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Ashland Daily Independent - 9.9.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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  Speaker 1: We now turn to the Ashland Independent to bring you
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  Speaker 1: news from in and around Ashland and Boyd County. Your
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  Speaker 1: reader today is Jane. We begin with the edition dated
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  Speaker 1: September 8, 2026. As a reminder, Radio Eye is a
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  Speaker 1: reading service intended for people who are blind or have
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  Speaker 1: other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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  Speaker 1: Our first article, Farm to Fork Feasting, Crowds Fed. 4-H
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  Speaker 1: students benefit at annual Gate City Riverfront Dinner by Timmy
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  Speaker 1: Hetzer Womack for the Daily Independent. Curtis Dotson bows his
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  Speaker 1: head before a four-square feast, his young family alongside him
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  Speaker 1: at the Riverside Farm to fork dinner. Grace was said
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  Speaker 1: before busting into the baskets of crisp sliced sourdough bread
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  Speaker 1: and softened butter center table. The Boyd County attorney beseeches
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  Speaker 1: prayer for the young hands who worked hard readying this
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  Speaker 1: Saturday evening repast, a chock-full spread of meats and veggies,
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  Speaker 1: all locally grown. Nothing's too fancy. A simple summertime fruitful
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  Speaker 1: buffet spread. Their foods to reminisce your great-granny's Sunday supper.
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  Speaker 1: The open pit roasted half chicken is part of the platter.
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  Speaker 1: One sweet Boyd County homemaker giggled about a farm-fresh entree
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  Speaker 1: cooking a week ago, a small sacrifice from the poultry population.
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  Speaker 1: To Boyd County Attorney Curtis Dotson alongside his family, wife, family,
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  Speaker 1: and friends, praise prior to the farm-to-fork dinner in Catlettsburg.
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  Speaker 1: What a great evening to enjoy some local food and
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  Speaker 1: support a great cause to help local youth attend camp,
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  Speaker 1: Dotson said. Agriculture is a huge industry in Kentucky, and
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  Speaker 1: in past years we have watched our farmers stop business
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  Speaker 1: due to high costs. We see our youth taking the
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  Speaker 1: finest route into farming, growing this segment of our society
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  Speaker 1: to feed us. We desperately need young people to rise
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  Speaker 1: up and take interest. so farming continues to remain strong.
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  Speaker 1: It's very inspiring seeing these young people out here tonight
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  Speaker 1: working so hard, Dotson prayed. What was once a dying
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  Speaker 1: industry is now in growth. New kids whose families never
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  Speaker 1: were farmers are now taking it on. Kentucky Commissioner of
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  Speaker 1: Agriculture Jonathan Snell took a break from personal pumpkin harvesting
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  Speaker 1: on his family farm to share the September 5th Grange
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  Speaker 1: of Goodness promising his wife a true date night waterside
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  Speaker 1: with a gala barbecue feast to boot. It didn't disappoint.
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  Speaker 1: Snell spent the evening posing for photos with 4-H'ers who
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  Speaker 1: honor his Frankfurt work to benefit Kentucky farmers. Snell reminded
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  Speaker 1: the state is in a grain boom because of farmers
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  Speaker 1: weathering the economic storms, utilizing new growing technologies, and mentoring
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  Speaker 1: this younger generation. Families found refuge from the heat in
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  Speaker 1: the big top tent as scent of pork-seasoned half-runners and
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  Speaker 1: thick butchered chops drifted by, complete with charcoaled corn cob ears,
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  Speaker 1: baked potatoes to dollop in butter and sour cream, and
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  Speaker 1: slabs of thick sliced tomatoes. The meal featured a lush,
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  Speaker 1: leafy house salad with greens grown nearby at nine bulldog farms. Laughter,
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  Speaker 1: carried by a little breeze alongside the Big Sandy, with
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  Speaker 1: sprawling Gate City murals in the background. Aspirant elementary school
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  Speaker 1: 4-H students keep their smiles, serving a teeming crowd of
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  Speaker 1: 200 guests. Democrat gubernatorial primary candidate Rocky Adkins and his
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  Speaker 1: wife Leah pause from their constant campaign duties to stop
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  Speaker 1: alongside the Big Sandy and catch a breath. shaking a
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  Speaker 1: few 4-H hands before asking permission to plop beside a
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  Speaker 1: preschooler on the park swing. Holly Forbes, a Catlettsburg hometown hero,
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  Speaker 1: serenaded 4-H friends with a keyboard medley of Yacht Rock favorites,
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  Speaker 1: A Little Gospel and Soul, reflecting on songs from her
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  Speaker 1: long run on season 21 of the NBC hit primetime
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  Speaker 1: singing show, The Voice. As creamy chocolate Texas sheet cake
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  Speaker 1: and Kentucky bourbon bread pudding is doled, Jefferson Oldfield, a well-spoken,
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  Speaker 1: polite Kentucky 4-H vice president from Montgomery County High School,
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  Speaker 1: stops by to chat. His grandmother and aunt travel to
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  Speaker 1: Catlettsburg to watch him speak and credited 4-H for helping
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  Speaker 1: a shy young sheep farmer open up to speak with confidence.
