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Ashland Daily Independent - 8.19.26 · 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 addition dated
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  Speaker 1: August eighteenth, twenty twenty six, as a reminder, radioize 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 reprinted material. Our
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  Speaker 1: first article, APD presents how it uses flock by Aaron
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  Speaker 1: Snyder of The Daily Independent. Flock cameras are simply another
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  Speaker 1: public safety tool in Ashland, assured local police department leaders
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  Speaker 1: in a recent City Commission meeting. The Ashland Police Department
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  Speaker 1: utilizes flock cameras within a strict policy, assured Chief Todd
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  Speaker 1: Kelly and Assistant Chief Ryan Conley on Thursday. APD has
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  Speaker 1: used automated license plate readers since twenty nineteen, initial as
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  Speaker 1: a tool to venture away from tired chalking for parking enforcement.
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  Speaker 1: By twenty twenty one, it became evident ALPR technology would
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  Speaker 1: be useful for public safety and criminal investigations, such as
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  Speaker 1: locating wanted suspects, stolen vehicles, missing individuals, sex offenders, and
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  Speaker 1: vehicles associated with narcotics investigations. Ashland began using the brand flock.
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  Speaker 1: In twenty twenty three, APD has ten stationery alpr flock
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  Speaker 1: cameras and a live camera at the Riverfront which is
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  Speaker 1: not flock. Locations include Blackburn and Thirteenth Street, Roberts Drive
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  Speaker 1: and New Buckley, Winchester in fifty fifth Fifteenth Street at
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  Speaker 1: the Railroad tracks, Winchester and Riverhill Drive, the Walmart entrance
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  Speaker 1: at river Hill, Valley View Drive and Hurricane Road, and
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  Speaker 1: twenty ninth m Blackburn. Flock essentially takes a photograph of
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  Speaker 1: a vehicle, plate, converts it to text, and records location
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  Speaker 1: and time of the photograph. It generates an alert when
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  Speaker 1: it strikes a match being sought by law enforcement. According
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  Speaker 1: to the APD policy, it should not be used to
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  Speaker 1: create generalized travel histories of individuals absent as specific articulable
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement need and supervisory approval. It can't be used
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  Speaker 1: to harass or intimidate individuals or groups, or be used
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  Speaker 1: for any personal purpose. APD prioritizes the usage for investigating
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  Speaker 1: serious criminal offenses, locating vehicles associated with credible threats to
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  Speaker 1: public safety, and supporting time sensitive incidents such as abductions
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  Speaker 1: like amber alerts, shootings, or felony thefts. Mayor Chuck Charles
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  Speaker 1: asked if a license plate must be entered into the
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  Speaker 1: system in order to search a specific plate. We can
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  Speaker 1: search within reason, Kelly said. Still, Kelly assured there are
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  Speaker 1: a lot of steps APD must take before blue lights
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  Speaker 1: are on and someone is pulled over. Connolly squashed several
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  Speaker 1: myths surrounding flock cameras. One assertion is LPRs can track
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  Speaker 1: people and show police everywhere they go. This is false,
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  Speaker 1: he said. It shows a point in time image the
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  Speaker 1: back of that car and license plate in that second,
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  Speaker 1: and doesn't continuously track the vehicle. Conly said. Another myth
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  Speaker 1: is LPRs violate the Fourth Amendment. Federal and state courts
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  Speaker 1: have ruled otherwise. An additional incorrect notion is that it
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  Speaker 1: captures video and facial recognition. Flock cameras do not record
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  Speaker 1: video or facial images. Conly and Kelly said the data
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  Speaker 1: flock cameras capture are owned by the city's police agency
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  Speaker 1: in which they're located. FLOCK does not sell the data,
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  Speaker 1: and APD does not share the data unless it is
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  Speaker 1: agreed upon by another agency in Kentucky or within a
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  Speaker 1: two hundred mile radius that it is necessary to share.
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  Speaker 1: Data is owned by APD and never sold to third party.
