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National, state and lo-cal officials were on hand Wednesday to tour Oper-ation Gateway Kentucky in Bath and Montgom-ery Counties. This joint military training mis-sion, known as Innova-tive Readiness Training (IRT) working through the Department of De-fense, provides training opportunities for service members while also pro-viding services to local communities. Operation Gateway Kentucky is a providing no-cost medi-cal, dental, and vision care to all Kentucky resi-dents in the five Gate-way Area Development District Counties – Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, and Rowan. Ac-cording to the operation’s Officer-in Command, Lt. Col. Trish Wilkinson, on Day 3 of the 8 day train-ing mission, they have served 477 patients. The mission was funded in part through a grant by the Appalachian Region-al Commission (ARC) to Gateway Area De-velopment District, and recently-appointed ARC Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin was on hand to thank the service mem-bers and state and local officials for their coop-eration. Those in atten-dance also heard from IRT Medical Program Manager, Senior Master Sergeant DeAnte’ Hous-ton; GADD Executive Director Josh Farrow; 6th District Congress-man Andy Barr; Senior Advisor to the Governor, Rocky Adkins; and Com-missioner for Local Gov-ernment Dennis Keene. Operation Gateway Ken-tucky continues through Monday, July 19 at all five locations. For more information about servic-es available, visit gwadd.com/operationgateway

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Officials tour Operation Gateway KentuckyBy Michael A. Clary On Monday eve-

ning, July 12th, 2021, Morehead city council members along with Mayor White-Brown met for their monthly city council meeting. After the pledge of allegiance and roll call, the meeting was called to order.

The council was asked that a parcel of land that adjoins the city limits, near the post of-fice, between the Dollar General and the bridge, be annexed for develop-ment. The council did not see any downside to it and moved forward to get the proper documen-tation.

A person from the community emailed Mayor White-Brown about establishing a Linda Pennington Day to take place sometime in the month of March and

council thought to get the schools involved and that a scholarship fund has been set up through the school system.

The Morehead/Rowan County Cham-ber of Commerce mem-bership has increased from 181 members to 246 members currently. Chamber luncheons have been successful and the next luncheon on August 5th will feature the pres-ident of MSU, the presi-dent of MCTC and Super-intendent John Maxey. The luncheon on Sept. 2nd will feature Secre-tary of State Michael Ad-ams. The annual Cham-ber Golf Scramble was held on June 18th and was a success and had 15 teams come out.

The report from the Morehead Utility Plant Board included de-tails about a corrosion

control study that is be-ing done to test about the corrosive effects of water in utility pipes. They have also applied for a cleaner water grant, that will go to replace the lead and copper lines, which will eventually all be re-placed. They are also testing the wastewater, in conjunction with the University of Kentucky, to collect data and sam-ples. The moratorium for shutting off water for non-payment ended on July 1st.

The 911 Dis-patch/Police Department construction is continu-ing to move along and be-ing inspected thoroughly. The walls of the 911 cen-ter should be up hope-fully by next week. Con-struction continues to be about six weeks behind schedule, due to rain.

City Council gets positive updates

A Morehead woman, who allegedly stole items at Walmart and later tried to hide meth and heroin from police and jail officials, is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing in Rowan Coun-ty District Court on July 19, 2021.

Tosha Murphy, 43, of Morehead, was arrested on April 24, 2021 at the Morehead Walmart store by Morehead Police Offi-cer, Brandon Boggs.

Murphy was charged with theft by unlawful taking, or shoplifting, $500 or more; possession of a controlled substance, 1st degree-heroin and possession of drug para-phernalia. Those charges were lodged against her immediately following

her arrest.Later in the day, she

was also charged with tampering with physical evidence, and possession of a controlled substance, 1st degree-meth.

According to court documents, Murphy was allegedly at Walmart, re-placing expensive price tags on items with price tags that were substan-tially less.

Store employees told Officer Boggs they watched Murphy inside the store “for six hours” during which time she was putting low price tags on items with signif-

icantly more expensive price tags.

The items which she replaced tags on totaled $675.

There was also video footage of the incident, according to court re-cords.

Boggs read Murphy her Miranda rights, ar-rested Murphy for shop-lifting and then inter-viewed her.

Murphy told Boggs she used drugs and was told about the price tag switch ploy by a friend. She also said she intend-ed to resale the reduced-priced items and use the profit to purchase drugs, according to her arrest citation.

Boggs found parapher-nalia, including needles, in Murphy’s possession

Murphy hearing next weekBy Charles Mattox

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When Officer Boggs was preparing to leave the jail he searched the

rear seat of his cruiser, as he does after every ar-rest, and found crystal like substances on the center of the rear seat, which netted Murphy the tampering with physical evidence charge, as well as the possession of a controlled substance, 1st degree-meth, charge.

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her arrest on an R.O.R (no pay) bond.

