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Vol. 136 No. 14Vol. 136 No. 14 Hardinsburg, Kentucky 40143Hardinsburg, Kentucky 40143 Wednesday, April 4, 2012Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Single Copy 75Single Copy 75¢
Photo by David W. Hayes
Representing the fifth districtThe newest member of the Breckinridge County Board of Education is Tonia Saettel. She received her oath of office from County Clerk Jill Irwin.
New member joins Board of Education
By David W. HayesThe Herald-News Staff
HARDINSBURG - The Breckinridge County Board of Education is at full capac-ity now with the addition of new board member Tonia Saettel of McDaniels. She replaced Tim Cherry who re-signed in December.
She represents the Harned, McDaniels and McQuady precincts and will be seeking
a complete four year term in November.
In other business, the board voted unanimously to expel two BCHS students for the remainder of the year for vio-lation of the student code of conduct.
The board held an executive session to discuss the terms of a contract for Superintendent Janet Meeks.
The board reported no action was taken after an hour long session.
Candy Weatherholt
Councilor chosen to fi ll one vacancy
By David W. HayesThe Herald-News staff
CLOVERPORT - There were fi ve names from which to choose to fi ll a vacancy on the Cloverport City Council. At a special called meeting of the council, Cloverport busi-ness person, Candy Weath-erholt, was chosen by a 4 to 1 vote. Other candidates in-cluded Tony Holcomb, Stan-ley Snyder, Donnie Tindall and Bobby Windsor.
BRECKINRIDGE COUN-TY - The Circuit Clerk’s of-fi ce will be closed the week of April 9-13 to facilitate the move to the new Breckin-ridge County Justice Center.
Circuit Clerk’s offi ce to be closed next week
The offi ce will be unable to is-sue drivers licenses or process any paper work. There will be no court held next week.
The offi ce will reopen on Monday, April 16.
The new hours for the offi ce will be as follows:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The offi ce will be open until 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
The offi ce be closed on Sat-urday.
County offi ces will close on Friday, April 13, at noon and will be closed on Saturday, April 14.
Courthouse closings announced
HARDINSBURG - The Breckinridge County Justice Center Project Development Board held their last meet-ing prior to the opening of the new $11 million structure to the public on April 16.
The board met in what will serve as the Family Court-room in the new building.
County Judge/Executive Maurice Lucas announced the approval of the payment of $543,994.21 of invoices which was done in executive session by phone.
The group was told by Richard Mitchell, Codell Construction manager, that on April 4 an architectural punch list to have all the smaller un-fi nished items completed.
Mitchell said the state in-spector had issued a tempo-rary certifi cate of occupancy that day.
Mitchell reported in the next 30 days the following will be completed:
• all contractors will be working off their punch lists
• owner training with the maintenance director, Kevin French, will be completed
• all contract furniture will be delivered and installed
• remaining AOC furniture
$11 million justice centerto open soon
Members of the Breckinridge County Justice Center Project Development Board held their meeting in the new Family Court room in the new building. Photo-graphed from left, front row, County Judge/Executive Maurice Lucas, Secretary Odessa Hobbs. Back row, from left, Tommy Brite, County Attorney Bradley Butler, Maintenance Director Kevin French, District Judge Shan Embry, Circuit Judge Bruce Butler, Chris Alexander, Cir-cuit Court Clerk Connie Brumfield, Charles Allen Wil-son, Architect Jill Smith, Ronnie McCall, AOC advisor, Jamie Mendoza, designer, and Richard Mitchell, Codell Construction.
Westview United Methodist Church
The Easter Sunrise Service will be at 6 a.m. at the church.
Goshen Baptist ChurchThe Easter Sunrise Service
will be at 6:30 a.m. in the Glen Dean Cemetery. Services will be held in the church if the weather is bad. A breakfast will be prepared by the Men’s Fellowship and served after-wards in the Fellowship Hall.
Calvert Community Church
The Easter Sunrise Service will be at 6:30 a.m. in the Glen Dean Cemetery. There will be breakfast to follow. Afternoon services will be canceled. For info call 230-6667.
Walnut Grove Baptist Church
The Easter Sunrise Service will be at 7 a.m. ET. Breakfast will follow the services in the Memorial Hall.
Ephesus Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The church will have a breakfast on Easter Sunday at 8 a.m. The worship service will follow at 9 a.m.
