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Taxing District Board very
with Bethel's effort
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Fire Taxing Dis-
conducted their regular
last Wednesday at
fire station.
present from
tubers of
Soon-to-be volunteer fire
meeting was called to
minutes from October's
tabled due to the sec-
being present, by a motion
Steve Becraft.
report was read
and one bill was pro-
ordered paid, by the board.
Volunteer Fire De-
Ron Johnson, Ow-
Rob Kiskaden and
department doesn't fold, that depart-
ment has no obligation to pay the
loan back.
Frizzell asked Jones for a list of
the rest of the items they need in case
the other departments have supplies
they can spare.
Jones said Bethel may be ready to
begin their service to the community
in January.
Becraft expressed his and the
board's pride in the Bethel depart-
ment and how impressive it is that its
members gained their certification,
gathered equipment and did the
amount of work they did in such a
short amount of time. It was also
mentioned what a good example
Bothers department has set and the
board hopes it will inspire the birth
of future departments in the commu-
nity.
Frizzell, presented the
to the board for their
commented on his de-
recent ISO inspection and
that SLVFD's rating was
a Class 7/9 to a Class
then asked him to dis-
factors involved in
and mention things
department in
so that SLVFD and the
ght all im-
Frizzell
supply, dispatch com-
Jgs
in which the board can
departments work on col-
vice-chair Charlie Thomp-
J.R. Jones, Bethel's fire
Jones said they had re-
g with new
and paint and heat, wa-
hook up. His depart-
) are
truck, hoses and
supplies. He said
raised when his depart-
a chili supper and auction.
naentioned that the other
extra helpful
supplies.
told the rest o£ the
Bethel is inching closer
to fulfilling the board's
requirements to be eligi-
them.
board does not oversee
are set up to assist the
, out men-
from the county's fire
put aside to be
for'start up loans for new
As long as the new
Thompson told Jones to "keep
doing what you're doing."
The board's next item of business
was an executive session to discuss a
board member.
The next meeting of the Bath
County Fire Taxing District board
will be held on December 18 at the
Sharpsburg Volunteer ire Depart-
ment at 7 p.m.
Before the eleotiorlmA week before the
November 5 election, Democratic Congressman
Ken Lucas (who was re-elected), repcesnting the
4th District seat he has held since 1998, visited a
local farm. On his visit that day in late October, he
was presented with a "Friend of Farm Bureau",
which is based on his voting record on Farm
Bureau priority issues. Pictured, left to right, are:
Rick Lowe; Marshall Coyle; Lucas; and Sam Moore.
(News-Outlook photo, Harry D. Patrick)
$400,000 comes available in state funding
for shrimp farming facility in Montgomery Co.
center will allow members of the
KSGCA to go directly to market
with their product. The center will
have a certified kitchen for process-
ing the shrimp and a freezer to store
it in.
"After I harvested last year, I still
had people calling from Louisville
and other places," said Belcher. "I
could have served them had I had the
shrimp processed."
He said after the shrimp harvest
and processing is completed, the pro-
cessing center can be used for other
things.
"We can use it for processing any-
thing from game birds to vegeta-
bles," he said. "Having the process-
ing center will open things up."
Plans are already sliding into
motion. Recently, two board mem-
bers traveled to Tennessee to look
into nursery set up.
In the past, shrimp farmers have
been forced to order their shrimp
from out of state and have them
Sunny Kramer
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Shrimp growers in the area got a
big dose of good news recently.
A $400,000 state grant will be
used to fund a nursery and process-
ing facility in the near future.
With former tobacco farmers look-
ing for an alternative crop and new
farmers looking to make a fruitful
business venture, shrimp farming has
been catching on in the area.
"It's our goal to put in a nursery for
shrimp and a processing center for
shrimp and other agriculture prod-
ucts," said Ron Catchen, Montgom-
ery County extension agent for agri-
culture and natural resources.
The facilities will he located on
17-acres in Montgomery County, on
Airport Road, inside 8,000 square
feet of space in two buildings for-
merly occupied by Warren Builders.
The grant is part of a $4 million
umbrella pot of funds the state set
aside for aquaculture. Half the
amount went to provide matching
funds for pond construction. The re-
mainder was allocated to infrastruc-
ture development.
State representatives Adrian Ar-
nold (D-Mt. Sterling) and Roger
Thomas (D-Smiths Grove), then lob-
bied to have some of that money
distributed to the aquaculture pro-
gram at Kentucky State University.
Then the university gave $400,000
to the Kentucky Shrimp Growers
Co-operative Association.
"We're hoping this will be an im-
portant component in the shrimp in-
frastructure," said Catchen.
Tony Belcher, a Preston shrimp
farmer and KSGCA board member,
said this will do a lot to move shrimp
fanning forward.
"In people looking into this, the
biggest question is 'can we sell
them?'," he said. "This will help oul
a lot."
When completed, the processing
shipped in.
"We (those in the area who
shipped) lost from 60-90 percent in
shipping," said Belcher.
Having a local nursery will cut
down on the kill rate, which occurs a
lot of time from the stress on the
juveniles. Farmers will also not have
to worry about a shipping fee.
Belcher said they are confident
they'll have juveniles ready in the
nursery in time for farmers to pur-
chase them and put them into their
ponds next year. (May is the month
they are put in the ponds.)
The processing center will hope-
fully be ready to operate by next
September, when farmers harvest
their shrimp.
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dosed Friday !
after ThanksgMng !
