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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>with the edition dated July twenty six. Nelson County Schools

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<v Speaker 1>move ahead with construction projects. Nelson County Schools is moving

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<v Speaker 1>forward with a number of campus improvement projects as the

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<v Speaker 1>school year is set to begin. On Tuesday, at the

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson County Board of Education meeting, Kate Ward, architect and

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<v Speaker 1>partner with Studio Kramer, gave an update on the ongoing

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<v Speaker 1>design process for phase one of construction for Nelson County

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<v Speaker 1>High School. Ward showed the board the design development documents

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<v Speaker 1>and several mockups of the exterior and interior of NCCHS.

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<v Speaker 1>Ward said one discussion they've had with Codel Construction is

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<v Speaker 1>working the project to align with the occupancy of the school.

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<v Speaker 1>For phase one of NCCHS, Ward said they have discussed

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<v Speaker 1>working on the entrance and second story edition and would

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<v Speaker 1>work clockwise once areas are completed. She issured these areas

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<v Speaker 1>would become open to staff and students as they are completed.

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<v Speaker 1>Superintendent Wes Bradley said working on the project in this

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<v Speaker 1>way would give the team the ability to complete the

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<v Speaker 1>project more efficiently. Additionally, he said this would get of

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<v Speaker 1>them more options as teachers and students would be moved

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<v Speaker 1>around during the construction and renovation process. The new Nelson

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<v Speaker 1>County High School softball field has broken ground. Jim Codell

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<v Speaker 1>with Codell Construction said the project is aiming for a

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<v Speaker 1>February twenty, twenty seventh completion. Bradley said the current softball

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<v Speaker 1>field would not be demolished until the new field is done.

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<v Speaker 1>Bradley said the new softball field's Mike Lust Field signage

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<v Speaker 1>and designation would be transferred over to the new field

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<v Speaker 1>once complete. The up center is nearly complete and should

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<v Speaker 1>be open or should be on track to open prior

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<v Speaker 1>to the start of the new school year Nelson County

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<v Speaker 1>School's first day August twelfth. In other news from tuesday's meetings,

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<v Speaker 1>the board approved a Kentucky Community and Technical College Early

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<v Speaker 1>College coordinator position for the district. Elizabethtown Community and Technical

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<v Speaker 1>College agreed to fund half of a second dual credit

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<v Speaker 1>coordinator for the district. This would put a coordinator at

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<v Speaker 1>each high school campus. Mandy periear Incs Dual Credit Coordinator

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<v Speaker 1>shared some data from the twenty twenty five twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six school year relating to dual credit. Nelson County schools

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<v Speaker 1>had five hundred and eighteen students enrolled in dual credit courses.

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<v Speaker 1>At ECDC, students have completed seventeen hundred and two courses

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<v Speaker 1>and a combined forty six hundred forty nine credit hours. Additionally,

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<v Speaker 1>or ninety seven students in the district have committed to

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<v Speaker 1>earning an associate's degree in the next three years. During

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty five twenty six school year, they had twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one students earn an associate's degree, with some students earning

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<v Speaker 1>more than one. We see kids not only taking one

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<v Speaker 1>college class, but some of them are taking two, three

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<v Speaker 1>or four courses. Pu Year said, we had some kids

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<v Speaker 1>this year that earned up to seventy college credit hours.

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<v Speaker 1>These kids are not just saying one course is enough,

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<v Speaker 1>two courses are enough, but they're really challenging themselves to

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<v Speaker 1>take more difficult courses, to take more of those courses.

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<v Speaker 1>The Nelson County Board of Education will next meet next

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<v Speaker 1>month on August eighteenth at the up DC Center at

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<v Speaker 1>five point thirty pm. Next Bloomfield continues to debate Flock

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<v Speaker 1>cameras trash contract. Bloomfield held its regular city council meeting

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<v Speaker 1>Monday night, with much of the discussion dominated by the

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<v Speaker 1>city's contracts with the Flock camera system, as well as

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<v Speaker 1>its controversial decision to dump Waste Management as its garbage

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<v Speaker 1>carrier and opting for Rumkey instead of Nelson County Solid Waste.

