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5.1.25 · Springfield Sun

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Springfield Sun to bring you
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news from in and around Washington County. Your leader today
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is Amy Jones Timany. We begin with the addition dated Wednesday,
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April thirtieth, twenty twenty five. As a reminder, Radio I
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is a reading service intended for people who are blind
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or have other disabilities that make it difficult to lead
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printed material. County officials to get pay increased by Jane
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Reid Cline Tuesday, April twenty or actually Wednesday, April thirtieth,
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twenty twenty five. Pay increases were at the top of
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the agenda at the Friday, April twenty fifth Washington County
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Fiscal Court meeting.
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Speaker 2: While most of.
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Speaker 1: The county's elected official salaries are set by the state,
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some still require fiscal court approval.
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Speaker 2: The first officials to.
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Speaker 1: Be approved by the magistrates were County Attorney, County Corner
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and Magistrates. District Ward Magistrate Stephen Conny made a motion
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to give all except the magistrates a two point nine
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percent cost of living increase. The motion failed due to
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a lack of a second A motion was then made
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to give all the two point nine increase. This increase
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passed by a vote of four to one. District two
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Magistrate Steve Divine was not an attendance at Friday's meeting
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and Carney voted against the pay raises. The pay increase
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will take effect to Lie first, twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 2: Next, the magistrates approved a.
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Speaker 1: Pay increase for County Jailer Joe Mud that will be
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effective on January first, twenty twenty six. Magistrates voted to
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give Mud whatever the state's cost of living increases in January.
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The Fiscal Court also approved training incentive pay for Magistrate
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Steve Design and Philip Curricuo. Magistrates also approved Kentucky Association
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of Counties or CaCO renewal rates for workmen's compensation insurance
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and Property in Liability insurance. The workmen's compensation rate decreased
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from fiscal year twenty twenty four to twenty five, and
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there was a slight increase in the Property and liability
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insurance rate. Judge Executive Tim Graves opened two bids for
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the Mack trucks that were declared surplus at a previous meeting.
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Speaker 2: Of the courts.
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Speaker 1: Both bids were accepted by the court. The first truck
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was sold to Allen Company of Richmond for two hundred
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fourteen thousand, twenty five dollars. The second truck was sold
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to Ford Landscaping of Campbellsville for two hundred and six
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thousand dollars. Graves said the new trucks should be arriving
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any time. In other business, magistrates approved the resolution for
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non public school transportation for the twenty twenty.
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Speaker 2: Four to twenty five school year.
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Speaker 1: Washington County Schools provides bus transportation for twenty two students
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at the Saint Dominic School. With the passing of this resolution,
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the state will reimburse the county twenty seven thy, twenty
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nine dollars and sixteen cents for.
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Speaker 2: The cost of that service.
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Speaker 1: Magistrates approved the agreement for Book Road Bridge project. The
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county has been approved for a thirty eight thousand dollars
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grant for necessary repairs to the bridge. Magistrates also received
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a progress report from Kevin Devine about FEMA assistant following
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the severe flooding earlier this month. Larry Harden updated the
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Court on work at the Washington County Conservation District and
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presented the court with a check for five thousand dollars
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for dead animal removal. Harden reported that he is working
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with Marion County to hire a technician to work diointly
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with both counties. Harden said eighty percent of this individual's
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salary will be paid by the state and the remaining
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twenty percent split between Marion and Washington County. Magistrates were
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given the proposed twelve million dollar county budget for the
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fiscal year twenty twenty five to twenty six.
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Speaker 2: A budget workshop is scheduled for Friday, May second.
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Speaker 1: Magistrates will finalize the budget for approval by the court.
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The next meeting of the Fiscal Court will be Monday,
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May the twelfth. Driver sustains minor injuries in rollover. A
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single vehicle rollover accident occurred on Bloomfield Road on April
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twenty sixth.
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Speaker 2: The driver suffered.
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Speaker 1: Only minor injuries. Local man indicted for attempted rape by
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Jane Reid Kleine updated April twenty seventh, twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 2: Roy Waldridge, thirty four, of Springfield.
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Speaker 1: Was indicted by a Washington County grand jury on April sixteenth.
