Speaker 1: Now we turn to the Kentucky Standard for news and
Speaker 1: Bardstown in Nelson County. Your reader today is Brian Hunt.
Speaker 1: As a reminder, RADIOI is a reading service intended for
Speaker 1: people who are blind or have other disabilities that make
Speaker 1: it difficult to read printed materials. We will begin with
Speaker 1: the addition they dated April twenty sixth. Nelson Schools building
Speaker 1: projects progress. The Nelson County High School football field project
Speaker 1: has been put out for bid after the latest Nelson
Speaker 1: County Board of Education meeting on Tuesday. Nelson County Schools
Speaker 1: continues to make progress on its multiple ongoing construction projects.
Speaker 1: As the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, they approved
Speaker 1: the construction documents for the new NCSS softball field, authorizing
Speaker 1: it to go out for bid. In the last several months,
Speaker 1: the district's architects at Studio Kreamer have been working with
Speaker 1: school educators and administrators to design phase one of the
Speaker 1: school's renovation. Phase one of the renovation will require the
Speaker 1: space on the ground currently occupied by the softball field.
Speaker 1: The new softball field will be constructed where old Kentucky
Speaker 1: Home Middle School's football field resides. Superintendent Wes Bradley said
Speaker 1: they are currently on track to have Phase one of
Speaker 1: the NCCHS project go out to bid later this year.
Speaker 1: In November, the UPS Center and the district bus garage
Speaker 1: are nearly complete. Chief Operating Officer Alex Martin said the
Speaker 1: expected move in date for the bus garage is April
Speaker 1: twenty seventh. However, the surrounding roadways and parking lot are
Speaker 1: still being paved an additional exterior work needs to be done.
Speaker 1: Martin said there is a lot of progress going on
Speaker 1: around and in the UP Center, with a number of
Speaker 1: trades working on the building. At this time. The timeline
Speaker 1: for the project has slightly shifted, moving the end date
Speaker 1: for the project into mid July. The Thomas Nelson Middle
Speaker 1: School project is currently having earthwork done to stabilize the
Speaker 1: ground to make the foundation, parking lot, and roads. Martin
Speaker 1: said one portion of the project will need to sit
Speaker 1: and settle for several weeks before more progress can be made.
Speaker 1: In other news from Tuesday's BOE meeting, the district approved
Speaker 1: a slight increase in pay for district staff. The approved
Speaker 1: rays for twenty twenty six twenty twenty seven school year,
Speaker 1: but see salary Staff earn a five hundred dollars raise
Speaker 1: and hourly staff would earn a twenty five cent an
Speaker 1: hour raise. Martin also spoke about district wide staffing as
Speaker 1: they begin to optimize their staffing, he said they are
Speaker 1: aiming to shift their central office resources to decentralize those resources.
Speaker 1: Martin said they believe this move of staff into schools
Speaker 1: will save four hundred twenty five thousand dollars. Bradley said
Speaker 1: that more specifically, they will be moving four positions that
Speaker 1: will either be serving a dual role or a school
Speaker 1: level role. Martin said they are keeping committed to They
Speaker 1: are committed to keeping classroom ratios small and offer the
Speaker 1: same opportunities for each student. Efficiency, in effect activeness are
Speaker 1: still top priorities within the district, with Martin adding they
Speaker 1: will be leveraging natural transitions, reducing operations, and advancing benefits
Speaker 1: in salary for staff. Nelson County School's Board of Education
Speaker 1: will meet next month on May nineteenth at five point
Speaker 1: thirty pm at Central Office. Next Barstown Schools receives a
Speaker 1: two point four million dollars Clean Energy Tax credit. District
Speaker 1: discusses aiusage. In twenty nineteen, BCS began its journey to
Speaker 1: create a more energy efficient campus with a remodel of
Speaker 1: Barstown Middle School with the aid of CMTA, a firm
Speaker 1: specialized in resiliency and sustainability. In twenty twenty two, to
Speaker 1: Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Prior to Tuesday's latest
Speaker 1: Board of Education meeting, Bardstown City Schools received their Clean
Speaker 1: Energy Tax credit in the amount of two million, four
Speaker 1: hundred eighty five thousand, seven hundred four dollars in nine cents.
Speaker 1: District Director of Finance Tracy Rogers said they have committed
Speaker 1: the funds to separate projects as part of the district's budget.
