1o January 07, 2021
News Outlook
COMMUNITY
Year in Review
cont. from pg. 4
merit Director Jason York
oversaw a massive recovery
effort that involved hundreds
of people, including Kentucky
Air National Guard, Kentucky
State Police, local law en-
forcement, fire department,
and EMS personnel, and lo-
cal volunteers, among many
other organizations. All five
of the children’s bodies were
recovered by Saturday morn-
ing, May 3. The tragedy drew
state and national media atten-
tion.
Statewide coronavirus
cases were 4375 at the end of
April, with 225 deaths.
MAY
The last day of non-tradi-
tional instruction for students
was May 8.
A Cruise Night for the Class
of 2020 was organized by
the Owingsville Trade Days
Committee and sponsored by
Owingsville Dairy Queen and
Sterling Physical Therapy.
It was held on May 15. The
Class of 2020 had their own
Senior Parade through Ow-
ingsville on May 23. Senior
Class members also agreed
to delay their graduation cer-
emony to July to allow for
the possibility of having it in-
person.
The Owingsville May Day
Committee announced that
the Miss Bath County Pag-
eant would be postponed to
August 8 in a virtual contest to
be livestreamed from the new
High School Auditorium.
BCHS senior James Simp-
kins signed to play soccer for
Georgetown College.
Steve Thornsburg, custodi~
an at Crossroads Elementary
School, was named as a state
finalist for the aimual Fred
Award by the Kentucky Asso-
ciation of School Administra-
tors. The award recognizes
non-administrative staff who
go out of their way to contrib-
ute to a positive learning envi-
ronment for students.
" sesame
impacts the coronavirus pan-
demic was having on the local
economy and city finances at
their regular May meeting.
Corey Bumby was sen-
tenced to 30 years for the
charge of raping a child un-
der the age of 12, 30 years
for sodomy, and 5 years ‘for
unlawful imprisonment, all to
be served concurrently. His
charges stemmed from an
August 3, 2018, incident in
which he was accused of rap-
ing and sodomizing a juvenile
victim under age 12 and then
taking away the child’s moth-
er’s cell phone to prevent her
from calling 911. He led law
enforcement authdrities on
a day-long search before his
arrest just outside of Owings-
ville.
State and county offices be-
gan the process of limited re~
opening following directives
from Gov. Andy Beshear and
other state officials.
An unidentified Kentucky
State Police detective from
Lexington ordered I-64 Motor-
plex owner Tim Baldridge on
May 30 to cease operating the
local drag strip until he had a
permit. County Attorney Kim
Price said that all drag strips
and racetracks in the state re-
quire a local permit to operate
as a “place of entertainment”
and that the last time the track
had a permit issued was in
1995. Baldridge said he knew
of no other track in the state
that has such a permit but
agreed to go ahead with the
permit application. The track
held a Memorial Day week-
end race that drew complaints
because racing weht on past
agreed-upon hours.
Coronavirus cases at the
end of May in the state were
8961, with 393 deaths. In
the Gateway Health District
County, Bath County reported
a total of 8 cases; Menifee, 10
cases; Rowan, cases; and E1-
liott, 1 case.
JUNE
The City of Sharpsburg
held its first in-person meet-
ing, with social distancing and
mask requirements, for the
first time since March, as 10-
cal governments continued to
move toward reopening.
Supt. Harvey Tackett ad-
dressed the uncertainty with
start of school in the fall fol-
lowing the release of new
guidelines from the Ken-
tucky Department of Educa-
tion. Later in the month he
announced during a special
called board meeting that fall.
sports practices could begin
on July 1 using state guide-
lines, that School-Aged Child
Care could reopen on June
29, and that the Class of 2020
graduation ceremony would
take place July 17. Follow-
ing another board meeting on
June 22, Tackett announced
the district’s plans for re-
turning to classes on August
10, with options for both in-
person and virtual classes for
students.
An announcement in the
Hollywood press noted that
The Big Ugly, a movie shot on
location in Owingsville, More-
head, and Olive Hill in 2018,
was scheduled for public re-
lease on July 31.
Greene’s Creekside Cafe
opened at the location of the
old Greene’s Restaurant in
Salt Lick on June 4.
Salt Lick City Council mem—
bers agreed to move forward
with a mobile home ordinance
for the city during their regu-
lar June meeting.
