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By Stephen Lega [email protected] Local voters won’t have much to decide when they go to the polls May 22. Republicans will be able to vote for possible presidential candidates, while Democrats will cast their bal- lots to decide who will challenge Congressman Ed Whitfield in November. Republicans will have four options to select as their preferred presiden- tial nominees, although according to many in the national media, for- mer Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the presumptive nominee who will challenge President Barack Obama in the fall. Romney is one of four Republican candidates whose names will appear on the ballot. The others are former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Santorum and Gingrich have both dropped out of the race. Romney served as governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, but he has touted his work in the pri- vate sector throughout the campaign. According to his website, America “must take decisive action to roll back the misguided policies of the last three years, empower our citizens, and restore the foundations of our nation’s strength.” Inside, page A4 -news -news e e www.lebanonenterprise.com 690 Metts Drive Lebanon Kentucky 40033 270-692-3281 [email protected] Doug Ray Agency Manager Charles Monin Agent Jason Elder Agent BIG ON COMMITMENT. ® CONGRATULATIONS MARION COUNTY GRADUATES Give yourself a graduation present, good insurance. To make it in the real world, takes hard work, determination, and real good insurance, like the kind you get from Kentucky Farm Bureau. IN THE NEWS A brief look at what’s happen- ing in Marion County this week. Read this and more, including breaking news, on the web! Rigdon is accused of shooting inside Taylor County home A Lebanon man has been arrested and charged with wan- ton endangerment after he alleg- edly shot a gun inside a Campbellsville home. According to a Taylor County Sheriff’s Office report, depu- ties received a call at 1:15 p.m., Saturday stating that there were shots fired in a home on New Columbia Road. When officers arrived, the report states, witnesses said William R. Rigdon, 27, shot a gun when several people were home. Rigdon had left the home but was found a short time later and arrested by Campbellsville Police on unrelated charges, according to the report. Rigdon was charged with four counts of wanton endangerment, four counts of terroristic threat- ening, tampering with physical evidence, theft of a firearm and possession of cocaine. Campbellsville Police and Kentucky State Police assisted at the scene. Taylor County Sheriff’s Deputy Rodney Cox investigated. At press time, Rigdon was lodged at the Taylor County Detention Center on a $100,000 cash bond. Dirt Bowl is June 23-24 The third annual Dirt Bowl is going to be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., June 23-24, at the Cleaver Court basketball courts in Lebanon. Participants must be eight to 18 years old. The event is free. In case of rain, the event will be rescheduled to June 30 and July 1. Chasers to host motorcy- cle rally, car show June 23 After thousands of warriors compete in The Warrior Dash at Pope’s Creek Ranch in Lebanon Saturday, June 23, Charles Mills, owner of Chaser’s, hopes they will come to downtown Lebanon to eat BBQ, enjoy live music and a car show. Read more on page A3 OBITUARIES James Henry Brockman, 75 Elizabeth Caldwell, 82 Annette Bush Clarkson, 45 Lester Ray Dant, 82 James Russell Mattingly, 76 William “Bill” Maupin, 81 James “Jerry” Stine, 78 WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 • 75 CENTS • VOL. 126, NO. 9 • MARION COUNTY, KY MARION COUNTY, KY www.lebanon nterprise.com e e INDEX Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A6 Social . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A8 Public Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A9 Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A11 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A12 Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A13 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B1 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5 See Primary, page A14 ■ ELECTION Two contested races appear on the primary ballot The Lebanon Enterprise The Lebanon Enterprise Tee Ball Tee Ball Action! Action! MCHS Fab Five MCHS Fab Five PHOTOS I B3 PHOTOS I B3 INSIDE INSIDE ■ DEATH Court of Appeals: KSP not negligent in death of informant By Stephen Lega [email protected] It’s been 16 years since LeBron Gaither of Lebanon, 18, was killed after his iden- tity as a police informant was compro- mised, but his family continues to fight on LeBron’s behalf. It took years for the Gaither fam- ily to even have their case heard by the Kentucky Board of Claims. When the board finally heard the case, it found that the Kentucky State Police had been negligent and were 30 percent liable in LeBron’s death. As a result, the board awarded $168,729.90 to Virginia Gaither, LeBron’s grandmother and the adminis- tratrix of his estate. In January of 2011, the Franklin Circuit Court overturned the findings of the Board of Claims. Where the board had found that the detectives involved in the