She entered a not guilty plea to all charges last week.

She is scheduled to have a preliminary hear-ing in district court this week and it is expected that Officer Boggs will testify during that hear-ing, at which time he will be questioned by the

county attorney or their representative as well as Murphy’s attorney.

At the conclusion of the question and answer por-tion of the hearing, the presiding judge will ren-der an opinion as to if the criminal charges should be forwarded from dis-trict court to a future Rowan County Grand Jury for consideration

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With the first full month of the interim behind us, I would like to share an up-date on this week’s interim joint committee meetings. Remember, these commit-tees are meeting to learn more about the issues we will likely consider during the next session, as well as to oversee how the legisla-tion we have already passed is being implemented.

Appropriations and Rev-enue: With the rising cost of goods and national econom-ic experts pointing to an in-crease in inflation, members of the Interim Joint Com-mittee on Appropriations and Revenue heard a pre-sentation on the rising cost of goods and services. The presentation, by the Legisla-tive Research Commission’s Chief Economist, provided a review of current inflation levels and cautioned leg-islators to remember that the drop in costs we saw last year makes this year’s increases appear even more dramatic. However, accord-ing to the report, inflation is the highest rate it has been in more than a decade, and the consumer price index rose five percent in May. Gas prices were up 56.2 percent in May, while those shopping for a used car or truck have seen prices in-crease by almost 30 percent. Of course, there are other factors to the increase. For example, gas prices plum-meted during the pandemic, and there is a shortage in vehicles caused by a delay in a computer chip needed for new vehicles. However, when you are trying to put food on the table and get to work in the morning, all that really matters is that it is costing you a lot more.

Transportation: Commit-tee members discussed the transition to regional driv-er’s licensing testing and is-suance. As many of you are

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Kentucky State Police (KSP) troopers reported that KSP driver’s license testing and permit testing will tran-sition from county locations to the regional offices as well in an effort to support the KYTC and streamline the entire process. Already, new regional driver testing branches opened in Eliza-bethtown and Frankfort the last week of June. Troop-ers explained to members that they will continue to be updated as new locations are established. As I men-tioned, we are monitoring this situation to make sure the changes do not impact access.

Education: Members of the Education Committee heard testimony about a proposal to ban the teach-ing of critical race theory in K-12 classrooms and public post-secondary institutions. The issue has received a great deal of attention on the national and state level

after the Biden administra-tion announced a grant pro-gram for history and civics education that prioritizes instruction on “systemic racism” and news came to light that the state’s largest school district removed di-rect references to CRT from the description of an elective class. This committee room was full with many watch-ing in an overflow room as members heard from the bill’s supporters and op-position. While the topic is controversial, the discus-sion was informative and provided a great deal of food for thought.

Agriculture: Like many of you, I have heard about AppHarvest, an agri-tech business located in East-ern Kentucky. This month, AppHarvest representa-tives shared some informa-tion about their company with members of the In-terim Joint Committee on Agriculture. According to testimony, AppHarvest is focused on building a resil-ient food system for America in the heart of Appalachia. Currently, they grow toma-toes but are focused on ex-panding their operation to produce other traditionally imported produce. The com-pany’s representatives also shared that they hire only local residents and are pro-jected to create thousands of jobs in high unemployment areas.

Judiciary: Committee members met to discuss the skyrocketing cost of jails. Specifically, the rate of growth is most rapid in rural areas and subur-ban counties. The average county spent $3,353,060, or 15 percent of its total bud-get, on jail expenses. Public safety is a top priority, but we must also balance it with a financially responsible ap-proach. After all, the money we spend on corrections is money we can’t invest in education, roads, and other areas.

If you would like to share your thoughts on these or any issues relating to the Kentucky General Assem-bly, please reach out to me. I can be reached here at home

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Samantha Irene Estep Conley, age 46, of Estep Road, Morehead, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021, at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling Hospital. Born September 21, 1974, in Morehead, she was a daughter of the late Burnest and Vada Plank Estep. Besides her par-ents, she was preceded in death by two broth-ers, Dexter Monroe Es-tep and Jeffrey Lee Es-tep; two nieces, Rebecca Gail Estep and Jessica Sturgill; three neph-ews, Jason Clark, Ste-ven Pernell, and Devin Estep; a great nephew, Colby Allen Moore; a great-great niece, Piper Grace Raikes; and moth-er-in-law, Nancy Conley Conn. Samantha is sur-vived by her husband of 27 years, Wilson Conley, whom she married April 2, 1994; two sons, Tyler Austin Conley of Lexing-ton and Dustin Matthew Conley of Mt. Carmel ; three brothers, Jerry Estep, Burnest Allen Es-tep, and Scottie Estep,

