Speaker 1: Now we turn to the Kentucky Standard for news and
Speaker 1: Barstown and Nelson County. Your reader to day is Brian Hunt.
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Speaker 1: the addition dated March twenty ninth. Barstown Bourbon Company files
Speaker 1: counterclaim motion to dismiss Sanders request counterclaimed dismissal. Bardstown Bourbon
Speaker 1: Company filed a counterclaim March twentieth against former vice president
Speaker 1: of human Resources Sylvia Sanders, in addition to filing a
Speaker 1: motion to dismiss parts of sanders suit. The counterclaim alleges
Speaker 1: Sanders broke or contracts, specifically her non disclosure agreements by
Speaker 1: releasing confidential in her initial lawsuit. Bardstown Bourbon Company is
Speaker 1: seeking damages and injunctive relief to prevent Sanders from disclosing
Speaker 1: additional confidential information. Earlier this month, Nelson Circuit Judge Charles
Speaker 1: Simms ordered Sanders to re submit her lawsuits to the
Speaker 1: court after removing the names of non parties. On March twentieth,
Speaker 1: Sanders filed the redacted version of her complaints. Her original
Speaker 1: lawsuit contained the names of current and Bardstown Bourbon Company
Speaker 1: employee and their experiences in the company as told to
Speaker 1: Sanders as VP of HR, and also contained non party
Speaker 1: email addresses. Bargstown Bourbon Company CEO Mark Irwin and BBC
Speaker 1: told President Peter Marino also filed a motion to dismiss
Speaker 1: Counts three through ten in Sanders lawsuit. The motion to
Speaker 1: dismiss was also filed on March twentyth The motion to
Speaker 1: dismiss states that eight of the ten of the counts
Speaker 1: of Sanders suits are either supported by Kentucky law and
Speaker 1: or any facts to survive a motion to dismiss. No discovery,
Speaker 1: whether responding to interrogatories or requests for documents or deposition testimony,
Speaker 1: will alter the legal analysis of these claims. The motion claims,
Speaker 1: under these circumstances, the parties should not be required to
Speaker 1: engage in lengthy and expensive discovery and depositions for claims
Speaker 1: that are not visible as a matter of law. On
Speaker 1: March twenty fourth, Sanders filed a motion to dismiss March'town
Speaker 1: Bourbon Company's counterclaim. The motion to dismiss alleges the BBC
Speaker 1: counterclaim is not a legitimate claim of breach of contract.
Speaker 1: It alleges the counterclaim is a strategic litigation against public
Speaker 1: participation retaliatory action aimed at punishing Sanders in the motion
Speaker 1: to dismiss. Sanders as the counterclaim to be dismissed and
Speaker 1: to omit her complaint to incorporate a claim for violation
Speaker 1: of Kentucky's judicial statement privileged in Kentucky's Uniform Public Expression
Speaker 1: Protection Act. There are two upcoming court dates for the case,
Speaker 1: one hearing on a first at nine am to address
Speaker 1: Sanders's motion to dismiss and another on May sixth at
Speaker 1: nine a m. To address bb CO and PPS the
Speaker 1: investment motion to dismiss. Next. Candidates discussed top priorities in
Speaker 1: Republican primary debates Tuesday, half of the Republican primary candidates
Speaker 1: in Nelson County came together for a debate hosted by
Speaker 1: the Republican Party of Nelson County. The first of two
Speaker 1: Republican debates took place on Tuesday at Thomas Nelson High School.
Speaker 1: Candidates from the Coroner, Property Value Administrator, magistrate for District
Speaker 1: three and five spoke alongside their opponents for the upcoming primaries.
Speaker 1: District five magistrates, the fifth District Magistrates seat as three
Speaker 1: community members campaigny Robert Chesser, Deborah Volceski and Ted Shields.
Speaker 1: This is the only seat this election cycle where the incumbent,
Speaker 1: John Snow is not running for reelection. Chester spoke about
Speaker 1: his desire to be a voice for community for people
Speaker 1: in his community. He said he wants to be an
Speaker 1: honest person that his community members know that they can
Speaker 1: count on to address issues or to ask questions. For Chester,
Speaker 1: safety was top priority. He said he'd like to get
Speaker 1: a police department in Chaplain and would repair roads as
Speaker 1: they serve as a safety hazard if unmanaged. I'd love
Speaker 1: to be a magistrate, he said. I love to help
Speaker 1: people out. I've done this all my life, not as
Speaker 1: a magistrate, but to help other people out. It doesn't
Speaker 1: matter what I accomplish in life. One day I want
Speaker 1: somebody to say, you try, and that's all we can do.
