Lake Cumberland Winery - Coming Soon????
April 7, 2011
Petition filed for special local option winery election in Mill Springs precinct
Anonymous CNHI The Wayne County Outlook Thu Apr 07, 2011, 07:46 AM EDT
3-23-11 — For the past nine years, Norrie Wake has been growing grapes on his farm, and he has been making his own wine from the fruit for the
past three years. So, it seems natural that Wake would want to take the next step and establish his own small farm winery.
He recently filed a petition with the Wayne County Clerk's Office seeking a special local option winery election in the Mill Springs precinct.
The petition was submitted on March 14 and contained a total of 201 signatures.
Wake was required to gather signatures of at least 25 percent of the voters who cast ballots in the Mill Springs precinct in the last election
held. According to County Court Clerk Josephine Gregory, 600 people voted in that precinct last November.
Once Gregory determined that Wake had met the requirements of the Kentucky statute dealing with a local option winery election, the petition was
then presented to Wayne County Judge-Executive Greg Rankin. Rankin has set the date for the special election for June 21.
"I think this is the first time we have had this type of vote in Wayne County,” said Rankin, as he talked about the upcoming special election.
"We are doing what the statute requires us to do.”
Gregory noted that the special election will be conducted like any other election in the county. The precinct, which is located at Bob's Auto
Supply, will be open from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m.
The absentee machine will be open in Gregory's office several weeks prior to the special election, and voters can also use traditional absentee
paper ballots to cast votes.
The question that will appear on the ballot will be, "Are you in favor of the sale of wine at the Lake Cumberland Winery?”
Lake Cumberland Winery would be located on Wake's Cedar Lane Farm, where he currently has nearly 1,000 producing vines. He
began growing grapes as an alternative crop to tobacco. Grapes seemed a perfect fit for the land that Wake had available, and he noted that the crop
requires a lot of the same skills farmers use to grow tobacco.
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http://wcoutlook.com/local/x1075331389/Petition-filed-for-sp...
WHATEVER floats your boat Dude!
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