Speaker 1: And now once again we turn to the Kentucky Standard
Speaker 1: for news and Bardstown and Nelson County. Your reader today
Speaker 1: is Eric Everet And as a reminder, RADIOI is a
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Speaker 1: we will begin with the edition dated May thirteenth, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six and in our top story today, the second
Speaker 1: Bardstown Bourbon Company employee files discrimination suit. A second former
Speaker 1: Bardstown Bourbon Company employee is filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination.
Speaker 1: On May sixth Sandra Stone filed a lawsuit against the
Speaker 1: local distiller, alleging age and gender discrimination. Stone state in
Speaker 1: her suit she was passed over for a bottling supervisor
Speaker 1: role for a younger male colleague, whose Stone claims to
Speaker 1: not seek out the position. Stone's lawsuit is the second
Speaker 1: filed against the company this year. In February, former vice
Speaker 1: president of human Resources Sylvia Sanders sued the Barnestown Burbed
Speaker 1: Company alleging a pattern of discrimination against female employees. Sanders'
Speaker 1: suit is currently ongoing, with Bardstown Burban Company disputing the
Speaker 1: claims and asking for the case to be dismissed. Additionally,
Speaker 1: the distiller filed a counter suit against Sanders for information
Speaker 1: initially contained within the original filing of her lawsuit. In
Speaker 1: Stone's lawsuit, she said it was sanders suit that alerted
Speaker 1: her to the company's alleged pattern of discrimination. Stone worked
Speaker 1: for Bardstown Burbed Company from May twenty seventeen to December
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, where she was a swing ship distillery supervisor.
Speaker 1: In her lawsuit, Stone claims she was denied of promotion
Speaker 1: as a bottling manager. She states after hearing of her
Speaker 1: young male colleagues appointment, she was given inconsistent explanations from leadership.
Speaker 1: Prior to her time with the Bardstown Bourbon Company, Stone
Speaker 1: worked at Barton for nearly six years as a bottling supervisor.
Speaker 1: Stone alleges she was told she could move to the
Speaker 1: bottling but only as a bottling clerk. This would have
Speaker 1: required her to accept a substantial pay cut, constituting a demotion.
Speaker 1: Stone resigned in December of twenty twenty two. Although plaintiff
Speaker 1: believed that decision was deeply unfair, she had no reason
Speaker 1: to suspect at that time that the decision was based
Speaker 1: upon gender and or age. The suit reads. Additionally, BBC
Speaker 1: did not disclose the few bases for the decision, the
Speaker 1: criteria used, or the comprehensive information regarding other candidates. Stone
Speaker 1: is seeking actual, general, compensatory and punitive damages and in
Speaker 1: our next story. The Kentucky Elkfest brings out thousands. Annual
Speaker 1: event raises funds for youth organizations. Saturday brought out thousands
Speaker 1: for the fourth annual elk An Outdoor Festival as the
Speaker 1: ky g u n COO Kentucky Gunco raised more funds
Speaker 1: for youth organizations. The Kentucky elk And Outdoor Fest continues
Speaker 1: to grow year after year. In twenty twenty six, the
Speaker 1: festival moved to the field adjacent to the Kentucky gun Go,
Speaker 1: a larger space allowing for more attendees and more vendors
Speaker 1: each year. It also serves as the place that Kentucky
Speaker 1: Elk tags draw winners are announced. Kentucky gun Coo Altra
Speaker 1: used the event to raise fund for youth organizations across
Speaker 1: the state, specifically those supporting conservation, shooting, sports, and outdoor
Speaker 1: recreation initiatives. Over the last four years, the Kentucky elk
Speaker 1: An Outdoor Fest has raised more than one million dollars
Speaker 1: for youth organizations. Tucker Padunvech and C. J. Bowie and
Speaker 1: Dylan Sparks attended Saturday's festival together. Bowie brought his cousin
Speaker 1: and friend with him this year. After coming to the
Speaker 1: event in the past. Sparks said he decided to tag
Speaker 1: along to the event this year as it is a
Speaker 1: good opportunity to meet people and see new vendors. It's
Speaker 1: a pretty good networking opportunity. Padunovac added, if you want
Speaker 1: to work with one of these companies, they're all here.
