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

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

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<v Speaker 1>As a reminder, Radioiye is a service intended for people

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>addition dated June fourteenth, City County to purchase five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven acres for new industrial park. Nelson County now

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<v Speaker 1>has a third industrial park on the way. In recent years,

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<v Speaker 1>Wilson Industrial Park and Nolflank County Industrial Park have both

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<v Speaker 1>builled up, leaving local government and economic development officials scrambling

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<v Speaker 1>to find a new land for perspective companies looking to

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<v Speaker 1>set up shop here. After much searching, the City of

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<v Speaker 1>Bartstown and Nelson County Fiscal Court are teeming up to

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<v Speaker 1>buy five hundred twenty seven acres of land off Pennebaker

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<v Speaker 1>Avenue to meet that need. This acquisition represents a significant

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<v Speaker 1>investment in the future of Nelson County and reflects a

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<v Speaker 1>shared commitment to creating jobs, supporting local businesses, and ensuring

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<v Speaker 1>future generations have opportunities to live, work, and raise their

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<v Speaker 1>families in the community. The Paul Holmes according to a

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<v Speaker 1>press relief issued by Nelson County Judge Executive Tim Hushes

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<v Speaker 1>earlier this week, Bartstown City Council and Nelson County Fiscal

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<v Speaker 1>Court have each passed budget amendment for the current fiscal

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<v Speaker 1>year to dedicate money to pay for the land and

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<v Speaker 1>associated infrastructure development costs where out of land, Husson said

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<v Speaker 1>at a recent Fiscal Court meeting. As a result, the

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<v Speaker 1>county is putting up five point five million dollars in funding,

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<v Speaker 1>The City of Bardstown is committing three million, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Bardstown Industrial Development Corporation will also be contributing. The city

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<v Speaker 1>and county are also pursuing a five million dollars loan

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<v Speaker 1>through the Salt River Electric to help funding. The press

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<v Speaker 1>release said the property was purchased through a fifty to

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<v Speaker 1>fifty partnership between the city and county following months of

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<v Speaker 1>planning and collaboration focused on creating new opportunities for economic

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<v Speaker 1>growth in Nelson County. The Bardstown Industrial Development Corporation will

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<v Speaker 1>administer the property. This is the culmination of six to

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<v Speaker 1>seven years of effort by the Bardstown Industrial Development Corporation

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<v Speaker 1>to locate land, evaluate it with due diligence about the

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<v Speaker 1>affordability of it and the necessary utilities that need to

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<v Speaker 1>be brought to develop the land. Yardstown Mayor Dick Keaton

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<v Speaker 1>said at a recent city council meeting, we have found

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<v Speaker 1>a tract of land. City and county officials feel this

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<v Speaker 1>large land purchase provides tremendous potential for long term growth

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<v Speaker 1>and will lead to new employers as well as possible

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<v Speaker 1>expansion by current businesses already located in the county. The

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<v Speaker 1>move will create more jobs and boost the local economy

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<v Speaker 1>and tax base. The size and location of the site

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<v Speaker 1>allow flexibility for future expansion, including possibility of acquiring additional

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<v Speaker 1>acreage if future economic development opportunity to warrant further growth,

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<v Speaker 1>Hudson said in the press release. The location would also

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<v Speaker 1>ideally connect to the coming bypass roads, which are in

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<v Speaker 1>the state's road plan in upcoming years, and that could

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<v Speaker 1>help alleviate traffic problems on the horizon. The City of

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<v Speaker 1>Bardstown in Nelson County Physical Court also wished to address

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<v Speaker 1>recent special speculation circulating on social media regarding the property.

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<v Speaker 1>Hudson said in his press release, there have been no

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<v Speaker 1>discussions regarding the development of a data center on this

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<v Speaker 1>site and no such proposal has been presented or considered.

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<v Speaker 1>Any claims suggesting otherwise are inaccurate. Officials tause the partnership

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<v Speaker 1>between governmental institutes as an example of proactive planning and

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<v Speaker 1>responsible growth that figures to benefit residents, businesses, and future generations.

