Knox meeting on ATVs moved

Ivy Brashear

An open public meeting concerning the use of ATVs in Knox County has been moved to this Thursday.

Jackie Napier, owner of Pershing Enterprises, which is a legal consulting firm in Corbin, helped organize the meeting. She said it will be a way for the community to voice opinions about the issues surrounding ATV use, including destruction of private property and noise pollution.

Napier also said the meeting will be an opportunity to ask legal advice about how to keep ATVs from damaging private property.

ATV users are also invited to join the discussion so they can understand the issues and problems their recreation sometimes create, Napier said. She said this way they would be able to add their side of the story to the discussion and make it balanced.

Napier has also invited County Judge-Executive J.M. Hall, all of the magistrates, Sheriff John Rickard and Constable Carl Bolton to attend the meeting.

She said she doesn’t want ATV users to get the wrong idea about the meeting. She doesn’t want to bash ATV users or make it impossible for people to use ATVs. She said the community just wants a compromise.

“No one cares for people to have their activities and fun so long as no one is bothered by it,” Napier said. “We want to find a solution where everybody can be happy.”

The meeting will take place on Thursday, June 18 at 6 p.m. at Pershing Enterprises in Corbin. For more information, call Jackie Napier at (606) 526-7202.

Source: http://www.thetimestribune.com/local/local_story_167082857.html

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