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Couple charged
with criminal
abuse of child
Courtesy of Montgomery Co. Regional Jail
Left: Olivia Williams Right:. Shane Williams
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@floynewsgroup.com
A couple in Bath County
has been arrested follow-
iug allegations that they
abused their son.
According to Kentucky
State Police Trooper Na-
than Shortridge, who is
in charge of the investi-
gation, his office received
a complaint from King's
Daughter's Medical Cen-
ter in Ashland on January
24.
lth7 TM grandmother of a
month old boy had
noticed that the child had
bruises on his buttocks
and cuts to his left ear and
had been advised by au-
thorities in Ashland to take
the child for an examina-
tion at the medical center.
Kentucky State Police
from Morehead Post 8 ex-
ecuted a warrant on Shane
Williams, 24, around 10 p.
m. on January 26, who was
residing at a location in
Olympia. Troopers Kenna
Burton and Jason Brown
located Williams and at-
rested him for Criminal
Abuse, 1st Degree.
His wife, Olivia Williams,
19, was arrested the next
day by Bath County Dept.
Sheriff Johnny Botts at the
Social Services Office in
Owiugsville. She was al-
so charged with Criminal
Abuse, 1st Degree.
Williams' address was
listed as West Liberty,
but Trooper Shortridge
described them as "tran-
sients," having spent only
two or three weeks at the
Olympia location.
Trooper Shortridge said
that the 17th month old
boy and another 6 month
old male infant were taken
into emergency protective
custody.
The Williams couple
was lodged in the Mont-
gomery County Regional
Jail.
According to the jail's
booking department,
Shane is being held under
a $10,000 cash bond, while
Olivia is being held under
a $20,000 cash bond
The case remains under
the investigation by Troop-
er Nathan Shortridge.
Bethel blaze guts home Photo by Cecil Lawson
Local fire fighters responded to a house fire around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon on Mt. Pleasant Road just outside
of Bethel. Because of high winds and the hill top location, the house was almost entirely engulfed when
trucks arrived. Neighbor Irene Thornsburg identified the homeowner as Glen TuRle. J. R Jones, Bethel Fire
Chief, said that no one was in the house at the time of the fire. Jones said that Tuitle attempted to enter the
home through a back door while it was on fire, but he was overcome by heat and smoke and had to be treated
on the scene by the Bath County Ambulance Service. Units of the Bethel and Sharpsburg Fire Department
responded to the blaze. Its cause remains unknown at Dress time.
Candidates for May election
By Cecil Lawson '
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
January 31st marked
the filing deadline for lo-
cal and county elections,
and Bath County will see
its first competitive race
for Circuit Clerk in over 30
years.
Two candidates have
filed to run in the May
primary election for Bath
County Circuit Clerk - in-
cumbent Claudette Sne-
degar Faudere and Misty
Buckler Otis.
According to Bath Coun-
ty Clerk Crolyn Rogers,
the last time there was op-
position in this race was in
May 1981 - 31 years ago
- when incumbent Lou-
is "Jake" Crouch faced
off against Gary "Burnsy
Stewart and Mozell Man-
ley.
Rogers said that Jake
Crouch later ran with no
opposition during the 1987
and 1993 races and that he
was succeeded in office by
Nancy Crouch, who ran in
2000 with no opposition,
and Claudette Faudere,
who took office in 2006.
In the 21st Judicial Dis-
trict, which comprises
Bath, Menifee, Montgom-
ery, and Rowan Counties,
there are three candidates
who have filed to run for
Co mmonweath's Attorney
in the May election: Gary
W. Adkins, Morehead;
Ronny Goldy, Jr., More-
head; and Cynthia Gale
Rose, Mr. Sterling.
During the upcoming
primary election in No-
vember, there will be three
seats on the Bath Coun-
ty School Board open for
election, those currently
held by Lisa McFarland,
B. A. Franklin, and Bill
Boyd.
The filing deadline for
these non-partisan seats is
in August.
County's animal shelter participation remains in limbo
ary meeting and during a
• special called meeting.
Doug Copher, Bath
County Treasurer, said
that the Fiscal Court add-
ed the inter-local agree-
ment to January's agenda
because Teresa Shields,
who now administers the
grant through the Gate-
way Area Development
District, said that the coun-
ty had yet to conduct a sec-
ond reading of the agree-
ment
Bath County Attorney
Leslie Smith noted that,
in the original 2010 agree..
merit, the $150,000 grant
was presented by the Ken-
tucky Department of Ag-
riculture directly to Bath
County. She is currently
researching the issue and
will present her findings
to the Bath Fiscal Court
during February's regular
called meeting.
However, the other two
counties who were party
to the original agreement
have proceeded in gfer-
ent directions. Larry Fox-
worthy, Fleming Coun-
ty Judge Executive, con-
firmed that Fleming Coun-
ty was a part of the original
tri-county agreement, but,
like Bath County, "We opt-
ed out of the agreement
because of the high cost."
Foxworthy also not-
ed that there were initial
problems in finding a lo-
cation for the shelter that
would be convenient for all
three counties.
Foxworthy said that
in the interim, the Flem-
ing County Fiscal Court
had contracted with Tim
Stamper, a private animal
shelter owner, and later
with Lewis County, to pro-
vide housing for stray ani-
mals.
"If we need to sign an
agreement with Rowan
County to help them ob-
tain the grant, we will,"
Foxworthy said.
Jim Nickell, Rowan
County Judge Executive,
also said that both Bath
and Fleming Counties
backed out of the original
agreement. He noted that
the grant was given for a
single facility for all three
counties.
Nickell said that e
agreement was then re..
vised to allow Bath and
Fleming to participate by
allowing a pay-as-you-go
arrangement, $10 per dog
per day, up to 10 days.