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<v Speaker 1>This investment demonstrates the commitment of both local governments and

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<v Speaker 1>economic development officials to proactive planning and responsible growth. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a good investment. We're all on board with it, said

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<v Speaker 1>Barstown City Councilman Bill Sheckel, who also serves on the

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<v Speaker 1>BDC board. Next National Bourbon Week begins Sunday, twenty third

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<v Speaker 1>Annual Street Concert set for June twentieth, National Bourbon Week

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<v Speaker 1>will begin Sunday while Barstown Main Street prepares for the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty third annual Bourbon City Concert. June fourteenth is the

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<v Speaker 1>first day of the third annual National Bourbon Week, kicking

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<v Speaker 1>off eight days of celebration and bringing in visitors from

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<v Speaker 1>across the county country. On June twentieth, the beloved Bourbon

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<v Speaker 1>City Street Concert will offer another day for locals to

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<v Speaker 1>come together. Sam Lacy, executive director of the Bourbon Capital

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<v Speaker 1>Alliance and the core of National Bourbon Meek, is their

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<v Speaker 1>ten partner distillers. He said, Throughout the whole week, there

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<v Speaker 1>are thirty five events in and outside of Nelson County

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<v Speaker 1>celebrating bourbon in the region. B HEA's ten partner distilleries

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<v Speaker 1>are Heaven Hill, lux Row, Limestone Branch, James E. Bean

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<v Speaker 1>Distilling Company, Preservation Distillery Makers, Mark Logs To Distillery, Old

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<v Speaker 1>Steelhouse Distillery, Potter Chains Distilling Company, and Barton seventeen ninety two.

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<v Speaker 1>Lacey said it's humbling for the Bourbon Capital Alliance to

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<v Speaker 1>see how the community has bought into National Bourbonweek. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>regardless if someone enjoys bourbon or not, no one can

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<v Speaker 1>deny the economic impact the bourbon industry has had on

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<v Speaker 1>Bardstown in Nelson County, not only from a tourism perspective,

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<v Speaker 1>which is obviously massive, but our distilleries and our bourbon

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<v Speaker 1>industry provides so many great jobs for Nelson County. Lacey said,

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<v Speaker 1>we're really, really thankful, and it's good time to celebrate responsibly. Responsibly,

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<v Speaker 1>the industry has formed the backbone of what Bart's town

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<v Speaker 1>has become. Throughout the week, the ten partner distilleries will

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<v Speaker 1>host events, but local businesses will also be hosting Bourbon

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<v Speaker 1>Center gatherings. Bardstown Main Street Director Randy Mousser said a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of their downtown businesses see the values and an

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<v Speaker 1>event like National Bourbon Week and all the new people

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<v Speaker 1>it can bring into the downtown area. Stacey Phelps, president

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<v Speaker 1>of the Bardstown Nelson County Tourist Commission, said the experiences

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<v Speaker 1>during National Bourbon Week are unique. Visitors and locals can

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<v Speaker 1>take a distillery tour or speak with a national Master distillery.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that sets us apart from everybody else, she said.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just a basic tour. These are things that

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<v Speaker 1>you can go back and tell people about when you

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<v Speaker 1>get home and how exciting it was to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to have that access to these people. The twenty third

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<v Speaker 1>annual Bourbon City Street Concert will be one of the

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<v Speaker 1>final events to wrap up National Bourbon Week. Bardstown Main

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<v Speaker 1>Street hosts the yearly concert with events all day for

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<v Speaker 1>families along Third Street. Mouser said this year they wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to tie the concert into the upcoming America Too fiftieth celebration,

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<v Speaker 1>naming the event United e Chan Music will begin on

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<v Speaker 1>June twentieth at sixty m with local bands Chasing Judah,

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<v Speaker 1>followed by the Wilson Brothers. The event's headliner, will be

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<v Speaker 1>unleashed the Toby Keith Tribute. The concert's largest sponsors are

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<v Speaker 1>West Banco and James G. Bean's distilling company. Mauser said

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<v Speaker 1>that the festivities don't begin with the concert. From noon

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<v Speaker 1>to four pm on Saturday, the first two blocks of

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<v Speaker 1>Third Street will be home to the events daytime activities.

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<v Speaker 1>Smoke is sponsoring this year's keen Ztone with a wide

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<v Speaker 1>selection of activities like bouncy houses, slides, games, and more.

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<v Speaker 1>Derby City Mobile Mini Golf will have a short cut

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<v Speaker 1>putt golf course for attendees, while Southern Swing, a mobile

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<v Speaker 1>golf stimulator, will also be available on the rocks. Bartending

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<v Speaker 1>will also be providing bourbon tasting from local distillers for

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<v Speaker 1>five dollars. Another cool thing that we're doing too, is

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<v Speaker 1>that we've partnered with the Gallery as since they've moved,

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<v Speaker 1>they're right in the middle of everything now. Mauser said,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to have some live local artists that will

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<v Speaker 1>be outside painting. Road closures will begin in preparation for

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<v Speaker 1>the events, beginning at ten am on Saturday. Third Street

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<v Speaker 1>to Broadway will be closed, as will flage A from

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<v Speaker 1>the Farmer's Market to the city parking lot, although they

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<v Speaker 1>will still be open and available for parking. Additionally, the

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<v Speaker 1>outer lane of the roundabout of the intersection of Third

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<v Speaker 1>Street will be closed, the inner lane will remain open.

