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sentenced
MSU students won't dotime
dorm sex that took place in 2002
has ruled
Students who were
an alleged rape case
will not
but will be sen-
years of diversion
Circuit Judge
heard testi-
state police detec-
father of the girl
the case.
Attorney
amended the
of employing a
20, 2002,
guilty
of facilitation
a minor in a sexual
before sentencing the four
males to a lesser charge.
"I think it's important that the
facts of this case be heard so
that I know the facts and the
public knows the facts," Judge
Maze said.
The Commonwealth had to
agree to the diversion before
Judge Maze could use it in the
sentence. If the defendants are
not charged with another
offense in the next two years,
they felony will not be on their
permanent records.
Kentucky State Police Brian
Bowling took the stand and read
statements from the defendants.
According to the statements,
the males bought the liquor but
the female paid for it, and after
several drinks, the female asked
who wanted to have sex. After
several sex acts with some of
the males while other males
watched, the female used the
liquor bottle in a sex act.
Sometime later, the female
went to a clinic for treatment
but health officials refusetl to
treat her without her parents'
consent. A few days later, she
want to a northern Kentucky
hospital and a rape kit was per-
formed and she told them she
had been damaged.
Bowling said the female ini-
tially reported she didn't know
what happened and said she
stated she had been drinking
and remembered only bits and
pieces of the event.
According to law, a person
to testimony at
Sentencing heating,
an indictment
the female
sex with several
other males
Were not charged
said they didn't
age, which
The female
away from her
and the males
time of the inci-
from the
Judge Maze
testimony
nice duds--This young cowboy at right,
looking over his competition in Friday's Stick
at the "Relay for Life" Horse Show at the Lions
Seemed pretty interested in his vest and chaps
wondering just exactly where this cowboy
apparel. (News-Outlook photo, Ken Metz)
can consent to have sex at the
age of 16.
In regard to the law concern-
ing the use of a minor in a sex-
ual performance, it mentions
nothing about consent, but does
imply that using a minor in a
sexual performance is illegal,
which applies to someone pay-
ing a minor to be in pornogra-
phy or in a sexual act.
According to Moore, the
defendants did not have to par-
ticipate to be guilty but that the
law deals with whether the
group of males stood and
watched the juvenile have sex.
Under an agreement with the
prosecution, Nathan Blackburn,
20, of Pikeville; Jordan Tackett,
21, of Jenkins; Calvin Roach,
20, of Louisville; and Quinton
Martindale, 19, of Louisville;
pleaded guilty to facilitation of
the use of a minor in a sexual
performance. Charges are
expected to be dismissed
against Trevor Duncan, 20, of
Owingsville, as the
Commonwealth stated he was
seeking leniency for his cooper-
ation with police and prosecu-
tors from the beginning of the
case.
Board approves
tentative budget
for 2004-2005
By Kirby Haskins
Nawe.Outlook staff writer
Bath C0tty School Board
vice-chairman Vearl Pennington
took the helm of the regularly
scheduled school board meeting
on May 26, in lieu of Board
Chairman Sandy Crouch's
absence.
After dismissing for 30 min-
utes for an executive diipli-
nary hearing, the board recon-
vened to discuss salary sched-
ules.
Bath County High School
Librarian Ginny McKenzie was
in attendance to ask school
board members to reconsider
cutting extended days for county
school librarians. McKenzie
stated that the school library
services are being hindered by
the cut.
McKenzie had presented
Superintendent Nancy Hutch-
insert with a letter signed by all
librarians in the school system
earlier that day. The letter which
discussed their inquiry, was not
made available for board mem-
bers in time for the meeting.
Pennington suggested
approving other scheduled
salary items until board mem-
bers received and reviewed a
copy of the letter.
Board member Gayle Crouch
addressed the issue, citing sever-
al positions, in addition to librar-
ians, whose service days were
cut due to budget constraints.
--Turn to SCHOOL BOARD,
Page A-14
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the official dedica-
World War II Memorial
Igton, D.C., over the Memorial
a few Bath County veterans
reminisce about the war and
their lives defending
red from left to right are:
Gordon Hart, Ewell Maze, Lon S. Wells, Ray
Bailey, Earl Snedegar, and Ewell Penick
standing in front of the War Memorial on the
Bath County Courthouse lawn. These are just
a few of the countless Bath County men who
did their part for the Allied Forces in WWII.
(News-Outlook photo, Kirby Haskins) '
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Obituaries .... A-2
Features ...... A-3
Lifestyle ...... A-4.
Courthouse ... A-6
On the Farm ..A-7
Forum ....... A-8
Opinion ...... A-9
School ....... A-5
Grads get swards--Bath County High school careers at BCHS. At left is BCHS
School graduate Dustin Bailey, walked principal Paul Prater, Bailey, Tamela Porter,
across the stage last Thursday night to get Melissa Cook, and John Baber. (News-
an award, along with many other of his class- Outlook photo, Chdsty King)
mates, as they prepared to finalize their high
Cycle of cicadas returns with shell-shedding
creatures to be found in great abundance
By Kirby Haskins
News-Outlook ataff writer
After a long vacation, those
noisy little critters are at it
again.
