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<v Speaker 1>Now we turn to the Kentucky Standard for news in

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<v Speaker 1>Bartstown in Nelson County. Your reader today is Brian Hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>As a reminder, Radio Eye is a reading service intended

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<v Speaker 1>for people who are blind or has other disabilities that

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<v Speaker 1>make it difficult to read printed material. We will begin

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<v Speaker 1>with the addition dated June twenty first. Halk appears in

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<v Speaker 1>court without attorney present. Halk said he doesn't know why

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<v Speaker 1>he's charged. Nick Hawk appeared in court on Thursday morning

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<v Speaker 1>for his arraignment without an attorney. Halk claims he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>know why he is being charged. Hawk was arrested on

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<v Speaker 1>June fourth for a first degree perjury, being released hours

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<v Speaker 1>later on a twenty five thousand dollars bog. He is

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<v Speaker 1>the brother of Brooks, who was convicted last year of

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<v Speaker 1>the murder in the Crystal Rogers trial. The charge against

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<v Speaker 1>Hawk alleges between the dates of July fifteenth, twenty fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>and August sixteenth, twenty twenty three, he committed perjury when

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<v Speaker 1>he made a material false statement which he did not

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<v Speaker 1>believe in an official proceeding while under oath required or

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<v Speaker 1>authorized by law. He appeared in court without an attorney

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday when Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms, the third

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<v Speaker 1>who is presiding over the case called Hawke's case of

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<v Speaker 1>Hawke said his attorney was not present and stepped out

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<v Speaker 1>into the hallway to speak with them. Upon returning, Hauke's

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<v Speaker 1>attorney had not arrived. Hawke said his attorney wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out what you guys are getting at before he

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<v Speaker 1>kind of makes a decision. Sims asked to clarify if

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<v Speaker 1>he had an attorney, to which Halk responded that he

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<v Speaker 1>spoke with an attorney, but that they wanted more information

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<v Speaker 1>on the case before he would make a decision. Halk

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<v Speaker 1>also expressed confusion at why he was being charged. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been charged with perjury and I have no idea

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<v Speaker 1>why you guys are charging me with that. Simms continued

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<v Speaker 1>with the proceeding on Thursday, asking a public defender to

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<v Speaker 1>stand in for hal since he did not have an attorney.

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<v Speaker 1>Halk entered a plea of not guilty. He is scheduled

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<v Speaker 1>to be back in court on July second, at nine

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<v Speaker 1>a m. Next lawsuit against bb CO whistleblower dismissed. Nation

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuit filed by a former Bardstown bourbon company executive against

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<v Speaker 1>a whistleblower has been dismissed. Jefferson Circuit Judge Julie Klin

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<v Speaker 1>dismissed the lawsuit filed by Bourbon Bardstown Bourbon Company Chief

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<v Speaker 1>commercial Officer Herb Henneman last week. The judge also awarded

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<v Speaker 1>court costs to former human resources vice president Sylvia Sanders.

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<v Speaker 1>Henneman was mentioned in sanders discrimination lawsuit against the company,

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<v Speaker 1>but he was not party to the suit. On February thirteen,

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders filed a lawsuit in Nelson County accusing Bardstown Bourbon

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<v Speaker 1>Company parent Lofted Spirits, Lofted CEO Mark Irwin, bb CO

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<v Speaker 1>president Peter Marino, Pritzker Private Capital Investment Partners, and PPC

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<v Speaker 1>operating partner Christian Brickman of gender discrimination and retaliation. Bartstown

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<v Speaker 1>Bourbon Company and parent Lofted Spirits are part of Pritzker

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<v Speaker 1>Private Capital, which is owned by Illinois Governor J. B.