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  Speaker 1: Conley said it belongs to the city. Flock cameras provide
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  Speaker 1: hits which pertain to vehicles that have previously been determined
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  Speaker 1: to have been involved in activity such as a crime
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  Speaker 1: or a missing person. It sits quietly until necessary to
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  Speaker 1: sound an alarm on matches pertaining to such activity. Kelly
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  Speaker 1: mentioned a few instances in which al LPR technology has
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  Speaker 1: assisted APD, including trafficking down, tracking down a criminal mischief
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  Speaker 1: suspect at the Riverfront, and a missing person in a
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  Speaker 1: golden alert. In the first testing phases, within so many days,
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  Speaker 1: there was a stolen vehicle report and a wanted person
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  Speaker 1: inside of it with a stolen handgun in twenty six
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  Speaker 1: grams of methamphetamine. Kelly said the license plate was in
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  Speaker 1: the computer as a stolen vehicle. Even in this instance,
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  Speaker 1: an officer has to verify every detail prior to proceeding
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  Speaker 1: with a potential arrest. Conly assured flock cameras are not
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  Speaker 1: used for traffic enforcement, including speeding or red lights. Our
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  Speaker 1: goal is to use this responsibly within the established policy
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  Speaker 1: and law. Kelly said, APD stores photographs for thirty days
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  Speaker 1: sixty days, unless the state statute allows it may reduce
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  Speaker 1: that time period to seven days. Conley said. An audit
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  Speaker 1: log is executed every ninety days. According to Conley, when
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  Speaker 1: officers are on duty, they are logged into an app
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  Speaker 1: that tracks plates associated with potential criminal activity. Essentially, flock
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  Speaker 1: cameras are a tool to locate vehicles of interest, those
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  Speaker 1: associated with known criminal activity, stolen vehicle reports, or other
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  Speaker 1: beyond the lookout notifications. Commissioner Sonny Martin said APD has
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  Speaker 1: a tide policy that stays well within Kentucky law. You
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  Speaker 1: all have adopted a very responsible policy for the community.
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  Speaker 1: Martin said, it's a lot more restrictive than state statute
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  Speaker 1: and I thank you for that. In other news, Down
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  Speaker 1: to the Wire, Sandy's Ridge Racing opens Wednesday by Tammy
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  Speaker 1: Hetzer Woollmack for The Daily and Sarah and Marlowe is
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  Speaker 1: taking a Sunday off with her family in Greenup, the
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  Speaker 1: last respite till mid September. As the general manager of
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  Speaker 1: Sandy's Racing and Gaming, she knows this time in the
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  Speaker 1: home paddock is vital, bringing payouts, purses, tourism and tack
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  Speaker 1: Sandy Ridge racing makes its grand debut Wednesday. The event
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  Speaker 1: will mark years of work, including literally moving a mountain,
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  Speaker 1: to introduce horse racing to the region for the first
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  Speaker 1: time in more than a century. There are so many
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  Speaker 1: moving parts involved in opening a race track and hosting
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  Speaker 1: our first live race meet, marlow said, to make sure
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  Speaker 1: we are ready to welcome our guests on August nineteenth.
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  Speaker 1: What started as a dream in a field above an
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  Speaker 1: old shopping mall now sits a quarter horse race track
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  Speaker 1: in the home stretch of construction. I'm super excited to
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  Speaker 1: see Sandy's Ridge finally becoming a reality, said Andrew Steele,
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  Speaker 1: Executive director of Boyd County Tourism and Convention Bureau. Three
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  Speaker 1: years of dirt moving to make the racetrack come to
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  Speaker 1: fruition into a mile and a quarter oval. That transformation
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  Speaker 1: is the work of months of work, Marlowe said, from
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  Speaker 1: sidewalks to ordering equipment, to preparing the ground, planning, parking
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  Speaker 1: and safety procedures. Marlow's team has spent countless hours preparing
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  Speaker 1: for Wednesday. What people will see on race day is
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  Speaker 1: just the finished product, working through hundreds of small details
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  Speaker 1: that guests may never notice, but that are incredibly important
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  Speaker 1: to create a great experience, Marlowe said, for US, August
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  Speaker 1: nineteenth isn't just opening day, it is a day we
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  Speaker 1: finally get to show everyone what this team has been
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  Speaker 1: working toward. Race days are Wednesday through Friday, August twenty
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  Speaker 1: sixth through the twenty eighth, and September fifth through the sixth.
