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By Kym King
News Reporter
Bath's Caudill wins regional title
Cats headed to State Meet
By Brad Laux
up Tyler Brown of Fair-
Dalton CaudiU did
something 0nly one other
Bath County boys' cross
country has ever before
done.
On Saturday at the
John Clark Cross Coun-
try Course in Ashland,
Caudill out-legged a
pair of runners down the
stretch to capture the
Class A Region 7 title.
With that achievement
he joined former Wild-
cat John Steele as the
school's only boys' region-
al champions.
"Dalton gave one of his
best eff0 s of the year '
Bath County coach Robin
ToUe said. "In a race in
which he needed to be in
his best physical Shape,
he also ran his smartest
race ever."
Caudill entered the
hotly-contested race with
four other title contend-
ers: defending champion
Chase Ratliff of Shelby
Valley, last year's runner-
view, and Elliott County
standouts Daniel Fraley
and Cody Nickell.
"Ratliff, Brown and
Fraley set a fast pace
early, but by two miles it
was just Ratliff and Dal-
ton with Ratliff holding
a lead of 15 yards," Tolle
said. "In the last half
mile, Dalton pulled up
beside Chase and at the
turn in the last 400 me-
ters, Dalton was able to
get an edge for the win."
Caudill finished the
5K race in 17:49, while
Ratliff was just four sec-
onds back at 17:53. Fral-
ey.hell~ed E ll ott County
capture the team title by
finishing third individu-
ally in 17:58. NickeU and
Elliott County teammate
Aaron Stevens placed
fourth and fifth in 18:11
and 18:40, respectively,
while Brown took sixth
in 18:57.
Evan Staviski was the
second Bath County fin-
See Caudlll Page 7
The City of Sharpsburg
now has a one-way street
with the newly paved park-
ing lot between Roberts Gro-
cery and the Post Office.
Mayor Clemens said she
hoped that driver's would
pay attention to the two new
signs that say Do Not Enter
and One-Way. Mayor Clem-
ens and council members
were pleased with the new
Sugar Maple and Weeping
Cherry trees that have been
planted on Main Street. City
Clerk Robbie Lane noted
during the meeting that sev-
eral people who "come back
to visit their hometown al-
ways ask what happened to
all the trees that used to line
the streets of Sharpsburg."
Mayor Clemens recom-
mended sending thank you
letters to residents who
have made improvements to
their own homes and busi-
nesses and providing trees
for home owners to plant
on their property. Accord-
ing to Mayor Clemens plans
for a Community Center in
,Sharpsburg are welt under,
way.
' During a 'Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency
meeting held in mid Octo-
ber, two representatives
from FEMA visited the
building site and were ira-
Bath couple arrested in drug bust
ing charges, but 36 indi-
By Charles Mattox
News Reporter
A Bath County cou-
ple were among those
charged during the larg-
est drug roundup in Ken-
tucky's history, which
unfolded last week as
state, local and federal
officers stormed dozens
of homes with felony
arrest warrants for 518
people.
Kim Webb, 24, and
William Webb, 31, were
arrested during Op-
eration Flamingo Road.
Both were charged with
trafficking in a con-
trolled substance, first
degree.
"Operation Flamingo
Road", as the drug bust
was called, was the cul-
mination of a three-year
effort involving multiple
law enforcement agen-
cies that began with a
KSP/FBI investigation
focusing on individuals
obtaining prescription
drugs in Florida then re-
turning to Kentucky to
distribute illegally.
According to Dale Mor-
ton of UNITE, the drug
roundup was called Op-
eration Flamingo Road
because of the thousands
of prescription pills be-
ing obtained in Florida
(where flamingos flour-
ish) and brought back
(along the road) to Ken-
tucky for distribution.
Most of those arrested
will face state traffick-
viduals were indicted on
federal offenses.
"There was a lot of
sharing of information
and coordination of ef-
forts throughout the
investigation," Smoot
said, noting that several
of UNITE's cases were
adopted for federal pros-
ecution.
"This type of inves-
tigation often involves
the same violent crimi-
nal activity as any other
investigation into orga-
nized drug trafficking.
We can not forget the
dedication and tireless
effort put forth by KSP
detectives, task force of-
ricers and troopers, lo-
cal officers and federal
agents," emphasized
KSP Commissioner Rod-
ney Brewer. "Without
them, a round up of this
magnitude would not
have been possible."
Rhonda Gay Cline, 48,
was charged with traf-
ficking in a controlled
substance, second de-
gree:
KSP detectives ob-
tained 327 of the 518
total arrest warrants is-
sued in 33 counties.
Kentucky State Po-
lice officers from Post 8
Morehead made 157 of
those arrests, according
to Information Officer
Joe Veeneman.
"Pain pill abuse is the
leading form of drug
abuse we see in our
area," Veeneman said.
to city creates
pressed v, th the cities prog-
ress in applying for grant
money," Clemens said.
"Since Sharpsburg was
on the list to receive grant
funding two engineers were
hers to look at the site and to
see if we had any questions
on what we needed to do to
get art ," Clemens said.
'Tney were surprised to find
we were farther along in the
process of applying for grant
money for the center than
they thought."
The proposed Community
Center will be "built on the
site of the old Sharpsburg
High School. The existing
stone walls of what used to
be the gymnasium, which
were noted by one engineer
to be "as solid as the day they
were built," will be a part of
the new structure. A house
on Main Street considered to
be a danger to citizens in the
community was discussed
at the November meeting.
Mayor Clemens issued a
Notice of a Public Nuisance
to the owner of a dilapidated
house on 505 Main Street
that explained the property
had been declared unfit for
human habitation and rs-
quired ~the awner to take
action. "I spoke with the
owner of the house and,
learned the owner has
experienced some health
problems and was unable
to tend to the upkeep
See CiTY Page 15
one-way street in Sharpsburg
Photo by Kym Kimj
Mayor Clemons and City Clerk Rab Lane look over abate*
ment procedures defined in City Ordinance No.I-74 regerding
property on Main Street that was declared a public nuisance.
One dead, three injured in accidenl
pied by Jerry Warmouth,
By Charles Mattox 60, Adam Warmouth,18,
News Reporter beth of Mount Pleasant
A Bath County man is
dead and three others are in-
jured following a two-vehicle
accident, which occured just
after 5 p.m Tuesday night
along Mount Pleasant Road
in Sharpsburg.
Gary Calvert, 44, of
Sharpsburg, was pro-
nounced dead on the scene
by Assistant County Coro-
roner Rick Coyle at approxi-
mately 6:30 p.m according
to Bath Coroner Robert
Powell.
Road and George Cundiff
31, of East Fork.
Jerry Warmouth ant
George Cundiff were trans-
ported by helicopter to the
University of Kentucky
Medical Center, where War-
mouth remains listed in se-
rious condition.
Adam Warmouth was
transported by ambulance
to Saint Joseph East in Mt.
Sterling.
According to Trooper
Veeneman, pre "hminary
investigation accounts in-
I Kentucky State Police In- dicate that none of the four
foi aation Officer Joe Veen-" n/ were wearing a seat
eman said the investigation belt.
thus farSndicates that Coyle Bath EMS responded
was driving a pickup truck quickly to the scene of the
on the wrong side of Mount accident.
Pleasant Road and struck The accident remains un-
another truck head on. der investigation by KSP
That vehicle was occup- Trooper Jeremy Harem.
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