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Licking Valley Courier - 6.13.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Licking Valley Courier to bring
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you news from in and around West Liberty. Your reader
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today is Janice. We begin with the addition dated for Thursday,
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June eleventh, twenty twenty six. As a reminder, RADIOI is
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a reading service intended for people who are blind or
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have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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Our first article is Demolition Derby Saturday, June thirteenth at Fairgrounds.
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Family Tradition Motorsports will host the Morgan County Demolition Derby
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on Saturday, June thirteenth at the Morgan County Fairgrounds, located
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at four fifty New Fairgrounds Road, West Liberty. This will
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be the first demolition derby in Morgan County in more
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than ten years. Local food vendors will also be participating.
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Tech will be open at four pm, and the car
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and the show'll start at seven pm. Classes will include
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Motor Swamp, Big Cars, Built Many Cars, MWFA, Most Wanted Lawnmowers,
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and Kids Power Wheels. Entry fee is fifty dollars for
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all classes except Kids Power Wheels, which is free, and
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mission will be ten dollars at the gate. Additional information
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regarding payouts can be obtained on the Family Tradition's Motorsports
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Facebook page or by calling or texting six oh six
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seven four eight forty six twenty eight six oh six
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seven four eight forty six twenty eight and Our next
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article is Kawana's Club car shows slated for June thirteenth.
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The West Liberty Kawanas Club will host its annual car
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show Saturday, June thirteenth, on West Liberty and Main Street
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in downtown West Liberty. The show will run from nine
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am to four pm will include numerous classes with over
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one hundred and thirty trophies to be awarded. Registration will
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be from nine am to one pm and the entry
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fee will be fifteen dollars. David Brewer will be the
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DJ for the show, which will also include a fifty
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to fifty plot drawing as well as a toolbox drawing.
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Toolbox drawing tickets are available at Commercial Bank, any Kuwanas
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club member or at the registration desk on the day
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of the event. All makes and models are welcome. Proceeds
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will help the children of our community. Our next article
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coming up events at Morgan County Extension Office June sixteenth
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through the nineteenth, four h campus Thursday, June eighteenth. Deadline
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for garden contest Friday, June nineteenth. Extension office will be
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closed July twenty first, twenty twenty five six County Fair
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Exhibit entry. Our next article is local woman dies after
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June fifth crash. Linda Bush, sixty six, was involved in
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collision with roll back truck on Highway four to sixty West.
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Editor's note Sheriff urges caution in Highway four to sixty
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West crash area. Sheriff Greg Motley has issued a warning
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to motorists following the fatal automobile collision that occurred on Friday.
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On the afternoon of Friday, June fifth, on Highway four
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to sixty West, we would encourage all motorists to use
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caution when traveling in the Highway forty four to sixty
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West in the area of Index and Veterinary Road. Motley
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said there is a very high traffic volume in that area,
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as well as Fannin's Market entering and exiting Highway four sixty.
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We have unfortunately had crashes in the area, most recently
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resulting enough fatality. I have been in contact with the
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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in County government regarding this. Currently, there
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is not any traffic control in that area. As government works,
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it does take time to make changes. Please watch your
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speed and be cognizant of traffic exiting and entering Highway
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four sixty. We at the Courier extend our sincere condolences
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to the family of the June fifth crash victim, Linda Bush,
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whose obituary can be found on page four. The following
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is a press release from the Kentucky State Police Post
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in Moorhead regarding the incident West Liberty, Kentucky, June eighth,
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twenty twenty six. Friday June fifth, around three pm, Kentucky
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State Police Post eight received a call from West Liberty
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Dispatch requesting assistance with an injury on Highway for sixty
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West near West Liberty Vet Clinic. Preliminary investigation indicates that
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a twenty nineteen Chevrolet Rollback was traveling on US four
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sixty when the vehicle in front of it slowed down
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to turn onto veterinarian lane. The rollback entered the passing
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lane to pass the vehicle as a red twenty twenty
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four Chevrolet Equinox operated by Linda Sue Bush sixty six
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of West Liberty was exiting Veterinarian Lane and was struck
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by the roll back. Miss Bush was transported to Morgan
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County ARH and West Liberty and later flown to Cable
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Huntington Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, where she later succumbed
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to her injuries. Kentucky State Police was assisted by Morgan
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County e MS, West Liberty Fire Department, Morgan County Rescue Squad,
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Morgan County Sheriff's Office, West Liberty Police Department. The collision
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remains under investigation by Trooper Jordan Barnett. Our next article
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is Flag Day Ceremony Sunday, June fourteenth at Tredway Park,
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Morgan County Women's Club, Piece by Peace, Quilter's dav Chapter
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one thirty two and Woodman Life hosting event. You are
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invited to the community Flag Day event hosted by the
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GFWC Morgan County Women's Club, Morgan County Peace by Peace,
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Woodman Life Chapter seven twenty two in Morgan County Disabled
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American Veterans Chapter one thirty two. The event will take
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place at Treadway Memorial Park on Sunday, June fourteenth, beginning
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at four thirty pm. GFWC Morgan County Women's Club will
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proceed with a welcome by the mc WC President, Pam Pilgrim,
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followed with the National anthem song by Andrea Trusty. Phase
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two of the Women's Military Monument Dedication readings for the
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new signage will follow. Many statements from the sculptor, Stephen
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Tyrone are included on the plaque. Morgan County Peace by PETE.
