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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 and Nelson County. Your reader today is Brian Hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>As a reminder, radialized or reading service intended for people

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<v Speaker 1>who are blind or have other disabilities that make it

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<v Speaker 1>difficult to read printed material. We will begin with the

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<v Speaker 1>edition dated June seventh. Halk arrested on Thursday. Nick Howe,

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<v Speaker 1>brother of convicted murderer Brooks Howe, was arrested Thursday by

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky State Police on charges of perjury Nelson County. Nelson's

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<v Speaker 1>Circuit Judge Charles Simms, the third issued in indictment Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>and how forty six, was picked up by KSP and

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<v Speaker 1>taken to the Nelson County Correction Center before then being

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<v Speaker 1>transferred to the Hardin County Detention Center, where he was

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<v Speaker 1>held on a twin eighty five thousand dollars bond as

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<v Speaker 1>of Thursday afternoon. He bonded out later that afternoon. Just

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<v Speaker 1>after one thirty pm, Kentucky State Police arrested Nicholas Nick Howe,

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<v Speaker 1>forty six, of Bardstown, Kentucky, on a Nelson County indictment

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<v Speaker 1>warrant following an investigation Kentucky conducted by Kentucky State Police

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<v Speaker 1>posts four detectives. A press release from the KSP said

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<v Speaker 1>Nick nick Holt has been mentioned in past court proceedings

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<v Speaker 1>involving his brother in connection with the twenty fifteen disappearance

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<v Speaker 1>and presumed murder of Crystal Rogers, who was brooks House

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<v Speaker 1>girlfriend at the time she went missing. Brooks House was

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<v Speaker 1>convicted of murder in connection with her death at the

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<v Speaker 1>trial last summer. Also convicted were a pomplices Joseph Lawson

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<v Speaker 1>and Stephen Lawson. While the indictment and press release does

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<v Speaker 1>not indicate this is in connection with Roger's death, the

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<v Speaker 1>timing of the first degree perjury charge against out suggests otherwise.

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<v Speaker 1>Quote that between the dates of July fifteenth, twenty fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and April sixteenth, twenty twenty three, in Nelson County, Kentucky,

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<v Speaker 1>the above name defendant committed the offense of perjury in

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<v Speaker 1>the first degree when he made a material false statement

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<v Speaker 1>which he did not believe in an official proceeding while

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<v Speaker 1>under oath, required or authorized by law. The indictment reads

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Howe to schedule for arraignment in Nelson's Circuit Court

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<v Speaker 1>at ninety m June eighteenth, First degree perjury is a

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<v Speaker 1>class steve felony. Hawk is facing one to five years

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<v Speaker 1>in prison if convicted, as well as a fine of

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars up to ten thousand dollars. How was

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<v Speaker 1>taken into custody and lodge without incident. KSB Post four

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<v Speaker 1>detectives are continuing the investigation. No further details will be

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<v Speaker 1>provided at this time as this is an ongoing investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>The press release from KSP said, as with all criminal cases,

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<v Speaker 1>the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a

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<v Speaker 1>court of law. Next, Stephen Foster's Story opens June thirteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>The drama celebrates sixty seventh season. This summer marks the

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<v Speaker 1>sixty seventh season for The Stephen Foster Story, which is

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<v Speaker 1>set to open on June thirteenth with four new actors

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<v Speaker 1>in the principal roles. The longtime theater production The Stephen

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<v Speaker 1>Foster Story has just two weeks of rehearsal before opening night.

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<v Speaker 1>This year, the drama will celebrate its sixty seventh season

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<v Speaker 1>at the Jay Van Talbot Amphitheater, and twenty twenty six

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<v Speaker 1>marks the two hundredth birthday of Stephen Foster. Stephen Foster

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<v Speaker 1>Drama Association Artistic director Johnny Warren said this year's show

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<v Speaker 1>is special, not only with the four main roles being

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<v Speaker 1>occupied by new editions, but also a celebration of the

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<v Speaker 1>production as a whole. Warren said, in his twenty seven

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<v Speaker 1>years with the company, he has never seen the roles

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<v Speaker 1>of Stephen Foster, Jane McDowell, Livy Pye, and Joe Aikins

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<v Speaker 1>taken on by four new actors at the same time. However,

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<v Speaker 1>Warren said this opportunity gives the actors the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>bring something new to the roles. What happens when new

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<v Speaker 1>cast members bring their own interpretation and their own skill

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<v Speaker 1>is set in their own talents to the performance is

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<v Speaker 1>just so fascinating to watch and to witness how different

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<v Speaker 1>the the exact same material can be. He said, that's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the joys of the fact that we do

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<v Speaker 1>produce Stephen Foster's story every single year. This year, the

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<v Speaker 1>titular role of Stephen Foster will be played by Zachary

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<v Speaker 1>Petrie from Florence and is making his Bartstown debut this summer.

