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16-650: The mission of Hindman Settlement School is "to provide educational and service opportunities for the people of the mountains, while keeping them mindful of their heritage." The Settlement's major work today includes education and service programs that address critical educational needs of the region's youth, promote cultural awareness, and address emerging issues of health and food insecurity through increased access to nutritious, locally-grown foods. In 1980, community members led by Lois Combs Weinberg , founded an Orton-Gillingham based program to tutor children struggling with dyslexia. The program offers afterschool tutoring and

32-815: A consultant for IDEA Academy at Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Kentucky. In 2002, Weinberg won the Kentucky Democratic Party primary for United States Senate against Tom Barlow . In the November general election , she lost to incumbent Mitch McConnell 64.7%–35.3% . A statewide advocacy group, The Women's Network, grew out of her former campaign. United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2002 Mitch McConnell Republican Mitch McConnell Republican The 2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky

48-604: A five-week-long intensive summer school program. During the COVID-19 Pandemic the school offered its afterschool tutoring program and the summer school program through virtual classes. Due to the popularity and ability to reach more students, the school has continued to offer both virtual and in-person offerings. Beginning in 2020, in partnership with AmeriCorps , the program has provided in-school reading intervention services in 20 schools across five counties. As of 2024, over one thousand students have been served through

64-623: A group offering tutorial services for children in Eastern region of Kentucky with dyslexia . This eventually lead to a comprehensive program at the Hindman Settlement School . Weinberg was also part of a commission to study the state's future approach to education. She joined the board of the Hindman Settlement School in 1984. Later Weinberg was the executive director of a non-profit organization,

80-570: A vacancy on the Kentucky Court of Appeals . Later that year, he won a full eight-year term on the court. In 1959, he was elected the 50th Governor of Kentucky . He was appointed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals by President Lyndon B. Johnson , serving from 1967 to 1970. Motivated by her own son's learning problems, Weinberg became an advocate for children with learning disabilities . In 1979, Weinberg started

96-550: The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education , and the Kentucky Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. In 2002, Weinberg won the Kentucky Democratic Party primary for United States Senate against Tom Barlow . She lost to incumbent Mitch McConnell in the November general election, 64.7%–35.3% . Lois Combs Weinberg, the daughter of Bertam "Bert "T. Combs and Mabel Hall Combs. She

112-669: The Office of Economic Opportunity as an evaluator. In 1967, she worked in Lynchburg, West Virginia, on a Community Action Program (CAP). Her father, an attorney, was first elected to the political office to the position of city attorney in Prestonsburg in 1950. Later that year, Governor Lawrence Wetherby appointed her father to fill a vacancy in the office of Commonwealth's Attorney for Kentucky's 31st Judicial District. In April 1951, Governor Wetherby appointed Combs to fill

128-774: The AmeriCorps partnership. Following Weinberg, the program has been led by Ann Titsworth and Ola Pigman. The literary program has nurtured the Appalachian literary tradition for more than a century. The program hosts several events throughout the year including the Appalachian Writers Workshop, the Ironwood Writers Studio, the Troublesome Creek Writer's Retreats, Winter Burrow Literary and Arts Conference, and

144-553: The Hindman downtown area. Hindman Settlement School sustained significant damage as multiple buildings were inundated with several feet of water. Lois Combs Weinberg Lois Ann Combs Weinberg (born December 18, 1943 ) is an American politician and an advocate for improvements in public education in Kentucky. A native of the eastern region of Kentucky , Weinberg has served on the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees,

160-799: The Institute for Dyslexia Education in Appalachia (IDEA). She has served on the University of Kentucky board and the Council on Postsecondary Education. In 1986, she was appointed to the State Board of Education by Governor Martha Layne Collins , however, Weinberg turned the appointment down. Weinberg is currently on the Board of IDEA: Center for Excellence, a non-profit organization focused on excellence in dyslexic services. She also works as

176-671: The Oak Ledge Writing Residency. James Still was a notable poet, folklorist , and novelist during his life, spanning 95 years from 1906 to 2001. James Still's friend, Don West offered him a job organizing recreational programs for a settlement school in Knott County, Kentucky. James Still gladly accepted the invitation to teach in Knott County. James Still soon became a librarian at the Hindman Settlement School Library and spent

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192-573: The activities of the school. The store sells traditional Appalachian crafts and has an online site. Upstairs is a small museum with exhibits about the Hindman Settlement School and regional crafts. The School's goal of integrating traditional culture with education led it to welcome visiting outsiders who sought to document the musical heritage of the Appalachians, notably in folk song . The fieldwork teams of Loraine Wyman with Howard Brockway , and Cecil Sharp with Maud Karpeles , working in

208-533: The rest of his days in Knott County. James Still is buried on the Hindman Settlement School Campus. Fred Williams was principal at Hindman Settlement School in the mid-1940s. A close friend of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , Williams was a Methodist missionary who pioneered indoor and running water sanitation in rural India ( Asansol ) and fought to eradicate caste-based discrimination. The Marie Stewart Museum & Craft Shop supports

224-596: The years of the First World War, found a wealth of beautiful melody and texts from singers at the School or from the local neighborhood. On July 28, 2022 , Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency after several counties in Eastern Kentucky experienced a thousand-year flood event. The weather event created major flooding of Troublesome Creek that affected nearly all buildings in

240-599: Was born on December 18, 1943, in Lexington, Kentucky . Weinberg lived in Frankfort between 1959 and 1963. Weinberg attended Randolph Macon Women's College and earned a BS in 1965, and a M Ed Harvard in 1996. Weinberg married Bill Weinberg and they have three children. After their marriage, the Weinbergs moved to Washington D.C. for a short time and then moved to Alice Lloyd College . In Washington, she worked at

256-532: Was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell won re-election to a fourth term. This election was McConnell's biggest margin of victory to date. It is the only election in which he won Franklin County , and the most recent in which he won urban Jefferson and Fayette counties. The latter two were the only Kentucky counties won by either Hillary Clinton in 2016 or Joe Biden in 2020 , signifying their leftward drift. McConnell

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