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Two charged in Tollesboro burglary

Two Ohio residents were arrested and charged early Monday in connection with a burglary at Tucker's Country Market at Tollesboro.
Sheriff Bill Lewis said the two individuals allegedly entered Tucker's Country Market at about 2:00 a.m. Monday by breaking through the front door and filled a duffel bag with cartons of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and other items, along with several cases of soft drinks.

Lewis said that at about that time, Deputy Jason Hill was returning from transporting a juvenile to a facility in Breathitt County and noted a suspect vehicle traveling east on the AA Highway.

He said Hill stopped by Tucker's Market and saw that the business had been broken into. He then notified dispatch of the incident and gave a description of the auto.

Lewis said that a short time later, Vanceburg Police Officer Mark Jordan spotted the vehicle and stopped it on the AA Highway near Vanceburg. A man and woman were in the vehicle, along with items suspected taken in the break-in.

Lewis said the occupants of the vehicle, Kevin Arthur, 29, of Sciotoville, Ohio, and Mandy L. Bentley, 27, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, were arrested and charged with felony receiving stolen property and felony third degree burglary.

Dennis Brown/Lewis County Herald

Vanceburg Police Officer Mark Jordan and Lewis County Sheriff's Deputy Dwayne Stone inventoried items allegedly taken from Tucker's Country Market in Tollesboro early Monday. Sheriff Bill Lewis credited the quick reactions of Deputy Jason Hill and Officer Jordan for apprehending the suspects.

Both were lodged in the Lewis County Detention Center. Lewis added that the vehicle was impounded by the Sheriff's Department.

Lewis said the burglary was similar to another recent burglary at Tucker's Market and has not ruled out that the two were also involved in that incident. He added that video surveillance had captured both events.

First community Thanksgiving meal a success

Tollesboro's first-ever Thanksgiving Community Meal has been described by volunteers as an outstanding success.
The idea for the event was conceived by Lyn Marshall of the Hickory Grove Christian Holiness Church and breathed to life by 50 volunteers and twice that many donors from six area churches and the Lend-A-Helping-Hand Community Food Pantry.

The volunteers and donors came from the community and Hickory Grove Christian Holiness Church, Tollesboro Christian Church, Tollesboro United Methodist Church, Cottageville Mission Church, Wesley Chapel Church and Happy Hollow Union Church.

All of the food and drink for the meal was donated by private individuals as well as Kroger of Maysville, Foodland of Vanceburg, Kenny's Restaurant of Vanceburg, Garrison Funeral Chapel, Ken's New Market of Maysville, McDonald's of Maysville, and Jim and Jennifer Meadows of Rip's Feed and Farm Supply of Tollesboro.

The intended purpose of the meal was to provide food for individuals and families who were in need, disadvantages or just lonely during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Rayetta Angel/Lewis County Herald

More than 500 meals were served during the first ever Community Thanksgiving Meal in Tollesboro.

However, so that no one felt singled-out or embarrassed, the invitation was extended to the general public.

In the final assessment, approximately 450 meals were served, including approximately 350 meals delivered to homes in Lewis, Mason and Fleming Counties on 10 separate routes. The remainder were served to walk-ins at the Hickory Grove Church.

Where's your trash?

By Dennis Brown
Now is the time to choose your sanitation hauler.

If Lewis County Fiscal Court adopts an ordinance on Monday, the county's 5,422 households will be required to have a hauler pick up and legally dispose of their trash beginning January 1, 2004.

The move is in reaction to a state mandate that waste hauled to landfills be reduced through recycling and that illegal dumps be cleaned up.

A county ordinance regarding trash pick-up was enacted in 1987, but hasn't been strictly enforced. The proposed new ordinance spells out the requirements.

The bottom line: "It will help clean up the county."

The proposed ordinance notes that haulers can not charge in excess of $12 per month for regular weekly pick-ups of five or fewer 32-gallon solid waste bags or containers.

Households with more waste will be charged accordingly, not to exceed $1 per bag. Additional debris other than household waste can be collected by the permitted haulers. The additional fees are permitted and will be determined between the household and hauler prior to the items being removed.

There are a few exceptions to the ordinance; for example, those who haul all of their trash to a landfill or 100 percent recycle.

The text of the ordinance will be publish after the second reading and adoption. Anyone with questions should contact Solid Waste Coordinator John Teager at 606-796-0624.

The court will convene December 8 at 9:30 a.m. in the third floor courtroom of the Lewis County Courthouse.

Photo Catch

Shirley Porter, center, was recently honored at the "Hero and Hard Work Celebration" in Louisville. Pictured, left to right, Kate Wiley, senior plant manager, Louisville Post Office; Pauline Applegate, retired Vanceburg Postmaster; Shirley Porter, officer in charge at Quincy Post Office and PTF clerk at Vanceburg Post Office; her husband, Ed Porter; and Don Peterson, Kentuckian district manager.

Rayetta Angel/Lewis County Herald

William Logan, banjo player with "True Gospel Echoes", set the crowd's feet a-tapping at the Second Annual Family Gospel Bluegrass Music Show Saturday night at Lewis County High School. The event was a fund raiser for the Tollesboro "Lady Cats" basketball team.

Rayetta Angel/Lewis County Herald

The Sunshine Community Choir of South Shore appeared at Quincy Church of Christ Sunday, November 30, to present "Hope Has Come", a Christmas program. The choir comprises 72 singers and musicians from five area churches, including South Shore Methodist Church, Sunshine Methodist Church, Lloyd Nazarene Church, Church of God of South Shore and South Portsmouth Church of God.

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