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<v Speaker 1>Petrie is a musical theater alumnus of the Kentucky Governor's

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<v Speaker 1>School for the Arts and is a rising senior at

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<v Speaker 1>Northern Kentucky University. Jane McDowell will be played by Annie

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<v Speaker 1>Dawk from Louisville. This is not dwk's first time being

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<v Speaker 1>on the stage at j Dan Talbot Amphitheater. Dalk previously

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<v Speaker 1>was a part of the Dramas Association's production of Mary

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<v Speaker 1>Poppins as Jane Banks in twenty eighteen. Gracie Wright from

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<v Speaker 1>dulph In, Georgia is Livvy Pye's in her first year

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<v Speaker 1>with the drama. Wright is studying musical theater at Brunau

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<v Speaker 1>University and was a twenty twenty four Jimmy Awards finalist.

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<v Speaker 1>John Allway from Troy, Alabama will play Joe Aikins. The

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<v Speaker 1>recent Troy University graduate will be making his Stephen Foster

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<v Speaker 1>story debut this summer. Director Bronson Norris Murphy said he

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<v Speaker 1>is thrilled to be returning direct to direct this season's production.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, besides the musical and social history presented in

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<v Speaker 1>the show, he is most excited to work with the

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<v Speaker 1>cast they've assembled for their sixty seventh season. Murphy said

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<v Speaker 1>after only a few short days of working with them,

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<v Speaker 1>he can tell their energy, passion, and talents are going

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<v Speaker 1>to bring the story to life in a beautiful way

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<v Speaker 1>for their audience. It is a thrill to use the

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<v Speaker 1>same script in the same music to tell Stephen Foster's

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<v Speaker 1>story in new and vital ways each season. He said.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of that is depended on or inspired the

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<v Speaker 1>actor's impression of the story, the music, and ideas for

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<v Speaker 1>the text. It's really exciting to watch an actor grab

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<v Speaker 1>onto these words and make them their own. Murphy is

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<v Speaker 1>currently also on the national tour of Phantom of the

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<v Speaker 1>Opera and said that the theatergoers will find some trinket

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<v Speaker 1>of the Phantom's influence in this year's production. Stephen Foster

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<v Speaker 1>Story will begin its season June thirteenth and will run

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<v Speaker 1>every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday through July fourth. Beginning

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<v Speaker 1>July seventh, the show will run every Tuesday, Thursday, and

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday until Augus eight. For more information about opening night

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<v Speaker 1>or to purchase tickets, visit Stephen Foster dot com. Next,

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<v Speaker 1>Ethan Almighty crew wraps up filming in Bardstown. Cast and

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<v Speaker 1>crew have set up shop at Gocenter. The cast and

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<v Speaker 1>crew for the upcoming Ethan Almighty film have been in

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<v Speaker 1>and around the Bardstown area for a few weeks shooting

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<v Speaker 1>scenes for the story documenting the heartwarming true tale of

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<v Speaker 1>the rescue dog who battle the odds and survived abuse

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<v Speaker 1>and neglect in near starvation at the hand of its

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<v Speaker 1>previous owner. Each day before getting going, that same cast

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<v Speaker 1>and crew have gone to work with full bellies thanks

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<v Speaker 1>to the efforts of the folks at the Augustrie Opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>Center who have been catering breakfast for the crew for

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<v Speaker 1>a few weeks. Now. It gives us more opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>serve our mission, said Lee Look, director of the GEO Center.

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<v Speaker 1>Each day, the geocenter workers prep food for about two

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<v Speaker 1>to three hours under the guidance of Julian Gillian Peebler,

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<v Speaker 1>director of On the Go Foods, to feed the hungry

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<v Speaker 1>crew and get them started on their workday. She plans

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<v Speaker 1>all this and we all work with her when we're catering.