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<v Speaker 1>Pritzker and Anthony M. Pritzker. Governor Pritzker is not involved

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<v Speaker 1>in the company. Hennemann alleged that Sanders suit made utterly false, derogatory,

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<v Speaker 1>and disparaging statements against him. In the discrimination suit, Sander

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<v Speaker 1>alleges She was fired after sending a lengthy memo to

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<v Speaker 1>Erwin lining widespread concerns, including what she called a pattern

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<v Speaker 1>of bias involving multiple female executives who had been fired

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<v Speaker 1>or forced out under Erwin's tenure. Among the fired executives,

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders said in a memo to Erwin was a former

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<v Speaker 1>marketing director who had raised concerns about Henneman, the marketing

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<v Speaker 1>director's boss at the time. The marketing director thought Henneman

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<v Speaker 1>was a quote sexual predator and that his inappropriate sexist

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<v Speaker 1>actions and comments, which had already been the subject of

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<v Speaker 1>a prior disciplinary action, made her feel extremely uncomfortable. The

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuit alleged two other female Barstown Bourbon Company employees also

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<v Speaker 1>had made complaints about Henneman, at least one of which

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<v Speaker 1>went to the board of directors. Sanders memo to Erwin

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<v Speaker 1>also referenced another instant. Sanders said in the original complaint

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<v Speaker 1>that Erwin told her Hennemann took another employee's jeep and

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<v Speaker 1>drove it through Boston Bourbon Company's Cornfield drunk during country

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<v Speaker 1>singer Brad Paisley's visit to the distillery. According to the

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<v Speaker 1>original complaint, Erwin said he probably should have said something

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<v Speaker 1>to him about that. Instead, Erwin promoted Henneman to chief

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<v Speaker 1>marketing officer, gave him a hundred barrels of whiskey and

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<v Speaker 1>shares in the company Sanders alleged in the original lawsuit.

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<v Speaker 1>Henneman declined to comment. He previously denied all allegations, as

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<v Speaker 1>did Bardstown Bourbon Company. In Calon's order last week, she

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<v Speaker 1>found that sanders allegations in her original lawsuit are absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>critical to sanders claims of both discrimination as well as retaliation. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>they are part of the chronology through which Sanders contends

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<v Speaker 1>BBC Hove, with the full knowledge and consent of Pritzker,

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<v Speaker 1>retaliated against women who reported misconduct and the retaliation against

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders when she escalated those concerns. Further, the judge noted

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<v Speaker 1>that the Nelson Circuit Court had overruled in its entirety

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<v Speaker 1>Bbcoe's motion to strike the complaint, where BBC alleged that

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<v Speaker 1>these allegations were collateral, impertinent, irrelevant, unnecessary, or scandalous, including

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<v Speaker 1>those against Hennemann. Meanwhile, in the original Nelson Circuit Court case,

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders is appealing a May twenty eighth order that denies

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<v Speaker 1>her expedited motion to dismiss a counterclaim by bb CO.

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<v Speaker 1>Next National Bourbon Week, these tourists flocked to Nelton County

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<v Speaker 1>distilleries across the county and the regions celebrate National Bourbonweek

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<v Speaker 1>kicked off June fourteenth, bringing in dozens to celebrate as

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<v Speaker 1>distilleries in and around Nelson County and beyond held special events.

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<v Speaker 1>The third annual National Bourbon Week began on Sunday to

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<v Speaker 1>kick off eight days of celebration of the Amber Liquid.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bourbon Capital Alliance and their ten partner distilleries have

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<v Speaker 1>hosted events throughout the week for tourists and locals alike.

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<v Speaker 1>Businesses throughout downtown Bardstown also got in on the fund,

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<v Speaker 1>hosting tastings and offerings offering other bourbon centric events. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the many events this week was Old Steelhouse Distilleries

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<v Speaker 1>Finish your Own Blueprint zero zero two series bad Experience.

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<v Speaker 1>Attendees got a tour of the historic distillery site and

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<v Speaker 1>all of the artifacts steal from previous ventures. Guests also

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<v Speaker 1>got to complete a finishing class learning the impact of

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<v Speaker 1>different types of wood on the taste of a bourbon.

