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November 2005

Blackfish Has a Son

Little Sam stats:

Ervin Samuel Stein
born nov. 5, 2005 1:00 pm
9 lbs 7 ozs, 22 1/2 inches long

Recieved a new photo today from Sam Stein aka Blackfish. It is entitled ``Baby in Period Clothes"

Or as the saying goes - `` like father like son."

A few more photos

(Left ) Young Sam just after his birth in November.

( Right) Mom-to-Be, Nicole at The Seige of Boonesborough in September.

Helen E. McKinney Named
New Editor of The Pioneer
Times CD-Magazine

Graphic Enterprises/Pioneer Times has named Helen E. McKinney of Shelbyville, Kentucky as the new editor of the CD-Magazine Journal.The journal is delivered monthly on CD and is an in depth look at stories concerning living history and historical subjects from the 18th century to the present.

This announcement was made by Publisher/Producer Jim Cummings on December 30, 2005. McKinney will be heading up the daily operations of the CD Journal. The CD-Journal has made great strides in it's first year and has been very well received. A separate editor for the CD-Journal will help to keep the focus on the indpth writing on the CD and the challenges that it entails.

Helen McKinney is an experienced journalist and an excellent feature writer with an instinct for news. But most of all she loves history and is very involved in it. She is currently a regular freelance writer for the RoundAbout newspaper, an arts & entertainment paper, since 2000. McKinney is also an active contributor to The Kentucky Explorer and The Compass (The Boone Society newsletter). She has had poetry published in various anthologies and contributed to Waddy and Harrisonville: A Pictorial History. McKinney is currently ghostwriting a book on Duncan Memorial Chapel in Floydsburg, Ky.

The first priority McKinney will undertake is to schedule and hold to publication dates which Cummings says ``has been the biggest challenge in The Pioneer Times CD-Journal's first year. Being on the road covering historical events almost every weekend in the spring and summer ,`` Cummings continued ``can be daunting." In addition McKinney will focus on content for the publication.

McKinney is a graduate of BellarmineUniversity with a B. A. double major in English and History (with emphasis on Kentucky History). In addition she is affiliated with: The Boone Society, Kentucky Historical Society, Oldham County Historical Society, Shelby County Historical Society, Knott County Historical Society (invitation only), Red River Historical Society, Estill County Historical & Genealogical Society and is a re-enactor with The Painted Stone Settlers, of Shelbyville, Kentucky. (Click here to learn more about the CD-Journal.)

2006 and the Website

2006 will mark the third year of the Graphic Enterprises/Pioneer Times Web Site. This year will bring more and more events as we branch out into a larger historical time frame. In addition to the photographs we have always filled the web site with, we will be offering more video and DVD productions of some of the events we cover.

More About the CD- Magazine Journal in 2006

By Jim Cummings

Since the conception of this web site and the CD Journal we at Graphic Enterprises haven't looked back. The promotion of living history and re-enactors through photography and stories will continue for 2006 full steam ahead

A special thanks is in order as we start this new year (our third) to the writers of The CD-Journal. Chuck Grimes, Rick Geary and Helen McKinney have done a wonderful job on giving their perspective to living history.

Chuck Grimes, has an outlook from a native re-enactors point of view that isn't often elaborated on in other publications. His sources and knowledge are impeccable.

Rick Geary looks at re-enacting from another perspective. As our resident authority on firearms and gear he always has a new twist on things.

Helen McKinney with her new role as editor will be guiding the general content of the CD-Journal while our writers will still continue with their own themes. Also on hand for 2006 will be guest writers Melanie Kuntz, Virginia Tucker and Mike Rumping.

Melanie Kuntz added an article on cemeteries and tombstones in 2005 that is a must read for genealogists and researchers. Look for more articles from Mel in 2006. You can contact Melanie at mel.kuntz@graphicenterprises.net

Virginia Tucker  (the floorcloth lady) has promised to share some more of her research with us on floorcloths. Mike Rumping has a few great ideas already in the works.

Kathy Cummings will continue as executive publisher in charge of production of both the website and CD.

We always welcome guest writers so if you have an idea that you would like to expand on send it along. If you haven't yet subscribed to the CD-Jounal don't forget it comes every month with a slide show of photos from recent events in addition to in depth stories and information that are better suited to the CD than the web site.

Winter Trek and Camp at Fort Boonesborough

By Kathy Cummings

Join Daniel Boone for a winter weekend at Fort Boonesborough on Janusary 27th -29th. Steve Caudill (who portrays Boone at the Fort) decided that although it may be cold the last weekend of January re-enactors are hardy souls. The Boonesborough militia regularly meets the last weekend of each month at the fort but had no scheduled event for January. So Caudill jumped in and started inviting a couple hundred of his closest friends.

Click here for directions to Lower Howards Creek trek.

Bill Farmer assured us that re-enactors are alway welcome at the fort and the fort will as always provide firewood, water, restrooms, ice, access to showers. etc.

Steve is organizing a Saturday morning trek to the historic site at Lower Howard's Creek. The preserve manager Clare Sipple will lead  a private tour, to see the spectacular water falls, mills, Martin house, grave yards and the ruins of this historic settlement Steve says ``you talk about going through a time warp?? when you see this place untouched for 200 years you're just not going to believe it, I guess there's no where in this part of the country like this."
 
The trek will start from Halls on the River Restaurant at 9:00 AM and should wind up back at Hall's around noon.  For more information about the settlement at Lower Howards Creek go to http://www.lowerhowardscreek.org/settlem ent.html

In addition to the trek Steve is organizing a Saturday Night Feast. for more details contact Steve at scaudill23@yahoo.com

Photos from the website at Lower Howard's Creek.

Look for follow up photos and feature stories after the event. For more information contact us at kathy.cummings@graphicenterprises.net or 502-228-3746.

Remains of the Martin House (above) and the mill (below.)

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