Speaker 1: Rogers said isolating the funds will also allow them to
Speaker 1: generate their own interests. Once a decision has been made
Speaker 1: to use the money for a project in the district,
Speaker 1: they'll be able to identify how much they have, how
Speaker 1: much interest it has earned, and they'll be able to
Speaker 1: use it wisely. Also at tuesday's meeting, District Technology Coordinator
Speaker 1: Roman Harden spoke about artificial intelligence and the conversation as
Speaker 1: they've had about bringing it into the classroom. As we
Speaker 1: look forward to the future here at BCS, we must
Speaker 1: address the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence, Harden said. Our
Speaker 1: goal isn't to let AI lead our classrooms, but to
Speaker 1: use it responsibly as a powerful tool to enhance educational outcomes,
Speaker 1: personalizing learning experiences for students while also giving our teachers
Speaker 1: more time to focus on highly higher quality instruction. We're
Speaker 1: following the state's guidance to ensure that our tigers are
Speaker 1: prepared for the future where AI will be an ever
Speaker 1: constant presence. Harden said they've created standards for AI usage, privacy, first,
Speaker 1: human in the loop, transparency, and bias awareness. He said
Speaker 1: they want to ensure that teachers will be copilots. He
Speaker 1: said AI will be used to streamline administrative task and
Speaker 1: improving learning outcomes. However, teachers will remain the instructional experts.
Speaker 1: He said. They want students to use AI with integrity,
Speaker 1: so they are creating guardrails to ensure this. Harden said
Speaker 1: the first steps would be to communicate clearly with students
Speaker 1: when an assignment can and can't be used with AI.
Speaker 1: He emphasized that when using AI, the core reasonings and
Speaker 1: ideas should come from students. The goal is a deeper
Speaker 1: mastery of usage, not finding the shortest path to a
Speaker 1: finished product. He said it is important that we navigate
Speaker 1: these tools and demonstrate appropriate use of these AI tools
Speaker 1: with our students. Hardin added that AI is evolving, so
Speaker 1: the district guidelines and policies for it should grow with it.
Speaker 1: He said there will be plans to do trainings with
Speaker 1: staff on the latest technology, in communication with families, students
Speaker 1: and staff about policies, software and platforms they'll be using
Speaker 1: moving forward. We're going to provide these in a consolidated
Speaker 1: matter in which all students in staff can access these
Speaker 1: tools that we've already used. Hardin said, we will remain
Speaker 1: at the forefront of safe, innovative, and effective. That is
Speaker 1: our goal. That's what we're going to be aiming towards.
Speaker 1: With these things in mind, we are hoping that the
Speaker 1: adoption goes as well and as quickly as it has,
Speaker 1: but we need to go about it carefully and that's
Speaker 1: what we're working on. In other news from Tuesday's meeting,
Speaker 1: the renovation of Bartstown High School continues. In the last month,
Speaker 1: work has begun in the gym, with crews dismantling the
Speaker 1: inside and removing all the windows on the backside of
Speaker 1: the campus. Storm drain pipes are being installed indoors. Work
Speaker 1: is continuing in the old Media center. Stephen Osborne with
Speaker 1: Codell Construction said they had great progress this month on
Speaker 1: the project. He said he expects next month they will
Speaker 1: be able to see the progress in all three areas
Speaker 1: the crews are working on. The Bardstown Board of Education
Speaker 1: will meet next month on May nineteenth at noon at
Speaker 1: BCS Central Office. Next Bloomfield's History Room continues to grow.
Speaker 1: The History Room in Bloomfield opened the doors on its
Speaker 1: new location, bringing with it dozens of community members to
Speaker 1: dive into the past. Once located in a small office
Speaker 1: in Bloomfield Baptist Church, the Hill Room has found its
Speaker 1: new home. Mary Louis Mirror Krum is the caretaker of
Speaker 1: the History Room, which is filled to the brim with
Speaker 1: historical records from marriages, to churches, to old year books
Speaker 1: to the Tobacco Festival. Everything there is to know about
Speaker 1: Bloomfield can be found in the shelves of the History Room.