Hardinsburg United Methodist Church
Holy Week Services will continue this week through Friday, April 6 at 12:05 p.m. There will be a guest speaker and special music each day.
Sample United Methodist Church
The church will have Good Friday, April 6 at 6 p.m. and Sunrise Services Easter Sun-day at 6:30 a.m. with breakfast to follow.
Stephensport United Methodist Church
The church will have a Cross-Bearing Service on Wednesday, April 4 at 6 p.m.; and an Easter Cantata at 11 a.m. on Easter Sunday.
Stinnettsville Community Church
The church will have a Good Friday Service, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. refreshments to follow; and Sunrise Services on Easter Sunday at 6 a.m. Breakfast to follow. Worship service at 10:30 a.m. No Sun-day School or evening service. All times CT.
Emmanuel Fellowship Church
The Easter Sunrise Service will be Sunday morning at 6 a.m. Breakfast will be served following the morning ser-vice.
Hudson Community Church
The Easter Sunrise Service will be Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m. No night service.
Irvington United Methodist Church
The community Easter Sun-rise Service will be on Cedar Hill in Irvington at 7 a.m. ET. Breakfast will be served at the church at 7:30 a.m. In case of rain, service will be moved to IUMC.
Macedonia Baptist ChurchThe Easter Sunrise Service
will be Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. Sunday School is at 10 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. No evening service.
St. Romuald Catholic Church
Services will be on Holy Thursday at 6 p.m.; Good Fri-day at 6 p.m.; Holy Saturday at 8 p.m. and Easter Sunday at 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Attend a church of your choice
this Easter Sunday
will be delivered• Jefferson Audio-Video
Systems employees will be-gin their installation this week.
• completing the approved change orders
• Codell contractors will submit their operation and maintenance manuals.
• Codell will close out all contracts and contractors
• all contractors are sched-uled to be fi nal completed
• Codell will obtain a fi nal certifi cate of occupancy.
The Circuit Court Clerk’s offi ce will be closed the week of April 9-14 to allow the movement of all records to the new building. The judges and their staff will be moved to their new offi ces following the clerk’s move.
The board approved four change orders which includes some more electrical work, installing a security fence around the chiller in the rear of the building, and addition-al security screens in the sal-lyport area where prisoners are transported to and from the justice center. The esti-mate cost is $150,000.
Architect Jill Smith said
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Man fatally shot during police investigationBy H. Brian Greene
The Herald-News [email protected]—A man who
fl ed from police during an alleged drug investigation died as the result of a gun-
4, told The Herald-News that Deputy Chris Woosley with the Breckinridge Coun-ty Sheriff’s Department and a task force offi cer with the Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement/Special Investi-gations-West unit went to 963 S. Hwy. 259 around 10:40 a.m. to conduct a “knock and talk” investigation regarding a possible methamphetamine complaint.
Chaffi ns said a female an-swered the door and offi cers saw materials consistent with manufacturing meth inside the residence.
A man who was inside fl ed from the former restaurant building and ran to a neigh-boring residence at 1009 S. Hwy. 259. Chaffi ns said the subject ran into the back door of the home and locked it.
The offi cers pursued and reported hearing a shot fi red inside the home.
At some point, entry to the home was made by the offi -
Photo by David W. HayesA man was fatally shot during a stand-off with police Tuesday morning, April 3, at this residence on KY 259 south of Harned. Kentucky State Police are conducting the investigation. The deceased was identified Tuesday night as Brice T. Horn, 46, of Harned.
shot wound at a residence on KY 259 about a mile south of Harned on Tuesday morning, April 3.
Trooper Norman Chaffi ns, public affairs offi cer with Kentucky State Police Post
cers and the subject was ob-served at the rear of the resi-dence holding a handgun to his head. He was ordered to drop the weapon but failed to comply and fi red the gun. The task force offi cer returned fi re and the subject was fatally injured.
Chaffi ns said Tuesday af-ternoon that police are unsure if the fatal shot was self-in-fl icted or if the offi cer’s bullet killed him. An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death.
In a press release issued late Tuesday by KSP Post 4, the deceased was identifi ed as Brice T. Horn, 46, Harned.
According to family, Horn is originally from Louisville but moved to Breckinridge County several years ago.
No one else was injured during the altercation. KY 259 was closed for a short time following the incident.
Chaffi ns said the investiga-tion remains ongoing.