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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Mitchell addresses council regarding new library

By Roger McKinney, Reporter

Pendleton County Community Development Director, Bill Mitchell, addressed the Falmouth City Council regarding a meeting with Frankfort to discuss the possibility of building a new library at the old Fuller Manufacturing site. Director Mitchell said the meeting was scheduled for June 22. Mayor DeFalco and Councilwoman Kim Bastin Myers will attend, he said, as well as, representatives from the county and the library board. Mitchell said that it might be possible to resurrect the project.

Director Mitchell also encouraged the lawmakers to adopt a capital improvement plan. He said the benefits would be considerable in regard to organization, foresight and efficiency. Mitchell added that such an action would not come cheap and could cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.

Councilwoman Myers said she was in favor of planning, but such a lofty price tag was prohibitive. Councilman Rick Mineer agreed. The council members did support the idea of bringing in experts or individuals who had experience with utilization of a capital improvement plan to discuss the strategy at a future council meeting.

Other business conducted by the Falmouth City Council in the June 8, 2010 meeting:

Gave a first reading to the Burn Ordinance

The purchase of a surplus city police car was awarded to Gary Lea based on his high bid of $1,501.00

The request for flooded basement compensation by Linda Mockbee and Fern Martin was referred to the city's insurance company

After discussing chronic flooding near the residence of Kevin Clos, the council agreed to perform an evaluation of the topographical grade to determine if ditching would solve the problem

Approved an ordinance that exempts Bluegrass BioDiesel from ad valorem taxes for the next five years

Gave a first reading to the Utility Disconnection Ordinance

The mayor agreed to sign an executive order that would place Ted Daniels on the Pendleton County Airport Board

Discussed creating a city run animal control department

Gave a first reading to an ordinance that establishes new utility meter deposits

Discussed the cost and mechanics of allowing customers to pay utility bills with a credit card

Discussed the purchase of property tax software

Discussed a sewer use ordinance

Decided against billing the county for a fire run, which resulted in pumping the basement of a Falmouth resident

Approved a resolution hiring Brian Thompson as Falmouth's Zoning Administrator

Approved the appointments of Gordan Staten, JoAnn Cordray and Ron Stinson to Falmouth's Board of Adjustments

Said no to the request of the New Hope Baptist Church that asked permission to place a direction sign on the corner of Shelby Street and U.S. 27

The following are actions that were taken during the Special Called June 10, 2010 Council Meeting: Approved Utility Disconnection Ordinance, approved ordinance that establishes new utility meter deposits and discussed possible improvements in departmental procedures with members of the Falmouth Police Force.

Stine speaks on Pendleton Justice Center

FRANKFORT - "As we celebrate the opening of the new Pendleton County Justice Center, I was pleased that my colleagues in the General Assembly agreed with me on the importance of a modern, safe, and handicapped- accessible facility. Justice should always be equally available to all," said Senator Katie Stine.

"In 2006, the Senate, at my urging, included over $10.2 million to be put into the Administrative Office of the Courts' (AOC) budget for construction of this center."

The AOC outlined a plan for updating and building courthouses across the Commonwealth. It is important that Pendleton County have this new facility to meet the future needs of our growing community."

Donahue received Presidential Academic Fitness Award

Joe Donahue, student at Phillip Sharp Middle School, was pictured but his name was omitted from the photo on Page 1 of the group of students that were presented the Presidential Academic Fitness Award.

Proeschel's name omitted from circuit clerk's office employees

In the June 15 issue of The Falmouth Outlook on Page 1 the list of employees names were given for the Pendleton County Circuit Clerk's office. Ruth Proeschel's name inadvertently omitted from that employee list. She was not present when the photo was taken.

Two Pendleton men inducted into National Pole Bending Association 2010 Hall of Fame

Charlie Frank Peoples inducted as exhibitor

Charlie Frank Peoples of Butler was inducted into the National Pole Bending Association 2010 Hall of Fame on Friday, June 11, 2010 at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, Tenn. as an exhibitor.

Peoples, his wife Theresa, their four children; Sheriff Craig Peoples and wife Miranda; Amy Peoples and friend Kenny Moore; Nathan Peoples and wife Loran; and Jake Peoples; many of their grandchildren, other family members, friends, and fellow horse people attended the induction banquet.

