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129th Year--Eth'tion 12 P.O' Box 577, Owingsville, KY 40360 • Ph.: 606-674'9994 March 20, 2014
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By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.c0m
Bath County Fiscal
Court members have ap-
proved a $44 million bond
ing for the project.
Hickerson said that con-
struction work was back
on track at the site on Ken-
dall Springs Road, where
the frigid temperatures
had caused workers to get
federal, state, and local au-
thorities, announced the
expansion in September
2013 at the Bath County
Industrial Park.
Grubbs explained that
the $44 million expansion
issue resolution that will behind by two weeks. He will be funded through an
pave the way for financing ,n°ted that the company industrial revenue bond
the expansion of the Cus- had started doing someissue that would require
tom Foods plant outside of hkTing for the food process- an inducement resolution
Owingsville. ing plant and that more by the Bath Fiscal Court.
John Hickerson, Vice-
President of Operations
at CTI/Custom Foods,
and Jason Grubbs, Execu-
tive Vice-President of The
Frazier Lanier Co., an in-
dustrial finance company,
spoke with court members
Thursday morning during
the regular March meet-
ing about the ongoing ex-
pansion of Custom Foods
and the necessary financ-
hiring would take place in
July. He said he expected
production to be ramped
up in September and that
full-production would go
into effect on October 1.
The plant is expected
to hire a total of 200 more
workers as part of the
plant's expansion, in ad-
dition to the 150 workers
• who are already employed
there. Gov. Steve Beshear,
along with a number of
The revenue bonds would
be issued by the county,
and CTI/Custom Foods
would receive relief from
at least a portion of the
property taxes on the fa-
cilities during the terms of
the bond, which is thirty
years.
Grubbs also explained
that the county would con-
tinue to receive taxes for
the school district and for
payroll. The property title
of the Custom Foods plant
would also be transferred
to the county during the
term of the bond, while
Custom Foods would re-
tain all of the obligations of
ownership.
Kentucky s tute (KRS
103.210) provides a proce-
dure under the Kentucky
Edonomic Development
Finance Authority for the
issuance of such industrial
revenue bonds to assist
cities and counties with
attracting local economic
development.
County Attorney Leslie
Smith told court mem-
• bers, 'q he county will not
be out of anything for this
project."
Country Treasurer
Expansion
cont. on pg. lO
Photo by Cecil Lawson
Jason Grubbs, Executive Vice-President of The Fra-
zier Lanier Co., and John Hickerson, Vice-President of
Operations at CTl/Custom Foods, explained to mem-
bers of the Fiscal Court the procedures for issuing
$44 million of revenue bonds to finance the construc-
tion of the Custom Foods plant on Kendall Springs
Road.
i •
photos courtesy of Mason County Detention Center
Orville Allen Doyle
Lacy Doyle
James Doyle
By Cecil Lawson •
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
Two men were arrested
in Robertson County last
Friday, and a third remains
at large, in connection
with a multi:jurisdictional
investigation that spanned
across Mason, Fleming,
and Bath Counties.
On Friday, March 14,
troopers from Kentucky
State Police Post 6 Dry
Ridge .and the Kentucky
State Police Special Re-.
sponse Team issued indict-
ment warrants at a resi-
dence at 2059 Alhambra
Road in Robertson County.
Arrested at the resi-
dence were Orville Allen
Doyle, 50,'and Lacy Doyle,
51, both of Mayslick.
Both men were indict-
ment in Robertson County
for charges stemming
from an investigation by
the Morehead State Police
Post in Mason, Fleming,
and Bath Counties.
Orville Allen Doyle was
charged with count of
receiving stoleff property,
under $10,000; one count
count of receiving stolen
property, under $10,000;
one count of possession,
of a controlled substance,
first degree, second of-
fense; being a persistent
of being a persistent felony felony offender, first de-
offender, first degree; and
four counts of a possession
of a firearm by a convicted
felon.
Lacy Doyle was charged
with receiving stolen prop
erty, under $10,000, and
possession of a controlled
substance, first degree,
first offense (cocaine).
Both were lodged in
the Mason County Deten-
tion Center. Orville Allen
Doyle was transferred to
the Bourbon County De-
tention Center on Monday,
March 17, and was held on
$15,000 cash bond. Lacy
Doyle was released the
same day on a 10% bond on
$5000 cash.
A third suspect, James
Doyle, 48, remains at large.
He is charged with one
gree; and four counts of
possession of a firearm by
a convicted felon.
James Doyle was ar-
rested at this same resi-
dence in November 2013
by Kentucky State Police
following the execution of
a search warrant to recov-
er stolen property. At the
time he was charged with
possession of firearm by
a convicted felon and pos-
session of marijuana.
Anyone with information
of the location of James
Doyle is asked to contact
the Kentucky State Police
Dry Ridge Post at 859-428-
12;12.
These cases remain un-
der the investigation of
Sgt. Eugene Robinson,
KSP Post 6 Dry Ridge.
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ing March 17 - 21 as National Agriculture Week in the county. National Agricul-
ture Week recognizes the contributions of America's farmers to our economy and
quality of life. Jamison is shown with members of the Bath County Farm Bureau
Board: from left, Michael Staten, Felecia Buckner, Steven Bach, Roger Wills, and
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