Speaker 1: You can talk to them all. A trio from Greenup
Speaker 1: said they enjoyed browsing through the vendors at this year's festival.
Speaker 1: Vendors had a number of wares for those in attendance
Speaker 1: to browse, for firearms and lawnmowers to clothing and safety gear.
Speaker 1: The Kentucky elks An Outdoor Fest also has booths set
Speaker 1: up for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, with
Speaker 1: whom cut Kentucky gun Go partners each year for the event.
Speaker 1: The festival is the home for announcing the yearly elk Tags.
Speaker 1: Each year, five hundred tag winners are announced at the event.
Speaker 1: Stephen and Sarah Settles have been coming to the Kentucky
Speaker 1: Elk and Outdoor Festival for the last three years, loving
Speaker 1: their experience each time. Sarah said this year they convinced
Speaker 1: several of their friends to attend after raving about it.
Speaker 1: We come every year, she said. We just love it.
Speaker 1: The atmosphere is so fun, and the music obviously, and
Speaker 1: the people are friendly. Stephen says he loves coming to
Speaker 1: the festival each year, excited by the giveaways and eager
Speaker 1: to hear the results of the Elk draw. He said
Speaker 1: he's entered over the past several years and has not
Speaker 1: been selected, nor has he won any of the events giveaways.
Speaker 1: Aaron and Dan Cook were another couple who attended this
Speaker 1: year's event, Dan having better luck than Stephen and winning
Speaker 1: one of the many firearm gives aways of the day.
Speaker 1: Dan said they have been supporters of the event over
Speaker 1: the last four years, buying tickets but never being able
Speaker 1: to attend. However, this year they were finally able to
Speaker 1: get in on the fund and enjoy the Kentucky Elk
Speaker 1: and Outdoor Fest for themselves. Aaron said they both loved
Speaker 1: finally being able to attend the event, both enjoying the music,
Speaker 1: the food and drinks. Dan said they got themselves of
Speaker 1: fear and were planning on relaxing with the music for
Speaker 1: the rest of the afternoon and next. From the jail
Speaker 1: logs from May eighth through twelve, Brian Lynn Adams forty three,
Speaker 1: failure to appear, citation for misdemeanor three counts, Violation of
Speaker 1: Kentucky's EPO DVO two counts. Charlie Daniel Davis thirty eight,
Speaker 1: failure to appear, citation for misdemeanor three counts. Matthew Quinton
Speaker 1: Jackson nineteen assault, fourth degree dating violence, minor injury, strangulation,
Speaker 1: first degree non domestic violence. Lyndon Christian Johnson twenty seven,
Speaker 1: speeding twenty miles an hour over the limit, operating on
Speaker 1: a suspended or revoked operator's license, Ashley Else Larrymore thirty nine, probation,
Speaker 1: violation for technical violation. Breanna Glenn Millard thirty five, violation
Speaker 1: of Kentucky EPO DVO. Hannah Ray Morley twenty three, no
Speaker 1: or expired registration plates, failure of owner to maintain required
Speaker 1: insurance security, operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
Speaker 1: Julie Ann Rummage fifty four, buyer possessed drug paraphernalia, possession
Speaker 1: of a controlled substance first degree, second defense, met possession
Speaker 1: of marijuana Asca A Sack Robb forty four. Operating a
Speaker 1: motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. William Christopher Samuels
Speaker 1: thirty five. Insufficient headlamps, no brake lights passenger vehicles, operating
Speaker 1: a vehicle with expired operator's Licenseator motor vehicle under the
Speaker 1: influence of alcohol with aggravated circumstances. Adam John Scarborough forty three.