It is impossible to print the huge list of shows that Peoples has won and/or placed in over his forty years of competing.

Charlie's son, Nathan Peoples, submitted the following highlights of some of the more important shows he has won over the years from pole and barrel competitions near and far. Charlie, his sport of riding horses and his accomplishments in competing at shows started over 30 years ago.

"Dad started riding horses as a fun hobby and it became his love and passion," said Nathan.

"His name, love for horses, and the ability to skillfully train them was soon known and highly respected among the horse showing community and by other riders in Ohio, Arkansas, Kentucky and Indiana. It was his ability to train his own horses that has brought him many champions of his own."

Peoples started running pole horses in early 1980 and by the end of the year his name was in the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) journal with the highest points earned at that time. Many of his horses not only won AQHA and open shows but also futurities.

One horse that he bought and trained in 1980 was Glory's Boomer Bar. This Palomino gelding proved to be a champion at the young age of two. He won barrel futurities and pole sweepstakes along with numerous other shows.

"Dad likes to say that Boomer paid for the barn that still houses all of the family's horses to this day on the family farm near Butler," said Nathan.

Toby's Sky Bar was another quarter horse Peoples raised and trained in the 1990's out of the late Sunny Sky Bar. Charlie won the Main Event at a pole futurity on this one along with many other shows.

Throughout his career Peoples has been in the top 10 in the nation in poles and barrels proving that he is an accomplished rider.

Some other achievements on his horses are listed below:

In 2004 he won the Junior poles at the All American Quarter Horse Congress on a three-year-old.
In 2008 Charlie was the National Pole Bending Association (NPBA) Pole Futurity Champion and placed in the junior poles and barrels at the AQHA world show on Lightning Sugar Bell out of Lightnings Sugar Bull.
Placed third in the Senior Barrel Race at the AQHA World Show on Sign High in 2008.
Won several Kentucky St-ate Fair shows.
Won the North American Livestock show for pole and barrel shows.
In 2009 he was chosen to be on the Wrangler Team. This is where the top 36 point earners in the AQHA are selected.

Since 1982 Peoples has attained 850 points and still continues to add to that total. He and his family travel to the pole and barrel events on the circuit and he competes locally at shows in Falmouth.

Nathan nominated his dad for this honor and in closing at the banquet he said, "Dad has put in so much hard work and dedication over the years and that is why I feel you will find no other person that is worthy of this award as much as him," he said. "He has spent over 30 years making good horses great and to this day is still doing so with the same love he had back then, when he started riding."

The Peoples family have spent countless hours over the years, packing up the four kids, before they were grown, leaving out Friday evenings to go to horse shows.

It has become a family tradition as some of the kids and their kids now travel to the horse shows to compete in the pole bending and barrel racing.

David Johnting inducted as quarter horse breeder

David Johnting is the newest member of the National Pole Bending Association (NPBA) Hall of Fame as a breeder of outstanding pole bending horses.

David started riding at a young age on the family work horses. Imagine the harassment these poor horses endured as he and his two brothers would reenact the western movies they would see at the Saturday night picture show in their hometown of Falmouth. After completing his enlistment in the Army, David continued trail riding and learned to shoe horses. Around this time the first foal he ever raised was born. This little filly was out of a Quarter Horse mare and, please don't hold this against him, an Arabian stallion! Unfortunately, the mare wanted nothing to do with her little filly so she was raised on a bottle.

David's daughter, Traci Johnting, reminisces, "I can remember going to the barn with my dad to feed the baby and how good he was with her. He never showed a horse until he was 35 years old, which he likes to say is my fault because I wanted to start showing and he said he wasn't going to just stand around and watch. So he started training the horses we had and went from there."

David has always believed in the philosophy of reining horse trainer Bob Loomis, who says that Sugar Bars bred horses have an innate ability to stop and turn: the perfect recipe for a pole bending horse. This belief is what brought David together with Sugar Rancher.

David had trained and showed Sugar Rancher and was so impressed with his abilities he bought a mare to breed to him. Over the next few years, David raised and trained several good horses by Sugar Rancher. But in 1995, along came Lightning Sugar Bull and everything changed. Lightning was such a unique horse from birth he made an immediate impression on David, and from the first time he saw that baby foal, it was all he talked about.