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<v Speaker 1>Some council members in previous meetings and at Monday's meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>most notably Ken Lemone and Laura Barnett, have raised objections

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<v Speaker 1>over the city's contract with the Flock automated license plate

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<v Speaker 1>reader cameras, including concerns about its yearly ten thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 1>costs and the length of the contract, as well as

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<v Speaker 1>worries about liability and their constitutionality. The city has four

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<v Speaker 1>of the cameras positioned around town. Lemon said he worries

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<v Speaker 1>that the cameras provide a false sense of security and

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<v Speaker 1>warned that the camera's usage is one step further toward

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<v Speaker 1>establishing a quote surveillance state similar to China. The cameras

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<v Speaker 1>are set up to read license plate and send out

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<v Speaker 1>warnings if a license plate has been tagged to a

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<v Speaker 1>vehicle reported stolen or to a fugitive from the law.

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<v Speaker 1>They are not set up for facial recognition, but Limon

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<v Speaker 1>suggest it is only a matter of time before they

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<v Speaker 1>are used that way. Councilman Todd Swazey said he thought

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<v Speaker 1>Lemon was speculating too much on the issue, but he

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<v Speaker 1>recognizes there may be quote bad actors at law enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>agencies who would abuse the data collected by the cameras,

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<v Speaker 1>similar to instances cited by Lemon of abuse at various

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<v Speaker 1>locations around the country where officers have misused the technology.

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomfield Police Chief Eddie Whitworth read a statement during Monday's

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<v Speaker 1>meeting attempting to clarify a few things and hopefully allay

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<v Speaker 1>some public concern about the camera systems. Whitworth said the

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<v Speaker 1>data collected from the cameras are stored for thirty days

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<v Speaker 1>before being purged, and the data collected is subject to

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<v Speaker 1>regular audience by Nelson County and Nelson County Sheriff's Office.

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<v Speaker 1>In addition to Bloomfield Police, the Kentucky State Police and

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<v Speaker 1>the NCSO have access to that data and it can

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<v Speaker 1>also be shared with other law enforcement agencies in the

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<v Speaker 1>case of a search for a stolen criminal, a stolen car,

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<v Speaker 1>or someone with an outstanding warrant. The encrypted data contains

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<v Speaker 1>logs of who has as access them, but he conditioned

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<v Speaker 1>the FLOCK cameras are meant to aid investigations, not as

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<v Speaker 1>an impetus to start one. Whitworth said that the FLOCK

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<v Speaker 1>system has helped to locate more than ten thousand missing

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<v Speaker 1>people and helped aid in more than one million criminal investigations.

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<v Speaker 1>Whitworth noted that the camera data has aided in a

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<v Speaker 1>number of high profile cases in Nelson County and that

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<v Speaker 1>taking away the cameras would limit the available resources law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement has to fight crime. Whitworth also spoke about the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty thirteen killing of Bartstown police officer Jason Ellis on

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<v Speaker 1>the exit third for rent for the Bluegrass Parkway just

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<v Speaker 1>outside of Bloomfield, and that if FLOCK cameras had been

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<v Speaker 1>deployed then ellis murder might have been solved. Whitworth was

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<v Speaker 1>a classmate with Ellis in the Department of Criminal Justice training.

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<v Speaker 1>He also warned that getting rid of the FLOCK camera

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<v Speaker 1>system could further hamper Bloomfield's chances at attracting and retaining

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<v Speaker 1>future law enforcement officers if the impression is out there

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<v Speaker 1>that the city does not support the police officers. The

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<v Speaker 1>city was without a police chief for more than a

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<v Speaker 1>year before Whitworth came on board. Bloomfield's contract with the

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<v Speaker 1>Flock camera system is a five year term of In

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty eight, Barnett and Lamon asked Whitworth to provide

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<v Speaker 1>statistics for how the data collected from the cameras is

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<v Speaker 1>being In other news, Dereck Hagan tendered his resignation as

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<v Speaker 1>Public Work Supervisor as of July tenth, citing another job

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity and health and family concerns. Over time, the demands

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<v Speaker 1>of my position continue to grow, while the resources in

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<v Speaker 1>staffing available to accomplish the work did not. Hagen's letter reads,

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<v Speaker 1>this has made it increasingly difficult to perform my responsibilities

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<v Speaker 1>efficiently and to the standard I expect of myself. Part

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<v Speaker 1>of this is because city worker Thomas Williams has been

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<v Speaker 1>out for extended leave on Workmen's comp and Ricky Jewel

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<v Speaker 1>is no longer helping the city as well. Hagen said

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<v Speaker 1>he and now interim supervisor, Laying maddingly have had to

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<v Speaker 1>compensate to fill in the crash, and that has caused

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<v Speaker 1>Hagen extra stress trying to get the job done. In

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<v Speaker 1>his letter, he can express thanks to the city and

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor Chris Dudgeon for the confidence they showed in him.