Speaker 1: Theft by unlawful taking for disposition, shoplatting lorenges. Anthony Sharm
Speaker 1: twenty four. Fleeting oravating police, first degree on foot, wanted,
Speaker 1: endangerous first degree ford On Armstrong Smith nineteen. Operating motor
Speaker 1: vehicle under the influence of alcohol, speeding sixteen miles per
Speaker 1: hour over the eleven Gabriel Michael Smith twenty four. Failure
Speaker 1: of owners maintained required insurance security. Operating motor vehicle under
Speaker 1: the influence of alcohol aggravated circumstances. Darcy Nicole Standridge thirty four,
Speaker 1: failure to appear citation from the William cade Leaked twenty seven,
Speaker 1: speeding twenty six miles an hour, over the limit, reckless driving,
Speaker 1: operating more motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or substance.
Speaker 1: William Tyler Shephard of twenty nine Contempt of God, and
Speaker 1: note the information above his compiled list of daily booking
Speaker 1: logs from the Nelson County Jail. These are only a
Speaker 1: record of arrests. While individuals arrested are presumed innocent and
Speaker 1: helped proven otherwise in a court of law, The booking state,
Speaker 1: the person arrested and the charges against them. This information
Speaker 1: is public record and in this week's obituaries, Mary Rita
Speaker 1: Cecil ninety nine, a Bardstown resident, Miss Mary Rita Cecil
Speaker 1: ninety nine passed away Monday the twenty twenty six at
Speaker 1: Baptist Help Louisville. And Megith McKay of Artstown resident, missus
Speaker 1: Magnith mackay passed away Friday, May eighth, twenty twenty six
Speaker 1: at the University of Louisville High School. And next, let's
Speaker 1: take a look at the community notes for Wednesday, May thirteenth.
Speaker 1: Nelton County Public Library Board of Trustees will made at
Speaker 1: four point fifteen pm Thursday May fourteenth at three eighteen
Speaker 1: Center Street Community Room in New Haven. Nazareth Run with
Speaker 1: a Mission five K returns on May sixteen. Joined the
Speaker 1: Sisters Charity of Nazareth for the annual Run with a
Speaker 1: Mission five K On Saturday, May sixteenth, at eight am,
Speaker 1: Participants can walk or run the three point one mile
Speaker 1: course through Nazareth's Uautiful Motherhouse campus. The scenic route features pays,
Speaker 1: faith paths in front of the historic Motherhouse the Saint
Speaker 1: Vincent Church, as well as the wooded trails and lakeside views.
Speaker 1: This year's theme is Peace, Love and Tide, and participants
Speaker 1: are encouraged to dress the park. Registration is thirty dollars
Speaker 1: per person. New this year, the Nazareth Kids Dash offers
Speaker 1: a shortened course to children ages ten and under for
Speaker 1: just ten dollars. Proceeds from this year's event will support
Speaker 1: summer nature based programming for children. Register to day as
Speaker 1: Nazareth dot org is Forward Slash five K. Boston s
Speaker 1: b d M Council. The Boston s b d M
Speaker 1: Council will meet at four p m on Wednesday, May
Speaker 1: twentieth at the Brain Gym. Meetings are open to the public.
Speaker 1: Fairfield Cemetery Memorial Service Fairfield Cemetery will have its annual
Speaker 1: Memorial service at one pm Sunday, May twenty fourth on
Speaker 1: Fairfield Cemetery Loop east of fair Fairfield off of Kentucky
Speaker 1: forty eight. Allar will the US Postal Service holiday closing.
Speaker 1: The US Postal Service will be closed in observance of
Speaker 1: Memorial Day, May twenty fifth. Self service options are available
Speaker 1: in many retail lobbies when the post office are closed.
Speaker 1: The US Postal Service will observe Memorial Day. On Monday,
Speaker 1: May twenty fifth. All post office locations will be closed.