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  Speaker 1: They beamed as he articulated the know-how built from his
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  Speaker 1: decade of 4-H, touting how enviable the venue is and
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  Speaker 1: how the area is so kind to give back. Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: State Senate Robin Webb, Republican from Graceland, joined her son,
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  Speaker 1: Graceland Mayor Troy Combs, for the evening. Webb recently suffered
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  Speaker 1: an equestrian accident in Alabama and faced almost five weeks
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  Speaker 1: in a Tennessee hospital. following surgery for broken ribs and
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  Speaker 1: a collapsed lung. She wouldn't have missed the farm to
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  Speaker 1: fork for the world because 4-H is her livelihood. Learning
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  Speaker 1: horseback riding in Boyd County through a satellite youth program
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  Speaker 1: when her home Carter County didn't have a 4-H arena
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  Speaker 1: to train in. I'm proud 4-H alumni web closed. I
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  Speaker 1: probably would never have become a lawyer without those 4-H
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  Speaker 1: speech competitions. It helps kids grow in so many ways.
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  Speaker 1: I could never brag enough about these kids. They're really something,
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  Speaker 1: so hardworking and talented. In other news, campus transformation continues
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  Speaker 1: at MSU by Allison Scott and Aidan Barker for the Trailblazer.
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  Speaker 1: Nearly half a billion dollars is flowing into Moorhead State
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  Speaker 1: as large-scale construction projects are underway to modernize campus. The
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  Speaker 1: more than $ 400 million campus renovation project includes three new
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  Speaker 1: dorms and three academic facilities, along with the renovation and
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  Speaker 1: demolition of several existing buildings. Our university is 139 years old,
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  Speaker 1: 1887 to now, and as part of that, we have
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  Speaker 1: beautiful buildings, but they're beautiful old buildings, said MSU President
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  Speaker 1: Jay Morgan. We're trying to keep some, we're trying to renovate,
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to continue with renovations, refurbishment, but we're also
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  Speaker 1: trying to build new as well for the future. Building
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  Speaker 1: is a big piece this year. According to Morgan, the
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  Speaker 1: university enters the fall semester in a good position financially, academically,
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  Speaker 1: and with enrollment, As this time last year, the university
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  Speaker 1: saw the largest incoming class in recent years. The new
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  Speaker 1: buildings on campus likely contributed to the recent increase in enrollment,
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  Speaker 1: said Morgan. Some people measure enrollment. Some people measure money.
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  Speaker 1: Some people measure buildings, Morgan said. You look at our buildings,
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  Speaker 1: we're hitting a home run. Major campus projects, their status
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  Speaker 1: and approximate cost, according to Morgan, include science and engineering
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  Speaker 1: building under construction, $ 98 million multidisciplinary academic building under construction,
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  Speaker 1: $ 90 million Prefontaine Hall completed, $ 35 to $ 36 million Martin
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  Speaker 1: Hall under construction, 12 to $ 13 million veterinary technology facilities completed. $ 3. 54 million,
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  Speaker 1: according to Moorhead State's website, construction for the science and
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  Speaker 1: engineering building is expected to be completed by next spring
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  Speaker 1: along with Martin Hall. Construction of the multidisciplinary building is
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  Speaker 1: expected to be complete in spring 2028. Funding for the
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  Speaker 1: projects come through state and federal levels along with grants
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  Speaker 1: and contracts. With the ongoing construction, Morgan said parking will
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  Speaker 1: be in transition for the next year to year and
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  Speaker 1: a half. The Science Building took up a lot of parking.
