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ObituariesRev. Millard

Anderson, 91Chrystal Fowler, 46Scotty Marshall, 80Willie J. Newton, 73

W.G. Patrick, 72Margie Ramey, 65Edward Ross, 84

Mildred Stamper, 92Wavelene Tipton, 74

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Girl Scouts Analyse Day and Jessarae Stone looked over old books at the His-torical and Genealogical Society Museum during Moonlight Market last week. The girls had planned to attend a historical program. The museum is open to the public on Saturdays.

AnEstillCountymanwasarrestedSept.13andchargedbytwopoliceagen-cieswithtwoseparateburglaries. KSPTrooperTyRobinsonwroteinacitationthathetookaburglarycomplaintat100JRFurnitureRoad,Irvine. ThecitationstatesthatawomanattheresidenceidentifiedCaseyMyers,31,of300JRFurnitureRoadasthemanwhowalkeduptotheirfrontdoorandproceed-edintotheirgarage/outbuilding. Accordingtothecitation,afemalewentoutsidetoaskMyerswhathewasdo-ingandsawhimclimboutofthegaragewindowandrunintothewoods.Noitemswerebelievedtohavebeentaken. TrooperRobinsonchargedMyerswiththirddegreeburglaryandpersistentfelonyoffender. Whileinvestigatingtheburglaries,thetrooperwascheckingLeadsOnlineonSept.12foritemsrelatedtoburglariesbe-

inginvestigatedbyhimselfandtheIrvinePoliceDepartment.TrooperRobinsondiscoveredthatMyershadpawnedapink.22caliberrifletoEstillGun&Pawn. Thetroopersayshewenttothepawnshopandtooktherifle,Myers’identifica-tioncard,andthepawnticket.EstillGunandPawnwillseektorecoverthe$40thegunwaspawnedfor. Inconnectionwiththepinkrifle,MyerswaschargedSept.13withtheftbyde-ceptionandpossessionofafirearmbyaconvictedfelon. OnSept.5,theIrvinePoliceDepart-mentsaysthatMyerswascapturedonasurveillancecameratakingaweedeaterandbatterychargerfromagarageareaonWoodspointDriveinIrvine. ThecitationbyOfficerColtonLewissaysthatMyerswasidentifiedinthevideobyatattooonhisneck. Continued on Page 2

Estill man chargedwith burglaries in county and Irvine

happening because of theweather,”hestated. He added that fundingfor Highway 89 is now inthestate’ssix-yeartranspor-tation plan. Williams men-tioned there are so manywrecksonHighways89and82. Williamssaidthecountyhasappliedforagranttoin-stallarampatthepark. Hementioned thatDep-uty Commissioner ReginaStiverswasinEstillCountyon Thursday and lookedover local tourist spots.Shes also visited KickingItOnTheCreekonRossesCreek. Williams plans to havetohaveafallcleanupday,ifcountyhastonnageleftatthelandfill.Ifso,therewillbenotrucksasinthespringcleanup,andresidentsmust

haul their garbage to thelandfill. The state will also behaving a tire amnesty Oc-tober 18-20. Rules for tiredisposalswill begivenoutatalaterdate. CountyAttorneyRodneyDavissaidthatBirchCom-munications has been re-funding their localcustom-ersfor911fees. Headdedthatsometimesaphonewasinthenameofa now deceased husband.Hesaidthosewidowsmustcontact Birch Communica-tionsforarefund. He said the opium law-suit which the county hasjoinedinwafiledinFayetteDistrict Court, but he ex-pects it tobe transferredtoCleveland Federal DistrictCourt.

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The Irvine Police De-partment continues theircrackdown on suspecteddrug dealers. They madetwoarrestsonWestCedarGroveonSept.13. Donald Ray Hardy, 65,was arrested at his resi-dence and charged withtwo counts of traffickingin a controlled substance,firstdegreeandsecondof-fense. One citation says thatHardy sold five hydroco-done (Lortab) to a confi-dential informant on July20andreceived$50cash.The second citation statesthathesoldaconfidentialinformant four hydroco-donefor$40onAugust8.

WhenHardywasarrest-ed,IPDconfiscated$83incash. The police depart-ment will seek forfeitureofthecash. Hardy was arraignedin Estill District Court onSept.14wherehepleadednot-guilty. Hardy plans to hire hisown attorney. He waivedhis right to a preliminaryhearingwithin tensof thearraignment. Judge Wil-liam Leach set a date ofSept. 24 for Hardy’s pre-liminaryhearing. Hardy was arrested bySgt.JohnSturniolo. Whenofficersarrivedtoarrest Hardy, there was ablack Ford pickup parked

The Ravenna Railroad Festival is this Saturday with the children’s parade at 10 a.m., pumpkin painting and judging, arts and crafts booths, food booths, free train rides, live entertainment, Hillbilly Flywheelers, and Twin City Kruzers Car Show. The festival will be held in Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street.

Roads were not on theagenda at Monday’s fis-calcourtmeeting,but theywerediscussedanyway. In his monthly address,Judge/ExecutiveKevinWil-liamssaidcountyflexroadmoneywasgoingtobeusedtorepaveorrepair25roadsinEstillCounty.Heexpectsthismayhappeninthenextcoupleofmonths. “We’ll eventually seesomeblacktopinthiscoun-ty,”statedWilliams. Headdedadelay in thestatereleasingtheflexmon-eyhadcomefromchangesinpersonnelatthestatelev-el. Rhonda Childers askedaboutwhatwasbeingdoneto repair a break-in pave-mentonRedLickRoad. Thefiscalcourtdiscussedit and breaks on Highway89, although they are statemaintainedroads. Williams said repairingaroadslipisalengthypro-cess because FEMA looksateachone. “There’s still more slips

in front of his residence.Thereweretwooccupantsinthetruck. Acitationstates theof-ficers noticed a womanin the truck trying tohidesomething. Irvine’s K-9 Fritz wasdeloyedandalertedonthevehicle. The officers found asmallbagwiththreepills,which were identified ashydrocodone. A womansaidtheywereherpills. PoliceChiefBradSmithcharged Jeanene NicoleUnderwood,32,withpos-session of a controlledsubstance,firstdegree. ShewasarraignedSept.14andplednot-guilty.

Fiscal court discussesbad condition of roadsCo. Judge expects 25 roads to be repaved or patched

Shelbi Goe, Estill County Girl Scout, read histori-cal books during September’s Moonlight Market. It takes place on the second Friday of each month on Broadway.

Man arrested for selling drugs to IPD’s confidential informant