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<v Speaker 1>Luke said, she's in charge of all that you see here.

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<v Speaker 1>She coordinates it, she makes it all happen. Luke calls

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<v Speaker 1>it an amplification of the mission of the Geocenter. Peebler

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<v Speaker 1>said she couldn't do it without lots of help. The

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful thing about this organization is not only do people

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<v Speaker 1>like being here, but people like to volunteer, Peebler said,

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<v Speaker 1>and we cannot do it without our volunteers, so we're

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<v Speaker 1>thankful for every one that walked through the doors. Also

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<v Speaker 1>on hand Friday morning for breakfast was the star who

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<v Speaker 1>inspired the show, Ethan himself, who was busy being lazy

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<v Speaker 1>for a while before a crew member showed up with

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<v Speaker 1>a doggy toy for him and his adopted parents, E. F. Callaway,

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<v Speaker 1>which picked the canine's interest. Ethan will be played by

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<v Speaker 1>a dog actor in the film. Ethan was abandoned in

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<v Speaker 1>the Kentucky Humane Society during January twenty twenty one and

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<v Speaker 1>eventually recovered from his abuse with the help and care

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<v Speaker 1>of Shelter's staff and Callaway, who fostered Ethan before eventually

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<v Speaker 1>adopting him. Ethan is a large, mixed buried dog primary

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<v Speaker 1>barely a Presa Canario and other breeds. Normally weighing about

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<v Speaker 1>ninety pounds, Ethan had withered to just thirty eight pounds

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<v Speaker 1>when Shelter's staff took him in. The Ethan's Harrowing Journey

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<v Speaker 1>inspired Ethan's Law legislation passed by the Kentucky General Assembly

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty four that stiffened the state's animal crupuelty laws.

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<v Speaker 1>Ethan and Callaway served as grand marshals for the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four Bartstown Chris Cowana's Christmas Parade. A recent stretch

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<v Speaker 1>of filming in downtown Bardstown was designed to recreate that parade.

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<v Speaker 1>The film, by writer and director Tane McClure, stars Sean Patrick, Flannery,

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<v Speaker 1>Selma Blair, and Brandon Route, among others. Next gold Rush

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<v Speaker 1>Rally coming to Bardstown Exotic Car Showcase stopping in downtown.

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<v Speaker 1>Gold Rush Rally, an exotic and luxury vehicle rally, is

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<v Speaker 1>making a stop in Bardstown on June thirteenth after it

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<v Speaker 1>begins the Drive West event. North Third Street in Bardstown

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<v Speaker 1>will be packed with supercars next weekend as the gold

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<v Speaker 1>Rush Rally will make a small stop. The organization's Drive

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<v Speaker 1>West event is kicking off in Nashville before stopping in

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<v Speaker 1>Bardstown on its way to Indianapolis. The event's final stop

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<v Speaker 1>is in Las Vegas on June twentieth. Barstown, Nelson County

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<v Speaker 1>Tourism President Stacy Phelps said she's thrilled to welcome them

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<v Speaker 1>to Barstown. Phelps said it provides an exciting opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>showcase the community to a new audience. Additionally, she said,

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<v Speaker 1>it gives locals and visitors a unique chance to see

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<v Speaker 1>the incredible vehicles in the heart of a historic downtown.

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<v Speaker 1>Phelps says they will shut down the first the first

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<v Speaker 1>the day of the event. She said they'll set up

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<v Speaker 1>barricades and bike racks to protect the vehicles. Vehicles will

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<v Speaker 1>arrive around two PM and head out of three point

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<v Speaker 1>thirty pm. The street will remain closed through five PM

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<v Speaker 1>to allow for cleanup. It's going to be a first come,

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<v Speaker 1>first serve event to where you get on the street,

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<v Speaker 1>Phelps said, I can't say that the streets aren't going

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<v Speaker 1>to be crowded because I don't know, but they will

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<v Speaker 1>be able to walk along Main Street on the sidewalks

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<v Speaker 1>to view all the cars. There will also be food

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<v Speaker 1>trucks on the site. Is a free event. The only

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<v Speaker 1>thing they would need to purchase is if they want

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<v Speaker 1>some food or snack or anything like that. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>open to the public and everybody's welcome. Phelps said. Four

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, the Gumball three thousand rally, a similar style