A Black Lives Matter pro-
test march drew aboutx500
people in downtown More-
head on June 6, with Only a
couple of minor confronta-
tions. This was one of several
local marches in Eastern Ken-
tucky Counties in the month
of June following the death of
George Floyd in police cus-
tody in Wisconsin on May 25
and the March 2020 shooting
death of Breonna Taylor of
Louisville by police.
' Show manager Ginny Clark
announced that the Owings-
ville Lions Club Horse Show
would be held at its regular
time, July 2-4, with limited
space for spectators due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
The Bath County Ambu-
lance Service was recognized
by the Kentucky Emergency
Medical Services for Children
for excellence in providing pe
diatric care, one of only 24 am-
bulance services in the state
to receive this designation.
John Patterson, 35, of Salt
Iiclciwas’arrestedxbyeDeputy
Taylor Davidson and chargwr
with trafficking in a controlled
substance, two counts of pos-
session of a controlled sub-
stance, and possession of drug
paraphernalia. Patterson was
on probation at the time of his
arrest for burglary and persis-
tent felony offender charges
in Rowan County from 2017.
County Judge/Executive
Bobby Rogers announCed
that the county is eligible is
$425,000 in CARES Act fund-
ing.
Local members of Task
Force omega and family held
a dedication ceremony for a
new flagpole at the grave of
Sgt. Phillip David McNeill in
Owingsville Cemetery. '~ He
was killed in action while
serving as a US Army Medic
in Anbar Province in Iraq in
January 2007.
Tyler Aaron Taborn, 31,
of Olympia was-arrested by
Deputy Twyavidson and
charged ', ““inultiple drug
trafficking charges.
The state Primary Election‘
was held on June'23. Voters
chose newcomer Brandon
Storm for Republican state;
senator over long-time incum-
bent Albert Robinson, and for
let Circuit Judge, Division 2,
the top two vote-getters were
David Barber and Elizabeth
Davis.
Board of Education mem-
bers held a 3 hour special
called meeting on June 24 to
discuss Supt. Harvey Tack-
ett’s annual evaluation but
upon returning to open ses—
sion, withheld the results of
his evaluation, and Board
Chairperson Christy Shaw
said a written statement would
be released at a later date.
On June 25, during a spe-
cial called meeting of the Bath
County Fiscal Court, Judge/
Executive Bobby Rogers is-
sued a permit to Tim Bal-
dridge to operate the I-64 Mo-
torplex but limited the hours
of operation to Saturday, noon
to 1 am, and Sundays, 1 to 6
pm. Racers from three states
attended the videoconference
meeting and lodged their
objections to the restricted
hours of operation.
Senator Mitch McConnell"
,visited St. Claire Medical
Center on June 26 to thank
frontline health care workers
for their dedication during the
coronavirus pandemic and to
tout over $25 million in federal
funding the hospital has re-
ceived this year.
The Owingsville Volunteer
Fire Department h0sted their
annual Fields and Wheels of
Fire Car Show on June 27.
A black bear was spotted in
the Moores Ferry community
on June 29.
At the end of June, the
Gateway Health District had
reported a total of 11 corona-
virus cases in Bath County;
3 in Elliott; 11 in Menifee; 8
in Morgan; and 21 in Rowan
County.
JULY
Cubaka “Chui” Nehemia
Mutayongwa, 22, of Lexing-
ton, died on July 4 as a result
of drowning at the Stoney
Cove Recreation Area at Cave
Run Lake. He and his girl-
friend were in a kayak that ap-
peared to overturn, and Mu-
tayongwa did’ not resurface
after he went underwater.
Salt Lick Volunteer Fire De-
partment members assisted
by other agencies. conducted
two swift water rescues on the
Licking River near Cave Run
lake on July 3 and 4.
The opening day for Bath
County Schools was moved
from August 10 to 24 follow-
ing a'request for more prepa-
ration time from Supt. Harvey
Tackett. Fall sports practices
were also delayed from begin-
ning on July 1 to July 13.
A group of volunteers, in-
cluding Edith Corey, Gekita
F awns, Brenda Reynolds, and
Lucinda Purvis, delivered
thousands of homemade face
coverings to schools and to lo-
cal government offices
Mike and Renee Cassidy
announced the opening of
The Store at the location of
the old Blevins Grocery Store
in Preston.
Coach Neyland won the
Owingsville Lions Club Horse
Show’s Grand Champion
Walking Horse Stake. The
walking horse was ridden
by Brent Grider, owned by
Deedy Whitmore of Bowling
Green, and trained by Derek
Grant. While attendance at
the annual horse show was
down. shown managerGinny
Clark sgiid’thefe were“ or;
astyear'.“
Gov. Beshear issued his
first executive order mandat-
ing the wearing of masks or
face coverings in indoor pub-
lic places on July 9.