Speaker 1: Bohatchevsky said she is someone who does their research and
Speaker 1: would be excited to advocate for Nelson County locally and
Speaker 1: on a state level. She emphasized the most important need
Speaker 1: for constituents in her district would be fiscal responsibility. Bochesky
Speaker 1: at it is important to fund essential services through tax dollars,
Speaker 1: but to make sure it's fair and sustainable. Fifth District
Speaker 1: residents get to vote for me, but I will affect everybody,
Speaker 1: She said. I am not running to just make quick
Speaker 1: decisions or because nobody else signed I signed up because
Speaker 1: I really want this position and it would be an
Speaker 1: honor to be the first female to ever have this position.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I just really
Speaker 1: want to do a good job and represent Nelson County.
Speaker 1: Shields spoke about his public service experience in the Northeast
Speaker 1: Nelson Fire Protection District fire chief and being a lifelong
Speaker 1: District five resident. He said he's also previously served a
Speaker 1: member of the NC nine to one one the dispatch board.
Speaker 1: Shields believe safety is one of the biggest priorities for
Speaker 1: the district. He added that he also wants to be
Speaker 1: fiscally responsible, noting how no one likes paying taxes, but
Speaker 1: they are how essential services are funded. He said safety
Speaker 1: also extends to taking care of roadways across the county
Speaker 1: as well. If I'm elected, we'll stay on top of
Speaker 1: things and do our jobs. He said. We need to
Speaker 1: make sure that our county employees have competitive salaries. I
Speaker 1: would prioritize the roads. I don't want to diminish the
Speaker 1: fact that I think it's very important that we hire
Speaker 1: good people in these positions all across county government and
Speaker 1: make sure their salaries are competitive enough to be able
Speaker 1: to keep them. District three magistrates. The second magistrate race
Speaker 1: of the evening was between incumbent M. T. Harned and
Speaker 1: challenger David Kall for District three. Call has deep roots
Speaker 1: in District three and said he wants to be responsible
Speaker 1: with county funds. He said he would spend money like
Speaker 1: he was still on the farm, saving for a rainy day.
Speaker 1: Call said he is a people person if he were elected.
Speaker 1: Call said he's aiming to be available to community members
Speaker 1: at any moment. For District three, Call was asked how
Speaker 1: he would balance the needs of agricultural needs and developing areas.
Speaker 1: He said, they want people to come here and stay here,
Speaker 1: but his main concern was expansion is the environment. If
Speaker 1: you have people coming into this county and not having
Speaker 1: a place to live, it's very important, he said, But
Speaker 1: the main thing is trying to have it in the
Speaker 1: environment where people won't stay here and someday your kid's
Speaker 1: going to live here. Harnet is running for his second
Speaker 1: term as magistrate, aiming to continue to learn if he
Speaker 1: were elected again. He spoke about his last three and
Speaker 1: a half years in the role, including amending the Comprehensive
Speaker 1: Plan and creating ordinances that allow for equal power between
Speaker 1: corporation expansion and new housing. Taxes are a double edged
Speaker 1: sword for Harnett. He said the county tax rate needs
Speaker 1: to be responsible, stating he would prefer to take the
Speaker 1: compensating rate or lower. However, he said it also is
Speaker 1: important to be able to maintain current expenses and services
Speaker 1: offered in Nelson County. Nobody wants to see less services,
Speaker 1: he said, that's a hard sell. It doesn't matter what
Speaker 1: party you are. You don't want to see fewer ambulances,
Speaker 1: less police force, less garbage pickups. Those things are pretty
Speaker 1: important to every constituent of mind. The compensation rate or below,
Speaker 1: and we've done a good job. Property Valuation Administrator. Both
Speaker 1: candidates for PBA, incumbent Jay Williams and challenger Stephen Hibbs,
Speaker 1: spoke at Tuesday's debate. Williams, who was elected in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty two, said in his first year in office, they
Speaker 1: assessed anywhere from two to three thousand properties out of
Speaker 1: eighteen thousand residential properties in the county. He said for
Speaker 1: every residence to get evaluated in four years, they would
Speaker 1: have to assess more than six thousand in one year.