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<v Speaker 1>Next NCS redefining admin rolls on new six through twelfth campuses.

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson County School is reimagining school administrative roles as the

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<v Speaker 1>district transitions to a six through twelfth grade campus model.

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<v Speaker 1>NCS is currently on track to complete the Thomas Nelson

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<v Speaker 1>Middle School for the twenty twenty seven twenty twenty eight

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<v Speaker 1>school year. The transition to the combined middle and high

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<v Speaker 1>school campus has brought out discussions about school administrators moving

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<v Speaker 1>away from being generalists to specialists. The combined middle and

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<v Speaker 1>high school campus is also currently in the plans for

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson County High School. KEM Holgan, human Resources for NCS,

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<v Speaker 1>said they will be transitioning several roles to be better

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<v Speaker 1>suited to build programs and support students. The assistant principal

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<v Speaker 1>role is gaining several proposed changes in this reimagining campus

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<v Speaker 1>principles will now oversee all six to twelve students, focusing

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<v Speaker 1>on the vision and values as of program quality, and

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<v Speaker 1>Resource Strategy Assistant pristals are moving to become Dean of

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<v Speaker 1>Community Health and Dean of Work and Life Readiness, and

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<v Speaker 1>a third role, Student Family and Alumni Life Coordinator, has

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<v Speaker 1>also been proposed. Superintendent Wes Bradley said this is a

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<v Speaker 1>big conversation over the last six months. He said they've

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<v Speaker 1>spoken with school administrators to understand their roles and who

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<v Speaker 1>they work closely with. He said they're trying to deepen

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<v Speaker 1>the experience for students by specifying the role of administrators.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not trying to duplicate the current model, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>We're trying to create a model as deeper and substantive.

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<v Speaker 1>He said the Dean of Community Health would focus on

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<v Speaker 1>students' safety and behavior. Currently, there are administrators and teams

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<v Speaker 1>that focus on this throughout the county. Thus, the specified

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<v Speaker 1>roles would allow them to own the work. The Student,

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<v Speaker 1>Family and Alumni Life Coordinator is part of a larger

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<v Speaker 1>conversation of the seven year experience for students. Bradley said

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<v Speaker 1>this role would be taken on would take on creating

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<v Speaker 1>the culture and engagement for the school, focusing on the

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<v Speaker 1>messaging and communication. He said this cannot be done haphazardly

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<v Speaker 1>or peripherally. It has to be done directly. Bradley said

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<v Speaker 1>with the board's approval, they are aiming to begin pursuing

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<v Speaker 1>these roles and opening them up for applicants. He said

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<v Speaker 1>current administrators would have the oper two team to apply

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<v Speaker 1>for the roles and have been aware of the potential

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<v Speaker 1>transitions for the future school year. Board chair Tracy Bowling

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<v Speaker 1>said the new positions make sense for her. She said

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<v Speaker 1>the new roles provide clarity to parents and students. Bowling

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<v Speaker 1>said with the new roles, if a parent got a

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<v Speaker 1>call from the administrator, they'd know what they'd be discussing

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<v Speaker 1>for their students. Additionally, Bowling said she believes it will

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<v Speaker 1>be beneficial to staff. She said they will be able

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<v Speaker 1>to have a sense of pride in what they're working on,

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<v Speaker 1>an ownership and what they do. The Nelson County Board

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<v Speaker 1>of Education will host its regularly scheduled meeting on July

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<v Speaker 1>twenty first at five thirty pm. Next. Local fire departments

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<v Speaker 1>raised more than two hundred thousand dollars for Crusade this year.

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<v Speaker 1>The local fire department raised and combined two hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 1>dollars during the annual whas to Say for Children's campaigns.

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<v Speaker 1>Every year, the fire departments across Nelson County bring their

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<v Speaker 1>communities together to raise funds for the WHAS Crusade for

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<v Speaker 1>Children campaign. In twenty twenty six, the state wide total

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<v Speaker 1>was more than six point point two million dollars, the

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<v Speaker 1>second highest total in Crusade history. In Nelson County, the

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<v Speaker 1>sixth area fire departments raised two hundred one thousand, nine

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<v Speaker 1>hundred forty eight dollars and six cents. Together. Rolling four

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<v Speaker 1>for Fire Department raised one hundred fifty one thousand, five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred fifty two dollars in eighty eight cen, far exceeding

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<v Speaker 1>the gold the organization's goal of fifty thousand dollars. For

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<v Speaker 1>their fiftieth anniversary, Deputy Chief Chris People said they focused

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<v Speaker 1>on community engagement and pride this year. He said they

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<v Speaker 1>did their annual roadblocks and sent out mailers asking for donations. However,

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<v Speaker 1>this year was special as the department received an anonymous

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand dollars donation in memory of Bill Bidwell.

