12 June 24, 2021
News Outlook
COMMUNITY
chamber 0T commerce IIIIIIIS TiI‘SI ill-IIBI'SIIII IIIGGITIIQ since
February 2020.
HOSTS KY SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL ADAMS
photos by Cecil Lawson
Bath County Tourism Director Brent Frizzell, second from left, talked about
upcoming tourism proiects for the county.
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
Members of the Owings-
ville/ Bath County Cham-
ber of Commerce held
their first in-person meet-
ing since February 2020 at
the Bath County Board Of-
fice Annex last Wednesday
afternoon.
The meeting’s guest
speaker was Kentucky
Secretary of State Michael
Adar'ns, who talked about
changes to the state’s elec-
tion laws following suc-
cessful 2020 election in
the midst of the COVID-19
'pandemic.
Adams has been tour-
ing the state this spring
2 and summer and discuss-
ing the election changes
with different groups and
agencies. Adams’ election
promise for the state was to
make “easy to vote, hard to
cheat.”
“It was the highest turn-
out and the safest election,”
Secretary Adams said.
“There were no COVID
spikes after the election.”
The significant changes
to future elections in the
state will be three addition-
al days for early, in-person
voting (Thursday, Friday,
and Saturdays before Elec-
tion Day); a secure online
portal to request absentee
ballots; a ban on “ballot
harvesting” in the state; a
clean-up of the state’s voter
rolls; and the use of paper
ballots.
He said voters and
county clerks have been
especially pleased with the
use of paper ballots, which
creates a paper trail and al-
lows his office to conduct
true recounts. He said that
federal grants have been
made available to county
clerks to assist with the
transition to paper ballots.
Chamber members also
heard from Sara Jaggers,
who is the Work Ready
Communities Coordinator
for the state’s Workforce
Development Cabinet
In 2017 Chamber mem-
bers Jacky Watson and
Kelly Wilson filed paper-
work with the state and
were able to obtain a “Work
Ready In Progress” status
THE CITIZENS BANK, (MOREHEAD, KY)
for Bath County.
The Work Ready certifi-
cation is a way to let busi-
ness owners and develop-
ers know that a community
has a capable workforce
and infrastructure if they
are thinking about locating
there.
Work Ready certification
lasts for three years, but
since the COVID pandem-
ic started in'2020, the state
has allowed additional time
to apply for recertification.
Jaggers said Bath County
currently meets two of five
current criteria: internet
speed and availability and
the high school graduation
rate, over 93 percent. She
said it is currently close to
meeting three others: per-
cent of the. population with
an Associate’s Degree or
higher, 23 percent (crite-
ria is 25 percent or more);
percent of the population
with some college or a col-
‘lege degree, 40.8 percent
(criteria is 47 percent); and
working age population
without a high school di-
ploma, 16.8 percent (crite-
ria is less than 15 percent).
Jaggers said the state
is currently offering two
options for extension for
Work Ready applications:
a 12-month..- ,. ..gsi9u.59
submit anvapp 0,3th next
year, or a onetime-only
3-year extension.
Watson and Wilson both
asked Jaggers to clarify
that new criteria had been
created since the 2017 cer-
tification for Bath County,
and she said that there had
been.
Chamber members also
heard from Gateway Area
District Development Di-
rector, Joshua Farrow,
who discussed the upcom-
ing Operation Gateway, a
military training missing in
all five Gateway Counties
(Bath, Menifee, Montgom-
ery, Morgan, and Rowan)-
that will provide no-cost
medical, dental and vision
services on a first-come,
first-serve basis from July
12-19 at Bath County High
School in Bath County. He
encouraged everyone to
share this information and
help to get the word out.
Jason Slone, Morehead/
Rowan County Chamber
Director and interim Di-
rector for Rowan County
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
BATH CIRCUIT COURT
DIVISION II
ACTION NO. 20—Cl-90154
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
PLAINTIFF
v. NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS SALE
STELLA WITHROW, ET AL
By virtue of a Jud
sum of $115,076.81, interest, fees, and the costs of sale, I will expose
for sale to the highest and best bidder at the Courthouse
door, in Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky, on Saturday, July 10, 2021, at
the hour of 12:00 p.rn.,,the following described prop-
erty: . v. g j y. »'
Property Address: 2581 Old State Roadrand 2515 Old State-Road, Owingwille,
Kenmckyh40360
DEFENDANT
PVA Map Number: 065-00-00—012.10 and 0659.00'00-012JOL-1
EconOmic Development,
spoke about a workforce
development initiative for
the region funded through
an Appalachian Regional
Commission grant which
Will gather data regarding
workplaces, workers, and
the educational systems
of nine counties, including
the Gateway Counties, in
order to see if the work-
force and education aligns
with the needs of the re-
gion’s businesses.