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  Speaker 1: Marlow said the races will have a three million dollars
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  Speaker 1: in winnings. Admission to Sandy Ridge is free. Marlow said
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday's first post time at twelve pm. The other race
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  Speaker 1: days have scheduled first post of one thirty pm. This
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  Speaker 1: is not about eight days of racing. It is an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to showcase our property, our community, and the hospitality
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  Speaker 1: of eastern Kentucky. Marlow said what excises most is finally
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  Speaker 1: getting to share Sandy Ridge with everyone. Many of the
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  Speaker 1: race days will feature themes. We want each day to
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  Speaker 1: feel like an event. Marlow touted. We definitely don't want
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  Speaker 1: anyone leaving hungry. Food and beverage are an important part
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  Speaker 1: of our planning because we want Sandy Ridge to feel
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  Speaker 1: like a full day out, not just somewhere you stop
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  Speaker 1: buy to watch a race, food trucks, a beer, garden
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  Speaker 1: and portable bar line the walking path around the Kentucky Foothills,
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  Speaker 1: enjoy the races, grab something to eat and have a
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  Speaker 1: cold beverage while spending the day with us. Marlow shared,
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  Speaker 1: and of course Sandy's Racing and Gaming and kitchen and
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  Speaker 1: spirits are just down the road, so we hope visitors
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  Speaker 1: make an entire day or weekend out of their trip
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  Speaker 1: to the Ashland area. There will be a shuttle sponsored
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  Speaker 1: by Pathways, from Sandy's Gaming to the racetrack. Sandy Ridge
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  Speaker 1: promises to attract some three hundred horses, trainers, and jockeys
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  Speaker 1: to town still added. In addition, Marlow said the track
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  Speaker 1: will bring in horse racing fans to the area. Because
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  Speaker 1: of that, we have looked beyond what happens once someone
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  Speaker 1: walks to the track. Markson said, we want the economic
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  Speaker 1: impact of racing to extend beyond Sandy Ridge. If someone
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  Speaker 1: comes into town for the races, we hope they stay
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  Speaker 1: in one of our hotels, eat at our restaurants, shop locally,
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  Speaker 1: visit Sandy's Racing and Gaming, and discover some of the
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  Speaker 1: other great things our area has to offer. We are
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  Speaker 1: not just preparing for eight race days. We are creating
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  Speaker 1: something new for our community and hopefully starting a tradition
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  Speaker 1: that families will look forward to four years to come.
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  Speaker 1: Marlowe said. For more information, visit Sandyridge dot com. In
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  Speaker 1: other news, city hears about drone technology by Aaron Snyder
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  Speaker 1: of The Daily Independent, Ashland Police Chief Todd Kelly said,
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  Speaker 1: current federal law prevents the department from using its drones.
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  Speaker 1: We've come into a need to come up with another
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  Speaker 1: drone program, Kelly said during Thursday's City Commission meeting. We
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  Speaker 1: need to move forward for officer safety and protecting citizens.
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  Speaker 1: BRNC Drones representatives Brad Phillips and Don Redman attended the
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  Speaker 1: meeting to supply an overview of their company in drone equipment,
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  Speaker 1: which is specifically geared toward public safety, to the Mayor
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  Speaker 1: and City Commission. BRINK is based in Seattle, Washington. According
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  Speaker 1: to Brad Phillips, who is on Brinks executive team, the
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  Speaker 1: closest agency in proximity to Ashland that uses BRINK as
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  Speaker 1: a University of Kentucky. Don Redmond, vice president of Drone,
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  Speaker 1: as first responder for Brink, spent twenty five years years
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  Speaker 1: in law enforcement, much of which was in Chula Vista, California.
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  Speaker 1: Redmond said Brink's public safety drones feature red and blue
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  Speaker 1: lights and a siren that may be utilized. They also
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  Speaker 1: include a means of communicating announcements. The drones are sometimes
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  Speaker 1: equipped with payloads such as a flotation device or narcaan.
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  Speaker 1: Dfrs are suitable for police and fire departments. Redmond said
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  Speaker 1: it gives the ability for first responders to see what's
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  Speaker 1: happening before they arrive on scene, which is critical for
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  Speaker 1: decision making, Redmond said. According to Redmond, these drones create
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  Speaker 1: a situation in which twenty five percent of the time
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  Speaker 1: it prevents agencies from having to send ground units to scenes.