This is the horse that would allow David to make the impact on pole bending as a breeder. David and Lightning have made a special pole bending team prior to the start of their breeding campaign. Winning a World Championship, the Congress Jr Poles, go rounds of the Congress Pole Sweepstakes, 469 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) pole points, AQHA pole bending high point and 5 times AQHA high point pole bending stallion.

With all these accomplishments, their biggest achievement has been in the making of pole bending horses. David is able to recognize what kind of mares best suit Lightning and Lightning has the genetic influence to pass on his athletic ability, disposition, and sound mind while complementing the best characteristics of the mares.

Some of the great pole bending horses David has been involved with include:

Cooks Sugar King: his first World Champion who went to ltaly and became a 2 times European Champion in pole bending 10 years apart.
Lightning Sugar Bolt: Reserve World Champion and National Pole Bending Association (NPBA) Futurities Champion.
Doe Rancher: World Champion Jr. Pole Bending.
Lighting Stars N Bars: Congress Champion in Jr. poles.
Lightning Supertrick: top 5 Congress and World Show and 2009 High point pole bending horse and reserve in amateur poles.
Lightning Sugartrick: top 5 Congress and World Show and currently winning with his new Brazilian owner.
Lightning Sugar Belle: top 5 Congress and World Show.
Lightning Potogold: World Show top 10 and Ft Worth Livestock Show Jr. Pole Bending Champion.
Mr. Excitable: open and amateur superiors in pole bending and multiple top 5 Congress and World Show.

These are just a few of the special horses and awards. There are countless AQHA points, Register of Merits (ROM), Superiors, World Show qualifiers, Kentucky State Fair, North American Livestock Show, All American Quarter Horse Congress NPBA Championship Show, Ft. Worth Livestock Show and multiple local awards and accomplishments that have been earned by horses bred by Johnting Quarter Horses.

A perfect example of the impact of David's breeding program was seen recently at an AQHA show in Winfield, WV, which happens to be one of the most competitive pole bending environments in the country. One Saturday this past May there were pole classes run and all five were won by products of Johnting Quarter Horses and Lightning Sugar Bull. They include:

Rich N Sugar and Ross Ramsey: Youth and Sr poles.
Lightning Bayou ridden by Nathan Peoples: Jr. Poles.
Glen Law riding Lightning Supertrick: Amateur poles.
Lightning Sugar King shown by Marc Brown: Novice amateur poles.

Traci says, "I would like to thank the NPBA for choosing (my dad) for this induction as well as the many poners and exhibitors of Johnting bred, Lightning Sugar Bull horses. And finally I would like to thank my dad for having the foresight and continued drive to develop some of the true stars of the pole bending world. He has worked hard all his life and is truly deserving of this honor."

Two fireworks displays for July 4th weekend in Pendleton County

The Fireworks Fanatics of Butler will be doing two fireworks displays during the Fourth of July weekend. The first will be for the City of Falmouth in conjunction with the Homecoming festivities on Saturday, July 3.

The fireworks display will begin at 9:30 p.m. in the skate park located on Shelby St. in Falmouth. Entrance to the skate park is on Fourth Street.

The City of Butler fireworks display will be Sunday July 4 at the Community Center on Mill Street. Starting time will be 9:30 p.m.

Due to commitments made earlier with both cities, should rain cancel the fireworks on Saturday July 3, the Falmouth fireworks will be done on Sunday, July 4 and Butler's will be done on Monday, July 5.

The group will be assisted by the fire departments of each city at the displays. The group wishes to thank in advance both cities and all city employees involved with putting on these displays.

Zumba hauled into city hall

For the past ten weeks, Three Rivers District Health Department Pendleton County Health Center offered Zumba at St. Xavier's Gym. Participants have reported a decrease in nicotine addiction, decrease in waist size, increase in energy, increase in cognitive activity, increased creativity, better balance, improved appetite, and an overall feeling of euphoria. So much so, that Mayor DeFalco has decreed that Zumba Fitness is to continue beyond the ten-week cycle and is opening up City Hall to accommodate the troupe of dedicated Zumbees.