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<v Speaker 1>event brought in thousands to downtown Bardstown. She recalled the

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<v Speaker 1>streets being packed, claiming some attendees even got on top

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<v Speaker 1>of buildings to see the cars. However, she said she

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't know what kind of crowd to expect for the

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<v Speaker 1>gold Rush Rally, but they are prepared for the huge

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<v Speaker 1>crowd if it happens. Phelps said, the great thing about

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<v Speaker 1>the event it brings me out all new people, something

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<v Speaker 1>different than Bardstown's usual fair. She said she expects it

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<v Speaker 1>to be a very busy day in the county, just

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<v Speaker 1>one day before the start of National Bourbon Week. Phelps

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<v Speaker 1>said the gold Rush Rally is opening the city and

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<v Speaker 1>the county up to more events like it in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's a huge opportunity for us in the

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<v Speaker 1>future to be able to get some other things like that,

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<v Speaker 1>she said. I think once they see it here, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it will bring them back. It's really a super

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<v Speaker 1>busy weekend, so it's a great weekend for our local community.

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<v Speaker 1>They seem super excited right now. We're getting really great

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<v Speaker 1>feedback off of it. And it's also the day before

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<v Speaker 1>the National Bourbon Week starts, so we're already going to

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<v Speaker 1>have visitors in town. It's just a little extra for

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<v Speaker 1>people that are already in town, and then of course

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<v Speaker 1>for all our locals to come out and see it.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's going to be a great weekend. Next races

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<v Speaker 1>set for November election after filing day passes. June second

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<v Speaker 1>mayoral races, Bartstown Mayor Dick Heaton is running for re election. However,

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<v Speaker 1>and Paul Bowling. The Nelson County school Boards will have

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<v Speaker 1>two changes after the November election. District one and District

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson County has a number of contested races in the

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<v Speaker 1>fall to vote on locally, statewide and federally. Incumbent Nelson

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<v Speaker 1>County Judge Executive Tim Hutchins, a Republican, will face off

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<v Speaker 1>the Fiscal Court will also have stiff competition, as three

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<v Speaker 1>that Republican primary. The opposed races for fiscal Court will

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<v Speaker 1>see Republican incumbent M. T. Harnett taking on Democrat Cameron

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<v Speaker 1>in May's GOP primary. Similarly, Kerrie Monin is unopposed after

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<v Speaker 1>state level, Nelson Countyons will vote for the next Senator

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<v Speaker 1>The Kentucky House of Representative seat for the fiftieth district

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<v Speaker 1>In the fourth district. Newcomer Republican Ed Golrain, who defeated

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<v Speaker 1>with Democrat Melissa Strange in November next Whiskey House lays

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<v Speaker 1>Whiskey House of Kentucky and Elizabethtown laid off about thirty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of its workforce on Tuesday. CEO David Mandel said,

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<v Speaker 1>our employees. Mandela said, these decisions are difficult because they

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<v Speaker 1>affect people we deeply care about. That's why we worked

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<v Speaker 1>hard to support those impacted with meaningful severance, continued benefits,

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<v Speaker 1>and career transition existence. Whiskey House opened in July twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four in Elizabethtown as a state of the art

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<v Speaker 1>custom distillery that produces bourbon and whiskey for various clients.

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<v Speaker 1>It was founded in twenty twenty one by Mandell, John Hargrove,

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<v Speaker 1>are encouraged by the momentum we are seeing in customer demand,

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<v Speaker 1>process effects for the whiskey industry. Mandel said. By taking

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<v Speaker 1>financially strong, operationally ready, in positioned to leave when growth returns.

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<v Speaker 1>Whiskey House remains open and is currently operating at about

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<v Speaker 1>sixty percent of its capacity. Mandel said. Several other Kentucky distilleries,

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<v Speaker 1>by President Trump's trade war. Canada largely has been boycotting

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<v Speaker 1>American whiskey making hid its lowest since twenty nineteen, as

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky distillers are sitting on a glut of more than

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen point one million barrels aging in warehouses. Brown Foreman

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<v Speaker 1>in Lawrenceburg and Wilderness Trail Distillery in Danville, announced plans

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<v Speaker 1>hundred jobs. In August twenty twenty five, the Augio parent

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<v Speaker 1>number of jobs to save six hundred twenty five million

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<v Speaker 1>over the next three years. This is all the time

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