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President Susie Blevins will begin the Veteran's Quilt presentation and
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Hunter Fraley, pastor of the West Liberty Christian Church, will
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ask the blessings for the quilt. June twelfth, nineteen forty eight,
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was designated as Women's Arms Services Integration Day, now commonly
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known as Women's Veteran Recognition Day, in honor of local
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female veterans. Those slated to receive quilts are Virginia Potter
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Air Force nineteen seventy to nineteen seventy four, Paula Frehley
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Army nineteen seventy three to nineteen seventy six, Kathy Neil
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Army nineteen eighty to nineteen eighty three, Melody Beidler Air
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Force nineteen ninety one, to twenty twenty three, Jessica Jones
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Air Force two thousand and five to twenty seventeen, Shay
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Lee's Price Army two thousand and seven to twenty ten,
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Cassandra Frederick Army National Guard twenty eighteen to present the quilt.
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Presentation will be followed by an American medley performed by
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Andrea Trustee accompanied by Don and Andrew Rigsby. Refreshments will
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be provided by the Woodman Life Chapter seven twenty two.
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Morgan County High School Drum Corps, led by the Connor Adams,
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will play a call to assembly. The bugler will sound
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tabs while DAV one thirty two will retrieve and fold
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the US flag. This flag will be presented to the
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Woodman Life for retirement. Mc HS student Chloe Lewis will
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read Old Glory during the flag dismantle as the Morgan
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County dav Chapter one thirty two hoists at this special
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two fifty US flag donated by the Woodman Life Chapter
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seven twenty two. The bugler Caden Brown will play flags.
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Closing remarks will be done will be by Woodman Life
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Chapter seven twenty two. President Angela Atkins, we wish to
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thank the Kohanas Club for the use of and continued
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maintenance of Treadway Memorial Park. The sound system is donated
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and operated by Little League Commissioner Mark Johnson. Extra seeding
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is being provided by the Highland Masonic Lodge. Please bring
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your long chair for comfort. Our next article is US
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House passes funding bill including three point four mil for
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new Morgan EMSCI. Bill moves to US Senate for consideration.
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Judge Executive Jim Gayzy offer thanks to US Representative how
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Rogers for his efforts to secure project funding. Editor's note,
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Judge Gaysey thanks Representative how Rogers. Judge Executive Jim Gaysey
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expressed its gratitude to US Representative how Rogers for the
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Congressman's efforts to secure three point four million in funding
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for a new Morgan County Emergency Services facility in the
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following June eighth statement, I want to thank Congressman Howe
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Rogers for his continued, strong and unwavering commitment to securing
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critical federal resources for Eastern Kentucky. Gaysey SI. The approval
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of funding for this new Emergency Medical Service EMS search
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and Rescue facility, which will also serve as a regional
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training center, is a game changer for Morgan County in
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the entire region. As noted in the following release from
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Representative rogers office, the federal funding bill, including the Morgan
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County EMS facility, will now move to the US Senate
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for consideration. Any updates on this project will be noted
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in the Courier as they become available. Washington d C.
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US Representative Harold Halle Rogers voted for the Fiscal Year
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twenty twenty seven Agricultural Rule, Development, Food and Drug Administration
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and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The comprehensive federal funding bill
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supports America's farmers, invest in rural development programs, bolster's food
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and drug safety, and protects nutrition programs for those who
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need it most. Congressman Rogers announced that his community project
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funding requests for nearly three point four million four of
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Regional Emergency Services and Training Facility in Morgan County was
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also approved in the bill. The health and safety of
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the American people are at the heart of this funding bill.
