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EstillTribune. ComTheEstill Tribune---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------VOLUME 35, NUMBER 3 WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016 IRVINE & RAVENNA, KENTUCKY 40336 16 PAGES-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jay Bicknell’sWanderings

from the Woods & Water

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TheIrvinePoliceDepart-ment reportedly made twomore controlled drug buyswhichresultedinthearrestsJuly13oftwoEstillCoun-tiansfortraffickingindrugs. A citation says that JeffMcCormick, 47, of RaceTrack Road, Irvine soldmethamphetaminetoacon-fidentialinformantonInde-pendenceDay. ThecitationsaysthatMc-Cormick drove his wife’svehicletothelocationwherethecontrolleddrugbuywasto take place. It adds thatMcCormick parked the ve-hicle on the street and putthehoodup.Hecheckedtheoilinanapparentattempttodeceive public and law en-forcementabouttheongoingillegalactivity. Assoonasthedrugtrans-action was completed, thecitation states that McCor-mick closed the hood anddroveoff. Officer John Sturniolosays the drug transactionwasrecordedonbothaudioandvideo. McCormickwaschargedwithtraffickinginmetham-phetamine, first degree andpossessionofdrugparapher-nalia. When he was arrested,Sturniolo said a glass methpipewaslocatedinthevehi-

cleunderMcCormick’sseatatthetimeofhisarrest. McCormick was sched-uled for an arraignment onJuly18. Courtrecordssayhewasarrestedonanewcasewhilea charge was pending. Hisbondwassetat$5,000cash. The trafficking charge isa Class D felony, punish-ablebyonetofiveyearsinprison. Victoria Neal, 32, ofChestnut Street, Irvine wasarrestedatherresidencebyIPDonJuly13. OfficerSturniolosaidthatNealsoldamarijuanaciga-retteandasuboxonestriptoaconfidential informantfor$30onJuly6.Thecitationstates the transaction wasrecordedonbothaudioandvideo. WhenNealwasarrested,theofficersaidthatshehad24 suboxone strips and 39marijuana cigarettes in herpossession. She was charged withtraffickinginsuboxone,traf-ficking in marijuana, pos-session of marijuana, andpossession of a controlledsubstancethirddegree. Neal’schargesareallmis-demeanors.Shewassched-uledtohavebeenarraignedonJuly15.

ObituariesDavid Campbell, 72

Jeffery Wayne Dixon, 53Tina Renee Fugate, 49

William C. Hall, 76Howard C. Mackey, 98Helen Joy McGee, 86

Lonnie Smyth, 89Paul G. Watson, 78See Page 6

In its nearly 40 years of existence, the Estill County Ambulance Service, now known as Estill County EMS, has had six directors. Pictured above are, left to right, front row: Keith Moore and Bob Calder, the first director; second row: Jimmie Wise, the current director; and Ron Jackson. Howard Edwards (de-ceased) and Linville Harrison served as co-directors following Calder. Read the Ambulance Service’s history on Page 12.

Irvine police arrest2 for selling drugs

“This Land Is My Land”

Entertainers gathered at the end of the Concerned Citizens of Estill County (CCEC) rally on Saturday to perform a final song, “This Land Is My Land.” Pictured from left to right are, Bobby Crowe, Clayton Hedge, Mrs. Andy Blythe, Jilllen McCommas, Mitch Barrett and Andy Blythe.