all of Morehead; nine sisters, Arnetta Tack-ett, Lois Maher, Vickie Walling, Pamela Clark, Nancy Dillon, Hester Oakley, Fern Smith, and Melissa Ritchie, all of Morehead, and Donna Pernell of Springfield, Ohio; a host of nieces, nephews, extended fam-ily, and friends. Saman-tha was a homemaker and was a former restau-rant cashier. She loved to cook and decorate her home. She will be great-ly missed and remem-bered with love. Funeral services were conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, July 15, 2021, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with Pastor Cecil Ison offici-ating Burial will follow in the Estep Cemetery on Cranston Road. Pall-bearers: Travis Cor-nett, Dave Sloan, Kevin Estep, Jackie Smith, Tim Ritchie, and Phil Reynolds. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funer-als, 400 Fraley Drive, Morehead, KY 40351. In lieu of flowers, the fam-ily has requested that all contributions be made payable to Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals to assist with funeral ex-penses. View memorial tribute and sign guest-book at www.northcut-tandson.com

Dorothy Wilson Ste-vens, age 79, of North Tolliver Road, Morehead, passed away Thurs-day, July 8, 2021, at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead. Born January 24, 1942, in Carter Coun-ty, she was the daughter

of the late Ora Wilson and Anna Dean Wilson Morrison. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the father of her children, Bobbie Stevens, Sr.; stepfather, George Mor-rison; one sister, Mag-gie Mae Wilson; and one brother, Don Wilson. She is survived by three sons, Billy Wilson and wife Rhonda of Morehead, Bobby Stevens, Jr. and wife Carmen of Irvine, and Donnie Stevens and wife Hazel of Morehead; three daughters, Roberta Barnsdale and husband Kevin of Lehigh Acres, Florida, Anita Hutchin-son and husband Rob-ert of Bassfield, Mis-sissippi, and Victoria

France and husband Vaughn of Morehead; 12 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren. Other survivors include a brother, Woody Wilson of Morehead, extended family and friends. Doro-thy retired as Director of Housekeeping at Jef-ferson Manor Nursing Home in Louisville af-ter many years of ser-vice. She was a devoted homemaker, mother and grandmother whose hands were always busy. She enjoyed working in her beautiful flowers, watching butterflies, crocheting, and read-ing. EZ, her little dog and constant compan-ion, brought her much joy until she passed over

the Rainbow Bridge. Dorothy will be greatly missed and remembered with love. Funeral ser-vices were conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, July 11, 2021, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Me-morial Chapel with Pas-tor Kevin Barnsdale of-ficiating. Burial followed in Tick Ridge Cemetery in Carter County. Fam-ily served as pallbearers. Visitation was from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 10, 2021, at North-cutt & Son Home for Fu-nerals, 400 Fraley Drive, Morehead, KY 40351. View video tribute or sign guestbook at www.northcuttandson.com

Robert Arthur Ha-zel, age 86, of Clay Lick Road, Jeffersonville, Kentucky, passed away Friday, July 9, 2021, at home surrounded by his loving family. Born June 6, 1935, in Elyria Ohio, he was the son of the late Adelbert Hazel and Flor-ence May Hecock Hazel. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Phyl-lis E. Hazel. Robert is survived by his wife, Su-san Graham Hazel, and three daughters: Susan Stafford, Lydia MacKen-zie, and Brandy McCarty (Jason), all of Jefferson-ville, Kentucky; three grandchildren, Branden Neal, Megan Ison (Jerry), and Morgan McCarty; two great-grandchildren, Trenton Powers and An-drew Ison; one brother, Donald Hazel (Ellen) of Tipp City, Ohio; and a half-sister, Debbie Race of Tampa, Florida. Rob-ert proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force 28 years, 6 months, and 12 days, retiring as

a Lieutenant Colonel on June 5, 1987. He was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Med-al; Meritorious Service Medal With One Oak Leaf Cluster; Air Force Commendation; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award; Combat Readi-ness Medal; Good Con-duct Medal; National De-fense Service Medal; Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon With One Silver and One Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster; Small Arms Expert Marksman-ship Ribbon; and Air Force Training Ribbon. He was particularly hon-ored to have taught at Sinclair College in Day-ton, Ohio. Robert was a pilot, enjoyed flying his own private plane, and had a lifelong passion for all kinds of aeronau-tical devices. He had great love for family and doted on his cats, dogs, and donkeys. A grave-side service celebrating his life was held 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at Forest Lawn Memo-rial Gardens with the Rev. Michael Anderson officiating. Full military honors were presented by Morehead American Legion Post 126. Legion members served as pall-bearers. Family received friends from 1 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at

