taken in school when there were three sets of twins in my first grade class of 25 students, for a story in the local paper. The only problem was I couldn't find it.
So today when I hit town I relegated myself to finding a copy of this picture. I stopped at the local library, but was informed that they had the local paper on microfilm, but only up to the 1960's. I was referred to the newspaper office. Once there, I was told they did have the microfilm, but their reader was broken and since they have so few requests, they are in no hurry to fix it. Wonderful (insert disdain)!
The newspaper office referred me to Cumberland College in Williamsburg, about 15 miles away. So I drove to the campus and found the nearly deserted library. A college student, whose look of disinterest rivaled that of mine at a Republican fundraiser, managed to pull herself away from the internet long enough to show me where the microfilm for the Corbin Times was located. The kicker, however, is that the films for the 1970's were missing. The story appeared in the paper in 1979. When asked about the missing films, the chick said, "we don't have them."
Her response was a bit too quick and I doubt that she keeps all of the information about the library in her pretty little Britney-obsessed head. However, there was no one else to ask. Disappointed, I left and thought out my options in the parking lot. The library has the readers, but no film. The paper has the film, but no reader (and don't even think about them leaving the paper). The college didn't have the film or anyone working of significant knowledge.
I drove to my Mom's, thinking that I could call one of the other twins in the story and see if I could get a copy from them. I told my mom the day's events, with colorful commentary and animated hand gestures. Mom went into her bedroom and produced the yellowed newspaper article with picture from her desk. I felt like an idiot. The moral of this story: Ask your Mother first...
I'll post the pic when I get home to my scanner....
One of my chat buddies, Michael, is also a twin and he sent me a picture of himself and his sister back in school. Amongst five sets of twins, he and his sister were the only fraternal twins in the bunch. I told him that I had a picture like that too, taken in school when there were three sets of twins in my first grade class of 25 students, for a story in the local paper. The only problem was I couldn't find it.
So today when I hit town I relegated myself to finding a copy of this picture. I stopped at the local library, but was informed that they had the local paper on microfilm, but only up to the 1960's. I was referred to the newspaper office. Once there, I was told they did have the microfilm, but their reader was broken and since they have so few requests, they are in no hurry to fix it. Wonderful (insert disdain)!
The newspaper office referred me to Cumberland College in Williamsburg, about 15 miles away. So I drove to the campus and found the nearly deserted library. A college student, whose look of disinterest rivaled that of mine at a Republican fundraiser, managed to pull herself away from the internet long enough to show me where the microfilm for the Corbin Times was located. The kicker, however, is that the films for the 1970's were missing. The story appeared in the paper in 1979. When asked about the missing films, the chick said, "we don't have them."
Her response was a bit too quick and I doubt that she keeps all of the information about the library in her pretty little Britney-obsessed head. However, there was no one else to ask. Disappointed, I left and thought out my options in the parking lot. The library has the readers, but no film. The paper has the film, but no reader (and don't even think about them leaving the paper). The college didn't have the film or anyone working of significant knowledge.
I drove to my Mom's, thinking that I could call one of the other twins in the story and see if I could get a copy from them. I told my mom the day's events, with colorful commentary and animated hand gestures. Mom went into her bedroom and produced the yellowed newspaper article with picture from her desk. I felt like an idiot. The moral of this story: Ask your Mother first...
I'll post the pic when I get home to my scanner....
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Yes, Indeed. Always ask mama.
Date: 2005-06-11 05:44 am (UTC)Small world, eh? Nobody understands how funny it is to see tourists standing at the first KFC getting their pictures taken. Nobody finds it funny that Corbin's festival is called NIBROC. Appropriate enough, considering how backwards some of those folks can be...
I don't go back often enough.
But I do always ask Mama first. :-)
Re: Yes, Indeed. Always ask mama.
Date: 2005-06-13 04:40 pm (UTC)...and I will ask Mom first from now on.
Re: Yes, Indeed. Always ask mama.
Date: 2005-06-13 05:42 pm (UTC)I only went to school in corbin for about 6 weeks in middle school before I realized I hated them all. :-) Then I went back to Whitley.
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Date: 2005-06-11 04:26 pm (UTC)Indeed try your mother first - especially when you are in a great relationship with her like I have with mine. :-)
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Date: 2005-06-13 04:40 pm (UTC)