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  Speaker 1: I acknowledge that. There will be about 70 or 80
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  Speaker 1: spaces that will go back in down on the corner
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  Speaker 1: of 2nd Street and Elizabeth, Morgan said. Space from the
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  Speaker 1: demolished Lloyd Cassidy building will serve as a solution for parking,
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  Speaker 1: along with the multidisciplinary building and more. Parking tags and
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  Speaker 1: fees have not been raised for a couple of years
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  Speaker 1: due to the transition before new lots will begin to
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  Speaker 1: be paved next summer, according to Morgan. One of the
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  Speaker 1: things that I've really pushed and we've tried to get
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  Speaker 1: our campus on board with is totally transforming our buildings here,
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  Speaker 1: Morgan said. We can't go 20 more years and not
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  Speaker 1: build any new buildings and have 100 plus year old
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  Speaker 1: buildings as beautiful as they are. Morgan explained, recent projects
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  Speaker 1: in construction have been focused on benefiting the students. So
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  Speaker 1: probably one of the proudest things I am is for
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  Speaker 1: our students, said Morgan, and every building we designed was
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  Speaker 1: for the students. A third new residence hall is currently
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  Speaker 1: under design as an apartment-style complex in That is estimated
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  Speaker 1: to cost $ 20 million, according to Morgan, who said they
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  Speaker 1: have been working with the Student Government Association to design
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  Speaker 1: the rooms. Actually, voicing your opinion as students and with
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  Speaker 1: an SGA and seeing things come to life is always
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  Speaker 1: rewarding to see, said SGA President Molly Boyd, because all
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  Speaker 1: the students at Moorhead deserve this just as much as
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  Speaker 1: anywhere else. Nettie Brock, associate professor and president of the
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  Speaker 1: university's faculty senate, agreed. I think that there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of good that we can do if we work together,
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  Speaker 1: and that's not just the faculty and the administration. That's
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  Speaker 1: the students as well, Brock said. Beyond construction, one of
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  Speaker 1: the Morgans' priorities includes placing Moorhead State in the top
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  Speaker 1: 10 public regional universities of the South. According to Morgan,
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  Speaker 1: who is in his 10th year as president, MSU currently
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  Speaker 1: sits at number 12. Other future projects include renovating your
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  Speaker 1: university field and adding two or three more programs to
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  Speaker 1: the academic catalog. Next, Catlettsburg Cavalcade Shines, Community Spirit on
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  Speaker 1: Full Display in Labor Day Parade by Tammy Hetzler Womack
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  Speaker 1: for the Daily Independent. With candy flinging from floats, music
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  Speaker 1: playing from marching bands, campaign marching from political hopefuls, siren
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  Speaker 1: sounding from first responders, and some clowning around in swagger
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  Speaker 1: from Alhassa Shriners, the much-anticipated Labor Day parade prompted a
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  Speaker 1: large turnout on Monday morning in Catlettsburg. Don't forget the
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  Speaker 1: fanfare of Miss Flame, Queen's, and plenty more pomp and
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  Speaker 1: pageantry as Prancing Patriots celebrated America's Big 250 in red, white,
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  Speaker 1: and blue. A year's worth of work goes into this
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  Speaker 1: company of volunteers like Catlettsburg Leadership Community Development Council and
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  Speaker 1: Lifetimers Gail Whaleman, Sammons, and Glorious Hensley. It all comes
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  Speaker 1: together like a well-oiled machine in the lifelong tradition. The
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  Speaker 1: Oakland Avenue Baptist Church parking lot is already overloaded by
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  Speaker 1: 9 a.m. on September 7th, with automotive relics on full
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  Speaker 1: display as if it's a 1923 altar call the year
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  Speaker 1: the white-pillared church opened her doors to worshipers. Youth football
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  Speaker 1: teams joined a procession of freshly crowned princesses, little misters,
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  Speaker 1: and misses who hail from Beaver Creek Hollows all the
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  Speaker 1: way to downtown Louisa Street, heyday historical homes. Boyd County