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KSP Major (ret.) Lon-don T. “Sonny” Owen, 88, of Morehead, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at Life Care Cen-ter in Morehead. Born December 25, 1932, in San Diego, Califor-nia, he was a son of the late John W. Owen and Mylidia Burrows Owen. In addition to his par-ents, he was preceded in death by a son, John L. Owen; a daughter, Valli Renee Nubert; and a brother, Douglas Owen. Sonny is survived by his wife 58 years, Geraldine Madden Owen; one son and daughter-in-law, David and Kelli Owen; two sisters, Linda Hin-ton and Leslie Allen, both of Louisville; three grandchildren, Madison Owen of Ashland, Mad-den and Kaimon Owen of Morehead; and two great grandchildren. Sonny’s career with the Kentucky State Police was distinguished by not only his years of service, but by the multiple pro-motions and positions he held throughout his ca-reer. Sonny started with the Kentucky State Po-lice as a Trooper in 1957 and was assigned to the Hazard post. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1973 and served as the Command-er of the Morehead post for about ten years. Son-ny was then appointed to the rank of Major and served as the East Troop Commander until he re-

tired in 1987. After Son-ny retired from the state police, he worked Court Security and served as the Police Chief for the City of Morehead. Son-ny loved working and being outside and also spent many hours work-ing on his farm in Flem-ing County. Sonny al-ways had a smile on his face and enjoyed fishing, boating and camping with his wife and their friends. He and Geral-dine spent many winters in Florida near Lake Okeechobee. He loved telling stories about the State Police and his camping trips, but noth-ing brought him more joy than spending time with his grandchildren. Sonny loved watching his grandsons play bas-ketball and he looked forward to the weekends when they would spend the night. He also loved animals and feeding his birds. Sonny recently shared with his wife that he had been talking with the Lord and that he was saved. Sonny was a member of the Morehead Masonic Lodge Post 654 and the OLEIKA Shrine Club. Funeral services were conducted 3 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 2021, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with Pastor Matt Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Brown Cem-etery. Final rites will be presented by the Ken-tucky State Police Honor Guard at gravesite. Pall-bearers will be members of OLEIKA Shrine Club and honorary pallbear-ers will be Kentucky State Police. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 2021, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals, 400 Fraley Drive, Morehead, KY 40351. View memo-rial tribute or sign guest-book at www.northcut-tandson.com

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Rowan Area:

First Time Yard Sale: 462 Meadowlands Dr., Morehead, KY. July 16th and 17th. Lots of clothing: men’s, women’s, boys, girls and babies. Car seats, pack-n-play, walk-er, puzzles and books, games, music and DVDs. Lots of household and misc. items, family screen house, sleeping bags, Wii with everything and 24 games, Xbox games.

NOTICE

New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, d/b/a AT&T Mobility has applied to The Morehead-Rowan County-Lakeview Heights Joint Planning Commission for approval to construct a new wireless communications facility at 3855 Sugar Loaf Mountain Road, Morehead, KY 40351 (38° 13’ 37.431697” North latitude, 83° 30’ 45.917738” West longitude). You may contact the Planning Commission for additional information concerning this matter at: The Morehead-Rowan County-Lakeview Heights Joint Planning Commission, 314 Bridge Street, Morehead, KY 40351; Phone: (606) 548-4456.

Published in the Rowan County News 07.15.21

EAA Young Eagles Event

Chapter 1525 of the Experimental Aircraft Association will hold a Young Eagles Event on Saturday, July 10 from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Morehead Rowan Coun-ty Clyde A Thomas Re-

gional Airport (weather permitting).

Youth ages 8 to 17 can enjoy a free flight around Morehead area with a qualified pilot in a Cessna 172 or similar aircraft. Youth must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian.

EAA is a non-profit or-ganization that works to promote General Avia-

tion safety and educa-tion.

Chapter 1525 supports the RCSHS aviation pro-gram and has recently sponsored student flight training scholarships up to $10,000 for exemplary students interested in pursuing aviation ca-reers.

Community Calendar

By Michael A. Clary After numerous

release date changes, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, Black Wid-ow, starring Scarlett Jo-hansson in the title role, has finally been released to theatres and Disney+. Black Widow is Marvel’s whopping 24th film in the long-running MCU (Marvel Cinematic Uni-verse) franchise. Black Widow, aka Natasha Romanoff, first showed up in the MCU in Iron Man 2 and has forged her way through the MCU as the lone female member of The Aveng-ers. Now she finally gets her own solo film.

Black Widow has never had her ori-gin story told, and this film gives her backstory in a most unusual way. While not particularly being an origin story per say, her secretive and deadly past has come back to haunt her in a big way. The film takes place after the events of Captain America: Civil War, and Natasha is now a fugitive on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D. after siding with Cap-tain America, aka Steve Rogers, and not sign-ing the Sokovia accords. The Avengers are also no more, after they all have taken sides against one another. Natasha discovers that the Red Room, the diabolical place where she was tak-en as a child and trained to be a deadly assassin, is still up and running. She then joins with some members of her past, as they try to take down the Red Room once and for all. All while being trailed by the deadly vil-lain, Taskmaster.

