Speaker 1: Now we turn to the Kentucky Standard for news in
Speaker 1: Bartstown in Nelson County. Your reader today is Brian Hunt.
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Speaker 1: the edition dated May third. Elk and Outdoor Fest set
Speaker 1: for May ninth, k Y g u n coo to
Speaker 1: raise funds for youth organizations. The fourth annual Kentucky Elk
Speaker 1: and Outdoor Festival is gearing up for another big year
Speaker 1: on May ninth, with the promise of more for attendees.
Speaker 1: Next weekend, on May ninth, from nine a m. To
Speaker 1: four pm, Kentucky gun in Barkstown will host the annual
Speaker 1: Kentucky Elk and Outdoor Festival. Over the last four years,
Speaker 1: the event has continued to grow, seeing higher attendance each year.
Speaker 1: Because of the growth, the event will now take place
Speaker 1: across the road from the store. The new location has
Speaker 1: allowed for more vendors, more food trucks, and more space
Speaker 1: for attendees. Kentucky Elk and Outdoor Fest is hosted by
Speaker 1: Kentucky Gunco In partnership with the Kentucky Department of fish
Speaker 1: and wildlife. Every year, the event has ended by announcing
Speaker 1: the individuals who have received a state elk tag for
Speaker 1: the hunting season. The festival is also sponsored by Federal
Speaker 1: Ammunition and Smith and Wesson. This year's festival will feature
Speaker 1: a vendor village with over one hundred venders showcasing outdoor gear,
Speaker 1: hunting accessories, crafts, and specialty projects, along with food trucks,
Speaker 1: beer tents, raffles, giveaways in a full day of life entertainment.
Speaker 1: A press release from the company states there will be
Speaker 1: something for all ages at the event. There will be
Speaker 1: three live music acts for this year event, including Moonshine, Magnolia,
Speaker 1: American Idols, Will Mostly and the Creuz Brothers. Comedian Tom
Speaker 1: Mabe will be the MC for the day. Last year,
Speaker 1: Kentucky Elk an Outdoor Festival, brought in more than five
Speaker 1: thousand attendees and raised more than two hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: thousand dollars for youth organizations across the state. All the
Speaker 1: proceeds of the event will go towards the youth organizations,
Speaker 1: specifically with a focus on conservation, shooting, sports, and outdoor
Speaker 1: recreation initiatives. Tickets for the Kentucky Elk and Outdoor Fests
Speaker 1: begin at thirty five dollars for general admission. This includes
Speaker 1: entry into the fifty gun giveaway and a Honda Rancher
Speaker 1: ATV giveaway. The one hundred dollars Big Bull Package includes
Speaker 1: entry into three hundred plus gun giveaways, two Honda Pioneer
Speaker 1: UTVs and Honda Rancher four by four ATV. The Bourbon
Speaker 1: Unititanium Experience returns this year for twenty five dollars raffle ticket.
Speaker 1: This gives the chance to win one of five barrels
Speaker 1: of bourbon for a Bardstown, Birgstown Bourbon Company, Green River Distillery,
Speaker 1: Lux Road Distillery, Whiskey House of Kentucky log Steel Distillery,
Speaker 1: as well as a two day three two three day
Speaker 1: Enthusiast BP tickets to the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. The Kentucky
Speaker 1: Elkin Outdoor festh has become a popular tradition on the
Speaker 1: second Saturday in May as we draw attendees for more
Speaker 1: than a dozen states. Patrick Hayden, Kentucky gun Co Owner, said,
Speaker 1: each year we continue to grow and with the move
Speaker 1: to a larger venue, we're excited to offer more space,
Speaker 1: more vendors, great entertainment, and an even better experience for
Speaker 1: everyone who attends. Next, the County students host Agriscience Showcase. On Tuesday,
Speaker 1: Nelson County School's Agriculture Program hosted the fifth annual agri
Speaker 1: Science Fair Showcase. The showcase features students from both the
Speaker 1: district's middle and high schools along with their research project.
Speaker 1: Over the last five years, ncs Agriculture Program has brought
Speaker 1: students and committee community members together for the annual Agrescience
Speaker 1: Fair Showcase. Students from Thomas Nelson High School, Nelson County
Speaker 1: High School, Bloomfield Middle School, and Old Kentucky Home Middle
Speaker 1: School presented there months long research projects to community members.