Speaker 1: Its new location is at one sixteen Taylor's Reale Road,
Speaker 1: which has given Kroom and community more community members more
Speaker 1: space over the last several weeks since opening. She said,
Speaker 1: every day there is a steady stream of visitors, whether
Speaker 1: they are dropping off newspaper clippings or wanting to browse
Speaker 1: the archive. I think once they came in and saw
Speaker 1: because that even got people bringing me things. Krum said,
Speaker 1: I think they got excited. I think they finally see
Speaker 1: that there's a good fun play to bring their things
Speaker 1: that nobody really knows what to do with. It's on
Speaker 1: display and people can see it clearly see it. I'm
Speaker 1: still waiting on some more things people told me they're
Speaker 1: bringing to me. The History Room's new location has all
Speaker 1: the artifacts, binders, clippings, memorabilia, and more on display. Mirror
Speaker 1: said it's been great to finally be able to showcase
Speaker 1: items she's had stored away in the old location. T
Speaker 1: Shirts from the Tobacco Festival are hung up, hats from
Speaker 1: various Bloomfield businesses, political campaigns and events, board of the room,
Speaker 1: and various knickknacks sit on shelves. Visitors to the History
Speaker 1: Room now have multiple tables to sit at as they
Speaker 1: research family history or browse through the city's past. One
Speaker 1: of the best outcomes of the new location has been
Speaker 1: an increase in volunteers. Muhr said. Ever since opening the location,
Speaker 1: there has been an outpouring of support and people wanting
Speaker 1: to help out. Every day the history room is open,
Speaker 1: there is a new volunteer manning the archives that day. Currently,
Speaker 1: the rooms hours are Monday to Friday one pm to
Speaker 1: five pm, and at least one Saturday a month by
Speaker 1: appointment only. It's almost like you've been underwater and suddenly
Speaker 1: you've come up for air. Mirror said of finally having
Speaker 1: a new location, that's the way I feel. It's like
Speaker 1: I can breathe and people can freely look at I've
Speaker 1: been doing this for what over ten years, collecting it
Speaker 1: and no place to go, no way to open it.
Speaker 1: I couldn't get the public involved, and now that it's
Speaker 1: open and it's just like and to think that volunteers care.
Speaker 1: I didn't think there'd be anybody that cared or wanted
Speaker 1: to do it. Krum said he's also seen an influx
Speaker 1: in donations from community members, monetary or otherwise. She said
Speaker 1: they'd like community members to know all monetary donations are
Speaker 1: tax deductable, and if anyone is interested in donating, they
Speaker 1: can reach out by phone at five oh two five
Speaker 1: one zero three, nine zero four, or on the Historical
Speaker 1: bloom Field Facebook group. Looking Ahead for the future of
Speaker 1: the History room. Krum says she is waiting on the
Speaker 1: results of a grant she's applied for before hosting her
Speaker 1: grand opening celebration. The large grant would help in making
Speaker 1: the building more accessible and allow her to purchase a
Speaker 1: curio display case. Additionally, Muir said this year will be
Speaker 1: the last for an annual An Afternoon with the Past.
Speaker 1: Since twenty thirteen, Krum has put together an annual reunion
Speaker 1: for current and former Bloomfield residents over seventy five. She
Speaker 1: said it's for people who either went to Bloomfield High
Speaker 1: School or have lived in Bloomfield at any point of
Speaker 1: their lives. It's been a huge event. Two hundred people
Speaker 1: every year come. Mira says they love it. An Afternoon
Speaker 1: with the Past will be June twentieth at one pm
Speaker 1: at Bloomfield Baptist Church Life Center. Next, the fourth annual
Speaker 1: My Old Kentucky Home Barbecue is set for May third,
Speaker 1: with the Post Derby event hitting its stride this spring.
Speaker 1: Over the last four years, the State's Park's annual Post
Speaker 1: Derby Barbecue has brought in community members and tourists alike
Speaker 1: to eat some good food and listen to good music.
Speaker 1: On May third, beginning at eleven a m The My
Speaker 1: Old Kentucky Home Barbecue offers up general admission and via
Speaker 1: IP ticket with the promise of barbecue all around. This year,
Speaker 1: the budweissher Clysdales will also be on park grounds in
Speaker 1: full hitch from one PM to three pm. I feel
Speaker 1: like last year we really hit the marks at everything
Speaker 1: that we were doing. MKH Park director Jeremy Riggs said,
Speaker 1: this year is a really good duplication of that. The
Speaker 1: annual event will look at a bit different this year.
Speaker 1: For those with a general admission ticket, a plate lunch
Speaker 1: will not be provided this year. However, guests from eleven
Speaker 1: AM to one pm will get a welcome cocktail and
Speaker 1: all guests will get a bowl of burgo. Riggs said
Speaker 1: there will be food trucks on site during the event
Speaker 1: to purchase a plated barbecue lunch. Additionally, the Kentucky Pork
Speaker 1: Producers are returning to make their famous burgo for the event.