The film features an ensemble cast, in-cluding Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, Ray Winstone and William Hurt. The film also features a voice cameo from Jeremy Renner aka Hawkeye. Florence Pugh, star of Midsommar and Little Women, and David Har-bour, star of Netflix’s Stranger Things and the ill-fated Hellboy re-boot, end up stealing the show as their characters Yelena Balova and Red Guardian.

I ended up watching Black Widow in the comfort of my own home, thanks to Disney+ premier access, and while I may have missed the absolute grandeur of seeing the action-packed movie on the big screen, it did not take away from my enjoyment of the film, whatsoever. The film was an absolute wild ride, told a great story, featured an out-standing ensemble cast and served up a great action film, filled to the

brim with fights and ex-plosions and all the ex-citement that you know a Marvel film can bring.

Was it the best film in the long-running Marvel franchise? No. Was Black Widow re-leased five years too late? Probably so. Does that take away from the enjoyment of the film? Absolutely not. Black Widow gives the viewer exactly what he or she expects going into it. An action-packed superhero film… no more, no less. And according to the opening weekend gross-es, it is a massive box office hit! And you may want to stick around af-ter the credits has rolled for Marvel’s now infa-mous after-credits bonus scene, which continues the MCU storylines for Phase 4.

Black Widow is currently playing in se-lected theaters and on Disney+ for a nominal fee.

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After the strangest school year in history, the Rowan County Schools finished up their summer school activities on Friday, June 25 with an afternoon at the movies. A special thanks go to Daniel Totich and his staff for making this possible. During June over 300 elementary students were served during the Viking Path to Success, as well as 30 preschool students, 68 middle students, and 82 high school students. After talking with students who attended the month long, half day sessions and a survey completed by parents and teachers, the consensus was that the summer learning was ex-tremely beneficial with lots of progress being made. As a matter of fact, the comments were so positive that discussions are already in the making for next summer. "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy", so a special thanks go to the nearly 30 community partners who helped make the Friday Fundays a huge success. The students got to experience a variety of opportunities that showed how learning can most definitely be fun and were able to see the multitude of opportunities that are available in Morehead and Rowan County.

K-3 Students 4-5 Students

Students attending the high school summer school program collected some data on the quality of the water in the ponds around Rowan County Senior High School.

On July 27, 2004, Josh Teegarden was killed while serving on the mis-sion field at Christ Camp for the Blind in Rockas-tle County, Kentucky. In

memory of his life here on earth, his family and friends are combining two of the things Josh loved the most: run-ning and missions. The

“Josh Teegarden Memo-rial 5K Run/Walk” will be held on July 31, 2021 at Double S Entertain-ment in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. Registration

starts at 8 a.m. and the race will start at 9 a.m. The entry fee is $25 per participant. All who register will receive a t-shirt. Awards will be giv-

en to the top female and male racers in eight cat-egories, along with spe-cial awards in two other categories. For more in-formation, or to register,

please call Bill or Pam Teegarden at 606-748-8456 or email wgteegar-den@yahoo.com. Come help us honor Josh and “Move for Missions!”

Josh Teegarden Memorial 5K Run/Walk

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‘The Land of Whispered Sorrows’ by Charles Mattox, a book of the Native American and early Pioneer history of northeast Kentucky, is now available from the author for $30 per copy.The 148-page book contains numerous photos; a Native American projectile point identification guide and several chapters devoted to the conflict between Native Americans and Pioneers in the 1770s and 1780s with particular attention and focus on the events leading up to and involving the battle of Lower Blue Licks, August 1782.

Send payment to:Charles Mattox884 Hall RoadFlemingsburg, Kentucky 41041Free shipping

The Nickell Family is looking for information regarding the hit and run that took the life of Anthony Nickell on February 8th 2020; on

Mercantile Road in Farmers KY. As of today the Local sheriffs office is still needing information. If anyone has any information please contact Matt Sparks or Donnie Hall at 606-784-5446.

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Members Choice Credit Union recently awarded fourteen scholarships to help student member-own-ers meet higher education goals.

Members Choice began establishing scholarship funds about two decades ago to benefit member-owners attaining a post-secondary education. Members Choice received more than 60 ap-plications for this year's awards. Members Choice Scholarship Program has awarded $145,000 to date. The 2021 Scholarship Pro-gram will award an addi-tional $22,000, bringing our total to $167,000 awarded to local students.

Inspired by the Board of Directors, the scholarship encourages graduating high school students to pursue their post-secondary educa-tion. The Members Choice Scholarship Program helps offset rising tuition costs for students and their fami-lies. "We are committed to advancing the economic strength of local counties," said Cheryl Deborde, Mem-bers Choice Credit Union President and CEO.