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  Speaker 1: It's not a replacement for police officers by any stretch,
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  Speaker 1: Redmond said, it's a way to enhance response. With the technology,
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  Speaker 1: woucome training required for officers. We'd be able to do
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  Speaker 1: our own training, said Ryan Conley, Ashland Police's assistant chief.
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  Speaker 1: He said getting dispatch personnel involved is an option as well.
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  Speaker 1: Redmond said Brink works closely with ACLU to make sure
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  Speaker 1: it adequate transparency. Anytime a drone is launched, information will
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  Speaker 1: be available for the public as to why there was
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  Speaker 1: a call to service and the telemetry of the drone.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great way for the community to know why
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  Speaker 1: is this drone flying here? Redmond said, they can just
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  Speaker 1: go to the website and see the purpose of the launch.
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  Speaker 1: Kelly said there is an advantage to using brink. It
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  Speaker 1: interacts with our current digital system we have. Kelly said
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  Speaker 1: other cities are using this. Commissioner DJ Remer asked if
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  Speaker 1: these drones, if APD would get them, would only be
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  Speaker 1: used in city limits. Redmond said there would be a
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  Speaker 1: certificate of authorization specific to the jurisdiction our next article.
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  Speaker 1: Tuscan Prime chop House turns one. Chop House celebrates anniversary
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  Speaker 1: with three nights. Tuscan Prime Italian chop House is raising
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  Speaker 1: a glass to one year with a three night anniversary
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  Speaker 1: celebration featuring guest favorite dishes, special bourbon offerings, nightly giveaways,
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  Speaker 1: and surprises throughout the week. The restaurant opened in August
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. To celebrate one year in business, it
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  Speaker 1: will host three nights of anniversary festivities today through Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: Guests can enjoy a special three course anniversary menu featuring
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  Speaker 1: Tuscan Prime favorites available alongside the regular menu, as well
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  Speaker 1: as a special anniversary bourbon offering nightly gift card drawings
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  Speaker 1: and surprise treats and giveaways throughout the celebration. We are
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  Speaker 1: thrilled to celebrate one year of Tuscan Prime with our
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  Speaker 1: guests in Ashland and throughout the Tri State area, said
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  Speaker 1: co owner Jim Nizzo. This restaurant has been a true
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  Speaker 1: labor of love and the support we've received during our
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  Speaker 1: first year has meant so much to us. We wanted
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  Speaker 1: this anniversary to be a chance to celebrate with the
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  Speaker 1: people who have supported us from the beginning, and we're
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to a fun three nights on Thursday. The
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  Speaker 1: grand prize will include dinner for two at Tuscan Prime,
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  Speaker 1: a one night's day at the Delta Hotel, and breakfast
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  Speaker 1: for two. Reservations are recommended for the anniversary celebration. Guests
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  Speaker 1: can reserve a table by calling area code six oh
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  Speaker 1: six three nine three one two seven five. Recent obituaries
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  Speaker 1: Karen Ann Roberts sixty eight, Margaret Ruth Terry seventy six
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  Speaker 1: of Ashland, Charles Lee Blevins eighty two of Catletsburg, Retha
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  Speaker 1: Patricia pat Harris ninety three of Ironton, Gary Jane Trusts
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  Speaker 1: eighty six of Ashland and Caroline Lorraine Davis, one hundred
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  Speaker 1: years old. Our next article child porn charges result in
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  Speaker 1: fifteen years by Aaron Snyder for The Daily Independent. A
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  Speaker 1: judge sentenced the National Man of Federal Quarter earlier this
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  Speaker 1: week to fifteen years for child pornography crimes. Nathaniel Parsons,
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  Speaker 1: forty six, was sentenced by Chief US District Court Judge
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  Speaker 1: David Bunning on Monday for receiving a visual depiction of
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  Speaker 1: a minor engaged in sexual explicit conduct. According to a
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  Speaker 1: press release from the US Attorney's Office Eastern District of Kentucky,
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement discovered eighty four thousand images and five hundred
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  Speaker 1: videos containing miners engaged in sexually explicit conduct on Parsons devices.