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Charges against Waldridge are attempted rape in the first degree,
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strangulation in the first degree, first degree criminal mischief, assault,
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and the fourth degree third a greater offense with five
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years and first degree on lawful imprisonment. The charges stem
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from a March seventh incident investigated by the Springfield Police Department.
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Bond for Waldridge was set at twenty thousand dollars cash.
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Also indicted by the grand jury was try Mattingly, forty four,
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of Springfield for second degree assault. Mattingly charges them from
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a March twenty third incident. Bond was set at twenty
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five thousand dollars full cash. Jason Kent Smith, thirty three,
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of Springfield was indicted on nine counts. Smith is charged
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with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, possession
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of a firearm by a convicted felon, three counts of
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theft by unlawful taking or disposition of a firearm, theft
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by unlawful taking over five hundred dollars but less than
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one thousand dollars, and persistent felony offender first degree. The
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indictment alleges that on February third, twenty twenty five, Smith
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took a Savage rifle and the Winchester shotgun, on February twelfth,
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took a sig Hour pistol, and on March twelfth, a
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bellnap shotgun belonging to others. The indictment also charges that
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Honor about March seventeen, Smith placed a counterfeit weapon of
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mass destruction or threatened to commit an act likely to
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result in death or serious physical injury to anyone at
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a scheduled, publicly advertised event open to the public, a
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place of worship, any student, group, teacher, volunteer, worker, or
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employee of a school. Bond for Smith was set at
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fifteen thousand dollars cash.
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Speaker 2: Jeffrey Maddingly, forty five, of berg In.
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Speaker 1: Kentucky, was indicted on ten counts. Charges in the indictment
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are trafficking in methyptamine second or subsequent offense, Tampering with
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physical evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a motor vehicle
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under the influence of a controlled substance, second offense, failure
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to maintain insurance, second or greater offense, driving on a
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suspended or resolved license, failure to wear seatbelt, failure to
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produce an insurance card, possession of an open open alcohol
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beverage container in a motor vehicle, and first degree persistent
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felony offender. Bond was set at fifteen thousand dollars full cash.
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Lisa Renee call To sixty one of Campbell'sville was indicted
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on nine counts. Charges of the indictment are possession of
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hydro codone, possession of view pronoformine, two counts of prescription
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medications not in original containers, driving under the influence, failure
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to maintain insurance, speeding fifteen miles per hour over the limit,
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reckless driving, and failure to produce.
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Speaker 2: An insurance card.
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Speaker 1: Bond was set at five thousand dollars unsecured. Joseph Willett,
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forty one of Bardstown was indicted on sixteen counts. Charges
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against Willard are possession of hydro codone, second descend leaning,
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evading on foot, third degree assault of a police officer,
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possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest, second degree disorderly conduct, menacing,
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driving under the influence, failure to maintain insurance, prescription medication
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not an original container, reckless driving, communication device violation, failure
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to wear a seatbelt, failure to produce an insurance card,
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improper lane usage, failure to or improper signal. Bond was
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set at five thousand dollars. Brandon Burton thirty four, of
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Columbia was indicted on charges of possession of methamphetamine, third
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or subsequent offense, public intoxification, and third degree criminal trespassing.
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Bond was set at one thousand dollars full cash for
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the February twenty eighth incident. Note and indictment by a
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grand jury is merely a charge. All defendants are presumed
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innocent unless and until proven guilty in the appropriate court
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of law. Smith arrested after hitting pedestrians by James B.
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Klein April twenty sixth, twenty twenty five. Kimberly Payton Smith,
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twenty five of Washington County was arrested on Wednesday, April
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twenty third, following an act incident on Perryville Road in Springfield.
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According to Springfield Police Chief Sumud, when Smith called control
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over vehicle in front of Long Branch Liquors, it cleaned
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into the parking mud as a local liquor store, striking
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a sign, followed by a motorcycle, an individual standing beside
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the motorcycle and a picnic bench, before coming to rest
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upon hitting a tree. The sixty eight year old woman
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struck by Smith's vehicle was taken by EMS to Springview
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Hospital with non life threading injuries. Smith was arrested on
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charges of driving under the influence, first degree wanton endangerment,
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and first degree assault. Smith was taken to the Marion
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County Detention Center under a one hundred thousand dollars cash bond,
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pending arrangement and district court on Monday, April twenty eighth.