"These scholarships help local students gain the knowledge and skills need-ed to fill local jobs and be-come contributing members of their communities. This next generation of young professionals will play a sig-nificant role in the contin-ued growth of our local and state economies. We want to help in giving them all the opportunities available to advance their education and enhance their careers."

"This year's applicants showed an impressive cali-ber of accomplishment, which makes selecting win-ners that much tougher. The level of leadership and enthusiasm was enor-mous," said Don Neikirk, Scholarship Committee Chairperson. "We congratu-late Members Choice 2021 scholarship winners for con-tinued excellence in their schools and communities."

Members Choice 2021 Scholarship Winners - $1,000 each

Members Choice Scholar-ships are awarded annually by Members Choice Credit Union to member-owners who are graduating high school and plan to attend an accredited college, commu-nity college, or university. This year's recipients are:

Alexis Marcum, the daughter of Joe & Angela Marcum of Ashland, KY. Marcum graduated from Boyd County High School and will be attending East-ern Kentucky University with plans to major in Nurs-ing.

Bailee Smith, the daugh-ter of Cheryl & Kevin Smith of Worthington, KY. Smith graduated from Russell High School and will be at-tending University of Ken-tucky with plans to major in Biology.

Benjamin Acuff, the son of Aaron & Stacy Acuff of Ashland, KY. Acuff gradu-ated from Paul Blazer High School and will be attending Northern Kentucky Univer-sity with plans to major in Computer Science.

Carolyn Whitt, the daughter of Susan & Kev-in Whitt of Ashland, KY. Whitt graduated from Rus-sell High School and will be attending Kentucky Chris-tian University with plans to major in Nursing.

Nathan Sean Conley, the son of Darrell & Carlynna

Conley of Flatwoods, KY. Conley graduated from Rus-sell High School and will be attending Georgetown Col-lege with plans to major in Business.

Eliza Crawford, the daughter of Russell & Mo-riah Crawford of Ashland, KY. Crawford graduated from Rose Hill High school and will be attending As-bury University with plans to major in Biology.

Elijah Pridemore, The son of Aaron and Lisa Pridemore of Ashland, KY. Pridemore graduated from Russell High School and will be attending The Uni-versity of Kentucky with plans to major in Engineer-ing.

Grace Stubblefield, The Daughter Melonie and Wal-ter Stubblefield of Ashland, KY. Stubblefield gradu-ated from Boyd County High school while attend-ing the Craft Academy for Excellence & Mathematics at Morehead University. She will continue to attend Morehead University with plans to major in Biomedi-cal science.

Graden McNeil, The son of Brian & Ginger McNeil of Ashland, KY. McNeil grad-uated from High School and will be attending Morehead University.

Hannah Allen, the daugh-ter of Tanya & Mike Allen of Greenup, KY. Allen gradu-ated from Russell High School and will be attending the University of Kentucky with plans to major in Biol-ogy.

Jackson Rowe, the son of James & Jennifer Rowe of Ironton, OH. Rowe gradu-ated from St Joseph’s Cen-tral High School and will be attending Marshall Univer-sity with plans to major in Pre-Med.

Max Weber, The son of Nick & MaryBeth Weber of Ironton, OH. Weber gradu-ated from St Joseph's Cen-tral High School and will be

attending Marshall Univer-sity.

Olivia Parsons, the daughter of Trey & Lora Parsons of Ashland, KY. Parsons graduated from Boyd County High School and will be attending As-bury University with plans to major in Spanish Educa-tion.

Members Choice Employ-ee 2021 Scholarship Winner - $1,000

The Members Choice Employee Scholarship is awarded annually to fam-ily members of a Members Choice employee, retired employee, or volunteer.

Alex Boggs, the Grand-son of retiree Betty Boggs of Ashland, KY. Boggs gradu-ated from Russell High School and will be attending Eastern Kentucky Univer-sity with plans to major in Occupational Security.

Kaylee Darnell, the Granddaughter of Volun-teer Director Gary Darnell of Ironton, OH. Darnell graduated from Wheelers-burg High School and will be attending the University of Rio Grande with plans to major in Radiation Technol-ogy.

Olivia Arthur, the Grand-daughter of previous Volun-teer Director Gary Arthur of Ashland, KY. Arthur gradu-ated from Paul Blazer High School and will be attending Eastern Kentucky Univer-sity with plans to major in Nursing.

Rachel Pierce, the daugh-ter of Barbera Pierce, MSR, of Raceland, KY Pierce graduated from Raceland-Worthington High School and will be attending the University of Louisville with plans to major in Vocal Performance.

Dalton Gray, the Grand-son of previous Volunteer Director Jennifer Gray of Lexington, KY. Gray gradu-ated from Paul Blazer High School and will be attending East Tennessee State with

plans to major in Microbiol-ogy.

Evan Waggener, the Grandson of Volunteer Di-rector Ken Smith of Ash-land, KY. Waggener gradu-ated from Martha Layne Collins High School and will be attending Campbellsville University with plans to major in Marketing.

