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egce.formations._Nature has a unique was covered in a thick layer of ice as were trees
making chilling sights like this one, artistic, andgrasslands.Hundredsofresidentsnthecounty
Etor those who had to traverse the outdoors or are still without power as utility cornparfies work to
littered from power losses due to heavy ice, the restore service to area customers. (News-Outlook
• :uty was far removed from their minds This photo, Ken Metz)
ce line along Washington Branch in White Oak, al
night meeting of Bath Fiscal Court
00raws good crowd to dis(',t00ss business
a sparsely attended
1 ' the regular meeiing of the
court, held last Thursday night
]l-m., drew a rather large crowd.
e first meeting, to be held in the
me slot, had a moderately filled
a, but extended into a lengthy
tssion of new business items.
unty Treasurer Doug Copher
is report to the members of the
. After the request was made,a
Pt carried to transfer $10,000
mmlt e general fund to the jail fund.
tions to accept the treasurer's
,ni for the approval of the
li'. ms both carried.
Rummage from the State
W ay Department in Flemins-
as in attendance to discuss
ai Secondary Roads Program
gike the court's recommenda_
llfor the fiscal year 2003-2004.
lage asked for the "
issi--- judge and
ulers to come u
__41Jiized list of four---, wztha
ed -,tes [o De
/to ndf°;a description of the
antial sumofmon-
-ounty for these
road repairs.
Rummage said he needed the list,
handed down in the form of a resolu-
tion, as soon as possible to forward
to Frankfort. Once the list is ap-
proved, the repairs will get under-
way.
Final settlements were approved
for the Bath County Sheriffs Office
and the Bath County Clerk's Office.
A request was made from
D.O.V.E.S. for financial support
from the Fiscal Court in the amount
of $5,000. The court agreed to table
the discussion on the topic.
It was noted by Commissioner
Billy Martin that in December, the
court gave $500 to the organization.
A motion was made to accept the
resignation of Walter Shrout from
the Sharpsburg Water Board on Jan-
uary 31, 2003. Following this mo-
tion, a separate one was made to
accept the appointment of James
Jones, to fill Shrout's unexpired term.
The term will end January 10, 2005.
The court voted unanimously to
appoint William Crump to the Bath
County Fire Taxing Board. He re-
places Nick Shrout, who is no longer
eligible to serve.
In new business, Judge-Execu-
tive Walter Shrout brought up the
idea of purchasing a grader for the
county's use. Shrout noted that
FEMA funds were available and
could possibly help cover the cost of
a new or used one.
Turn to FIRST NIGHT MEETING,
Page 14
'Don't cut a/ucatbn'
Concern over ful alng for education biings
thousands' 3 capital during last week's rally
UyDana
: lt1%ss soaatton Ne.,s
Over 20,000 teachers and school
employees traveledto the state's cap-
ita] on Wednesday to show their con-
cern over funding for education.
Among the issues of concern were
the high cost of the school employ-
ee's health insurance and potential
cuts to the educatiqn budget, but
signs amidst the crowd stated that
the protest was about more than
money.
"This is not just about money but
about education and our children's
future," said Sharon Barker, Ken-
tucky PTA president. "We must in-
vest in our children because they are
our future."
I4" education funds continue to
decrease, teachers and other school
employees are concerned that may
drive workers to others states to seek
employment, especially certified
employees.
'Tin concerned that if they start
cutting funds that will affect teach-
ers aides in the classroom and there
will be less one on one with teachers
and students. We won't be able to
teach the things they expect us to
teach," .said Kathy Sorrell, an ele-
mentary teicher in Fleming County.
Debbie Clark, a high school teacher
in Fleming County, said that her
school district is close enough to
Ohio for employees to leave and go
to work there. That causes Clark to
worry, she said. Another concern for
Clark is the high cost of their medi-
cal insurance.
"There are single parents and aides
who have nothing left of their check
after paying their health insurance.
Something has to be done about it,"
Clark said.
Linda Courtney, a bus driver from
Walton-Verona, said the healthcare
problem was a big issue that needed
to be addressed in this year's session.
"Healthcare is vital to an educa-
tion system. It's so unfair that we
have to cut staff. We need aids and
we need teachers," Courtney said.
Bill Clements, a high school teach-
er in Nelson County, echoes those
statements saying that classified em-
ployees can barely make ends meet
on their salaries after paying for in-
surance.
The 33-year-veteran teacher said
that when he began teaching "health
insurance was the one good thing
that teachers could say they had.
