Water

I am not a plumber, but I knew something was amiss when I ended up with dirty dishwasher water in the kitchen sink. The loud gurgling noise the dishwasher made right before it stopped just confirmed my suspicions. It wasn't exactly a Crock-Pot fire, but I feel like my first kitchen mishap in my new house was a respectable one. It took a week to get things functioning normally again - 10 minutes if you only count the time it took the plumber after we broke down and called him. But first, we felt compelled to try and handle the problem on our own, and by “we” I mean Brandon.

LANCASTER - Discussion about a proposed new water treatment plant in Lancaster is continuing following a workshop Monday at city hall.  Attending were Lancaster City Council members, Mayor Brenda Powers, Garrard Fiscal Court members, engineers, community members and others. No one from the Garrard County Water Association was able to attend. “The point of this meeting was to sit and talk about what we're doing on the sidelines,” Councilwoman Maggie Mick said. She speculated there has been a great deal of discussion but none of it is being conducted in the confines of a meeting, so no one has been getting the full story.

It's been nearly 25 years since an intercollegiate competition has been held in Clark County.  With the move of Kentucky Wesleyan to Owensboro and the closing of Southeastern Christian College in 1979, it appeared the book on college sports in the county had been written. A new chapter will be written today when Asbury University, University of Pikeville and Morehead State University arrive in town to compete in the 9th Annual Run for the Water Barrel Cross Country Invitational at Lykins Park.

A Danville man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly poured scalding water on another man, burning him severely. Damarintae S. Fischer, 23, was charged with first-degree assault and is being held in the Boyle County Detention Center under a $200,000 bond. The victim, MDre J. Whitehead, 20, of Danville, was transferred from Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center to the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington for additional treatment of severe burns to his face and upper torso.

As of 10 a.m. today (Oct. 9) the city of Crab Orchard Waterworks has issued a boil water advisory until futher notice for all customers on the entire Crab Orchard water system. This advisory is due to a recent waterline break which has the potential to allow contamination to enter the water system. Customers of the Crab Orchard water system are to boil water before drinking and cooking.

The Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation Board continues to look at converting the Community Pool facility into the Eugene Gay Swim Complex. Parks Director Jeff Lewis, Chairman Charlie Eury and board member Ramsey Flynn recently visited a water park in Stanton that was built on the site of a box pool similar to the one at Community Park. They came away impressed with what Stanton officials had done, Lewis told the board Monday. “One thing they did was similar to our situation,” Lewis said.

Jessamine County received nearly $1 million from the Kentucky USDA Rural Development department Friday morning to go toward a new water storage tank in District No. 1. USDA State Director Tom Fern presented a ceremonial check of $945,000 to Jessamine County Water District No. 1 chairman Carl Waits at the Cracker Barrel off U.S. 27, next to where the new storage tank is planned to be built. The department awarded the Jessamine County water district a low-interest loan for a project that includes plans to construct a new million-gallon water-storage tank, a pump station and approximately 2,000 feet of water line.

At long last, the Armory Place area of Nicholasville will soon have an up-to-date water distribution system after Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson announced that the city and Jessamine County Fiscal Court were awarded a $391,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Friday morning. According to Nicholasville utilities director Tom Calkins, the Armory Place area includes High and Gayle streets, Armory Place, Jessamine, Bristol, Twilight and Terrace avenues. The grant will be used for the installation of new water lines, fire hydrants, valves and meters to upgrade the undersized and obsolete distribution water system within the designated area.

The Nicholasville Water Department will be conducting a routine water-main flushing program Sept. 24-29. The main-flushing program is conducted in the spring and fall to clean the distribution system of any sedimentation that may have built up in the mains. Some residents may experience a slight discoloration of water and/or a short period of low water pressure. The water department reassures customers that the water is safe to drink. Customers should allow their water to run a few minutes to clear up any discoloration that may occur.

STANFORD - After five breaks in the same water main over the course of about a week, Stanford City Council voted Tuesday night to adopt an emergency resolution and replace the aging main. Mayor Bill Miracle said the line in question runs along Main Street from about the intersection with Somerset Road to the intersection where Ky. 78 splits off toward Hustonville. Three breaks occurred due to heat that the old line could not withstand, and two more happened after state road crews began milling Main Street in preparation for new pavement, Miracle said.