Library display, art exhibit honor black community

by Valerie Scott
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The Stockton family owned a thriving dry cleaning business in Mt. Sterling. The building is located downtown and had both black and white customers. These are Conchita Stockton’s ancestors. Photo courtesy Valerie Scott.


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Michelle “Shell” Todd, far left, offers a few knitting tips to two crochet students as part of the Hooked on Human Kindness effort at Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Hospital recently. The students include Mindy Bentley, center, and Amanda Cline. As part of Hooked on Human Kindness, volunteers at the hospital knit gloves, hats and other clothing items for individuals who need warm items to wear this winter. Interest in the program has also spawned similar programs at other Saint Joseph locations. Todd brought the effort with her when she joined Saint Joseph Mount Sterling two years ago. Photo by Tom Marshall.
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Earl Moore III, right, and Doug Naselroad, left, work on a guitar body. Doug Naselroad, a Mt. Sterling native, and Troublesome Creek String Instrument Co. teach those in drug recovery how to make guitars, dulcimers, mandolins and banjos. Photo by Malcolm Wilson.
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