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<v Speaker 1>Bidwell was one of the main leaders of the Kentucky

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<v Speaker 1>Railways Museum train robbery events. People said they also got

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<v Speaker 1>a matching donation of twenty five thousand dollars from Tom

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<v Speaker 1>and Rondo Whimpsett. Although the couple live in Bardstown, Tom

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<v Speaker 1>to them asking if the department was able to raise

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five thou thousand dollars, if they would match the amount.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of excitement this year with our fiftieth anniversary,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, a lot of people are being drawn into that,

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<v Speaker 1>and I really believe that it has helped drought the

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<v Speaker 1>excitement for this twenty twenty six Crusade campaign people said.

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<v Speaker 1>He believes people continued to donate to the Crusade for

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<v Speaker 1>Children's campaigns because they know it will come back to

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<v Speaker 1>the community. All of the proceeds for the Crusade go

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<v Speaker 1>towards initiatives for children with special needs. Other fire departments

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<v Speaker 1>in Nelson County were also feeling the generosity from community members.

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<v Speaker 1>This year. Bargetown Fire Department raised twenty two thousand, four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred eleven dollars, while Nelson County Fire and Rescue raised

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four thousand, nine hundred dollars. Northeast Nelson Fire Protection

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<v Speaker 1>Discs earned twenty thousand, one hundred dollars and New Hope

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<v Speaker 1>Volunteer Fire Department got thirteen hundred twenty nine dollars in

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty four dollars in eighty eight cents. Bardstown

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<v Speaker 1>Fire Department Chief Ta Faulding said it was incredible to

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<v Speaker 1>see people being willing to donate during the time of

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<v Speaker 1>financial hardship. Spalding said it's wonderful to see people still

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<v Speaker 1>support children. Spalding said they received a ten thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 1>gift from a local American Legion Post. Additionally, DFD has

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<v Speaker 1>a number of in memory donations, including one from forty

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<v Speaker 1>four Auto Mark for Ron and Russ Mulvaney, grieted, Joey

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<v Speaker 1>Yates for Gary and Tracy Borland, Takey's Lessinger for Janet Fish,

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<v Speaker 1>and Judas Dennists for Pom Mobley. They enjoy it, especially

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<v Speaker 1>when they know that the money is going back to

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<v Speaker 1>the kids. Paulding said of participation from firemen, they enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>this community interaction and being able to interact in and

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<v Speaker 1>with the community outside of emergency situation. Northeast Nelson Pire

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<v Speaker 1>chief said Shield has been in the field for more

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<v Speaker 1>than thirty years and it seems the Crusade for Children's

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<v Speaker 1>campaign continues to change. Shield said he remembers when they

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<v Speaker 1>reached ten thousand dollars for the first time and what

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<v Speaker 1>a huge deal it was. He said, to see so

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<v Speaker 1>many people continue to give back as a testament to

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<v Speaker 1>them for Northeast Nelson, Shield said they raise money from

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<v Speaker 1>their rogue law, selling concessions at car shows, and generous

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<v Speaker 1>donations from area businesses. He said their team is also

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<v Speaker 1>anxious to participate in the donation each year. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>labor of love for them all. It's outstanding because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure that almost everybody involve with Crusade Collections in Nelson

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<v Speaker 1>County probably knows somebody or somebody's family that benefits from

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<v Speaker 1>these funds, he said. I'm sure that most of us

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<v Speaker 1>are probably familiar with a family or a child that's

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<v Speaker 1>benefited from the puns that are raised, so it's very gratifying.

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<v Speaker 1>Next in sports, in Bethlehem trap shooting team has strong

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<v Speaker 1>first season. On June sixth, seven students from Bethlehem High

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<v Speaker 1>School traveled through Berea and took up arms to compete

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<v Speaker 1>in a sport whose roots date back over one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>years in the state of Kentucky. That sport the competitive

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<v Speaker 1>effort is American trap shooting. The Bethlehem trap shooting team

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<v Speaker 1>was harmed at the beginning of the spring semester of

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<v Speaker 1>this past school year. The idea of began as a

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<v Speaker 1>grassroots effort. Students and parents alike showed an interest in

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<v Speaker 1>a program that allowed students to own their marksmanship and

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<v Speaker 1>represent Bethlehem in competition, not to just show up as

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<v Speaker 1>mere participants, but to have a real viable chance of

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<v Speaker 1>standing on a podium at the end of the event.

