A county employee, writing in his weekly Enterprise column, said President Bush should bomb "those atheists, homosexual pigs" in Hollywood after the new movie The Stepford Wives showed a gay couple making fun of Republicans.

As it has in the past, The Enterprise featured a relatively lesser outcome in a major headline, burying the fact that someone died:

Henson Overdose Leads to Curry Raid

Police Arrest Jackie Curry After Following Tip That He Sold Drugs to Man [Henson] Who Later Died

An Enterprise columnist who is also a government employee wrote: "The homo's, the liberals, rap music, religious fanatics, and all crazy organizations with initials need to go away back into the underground with the worms where they used to be." The Enterprise headlined the column "Inspiring talk."

An appallingly clumsy column by an obscure local author, Anne Shelby, mocked Mrs. Shoupe in a crude parody. Ms. Shelby's column was neither funny nor effective, and it may help explain why she is unsuccessful in her career as a writer. (At Amazon.com, her lone available book is ranked 596,696th from the top in sales.)

The Enterprise announced that it will begin publishing a locally written personal advice column, "Ask Leila," saying that the identities of both its author and her questioners would remain anonymous. The newspaper didn't publish any of "Leila's" qualifications to offer advice, but it did publish a photo of "Leila." (A year later, the column had still not yet been published.)

March 6, 2003

Headline: "Measure Simplifies Things."

November 28, 2002 -- on The Enterprise web site

"Stolen checks from closed business reeking havoc"

October 10, 2002

An obituary said of the deceased man: "He was born Oct. 1, 1918, at the age of 83 years, 11 months."

June 13, 2002

Sheriff Edd Jordan was quoted as saying that it was a "legitimate" shooting when the van of a candidate in a primary election was fired upon 31 times. 

June 6, 2002

"A majority of Clay Countians -- 31.9 percent -- didn't finish the 9th grade."

 May 30, 2002

The Enterprise ran a 6-inch by 5-inch box and used extra-large type to print this correction: "Due to a typing error, it was erroneously reported in the District Court Docket of The Manchester Enterprise on May 23, 2002, that Jeremy Vega was jailed for five days. Deputy Sheriff Vega was not jailed but was the arresting officer, court records show. We regret the error and sincerely apologize to Deputy Vega."

February 28, 2002

The Enterprise published a recipe for chocolate pound cake that called for ½ cup of coca.

November 15, 2001

From the sports page: "The Generals progressed drastically toward the end of last year by winning the regional All 'A' Classic title...."

August 30, 2001

The lead feature-section article opened thus: "Sat, which in the pioneer days was valued by all people and at times was used for money, was why my grandfather, Hugh White, hereinafter referred to as Grandfather Hugh, came to Kentucky." Unfortunately, the article has no byline and the author, Hugh's grandchild, is never identified. It turns out that "sat," the topic of the article, is actually salt.

July 19, 2001

The high-school principal reiterated a dress code that, according to The Enterprise, forbids "caps, bandanas and scares."

Mmm, Mmm, good! June 28, 2001 The Enterprise published a recipe for "fresh strawberry pie," with a list of ingredients that does not include strawberries. May 24, 2001 The Enterprise published a recipe whose entire list of ingredients was: dark brown sugar, vinegar, honey, water, butter, paraffin and soda. February 7, 2002 The Enterprise published a recipe for apple pie. No apples were included in the ingredients.

May 24, 2001

Clay County Middle School pitcher Brandon Peters threw a perfect game against rival Harlan last week. The Enterprise didn't report how many runs Brandon's team scored.

April 26, 2001

The Enterprise published an article announcing the last chance to buy a book at the pre-publication price of $39.95. The article neglected to give the book's title.

April 19, 2001 Headline: "James Lawson convicted in shooting of Billy Bowling"		In both instances, The Enterprise featured the attack in its major headline ... and mentioned only later that the victim had actually died as a result of the assault.
June 15, 2000 Headline: A 33-year-old Oneida woman was beaten by her boyfriend.


Feb. 22, 2001

The Clay County High School Lady Tigers lost two games to what The Enterprise called "highly respective teams."

Nov. 30, 2000

County Executive Jim Garrison, reacting to the news that Clay is among the six poorest counties in the United States: "We're not poor. What we don't have is money."

April 27, 2000

Verbatim Manchester Enterprise headline: "Local churches ban together to reenact the last days of Jesus."

April 13, 2000

The Enterprise reported that police raided a house after drugs were not merely seen there, but "visibly seen."

March 23, 2000

The Enterprise reported that Clay County will be "left in the could" unless it is given a voice in highway planning.

Feb. 24, 2000

A spelling bee for local pupils will be held Saturday. The Enterprise's article announcing it had four grammatical errors but no spelling mistakes.