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| Vol. 114, No. 34 |
August 15, 2007
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Flashback rocks Riverfront Park
The Summer Concert Series continued Aug. 10 with a concert by Flashback. The band, based in Evansville, Ind., has been playing together for 14 years around the Evansville area.
Making a successful transition
Change – even positive change – can be stressful, and adjusting to new surroundings, new faces and new expectations can seem like an insurmountable task. On Aug. 8 and 9, the Youth Service Center coordinators for Stuart Pepper Middle School and Meade County High School set out to make two transitions a little more smooth.
Crime scene investigated at Extension office
The Meade County Extension office became a forensics lab Aug. 8, as local 4-H’ers set out to solve a crime.
The raid on the Coomes cabin
On July 11, I met with Hobart Coomes, 97, likely the last living person to have first-hand knowledge of the Coomes cabin raid. Mr. Coomes and three of his children, Edna Brown, Lamar and Leroy Coomes, met with Hobart at a local nursing home to discuss this little-known Civil War raid. I was honored to attend. Hobart has another daughter, Bonnie Dodson, who resides in Elizabethtown but was unable to attend. Five direct descendants of Hobart Coomes live today within two miles of the old Coomes cabin. Mr. Coomes has a remarkable ability to recall dates and events. His knowledge of the Coomes cabin raid differs significantly from earlier written accounts.
The Coomes cabin revisited
On July 19, I had the pleasure of escorting Edna Coomes Brown to the Raymond Cemetery to research the Coomes family history. While we were there, we decided to visit the old cabin site as well as the location where part of the Coomes cabin was rebuilt. We met Michael (Mike) Pollock at his farm where we visited the old Coomes home. Mike explained to us that when the cabin was relcoated, the upper structure had decayed and fallen in on itself. He managed to salvage the lower walls of the cabin and added a few logs of similar size to reconstruct the cabin into a single story plan. By the time Mike got to the original site, someone had already removed the chimney made of hand hewn limestone rock.
MCHS Class of 1977 holds 30-year reunion
One hundred people attended the Meade County High School Class of 1977 30-year reunion held at the Farm Bureau Community Building July 7. A social, dinner and brief program were followed by ’70s music and reminiscing. A memorial was on display in honor of the 15 deceased classmates. A high school and prior reunions memorabilia table invited memories of the past. A display was also set up highlighting the current renovations made to our high school.
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