Woman's Club
Open House is
Sunday, Dec. 1
This Sunday, December 1, three
county residents have agreed to open
their homes for the Owingsville Wom-
an's Club Christmas Open }louse.
Decorated for the holidays are the
homes of Scottie and Susan Hicks, at
4224 East Highway KY 36; Ray and
Donna Jean Bailey at 198 Malibu
Drive; and Brian Jones, at 644 Blue-
berry Lane in Peasticks.
Scottie and Susan (Cookie Rich-
ards) Hicks, lived in Arlington, VA,
near the Washington D.C. area for a
decade from 1987 to 1997. Scottie
was president of the National Rural.
Letter Carrier's Association with over
100,000 members in the Postal Ser-
vice Bargaining Unit, and Susan was
an administrative specialist with en-
gineering for the U.S. Postal Service.
When they started making prepa-
rations for retirement, Scottie, a Row-
an County native, and Susan, a Bath
County native, decided to find a re-
tirement home in Bath County. After
looking at numerous properties dur-
ing visits back home, they fell in love
with and purchased their residence at
4224 East Highway 36.
The property sits on a hill and has
a spectacular view of the mountain
and valleys in the distance. The house,
basement, and garage, contain about
4,200 square feet and is situated on a
2-acre lot. It contains 3 bedrooms, 3
baths, formal living and dining re)m,
kitchen, den, office, Florida room,
entrance foyer, front porch, 3-car ga-
rage, in-ground pool, and consider-
able established landscaping. It is
mostly decorated with antiques pur-
chased in Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, Ohio, and Kentucky. Some
old family pieces have been restored.
Renovated items include crown rhold-
ings, hardwood floor, baseboard mold-
ings, and old pieces of stained glass
throughout the home. All the renova-
tions were completed by the couple
and they have more renovations
planned for the basement.
The home of Ray and Donna Jean
Bailey is located at 198 Malibu Drive
in Owingsville. The home became a
reality after a year of work and be-
came their residence in October 2001.
Purchased plans were altered to
suit the sloping lot giving the house
two finished levels. All work was
done by local contractors under the
direction of Gerald McClain, a cousin
of Donna Bailey.
The home of Brian Jones is located
at 644 Blueberry Lane in Peasticks.
The country-style home is right be-
side the old Bailey's blueberry farm
and was purchased in 1999.
The one and one-half story frame
home has 2 bedrooms, 1 and 0ne-half
baths, a kitchen, living room and util-
ity room with hardwood floors down-
stairs. The home was built in 1998.
Turn to WOMAN' CLUB OPEN HOUSL.
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Prater, chaplain and social worker and Leslie Stamper, RN,
St. Claire's hospice care center. Hill Top Lodge Nursing &
Center is just one place they see hospice patients.
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Hospice care brings comfort,counseling, to those terminally ill patients who are faced
with life decisions, issues, by providing aid through team of specially-trained workers
Feature and photo by:
Sunny Kramer
Nt, ws,.Outl, Stt[ Writer , ; ,: ; ,
The month of November is Nation-
al Hospice Month, a time highlighted
to raise awareness in the community
and to honor and support those who
play a role in hospice care.
Hospice is an organization who's
main mission is to bring life to days.
Not days to life.
Robin Franklin is director of St.
Claire Hospice/Home Medical Equip-
ment, based in Morehead. The center
serves Bath, Montgomery, Menifee,
Rowan, Fleming, Elliott, Carter and
Lewis counties.
They are the only hospice providers
in Bath County.
"Hospice is a special type of care
focused on the terminally ill, focusing
on quality of life during illness and
dying with dignity," says Franklin.
For every terminally ill person
who receives hospice care, two more
could benefit. More than two mil-
lion Americans die every year, yet
only about 700,000 now receive
hospice care.
Hospice is a special way of car-
ing for people with terminal illness-
in a setting that best suits the needs
of the patient and caregivers. Care
may be administeredin homes, nurs-
ing homes and hospitals.
A wide array of services are per-
formed by the team, from nurses
administering medications and
moving patients around, to volun-
teers reading to them and helping
es and their families. Hospice treats " them with personal care, to chap-
the whole person, including pain
and discomfort, fear and loneliness,
concern about family and friends
and anxiety about what lies ahead.
Hospice serves the family as a
unit, striving to meet each individu-
al patient's physical, emotional, so-
cial and spiritual needs.
A hospice center's team includes
doctors, nurses, social workers,
chaplains, trained volunteers and be-
reavement counselors. They work
lains praying with them. A nurse is
also on call 24 hours a day.
"I think the strength of hospice is
teamwork," says Franklin.
Hospice concentrates on care as
opposed to cure. Hospice empha-
sizes: pain control, living life fully,
care at home, and treating patients
and loved ones as a unit.
Franklin says hospice under-
stands every case is different, and
care is catered to eacti individual
and situation.
Hospice realizes the patient isn't
the only person suffering. And that's
part of what makes them so special.
That also includes the patients' fam-
ilies. Bereavement care is adminis-
tered to the family for one year after
their loss. Counselors work with both
individuals and families experienc-
ing grief over their loss.
"It's making those last days of life
less painful," says Franklin. "Quali-
ty of life matters to us, not quantity."
Hospice care is doctor reccomend-
ed. Franklin says in their first meet-
ing with hospice patients and their
families, they ask them what their
doctors have said and what kind of
treatment they need to get. Doctors
and pharmacists work closely with
IOSPICE CARE BRINGS,
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