Speaker 1: Those individuals served as a judge for the students, grading
Speaker 1: them on a rubery. Kendall Datisman, a sophomore at Thomas
Speaker 1: Nelson High School, was one of the many students at
Speaker 1: Samuel's Hall on Tuesday. Dadisman's experiment was testing different water
Speaker 1: qualities on plants, specifically flowers. She said she wants to
Speaker 1: explore how the quality of water would affect the growth
Speaker 1: and appearance. As a sophomore, She's had previous experience doing
Speaker 1: a project of this scale, and the fair itself, she said,
Speaker 1: engaging with the community is one of the best things
Speaker 1: they do at Thomas Nelson High School. Dadisman said it's
Speaker 1: important for her to show her research and getting to
Speaker 1: talk to community members makes it more fun. I love
Speaker 1: seeing everybody work together because in Nelson County we're very
Speaker 1: community centered, Dadisman said of her classmate's works. Being able
Speaker 1: to work with everybody from the different schools just brings
Speaker 1: together the community, nests that we have and expands the
Speaker 1: people that we know and everything. Olivia Thompson, a freshman
Speaker 1: at Thomas Nelson, was stationed next to Datisman. Thompson said
Speaker 1: she was nervous about her presentation on Tuesday, but said
Speaker 1: her work and the program is one of her favorite sayings.
Speaker 1: Thompson's project was an investigation into organic food versus that
Speaker 1: others that have been genetically modified. The freshman said the
Speaker 1: agri Science Fair gives students from across the district the
Speaker 1: opportunity to come together. Thompson said getting to see other
Speaker 1: projects and asking questions was a great way to prepare
Speaker 1: one another for the community members judging. Several middle school
Speaker 1: students had their Agriscience Fair projects in Samuel Hall this week.
Speaker 1: Both of the district's middle schoo schools were represented as
Speaker 1: students spoke about their research project and the skills they
Speaker 1: learned throughout the process. Colton McGirk and Caleb Hougston, eighth
Speaker 1: graders from OKHMS, completed their Aggrescience fare project together. The
Speaker 1: boys' research looked into the difference between healthy potato chips
Speaker 1: and standard chips. Houston said they also studied preferences from
Speaker 1: consumers on the topic. Honestly, I'm glad that I got
Speaker 1: to do the experiment, he said. Also, I'm glad that
Speaker 1: we have this, like, we have the skills now so
Speaker 1: we can bring it with us throughout all our life.
Speaker 1: Mkirk said it was a fun project to do for
Speaker 1: them both. He added that over the long period of
Speaker 1: time it took to conduct the project, he began to
Speaker 1: enjoy the process and what they discovered. Bloomfield Middle School
Speaker 1: eighth grader Ali Drury focused his aggre science project on
Speaker 1: how electromatic waves can affect plant growth. Drury said his
Speaker 1: project had a lot of trial and error before he
Speaker 1: was able to conduct a successful experiment. One thing that
Speaker 1: I had I messed up almost six times, Drury said,
Speaker 1: but I got it on the sixth try. Thanks to
Speaker 1: my dad. It was very difficult and very time consuming.
Speaker 1: I barely have any time at home because of sports
Speaker 1: and activities, so it was very hard to deal with
Speaker 1: the little amount of time, but I got it done.
Speaker 1: Drury said the work he was doing was important, as
Speaker 1: learning more about the effects could help others grow more
Speaker 1: effective gardens. He said he got a lot from the experience,
Speaker 1: from learning how to conduct the research to gaining knowledge
Speaker 1: on electricity. Next, Harneed Call seeking District three KNOB in
Speaker 1: GOP primary. While David Call and incumbent Magistrate Mt. Harnet
Speaker 1: both ran for the District three seat on Nelson County
Speaker 1: Fiscal Court in the twenty twenty two primary election, they
Speaker 1: did not directly face off. Harned won a crowded four
Speaker 1: person race four years ago, advancing to the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: two general election, where he defeated then defeated Democrat Avis
Speaker 1: Avis had beaten Call in the Democratic primary that year,
Speaker 1: but Kall has since switched his registration to GOP. Call
Speaker 1: has come up short in a handful of past attempts
Speaker 1: at winning the District three Fiscal Court seat. District three
Speaker 1: covers western Nelson County, including the Boston area. The winner
Speaker 1: between Call and Harnet will advance to November's general election
Speaker 1: against Democrat Cameron Richards, who is unopposed in the primary.
