Golf Cart

The Clark County Fiscal Court is considering jumping on the band wagon - or the golf cart as it turns out. Court members agreed Wednesday to continue reviewing a proposal that would allow commuters to drive specially equipped golf carts on certain streets and roads with low speed limits. The proposal is similar to a ordinance passed by the Winchester Board of Commissioners in September, which allows carts to be used on about 350 streets and alleys in the city. Proponents of the ordinance say it will help local residents save on fuel costs and reduce carbon emissions by "going green.

The KY Krazy Boyz motorcycle club took home the top prize Saturday for having the best float at the annual Winchester Christmas Parade. The Grinch-themed float was made of recyclable materials, keeping with the parade's "green" theme. The event encouraged Winchester residents to protect the planet with recycling-themed floats and eco-friendly golf carts. Kinetic Vehicles LLC, formerly Buggies Unlimited, and owner Bart Mahan sponsored this year's parade, including prize money of $250 each for best float, golf cart and performing group.

Looking at some of the many items to be sold at this year's Kiwanis auction are, from left, Tim Green with the Winchester Kiwanis Club; Robert Blanton, past president of the club; Sheila Durbin, secretary of the Clark County Kiwanis Club; and Jim Bob Woosley, treasurer and auction chairman for Clark County Kiwanis. Auction items include a golf cart and a car. The auction will be held 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 10 a.m. until its conclusion at about 5 p.m. Saturday. It will air all three days on Channel 5 and Friday and Saturday on 93.7 WYAH.

LIBERTY - Two Lincoln County men were indicted by a Casey County grand jury for allegedly taking several pieces of equipment from Hickory Hills Country Club. Brandon Christopher Schmiers, 28, and Trevor Wayne Sims, 23, both of Stanford, each were charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft and four counts of being persistent felony offenders.  According to the indictments, Schmiers and Sims broke into the club's maintenance and golf cart storage buildings on April 22 and took a golf cart belonging to Joe Emerson and a riding mower, weed-eaters and other equipment belonging to the club.  Bonds were set at $2,500 each.

Dear Editor, During the Great American Brass Band Festival, the band Jack Brass I found to be crass They weren't from New Orleans. Their rude innuendoes sent us home. I considered boycotting the GABBF festivities due to Olympia's uninvited status, but instead I decided to go and see their replacement myself. How disappointed I was in their performance. It seemed they focused their talents mainly on rude innuendoes about women, talking about fine backsides, and words that rhymed with "cities" and "Kentuck"!

STANFORD - A Lincoln County man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a theft ring involving equipment stolen in Lincoln and Casey counties and sold out of state. Trevor Sims, 22, was taken into custody at his Skyline Drive residence by Lincoln Deputy Sheriff John Williams and Casey Deputy Sheriff Chad Weddle and charged with burglary and receiving stolen property. He was lodged in the Casey County Detention Center. Lincoln Sheriff Curt Folger said the two deputies tracked three stolen zero-turn mowers and a golf cart to a location in Tennessee and used information obtained in that investigation to get a search warrant for Sims' residence.

STANFORD - Five inmates at Lincoln County Regional Jail have been indicted for allegedly beating up another inmate and taking his phone card. William Bullock, 34, of Liberty, Brandon Biggs, 31, of Stanford and Brandon Vanover, 18, Joseph Denny, 21, and Travis Puckett, 30, all of Lancaster, each were charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree assault and intimidating a witness for allegedly causing serious injury to Claude E. Bailey while robbing...

Children will be hunting wild turkeys, deer, black bears and baboons — well, actually replicas of those creatures — this Saturday at Blackfish Golf and Hunt Club. Angela Rice, co-owner of the club, said that 200 children from Jessamine County will be there for the opening day of a new archery course, and the public is also invited to attend. “We’ll have food and an open house, and kids can take tours,” she said. But the archery isn’t just for kids, although it is a fast-growing sport in elementary schools.

Crimes reported Randy M. Ingram, 42, of 540 Country Club Court reported to Winchester Police on Sept. 21 that juveniles tossing a football caused damage to his vehicle. The owner of Peppers Bar & Grill reported on Sept. 21 to Winchester Police that someone wrote a check for the purchase of his business and operated it for more than 30 days, and the check bounced. The transaction was for $52,880. Brian Massie, 38, 102 Fitch Ave. No. 2, reported to Winchester Police on Sept.

I remember my first year covering sports at George Rogers Clark High School. Roaming the sidelines as a football ball boy was Andrew Rogers. I introduced myself and got a kick out of watching Rogers and Kelsey Mitchell make sure the balls were kept clean and the game stayed on track. At the time, I think Rogers was a freshman or an eighth-grader. I don't remember. He was very nice and has called me Mr. Taylor ever since. Since then, Rogers has graduated and is a sophomore at Kentucky.