Dailey Ginter, 47, suffered
serious injuries when he Was
struck by a car on Slate Av-
enue crossing the street be-
tween the courthouse annex
and the old courthouse.
Emergency Management
Director Jason York as named
a Kentucky Colonel in a cer—
emony on July 8.
The Bath County Sheriff’s
Office took over administra-
tion of both School Resource
Officers for the Bath County
School District after nearly a
year of sharing those duties
with the Owingsville Police
Department.
Riley Warner, from Bath
County and who attends
Montgomery County High
School, was named State F FA
Treasurer. '
The Bath County High
School Class of 2020 held an
outdoor graduation ceremony
on July 17.
The Bath Grand Jury re-
turned a 31-count indictment
against former Deputy Sher-
iff Joshua Preece, includes
charges of third-degree rape,
first-degree sexual abuse,
possession of matter portray- '
ing a sexual performance by
a minor, promoting a sexual
performance by a minor, and
distribution of a matter por-
traying a sexual performance
by a minor. 'The charges re-
sulted from a joint investiga-
tion by the Secret Service
Electronic Crimes Task Force
and Kentucky State Police.
Preece was originally arrest-
ed in November 2018 on one
count of prohibited use of an
electronic device to procure a
minor. The indictment refers
to incidents from Nov. 2017
to Nov. 2018 in which Preece
allegedly requested and re-
ceived sexually graphic im-
ages from minors online.
Chris Rankin, owner of
C&C Industrial in Mt. Sterling
and a 1992 graduate of Bath
County High School, donated
$700 to purchase STEM ma-
terials for students at Ow-
ingsville Elementary School
and to help establish a STEM
scholarship fund'for students.
Gov. Beshear recommend-
ed to school districts to delay
the opening of classes until
the third week of August due
to the rise in coronavirus case
numbers across the state.
Bath County Schools decided
to start classes on August 24.
The Gateway District
Health Counties had the fol-
lowing total coronavirus case
numbers at the end of July:
Bath, 13; Elliott, 7; Menifee,
24; Morgan, 28; and Rowan,
28.
AUGUST
Owingsville Police Officer
Billy Rudd and Sheriff’s Dep—
uties Wes Everman and Chris
Hall arrested Kyle D. Leggett,
34, of Mt. Sterling, and Ryan T.
Manley, 37, of Sharpsburg, af-
ter receiving a tip and charged
them with two counts each of
trafficking in a controlled sub-
stance and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
The City of Sharpsburg
began taking action against a
number of nuisance proper-
ties in the city limits.
Victoria Otis was named the
67th Miss Bath County in the
first ever virtual pageant held
on August 9 at the Bath Coun—
ty High School Auditorium.
In another change of
course, Gov. Beshear recom-
mended that school districts
put off the start of in—person
classes until after September
28 during an August 10 news
conference. Bath County
Board of Education members
voted to start school online
on August 24 and continue
through Sept 18
Bath County Project De-
velopment Board members
voted to request that the Fis-
cal Court condemn a property
belonging to Gary Denton on
Water Street for a new judicial
center. Fiscal Court members
moved ahead with the con-
demnation.
Owingsville City Council
members approved a zon-
ing change that would allow
prospective developers for a
Frito—Lay distribution center
to open behind Owingsville
Save-A—Lot.
Officials from the State Rev-
enue Cabinet informed Bath
County Fiscal Court mem—
bers their-due to increased
fireper "' e assessments
on farm properties, increases
in assessment in the Salt Lick
quadrant, and the discovery
of over 70 previously unlisted
properties to be added to the
county’s tax rolls, almost $50
million in assessed value was
added to the county’s overall
tax assessment
4'5 E. Main St, Mt. Sterling,
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Auctioneer
438-4312
Realtor
585- 1071
Admin. Assistant
Fiscal Court members did
not take any action to cancel
Preston Court Days in Octo-
ber but did remove the coun-
ty’s involvement in the popu-
lar local event.
Molly Stephens was arrest-
ed on August 25 by Deputy
Taylor Davidson and charged
with attempted murder of a
police officer after she fire
shots at Davidson the previ-
ous week during a traffic stop
in Salt Lick.
The Kentucky High School
Athletic Association Board
of Control announced on Au-
gust 20 that fall sports could
get under way on September
7 with social distancing proto-
cols in effect, despite school
districts still holding virtual
classes through Sept. 28.
