'THIS IS JUNK'
School board wants faulty brick at
Jones Park Elementary replaced
By Donna Carman
Editor
Tired of passing instructions back-and-forth, the Casey County Board of Education asked for representatives of four companies to meet them at Jones Park Elementary last week to take a close look at brick that the board claims is faulty.
"We're not here to put blame on anybody, we're here to say we've got a problem and we want to see how we can solve this," board chairman Gary Whited told representatives from Lucas and Schwering Architects, D.W. Wilbern, the general contractor, brick supplier Clay Ingles of Lexington, and Roger Carmicle Masonry, which laid the brick.
'We want 4-H back'
4-H camp only one of casualities without Extension agents in office
By Donna Carman
Editor
For many youngsters, summer equals fun. And part of that fun is a week at 4-H camp. However, for the first time in anyone's memory since 4-H was organized in the county, there will be no Casey County campers at 4-H camp this year.
That's because Casey County doesn't have a 4-H agent - or any agent - who can take them.
And that's pretty hard to explain to a couple of young girls who don't understand all the behind-the-scenes drama that has played out at the Casey County Cooperative Extension office in the past year. All Morgan Grant, 9, and Kristijna Tapscott, 11, understand is that a program they once had so much fun and interest in, doesn't exist anymore.
Extension budget problems began
in 2004 with reduction of agents
By Donna Carman
Editor
Problems surfaced at the Casey County Extension Office in March 2004 when the Extension District Board decided to go with a two-agent county rather than three agents. The board cut the 4-H agent's position from the budget, citing a lack of funds.
What followed was a couple of months of bitter accusations back and forth between the board, 4-H Agent Jan Atwood and those who supported her.
Meanwhile, the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, which oversees county extension programs, refused to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Casey County program for two agents. By the end of the fiscal year, the local board had agreed to maintain three-agent status.
Wine brings LPD back to 5 full-time officers
By Normaida Bright
Summer Intern
A new police officer is in town, but beware people, he barely smiles. However, 
that's not going to stop this new officer from getting to know the community and its people.
John Wine, 46, recently moved here from Frankfort where he was also a police officer, to become Liberty's fifth full-time officer.
"I graduated in 1985 from the Eastern Kentucky University Police Academy," Wine said, "and I'm pleased to be here."