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  Speaker 1: The release stated law enforcements law enforcement had identified an
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  Speaker 1: IP address in Ashland that was sharing child sexual obuse
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  Speaker 1: material on peer to peer software eMule. Officers executed a
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  Speaker 1: search warrants at parsons residence, where multiple digital devices were
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  Speaker 1: seized and searched. According to the Ashland Police Department, the
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  Speaker 1: case marked the first execution of a search warrant for
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  Speaker 1: APD Electronic Storage Detection CALINE Mabel. Following her arrival at APD,
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  Speaker 1: she assisted in sniffing out the evidence. APD reported law
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  Speaker 1: enforcement discovered sexually explicit images of a miner known to Parsons.
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  Speaker 1: The miner admitted the images were not created at the
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  Speaker 1: request of Parsons and were taken from the miner's phone.
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  Speaker 1: According to the press release, the miner was unaware that
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  Speaker 1: Parsons possessed the images. The release stated the FBI and
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  Speaker 1: APD conducted the investigation. Assistant US Attorney Aaron Roth prosecuted
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  Speaker 1: the case. Jason Parman, First Assistant US Attorney for the
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  Speaker 1: Eastern District of Kentucky, Olivia Olsen, Special Agent in Charge
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  Speaker 1: FBI Louisville, and Ashland Police Chief Todd Kelly jointly announced
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  Speaker 1: the sentence. Parsons was initially booked into the Boyd County
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  Speaker 1: Detention Center in November twenty twenty four. He was originally
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  Speaker 1: charged with ten counts of possessing matter portraying children between
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  Speaker 1: the ages of twelve and eighteen and ten counts of
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  Speaker 1: possession of materials depicting children younger than twelve. In November
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, the Boyd County Commonwealth Attorney's Office indicated
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  Speaker 1: to Judge John Vincent that the charges would go to
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  Speaker 1: the federal level. Moving on, public TV feature explores Raimy
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  Speaker 1: East step with filming starting recently, a new segment of
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  Speaker 1: All Access hosted by Andy Garcia, will highlight how comprehensive
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  Speaker 1: healthcare infrastructure is transforming rural recovery. According to a news release,
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  Speaker 1: Raimy EASTEP Homes Incorporated, operating as Raimi EASTTEP Regroup, will
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  Speaker 1: showcase its evolution into a fully integrated healthcare organization in
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  Speaker 1: eastern Kentucky. The educational feature focuses on moving away from
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  Speaker 1: episodic crisis management toward long term family centered support models
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  Speaker 1: that unite mental health services, substance use treatment, social supports,
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  Speaker 1: and primary medical care under one unified system. The release
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  Speaker 1: stated the program highlights how collecting diverse behavioral health data
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  Speaker 1: across rural popular populations drives better patient outcomes by tracking
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  Speaker 1: long term recovery metrics, family stability indicators, and community reintegragration.
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  Speaker 1: REMI EESTEP Regroup demonstrates why treating physical and mental health
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  Speaker 1: together is essential for underserved areas. Viewers will gain valuable
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  Speaker 1: insight into how accessible community based clinical networks reduce the
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  Speaker 1: strain on regional health systems while helping individuals rebuild their
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  Speaker 1: lives and support their families. According to the release, no
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  Speaker 1: single organization can address the complex healthcare challenges facing rural
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky alone, said Jenny Anderson, CEO of remy E Step Regroup.
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  Speaker 1: Meaningful progress happens when healthcare providers, schools, social service agencies,
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  Speaker 1: civic leaders, and community partners work together around the needs
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  Speaker 1: of indivi viduals and families. By combining integrated clinical care
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  Speaker 1: with strong local partnerships, we can reduce barriers, improve continuity,
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  Speaker 1: and build a more sustainable framework for recovery and healing.
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  Speaker 1: Visit all ACCESSPTV dot com or raymystep dot com for
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  Speaker 1: more information. Up next signal work planned on US sixty.
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  Speaker 1: The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet advises motorists to watch for flag
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  Speaker 1: traffic on US sixty in Boyd County on Sunday, August sixteenth,
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  Speaker 1: as AEP cruise upgrade power lines along Summit Road. AAP
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  Speaker 1: will turn power off to the signal at US sixty
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  Speaker 1: and Summit Road work will be between seven am to
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  Speaker 1: four pm from mile point seven to eight. Motorists should
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  Speaker 1: watch for temporary lank closures and stop traffic at different intervals.
