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November 08, 2012
General election brings sweeping changes e across the coun00
By Cecil Lawson City Council, in which their hunting and fishing
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It was a night of change'
Tuesday evening in Bath
County and across Ken-
tucky as a number of incum-
bents were unseated in the
general election.
While the presidential
race drew voters out to the
polls, it was local interest
in three school board races
that made the races hotly
competitive.
Rogie Coyle, Dept. Bath
County Clerk, said that turn-
out seemed pretty heavy at
most local polling places on
Tuesday. The county had a
turnout of 49.696, meaning
4339 out of 8748 registered
voters went to the polls.
When the dust settled in
the Bath County Clerk's of-
fice after the polls closed,
Barbara Razor won over
Brandon Green in the 3rd
Educational District (White
Sulphur, Olympia, Preston);
Connie Grimes replaced
B. A. Franklin in the 4th
District (Owingsville 2 and
Photo by Cecil Lawson
It was a busy night In the Bath County Clerk's office as election results rolled
in from the county's precincts one after the Other. Pictured above are, from left,
Sharon Reffitt, Jeff Ray from WKCA, Rogle Coyle, Sheriff John "Tufty" Snedegar,
Elaine Grimes, end County Clerk Carolyn Rogers.
3);and Shelly Sanders beat In the field for Soil Con- Aitkin Buckler took the four
incumbent Bill Boyd in servation District Supervi-.openpositions.
the 5th (Owingsville 1 and sors, Missy Ginter, Jacky The only other competi-
Sharpsburg 1). Watson, Barbara Boyd, and five local race was Owings-
Superintendent
candidate named
at Jenkins Independent
School District, located in
Letcher County.
In a brief interview
Wednesday morning,
Tackett was quick to note
t.h,lle he. had. been of.
fered the positio,,'c6,,,
negotiations were still on-
gon. : :::
Tackett, a native of Jen-
kins in Letcher County,
said that he was in his 29th
year in education, having
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cont. on pg. 2.6
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
The Bath County School
District is a few steps clos-
er to haag a 11
dent this week.
Following months of
the usual infighting an,d
legal missteps, last Thurs-
day evening school board
members offered the su-
perintendent's position to
applicant Harvey Tackett.
Tackett currently di-
rector of pupil personnel
Salt Lick Deposit Bank to merge
with Peoples Bank of Flemingsburg
Salt Lick Deposit Bank
had assets totaling 874
million on September 30
of this year. According to
the press release, the bank
had doubled its assets dur-
ing the time it was owned
by Central Bancshares.
Peoples Bank headquar-
ters is located in Flem-
ingsburg, and it is a locally
owned, independent bank,
charted in in 1906. James
Hay is the current chair-
man, president, CEO. The
bank currently has branch
locations in Flemingsburg,
Hillsboro, Morehead,
Maysvine, and Mayslick.
Current assets are listed as
8192 million. ' ' ....
"I have been very im-
pressed with the ,Silt Lick
personnel and their com-
mitments to the commu-
uities they serve, stated
Hay. "Peoples Bank im
tends to continue Salt
Lick's tradition of quality
banking services and sup-
port to the surrounding
communities."
Hay was hesitant to
make further comments
on the bank merger pend-
ing its approval by the fed-
eral government.
No information was re-
leased as to the terms of
the sale or whether there
will any turnover of era--.:.
ployees, and : officials at
the Salt Lick Deposit Bank :
in Owingsville referred all
requests for informaLion
to the Central Bank head,: ::
quarters in n, -;' :
Charels Adkins, Laura Ellen
Johnson, Nancy Purvis, Jim
L Davis, Gary Bealert, and
Greg Brooks were the top
vote getters.
Bath County will be a part
of the 6th Congressional
District in 2013, and Repub-
lican challenger Andy Barr
unseated Democratic Rep.
Ben Chandler in a hotly
contested race, winning
with a little over 50% of the
vote statewide to Chandler's
nearly 47%. In Bath County,
Burr received 2027 votes to
Chandler's 1978.
In a special election to
fill the unexpired term of
retired 4th District Con-
gressman Geoff Davis, Re-
publican candidate Thomas
Massie won over Democrat-
ic challenger William 1L
"Bill" Adkins. Nine of Bath
County's twelve precincts
fell within the 4th District.
In Bath County Massie re-
ceived 1083 votes, and Ad-
kins 1512.
Kentuckians overwhelm-
ingly supported a constitu-
tional amendment to protect
rights across the state, with
over 84% voting yes and only
16% voting no. Bath County
voters followed this trend,
with 2782 votes for yes and
349 votes for no.
Bath Countians showed
their support for Republi-
can Presidential candidate
Mitt Romney and his run-
ning mate Paul Ryan, with
2275 votes to Pres. Barack
Obama and Vice-President
Joe Biden's 1770.
72nd District State Rep-
resentative Sannie Overly
ran unopposed, as did 21st
Judicial Circuit Common-
wealth's Attorney Ronnie
Goldy and Bath Circuit
Clerk Claudette Faudere.