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The incident remains under investigation by the Springfield Police Department.
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Paul Wallace of Daniel, ninety three of Columbus, Ohio, passed
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away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April twenty third,
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twenty twenty five. Paul always and forever known as Wally,
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was born in Lebanon, Kentucky, on June twenty eighth, nineteen
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thirty one.
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Speaker 2: After graduating from.
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Speaker 1: Saint Augustine Catholic High School, he served in the six
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hundred twenty third Unit of Kentucky National Guard and served
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in Korea as part of the U. S.
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Speaker 2: Army as part of the U. S.
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Speaker 1: Army when that unit was deployed from nineteen fifty one
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to nineteen fifty two. After completing his service, he returned
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to Kentucky, where he was introduced to the love of
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his wife, Emma l. Osbourne, whom he married on April eleventh,
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nineteen fifty five. He attended the University of Kentucky on
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the GI Bill, graduating in nineteen fifty seven with a
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degree in mechanical engineering. After graduation, Wally and Emma moved
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to Columbus, Ohio, where Wally was accepted a position with
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North American Aviation later North American Rockwell. As an engineer,
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he designed and develop parts for the aviation industry, working
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with test pilots and contributing to the development of jet
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engines and parts that were used in the Mercury and
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Apaula's space mission. After leaving North American, he joined Rimrock Corporation,
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a leader in the die casting and foundry industries, retiring
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in nineteen ninety six. Wally and Emma bought their first
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home and moved to Gehana, Ohio in nineteen fifty nine,
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where they raised a family of two daughters and a son.
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They were founding members of Saint Matthew Cathley Church. He
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helped organize the first Boy Scout shoot four h three,
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and was a Coast Scout Master with Keith R. Green
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in the nineteen sixties. He was an avid flying Scott
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sailor in the Hoover Yacht Club now Hoover Sailing Club
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feet thirty seven from early nineteen eighties for twenty years.
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Vegetable gardening and dahlias were some of his hobbies. His
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nineteen eighty yellow GMC pickup truck, which he drove all
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over Kahana for nearly forty years, was seen across town,
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moving friends and their children to new home holmes and
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helping to deliver various appliances and furniture. After retirement, Lollly
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was mister Fixed for many of their friends and neighbors.
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Wally was preceded in death by his parents Francis J.
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And Mary Rose Cooper O'Daniel, son Paul and O'Daniel, son
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in law Philip M.
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Speaker 2: Cullen.
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Speaker 1: Siblings John Lawrence O'Daniel, Clodil Fank, Doris Buckman, Thomas Howard O'Daniel,
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Louise Smith, Rosella Byrne and Harriet O'Daniel left to cherish
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his memory his beloved wife Emma, children Maureene C. O'Daniel,
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Timothy F. O'Daniel and Kate o Annie and Brian. Grandsons
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Christopher R. O'Daniel and Darcy Charles, w Annie Daniel g Anna,
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and a great granddaughter, Lillis O'Daniel. Also survived by brother
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John C. O'Daniel, sister in law Revian and Jim O'Daniel,
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and brother in law Jack Burns and Jane, over seventy
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nieces and nephews, and close family friend Kimberly Green. He
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will be missed by numerous friends over the years. Donations
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and his memories can be made to the Oakstone Academy,
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a unique and wonderful school that works with autistic children,
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or to the Villas of Saint Jurees, where he has
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made his home since twenty nineteen. Donations can be made
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on the website at www dot Oakstone Academy dot org
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or mailed to Oakstone Academy, nine hundred Club Drive, Westerville,
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Ohio or three zero eight one. Please put his name
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in the memo line and donations will be directed to
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the middle and high school that made such a difference
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in his grandson's life. Donations to the Villas of Saint
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Jurees can be made at their website at https colin
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flash slash, www dot cr M e l ie Sior
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Living dot org. Flash Donations hyphen opportunities Hyphen Columbus hyphen
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Oh Flash so lets the villa's at Saint Therees's button
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to donate. If you prefer, you can nail a check
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to the villas of Saint Lures. Attention Sister Ann fifty
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two fifty three East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio four to
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two from sorry four to three two one three. Please
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put Dad's name in the memo line and funds will
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be directed.
