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Four arrested at Rowan hotel with suspect, heroin, crack cocaine
WON/kN FROM OWINGSVILI00 AMONG THOSE ARRESTED
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
An Owingsville woman
was among four arrested
last Wednesday afternoon
at a roadside hotel in Row-
an County on drug-related
charges.
According to Kentucky
State Police, the More-
head Post 8 receivedtwo
anonymous complaints
around noon on Wednes-
day, Jan. 8, reporting that
drug activity was going
on at the Comfort Inn and
Suites hotel on Ky. 801
near the Sharkey exit in
Rowan County.
Trooper Chris Jones,
Trooper Jared Wagner,
and Rowan County Deputy
Donnie Hall responded to
the hotel and conducted
Darrell Boddle, Jr.
a "knock and talk" on a
room.
In the room were Dar-
rell Boddie Jr., 25, and
Andre Burns, 41, both of
Dayton, Ohio; Joseph Mar-
tin, 27, of Mt Sterling; and
Christina Thornsburg, 19,
of Owingsville.
Kentucky State Police
photos courtesy of Rowan Co. Detention Center
Andre Burns
spokesman Master Troop-
er Joe Veeneman said that
the the officers located
suspected illegal drugs in
the room, including a 29
capsules of heroin and a
1.5 gram rock of "crack"
cocaine.
All four individuals were
arrested and lodged in the
Joseph Martin
Rowan County Detention
Center.
Boddie was charged
with trafficking in a con-
trolled substance, first de-
gree, first offense, two Or
more grams of heroin; and
trafficking in a controlled
substance, first degree,
first offense, less than four
Christina Thornsburg
grams of cocaine.
Burns was arrested on
an active bench warrant.
Martin was charged with
complicity, trafficking in a
controlled substance, first
degree, first offense, two
or more grams of heroin;
and complicity, trafficking
in a controlled substance,
first degree, first offense,
less than four grams of co-
caine.
Thornsburg was also ar-
rested on an active warrant
from Montgomery County
on traffic violations, and
she was charged with
complicity, trafficking in a
controlled substance, first
degree, first offense, two
or more grams of heroin;
and complicity, trafficking
in a controlled substance,
first degree, first offense,
less than four grams of co-
caine.
Trooper Chris Jones is
continuing the investiga-
tion.
All individuals are con-
sidered innocent until
proven guilty or pleading
guilty in court.
CUSTOM FOODS EXPANSION PRC JECT UPDATE
Photo by Cecil Lawson
The only Item of news business on the agenda of Mon-
day evening's Owingsville City Councll meeting was a
resolution to approve an agreement between the city
and the Kentucky Rural Water Flnance Corporation
(KRWFC). The agreement provldes the city wlth access
to interim funding for the constructlon of a waste water
pre-treatment facility, which will allow Custom Foods
processing plant to expand Its own facilities this year.
Mayor Gary Hunt explained to councll members that
this was done with the clty's sewer extension project,
and that grants from the U. S. Dept. of Commerce's
Economic Development Admlnlstretlon (EDA) and the
Appalachian Reglonal Commlsslon to finance the proj-
ect will amount to $1.55 mllllon. Jocelyn Gross, Gate-
way Area Development District Project Administrator,
explained'that the fuiids from the KRWFC will be used
on a "pay as you go" basis and that those funds will be
reimbursed once the grants become available. Council
members voted unanimously to approve the resolution.
One of the most fulfill-
ing moments I have had
while serving as Mayor of
Owingsville occurred back
on September llth. On
that day, I was honored to
introduce Governor Steve
Beshear who made the an=.
noUncement that Citt6*"
Foods was expanding its
local plant to include an ad-
ditional 200 jobs and invest
more than $44 million in
the project. Months and
months of planning, meet-
ings, conference calls,
trips to Frankfort, and
competing with four other
states for this monumental
announcement culminated
on that day.
It is now four months
later, and I felt the need to
update the citizens of Bath
County on the progress be-
ing made on this project.
Custom Foods purchased
the Cintas factory located
next door along with its
acreage and this expansion
by Mayor GarYon M. Hunt
will involve connecting the activeiy working their the city by Custom Foods.
two plants. Construction
crews are already in place
and working.
I spoke with officials at
Custom Foods this week
and they said, 'AVe are un-
der construction and the
project 'IS moving 'forward
well. The weather slowed
us down a little but we
are still making progress
against our original time-
line. We have started hir-
ing a few key positions that
will be working on the ex-
pansion and then staying
with the facility."