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  Speaker 1: Road work schedules are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
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  Speaker 1: Motorists are asked to heat all warning signs, slow down
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  Speaker 1: in work zones, and remain aware of workers and construction
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  Speaker 1: equipment when traveling. For up to date traffic information, go
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  Speaker 1: to go ky dot, ky dot gov or use the
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  Speaker 1: ways app. In other news, Gearing up for school year,
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  Speaker 1: Boyd Readyfest prepares students annually by Allison Scott for the
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  Speaker 1: Daily Independent. The Boyd County School District conducted its thirty
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  Speaker 1: third annual Readyfest, preparing students and families for the upcoming
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  Speaker 1: school year by providing school supplies, community resources, meals and more.
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  Speaker 1: Hundreds of Boyd County students and families line the entrance
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  Speaker 1: to the high school Wednesday morning before filling the halls
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  Speaker 1: to gather resources for more than forty local organizations. And
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  Speaker 1: I think it's so important to get back to our
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  Speaker 1: community and for kids to get the stuff that they
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  Speaker 1: need to go back to school. That way, nothing prohibits
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  Speaker 1: them from learning or getting the education they deserve, said
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  Speaker 1: Brittany Brammel, program assistant at Cannonsburg and Summit. The event
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  Speaker 1: is organized by the district's Family Resource and Youth Service
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  Speaker 1: centers that ensured students were provided with school essentials from folders, crayons, pencils,
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  Speaker 1: and notebooks, while other community partners provided physicals, com immunizations, visions,
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  Speaker 1: and scoliosis screenings. Going through this tough time, seeing something
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  Speaker 1: that has genuinely just helped so many people has lifted
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  Speaker 1: this weight off their shoulders of financial struggles for schools,
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  Speaker 1: said BCCHS Junior and Student Council president Laryn Wells. Parents
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  Speaker 1: say all the time they want to give their children
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  Speaker 1: better opportunities than what they had, and this is a
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  Speaker 1: way for them to do that and not have to
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  Speaker 1: be put in a tight position. Kelly Fox, the high
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  Speaker 1: school's principal, said that as the event has grown over
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  Speaker 1: the years, community partners and vendors are reaching out to
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  Speaker 1: help prepare students rather than having to seek out vendors.
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  Speaker 1: To be able to do this for thirty three years
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  Speaker 1: and have our community partners come and be a part
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  Speaker 1: of it, it just keeps growing every year. Fox said,
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  Speaker 1: I think that it's awesome for our kids, for our teachers,
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  Speaker 1: and just to see all the support for the school
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  Speaker 1: system too. Marista Hicks has brought her children to the
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  Speaker 1: event every year and said while her youngest daughter is
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  Speaker 1: nervous to start elementary school, her oldest daughter is looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to beginning her freshman year. Staff members working the
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  Speaker 1: event agreed they were looking forward to getting to see
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  Speaker 1: students back at school after missing them all summer. Next
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  Speaker 1: Greenup Fiscal recognizes Russell fire Chief by Aaron Snyder of
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  Speaker 1: the Daily Independent. Greenop County Judge Executive Bobby Hall declared Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: August eleventh, twenty twenty six, Billy C. Salvage Junior Day
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  Speaker 1: during the monthly Fiscal Court meeting. Salvage has been Russell's
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  Speaker 1: fire chief since two thousand and eight. Greenop County has
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  Speaker 1: been very blessed and fortunate to have him as a firefighter,
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  Speaker 1: a friend, a chief, and a very positive influence on
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  Speaker 1: our county. Hall said. Salvage was inducted on August fourth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, into the Kentucky Firefighters Association Hall of
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  Speaker 1: Fame in Eastern Kentucky. He is a past vice president
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  Speaker 1: and president of the KFA. He's been involved with the
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  Speaker 1: KFA since the nineteen eighties and served on the Legislative
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  Speaker 1: Committee for twelve years. He joined Raceland's fire department as
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  Speaker 1: a junior firefighter at age sixteen in nineteen eighty In
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  Speaker 1: nineteen eighty two, he joined Raceland Fire Department as a
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  Speaker 1: firefighter and was promoted to captain in nineteen eighty six.
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  Speaker 1: He was named Raceland's fire chief in nineteen ninety, serving
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  Speaker 1: until nineteen ninety seven. This concludes excerpts from recent editions
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  Speaker 1: of the Ashland Daily Independent. Your reader has beand Jane
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  Speaker 1: on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI thank you for listening,
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