Water Woes

Kenton Roberts of Irvine Municipal Utilities dug for a suspected leak in a water line on Broadway on Monday afternoon. Finding a leak was suc-cessful as the water was hampering Roberts’ shoveling.

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Primary League PK1 Basketball Teams -- Page 15

Jay Bicknell’sWanderings

from the Woods & WaterPage 11

Obituaries“Paul” Barker, 87Lucille Canter, 81Ronnie Estes, 43

Marsha Holmes, 67Ezell Rogers, 80Mary Shuler, 83

Berniece Smith, 65 See Page 6

This is a drawing of the proposed addition at Estill Springs Elementary that was presented to the Local Planning Committee on Thursday. The new ad-dition, including gym and classrooms, are at the top of the drawing.

classroomsatEstillSpringsElementary to house thecounty’s kindergarten stu-dents. South Irvine P-K Prin-cipal Brock Sims said theschool, which is the oldestschoolbuildinginuse, isatcapacityenrollment. ArthurBallard,buildings’supervisorforEstillSchools,stated that South Irvineneeds to get rid of the out-doorclassroomsandmobileunitsandhaveallitsstudentsunderoneroof. SaylorsaidthepopulationofEstillCountyispredictedtocontinuedeclining.Itwasestimated the populationwoulddropto14,000intheyear2020,butithasalreadydonethat. The superintendent esti-matedthat60percentofthestudentslostlastyearmovedout of state. Some familiesmoved to Madison Countywheretheywork,shop,andeatout. Saylor commented thatMadison’s middle schoolsalso have better athletic fa-cilities than Estill’s highschool. ThestateallowedtheLo-cal Planning Committee tomeettoapprovetherenova-tionandexpansionofEstillSprings Elementary to ac-

commodatetheEarlyChild-hoodCenterinlieuofreno-vatingSouthIrvineP-K. “SouthIrvineisnotclos-ingtomorrow,”Saylorsaid. ThecostofanewschoolatSouthIrvineP-Kandre-doing the HVAC system atEstillSpringswillcostabout$14million. Saylorsaidtheschooldis-trictcouldsave$4to$6mil-lionbyclosingSouthIrvinein the future and adding awingtoEstillSprings. Ballard said the schoolsystem plans to repurposeSouth Irvine for mainte-nance, food and janitorialstorage. “Thatroofthatwasputonwouldbeamainbenefit,”headded. “Rightnow,wedon’thavemoneytodoanything,”Say-lor stated. “You don’t havethemoneyforanewschool.Youdon’thavetheneedforanewschool.” If nothing changes, theschooldistrictwillnothavebonding potential for anyprojects on their wish listuntil2032.That’swhen thenewWestIrvineSchoolwillbepaidfor. “This community has todecideifwewanttohavethebest facilities for our kids,”Saylorcommented.

Two schools may be affected by Thursday’sdecision of the Local Planning Committeeby DELORES L. ROWLANDThe Estill County Tribune

TwoEstillCountyschoolsmaybeaffectedbyadecisionmadebytheLocalPlanningCommitteelastThursday. The committee revisitedthe plan they adopted justtwo years ago due to de-clining enrollment in EstillCountySchools. Supt. Jeff Saylor saidEstill Springs Elementaryhasunusedclassrooms.ThestateisnotgoingtoapproveanewschoolatSouthIrvineP-KCenterwhenthissitua-tionexists. There are enoughvacant

HeisgoingtotalktoEstillCountiansoverthenextfewmonthsaboutthe“recallablenickle.”

That recallable nickle isexpectedtobringinaround$271,000ayearinrevenue,butthestatematchesit$2for

eachlocaldollar.Thiswouldgivethecounty$17millioninbondingpotential.Continued on Page 12

IPD calledto Main St.over pistol AnEstillCountywomanwasarrestedSaturdaynightatabusinessonMainStreet. IrvineSgt.JohnSturniolosaidacallwent todispatchstatingthatamanwascon-sumingalcoholbeveragesatthe bar while concealing afirearminhiswaistband. The citation states thatDenise Michelle Drum, 36,wassittingatthebarwiththeintoxicatedmale.Sheadmit-ted that she was in posses-sionoftheman’sSmithandWest 9 mm with 15-roundmagazine. The officer stated thefirearmwas loadedwith15roundsof9mmammowhenit was seized by IPD. Headdedtheweaponwascon-cealedinthewoman’swaistpouch. Drum was charged withpossessionofafirearmbyaconvictedfelon. BailforDrumwassetat$5,000cash. Theoffense isaClassCfelony,punishablebyfivetotenyearsinprison. Sturniolo charged DavidHoward,35,withalcoholin-toxication.Thecitationstatesthat Howard had slurredspeechandwasunsteadyonhis feet. Itadds thathehadanodoorofalcoholicbever-ages. Drum and Howard liveon Gray Cemetery Road,Ravenna.

An Estill County man ischargedwithfirstdegreebur-glary.HeisJustinA.Mosley,24,ofCrabtreeLane,Irvine. Kentucky State Policeinvestigated the burglarywhich occurred Saturday,February 11 between 10:30a.m.and12noonattheresi-dence of Robert Rucker, ofSheltonLane,Irvine.

The citation states thatMosley entered Rucker’sresidence by force and re-moved five long guns, twopistols, several necklaces,two guitars, a harmonica,andtwowatches. The arrest was made byTrooperZ.Pennington.Theinvestigation is continuingbyTrooperTonyAllen.

Two lawsuits were filedinEstillCiruitCourtJanuary16apparentlyinconnectionwith a salmonella outbreaklastyear. The lawsuits were filedby Dawn Day and DeidraRoberts against R&W En-terprises LLC, 214 MainStreet LLC; and DonaldWiseman. R&WEnterprisesLLCisa for-profit limited liabilitycompany located in Rich-mond. It has on file withthe Secretary of State theassumed name of EaglesRoost, a restaurant/sportsbarwhichisnowclosed. Theregisteredagent,Jan-ice Ireland, for R&W En-terprises LLC filed a state-ment of resignation withtheSecretaryofStateasitsregisteredagentonJune23,2016. Irelandwasalsothereg-istered agent for 214 Main

Street LLC, also a limitedliability company with itsprincipleofficeat214MainStreet,Irvine. Roberts’ lawsuit statesthat she ate at the EaglesRooston January28,2016and became ill afterward.Day’s lawsuit says she atethere on January 29, 2016beforebecomingill. Thelawsuitaddsthattheyincurred medical expenses,lostwagesandsufferedpainandanguish. The women are seekingjudgmentfordamages,costsincluding reasonable attor-ney’sfees,atrialbyjuryandany and all relief to whichtheymayappearentitled. The attorney for bothwomen is Brooks Stumboof the law firm, ErdmannandStumboPLLCofRich-mond. A lawsuit only presentsonesideofanissue.

KSP arrests onefor Sat. burglary

2 lawsuits filed oversalmonella outbreak