GUS Auction a huge success

The Growing Up Safe (G.U.S) auction held in downtown Paintsville in August was a huge success, earning several thousand dollars to be used toward the prevention of child abuse and/or neglect.
The annual auction is spearheaded by Commonwealth's Attorney Anna Melvin, her staff, and local community leaders, in a effort to make the Big Sandy region a safer place for youth.
Melvin, who began G.U.S. in 1995, with the help of former Victims Advocate Sara Hopson Blair, wishes to send a special thanks to all of the businesses and individuals who donated time, merchandise, and/or monetary donations toward making the August 2008 GUS auction a successful one.
Those who donated toward the event are as follows:

• Bib Evans
• Fazoli's
• H&H Paint
• Capital Tire
• Subway
• Superior Floor Covering
• StoneCrest
• Charley's Grilled Subs
• Ramada Inn
• Master Miracle
• The Paintsville Herald
• Mr. Detail
• Sparetime Bowling Alley
• Farm Bureau Insurance Company
• May's Carpet
• Matt Skeans
• E.D. Ann's Beauty Salon
• J&S
• Fannin's Plumbing
• Ferguson Enterprises
• Patco Pools
• Auto Zone
• Sandy Valley Fasteners
• The Pawn Shop
• The Upper Cut
• Fields' Cutlery LL Sales
• Cindi's Sewing
• Big Sandy Furniture
• Poor Boys Pawn Shop
• Jessica Goble
• Patty's Green Florist
• Skean's Marathon
• Johnson Central High School
• B&W
• Paintsville Tourism
• Fleet Pride
• Caudill's Wholesale
• Sears
• Country Cottage
• Tasty Temptations
• Dawahare's
• KaleidoScoops
• Just 4 You Day Spa
• Jenny Lynn's Scrub and Embroidery
• Retty Lynn's
• Family Bank
• Paul B. Hall Medical Center
• Wildwood Video
• Paintsville Park
• Citizens National Bank
• Words N Stuff
• Initially Yours
• BB&T Bank
• S&S Signs
• Brenda Shepherd's Photography
• Advance Auto Parts
• City Barber Shop
• Nordin Eye Center
• Porkey's Pizza
• Wildcat Tire
• Giovanni's Pizza
• Paintsville Lake
• Fiesta Place
• Paintsville Lake Marina
• Eddie Hazelett
• Movie Gallery
• Highlands Regional
• Cox Auto Parts
• Peebles
• Harley Davidson of Prestonsburg
• Honda of Prestonsburg
• Short's Farm Center
• Castle's Jewelry
• Karen Blair
• V-H Medical
• Ponderosa
• Dollar Store (Apple Tree Plaza)
• Mountain Enterprises
• Sallee Ann Holbrook
• Vicki Rice
• K-Mart
• Wal-Mart
• The Big Sandy News
• The Movies
• Images by John Michael
• Odd Fellows
• David Blankenship
• Auxier Greenhouse
• Sabrina Scott
• Paintsville Country Club
• The Golf Shoppe
• Baywash Coin Laundry
• Tropical Isle
• Paintsville High School
• Maggards Furniture Store
• Dr. Howard Higgins
• Paintsville Auto
• Apple Valley Sanitation
• UK Athletics
• Ferrell Gas
• American Standard
• Johnson County Glass
• Jorge's House of Ribs
• Conley Tire
• East End Pizza
• Shoney's
• William's Floral
• Conley Bros. Tire
• Elizabeth Skeans
• Sudden Link
• Johnnny Lemaster's Sportscenter
• Tackett Tire
• The Rusty Hinge
• Mid-America College of Funeral Services
• Jones-Preston Funeral Home
• Classic Cleaners
• Conley Brothers
• Crace and Sons Wrecker Service
• Foothills
• Adam O'Bryan
• Kim Compton
• JML
• Phelps & Son Funeral Home