Speaker 1: He said he has been speaking with PDAs in other
Speaker 1: counties and learning how they do things, aiming to make
Speaker 1: changes to the way his office operates. William said he
Speaker 1: is always educating the public about the role of his office,
Speaker 1: particularly that do not set the tax rate. It's a
Speaker 1: challenge on a daily basis, and trying to figure out
Speaker 1: and problem solved is one of the things that I've
Speaker 1: really enjoyed about this job, he said of his role.
Speaker 1: But I just want to say thank you to the taxpayers.
Speaker 1: I really really do appreciate the opportunity to serve as
Speaker 1: a PDA for Nelson County. Hibbs is the challenger in
Speaker 1: the PBA race. The land surveyor taught talk about how
Speaker 1: he believed his knowledge, expertise, and experience make him suitable
Speaker 1: for the role. He said he would strive for balance
Speaker 1: between following mandate and not place burdens on taxpayers. He
Speaker 1: added he believes assessments should be done on a yearly basis. However,
Speaker 1: Hibbs said he understands this would be this would be
Speaker 1: a very logically logistically heavy endeavor to do so. He
Speaker 1: said yearly assessins would lessen the burden on taxpayers, allowing
Speaker 1: them to see a steady increase as opposed to big leaps.
Speaker 1: I think that any way to lessen that burden is
Speaker 1: something I'd like to see happened, Hibbs said. Coroner Jet
Speaker 1: Danielle Schladick, Nelson County Coroner, also spoke at Tuesday's debate.
Speaker 1: Her challenger in the primary is Carrie Mohnin, who was
Speaker 1: invited but chose not to participate. Schladec spoke about the
Speaker 1: last three and a half years in her role, including
Speaker 1: the duties of the office, her collaboration with other counties
Speaker 1: and local funeral homes. She said in her role she
Speaker 1: also focused on creating community programs, including a grief support group.
Speaker 1: Most recently, she said she's working with Nell Care to
Speaker 1: create an overdose in suicide review team. Schlodec also said
Speaker 1: she is the first Republican coroner and first to be
Speaker 1: independent from any area of funeral homes. She mentioned that
Speaker 1: the only funds her office receives are through grants, or
Speaker 1: allocations from Nelson County Fiscal Court. A lot of people
Speaker 1: don't know anything about the Coroner's office, she said, made
Speaker 1: it very transparent. If you have any questions or you'd
Speaker 1: like to come and see what we do, we talk.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you about what we do. I'm very
Speaker 1: open about that. I want the community not to be
Speaker 1: afraid to come up, and i want you to know
Speaker 1: that we're here for you. A second Republican debate will
Speaker 1: take place on Monday, March thirtieth, at Thomas Nelson High School,
Speaker 1: beginning at six pm. Candidates for Magistrate in District two
Speaker 1: and Judge executive race will debate. Next Bethlehem Students honor veterans.
Speaker 1: Students travel to Lebanon National Cemetery Earlier this month, Bethlehem
Speaker 1: Students honor two veterans at Lebanon National Cemetery, wrapping up
Speaker 1: the underlying project for the class. On March thirteenth, one
Speaker 1: of Laura Craig's classes travel to Lebanon to honor Private
Speaker 1: Elmerlee Arnold and Corporal James Bevin Miles. For the several months,
Speaker 1: the students have been researching the lives of both men
Speaker 1: as part of the Silent Heroes program. The Silent Heroes Program,
Speaker 1: Untold Stories from the U. S. Marine Corps in World
Speaker 1: War II, is sponsored by the grant from the Veterans
Speaker 1: Legacy Program at the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Speaker 1: Craig's students were tasked with learning more about the lives
Speaker 1: of Miles and Arnold's to write profiles for the online gallery.
Speaker 1: Part of the project for the students included a trip
Speaker 1: to both men's final resting place at Lebanon National Cemetery,
Speaker 1: where they read eulogy. Craig said they were able to
Speaker 1: contact the family of Miles, many of whom were president
Speaker 1: present at the cemetery on March thirteenth. Rika Calson, one
Speaker 1: of Craig's students, said, in addition to visiting their grave site,
Speaker 1: they also traveled to Miles church in the area. Craig
Speaker 1: said with his family and attendance, they also told them
Speaker 1: stories about him and his life. She added they also
Speaker 1: planned to stop in to the class and speak with
Speaker 1: them more about him. It was unique to be where
Speaker 1: he was would have grown up, Colson said of their
Speaker 1: visit to the church. Calson said research was difficult for them.