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Speaker 2: Towards building updates.
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Speaker 1: A funeral massive celebration of Wally's wonderful life will be Saturday,
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May thirty first at eleven am at Saint Matthew the
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Apostle Catholic Church, eight O seven Haven's Corners Road, Ghana,
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Ohio four three two three oh.
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Speaker 2: A luncheon will follow the services in the parish hall.
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Speaker 1: The family wishes to express their gratitude to the friends
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and loved ones for the many kindnesses they have shown
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us during this difficult time. Your expressions of sympathy and
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love during these past few days have comforted and sustained
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us in ways that are hard to measure, but so
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greatly appreciated. Gary Allen Morgan, seventy three, of Fredericktown, Kentucky,
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passed away Saturday, April twenty sixth, twenty twenty five, at
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his home with his family by his side, after a
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long illness. He was born in Scottsville, Kentucky, on January fifth,
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nineteen fifty two, to the late Alan Floyd Jake and
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Sarah Francis Strasburg Morgan. He was a member of the
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Bardstown Baptist Church, a nineteen seventy graduate of Allen County
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High School, a nineteen seventy eight graduate of Western Kentucky University,
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a former employee of Southern States, and a retired manager
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of Fisher Auto Parks in Bardstown. Preceding him and death
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was his daughter in law, Jacqueline Noel Morgan on November
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twenty second, twenty twenty four, Irene Hughes and Louise Gardner,
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and two brothers.
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Speaker 2: Jane Morgan and Robert Morgan.
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Speaker 1: He is survived by his wife of fifty two years,
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Vicki Williams Morgan, his son Chad Morgan of Willisburg, two sisters,
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Day Buris of Scottsville and Brenda Pearson of Peewee Valley,
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two brothers, Joe Morgan and Cathy of Hodsonville, and Dwight
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Morgan of Witchfield and several nieces and nephews.
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Speaker 2: Funeral services will be.
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Speaker 1: Held at one pm Tuesday, April twenty ninth at the
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Carrion Sun's Funeral Home with brother Charlie Blevins officiated officiating.
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He was assisted by brother Laine's lab Burial was at
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the Evergreen Cemetery in Willisburg, serving as pallbears were his nephews.
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Visitation was Monday from four to eight and then Tuesday
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morning after eight at the Kerion Sun Funeral Homes. Carrion
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Sun's Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangement. Public record.
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District Court April fourteen, teens twenty twenty five Casey Barnett
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criminal mischief sixty days probated for twenty four months plus
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courk cost. Tyler Douglas Lakes Eating five miles per hour
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over the limit twenty dollars fine plus court cost. James
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Lusk alcohol intoxication, open alcoholic beverage container in a motor
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vehicle sixty dollars fine plus courk cost. Billie Sharp driving
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on the suspended or revoked license one hundred dollars fine
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plus courk costs and moving on from some of that
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district court news. Actually there's more district court news. Sorry
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about that district court from April twenty first, twenty twenty five.
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Haysu's Diego Aguilera Killa carrier registration violations, no carrier certificate,
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one hundred dollars fine plus court costs. Samantha Joe Bell
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failure to wear a seat belt driving on a suspended
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or revoke license one hundred and twenty five dollars fine
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plus court costs. Steve Carson Bradford failure to wear a
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seat belt twenty five dollars fine plus court cost.
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Speaker 2: Dennis R.
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Speaker 1: Darwin public intoxication resisting arrest thirty days probated for twenty
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four months and twenty.
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Speaker 2: Five dollars fine plus court cost.
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Speaker 1: Justin Charles Dotty disorderly conduct sixty days probated for twenty four.
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Speaker 2: Months plus court costs.
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Speaker 1: Ruby Berto Esteban Flores, no license one hundred dollars fine
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plus cork cost. Douglas Michael gabbut DUIs two hundred dollars fine,
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license suspended.
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Speaker 2: For six months plus court costs. Charles T. Hardesty possession
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of marijuana, possession of.