case were acting in a ministerial capacity with regard to the events that preceded LeBron’s death, the Circuit Court ruled that the detectives were acting in a dis- cretionary capacity and therefore were not subject to claims of negligence. On May 4, the Kentucky Court of Appeals handed down the most recent decision in the case, and a majority of the Court of Appeals upheld the Circuit Court decision. “We acknowledge that the facts in this case are egregious, and note that nothing in this opinion is intended to diminish the tragedy that underlines this case and the empathy we feel for LeBron’s fam- ily,” Justice Michelle Keller wrote in the majority opinion. Nevertheless, Keller wrote that the case came down to whether the detec- tives were performing ministerial or dis- cretionary acts. If they were performing discretionary acts, then they would be immune from negligence claims. “Determining what is ministerial and what is discretionary and where the line between the two lies is not a straightfor- ward task,” Keller wrote. She went on to write that while the choices made by the detectives were tragically flawed, the execution of the undercover operation was left to the dis- cretion and judgment of the detectives. “Therefore, we conclude that the acts See Death page A16 Family will seek to have case heard by state Supreme Court Republican presidential candidates, aspiring Democratic congressmen face off May 22 Rigdon and the S t. Charles Middle School per- formed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. on May 11. The story tells the tale of a prince who turned away an old woman seeking shelter be- cause of her appearance. The woman, an enchantress, turns him into a beast, and he is cursed to remain that way unless he can find someone to love him before all the petals fall off a rose. Look for more photos online at www.lebanonenterprise.com. Photos by Stephen Lega Left, one of Gaston’s associates, Lefou (D.J. Carton) is surprised to find that the wardrobe, Madame de la Grande Bouche (Rae Mills), is alive. Beauty Beauty Beast Beast ■ ST. CHARLES MIDDLE SCHOOL Top, After Belle (Leah Thompson) professed her love, the spell was bro- ken, and the Beast returned to being a Prince (Mathew Parker). And they all lived happily ever after. Left, after Belle flees into the woods, the Beast (Mathew Parker) saves her from the wolf (Logan Browning). Photos by Stephen Lega Buckmaster Hatchett
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By Stephen [email protected]
Local voters won’t have much to decide when they go to the polls May 22.
Republicans will be able to vote for possible presidential candidates, while Democrats will cast their bal-lots to decide who will challenge Congressman Ed Whitfield in November.
Republicans will have four options to select as their preferred presiden-tial nominees, although according to many in the national media, for-mer Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the presumptive nominee who will challenge President Barack Obama in the fall.
Romney is one of four Republican candidates whose names will appear on the ballot. The others are former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum,
former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Texas Congressman Ron Paul.
Santorum and Gingrich have both dropped out of the race.
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, but he has touted his work in the pri-vate sector throughout the campaign. According to his website, America “must take decisive action to roll back the misguided policies of the last
three years, empower our citizens, and restore the foundations of our nation’s strength.”
Inside, page A4
-news-newseewww.lebanonenterprise.com
690 Metts DriveLebanon Kentucky 40033
[email protected] Doug Ray
Agency ManagerCharles Monin
AgentJason Elder
AgentBIG ON COMMITMENT.®
CONGRATULATIONS MARION COUNTY
GRADUATESGive yourself a
graduation present,good insurance.
To make it in the real world, takes hard work, determination, and real good insurance, like the
kind you get fromKentucky Farm Bureau.
IN THE NEWS A brief look at what’s happen-ing in Marion County this week. Read this and more, including breaking news, on the web!
Rigdon is accused
of shooting inside
Taylor County home
A Lebanon man has been arrested and charged with wan-ton endangerment after he alleg-edly shot a gun inside a Campbellsville home.
According to a Taylor County Sheriff’s Office report, depu-ties received a call at 1:15 p.m., Saturday stating that there were shots fired in a home on New Columbia Road.
When officers arrived, the report states, witnesses said William R. Rigdon, 27, shot a gun when several people were home.
Rigdon had left the home but was found a short time later and arrested by Campbellsville Police on unrelated charges, according to the report.
Rigdon was charged with four counts of wanton endangerment, four counts of terroristic threat-ening, tampering with physical evidence, theft of a firearm and possession of cocaine.
Campbellsville Police and Kentucky State Police assisted at the scene.
Taylor County Sheriff’s Deputy Rodney Cox investigated.
At press time, Rigdon was lodged at the Taylor County Detention Center on a $100,000 cash bond.
