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School board sets limits to fundraising, begins pr0cess
of raising property taxes
Photo by Cecil Lawson
Bath County's school board members - from left, Sandy Crouch, Connie Grimes, Bar-
bara Razor, Supt. Harvey Tackett, Shelly Sanders, and Hurschell Rawlings - tackled
a lengthy agenda during Monday evening's regular August board meeting.
board member Sandy Crouch said that the for further fundraising
Crouch, who was not organization had already activities.
present as the previous had two fundraisers with- "You can't break board
meeting, came out criti- out prior board approval policy and then come
cal of the LadyCatBasek- and then began calling back and ask to revise
tball Boosters' requests itself a booster club in policy," Crouch said. She
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
Debate continued dur-
ing this month's regu-
lar Bath County School
Board meeting over poli-
cy concerning school and
athletic fundraising activi-
ties, and board members
passed a property and ve-
hicle tax increases for the
district.
Last Monday evening,
members of the Bath
County LadyCat Basket-
ball Boosters spoke with
board members during a
special called meeting to
ask for approval of fund-
raisers for their organiza-
tion as well as a request
to revise existing board
policy regarding the num-
ber of in-county fundrais-
ers allowed to booster
organizations, saying:lhat
only two fundraisers per
year was not enough.
During this Monday's
working session prior
to the regular meeting,
spectful to the board" for
boosters club to do this
without prior board ap-
proval.
Crouch cited a recent
incident at Russell Inde-
pendent school district,
in which said that two
parents were involved
in fundraising activities
for students, then had to
pay taxes on the money
raised.
Crouch also noted that
it was important to make
sure that all booster
organizations were fol-
lowing the new regula-
tions laid down by the
Kentucky Department
of Education's new "Red
Book."
This refers to the re-
cently revised edition of
"Accounting Procedures
for Kentucky School Ac-
tivity Funds."
Board Chairperson
Shelly Sanders said that
she felt that the exist-
meeting that four fund-
raising activities, all out-
side of the county, were
approved under a single
designation of one fun-
draiser involving volun-
teer labor for a donation.
Crouch was also criti-
cal of this practice. "I
don't see how you can
cluster all those as one
activity."
She added if that were
the case, then all of the
school's booster clubs,
numbering twenty for
each sport, could make
requests in clusters.
Board member Bar-
bara Razor said that she
did not have a problem
with multiple fundrais-
ers outside of the county
but felt that the number
of in-county fundraisers
should be limited.
All board members
agreed during the work-
ing session that all boost-
er organizations needed
ing policy fell under the
new rules and noted that Tax Increase
and activities, order to receive approval added that it was "disre- in the previous month's . cont. on pg. 16
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Local artist/musician
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By Cecil Lawson Joe Nance, financial special called meeting on Renovations to the IilnllllliD, ornaiz|H Salt
advisor for the Kentucky
School District Finance
Division of Ross, Sinclaire
& Associates, spoke with
board members Monday
evening during the work-
ing session prior to the
regular meeting and ex-
plained the finance and bid
process associated with
the second phase of the
Owingsville Elementary
School renovation project.
He said that board mem-
bers during an upcoming
Thursday would be ap-
proving a revised budget
for the project as well fi-
nancing, consisting of $3
, million in Qualified Zone
Academy Bonds (QZAB)
and another $1.9 million in
regular revenue bonds for
Phase II.
Nance said that the en-
tire total project budget is
$5.2 million.
"I still feel very comfort-
able," Nance said of the
project's financing.
school will include a new
full-sized high school gym
that will seat 230 people in
bleachers, the conversion
of the existing gym into a
cafeteria and new kitchen
and conversion of the ex-
isting cafeteria into three
full-sized classrooms.
Phase I work, which was
recently completed, con-
sisted of the creation of a
new bus route behind the
OF.
cont. on pg. 16
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
The renovation of the
Owingsville Elementary
School might have hit a
snag Tuesday when bids
on the second phase of
the project came in above
budget.
Bath County Board of
Education members have
been already been busy
with the project financing
this week.
Redistricting changes local House,
Senate represenatives
Maps courtesy of the Legislative Research Commission
New State House District boundary lines
House and Senate districts.
The bill authorizing re-
districting in the Common-
wealth of Kentucky was
signed into law by Gov. Steve
Beshear last Friday follow-
ing a five day special session
of the Kentucky General As-
sembly.
The bill in the
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
Counties in the region will
take on new state represen-
tatives and senators follow-
ing the passage of the redis-
tricting of Kentucky's state
New State Senate District
House 79 to 18 votes and in
the Senate 35 to 2, reflecting
broad support across party
lines.
Redistrictipg takes place
every ten yskrs in Kentucky
following the U. S. Census
update, and district boundar-
boundary lines
ies are based on population
changes in counties that
have taken place during the
previous decade.
A redistricting plan signed
Redistricting
cont. on pg. 16
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By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
Local artist, musician,
and event organizer Land-
on Dickerson has lately
put his creative activities
into high gear.
Dickerson, who lives
in Midland, has launched
a website promoting his
brand, Appalachia Under-
ground, as a central infor-
marion point for all of his
activities. You can find it
online at applachiaunder-
ground.com.
Appalachia Under-
ground touts itself as
"Found objects repur-
posed. Music that holds
our hearts. Nature bloom-
ing and giving fruit. The
stories of the people that
we meet along the way.
Events that bring us to-
gether."
A focus on roots, tra-
ditions, rural living, and
community, in both old
and reimagined ways, is
what motivates Dickerson
in his art and life.
Dickerson has spent the
last several years combin-
ing his interests in both
art and recycling and has
come up with a number
of products that embody
both. Guitar picks made
from old credit cards,
rings made of old spoons,
Artist
cont. on pg. 16
SHARPSBURG CITY COUNCIL
RESCHEDuLED DUE TO-HOLIDAY
The regular September meeting of the Sharpsburg
City Council will be rescheduled for Monday, Sept. 9,
at 7 p.m. due to Labor Day. The rescheduled meeting
will also take place in the new Sharpsburg Fire Station,
and Bath Co. School Supt. Harvey Tackett would be
on hand to speak to the residents of Sharpsburg and
Bethel.
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