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September 30, 2003, News Headlines.
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Old tires and junk car removal
| By Al Owens Last Wednesday Liberty
Tire Company, Sugarcreek, Ohio, began moving the estimated 16,500 tires from the county
lot that were picked up during the Tire Amnesty Program in Lewis County.
Dozer operator Pat Chaney said that the company was hauling the tires to Columbus,
Ohio, for disposal. By Thursday two loads had already been loaded and hauled off and the
workers had at least four or five more loads to go.
The dozer was used to lift the tires over the sides of the trailers and dump them into
the truck. Dennis James accompanied Chaney to drive the truck.
Lewis County Solid Waste Coordinator John Teager reported that the Junk Car Removal
Program for Lewis County sponsored by the Division of Solid Waste Management, Frankfort
and scheduled to begin October 1 was started early because of the good weather and is now
in progress.
Al Owens/Lewis County Herald
Pat Chaney of Liberty Tire Company, Sugarcreek, Ohio,
operates the dozer loading old tires from the Tire Amnesty Program in Lewis County onto
the truck to be hauled to Columbus, Ohio. The program netted an estimated 16,500 old tires
from the county. |
 Al Owens/Lewis County Herald
Four of the five junk cars towed in last week and parked on
the county lot as a part of the Junk Car Removal Program sponsored by the Kentucky
Division of Solid Waste Management in Frankfort. The service is free to all Lewis County
residents.
Five cars had already been towed in free of charge to county residents as of last
Thursday.
Teager said the program would continue until the project is completed. Anyone that
has not contacted the office of the County Judge or of the Solid Waste Director to arrange
for their old cars to be towed in should contact one of those offices as soon as possible.
The County Judge's office may be reached at 606-796-2722, and the Solid Waste Office at
606-796-0624.
He explained that all the vehicles collected will be hauled to a salvage dealer for
recycling purposes. All fees collected from salvage dealers will be turned over to the
Lewis County Fiscal Court for additional solid waste programs.
The junk car removal program is free to all Lewis County residents. |
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Woman dies following Burtonville
accident
| A Tollesboro woman has died as a result of
injuries sustained in a single vehicle accident Friday in the Burtonville area. According
to the Lewis County Sheriff's Department, Kimberly Elliott, 26, of Tollesboro, was
traveling northwest in Ky. Rt. 1237 and lost control of her 1994 Chevrolet Tracker around
Noon on September 26.
Police say Elliott's vehicle traveled 192 feet off the right side of the roadway before
striking a tree head on. |
Elliott was extricated from the wreckage by
the Tollesboro Fire Department using the Jaws of Life. According to police, she was
airlifted in critical condition by Life Net to University of Kentucky Medical Center in
Lexington. She died Sunday morning. Arrangements are under the direction of Gaydos
Funeral Home in Vanceburg.
Lewis County Sheriff's Deputy Mark Snedegar is investigating. |
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Conservation District approved for
pilot program
| The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board, chaired by
Governor Paul Patton, approved $100,000 to the Lewis County Conservation District for a
pilot program. This proposal was one of 35 projects, totaling $2,490,364 approved at the
September Agricultural Development Board meeting.
The Lewis County Conservation District received funds to establish a modified hay,
straw and commodity storage program as a pilot that includes hay-handling equipment. This
project will be evaluated before these items are considered for the statewide guidelines.
For more information on this pilot program, contact Brenda Allen with the Lewis County
Conservation District at 606-796-3931. |
Kentucky's legislature has made an historic effort to
diversify away from tobacco production while revitalizing the farm economy by investing 50
percent of the Kentucky's Master Settlement Agreement into the Kentucky Agricultural
Development Fund. Since the inception of the program in January 2001, the board has
approved more than 1,300 proposals committing more than $152 million to an array of
county, regional and state projects designed to increase net farm income and create
sustainable new farm-based enterprises.
To learn more about cost-share grant and loan programs available through the
Agricultural Development Fund, contact the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy at
502-564-4627. |
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Photo Catch
Paula Franke/Lewis County Herald
Jack Royal of Vanceburg, at left, was pressed into service as
auctioneer of the 4-H Pumpkin Contest auction at the Harvest Day Festival Saturday.
Despite the threatening weather, the show went on, with Royal working the crowd for
double-digit winning bids for the 4-H'ers. Due to the weather, Harvest Day will be
repeated this Saturday, October 4, at the Lewis County Farmers Market. |
 Al Owens/Lewis County Herald
Class D inmates Virgil Tuttle and Gregory Thompson work at
the county lot to restore and old but beautiful bench that will be placed in the Lewis
County Courthouse. They are part of the voluntary Class D Work Program at the local
Detention Center. |
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