2 January 07, 2021
News Outlook
COMMUNITY
Bah County 2020 Year in R
January: The BCHS Trackcats Girls kicked off their 2020
Indoor Season at the West Region Meet at Murray State and
finished 3rd in overall points.
' JANUARY
The Bath County Fiscal
Court voted on Jan. 11 to ap-
prove a resolution making
the county “a Second Amend-
ment Sanctuary,” joining a
multi-state effort to oppose
any pending legislation which
restricted gun ownership
rights.
Bath‘County Commission-
ers let die a motion by Judge/
Executive Bobby Rogers that
would have created an in-
surance premium tax in the
county.
Retired Bath Circuit Judge
Beth Maze filed an appeal of
her public reprimand by the
Judicial Conduct Commission
to the Kentucky Supreme
Court, and a criminal case
against her remained on hold
pending two appeals before
the Kentucky Court of Ap-
peals. Later in the month the
Kentucky Courts of Justice of-
ficially announced a vacancy
for her seat.
A crowded field of candi-
dates filed to run for the 2020
Primary election for state and
national offices.
Dr. Betty Bailey of Owings-
ville was interviewed by KET
for an upcoming segment of
Kentucky Life on the Minihan
saddle, which was manufac-
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The Bath County Memorial
Library announced that it was
hosting the Kentucky Science
Center’s Science in PlayZGo
exhibit through April.
The KMEA All-District 8
Honor Band performed at
the Paramount Arts Center in
Ashland, Kentucky on Jan. 18.
Among the students who au-
ditioned for and were selected
to this elite group of musi-
cians were Bath County High
School Students Jayden Ad-
kins, Samuel Curtis,~Haylee
Fouch, and Abigail Snedegar.
US Marshall’s were in 0w-
ingsville on January 20, but
neither local law enforcement
nor the US Marshall’s office
in Lexington would comment
on their presence.
Bath County Board of Edu-
cation members voted to cre-
ate a new policy out-
of-district school attendance
and a new job description for
athletic director which bars
current coaches from serving
in the position.
Dallas Whisman, on behalf
of the Progress in Bath Coun-
ty political action committee,
filed a letter of intent with
the County Clerk’s Office on
Jan. 28 to circulate a petition
asking local voters if they fa-
vored the sale of alcohol in
the county. County Clerk
Roger Coyle said the petition
needed at least 937 confirmed
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The first case of the COV-
ID-19 coronavirus, which first
appeared in Wuhan, China on
Dec. 31, 2019, was reported in
Washington State on Jan. 31.
FEBRUARY
The Bath County News-
Outlook announced. that it
was moving its office from 81
Water Street in Owingsville
to 71 Miller Drive during the
month of February.
The Owingsville-based
Glutl Deficiency Founda-
tion was awarded a $450,000
grant from the Chan Zucker-
berg Initiative. Glenna Steele
serves as the Foundation’s
Executive Director. Her
daughter, Macie, was diag—
nosed with the rare genetic
disorder at age 10.
BCMS student Heather Ott
was the winner of the Bath
County District Spelling Bee
on Feb. 6.
BCHS Senior Nathan Da-
vis signed to play basebaH for
Kentucky Christian Univer-
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Owingsville residents ex-
pressed frustration over the
closed meetings of the Bath
County Project Development
Board, which is overseeing
the development and con-
struction of a $9.3 million new
judicial center in the town.
Amber Pitts was named at
the new Bath County Senior
Center Director.
BCHS. was scheduled to
host this year’s 61st District
Tournament, beginning Feb.
24.
The District office of the
Kentucky Transportation
Cabinet hosted a public an-
nounce to discuss plans for a
federally-funded mini-round-
about at the intersection of US
60 and Ky 801 near Farmers.
Bath County Emergency
Management Director Jason
‘York received an announce-
ment that the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency
had approved a grant to
purchase the Salt Lick First
Church of God property and
to construct a new church,
which as damaged by‘flood-
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The Kentucky Agricultural
Development Board award-
ed $270,000 to Bath County
through the County Agricul-
tural Investment Program
(CAIP) as well as $30,000 in
the Youth Agricultural Incen-
tive Program funds.
BCHS Senior Griffin Fraley
signed to play football for
Morehead State University,
and J ayden Adkins and Anna,
Tornan were accepted into
the Morehead State Univer-
sity Band Program.
The BCHS Basketball Wild-
cats headed into their third
straight 16th Region Tourna-
eview
ment bid as a runner-up to ‘
Rowan County in the 61st Dis-
trict Tournament
MARCH
The first reported case of
the COVID-19 coronavirus
was reported in Kentucky, a
27-year old woman from Cyn-
thiana, followed by four other
people in Harrison County,
leading Governor Andy Bes-
hear to declare a state of
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