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  Speaker 1: Middle School cheerleaders are representing the parade theme, Well, Our
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  Speaker 1: American Story, in full motif as Catlissburg places her personalized
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  Speaker 1: mark on America's semi-quincentennial anniversary of independence. Arabella Swanson, 12,
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  Speaker 1: just giggles as the floats ride along doodle doggies Jackson
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  Speaker 1: and Colton. The parade is always really fun as we
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  Speaker 1: get together to represent our community, Swanson said. We form
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  Speaker 1: greater bonds with our teammates this way. And that makes
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  Speaker 1: friendships on the squad grow. When you're all together, that's
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  Speaker 1: how you find happiness. Terry Steele, 64, has lived in
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  Speaker 1: the Riverside community her whole life. Her father was the
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  Speaker 1: police chief. This is all about the nostalgia, Paul Steele,
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  Speaker 1: looking at the simple, memorable showpieces in every annual parade
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  Speaker 1: for umpteen years. She is running for city council on
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  Speaker 1: the November ballot, her first bid for public office. This
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  Speaker 1: campaign brought a new sense of gratefulness. People need to
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  Speaker 1: really pause and think of all this work, which goes
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  Speaker 1: into producing a parade this large, said Steele. as Station
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  Speaker 1: 42 of the Catlettsburg Firefighters announced its last call to
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  Speaker 1: climb inside your parade vehicles. She planned to sit on
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  Speaker 1: her Panola Street porch to watch country music chart-toppers Diamond
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  Speaker 1: Rio headline the Labor Day concert series Monday night before
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  Speaker 1: looking up to the skies painting Virginia Point, illuminations and
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  Speaker 1: fire flowers blooming with perfect timing. Now, in how many
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  Speaker 1: towns in America can Can you watch Diamond Rio from
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  Speaker 1: your own house? Steele smiled. We all really know how
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  Speaker 1: to come together to celebrate. There are touchstones of parades,
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  Speaker 1: such as a big baseball bucket of double bubble to
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  Speaker 1: toss into the crowds gathered five deep along Louisa Street.
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  Speaker 1: Local celebrities came back to Catlettsburg after making it big
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  Speaker 1: as the parade featured two grand marshals, Chad Hedrick and
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  Speaker 1: Evan Moore. Hedrick hit local stardom at WSAZ and ventured
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  Speaker 1: all the way to Wheel of Fortune winner. Firefighter Moore
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  Speaker 1: is a shining example of intrepidity and courageousness in the field.
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  Speaker 1: The voice superstar sensation Holly Forbes burst into the Star
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  Speaker 1: Spangled Banner. The fact Forbes is also from Catlettsburg as
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  Speaker 1: she croons from the crafted courthouse stage. All bonus materials.
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  Speaker 1: Then there's the confectionery, hot mess of a funnel cake,
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  Speaker 1: and carnival joy rides. Elhassa Shrine Temple, an integral servant
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  Speaker 1: to community since 1906, caring for kids who face dire burns,
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  Speaker 1: crippling injuries, and life-altering birth defects, is a parade staple
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  Speaker 1: and favorite. JLMc53 knows he has big genie shoes to
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  Speaker 1: fill as he warms up shirtless, of course. The sword-wielding, pelvic-thrusting,
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  Speaker 1: Harlem-pant-wearing Shriner is truly what the people want to see,
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  Speaker 1: Labor Day or otherwise. Pouring it on, pushing through the route,
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  Speaker 1: transfixing everyone, the Colgrove man has purpose. We love our community.
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  Speaker 1: We love Catlettsburg. Embarrassment does not exist here. Recent Obituaries
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  Speaker 1: Joan Miller Harrison, 88, of Ashland, Ronald Edward Weimer, 82,
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  Speaker 1: of Ashland. In other news, West Virginia man indicted on
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  Speaker 1: child porn charges by Aaron Snyder for the Daily Independent.
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  Speaker 1: Boyd County grand jurors indicted a West Virginia man on
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  Speaker 1: a slew of sex crime charges last week. Sherman Ray
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  Speaker 1: Price Jr., 47, of Genoa, West Virginia, said, is in
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  Speaker 1: the Boyd County Detention Center on $ 250, 000 full cash bond.