The original timeline
they mentioned had called
for construction to be com-
plete by late sunlmer. Af-
ter meeting with the head
of their construction com-
pany, I was impressed and
confident that they will do
whatever is necessary to
stick closely to the time-
line.
While Custom Foods is
Bath County School Board Members
Honored in January
servation of School Board 872 school board members
Recognition Month.
Mr. Hurschell Rawlings,
Mrs. Sandy Crouch, Mrs.
Barbara Razor, Mrs. Con-
nie Grimes and Ms. Shelly
Sanders are among the
being honored across the
Commonwealth this month
by 174 local school districts.
"Our school board mem-
bers do far more than show
up at one meeting a month,
cast a few votes, pocket their
total compensation of $75
and go home," said Mr. Har-
vey Tackett, Superintendent
of Bath County Schools.
"Most folks would be very
surprised at the hours of
preparation, of questions,
of discussion of options and
sometimes differences of
opinion that our board mem-
bers are involved in for all
of the issues that come up
at every meeting and work
session."
"Our district is working in
a new state school assess-
ment system that gave us
some good measurements
as well as some challenges
when the scores came out a
few weeks ago," Mr. Tackett
said. 'film board members
are right in there as key
players with the teachers
and principals as we work
to move every child to profi-
ciency in learning skills. Our
board members have spent
countless hours gaining an
understanding of the new
accountability system to pre-
pare them to make the deci-
sions that will support our
district wide improvement."
"I'm proud to work side by
side with this group of self-
less colleagues. The people
of our community should be
just as proud," Tackett said.
"I'd like to invite everyone to
thank our board members
for the important work they
are doing."
At our January 22,2013
board meeting we will be
celebrating our board mem-
bers with a reception before
the 7 pmmeeting.
The students, faculty,
staff and administrators of
the Bath County Schools
are saluting this commu-
nity's elected education
leaders during January in
Kentucky's 2nd annual ob-
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end of the project, we also
are busy every day pre-
paring to meet the waste
water pre-treatment and
water requirements for
the facility. We will be
building a new Waste Wa-
ter Pre-Treatment Plant
beside our current plant
which will pre-treat the
waste flowing from the
plant before it reaches
our current plant. This is
necessary due to the ad-
dition of a cooked burger
line and a sheet cook meat
line, The addition of these
lines will generate process
wastewater with character-
istics that cannot be treat-
ed by our existing indus-
trial wastewater treatment
plant.
The Waste Water Pre-
Treatment Plant will be
owned and operated by the
City of Owingsville. Daily
operating expenses for the
plant will be reimbursed to
The estimated cost of this
facility will be $2,010,000.
I have applied for an Eco-
nomic Development Grant
of $1,258,000 and an ARC
grant of $350,000. The re-
maining $402,000 will be
paid as a local match by
Custom Foods. Local tax-
payers will not incur any
cost on this project.
From the beginning
stages of this expansion I
have insisted that we find
a way to manage without
going into debt. We have
procured engineers for the
Waste Water Pre-Treat-
ment Plant and hopefully
construction should begin
by the middle of spring.
In addition to the waste
water needs for the ex-
pansion, there will also be
a substantial increase in
the amount of water use
at the factory. Therefore,
Custom Foods
cont. on pg. 8
I 64 Rehabilitation project to begin
MILE POINTS 112.3 TO 117.83 IN MOMERY
AND BATH COUNTIES
The Kentucky Trans-
portation Cabinet, De-
partment of Highways,
announced that work for
the Interstate 64 Rehabili-
tation project began Mon-
day. The project limits are
mile point 112.3 to mile
point 117.83 in Montgom-
ery and Bath Counties.
The project was award-
ed to MAC Construction
with a bid of $3,942,618.00.
Work will start with the
replacement of Right of
Way fencing. The begin-
ning stages of the project
will have minimal impact
to traffic.
Appropriate signage will
be in place to alert motor-
ists of any changes with
the road work. The antici-
' pated completion date for
the rehabilitation project is
July 31, 2014.
All scheduled work is
subject to change depend-
ing on weather, emergen-
cies and other factors
beyond the control of the
Department of Highways.
The Kentucky Transpor-
tation Cabinet asks mo-
torists to be aware of the
work zone and to utilize
safe driving habits when
traveling through the area.
For up-to-date traffic and
travel information dial 511
or visit www.511.ky.gov for
the latest statewide traffic
updates.
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