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Speaker 1: Drug paraphernalia ninety days probated for twenty four months plus
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court costs. Donna Dan Noel's beating ten miles over the
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speed limit thirty dollars fine plus court cost. Fortino Roblero
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Flores beating fifteen miles per hour over the limit, no license,
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one hundred thirty dollars fine plus core cost. Destiny Ladriguez
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criminal trespassing fifty dollars fine plus courk cost.
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Speaker 2: John C. C. Brooks beating sixteen miles per hour.
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Speaker 1: Over the limit, licensed, not in possession eighty dollars fine
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plus court cost. Justin Robert Lee Stadden no insurance, instructional
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permit violation and proper passing five hundred and seventy five.
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Speaker 2: Dollars fine plus courk cost.
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Speaker 1: Lacy Whittaker no insurance, open alcoholic beverage container in a
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motor vehicle five hundred and thirty five dollars fine plus
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court cost. Lacy Whitaker resisting arrest disorderly conduct ninety days,
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probated for twenty four months plus courk cost. Circuit Court,
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April sixteenth, twenty twenty five. Tracy Yeager possession of methancetamines
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three years, probated for three years once in engagement three years,
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probated for three years. Criminal mischief three years, probated for
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three years. Possession of drug paraphernalia twelve months, probated for
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twenty four months. Resisting a rest twelve months, probated for
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twenty four months, Criminal mischief twelve months, probated for twenty
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four months. Two counts of menacing ninety days, probated for
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six months. For each count, public intoxication ninety days, probated
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for six months.
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Speaker 2: Two counts of fourth degree assault twelve months, probated for
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twenty four months.
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Speaker 1: All sentences to run concurrently. Court costs waved. Also ordered
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into long term treatment, but remain in custody until a
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bed becomes available. Stephen Goodblin possession of methmptamines three years,
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Failure to register the transfer of a motor vehicle twelve months,
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driving on the suspended or resolved licensed ninety days, no
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insurance ninety days expired vehicle registration twenty five dollars fine waived.
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Brice a statement, third degree assault one year, resisting to
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rest twelve months, Terroristic threatening twelve months, menacing ninety days,
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given credit for time.
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Speaker 2: Served and released. Court calls start at.
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Speaker 1: One hundred and twenty five dollars, an increase depending upon
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the charges. Washington County continues low unemployment trend.
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Speaker 2: Staff Report. Wednesday, April thirtieth.
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Speaker 1: Twenty twenty five, Kentucky Center for Statistics or KY Staffs
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and agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet, released
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two sets of unemployment statistics last week.
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Speaker 2: One was the monthly unemployment rate for March. The second
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was the overall annual rate for twenty twenty four. According
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to the.
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Speaker 1: March monthly report, unemployment rates rose in one hundred and
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twelve counties, fell in four baths Bracken, Hopkins, and Morgan Counties,
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and stayed the same in for Carroll, Cumberland, Harrison, and
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Montgomery Counties. Between March twenty twenty four and March twenty
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twenty five, Washington County was again in the top ten
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for lowest unemployment, tying for sixth lowest rates. Washington County
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held study at four point eight percent from February to
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March twenty twenty five, but increased dramatically from the three
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point nine percent rate recorded from March of twenty twenty four.
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Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth.
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For the month at four point two percent. It was
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followed by Shelby County four point five percent, Fayette County
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four point six percent, Oldhaman, Scott County's four point seven
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percent each, Harrison, Jessamine, Todd, and Washington Counties four point
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eight percent each, and Boone, Kenton and Spencer County's four
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point nine percent each. Martin County recorded the state's highest
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unemployment rate at ten point nine percent. It was followed
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by mcgoffin County ten point three percent, Wolfe County nine
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point nine percent, and Lewis County nine point seven percent.
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Kentucky's county unemployment rates and employment levels are not seasonally adjusted.
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Because of small sample sizes, Employment statistics undergo sharp fluctuations
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due to seasonal events such as weather changes, harvest holidays,
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and school openings and closings. Seasonal adjustments eliminate these differences
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or these influences, and make it easier to observe statistical trends.
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The comparable unadjusted unemployment rate for the state was five
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point five percent for March twenty twenty five and four point.
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Speaker 2: Two percent for the nation. The annual numbers tell a
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similar but more comprehensive story.