Speaker 1: Regular mail delivery and retail services will resume on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: May twenty six. Customers are in mind that when post
Speaker 1: offices are closed, they can still access many postal products
Speaker 1: and services through the USPS dot Com and self service
Speaker 1: kiosks available in select lobbies nationwide. These kiosks feature postage
Speaker 1: printing for priority mail, Priority Mail, Express, and international shipping
Speaker 1: stamps for purchase, ability to weigh in mail packages, and
Speaker 1: package tracking information and In our next story today, McGrath
Speaker 1: visits Bardstown. Last weekend, Democratic US Senate candidate Amy McGrath
Speaker 1: made her second campaign stop in Bardstown to speak with
Speaker 1: community members. On Friday, McGrath stopped into Fresh coffee in
Speaker 1: Bardstown to discuss goals if she was elected to represent
Speaker 1: Kentucky in the US Senate. Mc grath is currently one
Speaker 1: of seven Democrats running for the seat in next week's
Speaker 1: primary election. During her visit to Mins Nelson County, mc
Speaker 1: grath spoke with community members about public education, rural health care, affordability,
Speaker 1: and the war in Iran. Currently. Mc grath said the
Speaker 1: United States is spending one point two billion dollars a
Speaker 1: day in Iran and we've already spent seventy five billion
Speaker 1: dollars on the war. She said, they're spending money on
Speaker 1: a war, but they're cutting funding for public education. Mc
Speaker 1: grath said universal three K for all is estimated to
Speaker 1: cost about thirty billion dollars. She said the country has
Speaker 1: spent double that amount on war in two months, and
Speaker 1: nobody said anything. She said when people say, how are
Speaker 1: you going to be as a senator, I'm not going
Speaker 1: to be silent. When the President cuts off stuff that
Speaker 1: we the Congress already appropriated, I'm not going to be silent.
Speaker 1: McGrath said the most recent cuts to Medicaid was the
Speaker 1: largest cut in American history. She said this will do
Speaker 1: massive damage to rural hospitals and those people they serve.
Speaker 1: McGrath said it's going to make life in rural America
Speaker 1: and rural Kentucky much harder. Another side effect of this,
Speaker 1: according to McGrath, is that it brings in less jobs.
Speaker 1: She said businesses do not want to come to places
Speaker 1: that lack infrastructure. She said this doesn't mean just roads, ridges, dams,
Speaker 1: but hospitals, schools, phone covering, and the internet. She said
Speaker 1: when she ran six years ago, she talked a lot
Speaker 1: about being a senator who is going to update the
Speaker 1: grids and getting the twenty first century infrastructure. Now, she
Speaker 1: says she needs to be a senator who stops the bleeding.
Speaker 1: We have to claw back these cuts first and still
Speaker 1: work on infrastructures. She said. I'm not somebody that believes
Speaker 1: Kentucky is too far gone. I believe that if you
Speaker 1: have a good candidate, then you get out there and
Speaker 1: you make your case. You've got to give Kentuckians a choice.
Speaker 1: Also in this week's Local Politics, Representative Guthrie endorses victory
Speaker 1: for State Senate. Congressman Brett Guthrie officially endorsed James Victory
Speaker 1: for Kentucky's fourteenth State Senate district during a series of
Speaker 1: campaign events held across the district on Friday, May eighth. Guthrie,
Speaker 1: who represents Kentucky's second congressional district and currently serves as
Speaker 1: Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, previously served
Speaker 1: in the Kentucky State Senate before being elected to Congress,
Speaker 1: and Throughout the day, Guthrie and Victory traveled across the district,
Speaker 1: meeting with local leaders, business owners, and community members. Stops
Speaker 1: included Hodgensville, Lebanon, Bardstown, Springfield, and Taylorsville. The tour again
Speaker 1: in Hodgensville, were a gathering at the Phelps Heating and
Speaker 1: Air hosted by Hodginsville Mayor Jim Phelps, who has also
Speaker 1: endorsed Victory's campaign. The pair then stopped at Schoolhouse Coffee
Speaker 1: for a community event attended by supporters and local residents,
Speaker 1: including members of Victory's extended family. Victory's wife, Hayley, is
Speaker 1: a native of Coley Cross and a two thousand and
Speaker 1: five graduate of Marion County High School. Later in the day,
Speaker 1: Guthrie and Victory held their largest event in Bardstown at
Speaker 1: Mammy's Kitchen, hosted by a restaurant proprietor and campaign supporter
Speaker 1: Christie Cluk. The tour also included a roundtable discussion in
Speaker 1: Springfield and Snapping Tomato Pizza, where they met with local
Speaker 1: elected officials and community stakeholders to discuss issues facing the region.