Speaker 1: The class dividing into two groups and focusing on a
Speaker 1: single man. She said they looked through old newspaper records
Speaker 1: and for miles, tracked down his old high school, which
Speaker 1: did not exist anymore. Additionally, she said they were able
Speaker 1: to discover his extended family through Facebook and began to
Speaker 1: connect and send messages. Mattie di Appear, another of Craig's students,
Speaker 1: said visiting Lebanon National Cemetery was impactful and having the
Speaker 1: families there even more so. She said learning stories from
Speaker 1: the family members made the men come alive. Sloan Smith,
Speaker 1: who researched Arnold, said during the sixth search, there was
Speaker 1: ample information about his military career, but very little about
Speaker 1: his personal life. When writing the eulogy for him, she
Speaker 1: said they wrote about where he served, being wounded in action,
Speaker 1: and receiving the Purple Heart. Times were different in learning
Speaker 1: how all their stories are different. Bethlehem's students, Sophia Riggs,
Speaker 1: said of their visit. Now, we could find more on
Speaker 1: lots of people, but back then there wasn't a lot
Speaker 1: of technology to really find a lot about. Craig said
Speaker 1: being a part of the Silent Heroes program is something
Speaker 1: she really loved to do to be able to do
Speaker 1: it again, she said, the process of honoring those who
Speaker 1: served is important. During their visit to the cemetery, a
Speaker 1: teen station reported on the event and many of Craig's
Speaker 1: students were interviewed on camera. She said that in that moment,
Speaker 1: it brought tears to her eyes at how proud she
Speaker 1: was of them to doing the project and be able
Speaker 1: to speak about it with others. That was something I
Speaker 1: hadn't That wasn't something I had considered. If I could
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to do that for another family, that
Speaker 1: would be really meaningful to me, she said, I'm just
Speaker 1: so proud of them. I watched that sagment. I cried tears.
Speaker 1: I was just so proud. Next House advances Landon's Law,
Speaker 1: legislation sponsored by state Representative Candy Masseroni, Republican of Bargetown,
Speaker 1: would require schools to train staff to use anti choking
Speaker 1: devices if they purchased them. House Bill three three five,
Speaker 1: also known as Landon's Law, was passed by the House
Speaker 1: Representatives on a vote of seventy eight to fifteen. House
Speaker 1: Bill three three five would require schools to train staff
Speaker 1: and other expected users to use anti choking devices. If
Speaker 1: one is present in the school. Qualified staff would also
Speaker 1: receive instruction on the proper technique of the Heimlich maneuver.
Speaker 1: HB three three five would also provide legal protection for
Speaker 1: people who used anti choking device or perform the highlink
Speaker 1: maneuver in an emergency in public or private schools. HB
Speaker 1: three three five has been named Landon's Law in recognition
Speaker 1: of eight year old Landon mud Covens, who tragically passed
Speaker 1: away after choking in a Nelson County classroom. Landon's Law
Speaker 1: was created because of a heartbreaking and preventable laws. This
Speaker 1: bill could help prevent that what happened to Landon from
Speaker 1: happening to another Kentucky child. Masseroni stated, our schools should
Speaker 1: be prepared in the event that a student begins to choke.
Speaker 1: HB three three five ensures that school staff received training
Speaker 1: on how to properly use anti choking devices and provides
Speaker 1: peace of mind for schools who want to purchase an
Speaker 1: anti choking device. The anti choking device manufacturer life Back
Speaker 1: offers schools a free device upon request. The US Food
Speaker 1: and Drug Administration FDA has classified the life Back device
Speaker 1: as a Class two medical device, indicating that the device
Speaker 1: meets standards for safety and effectiveness for its intended use.
Speaker 1: This classification supports the device's use in an emergency as
Speaker 1: a last resort measure in choking situations. Students and parents
Speaker 1: deserve to know that school employees are trained in using
Speaker 1: emergency medical equipment within their schools. Maseroni added, this measure
Speaker 1: will strengthen the school's ability to employ emergency medical equipment,
Speaker 1: ultimately positioning them to save students' lives in an emergency.