Isabelle McCloud, the Granddaughter of re-tiree Mary Carpenter of Worthington, KY. McCloud graduated from Craft Acad-emy High School and will be attending the University of Kentucky with plans to ma-jor in Marketing.

Rockney T White, the Grandson of the late board chair Rusty White of Iron-ton, OH. White graduated from Ironton High School and will be attending Ohio University.

Sydney Heineman, The Daughter of Volunteer Di-rector Rod Hieneman of Flatwoods, KY. Sydney graduated from Russell High School and will be at-tending the University of Kentucky with plans to ma-jor in Neuroscience.

Members Choice offers congratulations to each of our 2021 scholarship win-ners.

About Members Choice Credit Union

Members Choice Credit Union is a mission-driven, not-for-profit financial insti-tution that promises to al-ways have its member-own-ers' best interest at heart by improving their lives through financial guidance and affordable financial ser-vices. Members Choice was chartered in 1932 and now serves more than 22,000 members within Eastern Kentucky. For more infor-mation, visit mccu.net.

FOR MORE INFORMA-TION

Contact: Tiffany Blacktblack@mccu.net(o) 606.326.8000

Members Choice Names Twenty-Two 2021 Scholarship Winners

Bath County Fiscal Court members voted last Thursday to set aside almost half of its federal COVID relief funds to-ward water and sewer in-frastructure for an as-yet unrealized resort project at Cave Run Lake.

Court members voted to utilize up to $1 million from the county’s Ameri-can Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for poten-tial water and sewer in-frastructure at a planned resort and marina to be located at Stoney Cove Recreation Area on Cave Run Lake.

Congress passed the $1.9 trillion Ameri-can Rescue Plan Act in March, which not only funded $1400 relief checks to individuals across the country but also set aside $65 billion in direct aid to counties, as well as billions more to city governments.

The county has been allocated $2.2 million in ARPA funds and has re-ceived half of that alloca-tion this year.

There are limitations to what the funds can be used for, including water and sewer projects, and broadband internet ex-pansion.

Last year Gateway Area Development Dis-trict submitted a grant

application to the Ap-palachian Regional Commission (ARC) for a $680,000 grant to con-duct a required economic and environmental im-pact study on the resort project before it could move along. The grant has not yet been ap-proved by the ARC, as the Rowan County News goes to press this week.

Judge Rogers has pur-sued the resort project since he took office in 2015. The project in-cludes a resort, hotel, marina, and campground at the Stoney Cove Rec-reation Area on the Bath County side of the lake.

Two previous grant ap-plications for funds for the studies had been ap-proved, but they required a 20 percent match that the Bath County Fiscal Court could not afford to fund. The most recent grant application was submitted as a regional project through Gateway ADD.

Judge Rogers indicated last October during a fis-cal court meeting that there were potential in-vestors in the project, if it is allowed to move for-ward.

A boat ramp at Stoney Cove was completed in 2018 with a $240,500 grant from the US De-partment of Fish and Wildlife. .

Bath Fiscal Court sets aside $1 million in federal relief funds for potential water,

sewer for Stoney Cove resort project

By Cecil lawsonKyNewsGroup

cecil@kynewsgroup.com

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NOTICE TO ROWAN COUNTY TAXPAYERS

Elwood Caudill Jr., Rowan County Clerk, pursuant to KRS 424.130 an-nounces that the 2020 Delinquent Real Property Tax Bills (Certificates of

Delinquency) will be published in the Rowan County News on July 21, 2021. The list of Certificates of Delinquency is also available for public inspection during the hours of 8:00-3:30 at the County Clerk’s office located at 600 W. Main St. Morehead, KY 40351. This list may also be inspected on the Soft-ware Management website. The Uniform Resource Locater (URL) of the

website is rowan.countyclerk.us. The tax sale will be held on Aug. 25, 2021 beginning at 10:00 A.M. All interested participants must register with the

County Clerk’s office by the close of business on August 13, 2021. Please contact the County Clerk’s office is you need additional information about

the tax sale registration process, the required registration fee or the deposit amounts that will be needed. Taxpayers can continue to pay their delinquent

tax bills to the County Clerk’s office anytime prior to the tax sale. Please Note: All payments must be received in the County Clerk’s office prior to the tax sale date listed in this advertisement. Payments received af-ter the tax sale has been conducted will be returned without exception. Some delinquencies - although they have been advertised - will be excluded

from the tax sale in accordance with the provisions of KRS 134. 504(10)(b). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the County

Clerk’s office at 606-784-5212.

This advertisement was paid for by the Rowan County Clerk office using tax dollars in the amount of $504.