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  Speaker 1: Price was indicted on the following charges. 11 counts of possession,
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  Speaker 1: viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor
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  Speaker 1: victim 12 and under, and 5 counts of possession, viewing
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  Speaker 1: of matter portraying a sexual performance by a victim between
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  Speaker 1: the ages of 12 and 18. He was also indicted
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  Speaker 1: on a charge of distribution of obscene matter to minors,
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  Speaker 1: first offense, and a charge of procuring or promoting use
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  Speaker 1: of a minor by electronic means. An indictment is not
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  Speaker 1: necessarily an indication of guilt, and all individuals appearing above
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  Speaker 1: and below remain innocent until proven guilty in a court
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  Speaker 1: of law. Byron Pennington, 51, of Rush, was indicted on
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  Speaker 1: two counts of second-degree arson. Pennington was booked into the
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  Speaker 1: Boyd County Jail on a $ 250, 000 cash bond. Joanna R. Arthur, 28,
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  Speaker 1: of Greenup, was indicted on charges of third-degree inmate assault
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  Speaker 1: on a correctional employee and third-degree assault of a health
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  Speaker 1: care provider. Stacey Porter, 27, of Moorhead, was indicted on
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  Speaker 1: these charges. second-degree escape, tampering with a prisoner monitoring device,
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  Speaker 1: and theft by unlawful taking disposition between $ 1, 000 and $ 10, 000.
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  Speaker 1: Jessica LeMaster, 41, of an unknown address, was indicted on
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  Speaker 1: a third-degree burglary charge. Brandy Gumbert, 45, of an unknown address,
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  Speaker 1: was indicted on a third-degree burglary charge. Joseph Peterman, 57,
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  Speaker 1: of Catlettsburg, was indicted on the following charges. Public intoxication
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  Speaker 1: controlled substance excludes alcohol, first-degree meth possession tampering with physical evidence,
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  Speaker 1: and marijuana possession. Kylie W. Hollingsworth, 45, of Ashland, was
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  Speaker 1: indicted on charges of theft by unlawful taking, shoplifting, first-degree
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  Speaker 1: possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia to buy or possess.
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey A. Rude, 48, of Flatwoods, was indicted on charges
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  Speaker 1: of first-degree meth possession, third or greater offense, drug paraphernalia,
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  Speaker 1: by possess, and public intoxication controlled substance excludes alcohol. Next,
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  Speaker 1: Pathways Walk for Hope, September 24th. Pathways will recognize the
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  Speaker 1: month of September and World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10th,
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  Speaker 1: with a Walk for Hope Thursday, September 24th at 6 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: The Walk for Hope will begin at the Corporate Cabana
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  Speaker 1: at Camp Landing Malibu Jacks in Cannonsburg. The theme of
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  Speaker 1: this year's event is Speak Up, Reach Out. According to
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  Speaker 1: a Pathways Press release, research has shown people who having
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  Speaker 1: thoughts of suicide feel relief when someone asks after them
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  Speaker 1: in a caring way. Acknowledging and talking about suicide may reduce,
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  Speaker 1: rather than increase, suicide ideation, according to Research Pathways said.
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  Speaker 1: Suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth
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  Speaker 1: and young adults in Kentucky. Over the past 20 years,
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  Speaker 1: suicide rate in Kentucky has increased by 34.6%. According to
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  Speaker 1: the Kentucky Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 15% of Kentucky high
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  Speaker 1: school students reporting having seriously considered suicide within a 12-month period.
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  Speaker 1: Individuals may walk on September 24th in honor of a
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  Speaker 1: family member or friend who died by suicide or walk
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  Speaker 1: in support of suicide prevention awareness. Free resource materials and
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  Speaker 1: a t-shirt will be available to all participants the release stated.
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  Speaker 1: If you need more information about the Walk for Hope,
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  Speaker 1: contact Amy Jeffers, Pathways Regional Prevention Center Director, at area
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  Speaker 1: code 606-329-8588, extension 4099. Specially trained helpline staff are available
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  Speaker 1: to take calls 24-7 at 1-800-562-8909 or by calling or
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  Speaker 1: texting the 988-SUICIDE-AND-CRISIS lifeline. Local news in brief. Russell lowers
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  Speaker 1: tax rate. The City of Russell's Council lowered the real
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  Speaker 1: estate tax during its August 27th meeting. The Council voted
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  Speaker 1: on the third of four options read by Mayor Ron Simpson.
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  Speaker 1: It is the option he recommended. The real estate tax
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  Speaker 1: rate is decreasing from. 474 per $ 100 to. 465 per $ 100.