Currently, Rowan Coun-
ty has gone ahead with the
construction of the animal
shelter and is now prep-
ping the building location,
which is on Hwy. 519, just
outside of Morehead.
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
i
As Kentucky's counties
become more pressed for
revenues during these
economic hard times, they
have had to turn to more
creative solutions to pro-
vide the most basic servic-
es to their citizens.
Since tougher regula-
tions for animal shelters
went into effect in the
Commonwealth in 2007,
smaller counties have
struggled to find ways to
carry out their obligations
to control stray animals.
Bath County's own an-
imal shelter was no lon-
ger in compliance with
the new regulations, and
the county's Fiscal Court
sought ways to avoid fines
by the state and lawsuits
by animal welfare organi-
zations.
The Kentucky Depart-
ment of Agriculture set
aside $3 million to aid
counties in the construc-
tion and maintenance
of animal shelters and
made it available to them
through grants.
In late 2010, Bath Coun-
ty, along with Rowan and
Fleming Counties, ap-
plied for a grant from the
state to fund the construc-
tion of a tri-county animal
shelter. The original re-
quest for the grant was
for $400,000, but the Ken-
tucky Department of Ag-
riculture's Animal Control
Advisory Board awarded
only 8150,000.
Under this grant agree-
ment, Bath, Fleming, and
Rowan Counties would
each have had to contrib-
ute $57,000 of their own
money toward the con-
struction of the shelter,
in addition to a total of
$50,000 estimated annual
operating expenses.
This agreement was re-
jected by both Fleming
and Bath Counties be-
cause of the cost.
Scott Templeton, owner
of the Tin Woof Inn, a dog
shelter in Rowan County,
and one of the members
of a group appointed to de:
termine a location for the
shelter and assess its cost
under the original grant,
said that Rowan County
had proposed a new agree-
ment in order to save the
original grant.
In an email communi-
cation, Templeton said,
I'he original project was
estimated to cost in ex-
cess of $[400,000]. When
the counties found out the
grant would only cover
$[150,000] of the cost, both
Fleming and Bath County
said they could not afford
that and the project near-
ly met its demise. Rowan
County stepped forward
and said it would build and
operate the new shelter
if the other two counties
would agree to house their
animals at the facility. This
would allow the use of the
grant money. Revisions to
the original location, build-
hag design and interlocal
agreement were submit-
ted to the Advisory Board
and approved in their Au-
gust 2011 meeting."
This revised inter-local
agreement was presented
to the Bath Fiscal Court
in June 2011 by Scott Tem-
pleton, but members of the
Bath Fiscal Court took no
action on the proposal.
The Fiscal Court also ta-
bled discussion of the shel-
ter agreement during its
most recent regular Janu-
Community mourns
passing of Ray Bailey
Ray E Bailey of Owings-
vine, Ky, born May 18,
1925, died on January 30,
2012. He was born in Pres-
ton, Ky., to the late Walter
J. and Fannie K. Bailey. He
was preceded in death by
his brothers, Walter J. Bai-
ley II, Robert Bailey, Ross
Bailey, and Woodrow W.
Bailey, and his sisters, Ga-
lena Clay, Amandalee Yar-
ber, Lorena Rogers, and
Mary Bailey Ginter.
His is survived by his
wife of 62 years, Donna
Jean Reffitt Bailey; three
sons, Anthony Bailey (wife
Teresa), David B. Bailey,
and Walter J. Bailey III
(wif e Shella), all of Owings-
ville, Ky.; a sister, Virginia
"Ginny" Harris of Owings-
to run his body shol af-
ter the tragic death of his
brother Walter Bailey II in
a car accident. He owned
and operated Bailey's Ga-
rage for many years.
He became, interested
in politics and was elected
and served as Bath Coun-
ty Judge Executive for 20
years. He also worked as
a state coordinator during
the administration of Gov.
Martha Layne Collins.
He was an active mem-
'ber of the Owingsville
First Church Of God for 57
years, loving the church
and his church family. He
was a member of the Ow-
ingsville Lions Club, serv-
ing as Horse Show Chair-
man for many years. He
ville; three grandchildren,, was a member ofe ,
Kelly Thompson of Nor-
folk, Va.; Shawna Taulbee
(husband Greg) of Nich-
olasville, Ky.; and David
B. Bailey, Jr. (wife Shan-
non) of Morehead, Ky; six
great-grandchildren, many
nieces and nephews, and a
host of friends and family.
Ray served his country
- in the Navy from Aug. 3,
1943 until May 3, 1946. He
was a tail-gunner during
the height of battles and a
flew a mission over Japan
the night of the final effort
to bomb Japan from the
decks of the aircraft carri-
er, Bon Homme Richard.
He returned to Pres-
ton, where he worked as a
body man for his brother
Walter Bailey and later for
Red Denton's Ford.
After a few years he mar-
ried his wife Donna Jean.
They moved to Frankfort,
where he worked for the
state as a body man. He
returned to Bath County
American Le#: K. :,ol-
onel, and 6"tlr -
tions through t'years.
He enjoyed 'fishing,
all sports reading, and
spending time with his
family.
He lived his life with dig-
nity and humility.
Visitation will be Thurs-
day, February 2, at the Ow-
ingsville First Church ot
God from 5 to 8 p. m. Ser-
vices will be Friday, Febru-
ary 3, also at the Owings-
ville First Church of God
at 10 a. m. and officiated
by Rev. Lowell Rice.
The family is request-
hag that in lieu of flowers,
donations be made to the
Owingsville First Church
of God Building Fund or
Christian Social Services
( E O. Box 111, Owingis-
ville, KY, 40360) in memo-
ry of Ray Bailey.
Richardson Funeral
Home is in charge of ar-
rangements.