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By supporting our farmers, protecting our supply chains, and strengthening
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nutrition programs. SNAP and WIG benefits are a lifeline for
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many families in eastern Kentucky. And this bill reflects our
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work with the Trump administration to ensure food aid will
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always be available to American citizens who qualify for them
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by cutting the waste, fraud, and abuse that threatens the
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program's sustainability. We also boosted child nutrition programs in the
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Commodity's Supplemental Food Program for low income seniors in this
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bill to strengthen the safety net, said Congressman Rogers, chairman
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whom Humorous of the House Appropriations Committee. This bill also
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makes critical investments in rural development programs, rule broadband, the
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electric loan program, and home ownership loan programs. Congressman Rogers continued,
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Making our rural community stronger makes America stronger. That's why
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I was proud to secure nearly three point four million
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in this bill to support Morgan County's first responders in
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emergency operations. The legislation maintains House Republicans' commitment to America's farmers, ranchers,
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and consumers, and also invests in critical research programs to
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address emerging pests and diseases, prevents taxpayer dollars from funding
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climate hubs, discrimination against Americans based on traditional marriage beliefs,
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and wasteful Biden era spending. The federal funding bill now
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moves to the Senate for consideration. For more information about
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Congressman Rogers work in Washington and at home in Tucky,
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visit how Rogers dot house dot gov and follow him
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on social medium. Our next article is Olivia Murphy name
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twenty twenty seven Distinguished Young Woman. Eight Morgan County girls
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participated in the class of twenty twenty seven Distinguished Young
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Woman DYW program this past Sunday. The annual scholarship program
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is sponsored by the gf w C Morgan County Woman's Club.
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Nearly three thousand, five hundred dollars in scholarships was awarded
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to this year's participant. Olivia Murphy was selected to represent
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Morgan County in the State DYW program to be held
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in Lexington in January, and will received one thousand, five
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hundred dollars cash scholarship. She is the daughter of Quentin
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and Jennifer Murphy. Lacy Perry was named FIR runner up
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and will receive seven hundred and fifty dollars cash scholarship.
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She is the daughter of Jonathan and Monica Perry. Abbey Ingle,
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daughter of Eric and Christina Ingle, was named second runner
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up and winner of a five hundred dollars cash scholarship.
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Chloe Dye was chosen as third runner up and will
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receive a two hundred and fifty dollars cash scholarship. She
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is the daughter of Troy and Sandrade. Savannah Oldham was
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voted the Spirit Award winner and will receive a twenty
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five dollar cash scholarship. Each participant. Participant was evaluated in
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scholastic achievement, judges, interviews, judges interviews, fitness, self expression, and talent.
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For her talent, Olivia performed a clogging routine to Elvis
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Presley's Burning Love. All participants made the fitness routine look
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effortless as a vow, the audience wowed the audience with
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their flexibility, stamina, and strength. Finally, during the self expression portion,
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each girl demonstrated poise and grace as she answered a
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question asking what inspires her to reach her goals. The
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GFWC Morgan County Women's Club would like to thank these
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businesses groups for their generosities in support of this program,
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making these scholarship opportunities possible. Allen Construction, Bank of the Mountains,
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Commercial Bank, John Wayne Pass Control, Kentucky Farm Bureau, Morgan
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County Morgan and Associates, Morgan County ARH, Morgan County Woman's Club,
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Mountain Telephone, Murphy's Quicklo, Potter Funeral Home, the Welles Group,
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and the West Liberty Vet Clinic. The Morgan County Women's
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Club is extremely proud of the continued support by the
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Morgan County community. Continues to give annually to the d
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y W Scholarship Program. Our next article is Postal rates
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are expected to go up four point eight percent in July.
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The US Postal Service has announced mailing and shipping adjustments that,
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if approved by the Postal Regulation Regulatory Commission the PRC,
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will go into effect on July the twelfth, twenty twenty six.
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Mailing rates include first class stamp will increase from seventy
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eight cents to eighty two cents. Metered one ounce letters
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increase from seventy four cents to seventy eight cents, maintaining
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the four cent savings. Domestic postcards increase from sixty one
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cents to sixty five cents. Certified mail fee five dollars
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thirty cents to five dollars fifty five cents. Average increase
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is four point eight percent across mailing services Forever Stamp
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seventy eight cents to eighty two cents plus five point
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one percent, postcard stamp sixty one cents to sixty four
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cents a plus four point nine percent pending final tables.
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Additional ounce price unchanged at twenty nine cents. Marketing mail
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letters commercial five to six percent increase varies by pre
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sort non profit marketing mail letters lower increases varies by
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pre sort periodicals, newspapers increasing increases averaging five to seven percent.