Speaker 1: This measure will move to the Senate for further consideration.
Speaker 1: To keep track of HB three three five during the
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six regular session, go to Legislature dot ky
Speaker 1: dot go. Barstown City Council briefs. The Barstown City Council
Speaker 1: met Tuesday and considered a number of items, including the following.
Speaker 1: Similar to the recent Nelson County Fiscal Court meeting, Barstown
Speaker 1: City Council held a moment of silence honoring the service
Speaker 1: of the late Air Force Tech Sergeant Ashley B. Young
Speaker 1: Prophet Prewitt, a Nelson County native who lost her life
Speaker 1: in a crash of her unit's aerial refueling plane in
Speaker 1: Western Iraq. Mayor D. Dick Heaton said he had been
Speaker 1: in touch with Prewitt's family, but that the Air Force
Speaker 1: had not read yet released details about Prewitt's funeral arrangements.
Speaker 1: The city read a proclamation recognizing April as Child Abuse
Speaker 1: and Sexual aw Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Months, and
Speaker 1: had representatives on hand from the local Court appointed Special
Speaker 1: Advocates Lincoln Trail Program in support of the proclamation. The
Speaker 1: city heard the second reading and passed an ordinance raising
Speaker 1: the pay of future mayors to five thousand, five hundred
Speaker 1: dollars per month. Bardtown Fire Chief Todds Faulding reported that
Speaker 1: he will be heading to Columbus, Ohio soon to do
Speaker 1: final inspection on an aerial truck the city has purchased.
Speaker 1: City Administrator Aaron Boles said that Spectrum has begun the
Speaker 1: process of switching over Barstown Connect customers to their service,
Speaker 1: and that customers will be receiving correspondence from Spectrum about
Speaker 1: the details of the switchover and equipment changes. The city
Speaker 1: heard a municipal order changing the number of appointees for
Speaker 1: the board of the Bardstown Nelson County Airport, raising the
Speaker 1: number from six to ten. Bardstown appoints five members to
Speaker 1: the board, while Nelson County Fiscal Court appoints the other
Speaker 1: five members. The city appointed Aaron Briggs to a four
Speaker 1: year term and Carson Mattingly to a two year term.
Speaker 1: Bloomfield County City Council brief. The City of Bloomfield held
Speaker 1: a special calls meeting Monday, making up for the council
Speaker 1: meeting from March sixteenth, when council did not have enough
Speaker 1: members for a voting quorum. Monday's special Calls meeting was
Speaker 1: a brief one, which included setting the date in time
Speaker 1: for the Bloomfield Church's Church of God's annual Easter eggcont
Speaker 1: at Bloomfield Memorial Park. The church's hunt is set for Saturday,
Speaker 1: with registration at one thirty pm and the hunt to
Speaker 1: begin at one forty five. City Council voted to donate
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty dollars toward the church to help
Speaker 1: put on the event. Bloomfield Memorial Park will also be
Speaker 1: the site for another egg hunt Saturday, April four, which
Speaker 1: is sponsored by Lincoln National Bank. For that event, registration
Speaker 1: is nine forty five a m. With the hunt to
Speaker 1: start at ten thirty. City council held the first reading
Speaker 1: of an Ordinance amending code changes for the Joint City
Speaker 1: County Planning and Zoning Commission. The changes are being made
Speaker 1: to help simplify the language of the codes and to
Speaker 1: consolidate other information. Bloomfield also read a proclamation declaring May
Speaker 1: twenty second National Poppy Day, in honor of the founding
Speaker 1: of the American Legion Following World War One. The Legion
Speaker 1: adopted the poppy as a symbol of freedom and the
Speaker 1: sacrifices made by troops during wartime. Next Eastern event Bunny
Speaker 1: at Mayor's Park, Bardstown Main Street program will have the
Speaker 1: pictures with the Easter Bunny at the Mayor's Park across
Speaker 1: from Baskin Robbins eleven a m to one p m.
Speaker 1: Saturday's March twenty eighth and April fourth. Bloomfield Church of
Speaker 1: God will have an Easter egg hunt will be Saturday,
Speaker 1: March twenty eighth at Bloomfield Memorial Park. Registration at one
Speaker 1: thirty a hunt start at one forty five. This is
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