Zumba Fitness will continue at Falmouth City Hall starting at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday evening. The cost for the one-hour workout will be only $1.00 per night. Health Educator Jim Thaxton from Three Rivers District Health Department will continue to facilitate the program.

Recent brain activity research by Psychiatrist Daniel Amen, M.D. indicates that adults that participate in aerobic exercise to music that also requires sequential dance movements dramatically increase prefrontal lobe cognitive brain function and increase brain activity at all levels. People of all ages that participate in Zumba Fitness report an improvement in their mood, lowered blood pressure, weight loss, increased energy, better sleep, increased libido in both men and women, and most important of all, it is fun!

Zumba Fitness is for everyone: men, women, young and young at heart. Zumba Fitness has all the elements of a complete workout for the entire family.

Pendleton County Grand Jury meets and indicts ten

The Pendleton County Grand Jury has indicted the following people.

Jason Doyle, 5/31/79, was indicted on two counts on June 16. Count one, manufacturing methamphetamine - first offense on or abut November 12, 2009 and Count two unlawful distribution of a methamphetamine precursor - first offense committed between July 1, 2009 and February 24, 2010 in Pendleton County when he knowingly and unlawfully sold or transferred any drug product or combination of drug products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, or any of their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, knowing that the purchaser or transferee intended that the drug product or combination of drug products would be used as a precursor to methamphetamine. Bail was set at $30,000. Arraignment July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Adriane Buckmaster, 5/27/ 79, was indicted on unlawful distribution of a methamphetamine Precursor - first offense, between July 1, 2009 and April 14, 2010. Bail set at $2,500. Arraignment July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Georgia Hughes a/k/a Georgia Miller, 11/3/77 was indicted on unlawful distribution of a methamphetamine precursor - first offense. Bail set at $2,500. Arraignment July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Kathy Jo Smith, 9/21/57, indicted on unlawful distribution of a methamphetamine precursor - first offense between July 1, 2009 and February 8, 2010. Bail set at $2,500. Arraignment July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Leslie McGaha, 8/28/76, indicted on three counts. Count one, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) in the first degree - first offense; Count two, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, fourth offense with aggravating circumstance (has been convicted of the same offense three times within the past five years - refusal to submit to any tests. Date occurred May 3, 2010. Count three, possession of a controlled substance (Hydrocodone), a schedule III controlled substance, in the second degree - first offense. Date occurred May 3, 2010. Bail set at $15,000. Arraignment July 7 at 9 a.m.

Dustin Watson, 5/30/84, indicted on five counts. Count one, mfg. meth. - first offense. Offense occurred April 13, 2010. Count two, possession of a controlled substance (meth), first degree - first offense. Date occurred April 13, 2010. Count three, possession of drug paraphernalia. Offense occurred April 13, 2010. Count four, tampering with a witness. Count five, unlawful possession of a meth precursor, first offense between August 1, 2009 and April 13, 2010. Bail set at $6,000. Arraignment July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Bridget Prince, 10/28/75, indicted on unlawful distribution of a meth precursor, first offense. Offense occurred between July 1, 2009 and April 14, 2010. Bail set at $2,500. Arraignment July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Troy Lee Buckler Jr. 5/2/83, indicted on trafficking in a controlled substance (oxycodone, first degree, second or subsequent offense. Offense occurred on or about March 26, 2010. Bail set at $5,000. Arraignment July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Kenneth Noll, 3/24/63, indicted on burglary, second degree. On or about Jan. 26, 2010 entered the dwelling of Leslie McGaha with the intent to commit a crime. Bail $2,500. Arraignment, July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Kenneth Noll, 3/24/63, indicted on mfg. meth., first offense between January 14, 2010 and January 20, 2010. Bail $10,000. Arraignment, July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Brian Acuff, 9/16/81, indicted on three counts. Count one, criminal trepass, third degree. Occurred on or about March 19, 2010 when he entered or remained unlawfully upon the premises of Countryside Tractor and Supply, Falmouth. Count two, theft by unlawful taking when he took movable property belonging to Countryside Tractor and Supply with intent to deprive owner thereof. Count 3, possession of burglar's tools. Bail $2,500. Arraignment, July 7, 2010 at 9 a.m.

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