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From left to right in picture: Dan Cheek, FIVECO Ad District; Chris Stamper, Rattlesnake Ridge Water District; Jay Whitehead, Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet; Steve Hohmann, Division of Abandoned Mine Lands; Rep. Rocky Adkins; Larry Stevens, Elliott County Assistant County Judge; Bill Gilbert, Rattlesnake Ridge Water District; and Charles Wallace, Carter County Judge Executive. |
October 15, 2007-
Rep. Rocky Adkins Announces New Water Lines For Elliott County Residents
Rep. Rocky Adkins,(D-Sandy Hook) announced last Thursday that residents in Elliott County will soon have clean drinking water, thanks to a $1.5 million grant he helped procure. The project will install more than 14 miles of water lines and serve 52 homes in the Brushy Creek, Little Brushy Creek and Hurricane Road areas in Elliott and Carter Counties and the Cherokee Gap area in Lawrence County.
Rep. Adkins, joined by residents and state officials, helped present the $1.5 million check to the Rattlesnake Ridge Water District last week.
“This is an awfully important project for Elliott County," said Rep. Adkins. "This goes back to areas left out of previous projects and I think it is wonderful to be able to come back and get to them.”
The 52 residences targeted by the water line program had been identified by a study funded by Kentucky's Division of Abandoned Mine Lands as having been impacted by mining operations before 1982.
"I have worked throughout my legislative career to bring clean, safe drinking water to rural areas of Elliott County and this is a result of those efforts," said Rep. Adkins. "It's wonderful news for these folks and their families." |
 On September 22, 2007, Rep. Rocky Adkins presented country music singer/songwriter Larry Cordle with a proclamation celebrating Cordle's name being included on US-23 Country Music Highway's Lawrence County boundary signs.
Cordle, a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter, was born and raised on a small farm in Eastern Kentucky, and was introduced to bluegrass, country and gospel music by his great-grandfather. Cordle was a boyhood friend and frequent picking partner of Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley.
Cordle established himself as a major songwriting talent via “Highway 40 Blues,” a No. 1 single for Skaggs in 1983. Subsequently, he became one of Nashville’s top composers, authoring such hits as “Mama Don’t Forget To Pray For Me” (Diamond Rio), “Against The Grain” (Garth Brooks), “Lonesome Dove” (Trisha Yearwood) and “Two Highways” (Alison Krauss).
Rep. Adkins, along with Sandra Jobe, a member of the Louisa Tourism Commission, advocated for two years to get Cordle's name on the Country Music Highway sign. "I am so glad that Larry Cordle is getting the recognition he deserves," said Rep. Adkins. "Larry is a talented singer and songwriter who has worked hard to promote bluegrass, country and gospel music, which is the music I and so many Eastern Kentuckians grew up on."
Cordle, a veteran of the United States Navy and graduate of Morehead State University, also performed at the grand opening of the recently renovated Garden Theatre in Louisa on September 22. |
Videographed ten years apart, in 1997 and in 2007, two drives down a main road of Sandy Hook illustrate the increased prosperity and vitality in Elliott County. Notice the new building housing the Performing Arts Center described below, one of several new enterprises in Sandy Hook.
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Click on image at left to see gallery of Performing Arts Center dedication photos
Click on Play Button below to see Video Progression of the construction of the Adkins-Caudill Performing Arts Center in Sandy Hook
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Adkins-Caudill Performing Arts Center — named in honor of State Rep. Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, and the W. Paul & Lucille Caudill Little Foundation — was formally dedicated April 21, 2007. The 318-seat, 12,000-square-foot-theater is an addition to the Elliott County High School Campus and has replaced the High School gym as the premier school and community gathering place. Learn more from the Ashland Daily Independent Newspaper
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 Rep. Rocky Adkins talks about the legislative process with Sandy Hook Elementary school students in his Capitol office in Frankfort, Kentucky in March. |
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Funding for School Improvement Presented to Elliott County
Rep. Rocky Adkins presented a check for $400,000 to Elliott County High
School Superintendent John Williams at the school's 2006 graduation ceremony
on May 27, 2006. The funding is to be used for projects in the Elliott
County School District and include upgrades and improvements at a recreational
complex and grounds upgrades; construction completion of the Elliott County
Park; and heating and cooling system upgrades in local school gymnasiums.
Elliott County Superintendent John C. Williams accepts the check from
Rep. Rocky Adkins, with Sen. Walter Blevins observing. |
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