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<v Speaker 1>Dudgeon has posted a help wanted message on the city's

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<v Speaker 1>social media paid seeking workers we are hiring, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>if you know anybody we are currently hiring at the

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<v Speaker 1>moment for one position. The city held the first reading

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<v Speaker 1>of an ordinance repealing a portion of the city's Code

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<v Speaker 1>of Ordinances as it relates to nuisances. Upon the second reading,

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<v Speaker 1>those nuisance ordinance regulations would fall under the purview of

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson County, whose regulations are stricter. Lemon had been concerned

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<v Speaker 1>about how the city's nuisance ordance is being offered when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to a traffic hazard on Goodlow Avenue where

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<v Speaker 1>residents landscaping has overgrown and adversely effects sight lines on

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<v Speaker 1>the street. Dudgeon said he had asked Waste Management when

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<v Speaker 1>they would be coming to the city to collect their

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<v Speaker 1>branded trash cans since the city signed a contract with

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<v Speaker 1>Rumky to take over trash collection. He said he had

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<v Speaker 1>not gotten a response yet from waste management. The first

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<v Speaker 1>Monday in August is when Rumki takes over Bloomfield's trash collection.

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<v Speaker 1>July twenty seventh is the last day for residents to

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<v Speaker 1>request a new camp from Rumki. Councilman Scott Stevenson asked

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<v Speaker 1>if it was too late for the city to rescind

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<v Speaker 1>its vote to go with trump Rumki for trash collection. Stevenson, Barnette,

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<v Speaker 1>and Lamon each voted against Rumky at the city's main meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>preferring Nelson County Solid Waste instead, while Swayze, John Hammon

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<v Speaker 1>at Tina Long voted with Rumkey. Dudgeon said then cast

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<v Speaker 1>a tie breaking vote in favor of Rumkin. Breaking the

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<v Speaker 1>contract with Rumki would lead to legal issues for the city. Stevenson, Barnett,

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<v Speaker 1>and Lamone each said they preferred keeping the city's money

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<v Speaker 1>locally by going with the county, but the other three

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<v Speaker 1>council members and Dudgeon expressed concern about people paying their

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<v Speaker 1>trash bills through Salt River Electric, which is Nelson County's

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<v Speaker 1>method of billing instead to Bloomfield City Hall were stuck

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<v Speaker 1>with Rumky for three years. Stevenson said, Hammond said he

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<v Speaker 1>got a quote of twelve hundred and forty nine dollars

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<v Speaker 1>for a new water fountain at Bloomfield Memorial Park. A

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<v Speaker 1>water fountain wasn't in the original plans for the major

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<v Speaker 1>upgrades that have come to the park over the past

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<v Speaker 1>year plus. There's no water access, he says, unless you're

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<v Speaker 1>drinking out of the pond, and I don't recommend that

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<v Speaker 1>the city will explore further in upcoming meetings. A handful

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<v Speaker 1>of candidates in the upcoming November election were on hand

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<v Speaker 1>to introduce themselves at Monday's meeting, including Republican sheriff nominees

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Culliver, as well as al Pacino Jones and Lonnie Knowle,

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<v Speaker 1>who are running for Bloomfield's City council. Next. Reynolds Family rebuilding.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to make it our mission to pay this forward.