Bill Hornback, an EMT
with 27 years of experience,
announced his retirement
from the Bath County Ambu-
lance Service.
The Owingsville Volunteer
Fire Department, Owingsville
Police Department, and Bath
County EMS took part in a
drive-by birthday parade for 6
year old J amyah Adelyn Har-
din in Owingsville.
SEPTEMBER
Year in Review
cont. on pg. 11
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Bath County Memorial
Library Updates
Due to the Pandemic,
the Library is altering our
services to keep our com—
munity safe:
The Library is,open by
appointment from 9:30a-
5:00p Monday through
Friday. Call ahead— at 606-
674-2531. The library will
continue to have comput-
ers, printing, copying, and
fax services available.
The Library will also
have materials available
for checkout by request
through curbside services.
The Library has materi-
als available for checkout
online if you need a li-
brary card, call the library
and we will help you check
out books, movies, and
more for free through Ken-
tucky Libraries Unbound.
The Bookmobile and the
Sharpsburg ' branch will
be returning to service as
soon as possible. .
The Library will be
closed on Saturdays during
December and January.
Thank you for your pa-
tience during this time.
LEGAL NOTICE '
INVITATION TO BID
The Menifee County Fiscal Court is accepting bids for the following:
Installation of a 16 ft wide by 25 ft long steel bridge with 4-inch metal
grid
decking. This bid will be for steel bridge, labor and materials and to con-
strucl the concrete piers and sidewalls as well as the removal of existing
structure.
Please contact our ofiice for bridge specs. There will be an onsite
meeting
for potential bidders on Friday, December 18 at 1:00pm.
Located on Clifton Road located off KY HWY 1274. on Beaver Creek,
All Bidders must be State Approved Contractors
Bids should be mailed to the Menifee County Fiscal Court, P.O. Box 105
Frenchburg, Ky 40322. Bids may also be dropped off at 12 Main Street,
Frenchburg, KY 40322 (Menifee County Courthouse). Bids need to be
sealed and marked on the front of the envelope.
Bids tone turned, in, no.lalecthan§2.90m;itl
Bids will be opened during the Wednesday, January 13, 2021-nesting
8:00am.
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The Menifee County Fiscal Court reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
“This advertisement was paid for by the Menifee County Fiscal Court using
taxpayer dollars in the amount of $64."
Published in the Menifee County
News Outlook on 12.03, 12.10, 12.17,
12.24 of 2020 8.01.07 of 2021
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Realm
80 DAVIS HOLLOW RD, Mt. Sterling: A very nice 31.13 acre
farm with a beautiful Amish Built buildings. Improvements
include a nice 5 year old 1468 sf vinyl sided home w/metal roof
and walk out basement. A 12x50 covered balcony/ deck. Home
offers 2 bdrms, living rm, kitchen, large pantry, canning rm
and summer kitchen with hardwood floors thru-out. Basement
has 1 bdrm, kitchen living area and large amount of storage.
Basement area is not considered finished. Home is watered by
a large cistern but city water available. Other improvements
include a beautiful 32x64 metal shop w/ concrete floors. Fully
insulated with chip board on the walls, guttered on both sides
and has skylight ridge caps windows. An extended porch on
_> one side with concrete floor. Absolutely a great building. Also
a 32x64 super nice metal horse barn with stalls. Property has
mixture of crop, pasture and wood land; road frontage, new
fencing. Located close to Owingsville and Mt. Sterling. (no
utilities connected but are available). Call Mickey Staton
859-333-9947. Mist? 20019470 $325,000.
1 1163 HOPE MEANS RD, Mt. Sterling: A well located 27.4
acre farm, with a beautifully built Amish home, 40x80 metal
horse/livestock barn and a 36x40 wood barn. The home has
3480ft of living space and a 64x40 unfinished basement with a
20x32 area with lower ceilings. The home has vinyl siding and
a metal roof, 7 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, utility room
and a large summer kitchen with concrete floor. There is some
painting and door trim that needs to be completed and owner
will do that at his expense. They have offered to plumb and wire the house
if buyer desires at a fair
price. Property has city water plus a 12x12 cistern for the home. Farm
about 50% cleared the rest in
woods. A large amount of road frontage on Hope Means Rd. You have to see
this home to believe it!
Call Mickey Staton 859-333-9947. Mls# 20020733 $225,000.
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Auctioneer
859-333-9941
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Realtor
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