THERE WAS A HAPPY ENDING IN THE STORY OF A 5-YEAR OLD STEWART COUNTY BOY WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING SATURDAY.
            THE FBI SENT OUT AN ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT LAST EVENING AFTER 5-YEAR OLD AIDAN BENNETT OF DOVER WAS REPORTED MISSING AROUND 4:30 BY HIS MOTHER—AUDREY CLEVENGER.

            THE CHILD HAD LAST BEEN SEEN IN THE 900 BLOCK OF LINK ROAD AND WAS NOT SEEN AGAIN UNTIL A SEARCH TEAM MEMBER FOUND HIM SAFE AND SOUND JUST BEFORE 10PM IN A HILLY, WOODED TERRAIN ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE LEAF CHRONICLE.

            THE BOY HAD APPARENTLY JUST “WANDERED OFF” AND APPEARED TO BE OKAY, IF NOT A LITTLE COLD.

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Billy Mann

            AN ARREST WAS MADE SUNDAY MORNING AFTER A MAN ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO PASS COUNTERFEIT MONEY AT A HOPKINSVILLE BAR.

            THE REPORT FROM CITY POLICE SAYS 47-YEAR OLD BILLY MANN OF HOPKINSVILLE IS CHARGED WITH THEFT AND FORGERY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY USED THREE COUNTERFEIT 20 DOLLAR BILLS AT THE “UR BAR” ON WEST SEVENTH STREET.

            BAR OWNER EDDIE RUSSELL TOLD POLICE MANN USED THE FAKE MONEY TO PURCHASE ALCOHOL. A SEARCH OF MANN REPORTEDLY TURNED UP ANOTER FAKE TWENTY, REPORTEDLY FEATURING THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER AS ANOTHER ONE OF THE FAKE BILLS.

            MANN WAS LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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Fiscal court Magistrate Jack Lackey serves area residents at Saturday's fish fry/photo by Adam May

        THE PEMBROKE RURITAN CLUB IS CELEBRATING ITS 50^TH ANNIVERSARY AND HELD ONE OF ITS MOST POPULAR AND PROFITABLE FUNDRAISERS OF THE SATURDAY NIGHT.
        THE ANNUAL FISH FRY IS ALWAYS HELD IN THE OLD GYM ON WEST NASHVILLE STREET, WITH A GOOD-SIZED CROWD ALREADY GATHERING BEFORE THE EVENT WAS SET TO BEGIN AT 5 O’CLOCK. ELECTED OFFICIALS OFTEN BECOME FOOD SERVERS EACH OCTOBER FOR THE FISH FRY AND THAT WAS THE CASE FOR FISCAL COURT MAGISTRATE JACK LACKEY AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE MYRON DOSSETT—WHO ARE BOTH LONGTIME RURITAN CLUB MEMBERS.
        REPRESENTATIVE DOSSETT SAID THE CLUB HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PEMBROKE FABRIC.
AMONG THE MANY CAUSES AND PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE CLUB, DOSSETT SAYS KEEPING THE OLD GYM IN GOOD CONDITION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND OFTEN MOST COSTLY. HE SAYS THE FISH FRY AND THE SPRINGTIME PORKCHOP COOKOUT AND AUCTION ARE THE BIGGEST FUNDRAISERS OF THE YEAR. THE GYMNASIUM WAS NEARLY PACKED BY 5:30, WITH PARKING OVERFLOWING INTO OTHER LOTS IN TOWN.
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