The Circuit Clerk's office has been relocated to the new facility and is located on the first floor. District Court is on the second floor and Circuit Court is on the third floor.

Sheriff Bill Lewis said recently-hired bailiffs were attending training sessions last week. Lewis said stepped up security measures are in place in then new, state-of-the-art facility.

The measures include a metal detector placed at the front door with two bailiffs at that location on court days, separate entrances for the public, employees and prisoners appearing in court, security cameras throughout the building and a special closed communications system.

Circuit Judge Lewis D. Nicholls has ordered that the facility be smoke-free in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Administrative Office of the Courts. Also, there is to no food or drink in the courtrooms. All food and drink must be consumed in the lobby f the first floor.

Nicholls also ordered that all persons entering the Justice Center must go through security unless otherwise ordered by the court.

The building was a flurry of activity last week as workers were putting the finishing touches on the facility, others moving in furniture and equipment, bailiffs taking training in the courtrooms and on the metal detector, and other moving boxes of files from the courthouse to the new Justice Center.

Members of the Lewis and Greenup County Bar Associations met at the center and were given a tour by Nicholls.

Meeting in regular session last week, Vanceburg City Council accepted the recommendation of the Vanceburg Renaissance Committee and moved to contract T&O Designers of Lexington to complete a Comprehensive Plan for the city.

Amy Kennedy, past chairman of the committee, presented a brief update on the organization's activities.

Kennedy explained that Vanceburg is a bronze level community. The comprehensive plan will help the city upgrade to a silver level community according to the governor's program. As a silver level community, the city will be eligible for additional financial help from the state.

Council members accepted a bid from Ginn Paving to repave Cooper Street. The bid called for the state contract price for blacktop at $26.67 per ton with Ginn Paving hauling and laying the asphalt for $15 per ton. The total cost of the project come to $6,875. In May, Ginn was contracted to pave Halbert Avenue at the same rate.

The event began in 1989 as a pilot project in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area. The entire length of the Ohio joined the following year, which united people from more than 100 counties and six states in collecting river bank litter.

The program is sponsored by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO), state environmental agencies and corporate industries.

Person wishing to volunteer can call 800-359-3977 for information. Each volunteer receives a free River Sweep tee-shirt. Trash bags and gloves will be provided.

Lewis County Sheriff Bill Lewis said his office is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons breaking into Tucker's Country Market in Tollesboro overnight Sunday.

Items taken included a quantity of lunchmeats, several cartons of various brands of cigarettes, a white GE microwave, a cash register drawer with an undetermined amount of cash and various other grocery items.