Speaker 1: This year's VIP experience will continue on the editions from
Speaker 1: last year, bringing back pitmasters to create a special barbecue
Speaker 1: dinner for guests. Riggs said they brought in pitmasters from
Speaker 1: Saint Louis, Memphis, and Kansas city to do live fire
Speaker 1: cooking for guests, which was a big hit. The VIP
Speaker 1: area will also give guests access to a premium open
Speaker 1: bar featuring hard to find products from Heaven Hill. Rigg
Speaker 1: said they also created several pairings for the event, which
Speaker 1: he is eager for guests to try. An important aspect
Speaker 1: of the MKH Barbecue is the music. Riggs said they
Speaker 1: will have live music lined up for the whole event
Speaker 1: the afternoon. We'll kick off at eleven a m. With
Speaker 1: the Good Folks. Caleb Cecil and Hotel Whiskey will take
Speaker 1: the stage at one pm. Turning favorite the Crashers will
Speaker 1: begin their work. They're set at three pm. Rigg said
Speaker 1: they are doing a few other things for entertainment this year.
Speaker 1: They're going to have the singers from the Stephen Foster
Speaker 1: Story come over. He said they're going to sing a
Speaker 1: couple songs and a few patriotic songs as they focus
Speaker 1: on the upcoming America's two hundred and fifty celebration later
Speaker 1: this summer. The Clydesdales are returning to My Kentucky next Sunday.
Speaker 1: Rigg said this may be community member's only opportunity to
Speaker 1: see the horses in their full hitch. He said. They'll
Speaker 1: be on the grounds beginning at eleven am and will
Speaker 1: parade around the campus at one pm. We'll be taking
Speaker 1: them and saving them in different areas so everybody gets
Speaker 1: to see them, Riggs says. But nobody can see them
Speaker 1: that day unless they have a ticket to the event.
Speaker 1: The park is going to be completely close for tickets only.
Speaker 1: If people think they can come to the parking lot
Speaker 1: to see them, they cannot. On Sunday, we will be
Speaker 1: that closed that day for the event only. For more
Speaker 1: information on the event or purchase tickets, visit mlkhshop dot com.
Speaker 1: Forward Slash Product Forward Slash, My Dash, Old Dash, Kentucky
Speaker 1: Dash Barbecue. Next in sports, Robin strikes out fifteen as
Speaker 1: Cards top Banshees, General's Top Tigers seventy two Aubrey Robins
Speaker 1: sensational night in the Circle helped the Nelson County softball
Speaker 1: team pick up a pivotal nineteenth district win Tuesday night.
Speaker 1: The junior right hander struck out fifteen batters as the
Speaker 1: home standing Cardinals earned a four four two win over
Speaker 1: the Bethlehem ban Sees at Mike Lusk Field, Nelson County,
Speaker 1: which is now sixteen and six overall on the season,
Speaker 1: improved to five and oh in the district. Robins scattered
Speaker 1: three hits, two earned runs, and two walks as the
Speaker 1: Cardinals snapped a two game losing Street Nelson County took
Speaker 1: a one o lead in the bottom of the first
Speaker 1: before pushing it to two and oh in the second.
Speaker 1: Trinity Grim's two run home run in the third opened
Speaker 1: up a four to zero lead before the Banshees made
Speaker 1: things interesting late. Bethlehem scored twice in the seventh with
Speaker 1: two outs as Jasmine Mitchell hit a two run singles
Speaker 1: to center field to drive in Taylor Goshen and Amelia Lampkin,
Speaker 1: but Robin's ended the game with her fifteenth lunch out,
Speaker 1: ending the Banshee's comeback hopes. Gabby Luckett and Ava Watts
Speaker 1: each added a single for Bestlaham, which lost its second
Speaker 1: game in a row and for the fourth time in
Speaker 1: six games. Emilee Head injured took the laws, allowing six hits,
Speaker 1: two urned runs, in one walk with three strikeouts over
Speaker 1: four innings. The Banshees fell to thirteen and seven overall
Speaker 1: and four and one in the district. Thomas Nelson seven
Speaker 1: Bardstown two. It took himTo the bottom of the fifth,
Speaker 1: but the home standing Generals finally broke through to beat
Speaker 1: the Tigers. Tuesday, with two outs, Anna Claire Ballard singled
Speaker 1: to left field to drive in Adrianne Fox for a
Speaker 1: one o lead. Addison Bowls singled and Ballard scored on
Speaker 1: an error, with Bulls racing home on another era to
Speaker 1: make it three to oh. One batter later, Dana Parsley
Speaker 1: single to left center field for a four to zero advantage.