Several hundred peoplerallied at the high schooltrackandfootballfieldSat-urday afternoon against theillegal dumping of NORM.ThepeoplenotonlycamefromEstillCountybutfromcitiesacrossthestate,includ-ing Richmond, Winchester,Morehead, Danville andevenLouisville. There is no Presbyterianchurch in the county, butmanyof theout-of-townerswere Presbyterians. Theyown Camp Burnamwoodwhich is close to the land-fill. The rally opened with

singing of “God BlessAmerica” and closed with“ThisLandIsMyLand.” “(God), You’ve left ushere to take care of thisearth,” prayed Rev. PaulGroves, pastor of RiverDriveChristianChurchandpresident of Estlll CountyMinisterial Association.A man’s voice was loudlyshouted from the audience,“That’sright!That’sright!” Members of the Con-cerned Citizens of EstillCounty(CCEC)hadalreadyscoredaminorvictory.TheywereaskingthatEstillCoun-tiansbeincludedinnegotia-

Management of Kentucky,LLC; Advanced TenormServices,LLC;BES,LLC;andCoryHoskinsofWestLiberty,Ky.. ThelawsuitstatestheEs-tillFiscalCourtandWasteManagemententeredintoacontractknownasthehostagreementonNovember2,1995. The agreement pro-vided for the ownership,operationandmaintenanceofasolidwastedisposalfa-cilitylocatedonWinchesterRoad. The host agreement re-quirespriorwrittenconsentof the Estill Fiscal Courtfor transfer or assignmentofthatagreement. The lawsuit claims thatWaste Management trans-ferredand/orsoldtheland-fill to Advanced Disposalwithout the consent of theEstillFiscalCourt. The fiscal court says atsome time in 2015, Ad-vanced Disposal receivedshipments of TNORM, aradioactive waste, fromoutofstate.Theshipmentswereallegedlyarrangedbythe defendants, AdvancedTENORM Services, LLC;BES, LLC; and CoryHoskins. Thelawsuitclaimsthose

shipments were prohib-itedbythehostagreementbecause thewastewasac-cepted without approvalfromtheSolidWasteAdvi-soryBoardorSolidWasteCoordinatorfromanoutofstatesource. The county enacted aSolid Waste ordinance onJuly31,1991andamendedit on July 4, 1997. It saysthe above shipments werealsoaviolationoftheSolidWaste ordinance, whichprovidesforcivilpenaltiesof up to $5,000 per viola-tionforeachdaytheviola-tionexists. ThecountyhasbeentoldtheNORMwasbroughttothe landfillon47differentoccasions. TheEstillFiscalCourtisseekingajudgmentagainsteach of the defendants of$5,000 for each violationandforeachdaytheviola-tionexists. The fiscal court is alsoseeking costs and attorneyfees,andanyotherrelieftowhichtheyappeartobeen-titled. A lawsuit only presentsone side of an issue Thedefendantswillhaveanop-portunitytorespondtothislawsuit.

As far as NORM goes,Fridaywasaverybusyday.Multiple state agencies re-leased their reports, butlocal citizens called themgenericinnature. Judge/Executive Wal-laceTaylor filed a lawsuitinEstillCircuitCourtwhilestateagenciesandtheattor-ney general released pressreleasesoverthesuspectedillegal dumping of radio-activematerialat the locallandfill.. Namedasdefendantsinthe lawsuit are AdvancedDisposal Services BlueRidgeLandfill,Inc.;Waste

Fiscal court files lawsuitagainst landfill & others

tionsbetweenthestateagen-cies and the landfill. ThestateagenciesnowsaytheywanttoincludeEstillCoun-tiansinthosediscussions. “Wedon’twant to com-ment on something that’sbeen agreed to,” said TomFitzgerald of the KentuckyResourcesCouncil. “This is way over myhead,”saidJudge/ExecutiveWallaceTaylor.Hetold theaudiencethathewouldmuchratherhaveanicestormorasnowstormthanradioactivewaste. Thestateagenciesdistrib-utedpressreleasesonThurs-

dayandFriday. Taylorcalled thosepressreleases very generic. Hesaid some of them stated,“Those results have beenshared with local officials.AbsolutelyNOT!” Attorney General AndyBeshear stated that his of-fice would not be seekingcriminalchargesagainstthecorporationsandindividualsinvolved in bringing in thewaste.Continued on Page 12

Hundreds rally against dumpingof radioactive wastes in landfill

Sarah Beth Terryto Sing Live In

Concert at ECHSSee Page 2