6 ° December 17, 2008 Your Hometown Newspaper Bath County News-Outlook
Karrick celebrates
Samuel Byron and Angela Thacker
Joe Ed and Betty
Thacker of Ashland
announce the engagement
and forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Angela
Dawn Thacker, to Samuel
Hugh Byron, son of Hugh
Alan and Rita Byron of
Hillsboro, Ky.
The open church wedding
will be Dec. 22, 2008 at
6 p.m. at Meade Station
Church of God in Ashland.
The bride-to-be is a
graduate of Boyd County
High School and Western
Kentucky University.
She attends Pikeville
Osteopathic Medical
College.
The groom-elect is a
graduate of Bath County
High School and St. John's
University. He also attends
Pikeville Osteopathic
Medical College.
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Hugh Karrick, lifelong
resident of Salt Lick,
will celebrate his 100th
birthday on Dec. 28 at
Ridgeway Nursing Home at
Owingsville at 2 p.m.
Mr. Karrick and his late
wife, Bertha, are the parents
of three children, Joe (Patsy)
By Charles Mattox
Contributing Writer
A Bath County
landmark, restored in part by
members of the Frenchburg
Job Corp, 15 years ago, was
destroyed by fire last week,
and a substantial reward is
being offered to bring those
responsible to justice.
Investigators suspect
arson was the cause of
the fire and a reward for
information, which leads
to an arrest and conviction
of those responsible for the
heinous crime, is now being
offered.
For decades the Tater
Knob Fire Tower, located
along Ky. 918 Zilpo
Road, near Salt Lick in
southeastern Bath County,
has attracted bird watchers,
nature lovers and tourists
of all kinds. The tower
is currently closed to the
public now however, due to
a Dec. 3fire.
"It was a total loss," said
Kim Morgan, Public Affairs
Officer for the US Forestry
Service. "The entire wood
structure beneath the metal
is very unstable and the
entire structure will have to
be disassembled. There are
no plans right now to rebuilt
the structure."
Built almost three
quarters of a century ago
by members of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, the
structure was rebuilt in
1959 and restored in 1993,
in part by members of the
Frenchburg Job Corps.
Members of the job corp.
added 200 steps to the tower
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Karrick, Donna Barber and
Janet (Bill) Scaggs.
He has seven
grandchildren and 15 great-
grandchildren and two
great-great grandchildren.
Everyone is invited. No
gifts please.
and made access easier for
those who took advantage of
the breath-taking view.
From the tower
a beautiful view of
approximately 40 miles
could be enj oyed, but now the
tower is closed indefinitely
and may never be open to
the public again, according
to US Forestry officials.
Arson investigators
continue to comb through
the debris and search the
area as well as conduct
interviews with potential
eyewitnesses.
"A $2,500 reward
was approved today for
information leading to a
conviction of the person(s)
responsible for this," King
said.
Anyone with any
information that may
prove helpful with the
investigation is urged to
contact 1-859-745-3100.
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Richard Back and Kacey
Copher of Frenchburg are
proud to announce the birth of
their daughter Kennedi Faith
Back.
Kennedi was born at
12:34 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct.
7, 2008 at Clark Regional
Medical Center in Winchester.
Kennedi weighed eight pounds
and two ounces and was 20-14
inches long.
Paternal grandparents
are Dale and Jean Back of
Frenchburg.
Maternal grandmother is
Cathy Highley of Salt Lick.
Big brother, Layton
Back and a big sister, Kelsey
Montjoy as well as a large
host of family and friends
welcomed Kennedi home.
NOTE OF THANKS
The families of Scottie & "Cookie" Hicks and Tom & Becky
Oldfield want to thank everyone for their prayers, concerns, flow-
ers, food, contributions and love during the recent hospitaliza-
tion of Jeff Oldfields wife, Susan. Susan gave birth to a healthy,
beautiful baby boy and simultaneously had an Amniotic Fluid
Embolism (amniotic fluid goes into the blood stream causing the
body to shut down) and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
(uncontrolled bleeding). She was airlifted to the UK Trauma Uni!
where she ultimately recovered and was sent to Cardinal Hill for
rehabilitation.
Special thanks go out to the Sugar Grove Christian Church, Ow-
ingsville United Methodist Church, all other community church-
es plus our internet family and friends from coast to coast. Due
to the fervent prayers from innumerable sources to an Almighty
God, a miracle was granted and a mother,
wife and daughter was restored to life.
Thank God for his Grace to the Clark County Regional Medi-
cal Center and the UK Medical Center staff, doctors, nurses, air
medics, trauma unit personnel who did not give up but kept up
the CPR, blood transfusions and medical miracles so that life w~
given back to Susan. Susan is continuing out-patient therapy and l
is home with her family caring for the baby. God is good!
Thanks to everyone from the Hicks & Oldfield families.
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