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<v Speaker 1>Launching the program turned into a successful effort that involved

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<v Speaker 1>members from multiple communities. Bethlehem Athletic Director Gilly Simpson worked

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<v Speaker 1>with these interested parents to set up the program in

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<v Speaker 1>an official capacity. Several parents of interested students volunt generously

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<v Speaker 1>volunteered their time and efforts to handle the team's administrative duties.

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<v Speaker 1>To lead the students in their efforts, Bethlehem tapped the

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<v Speaker 1>talents and knowledge of two local athletes, Charles Power, a

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<v Speaker 1>trap shooter with decades of experience in the sport, and

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<v Speaker 1>previous coach, to Trap teams for Nelson County High School

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<v Speaker 1>and Spencer County High School Trap League, as well as

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<v Speaker 1>Colin Howard charles Son and a competitive trap shooter in

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<v Speaker 1>his own right. Having previously represented the Save Kentucky at

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<v Speaker 1>a national level in Champion of Champions events sanctioned by

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<v Speaker 1>the Amateur Trap Shooting Association, Bill Hahn inducted into the

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky Trap Shooting League of Hall of Fame. An owner

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<v Speaker 1>of Ridge Trap Club, volunteered his range for the King

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<v Speaker 1>to practice sessions twice a week in Shapelin over the

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<v Speaker 1>course of five months. Bethlehem's student athletes used a mixture

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<v Speaker 1>of both stimulated targets and live fire targets to learn

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<v Speaker 1>how to safely handle firearms, properly mount and fire their shotguns,

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<v Speaker 1>and the ins and outs of a round of trap.

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<v Speaker 1>Several of the athletes had never fired a gun before. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>the novelty of the experience did not prevent these students

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<v Speaker 1>from owning their competitive edge even during their relatively short

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<v Speaker 1>training period. Two students managed to shoot a perfect round

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<v Speaker 1>of trap during practice, hitting all twenty five targets thrown

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<v Speaker 1>in the round. Ryan Faybeck was the first to do

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<v Speaker 1>so on April twenty one, and when Carter o'cole hit

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<v Speaker 1>his perfect liak on May twenty eighth, the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the team gathered on the firing line to shoot the

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<v Speaker 1>hat he wore that night in celebration. All of this

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<v Speaker 1>practice culminated in the team attending the Kentucky Trap Shooting

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<v Speaker 1>State Tournament, hosted by the Kentucky State High School Clay

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<v Speaker 1>Target League. Over three hundred and fifty student athletes entered

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<v Speaker 1>the event. One hundred targets were thrown for each shooter

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<v Speaker 1>from the sixteen yard line, and shooters were divided into

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<v Speaker 1>classifications Novice, Junior, Varsity, and varsity based on their spring

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<v Speaker 1>season ending average. Bethlehem sent seven students, Faybec o'cole, Annealine,

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<v Speaker 1>Cameron Grace, Ice, Bryce and Hagen, Lucy, Ferris, Smith and

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<v Speaker 1>John Clayton Rogers complete in this event and did not

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<v Speaker 1>return empty handed. Smith shot her first perfect round during

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<v Speaker 1>the compon petition, winning a twenty five straight patch and

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<v Speaker 1>shooting forty eight out of fifty for the second session.

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<v Speaker 1>This exceptional run in the second half of the event

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<v Speaker 1>earned her a ninety out of one hundred score and

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<v Speaker 1>won her second place in the Female Junior Varsity high

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<v Speaker 1>gun category. At the end of the event, Bethlehem posted

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<v Speaker 1>respectable scores and introduced student athletes to the work of

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<v Speaker 1>competitive marketmanship. Several of the athletes are returning to Bethlehem

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<v Speaker 1>in the hall, and their team looked forward to their

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<v Speaker 1>continued participation and further growth in the discipline. The efforts

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<v Speaker 1>of the students at Bethlehem were greatly supported by Patrick

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<v Speaker 1>Hayden of Kentucky Gun Company, who generously donated ammunition for

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<v Speaker 1>their youth. Next Barstown Independent Board of Education meeting will

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<v Speaker 1>be new to the two sixteen at Central Office, three

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<v Speaker 1>o eight North fifth Street in Bardstown. This is all

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<v Speaker 1>the Kentucky Standard. If you've enjoyed hearing this, please call

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<v Speaker 1>for joining me, and now please stay tuned for continued

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