Speaker 1: Harnett is a grocer by trade and also has professional
Speaker 1: pass as a financial advisor, and he touts that business
Speaker 1: experience and money management as an asset for the Nelson
Speaker 1: County has filed for the seat, so the winner of
Speaker 1: the primary vote will be unopposed in the November election.
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty two, Colter ran as a Democrat but
Speaker 1: fell by more than five hundred and fifty votes as
Speaker 1: Republicans swept all contested races against Democrat in the general
Speaker 1: election that year, flipping Nelson County. Read this time around,
Speaker 1: Colter has changed his registration to GOP, so the rematch
Speaker 1: with Wheatley will happen in the spring instead of the fall.
Speaker 1: Both candidates are active in public service outside the confines
Speaker 1: of elected office. Wheatley, a farmer, is an eight year
Speaker 1: veteran of the Kentucky Army National Guard and has played
Speaker 1: a big role in the local agriculture community. In addition
Speaker 1: to his business interests. Coulter has served as an EMT
Speaker 1: and volunteer firefighter, as well as Deputy Coroner. Both men
Speaker 1: engage in volunteer work through their respective churches. For Wheatley,
Speaker 1: his approach to serving on Fistal Court is to do
Speaker 1: what is right, regardless of who is for or against it.
Speaker 1: Colter touts fairness, accountability and public service for residents of
Speaker 1: District two and Nelson County as a whole. For both candidates,
Speaker 1: Protecting farmers than farmland is a priority. Culture has staked
Speaker 1: out a specific platform looking to prohibit large data centers
Speaker 1: and solar farms on agricultural lands. He has also de
Speaker 1: decried the low water pressure that residents of District two
Speaker 1: have to contend with. Wheatley has long been an advocate
Speaker 1: for educating the public about agriculture, regularly visiting local schools
Speaker 1: to talk about the subject. District two is growing in population,
Speaker 1: with new subdivisions built in recent years, and while the infrastructure,
Speaker 1: specifically water pressure hasn't kept pace, the county and City
Speaker 1: of Barstown are taking steps to improve the water supply
Speaker 1: in East Bartstown area, much of which falls within district too.
Speaker 1: Wheatley takes pride in his time on Fiscal Court and
Speaker 1: wants to quote help create and raise a family. Wants
Speaker 1: to create a better place to live, work and raise
Speaker 1: a family. He cites fiscal responsibility and transparency, smart growth,
Speaker 1: improving roads and infrastructure, and employment opportunities. I am reliable, available,
Speaker 1: and responsive, Wheatley said, I deeply care about our community.
Speaker 1: Coulter also preaches fiscal responsibility, and if elected, he hopes
Speaker 1: to help Nelson County government run a balanced budget and
Speaker 1: to avoid tax increases. Noting the effect it has on
Speaker 1: residents when their property tax bill comes due, he said
Speaker 1: he would like to see the Property Value Valuation Administration
Speaker 1: Office move to yearly property assessments, Noting the sticker shop
Speaker 1: many residents have faced on their tax bills in the
Speaker 1: face of rising property values. He pledges to be available
Speaker 1: and communicative to constituents. Next, Bethlehem Students selected for prestigious
Speaker 1: statewide programs. Three students chosen for Governor Scholar Program. Bethlehem
Speaker 1: High School celebrates five students who were selected for the
Speaker 1: Governor's Scholar Program, Governor School for the Arts, and Governor
Speaker 1: School for Entrepreneurs. This spring, every high school in the
Speaker 1: county has students chosen for one of the three prestigious
Speaker 1: statewide programs. Bethlehem High School was lucky to have three
Speaker 1: students selected for GSP, a student chosen for GSA in drama,
Speaker 1: and a student going to GSE Bethlehem. Junior's Irish Paget,
Speaker 1: Nate Hetchpeth and Evan Arms were chosen for the Governor's
Speaker 1: Scholar program. Sophomore Josie Height was selected for the Governor's
Speaker 1: Scholar for the Arts, while junior Xander Seil was chosen
Speaker 1: for a Governor's School for Entrepreneurs. Paget said she was
Speaker 1: anxious about getting into the program prior to getting her
Speaker 1: letter in the mail. She said Hetchpis had opened his
Speaker 1: letter earlier on the day. Earlier on in the day
Speaker 1: confirming his acceptance. Both she and Arms said they rushed
Speaker 1: home from track practice to each get their good news.
