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DevomNewSoftware May Be
Installed for City/County Offices
By: Harry Patrick will be paved this year.
• County Clerk Carolyn
Bath County govern- Rogers gave a check to
met offices may be part Fiscal Court for $2,484
of the new technology :inexcesees.Sle previ-
sweeping the comput.
er industry. Reps from
DRMS and Data Design
proposed new software to
the Fiscal Court board,
for the clerk, sheriff, PVA
and the County Attor-
ney's office. These offices
would be connected via
the computer, sharing in-
formation and the public
would have Internet ac-"
cess to that same infor-
mation. The board took
the proposal under ad-
visement.
Here are some of the
other items discussed at
the recent Fiscal C.ourt
meeting.
• According "to Randy
Stull, with Kentucky
DOT, portions of Hart
Pike, all of Mudlick Road,
and all oF Gudgell Hill,
ously had' given them a
check for excess fees of
$45,000 in January. •
• An agreement was
reached to buy one mo-
bile radio and two hand-
held radios (including an-
tennae) for the sheriffs
department.
'Lowest bid for the
bridge replacement
on Steven's Road was
•$122,494.95.
• Reappointed Ruth
Fields to the Bath County
Water Board.
• Proclaimed April
Spring Cleanup Month.
• Proclaimed April Red-
bud Month to promote
Bath County tourism.
The next Fiscal Court
meeting will be held on
Thursday April 8th at
10:00 a.m.
Suttles tO be sentenced
der voluntarily, hbwever,
By Charles Mattox
News Editor
An Olive Hill woman
who led police on a two-
county chase through
Rowan and Bath County
in October accepted a
plea deal and will be sen-
tenced this week.
Kentucky State Police
officers arrested Sha-
ron A. Suttles, 34, of Ol-
ive Hill on Oct. 21 and
charged her with wanton
endangerment, first de-
gree, (two counts), leav-
ing the scene of an acci-
dent, criminal mischief,
third degree and fleeing
or evading police, first
degree, following the 12-
mile chase.
Suttles di not surren-
• Photo by Harry Patrick
Randy Stull, with Ky DOT, addeesses the recent Fiscal
Court meeting, of the paving proiiects for all of Mudlick
Road, portions of Hart Pike and alll of Gudgell Hill.
i
Alleged arsonists trial n,ears
a charge of criminal mis-
chief, third degree and al-
legedly used spray paint
to deface the tower prior
to its burning.
Members of a Bath
County Grand Jury in-
dicted Sanders and Davis
in November of last year
on the charges following
the testimony of Kenneth
Scarberry of the USDA
Forrest Service.
Sanders and Davis al-
legedly set fire to the
Tater Knob Fire Tower
on Dec. 3 of 2008.
For decades the Tater
Knob Fire Tower, located
along Ky. 918 Zilpo Road,
near Salt Lick, in sou.th-
eastern Bath County,
had attracted bird watch-
ers, nature lovers and
tourists of all kinds. The
tower is currently closed
to the public now howev-
er, due to the Dec. 3 fire.
"It was a total loss,"
said Kim Morgan, Public
Affairs'Officer for the US
Forestry Service. "The
entire wood structure be-
neath the metal is very
unstable and the entire
structure will have to be
disassembled. There are
no plans right now to re-
built the structure."
The Bath County land-
mark was restored in part
by members of the French-
burg Job Corp, 1•5 years
ago.
Built almost three quar-
ters of a century ao by mem-
bers of the Civilian Conser-
vation Corps, the structure
was rebuilt in 1959 and
restored in 1993, in part by
members of the.Frenchburg
Job Corps. Members of the
job corp. added 200.steps to
the tower and made access
easier for those who took
advantage of the breath-
taking view.
From the tower a beauti-
ful view of approximately
40 miles could be enjoyed,
but now the tower is closed
indefinitely and may never
be open to the public again,
according to US Forestry of-
ficials.
See TRIAL Page 8
By Charles Ilattox
News Editor
An Owingsville woman
and a Mt. Sterling man,
who allegedly set fire to
the historic Tater Knob
Fire Tower last winter,
have a pre-trial confer-
ence scheduled in Bath
Circuit Court this week
and will go to trial this
May.
i Samantha J. Sanders,"
22, of Owingsville and
Roger W. Davis,52, of Mt.
Sterling, are scheduled to
go to trial on arson, third
degree charges, in Bath
Circuit Court on May 17.
Sanders is also facing
according to police, while
trying to elude three
state police cruisers and
other law enforcement
vehicles.
"She basically ran out
of real estate," Kentucky
State Police Information
Officer Joe Veeneman
said minutes after the
chase ended.
Accord{ng to Trooper
David Zimmerman's ar-
rest citation issued" to
Suttles, Statements from
Trooper Veeneman and
other court documents,
Suttles was driving a
2001 Pontiac Grand Prix
in Rowan County when
she was clocked for speed-
ing. When officers at-
tempted to make a traffic
slop on Suttles, the chase
-Sharon A. Suttles
was on.
• It ended 12 miles from
where it started with
the chase going through
Rowan County,. into Bath
on US 60, with Settles'
Grand Prix colliding with
another vehicle along the
way.
See SUI"I'LES Page 4
Ambassador for WEG
is Chamber of i:emmerce Speaker
Photo by Harry Pah'/ck
Chomber of Commerce meeting - From the left, starting
at end of table - Chet Mitchell, back to camera; Bruce Max-
well, ambassador for WEG, Provost and VP of Academic
Affairs at MSU; Jeff Ray; Paul= Wyatt; Steve Meadows;
Dwaine Curran; Brenda Vance; Tom James; Holly Howard;
Jessica Miller; and Linda Denton.
By: Harry Patrick
• Since Kentuckyis noted
for its horse population,
it is only appropriate
that the World Equestri-
an Games (WEG) be held
at Lexington's Horse
Park.
They will take place on
Sept. 25 and continue for
16 days.
Bruce Maxwell is the
official ambassador for
the WEG and he spoke
at the Chamber of Com-
merce meeting recently.
Mr. Maxwell is an as-
sistant to the Provost
ancl Vice President of
Academic Affairs at
MSU. He analyzes fac-
ulty workloads, audits
academic and support
programs, maintains the
Academic Affairs Opera-
tion manual, establishes
new systems and proce-
dures and performs spe-
cial projects to support
the Provost. He is also
MSU's Policy Adminis-
trator and space plan-
ner.
After a slide presenta-
tion of the Games, Tom
James appointed Jeff
Ray as member-at-large
"to replace Doug Stone,•
who is now working with
the American Cancer So-
ciety.
Looking forward to
the 2011 Bicentennial oi
Bath County, James said
the chamber was looking
for an artist/graphic art-
ist who would be helpful
in preparing a poster for
the everit.
In other business, no
definite date was set for
the annual Chamber
Banquet
Those attending the
meeting were Mr. Max-
well, Mr. James, Chet
Mitchell, Jeff Ray, Paula
Wyatt, Steve Meadows,
Edith Richardson, Linda
Dvnton, Jessica Miller,
Holly, Brenda Vance and
Dwaine Curran, can-
didate for State Repre-
sentative for the 72nd
District, who is the new-
est member to join the
Chamber of Commerce.
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