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August 13, 2012

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Staff reports The Independent The Daily Independent Mon Aug 13, 2012, 06:56 PM EDT

RUSSELL — Film fundraiser planned at RHS

RUSSELL - The Russell Education Endowment Foundation will sponsor a Back to School Movie Blast Friday at the Russell High School softball field.

Gates for the outdoor movie double feature will open at 7 p.m. with movies beginning at dark, about 8 p.m.

Guests can watch two 1980s movie classics, “Back to the Future” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” There will be concessions and a split-the-pot raffle.

Attendees are asked to bring their own seating and are encouraged to wear 1980s attire.

Donations benefit the Russell Independent School District. In case of rain, the event will be rescheduled.

Body is that of W.Va. man

CATLETTSBURG - The name of a man who was found dead in the Ohio River at the Catlettsburg boat dock on Sunday has been released.

Garry Hemphill, 42, was identified through matching tattoos and identification in a wallet on Monday, according to Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy S.G. Poff.

Family members last saw Hemphill, of Wayne, on Aug. 6 in Lavalette. He was reported missing two days later.

Fishermen spotted Hemphill’s body and called 911. Emergency responders, including the Catlettsburg Volunteer Fire Department and Ashland Fire Department, recovered his body from the river.

Foul play is not suspected. Catlettsburg police and Boyd County EMS also responded to the scene.

Boyd County Coroner Mark Hammond estimated the body had been in the water several days. It was turned over to the coroner and forwarded to the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort.

Cruise-in set in Greenup

GREENUP - The Glen Worthington Memorial Cruise-In will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at Town Hill Plaza at the corner of U.S. 23 and Ky. 2.

There will be music, food, games, prizes and a cash prize for the People’s Choice. There is no entry fee.

MEETINGS

Today

Russell Board of Education, 4:30 p.m., special meeting to discuss and set the tax rates for 2012-13.

Aug. 22

Russell FRYSC Advisory Council, 9 a.m., conference room at Russell Primary.

Aug. 23

Greenup County Genealogy & Historical Society, 7 p.m. in the meeting room at the Greenup County Public Library in Greenup.

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