Speaker 1: Height and Cecil found out about their selection in a
Speaker 1: different way. Sizil said he didn't know when to expect
Speaker 1: his letter on the GSE program, which is different. However,
Speaker 1: when he did receive his acceptance notice, he celebrated with
Speaker 1: his mom, who was at home at the time, before
Speaker 1: calling the rest of the family and his friends. I
Speaker 1: was on vacation with my friends when I found out,
Speaker 1: Heitz said. I was just going to wait until exactly
Speaker 1: that moment to check, and then my mom called me,
Speaker 1: and my friend's mom told me to call her back.
Speaker 1: I called her and we opened the email together, and
Speaker 1: I was so excited. I told all my friends, I
Speaker 1: got to call all my family. It was great, and
Speaker 1: I'm so excited for the program. I've heard that it's
Speaker 1: really a good experience and that everyone who goes loves it.
Speaker 1: Cecil said he will spend three weeks of his summer
Speaker 1: at University of Kentucky as he develops a business from
Speaker 1: the ground up with his group mates. He said he's
Speaker 1: always had an interest in being self employed. He currently
Speaker 1: runs two successful businesses of junk hauling and building computers.
Speaker 1: The GSP students will spend five weeks at either Center College,
Speaker 1: Murray State, or Moorhead State, where they will dive into
Speaker 1: a content area of their choosing. Paget said she was
Speaker 1: inspired to apply for the program her print from her
Speaker 1: family previously attending, but she's excited to get out of
Speaker 1: her comfort zone and gain some new experiences. She said.
Speaker 1: She selected agriculture, business, psychology, and historical analysis as her
Speaker 1: areas of interest for the program. Arms said he is
Speaker 1: ready to grow this summer, noting he is excited to
Speaker 1: be around other students who want to learn during the experience.
Speaker 1: He said there is so much potential to building knowledge
Speaker 1: and developing friendships. Arms selected journalists and mass media, cultural anthropology,
Speaker 1: and business and economics as his interest content areas for
Speaker 1: the program. I was just trying to plan for my
Speaker 1: future and if I want to get into successful colleges.
Speaker 1: GSP is really good on a resume. Hedgepest said, it's
Speaker 1: also good to surround yourself with like people, like successful people.
Speaker 1: It'll be a good way to learn over summer with
Speaker 1: people that are driven to succeed and want to put
Speaker 1: in effort early. Hedge Pets selected political and legal, philosophy
Speaker 1: and psychology as his potential areas of study. Hit said
Speaker 1: she has been singing her whole life and her first
Speaker 1: performance was in preschool and being on the stage is
Speaker 1: a dream for her. She said she's eager for her
Speaker 1: time with GSA to gain skills and make connections to
Speaker 1: help continue on the path to do in theater professionally.
Speaker 1: Next Traffic Advisory Kentucky two forty five at Kentucky three
Speaker 1: forty nine in Nelson County. Lane Changes begin next week
Speaker 1: for intersection construction, with work between US sixty two and
Speaker 1: Templin Avenue completed last fall on Kentucky three forty nine
Speaker 1: Sons of Barstown Memorial Highway, construction of the connection with
Speaker 1: Kentucky two forty five New Shepherdsville Road begins next week
Speaker 1: on Monday. Work will require lane configuration changes along to
Speaker 1: Kentucky two forty five Near the Kentucky three forty nine
Speaker 1: and Wilson Parkway intersection. Lane with on Kentucky two four
Speaker 1: five will be reduced to ten feet and the center
Speaker 1: turn lane will end. Approaching the work zone. Two lanes
Speaker 1: of Kentucky two four five each direction will remain open.
Speaker 1: Left turns into and out of Wilson Parkway directly across
Speaker 1: Kentucky two forty five from the new route will require
Speaker 1: southbound Kentucky two forty five motors to use the left
Speaker 1: lane of travel to make a left turn. Motors turning
Speaker 1: left while exiting Wilson Parkway onto Kentucky two four five
Speaker 1: should be aware the center lane will not be available
Speaker 1: as an acceleration zone. All motorists in the area should
Speaker 1: pay close attention to signs reducing speed and anticipate turning
Speaker 1: traffic aheads as well as merging vehicles. Ultimately, the intersection
Speaker 1: at Kentucky two four five with Kentucky three four nine
Speaker 1: and Wilson Parkway will be configured in a roundabout. Traffic
Speaker 1: is scheduled to be in the roundabout pattern by this November.