Cicadas have returned after
a 17-year hiatus, this time liv-
ing in regions ranging from
Georgia to as far north as south-
ern Michigan, according to
published reports.
Having been seen last in
1987, the new batch of cicadas
will complete their rather sim-
ple life within the next month.
These pesky little bugs live
most of their lives burrowed
underground, attached to tree
roots, feeding off sap. Then for
some relatively unknown rea-
son, every 17 years they dig
The critters are
back after a
17-year hiatus
Bath Grand Jury indicts seven in
May 20 session, Bath Circuit Court
The Bath County Grand Jury
met on May 20 and returned
seven felony indictments.
In the case of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
versus Natalie Royse, the grand
jury charges that on or about
March 12, 2004, in Bath
being a persistent felony offend-
or, second-degree, when now
being more than 21 years of
age, date of birth August 23,
1982, and at the time of prior
offense was over the age of 18,
he (A) on or about May 18,
2001, entered a plea of guilty to
their way to the surface where
they'll shed their exoskeleton
and try their wings for the first
time as adults.
The cicada swarm should be
in full force in June. By July,
having mated and laid their
eggs, they'll die. They will
leave behind the groundwork
for the next brood of cicadas
that will appear in the year
2021.
The majority of Kentucky
residents can expect to experi-
ence lower concentrations of
cicada infestation. The city of
Louisville and other areas near
the Indiana border, will have
higher number of swarms.
Though cicadas are often
confused with locusts, they are
not harmful to crops. However,
small trees and grapevines have
been known to substain signifi-
cant damage from the visiting
swarlns.
The cicada is more often
seen and not heard with a dis-
tinctive mating call, which can
cause quite a stir.
Despite the unpleasant nois-
es they create, cicadas pose no
threat to humans or their live-
stock.
County, the defendant commit-
ted the offense of criminal pos-
session of a forged instrument,
second-degree, when she know-
ingly and with the intent to
defraud, deceive or injure
another, did possess a forged
check in the amount of $270
drawn on the account of John
Highley at the Salt Lick Deposit
Bank. Said amount on check
having been altered and was
passed at the Salt Lick Deposit
Bank.
In the case of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
versus Michael Kruger, the
grand jury charges that on or
about August 8, 2003, in Bath
County, the defendant commit-
ted the following: Count One:
committed the offense of crimi-
nal possession of a forged
instrument, second-degree,
when he knowingly and with
the intent to defraud, deceive or
injure another, did possess a
forged check in the amount of
$850 drawn on the account of
James Edward Collier at the
Citizens Bank. Said check hav-
ing been altered and was passed
at the Citizens Bank; Count
Two: committed the offense of
Indictment No. 01-CR-00010 in
the Rowan Circuit Court charg-
ing him with escape second-
degree and was on July 20,
2001, sentenced to a period of
three years on said charge, and
on or about May 18, 2001, he
entered a plea of guilty to
Indictment No. 01-CR-00019-
002 in the Bath Circuit Court
charging him with burglary
third-degree, and was on July
20, 2001, sentenced to a period
of three years on said charge,
and was to run concurrent with ;:
Rowan County 01-CR-00010
for a total of three years and was
released on parole August 2,
2002, and, (B) the Grand Jury :'
further charges that the sentence
received under (A) of this
indictment was within five
years of the commission of the
*offense charged in Count One
of the herein indictment.
In the case of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
versus Chris Meadows, the
grand jury charges that on or
about December 28, 2003, in
Bath County, the defendant
--Turn to BATH GRAND JURY,
Page A-14
remember
World War II vets reminisce about their call to duty;
!
but say the real
They are considered the
"greatest generation" that has
ever lived.
They were young men barely
old enough to drive, teachers
who traded in the classroom for
the frontlines, and farmers who
took up arms during the world's
most dreaded dilemma.
Sent to the far reaches of the
earth to fight during the second
World War, these honorable
men put their lives at risk to rid
the world of fascism and guar-
antee that liberty would endure.
In what would become the
most significant victory in U.S.
history, 400,000 American ser-
vicemen perished, making the
ultimate sacrifice upon the altar
local heroes perished in the battles
of freedom.
Fifty-five Bath County men
gave their lives during the war.
Their
names
adorn the
W a r
Memorial
on the Bath
County
Courthouse
lawn.
They
were sol-
diers,
sailors and $0,01 Roberts served in
pilots to North Africa in WW II
some; sons, brothers and fathers
to many more.
The world now recognizes
them as heroes.
On Saturday, thousands of
WWlI vets gatliered at the
National Mall in Washington,
D.C., for the official dedication
of the National World War II
Memorial.
Sixty-years after storming
the beaches of Normandy and
re_ruing the tide of the war, ser-
vicemen on both the Atlantic
and Pacific fronts can see a
memorial to those loved and
lost.
"It seems like a dream in a
way," says Ray Bailey, one of
the countless Bath County boys
who answered the call to duty.
--Turn to WORLD WAR II,
Page A.14