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  Speaker 1: The personal property tax rate will be 1.0017 per $ 100.
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  Speaker 1: Tri-County Choir in Concert The Tri-County Choir will be in
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  Speaker 1: concert at Grandview Church of God. At 4546 Sherwood Drive
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday, September 12th, from 6 to 8 p.m. There
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  Speaker 1: is no charge for the concert. Come join together in
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  Speaker 1: an evening of worship, fellowship, and singing of gospel hymns
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  Speaker 1: and music, the flyer reads. The choir's director is Brian Wheeler.
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  Speaker 1: For more information, call Betty at area code 606-928-7000. Next,
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  Speaker 1: Boyd Sheriff's Conducting Safety Checkpoints. The Boyd County Sheriff's Department
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  Speaker 1: will conduct traffic safety checkpoints this month and next month.
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  Speaker 1: During the September and October checkpoints, officers will be enforcing
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  Speaker 1: laws related to operating a motor vehicle while under the
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  Speaker 1: influence of drugs or alcohol, licensing of motor vehicles and operators,
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  Speaker 1: registration and insurance violations, seatbelt and child restraint violations, and
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  Speaker 1: motor vehicle equipment violations. Agencies utilize traffic safety checkpoints to
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  Speaker 1: promote the safety and well-being of the public and provide
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  Speaker 1: deputies with visibility and interaction with the community. Visit BoydCountyKY.gov
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  Speaker 1: or visit the Sheriff's Office in Catlettsburg. for a complete
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  Speaker 1: list of the authorized checkpoint locations. In other news, Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: voters choose I Voted Sticker Design by Sarah Ladd for
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky Today. Kentucky voters have spoken in one of the
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  Speaker 1: most anticipated elections of 2026, choosing a design from Bush
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  Speaker 1: Elementary School as the next I Voted Sticker Design. More
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  Speaker 1: than 3,500 voters who cast ballots in the Kentucky State
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  Speaker 1: Fair chose a design from student Riker Asher featuring the
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  Speaker 1: shape of the Commonwealth in blue, a smiling sun, and
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  Speaker 1: the words, I voted. Secretary of State Michael Adams announced Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: Riker's achievement is something our entire school community can celebrate,
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  Speaker 1: Bush Elementary Principal Elizabeth Cupp said in a statement. We
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  Speaker 1: are incredibly proud of his creativity, hard work, and willingness
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  Speaker 1: to share his talents. It is exciting to see one
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  Speaker 1: of our students recognized at the state level. Bush Elementary
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  Speaker 1: is located in Laurel County, which is in eastern Kentucky.
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  Speaker 1: Melody Curry, Asher's art teacher, said in a statement that
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  Speaker 1: he is a joy to have in art class. He
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  Speaker 1: is creative, kind, and always ready to learn. I am
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  Speaker 1: so proud of his accomplishments. According to Adams, Laurel County
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  Speaker 1: will receive the winning sticker design, and other county clerks
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  Speaker 1: can request the stickers ahead of the November election. Next,
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  Speaker 1: annual Power Up Pantry event September 9th. Kentucky Power's 7th
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  Speaker 1: Annual Power Up the Pantry Food Drive and Fundraiser is
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  Speaker 1: scheduled for Wednesday, September 9th from 830 to 430 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: in multiple locations in eastern Kentucky. Those interested may drop
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  Speaker 1: off canned goods, non-perishable food items, and or monetary donations
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  Speaker 1: at one of the following locations. Ashland Walmart, 351 River
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  Speaker 1: Hill Drive. Cannonsburg Walmart. 12504 US 60, Hazard Walmart, 120
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  Speaker 1: Daniel Boone Plaza, Pikeville Walmart, 254 Cassidy Boulevard. Leading up
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  Speaker 1: to the event, you may drop off canned goods and
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  Speaker 1: non-perishable foods at the following Community Trust Bank locations, Main
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  Speaker 1: Office at 1544 Winchester Avenue in Ashland, Summit Branch at
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  Speaker 1: 7100 US 60, or Russell Branch at 970 Dietrich Boulevard.
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  Speaker 1: This concludes excerpts from recent editions of the Ashland Daily Independent.
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  Speaker 1: Your reader has been Jane. On behalf of everyone here
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  Speaker 1: at Radio Eye, thank you for listening, keep on listening,
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  Speaker 1: and have a good day.