Published in the Rowan County News 07.15.21

By Michael A. Clary Maysville has

seen its share of Hol-lywood stars over the years. So, they are no stranger to the bright lights of Hollywood and the glitz and glamor that it happens to bring along. Late, great, sing-ing legend Rosemary Clooney, who was born in Maysville in 1928, chose the Russell theater in downtown Maysville for the premiere of her film The Stars Are Singing in 1953. Her nephew, George Clooney, origi-nally from Augusta, Ky., who comes to town oc-casionally, also chose

Maysville for the pre-miere of his film Leath-erheads in 2008, accom-panied by co-star Renee Zellweger. Both events brought out the public to try and catch a glimpse of the stars.

Now Maysville is at it again, as the new film Bones & All will be-gin shooting downtown. Market Street has been transformed and now contains facades of a po-lice station, an outlet store, a Chinese restau-rant, and a Christian ra-dio station. Production for the film has taken place in quite a few loca-tions over the past few

weeks, including Chilli-cothe, Ohio and Flem-ingsburg, Ky.

Bones & All is based on the 2015 novel by Camile DeAngelis and is being directed by Luca Guadagnino. It stars Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet, Mark Rylance and more.

Taylor Russell stars in the horror film Escape Room and its up-coming sequel, she also played the character of Judy Robinson in Netf-lix’s remake of the Lost In Space television series. Timothee Chalamet was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in

Call Me By Your Name, which was also directed by Guadagnino, he has also acted in such films as Lady Bird and Hos-tiles and soon will star as Paul Atreides in Dune, the upcoming film ver-sion of the classic sci-fi novel. Mark Rylance is a British actor of stage and screen and won an Os-car for his performance in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge Of Spies.

Bones & All tells the story of Maren and Lee, a young cannibalis-tic couple on a road trip through 1980’s America. It has been described as a romance / horror film.

Hollywood comes to Maysville, Ky.!!!

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A 54-year-old man was recently indicted on a charge of making false statement/ misrepresen-tation to receive benefits over $100.

David Clevenger, 53, was named in a one-count indictments by members of a June 18,

2021 Rowan County Grand Jury on the above listed charge.

According to the indict-ment, which was issued following the testimony of Sarah Moreno of the Office of Inspector Gen-eral, Division of Audits and investigations, the alleged crime occurred from July 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2018 in Rowan Coun-ty, when Clevenger al-legedly made false state-ments which affected

his eligibility to receive SNAP benefits and he allegedly received ben-efits he was untitled to amounting to $9,966.

Making false state-ments/ misrepresenta-tion to receive benefits over $100, is a class D felony punishable by 1-5 years in prison upon con-viction.

All persons are to be presumed innocent until pleading guilty or proven guilty.

Clevenger indictedBy Charles Mattox

KyNewsGroupcharles@kynewsgroup.com

A Morehead man re-mains lodged in the rowan County Detention Center on $8,000 cash bond following his six count indictment issued last month by members of a local grand jury.

Henry Williams Jr., 38, of Morehead, re-mains lodged in the Rowan County Deten-tion center on $8,000 cash bond facing sev-eral criminal charges, including those listed in a six-count indictment, which was issued June 18, 2021 by members of a Rowan County Grand Jury.

Williams was indicted on charges of theft by de-

ception, under $10,000 (five counts) and one count of persistent felo-ny offender, 1st degree.

According to the indict-ment, which was issued following the testimony of Shawn Becraft, a rep-resentative of Furniture World of Morehead, the

alleged crimes occurred in Rowan County on Jan 22, 2021 thru Jan. 30, 2021, when Williams wrote five checks for furniture on an account which had been closed.

The check totals were: $5,284; $1,960; $95; $201; and $455.

Williams was previ-ously convicted of felony offenses in Perry County and Breathitt County, which resulted in the persistent felony offend-er charge.

All persons are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty or plead-ing guilty.

Williams indicted

Henry Williams Jr.

Submitted by Stefan Hayes

Exhibiting Artists Gar-net Lemaster and Eva Jo Henderson from the Row-an County Courthouse Art Exhibit Presented by Artisan Framewerks were sighted July 7, 2021 at the Morehead City Park by Triplett Creek.

These two distin-guished artists could be seen with their easels while painting some beautiful artworks using a painting style known as “Plein Air” painting. “Plein Air” paintings are created on-site and allow the artist to capture the scene as it appears in the moment.

Artworks from these artists can be viewed as the Rowan County Courthouse Art Exhibit Presented by Artisan Framewerks, Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm.

If you are an artist who would like to participate in “Plein Air” painting

or would like to observe these artists as they cre-ate their paintings, please call Garnet Lemaster at 606.286.2384 for more in-formation. Please leave a message if there is no im-mediate answer.

For any questions regarding the Rowan County Courthouse Art Exhibit Presented by Ar-tisan Framewerks, please contact Stefan Hayes by phone at 606.207.1672.

Local artist sighting