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County, community asked to help with shelter’s future
Representatives of the county’s domestic violence shelter, Hope’s Wings, are now turning to the local business community and other groups to assist in the non-profit organization’s ongoing fundraising campaign.
Hope’s Wings Director Robyn Moreland addressed the Madison Fiscal Court on Tuesday about the organization’s needs that will help the shelter continue its operation.
“During this past year, we’ve shelter 72 women, which makes up 177 women and children,” Moreland said. “Those numbers show how much our facility has been needed and how much its been used. It’s important to us, it’s important to this community that we continue this fundraising campaign.”
The fundraiser is looking for “100 Good People” who are willing to donate $1,000 either individually, or as a business or non-profit group, Moreland said.
“We’re already taken in about $7,000 in that campaign,” she said.
That is far short of the $100,000 goal, but enough to meet Hope’s Wings’ immediate needs and get the center through the holidays, Moreland said.
The 16-bed center, which is almost always full, needs $20,000 a month to operate.
“Regardless of what our future may be with partnering with other (similar) agencies, we are still going to be looking at our community to support this project and support this program,” she said.
Dr. Linda Fagan of the Madison County Health Department, who also is a member of the Hope’s Wings Board of Directors, addressed the Fiscal Court about the non-profit organization’s needs and asked for a court representative to serve on the Hope’s Wings Board of Directors.
Fagan also said she would be seeking board members from Berea and Richmond governments.
In other business:
• Federal reimbursements continue to flood into the fiscal court’s operating budget, and county treasurer Glenna Baker, gave an update Tuesday regarding the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) funding received to date for January’s ice storm and May’s tornado.
FEMA has given the county $467,691.80 to compensate for ice storm and tornado recovery, but still owes $45,785.35, according to the original grant amount.
• The court adopted a resolution agreeing to act as the fiscal agent for Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center (PAC) to help the hospital, which is a non-profit organization, receive federal stimulus funding.
The state was awarded $14.9 million to be used for increasing energy efficiency, and $6.2 million of that money is being made available in the form of competitive block grants, according to PAC spokesperson Jill Williams.
If awarded, the money will be used to replace all first- and second-floor windows that were not replaced during the hospital’s recent remodeling.
It also would fund window replacements along the pedway that leads to Medical Office Building No. 3.
Energy-saving measures already have been taken on the hospital’s third floor, Williams said.
“We’ve seen a dramatic difference in the energy use for the third floor based on the previous years,” she said.
• Former Berea Police Chief Dwayne Brumley was hired to work as a communications officer for the county’s CSEPP (Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program) after the retirement of Glenn Foley.
• Gary Hart was appointed to serve as Madison County Road Commissioner.
• A bid for new mobile data unit laptops was awarded to CDW-G, which is headquartered in Illinois, for the cost of $8,700. The second bid received came from Independence Communications, based in Lexington, at the cost of $10,306.
The next meeting of the Madison Fiscal Court is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8.
Ronica Shannon can be reached at rshannon@richmondregister.com or 624-6608.
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Police arrest Richmond man for burglary
An Evansdale Avenue resident has been accused of stealing about $2,662 worth of items from a woman’s apartment, said Larry Brock, Richmond police chief.
The woman told police someone had entered her apartment during the overnight hours of Saturday. Entry was gained through an unlocked window, Brock said. -
Battlefield Park getting pistol belonging to Gen. Nelson’s killer
A pistol that belonged to the Union general who shot and killed Gen. William “Bull” Nelson, Union commander at the Battle of Richmond, is coming to Battlefield Park’s visitors center.
The pistol, a Colt .44, was carried later in the Civil War by Gen. Jefferson C. Davis of Indiana, who killed Nelson during an altercation in the lobby of the Galt House in Louisville after the August 1862 Battle of Richmond. -
BREAKING NEWS: Man sitting on tracks hit, killed by train
An unidentified white man was struck and killed by a train at about 11:19 p.m. on Wednesday.
The man’s body was discovered about a-half mile north of the CSX-owned tracks intersection with Four Mile Road said Larry Brock, Richmond police chief. The man appeared to have been sitting on the tracks in the area of Four Mile Road, Brock said.
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Man who fired ‘warning shots’ pleads guilty
A man accused of shooting at his ex-girlfriend after a physical fight between the two pleaded guilty to lesser charges Wednesday in Madison District Court.
Kevin Carter, 24, of Berea Road, had been charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, but as part of a plea agreement, he pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit fourth-degree assault, a Class A misdemeanor.
Had Carter been convicted of the original charge, he could have faced up to five years in prison. -
Republican party hosting open house
The Madison County Republican Party will be hosting an open house today from 5 to 7 p.m. at its new headquarters at 128 Big Hill Avenue (Wallingford Broadcasting building). Many of the local candidates will be available to meet the public and campaign items will be available.
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Increasing access
A rural health clinic soon will be able to serve more people, offer more services and operate longer hours because of grant funding received from Catholic Health Initiatives.
The $398,610 grant will be administered over a three-year period. The cost of the grant is mostly for salaries, according to Katie Heckman, community relations manager for St. Joseph — Berea. -
Emergency sirens to sound Saturday
The bi-monthly test of the Madison County siren, tone alert radio and local emergency notification system will be conducted Saturday, Sept. 4 at 12:20 p.m.
In the event of threatening weather, the test will be canceled.
The system is tested the first Saturday and the third Wednesday of each month.
Local Emergency Alert System radio stations include: WEKY, 1340 AM; WCBR, 1110 AM; WCYO, 100.7 FM; WEKU, 88.9 FM; WKXO, 1500 AM; WLFX, 106.7 FM; and WIRV, 1550 AM. -
Foothills, White House provide school supplies
Kentucky River Foothills and White House Clinic have teamed up to help provide free school supplies to children in Madison and Estill counties.
This is the first year for the program, which was created to help students in need be able to focus more on learning. -
Local SBA disaster loan centers to close
BEREA — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will close its temporary Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Madison County on Thursday. Another center in Carter County also will close Thursday.
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Some not happy with cemetery conditions
Richmond Cemetery trustee chair Donald Roberts and his predecessor Tom Smith both acknowledged in a Richmond Register interview published that not everyone was happy with cemetery upkeep, but that much progress had been achieved in the nearly 11 years both had been on the board.
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