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<v Speaker 1>Lead distiller, Lorenzo Alvarado walked guests through a small scale

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<v Speaker 1>version of this process to explain how Old Steelhouse makes

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<v Speaker 1>their bourbon as well. It's a great opportunity to honor

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<v Speaker 1>the property and showcase what we're doing here and showcase

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<v Speaker 1>our product, Alvarado said of the event on Tuesday. Other

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<v Speaker 1>distilleries held their own event throughout the week, with heaven

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<v Speaker 1>Hill kicking off on National Bourbon Days June fourteenth with

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<v Speaker 1>their Elijah Craig Celebration. Preservation Distillery also got in on

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<v Speaker 1>the fund by hosting the Boone Family Reunion Festival, inviting

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<v Speaker 1>attendees to come together in celebration. Todd Magner was one

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<v Speaker 1>of the many people in attendance on Wednesday at lux

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<v Speaker 1>Rose front Yard Barbecue with Master distiller John Rempy. Magner

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<v Speaker 1>traveled from southern Indiana to experience National Bourbon Week, with

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<v Speaker 1>lux Row being his third event of the week. Magner

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<v Speaker 1>said they've already hit Heaven Hill, Chicken Cock, Liam Ash,

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<v Speaker 1>and Springfield's Potter Jane Distillery. He said they loved the

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<v Speaker 1>community in being around good people. Magner said they also

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<v Speaker 1>are big fans of lux Rose products and loved being

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<v Speaker 1>able to see their campus once again. Rempy said National

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<v Speaker 1>Bourbon Week is a celebration of bourbon. He said. While

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<v Speaker 1>the Falls, Kentucky Bourbon Festival is a great showcase, bourbon

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<v Speaker 1>deserves more time to be celebrated. Rimpy said they began

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<v Speaker 1>celebrating bourbon in June and continue the festivities into September.

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<v Speaker 1>Any opportunity we get to draw more people into Bardstown

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<v Speaker 1>to lux Row Distillers, we are going to jump at

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<v Speaker 1>that chance to give people a look at this ninety

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<v Speaker 1>acre campus, he said. Other distillery events throughout the week

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<v Speaker 1>included the James B. Beam Distilling Companies Backyard bluew Log

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<v Speaker 1>Stills proved by the spring Makers, Mark Distilleries, Bourbons Wilrat

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<v Speaker 1>with master distiller Doctor Blake Layfield. Potter Jane also hosted

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<v Speaker 1>multiple big vat blending classes. These events continue through the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend with the Bardstown Main Streets Bourbon City Street Concert

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<v Speaker 1>on Saturday evening and Bardstown seventeen ninety two's Father Day

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<v Speaker 1>Bourbon brench and tour. Next. County officials plead with Bloomfield

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<v Speaker 1>to change course on garbage contract. Bloomfield City Council briefs.

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<v Speaker 1>County officials visited the Bloomfield City Council meeting Monday with

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<v Speaker 1>some stern words in the wake of the city deciding

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<v Speaker 1>to switch garbage carriers from waste management to Rumki and

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<v Speaker 1>rejecting Nelson County's solid waste bid as well. I was

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<v Speaker 1>highly disappointed in the garbage decision, Nelson Judge Executive Ten

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<v Speaker 1>Hutchins said, while asking the city to reconsider awarding the

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<v Speaker 1>bid to Rumkey. Hutchins was joined at the meeting by

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<v Speaker 1>county engineers Brad Spaulding and John Greenwell to plead their case.

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<v Speaker 1>At last month's city council meeting, members found themselves deadlocked

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<v Speaker 1>with a three to three tally, with Mayor Chris Dudgeon

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<v Speaker 1>casting the tie breaking vote to go with Rumkey for

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<v Speaker 1>the city's garbage pickup. Council members Laura Bennett, Ken Lamone,

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<v Speaker 1>and Scott Stevenson each cast no votes at that meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>with each voicing their preference to contract with Nelson County

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<v Speaker 1>for that service. John Hammond, Tina Long, and Todd Swasey

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<v Speaker 1>voted in favor of Rumkey. In his comments, Hutchins spelled

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<v Speaker 1>out recent contributions that the county had provided to Bloomfield,

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<v Speaker 1>including Cities Beautiful Buy and funds for projects in the city,

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<v Speaker 1>including the recent renovations of Bloomfield Memorial Park and the