He said the study will de-
termine what changes have
taken place in the region
over the past two decades,
and project ahead for the
region’s needs in the next
ten years.
The study will take place
through the rest of the this
year, he said, and will pro-
vide data that will help local
communities with strategic
planning.
He encouraged anyone
contacted in the commu-
nity to participate in the
survey if asked.
Rebecca Thomas, hu-
man resources director at
CT] Foods, said that the
county’s largest employer
is having the same prob—
lems as other local busi-
nesses, “struggling to get
currently have 50 openings
with potential new busi-
nesses becoming available
and will need 20 to 40 more.
employees in the next year.
Bath County Tourism
Director Brent Frizzell said
he is currently working
with the US Forest Service
on signage for the region,
a new Iron Furnace driving
tour is available, and new
tourism brochures for Bath
County are available.
Jason Boggs, with
Gateway Area Develop-
ment District, said that
the agency has $500,000
available for businesses in
their Revolving Loan Fund,
with less stringent require-
ments now due to the CO-
VID pandemic.
The next meeting of the
Chamber is scheduled for
Wednesday, August 18, 'at
noon, possibly at Sherrie’s
Pizza House in Owings—
ville.
gment and Order of Sale entered in Bath Circuit Court on May 18, 2021, to
raise the
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY Conveyed (Tract l) to Robert Withrow and wife,
Stella Withrow, by dded from Rober tWithrow
and wife, Stella Withrow, dated December 27, 2005, of record in Deed Book
211, Page 650, Bath County
Clerk’s Oflice. Robert
Withrow is deceased have died on April 24, 2018. Title vested with Stella
Withrow pursuant to the survivorship provision in said
deed.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY conveyed (Tract 2) to Robert Withrow and wife,
Stella Withrow, by dded from Rober tWithrow
and wife, Stella Withrow, dated December 27, 2005, of record in Deed Book
211, Page
Withrow is deceased have died on April 24, 2018. Title vested with Stella
Withrow pursuant to the survivorship provision in said
deed.
653, Bath County
Clerk's Office. Robert
This property is sold subject to all real estate taxes, easements, and
off-sales of record; and reference is hereby made
to the office of the Bath County Clerk
The terms of the sale shall be ten (10%) percent cash or check at the time
of sale and the balance on credit of
(30) days with privilege of the successful bidder to pay
execute bond with approved surety bearing interest at the rate of twelve
(12%) per annum from date of
in full at the time of sale. The successful bidder Questing credit must
e until paid, which bond
shall have the full force and effect of a Judgment and should execution be
issued thereon, no replevy shall be allowed. A lien shall
exist and shall be retained by the Commissioner on the property sold as
security for the purchase price.
/S/ Earl Rogers III
Hon. Earl Rogers 111, Master Commissioner
Bath County
Campbell 8r Rogers, PLLC
Attorneys at Law
154 Flemingsburg Road
Morehead, KY 40351
(606) 783-1012
(606) 784-8926 fax
Published in the Bath County News Outlook on 06.24, 07.01, (9' 07.08 of
2021.
Joshua, Farrow, Executive Director, Gateway Area Devel-
opment District, discussed Operation Gateway, a military
medical training mission that will provide no cost medical
care next month in the Gateway counties
Jason Slone,
Moreheod/
R o w o n
C o u n t y
Chamber of
Commerce
Director
and inter-
im Rowan
County Eco-
nomic De-
velopment
Director.
Kentucky Secretory of State
Michael Adams discussed
election reforms at the
OwingsvilIe/Both County
Chamber of Commerce
meeting last Wednesday.
Thompson - Hood Veteran’s Home
.100 Veteran’s Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390
WllMOREVETERAN’S HOME SUMMER VISIT
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2021
4:30 pm 7:00 pm
The Thompson Hood'Veterans Home is located at Wilmore, Kentucky. Many
of the residents do not have visitors. R is up to us to let them know we
love
them all and appreciate their service. This is the time they will be
outside to
See the motorcycles and we get to sit and listen to them. Please go and
make .
a veterans’ day brighter. They enjoy our visit so much. It helps us more
than
them. We feel like we do something good for all those heroes. We do, for
some we are one of the few visitsthey get, and we are their family.
Pleasergo
and bring your friends. 00 with us or meet us there.
We will leave GATEWAY CYCLES IN MT. STERLING, KY, 620MAYSVlLlE
ROAD, AT 1:30 PM. to go to Wilmore. EVERYONE is to ride]
driveth usormeetusanywhere on the way. We willwaiton Veterans
Drive in Wilmore and we go into the Veteran Home at 3:00 pm.
FOR MORE lNFORMATlON CALL GREASY AT (no text) 859-585-5188
Or email at namgreasy@charter.net
