Friday, December 12, 2008
Kimper Groundbreaking And Check Presentation Scheduled For Next Tuesday.
Pikeville, Ky.—The groundbreaking ceremony for the Kimper Community Center has been rescheduled for Wednesday, December 17, at 2:00 p.m. The ceremony will be held beside the Kimper Elementary School on land donated to the county for the community center by the Pike County Board of Education.
“This is a great day for the residents of Kimper and for the county as a whole. Anything that benefits a portion of the county benefits everyone. I want to thank the Pike County Board of Education and our state legislators for helping the Pike County Fiscal Court make this center a reality,” said Judge Rutherford.
“We’ve been working on this project for a long time and I know the community is anxious to get it started. We’ve never had a community center in Kimper before. Ever since I’ve been in office, I’ve been trying to get property to build one, and I really want to thank the (Pike County) school system for donating the property to make this project possible. I also want to thank our state legislators for helping us get the funding to build the center,” said Magistrate Dotson.
“The Kimper Community Center will bring the Kimper community even closer. It will provide opportunities for people of all ages, especially children and seniors, to participate in community-oriented activities together. Also, once the community center is built, we plan to attain funding to build a multi-purpose facility onto it. The multi-purpose facility will benefit our children by providing a place where they can participate in physical education activities,” said Pike County School Board Member Earl Thacker.
A check presentation to the Phelps Fire Department will be held following the groundbreaking ceremony at 4 p.m. at the fire department. The fire department will be given $30,000 in coal severance funding for the purpose of constructing an addition onto the existing fire department building. The media ant the general public are encouraged to attend.
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“This is a great day for the residents of Kimper and for the county as a whole. Anything that benefits a portion of the county benefits everyone. I want to thank the Pike County Board of Education and our state legislators for helping the Pike County Fiscal Court make this center a reality,” said Judge Rutherford.
“We’ve been working on this project for a long time and I know the community is anxious to get it started. We’ve never had a community center in Kimper before. Ever since I’ve been in office, I’ve been trying to get property to build one, and I really want to thank the (Pike County) school system for donating the property to make this project possible. I also want to thank our state legislators for helping us get the funding to build the center,” said Magistrate Dotson.
“The Kimper Community Center will bring the Kimper community even closer. It will provide opportunities for people of all ages, especially children and seniors, to participate in community-oriented activities together. Also, once the community center is built, we plan to attain funding to build a multi-purpose facility onto it. The multi-purpose facility will benefit our children by providing a place where they can participate in physical education activities,” said Pike County School Board Member Earl Thacker.
A check presentation to the Phelps Fire Department will be held following the groundbreaking ceremony at 4 p.m. at the fire department. The fire department will be given $30,000 in coal severance funding for the purpose of constructing an addition onto the existing fire department building. The media ant the general public are encouraged to attend.
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# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 2:45 PM 