Teresa Ann Johnson, M.D., 53, of Stanford, an internal medicine physician who specialized in emergency medicine, passed away Friday, Jan. 18 in the comfort of her home.    Known affectionately as “Doctor J” in the Lexington, Danville and Stanford communities of Kentucky, Dr. Johnson was well loved and respected by both patients and healthcare professionals alike who credit her skills as a physician for saving countless lives throughout the...

STANFORD - Five inmates at Lincoln County Regional Jail have been indicted for allegedly beating up another inmate and taking his phone card. William Bullock, 34, of Liberty, Brandon Biggs, 31, of Stanford and Brandon Vanover, 18, Joseph Denny, 21, and Travis Puckett, 30, all of Lancaster, each were charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree assault and intimidating a witness for allegedly causing serious injury to Claude E. Bailey while robbing...

LIBERTY - Two Lincoln County men were indicted by a Casey County grand jury for allegedly taking several pieces of equipment from Hickory Hills Country Club. Brandon Christopher Schmiers, 28, and Trevor Wayne Sims, 23, both of Stanford, each were charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft and four counts of being persistent felony offenders.  According to the indictments, Schmiers and Sims broke into the club's maintenance and golf cart storage buildings on April 22 and took a golf cart belonging to Joe Emerson and a riding mower, weed-eaters and other equipment belonging to the club.  Bonds were set at $2,500 each.

STANFORD - A Lincoln County man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a theft ring involving equipment stolen in Lincoln and Casey counties and sold out of state. Trevor Sims, 22, was taken into custody at his Skyline Drive residence by Lincoln Deputy Sheriff John Williams and Casey Deputy Sheriff Chad Weddle and charged with burglary and receiving stolen property. He was lodged in the Casey County Detention Center. Lincoln Sheriff Curt Folger said the two deputies tracked three stolen zero-turn mowers and a golf cart to a location in Tennessee and used information obtained in that investigation to get a search warrant for Sims' residence.

Children will be hunting wild turkeys, deer, black bears and baboons — well, actually replicas of those creatures — this Saturday at Blackfish Golf and Hunt Club. Angela Rice, co-owner of the club, said that 200 children from Jessamine County will be there for the opening day of a new archery course, and the public is also invited to attend. “We’ll have food and an open house, and kids can take tours,” she said. But the archery isn’t just for kids, although it is a fast-growing sport in elementary schools.

It’s been a almost a year since Alexis Draut broke her leg in a high school golf match, but the Boyle County sophomore feels she has come back as an even better player — and a more appreciative one. “I’ve practiced a lot more than last year. I think I’ve put forth my best effort. Last year I just went out when I wanted to. I definitely took advantage of it (not playing). Now I don’t,” Draut said. “I think I’ve gotten better at the mental side of the game.

NICHOLASVILLE — Chase Matthews never imagined when he watched Jacob Tamme play football at the University of Kentucky that eventually he would be part of a life-changing experience with him. Yet that’s exactly what happened Monday when Matthews and his wife, Jennifer, were at Champions Trace Golf Club here for the first Swings for Soldiers Classic, a fundraising golf scramble organized by Tamme and his wife, Allison, to benefit Homes...

Call them Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV), low speed vehicles or golf carts, for now you can't drive them on the streets of Stanford. The issue came before the city council last Thursday because several of the councilmen had received complaints from residents ticketed for driving in the city with unauthorized vehicles. Kentucky Revised Statute says that local governments may permit golf carts on public roadway, the operative term being "may. " Several residents of Stanford may have just read the headlines when the law was enacted because they missed the fine print, resulting in tickets from the city's police force.

STANFORD ? Mayor Bill Miracle told the City Council on Thursday that he's recently been getting complaints about golf carts on city streets. Surprisingly, the mayor said, the calls have come from the cart owners griping that they've been getting ticketed by Stanford police. City Attorney Carol Hill said driving a golf cart on a city street is illegal in Stanford, which, like most other Kentucky cities, is governed by an old state law prohibiting the practice. "As it is now, it is illegal," Hill said.

A proposed ordinance that would let Wilmore residents drive golf carts on the city's streets passed its first reading 5-1 through the Wilmore City Council Monday. The ordinance, which was first brought to the council June 1, allows golf carts to be driven on roads within the city limits that have posted speed limits of 35 miles per hour or slower. The draft lists all of the streets that qualify as well as requirements for the carts themselves. Golf carts must have several safety additions beyond the standard features, including seat belts, a slow-moving vehicle emblem, head lights and tail lights and insurance.