All four members of the
Sharpsburg City Council
- David Jones, Patsy Rich-
ardson, PhUllp Fetters, and
Thelma June GuUey - ran
unopposed.
There were no candidates
registered for Salt Hck City
Council.
Election Results on
page 8.
State test. scores00show Bath sch,)01s eea imp.rovement"
• 121 fell into
By Cecil Lawson |. the "needs improvement"
tor
and/or careers), and grad-
uation rates.
Other scores released as
part of the state's "School
Report Card" included per-
centile rank (which shows
whether a school or district
needs improvement, below
70; proficient, 70 to 89; and
distinguished, above 90),
classification, and rewards
and assistance category.
The Bath County School
District's percentile rank
was 32, and it was classified
as "needs improvement."
Out of 174 school dis-
category, while 35 were
classified as proficient, and
18 were considered distin-
guished.
"Because this year's data
is the first from the Un-
bridled Learning model, I
encourage educators, par-
ents, communities, elected
officials and others with a
stake in public education
to think of these classifi-
cations as a starting point
for improvement," said
state education commis-
sioner Terry HoUiday in a
statement released Friday.
"Although more than two-
thirds of schools and dis-
tricts are in the Needs Im-
provement category, this is
not an indicator of failure.
The Unbridled Learning
model is one of continuous
improvement, and schools
and districts now have a
wealth of data to use as
they plan for improvement
in student learning and
achievement."
Test Scores cont.
on pg. 26
measure-
able objective" improve-
ment goal.
The score is a combina-
tion of achievement tests,
gap (achievement levels
of traditionally underper-
forming student groups),
growth (comparison of
individual test scores to
peer scores), College and
Career Readiness (high
school graduates who have
• By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
i i
Central Bank of Lexing-
ton has announced that it
is preparing to sell the Salt
Lick Deposit Bank.
This announcement was
made in a press release
sent out jointly by PeOples
Bank of Kentucky, Inc. and
Central Bancshares Inc.
Wednesday afternoon.
The press release an-
nounced a definitive agree-
ment for Peoples Bank to
acquire The Salt Lick De-
posit Bank, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Central."
Luther Deaton, presi-
dent of Central Bank, said
in a brief interview Thurs-
day that the sale of the Salt
Lick Deposit Bank was
undertaken wholly at the
request of The People's
Bank. "They came to us,
and they really wanted it as
part of their plan," Deaton
said.
According to the terms
of the agreement, the Salt
Lick Deposit Bank will
-merge into the Peoples
Bank and will take on the
Peopies Bank name.
Deiton said, I'ne staffat
Salt Lick has done an out-
standing job in the past 11
years. We are very pleased
to have had the oppor-
tunity to work alongside
these fine people and to
serve the citizens of Bath
County."
Salt Lick Deposit Bank
celebrated its ll0th anni-
versary last October. The
bank was chartered in
1901 and remained an in-
dependent local institution
until its acquisition by Cen-
tral Bank in May 2001.
Deaton emphasized that
the sale of the bank had
nothing to do with any fi-
nandal problems at the
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Bath County showed
middling scores following
the release Friday of the
Kentucky Department of
Education's first round of
numbers from Unbridled
Learning, the state's latest
round of education rearm,
from the 2011-12 school
year.
The school district had
an accountability score of
52.4, out of a 100 point scale
that applies to all school
districts and individual pub-
lic schools in the Common-
wealth.
The average statewide
score was 55.2.
The accountability score
summarizes the status of
a school or district under
Unbridled Learning, and it
allows the state to compare
andrank school and district
performance and to calcu- successfully met an indica-
Accident in Sail Lick sends
four to hospital
By Cecil Lawson er traveling west on the
KyNewsGroup same road. The Chevy was
cecil@kynewsgroup.com hit on its passenger side
and pushed into metal pipes
A serious two vehicle ac- surrounding the fuel tank.
cident in Salt Lick Tuesday Bath County EMS and Salt
night sent four people to Lick Fire Department re-
the hospital and led local sponded to the scene, along
residents letting out a sigh with the Kentucky State Po-
of relief as one of vehicles lice. Three of the patients
was stopped just short of were .taken to St. Claire
an above ground fuel taken. Medical Center, and a fe-
The accident took phce male patient was airlifted
around 7:30 p.m. by the Salt by PHI medical helicopter
Lick BP gas station on U. S to University of Kentucky
60. Kentucky State Police Medical Center with a pos-
Troopers Scott Caudill and sible head injury.
Nathan Shortridge said that
a Chevy Cobalt was travel- i I ]
kng east on Hwy. 60 when A VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM IS SCHEDUID TO BE
the driver attempted to turn HELD ON MONDAY, NOV. 12 AT 11A.M. IN FRONT OF
into the BP parking lot and THE OLD COUl tTI l 011 : IN OWINGSVILLE.
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