The photo above shows 911 Dispatcher Tony Justice referencing the Emergency Medical Directory and reading birthing instructions to Tammy Warman. Photo by D. Dennie.

The photo above, front row: (l-r) 911 Dispatcher Tony Justice, Jennifer Fogle holding little William Ray Lane Nipper. Standing: (l-r) Tammy Warman, and her son John Warman. Photo by D. Dennie.

Dispatcher helps aunt deliver baby

By Debbie Dennie, Editor

The evening of January 15, 2008 started off as any other night would for a 911 dispatcher at the Pendleton County Emergency Management Center. Before the night was over though Dispatcher Tony Justice would have guided an aunt on how to deliver her nieces baby at home. Jennifer Fogle was eight months pregnant and gave birth to a 6 lb. 13 oz. son in the living room floor of her aunt, Tammy Warman's home. The little lad has been named William Ray Lane Nipper. "We should call him rug rat for a nickname, said Jennifer jokingly."

Part-time Dispatcher Tony Justice will tell you he remained pretty calm until after the ambulance personnel arrived and took over. "Then I got so nervous and I couldn't believe what I had just done," he chuckled.

Miss Fogle was pregnant with her second child and she wasn't feeling well. She was alone at her mom's home in Dry Ridge with her 22-month-old daughter. Jennifer's mom had called her sister, Tammy, to come pick up Jennifer and her daughter because she wasn't feeling well and her mother didn't want her to be home alone.

Tammy and her husband went to pick Jennifer up and they arrived back at their house. "I thought I was having a miscarriage," Jennifer said. "I had cramps, but I never thought it was contractions." Tammy called the Pendleton Dispatch at 2.57 a.m. on January 17 and told the dispatcher, Tony Justice, that they needed an ambulance to come take Jennifer to the hospital as her cramps were getting stronger. Justice dispatched the ambulance and both hung up.

Mrs. Warman lives on Grassy Creek Road, off of Gardnersville Road. You need to follow KY 177 into Kenton County in order to turn on to Gardnersville Road and then turn on to Grassy Creek Road. There is no easy way to get there.

For more of this story, see this week's Falmouth Outlook

Falmouth man and two other jail guards charged

A Falmouth man and two other former guards at the Grant County Detention Center have been charged with allowing an 18-year-old boy to be raped by other prisoners while he was a prisoner at that facility on February 13, 2003 and then trying to cover it up. All three have plead not guilty.

Clinton Shawn Sydnor, 29, of Falmouth, Shawn Freeman, 35, of Irving and Wesley Lanham, 30, of Dry Ridge all are charged with conspiracy, violating civil rights, falsifying records and aiding and abetting.

Sydnor was charged with one additional charge of witness tampering.

The three were indicted by a federal grand jury on January 24 in Covington.

The three former guards are accused of telling the 18-year-old that he would make a "good girlfriend" for the other prisoners.

Sydnor is also charged with telling the other two deputies to tell inmates that they had some "fresh meat."

The three men could be looking at life in prison and fines up to $250,000.

For more of this story, see this week's Falmouth Outlook

Snowman draws attention

Great creativity gave this colossal snowman life that was spotted at a residence located on KY 14 between Piner and Walton. Three large hay bales wrapped in white plastic made up the body. A broom on each side gave him arms and hands. A orange traffic cone was his nose and a top his head was a tire and a black barrel making his hat. He was quite a sight to see. It goes to show you that you don't always need snow to build a snowman. Photo by D. Dennie.

Pictured above is one of several large trees that was uprooted at the home of Steven and Kay Mays. Photo by Jackie Vaughn.

Pictured above: The strong winds picked up the Mays' wooden bench and placed it out on their lake in front of their home. Photo by Jackie Vaughn.

Strong winds uproot trees

Gusting winds wreaked havoc and uprooted several large trees in Pendleton County during the early evening hours of Tuesday, January 29. The strong winds remained constant and raged throughout the night. Many trees and wires were reported down in the county and winds caused minor damage to several homes and barns. One of the hardest hit areas was in the northern part of Pendleton County, near the Campbell County line, at the residence of Steven and Kay Mays. The couple had many trees blown down on their property including a huge pine and oak. The gales knocked out their electric and heat around 9:45 p.m. and workers were still in the process of restoring service at noon the next day. The strong winds were also powerful enough to blow a yard bench out near the middle of their frozen lake. Besides plenty of trees and branches to clean up, the couple suffered only minor damage to their property. "We've been living here 27 years and I've never seen anything quite like this come through here," said Mr. Mays about the heavy winds.

IFLOWS gauges important flood warning system for our county
State wants to stop maintaining flood gauges due to budget cuts

By Debbie Dennie, Editor

The State government in Frankfort is trying to cut costs where ever they can and one cut they were considering not long ago was to stop maintaining the Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) gauges that produce information that is vital to the communities living along the Main Licking and the South Licking Rivers in case of flooding.

Pendleton Judge/Executive Henry Bertram said he got word of the proposed budget cut in November through the local Emergency Management Agency that the state was in the process of pulling funding for the maintenance of these gauges. "After doing considerable investigation we found that we had a lot of allies in trying to preserve these gauges," said Judge Bertram. "One being the National Weather Service which use those gauges to cross reference with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gauges. After considerable input from our county legislators, Pike County Judge and his legislators and several bureaucrats within the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) we were able to influence Secretary Bailey to place a total of $127,000 in his budget to continue the maintenance on those gauges."

"However our continued fear is that without a lot of effort on our Eastern Kentucky folks that the lack of revenue in state government might cause the maintenance to be cut. Without these gauges the loss of lives and property are immeasurable based on reports."

For more of this story, see this week's Falmouth Outlook

One-vehicle accident sends local lady to an area hospital

A Falmouth lady was taken to St. Luke Hospital East in Ft. Thomas by the Pendleton County Ambulance on Saturday, February 2. Helen Greenwell, 39, was operating a 2003 Ford Windstar van west on Highway 330 around noon. Kentucky State Police Trooper Mark Grisik worked the accident. According to Grisik the lady told him that she did not remember anything she just blacked out. When she came to the van was laying on its side. Falmouth Fire Department was dispatched to the accident scene to help remove her from the van. Photo by April DeFalco.

New Justice Center

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on Thursday, January 31, 2008 for the new Pendleton Justice Center. See photo and article inside on Page 7.

Special Valentine Gifts

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching and the stores in the cities of Butler and Falmouth have quite a list of special gifts to give your sweetheart. These gifts can be found on Page 15.

State Fire Marshall findings

The State Fire Marshall's Office has issued a statement concerning the house fire that occurred in Butler on January 25, 2008 that claimed the life of a four-year-old. His statement was that they have classified the fire as undetermined.

Hughes Family Funds

Jamie Hughes, who was badly burned on his body, underwent surgery at the University of Cincinnati on February 4 for skin grafting on his hands. He is improving.

There are two separate funds that have been set up at any Fifth Third Bank that people can make donations to for these families that lost everything by fire.

Jamie and Christa Hughes fund is Hughes Family Fund.

Mandy Hughes family is set up under The Mandy Hughes Family Fund.

Additional articles this week:

A Legislative Perspective on the Ky General Assembly

State Senator Katie Stine's Frankfort Report

Freshmen Wildcat team loses in district play

Local officials break ground for judicial center

KSP Troopers recognized for Highway Safety

Marsh recognized at Purina Champion Awards Program

and more!!