Speaker 1: Additional lane configuration changes will take place during construction. Updates
Speaker 1: on traffic impacts will be released throughout the duration of
Speaker 1: the project. Next Bartstown man indicted in Springfield for human trafficking.
Speaker 1: A Bartstown man was indicted by a Washington County grand
Speaker 1: jury on multiple accounts of human trafficking and sexual abuse
Speaker 1: usef Alquite, thirty seven, of Lynden Avenue, Bartstown, was indicted
Speaker 1: by the grand jury on April fifteenth. Charges are sodomy
Speaker 1: in the first degree victim under twelve years of age,
Speaker 1: two counts of human trafficking, commercial sex activity victim on
Speaker 1: eighteen years of age, sodomy in the first degree, two
Speaker 1: counts of sexual abuse in the first degree victims under
Speaker 1: twelve years of age, and set sexual abuse in the
Speaker 1: first degree. The indictments alleges the offenses occurred between January one,
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, and December twenty eight, twenty twenty. The indictment
Speaker 1: also alleges each offense occurred at least two times, and
Speaker 1: while the minor victims are not named in the indictment,
Speaker 1: the indictment does indicate at les at least two separate victims.
Speaker 1: Bond for Alcitate was set at one hundred thousand dollars
Speaker 1: full cash. An editor's note, an indictment by grand jury
Speaker 1: is merely a charge. All defendants are presumed innocent until
Speaker 1: proven guilty in the appropriate court of law. Next in sports,
Speaker 1: Bowls partially carried General's past tigers Addie Bowles and Donia
Speaker 1: Parsley had big knights at the plate as Thomas Nelson
Speaker 1: crushed Barstown in a nineteenth district softball match up. Thursday Night.
Speaker 1: Bowls went three for four with a triple, four runs
Speaker 1: and an RBI, and Parsley had four singles, three runs
Speaker 1: in an RBI and the Generals lopsided twenty two to
Speaker 1: two victory over the home standing Tigers. Lilly Millard doubled singles,
Speaker 1: scored four runs and drove in one, while Emily Ward
Speaker 1: added two singles, three RBIs and two runs. Thomas Nelson
Speaker 1: finished with fourteen hits in snapping a two game losing
Speaker 1: street and sweeping the season series with Barstown, which lost
Speaker 1: its eleventh straight game. Kira Ballards struck out of six
Speaker 1: over five innies to earn the win. In the circle,
Speaker 1: she gave up six hits, two runs in one walk.
Speaker 1: Katie Sharp had two singles and Ella Sharp double to
Speaker 1: pace the Tigers at the plate. Gracie Edlund singled and
Speaker 1: drove in a run, while Molly King Kissygeve singled and
Speaker 1: scored once. Thomas Nelson led eight to nothing after two
Speaker 1: innings before scoring fourteen times over the final two innings.
Speaker 1: Bartstown was also undone by fourteen errors on the night.
Speaker 1: The Generals are now three and eight overall and two
Speaker 1: and five in the district, while the Tigers fell to
Speaker 1: two and twelve and wrapped up its district slate with
Speaker 1: an o to eight record. Thomas Nelson, which played at
Speaker 1: Fifth Regional fifth Region rival Fort Knox Friday evening and
Speaker 1: in the Kaverna Triangle Saturday, hosts district rival Washington County
Speaker 1: at six pm Tuesday. Marktown plays at Caverna at five
Speaker 1: thirty pm Tuesday. Nelson County eleven, Washington County zero, Callie
Speaker 1: Nolan and Aubrey Robbins combined for twelve strikeouts in the
Speaker 1: circle as the visiting Cardinals smacked the Commander's Thursday evening
Speaker 1: at Idelawer Park in Springfield. Nolan got the win, striking
Speaker 1: out seven and giving up three hits in one walk
Speaker 1: over four innings. Robin struck out four to five over
Speaker 1: two innings of relief, allowing one hit. Bryn Recrisius collected
Speaker 1: three hits, scored three times, and drove in one run,
Speaker 1: while Trinity Graham tripled singles, drove in two runs and
Speaker 1: scored twice. Skyler Baylog doubled singles, drove in four runs
Speaker 1: and scored once. Nelson County improved to eighteen and seven
Speaker 1: overall and seven and oho in the district. This is
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