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The four point eight percent average is one of the
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larger mailing services increases in the past decade. Our next
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article is Soul testing program announce for Morgan farmers. The
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Morgan County Conservation District is announcing another program available that
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will be paying for up to three soul tests for
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farmers in Morgan County. Farmers may stop by the Conservation
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District office located at the USDA Service at the nine
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to fifty five Prestonburg Street, West, Liberty for a voucher
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and soul test bags. SOL samples can be dropped off
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at the Morgan County Cooperative Extension Service Office to be
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subsubmitted to the UK Laboratory for analysis. Our next article
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is Senior Citizen's Menu Thursday, June eleventh, orange glaze, chicken,
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fried rice, vegetable egg roll, one percent milk, stir fried
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vegetable blend fresh orange. Friday, June twelfth, cheeseburger deluxe, red fat,
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red cow brock, raising salad, roasted potatoes, carrots, alton cup
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sf orange, strawberry, and one percent milk. Monday, June fifteenth,
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meat loaf, mashed potatoes, one percent milk, clementine, mandarin, fresh
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green peas, whole grain white roll in margarin Tuesday June sixteenth,
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or poor kloy lima beans, sweet potatoes, whole grain, white roll, margarine,
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one percent milk, and dice pears. Wednesday, June seventeenth. Salisbury
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steak MTG, Parmesan noodles, cream spinach, one percent milk, whole
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grain dinner roll, brownies and margarin. Thursday June eighteenth, Chicken
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strips MTG one percent milk, herb glaze, carrots, all rotten potatoes, apple, cinnamon,
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roll in a cobbler. Our next article is JAG Kentucky
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students earned twelve national national titles a National Career Development Conference,
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Morgan County. JAG students compete in employability skills events and
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achieved success Lexington Kentucky Jobs for Kentucky Graduates. JAG Kentucky
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sent one hundred thirty students who were state champions to
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the JAG National Career Development Conference in c DC in
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Salt Lake City, Utah, April twenty ninth through May second.
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These students who competed for national awards were from thirty
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JAG programs across the Commonwealth. Out of the thirteen competitions
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in both the middle and high school divisions, JAG Kentucky
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students received twelve first place finishes, six second place finishes,
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seven third place finishes, five fourth place finishes, two fifth
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place finishes, won sixth place finish, and three seventh place finishes,
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one eighth place finish and to ninth place finish. In addition,
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jack Kentucky had six of the programs received the Outstanding
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Chapter Award, six programs received National Career Association Service Project Award.
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Over All, JAG Kentucky students received awards for thirty nine
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placements and twelve program awards. From Employability Skills and career
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Appropriation to prepared speaking and Creative decision Making, JAG students
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competed against their peers across the nation to see who
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the next national champion in these thirteen events would be.
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Each event allowed students to enhance their employability and soft
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skills which employers are searching for in their employees, as
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well as those same skills the workforce needs in today's
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business climate. Employer partners who attended NCD to judge competitions
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and promote their own career opportunities included Valvelein, the Maserati Company,
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and AT and T, to name a few. Additional information
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jobs for Kentucky graduates. Jag k Y is the state
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based national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting young people of
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great promise. Jag Kentucky is delivering the best results in
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its thirty three year history while serving youth who have
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faced significant challenges to help them reach economic and academic success.
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Our next article is for Shaer extends gas tax executive order.
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Will include Morgan and Wolf. Communities where local leaders did
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not request extension will see gas prices rise starting June eleventh. Frankfort, Kentucky.
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June ninth, Governor Andy Basheer announced today that he has
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extended his executive order that reduced the tax taxed by
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ten percent and resulted in lower gas and diesel prices
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across the state for thirty three cities and counties where
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local officials requested an extension, Kentuckians in areas where the
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County Judge executive chose not to request an extension can
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expect to see prices at the pump to rise by
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ten cents per gallon starting Thursday, June eleventh. To extend
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the May fifth executive order pass the thirty day mark
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of Wednesday, June tenth, Kentucky law required county judge executives
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and city mayors to make a request. The Basher administration
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received requests from leaders in the following areas where the
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order has now been extended through Tuesday, June thirtieth. The
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cities of Alexandria, Ashland, Campton, Carsville, Clay City, Covington, Drakesborough, Burlington, Eminence, Falmouth, Gommeya,
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Glencoe Island, Jenkins Island and Jenkins London, McK Henry, Oak Grove, Owensboro, Owingsville, Painesville,
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Park City, Seabury, Smithville, smiths Grove, West Point, Whitesville, and Winchester, Louisville.
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Jefferson Jefferson County Metro Government in Carter, Graves, magoffin Morgan
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and Wolfe Counties. Gas prices are too high due to
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the continued war in Iran, and Americans, including right here
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in Kentucky, are struggling. Every dollar counts, and my executive
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ordered lower gas and diesel prices across the state to
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help our families save, said Governor Bisher. This concludes the
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excerpts from recent edition of the Licking Valley Courier. Your
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reader has been Janis on behalf of everyone here at RADIOIVE.
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Thank you for listening, keep on listening, and I hope
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you have a very good day.