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<v Speaker 1>positioning of County recycling trailers in the city. He also

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<v Speaker 1>noted that the county bid was lower than Rumkies. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a slap in our faith, Hutchins said, We've done a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of work over at this end of the county.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the hangars from last month's meeting were concerns

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<v Speaker 1>raised by Hammond that if the city went with the

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<v Speaker 1>county for its trash contract, city Hall would still be

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<v Speaker 1>receiving complaints from local residents rather than those complaints going

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<v Speaker 1>to Nelson County Solid Ways. County officials countered that, noting

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<v Speaker 1>that they have received very few complaints calls since NC

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<v Speaker 1>solid Waste took over trash pickup for an New Haven

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<v Speaker 1>last year when that city didn't renew its contract with

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<v Speaker 1>waste management. At Monday's meeting, Barnett questioned whether Bloomfield could

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<v Speaker 1>rescind its vote, noting that she still felt Bloomfield should

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<v Speaker 1>contract through the county. City Attorney Aufrey Hayden Blackman was

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<v Speaker 1>not in attendance at Monday's meeting, so the city would

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<v Speaker 1>need to consult her before they could pursue rescinding the

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<v Speaker 1>contract with Rumky. Greenwell noted that unlike Rumky or Waste Management,

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson County Solid Waste always answered the phone for customer

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<v Speaker 1>complaints or issues, and that Bloomfield residents couldn't expect the

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<v Speaker 1>same level of service from the corporate contractors. We think

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<v Speaker 1>we can do a good job for Bloomfield's, Faulding said.

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<v Speaker 1>We care, we want to serve you guys. In other news,

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomfield Public Work Supervisor Derrick Hagan said he was awarding

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<v Speaker 1>a price awaiting a price quote on chemicals for sewer treatment.

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<v Speaker 1>He also said he's hoping that the long awaited equipment

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<v Speaker 1>for one of the city's water pump stations would possibly

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<v Speaker 1>be in by the second week of July. The city

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<v Speaker 1>passed second readings of its amended fiscal year twenty six

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<v Speaker 1>budgets and its fiscal year twenty twenty seven budget. Dudgeon

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<v Speaker 1>opened discussion on the city's past property tax rates, noting

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<v Speaker 1>that the overall rate for city residents in twenty eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>was thirty three cents per one hundred dollars of valuation

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<v Speaker 1>and that now it is twenty seven point four cents

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<v Speaker 1>per one hundred dollars. In most of those years, the

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<v Speaker 1>city took the compensating ru rate of a four percent

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<v Speaker 1>increase in revenue, as required by state law. Dudgeon said

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<v Speaker 1>this city has been able to lower the individual tax

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<v Speaker 1>rate in the past eight years while also raising more

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<v Speaker 1>revenue because of the new home construction in the city limits.

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<v Speaker 1>He said only residents who had their homes reappraised by

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<v Speaker 1>the Property Valuation Office will have seen their overall tax

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<v Speaker 1>bill go up, but that was not because their individual

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<v Speaker 1>has dropped in recent years. Hammond said he is looking

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<v Speaker 1>into price quotes to add a water fountain and a

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<v Speaker 1>that it is unnecessary given Bloomfield's relatively low crates. Next,

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<v Speaker 1>Blandford named Miss Kentucky's Team. Bardstown native finds confidence on stage.

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<v Speaker 1>Lake and Blandford, a Bardstown native, was crowned Miss Kentucky's

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<v Speaker 1>was in a daze. The atmosphere was chaotic with all

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<v Speaker 1>overwhelmed with all these different emotions. You're grateful, you're excited,

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<v Speaker 1>of overwhelming the incredibly special emotions. Blandford said being named

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<v Speaker 1>Miss Kentucky's Teen has provided her an opportunity to expand

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<v Speaker 1>her community initiatives. The Resilience Project, The Rising Sophomor's program

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<v Speaker 1>The scholarships give them access to local extracurriculars and find

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<v Speaker 1>their community. Last year, Blandford said she sponsored twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>kids through the Resilience Project. She hopes to use her

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<v Speaker 1>new platform as Kentucky's Miss as Miss Kentucky's Team to

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<v Speaker 1>expand the initiative's reach and impact. During the weekend's competition,

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<v Speaker 1>Blanford combined for performance a dance routine to the song

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<v Speaker 1>Halo by Biance. She also played the viola during the performance.