Speaker 1: The day concluded with an event hosted by Trevor and
Speaker 1: Sarah Brown at their venue events on May. Speaking on
Speaker 1: the endorsement, Guthrie praised Victory's character and commitment to public service.
Speaker 1: Character really matters, Guthrie said, I've known James for a
Speaker 1: very long time and was happy when he had the
Speaker 1: opportunity to bring him into my staff. I've spent my
Speaker 1: career fighting for lower taxes, less government, and more opportunities
Speaker 1: for Kentucky families. I know that's what James will do
Speaker 1: in the Kentucky State Senate. I trust James Victory to
Speaker 1: fight for Kentucky families and deliver results. Victory said he
Speaker 1: was deeply honored to receive Guthrie's say. I am honored
Speaker 1: to have the confidence and support someone of someone I
Speaker 1: greatly admire, Victory said. Congressman Guthrie has done tremendous things,
Speaker 1: not only for Kentucky's second District, for our own county,
Speaker 1: Bread has shown what public service should look like, treating
Speaker 1: people with respect and honesty, working hard to understand the issues,
Speaker 1: and always remembering who you represent. I am grateful for
Speaker 1: his endorsement, and if elected, I will strive every day
Speaker 1: to live up to the example of the service he
Speaker 1: has set for Kentucky. Victory is currently seeking the Republican
Speaker 1: nomination to represent the go O P in the November
Speaker 1: election to represent Kentucky's fourteenth Senate district. In Frankfort, when
Speaker 1: the summer concert series is to kick offson free concerts
Speaker 1: start May twenty second in Bardstown Community Park. The Stephen
Speaker 1: Foster Music Club has announced the line up for the
Speaker 1: twenty fourth season of the Edward Jones Summer Concert Series,
Speaker 1: which is sponsored by the Bardstown Parks of Recreation Department.
Speaker 1: This year's concerts are again made possible by a very
Speaker 1: generous underwriting grant from the local Edward Jones Offices. The free,
Speaker 1: family oriented series will be presented at seven p m
Speaker 1: each Friday this summer from May twenty second through August
Speaker 1: twenty eighth, and Bardstown Community Park, located at the end
Speaker 1: of East Halstead Avenue. One new group will be added
Speaker 1: to our series this year and keeping with our goal
Speaker 1: showcase new groups while keeping old favorites on the schedule
Speaker 1: while new to our series. Cheyenne is a local country
Speaker 1: and rock band that hails back from the glory days
Speaker 1: of the Elemanon Nights Clubs, Golden Horseshoe and Clubs sixty eight.
Speaker 1: Cheyenne has opened for many different acts over the years,
Speaker 1: such as Exile, Johnny Paycheck, and they played most of
Speaker 1: the clubs around the state. Rounding out the fifteen date
Speaker 1: summer series by some of your favorites including Big Black Cadillac,
Speaker 1: The Cosair Dance Ban and Wildfire. The summer will also
Speaker 1: see the return a popular local performer, carry Videtrove. He
Speaker 1: will be joined by Renee Buckman for an evening with
Speaker 1: the music of John Denver and Emmylou Harris, and then
Speaker 1: later in the summer he will be joined by the
Speaker 1: n d Y Band some great classic rock. The Bardstown
Speaker 1: High School Band, Chorus and String Orchestra will open the
Speaker 1: season on May twenty second, again this year, the Stephen
Speaker 1: Foster Music Clubs the Worst Wiener Concession trailer will be there,
Speaker 1: with all the funds going to provide scholarships the local students.