Now we don't even have that."
Clements too said that the rally in
Frankfort was about more than mon-
ey,
"We are trying to impress upon
state legislation that we are concerned
about education not just money in
general," he said.
Susan Osborne, a principal in the
Washington County School system,
hopes that the message the teachers
took to the capital Wednesday was
clear.
"We are asking our legislatures to
keep education its top priority this
year, next year and every year," Os-
borne said. "I'm here as an educator.
I'm here as a taxpayer. I'm here as
a parent and I'm here to tell our
legislators I expect them to live up to
the promise of KERA. We are hold-
ing (the legislators) accountable."
Lauren Dedic, from Madison
County High School, wore a button
which read, "keep the promise." That
was the message she and others were
sending to the members of the Gen-
eral Assembly. When KERA was
enacted in 1990, Dedic said, the leg-
islators promised to support educa-
tion 100 percent, now she believes
things are worse.
While the proposed budget now
in the House Appropriations and
Revenue committee doesn't call for
new cuts in the elementary and sec-
ondary education budget it doesn,t
call for an increase in funding either.
Thousands of Kentucky Educa-
tion Asstvciation members sent leg-
islators postcards supporting an in-
crease in funding.
Barker also said they are sbpport-
ing additional revenue being brought
into the state of Kentucky to help in
balancing the budget.
Over 50 candidates, constitution-
al officers and candidates for office
signed a letter of support for the
educators' plight. It states that they
be listed among the supporters, that.
--Turn to CONCERN OVER FUNDING,
Page 14
They rallied in FrankfortT eachers, school administrators
and concerned parents, rallied at the state's capital last Wednes-
day, to demonstrate their concern over possible cuts in education.
With the state facing a $500 million deficit, taxpayers are concerned
that lawmakers will make budget cuts in education to help offset the
deficit in state government.
the tricks of the trade--Carol Stephens (glasses) shows her students at Nu-
ut,- :- -- .Y' in Mr. Sterling, how to roll customer Mabel Keith's hair. Stephens, owned Carol's
ary. Se .u.Wmgsv!lle, for several years before selling the business to Tammy Jo White in late
, ,vw wOrKS full time instructing. Students pictured include Deanna Mann, Shannon Ginter,
Richmond, Kim Smith, Shelly Grace Marshall and Jennifer Donothan.
Carol Stephens' dream was to become a
retirement, she is-,teaching others how to
late Everett Spencer) lap. He had
popular belief, abeau-
tician's life is not glamorous.
Behind the women who emerge
from a two-hour appointment, look-
ing beautiful and fresh, there are the
frazzled.beauticians who are respon-
sible for their new look,
Aside from a having a hectic work
schedule, there is the threat of vari-
cose veins from standing in one place
for hours, sore arms from cutting
and curling all day long, and then
there is the inevitable hardship of
having to deal with a fickle custom-
er.
As far as qualities as to what
exactly makes a good hairdresser,
Carol Stephens, is quick to answer.
"You have to have a knack for it !"
Stephens says she knew all along
she had the knack.
When she was a child, she re- '
members sittin8 in her father's (the
longer hair and wore it parted in the
middle and Stephens would comb
his hair.
She also shampooed, styled, and
even cut hair on her dolls.
She says to this day, she tells
students, "We're just grown-ups who
still like to play with hair and make-
up."
"The knack has to be there---but
the desire is more important."
Though she had both the "knack"
and the "desire" to enter into the
field, Stephens was loyal to her fam-
ily first.
Stephens married young, then
had two children and finished rais-
ing them before she answered what
she felt was her heart's calling.
"I had taken care of my children
and it was time to take care of my-
self," she says.
She was 40 when she enrolled at
Nu-Tek Beauty Academy, in Mr.
Sterling. The year was 1991. Elev-
beautician, so after
pursue their dream
en months later she was setting up
her own shop.
Her husband, Roger, transformed
the family's small storage building
behind their house, on the corner of
Main Street and Cecil Avenue;into a
workspace for her.
She named her shop "Corner
Cuts."
After she graduated from Nu-Tek,
she took an apprentice test, which
consisted of a written and practical
exam. Her passing the test allowed
her to get her apprentice license, but
she couldn't work i ndependenfl Y until
she acquired her maters.
Stephens worked under her sister,
Nina Finch, who had been a retired
hairdresser, for the next six months
until she finished her masters.
"She saw me through my,learning
process and helped me in more ways
than one. Words can never describe
how I appreciate, her," she says.
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