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<v Speaker 1>On June twenty seventh, the Reynolds family lost their home. Immediately,

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson County community came together. It's been nearly a month

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<v Speaker 1>since lightning struck the home Matt and Megan Reynolds. The

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<v Speaker 1>family was on their way to Outer Banks, North Carolina,

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<v Speaker 1>when four bolts of lightning struck their home. Immediately causing

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<v Speaker 1>a fire in the attic. First responders on the scene

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<v Speaker 1>were able to save two of the vehicles in the home,

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<v Speaker 1>one belonging to Megan and the other to their eldest

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<v Speaker 1>son's girlfriend. Matt said it was neighbour who called him

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<v Speaker 1>informing him his house was on fire. Another neighbor sent

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<v Speaker 1>him a photo of his home as crews arrived on

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<v Speaker 1>the scene to fight the fire, He said, their whole family,

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<v Speaker 1>a caravan of four vehicles, returned home to salvage what

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<v Speaker 1>they could from the home. Matt says they were able

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<v Speaker 1>to salvage some memorabilia the day of the fire, with

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<v Speaker 1>their insurance agent present. It was the agent who encouraged

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<v Speaker 1>the family to return to their vacation and begin the

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<v Speaker 1>process at fiter that we took off and we went

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<v Speaker 1>on vacation that week, he said. On our way, my

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<v Speaker 1>wife and I just started counting our blessings. Number one,

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<v Speaker 1>Just thankful and grateful that we weren't there, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>a high probability it would have killed everybody in the house.

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<v Speaker 1>Grateful and thankful that we were heading out on vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>We had a week's worth of clothes. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people in that situation run out of their house with

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<v Speaker 1>nothing but what they have on and then they got

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<v Speaker 1>to sit and wash their house burn. We didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>any ways, but especially in area sports. It was their

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<v Speaker 1>other donations. Once the Rentals returned home, tens of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars were raised. Community members dropped off funds and

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<v Speaker 1>donations to Nelson County High School. Kroom drug Store organized

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<v Speaker 1>a clothing donation. Josh McKay's held a raffle to go

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<v Speaker 1>toward the family. Megan said they still get items dropped

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<v Speaker 1>off at their temporary residence or items in their mailbox

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<v Speaker 1>and direct messages trying to donate clothing. She said it

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't just been family and friends, but complete strangers doing

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<v Speaker 1>of Megan's is allowing the family to stay in her

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<v Speaker 1>airbnb until they are able to rebuild their home. I've

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<v Speaker 1>said this multiple times. I don't feel like we're worthy,

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<v Speaker 1>she said. Everyone always meets us with You're absolutely worthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Once we get on our feet, like Matt and our kids,

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<v Speaker 1>Megan said it has meant a lot to them that

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<v Speaker 1>family and friends have been here to support them and

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<v Speaker 1>a shopping spree to get new clothes. Matt's connection to

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<v Speaker 1>with people donating items for their kids. Matt said their

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<v Speaker 1>home was deemed a total loss upon returning home from vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>What wasn't destroyed in the fire or the smoke or

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<v Speaker 1>from the mold that had grown over the week. He said.

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<v Speaker 1>They are currently in the process getting the house demolished,

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<v Speaker 1>Once demolished, he said they will start the rebuilt process.

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<v Speaker 1>He said it would be roughly a year in the

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<v Speaker 1>making to get back on their feet. Megan said the

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<v Speaker 1>last year has been a difficult one for the family.

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<v Speaker 1>Outside of losing their home, their daughter has changed schools,

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<v Speaker 1>Matt has changed jobs. Their eldest son will also be

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<v Speaker 1>to support them both during this time has been crucial,

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<v Speaker 1>She said, I don't even know how we can thank

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<v Speaker 1>all the people next. Bargetown Schools celebrate summer programs, BCS

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<v Speaker 1>Athletics further partnerships with court Bargstown City Schools doesn't leave

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<v Speaker 1>its students behind during the summer. Tuesdays, Superintendent Ryan Clark

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<v Speaker 1>celebrated the district's programs lifting students up while school is

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<v Speaker 1>Clark said they've had programs throughout the summer that continue

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<v Speaker 1>to support students. Year after year, the Summer Feeding program

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<v Speaker 1>provides food for hundreds of kids. This summer alone, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six thousand, seven hundred and eighty two meals had been distributed,

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<v Speaker 1>Clark said. In addition to the food, they've given and

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<v Speaker 1>families books, backpacks, bracelets, and bookmarks. Thanks to community donations,

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<v Speaker 1>the program has delivered nineteen hundred thirteen bags a week

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<v Speaker 1>Center Coordinator Katherine Jean Baptiste delivered six hundred seventy two

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<v Speaker 1>organize Stripes in the Streets, which brings summer fund to

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<v Speaker 1>student neighborhoods during the summer. Other summer initiative students have

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<v Speaker 1>Extension Office Pop Club, and the Grit and Growth Camp.