Speaker 1: Each summer to attend the Foster Music Camp at Easton,
Speaker 1: Kentucky University. The Summer Band Concert Series is made possible
Speaker 1: by generous donations from local businesses and citizens. This year's
Speaker 1: Summer Band Concert Series is again being underwritten by Edward
Speaker 1: Jones Investment Advisors, Rob Smotherman, Susan Rapier, Nat Jordan, Sarah
Speaker 1: hit Thomas Rodgers, Travis Kuntz, Sean Anderson and Zach Matically.
Speaker 1: Others making significant donations are Town and Country Bank and Trust,
Speaker 1: and a donation in memory of William Franklin. Generous donations
Speaker 1: are also made by Big B Coffee, Bill and Kathy Conway,
Speaker 1: b J's Steakhouse, Sheryl and Keith Board, j Allen Insurance Agency,
Speaker 1: Phil and Lynn Bowling, Lucas and Tink, Guthrie, Dick and Alice,
Speaker 1: Heat and Mammy's Kitchen, Scarlett Hibbs, Salt River Electric, and
Speaker 1: Wilson and Mirror Bank. Many of the businesses and individuals
Speaker 1: also made supporting donations. Donations to the series are still
Speaker 1: being accepted. To find out the many benefits of supporting
Speaker 1: Bardstown's best family event, please call Ken Distler at five
Speaker 1: oh two five oh seven, five seven two four twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six lineup May twenty second, Bardstown High School Band
Speaker 1: Course in Orchestra, May twenty ninth, Cheyenne June fifth, River
Speaker 1: City's Concert Band and Derby City Brass June twelfth, Big
Speaker 1: Black Cadillanc June nineteenth, Holy Named Man June twenty sixth
Speaker 1: to be announced, July third, I Declare July tenth, John Denver,
Speaker 1: Emil Harris Tribute July seventeenth, Cosair Dance Band July twenty fourth,
Speaker 1: Down Mugcats twenty July thirty first, Kin Tuck August seventh,
Speaker 1: to be announced, August fourteenth, and Dy Band August twenty first,
Speaker 1: Alter Natives and August twenty eighth, Wildfire and In our
Speaker 1: next story, Baptists Health celebrates second medical complex in Bardstown.
Speaker 1: Baptists Help marked the opening of its new Bartstown location
Speaker 1: with a ribbon cutting Thursday, May seventh at its medical complex,
Speaker 1: located at one eighteen Patriot Drive. The ribbon cutting and
Speaker 1: grand opening celebration, Eldon partnership with the Bardstown Nelson County
Speaker 1: Chamber of Commerce, recognized the near completion of the project
Speaker 1: and the expanded access to care now available to residents
Speaker 1: of Bardstown and surrounding Nelson County communities. This project reflects
Speaker 1: our commitment to the health and wellness of the Nelson
Speaker 1: County community, said Robert Ramsay, president of the Baptist Health Garden.
Speaker 1: By expanding services in Bardstown, who make it making it
Speaker 1: easier for residents to receive care where they live and work.
Speaker 1: The urgent care is a vital addition to our services,
Speaker 1: providing an alternative for non emergency needs, helping patients receive
Speaker 1: the right level of care in the right setting. The
Speaker 1: twenty four thousand, four hundred ninety four square foot facility,
Speaker 1: which is under construction since July of twenty twenty four,
Speaker 1: began opening in phases, with the Baptist Health Medical Group
Speaker 1: Obgin welcoming its first patients later that same year. Additional
Speaker 1: practices have opened as construction has progressed. And unfortunately this
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