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<v Speaker 1>She said dance and orchestra were her own safe spaces

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<v Speaker 1>as a child. The song Halo is about someone finding

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<v Speaker 1>their safe haven in someone else. I am providing an

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<v Speaker 1>She said dance and orchestra were huge for me. Being

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky's Team was being traveled. When she traveled to see

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<v Speaker 1>Mallory Jones be crowned in twenty twenty four. She said

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<v Speaker 1>a part of. She said. The first time she competed

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<v Speaker 1>in a Miss Kentucky's Teen's preliminary competition, she lost. However,

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<v Speaker 1>with some encouragement, she entered into another event and was

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<v Speaker 1>named Miss Fountain Square's team. In the statewide competition, she

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<v Speaker 1>placed in the top twelve. Last September, Blandford was named

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<v Speaker 1>Miss Mammoth Caves Area's Teen. She said she spent the

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<v Speaker 1>last several months preparing for the statewide event. Now, Blamford

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<v Speaker 1>said she is preparing for the Miss America's Teen event

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<v Speaker 1>later this year. I found in my years of having

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<v Speaker 1>across Kentucky or across Nelson County. Thus far, I found

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<v Speaker 1>that when I connect with them, they fill this bond

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<v Speaker 1>with me, so they're able to feel that connection too.

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<v Speaker 1>Understanding that there are many backgrounds in many different perspectives

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<v Speaker 1>I want the Resilience Project to continue to grow. Next

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<v Speaker 1>in community news, the Feeding America's food distribution will be

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<v Speaker 1>at eight point thirty am Wednesday, June twenty fourth, Nelson

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<v Speaker 1>County Fairgrounds for any wok income and someone in need.

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<v Speaker 1>Bring proof of residents, number in your household and identification.

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<v Speaker 1>Cooking skills at the library. Rush up on your cooking

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<v Speaker 1>skills at the New Haven branch every month join Melina

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<v Speaker 1>at which she'll demonstrate how to prepare passa with steak

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<v Speaker 1>and spinach, as well as banana blueberry treats. Please Register

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<v Speaker 1>five four nine six seven three five for this session.

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<v Speaker 1>Schedule for Monday, June twenty second, at five pm at

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<v Speaker 1>four five four nine eight. Turtlewalk in Elizabethtown, First Presbyterian

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<v Speaker 1>Church and Green Space present Doctor Paul Gerard. Seventeenth Annual

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<v Speaker 1>Turtle Walk and Talk Sunday, June twenty eighth at two

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<v Speaker 1>pm in Elizabethtown. The hike begins at the Haycraft Trailhead

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<v Speaker 1>parking lot across from the Hardin County Justice Center. Info

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<v Speaker 1>June Bourbon City Street Jamboree and Concert Bardstown Main Street

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<v Speaker 1>twenty third annual Bourbon City Street Concert and January Jamboree

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<v Speaker 1>chairs and enjoy life, music, food and fun. Events include

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<v Speaker 1>Kidstone from noon to four pm. Bourbon Samples for a

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<v Speaker 1>small fee, Molbille golf simulator, Putt Putt Sun and downtown

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<v Speaker 1>shopping specials and restaurant deals all afternoon beginning at six pm.

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<v Speaker 1>Celebrate America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday with United Wee

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<v Speaker 1>Jam Theme Concert with Chasing Judah, The Wilson Brothers and

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<v Speaker 1>headliner Unleashed Comet the Toby Keith Tribute. Come dressed in

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<v Speaker 1>for a night full of music and community. This is

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<v Speaker 1>all the time we've had a reading of the recent

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<v Speaker 1>editions of the Kentucky Standers. If you enjoy hearing this,

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<v Speaker 1>of everyone here at Radio Eye. This is Brian Hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for joining me, and now please stay tuned

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