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Speaker 1: Annual unemployment rates increased in all one hundred.
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Speaker 2: Twenty Kentucky counties in twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 1: According to ky Staff, Washington County was tied for.
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Speaker 2: The third best rate at four.
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Speaker 1: Point two percent for twenty twenty four. Washington County posted
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a rate of three point six percent for twenty twenty three.
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The annual jobless rate for Woodford County was the lowest
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in the Commonwealth in twenty twenty four at three point
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nine percent.
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Speaker 2: It was followed by Shelby County.
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Speaker 1: Four point one percent, Sayett, Oldham, Scott and Washington Counties
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four point two percent, Bourbon County four point three percent,
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Jessamin County four point four percent, and Boone, Harrison and Kenton.
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Speaker 2: Counties four point five percent.
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Speaker 1: Wild County reported the state's highest annual unemployment rate in
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twenty twenty four, at nine point four percent. It was
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followed by Macgoffin County nine point one percent, and Elliott
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and Lewis Counties nine percent each. Again, in contrast to
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the national and state data, unemployment statistics for counties are
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not seasonally adjusted. The comparable unadjusted annual unemployment rate for
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the state was five point one percent for twenty twenty
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four and four percent to the nation. In twenty twenty four,
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seventy five counties were above the comparable unadjusted annual state
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employment rate of five point one percent, while thirty nine
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were below the state unadjusted rate and six were the
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same rates. Compared to the national unadjusted twenty twenty four
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annual rate of four percent, one hundred and nineteen Kentucky
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counties had hired.
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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty four annual rates. Only Whifford was lower.
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Speaker 1: The increased unemployment rates across Kentucky's counties were often due
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to people entering the labor force rather than.
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Speaker 2: People losing jobs. While the annual.
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Speaker 1: Unemployment rate increased in all counties, the number of people
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employed increased in ninety one counties. KY Stats reminds readers
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that unemployment statistics are based on estimates and are compiled
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to measure trends rather than actually count people working civilian labor.
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Horse statistics include non military workers and unemployed Kentuckians who
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are actively seeking work. They do not include unemployed Kentuckians
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who have not looked for employment within the past four weeks.
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The statistics in this news release are not seasonally adjusted
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to allow for comparisons between United States state and counties.
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Figured the data in the monthly release should only be
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compared to the same month in pree years. The annual
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statistics may be revised in the future. Author tells a story.
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Speaker 2: Behind Aunt Jemima the Pancake Queen by James G. Klin.
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Speaker 1: Performing before a small group at the Washington County Public Library,
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Deborah Falk gave a portrayal of Nancy Green, better known
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as Aunt Jemima the Pancake Queen. False of Lexington says
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she was resistant to the role when at first was
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proposed to her, as she had negative feelings about the
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Antchemima character. However, after learning more about Nancy Green, the
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former slave who was the original model for Aunt Chemima,
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she was excited and honored to share the story. Falk's
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performance on Monday, April twenty first is part of the
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Kentucky Humanity of Kentucky Cataquas series. Kentucky Chataquaw actors travel
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around the state presenting the stories of Kentucky's historical figure.
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Falk explained that Queen was born a slave in Montgomery County, Kentucky,
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and as servant for a prominent family after the emancipation
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of the slave. She continued working for the Walker family,
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who then lived in Covington, Kentucky. One of his sons,
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then an attorney and later a circuit judge, learned that
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his friend Rtie Davis was looking for someone to portray
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the character.
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Speaker 2: He quickly recommended Green. When Davis met Green, he.
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Speaker 1: Saw the characteristics he was looking for, charisma, humor, and
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fantastic pancakes. Stream's first major appearance of Aunt Jemima was
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at the World Bear in Chicago.
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Speaker 2: In eighteen ninety three.
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Speaker 1: Where she was given the moniker the Pancake Queen. Over
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the course of the eighth month fare that drew visitors
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from around the world, Green helped sell over fifty thousand
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orders of the mix to restaurants and grocers. This concludes
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excerpts from recent editions of The Springfield Sun. Your reader
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has been Amy James Timmony on behalf of everyone here
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at RADIOI thank you for listening, Keep on listening and
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have a good day.