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<v Speaker 1>Clark said, at the start of the school year gets closer,

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<v Speaker 1>they're beginning their step camp camps for students transitioning into

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<v Speaker 1>School's first day is August fourth. In other news from

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday's meeting, the district will be expanding its partnership with

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<v Speaker 1>Court Physical Therapy to better serve its athletes. Ryan bring Hers, BCS,

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<v Speaker 1>director of Athletics and Extracurricular of Activities, said they've noticed

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<v Speaker 1>gaps in their support of students, primarily aiding high school students,

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<v Speaker 1>and aim to expand Court's support to their middle school

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<v Speaker 1>athletes as well. We've also talked about other opportunities potentially

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<v Speaker 1>outside of this agreement, but to expand our partnership with

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<v Speaker 1>Court to have more physical therapy service upon campus for kids,

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<v Speaker 1>possibly even during the school day, bring Her said of

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<v Speaker 1>potential future plans. Robbie Hincobine, president of Court Physical thirty Therapy,

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<v Speaker 1>said the addendum to the athletic training services would expand

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<v Speaker 1>varsity team, the trainer is there to assist with coaches

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<v Speaker 1>not there moving forward, Hincobine gave an example that instead

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<v Speaker 1>of athlete trainer covering a high school volleyball game, they

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<v Speaker 1>may cover the middle school football game. Instead, we need

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<v Speaker 1>to go where the collision force injuries are more likely

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. He said, the Bartstown Board of Education approved

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<v Speaker 1>two memorandums of agreement with Jefferson County Community and Technical

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<v Speaker 1>College and Eastern Kentucky University to provide dual credit courses

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<v Speaker 1>for Bartstown High School students. Dana Cole, BCS Director of

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<v Speaker 1>Curriculum and Instruction, said they are committed to finding partners

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<v Speaker 1>to support students career and education goals through dual credit opportunities.

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<v Speaker 1>Bartstown City School's Board of at its Board of Education

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<v Speaker 1>will meet next month on August eighteenth, at noon at

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<v Speaker 1>the BCS Central Office. Next in Community Notes, New Trivia

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<v Speaker 1>on the Rails at Kentucky Railway Museum. Climb aboard for

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<v Speaker 1>a train ride of wits and whistles with Trivia on

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<v Speaker 1>the Rails at the Kentucky Railway Museum at two pm Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>July twenty fifth. Gather your crew, grab a seat, and

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<v Speaker 1>get ready for a little friendly competition. Prizes breaking rights

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<v Speaker 1>and a great time awake. Every person re sieves a

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<v Speaker 1>charcuterie box to snack on while playing. Every person receives

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<v Speaker 1>a charcuterie box to snack on while riding the train.

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<v Speaker 1>The train ride is one point five hours Bartstown Farmers

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<v Speaker 1>Market fresh flowers, fruits and vegetables, starter plants, hanging baskets,

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<v Speaker 1>wooden crafts, baked breads and pastries, mushrooms, soap, lift bombs

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<v Speaker 1>and much more at Bartstown Farmers Market at the dixiep

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<v Speaker 1>July twenty fifth. All products are made and are grown locally.

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<v Speaker 1>An It Don't Ecology Camp will be at Bernheim Forests

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<v Speaker 1>twenty fifth. This full day adventure is designed for adults

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<v Speaker 1>who want to immerse themselves in Burnheim's ecosystems and discover

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<v Speaker 1>that diverse flora and fauna found there. Explore beaver dams

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<v Speaker 1>and lodges by kayak to take a closer look at

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<v Speaker 1>what lives beneath the water surface, and spend time slowing

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<v Speaker 1>down to observe the rural natural world more closely. You'll

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<v Speaker 1>also have a chance to create a craft to take

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<v Speaker 1>home as a reminder of your day in nature. Live

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<v Speaker 1>music at American Legion Posts one twenty one. There will

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<v Speaker 1>be live music at the American Legion Post one twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one two oh six West Broadway Street in Barstown from

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<v Speaker 1>seven pm to eleven pm Saturday, July twenty fifth, performing

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<v Speaker 1>will be read Shadow. This is all the time we

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<v Speaker 1>have for reading of recent editions of the Kentucky Standard newspaper.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've enjoyed your reader today has been Brian Hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've enjoyed hearing this, please call us at eight

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