Speaker 1: Bartstown pulled within four to two in the sixth when
Speaker 1: Katie Sharp drove in a run on a groundout and
Speaker 1: Meredith Mudd had an RBI single. Thomas Nelson stretched the
Speaker 1: lead to seven to two in the bottom of the
Speaker 1: six as Fox had an RBI single. Fox scored on
Speaker 1: an error and then Clarabella Boone scored when Kendall Lewis
Speaker 1: grounded out. Kiara Ballard earned the win for the Generals,
Speaker 1: striking out four over seven innings. She gave up seven hits,
Speaker 1: three walks, and two unearned runs. Thomas Nelson won for
Speaker 1: the second time in three games, improving to two and
Speaker 1: seven overall and one in three in the district. Bartstown
Speaker 1: lost its eighth straight, dropping to two and nine overall
Speaker 1: and zero and five in the district with just a
Speaker 1: few weeks left in the regular season. Here's a look
Speaker 1: at the district standings through April twenty one. Nelson County
Speaker 1: sits atop the district at five and oh, followed by
Speaker 1: Bethlehem Ford one, Washington County is one and two, Thomas
Speaker 1: Nelson is one and three, and Bardstown is oh and five. Next.
Speaker 1: In community notes, Tiny Wings, Big Wonders, Angie Lyvers, Birdwatcher
Speaker 1: and Hummingbird Lover will lead a class about inviting and
Speaker 1: caring for hummingbirds in your backyard on Saturday, April twenty fifth,
Speaker 1: from ten am to noon at ten sixteen Pair Orchard
Speaker 1: Road in Elizabethtown. SFMC presents music inspired by Shakespeare. The
Speaker 1: Stephen Foster Music Club invites the community to a special
Speaker 1: evening celebrating the birthday of William Shakespeare. Local professional actors
Speaker 1: from the Bard's Town Shakespeare Society will join music Club
Speaker 1: members to present If Music Be the Food of Love,
Speaker 1: a lively concert of songs, scenes, and a touch of
Speaker 1: silliness inspired by the Bard himself. A free concert will
Speaker 1: be held seven thirty pm on Monday, April twenty seventh
Speaker 1: at First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ of Barstown, which
Speaker 1: is at the corner of North third Street and East
Speaker 1: John Rowan Boulevard. Bloomfield. SBDM Council will meet at five
Speaker 1: p m. April twenty eighth in the Bees Media Center.
Speaker 1: For more information, contact Debbie Jones at five O two
Speaker 1: eight seven one oh for three for your music teacher.
Speaker 1: KBC Blood Drive the Bardstown High School will have a
Speaker 1: blood drive eight thirty am to noon Wednesday, April twenty
Speaker 1: ninth in the Polytech Building Multipurpose Room, five hundred North
Speaker 1: fifty in Bardstown. KBC will recognize your support with a
Speaker 1: KBC T shirt. While supplies less, All sixteen year olds
Speaker 1: must turn in a signed permission slip before donating. Blood
Speaker 1: Donors must be at least seventeen years old, sixteen years
Speaker 1: with parental consent, weigh at least one hundred and ten pounds,
Speaker 1: be in good health, show a photo ID, and meet
Speaker 1: additional requirements. Appointments are preferred, but walkins are welcome. To
Speaker 1: schedule a donation, visit KI Bloodcenter dot org or call
Speaker 1: eight hundred seven seven five two five two two. In
Speaker 1: May Aarin English in concert at Loretto Motherhouse. Nashville based singer,
Speaker 1: songwriter pianist Aarin English will be in concert by Friday,
Speaker 1: May first, at seven pm at the Loretto Motherhouse. English's
Speaker 1: songs are soulful, sophisticated, cinematic, and filled with echoes of
Speaker 1: his concerts and travels throughout the world. His songs have
Speaker 1: been radio hits in both the US and Europe, as
Speaker 1: well as Southeast Asia. In twenty twenty five, Aarin was
Speaker 1: a recipient of the Beyond Music Foundations Social Activist Award
Speaker 1: for his quote exceptional commitment to social causes. As founder
Speaker 1: director of the International Youth Music Project, Aarin divides his
Speaker 1: time between touring in the US and Europe, his charity
Speaker 1: efforts in Africa, live stream concerts on stage lt dot
Speaker 1: com or stage it, and long distance collaboration with musicians
Speaker 1: around the world. My Old Kentucky Home Barbecue will be Sunday,
Speaker 1: May third at My Old Kentucky Home State Park. Guests
Speaker 1: have access to designated parking at the park. The Stephen
Speaker 1: Foster Drama and the Justice Center will have shuttles running
Speaker 1: to the visitor center entrance, food trucks, live music by
Speaker 1: the crashers and Spirit Garden will be available. The Budweiser
Speaker 1: Clysdales will also be there from eleven am to five pm,
Speaker 1: with a parade through the park from one to three pm.
Speaker 1: For more information and tickets, go to visit my Old
Speaker 1: Kentucky Home dot com. This is all the time we
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