Dirt Bowl is June 23-24
The third annual Dirt Bowl is going to be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., June 23-24, at the Cleaver Court basketball courts in Lebanon. Participants must be eight to 18 years old. The event is free. In case of rain, the event will be rescheduled to June 30 and July 1.
Chasers to host motorcy-
cle rally, car show June 23
After thousands of warriors compete in The Warrior Dash at Pope’s Creek Ranch in Lebanon Saturday, June 23, Charles Mills, owner of Chaser’s, hopes they will come to downtown Lebanon to eat BBQ, enjoy live music and a car show.
Read more on page A3
OBITUARIESJames Henry Brockman, 75
Elizabeth Caldwell, 82
Annette Bush Clarkson, 45
Lester Ray Dant, 82
James Russell Mattingly, 76
William “Bill” Maupin, 81
James “Jerry” Stine, 78
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 • 75 CENTS • VOL. 126, NO. 9 • MARION COUNTY, KYMARION COUNTY, KYwww.lebanon nterprise.comee
INDEXCalendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A 4Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A6Social . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A8Public Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A 9Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A11Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A12Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A13Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B 1Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B 5
See Primary, page A14
■ ELECTION
Two contested races appear on the primary ballot
The Lebanon EnterpriseThe Lebanon Enterprise
Tee Ball Tee Ball Action!Action!
MCHS Fab FiveMCHS Fab Five
PHOTOS I B3PHOTOS I B3
INSIDEINSIDE
■ DEATH
Court of Appeals:
KSP not negligent in death of informant
By Stephen [email protected]
It’s been 16 years since LeBron Gaither of Lebanon, 18, was killed after his iden-tity as a police informant was compro-mised, but his family continues to fight on LeBron’s behalf.
It took years for the Gaither fam-ily to even have their case heard by the Kentucky Board of Claims. When the board finally heard the case, it found that the Kentucky State Police had been negligent and were 30 percent liable in LeBron’s death. As a result, the board awarded $168,729.90 to Virginia Gaither, LeBron’s grandmother and the adminis-tratrix of his estate.
In January of 2011, the Franklin Circuit Court overturned the findings of the Board of Claims. Where the board had found that the detectives involved in the case were acting in a ministerial capacity with regard to the events that preceded LeBron’s death, the Circuit Court ruled that the detectives were acting in a dis-cretionary capacity and therefore were not subject to claims of negligence.
On May 4, the Kentucky Court of Appeals handed down the most recent decision in the case, and a majority of the Court of Appeals upheld the Circuit Court decision.
“We acknowledge that the facts in this case are egregious, and note that nothing in this opinion is intended to diminish the tragedy that underlines this case and the empathy we feel for LeBron’s fam-ily,” Justice Michelle Keller wrote in the majority opinion.
Nevertheless, Keller wrote that the case came down to whether the detec-tives were performing ministerial or dis-cretionary acts. If they were performing discretionary acts, then they would be immune from negligence claims.
“Determining what is ministerial and what is discretionary and where the line between the two lies is not a straightfor-ward task,” Keller wrote.
She went on to write that while the choices made by the detectives were tragically flawed, the execution of the undercover operation was left to the dis-cretion and judgment of the detectives.
“Therefore, we conclude that the acts
See Death page A16
Family will seek to have case
heard by state Supreme Court
Republican presidential candidates, aspiring Democratic congressmen face off May 22
Rigdon
and the
St. Charles Middle School per-formed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. on May 11. The story tells the tale of a prince who turned
away an old woman seeking shelter be-cause of her appearance. The woman, an enchantress, turns him into a beast, and he is cursed to remain that way unless he can fi nd someone to love him before all the petals fall off a rose. Look for more photos online at www.lebanonenterprise.com.
Photos by Stephen Lega
Left, one of Gaston’s associates, Lefou (D.J. Carton) is surprised to find that the wardrobe, Madame de la Grande Bouche (Rae Mills), is alive.
BeautyBeauty Beast Beast
■ ST. CHARLES MIDDLE SCHOOL
Top, After Belle (Leah Thompson) professed her love, the spell was bro-ken, and the Beast returned to being a Prince (Mathew Parker). And they all lived happily ever after.
Left, after Belle flees into the woods, the Beast (Mathew Parker) saves her from the wolf (Logan Browning).
Photos by Stephen Lega
Buckmaster Hatchett
