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By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
Sharpsburg City
Council members dis-
cussed and took action
on a number of quality
of life issues in the city
on Monday evening, in-
cluding a tourism devel-
opment grant, ongoing
public nuisance, a sew-
age project, and drains
being blocked.
Mayor Dorothy Clem-
ons discussed a $3333
grant received as part
of a $10,000 grant to the
county from the Brushy
Fork Institute in Berea
and the Appalachian
Regional Commission.
The grant will be used
for the purchase of two
metal park benches, a
metal trash receptacle,
concrete work, and
landscaping for a plot
on the town square.
The towns of Owings-
ville and Salt Lick will
also be receiving the
same amount for their
own projects.
For the project, coun-
cil member Phillip Fet-
ters was made the su-
pervisor, David Jones
assistant, with Patsy
Richardson and Thelma
June Gulley in charge
of placement of the
benches and flowers.
Mayors Clemons said
that the grant requires
an in-kind contribution
of labor, which will be
from the Boy Scouts, the
laymen of the Greater
First Baptist Church,
and other volunteer la-
bor.
The grant also re-
quires that the project
to be completed by June
1. Clemons also noted
that when more funds
become available, a ga-
zebo will be constructed
on the same plot of the
town square.
Mayor Clemons in-
formed city council
members that she had
finally received an up-
date on the two public
nuisance properties
from County Attorney
Leslie Smith's office.
Letters have been sent
to the two property own-
ers on Main Street and
Back Street on March
5, informing them that
they had thirty days
to clean up, or a crimi-
nal complaint would be
filed against them.
The County Attor-
ney's office also in-
formed council mem-
bers that they had
heard from the property
owner on Back Street,
who said that the prop-
erty was up for sale and
would be cleaned up if
it was not sold. Noth-
big was heard from the
Main Street property
owner.
City Council members
voted to reject all bids
received on the McClain
property sewer project
on Main Street. All of
the three bids received,
ranging from $15,000
to over $21,000, went
significantly over the
$9000 available for the
project. Bids were
Improvements
cont. on pg. 18
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Residential fires remain under investigation
an unoccupied trailer release any xhformation
By Cecil Lawson located at the corner at this time."
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
fires
that appeared to be
deliberately set in the
Salt Lick and Polksville
areas of the county re-
main under investiga-
tion by the Kentucky
State Police.
The Salt Lick Volun-
teer Fire Department,
with assistance from
the Owingsville Volun-
teer Fire Department,
responded to two house
fires on U. S 60 in the
early morning hours of
Wednesday, March 20.
The SLVD was initially
dispatched to a fire at
of U. S. 60 and Conn-
Jones Road, just west
of Salt Lick, around 2 a.
m. While responding to
the fir0, a Salt Lick fire-
fighter spotted another
home ablaze on U. S 60,
located just across from
the Polksville Ceme-
tery Road.
Both homes were ful-
ly engulfed at the time
firefighters responded,
and both were com-
pletely lost.
A Kentucky State
Police spokesperson at
Morehead Post 8 said
on Monday that "an
investigation remains
ongoing," but that they
were "not prepared to
Shortly after the
fires, State Police be-
gan asking the public:
for information.
One unusual piece of
evidence located at the
scene of the Polksville
fire was an abandoned
Jeep Cherokee that
was stuck in the mud
and had keys in the ig-
nition and headlights
on. Salt Lick Fire Chief
Brent Frizzell also said
that "highly suspicious"
materials were found
inside the Jeep.
The News Outlook
will continue to follow
this story as it devel-
ops.
Bath County High School students lead the 4th Annual March against
Drugs through downtown Owingsville Friday afternoon.
photos by Cecil Lawson
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Guidance counselor
Tamela Porter, center,
along with Owingsville
Mayor Gary Hunt, left,
and Bath County School
Supt. Harvey Tackett,
right, prepare to sign a
The staff of the Bath County High School joins proclamation declaring
in the drug-free fun with their own rendition of Mar. 29 as March against
the Harlem Shake. Drugs Awareness Day.
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