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Pike Co. News - 8.17.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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  Speaker 1: Now we turn to the reading of the Appalachian News
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  Speaker 1: Express for news in Pikeville and Pike County. As a reminder,
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  Speaker 1: RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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  Speaker 1: blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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  Speaker 1: read printed material. The Appalachian News Express is donated to
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  Speaker 1: RADIOI by the publisher. Your reader today is Roxanne. We
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  Speaker 1: will begin with the addition dated August fourteen to seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. SORE representative discusses entrepreneurial strategies. This article
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  Speaker 1: is accompanied by a photo as a woman standing in
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  Speaker 1: front of a podium that has a flag that says
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  Speaker 1: create Lasting Impact. She's got a fireplace behind her and
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  Speaker 1: a view out the window of some trees. Business promotions
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  Speaker 1: manager Sarah Fugate talks to members of the Pikeville Rotary
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  Speaker 1: Club about several opportunities sore Shaping our Appalachian Region offers
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  Speaker 1: to entrepreneurs as they launch, grow, and scale new endeavors.
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  Speaker 1: Photo by Terry L. May. This article is by Terry
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  Speaker 1: el May, News Editor. Sore Shaping our Appalachian Region business
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  Speaker 1: promotions manager spoke to the Pikeville Rotary Club on August
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  Speaker 1: twelfth about the organization's efforts to foster entrepreneurialship in Eastern Kentucky.
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Fugate told the group that SORE supports businesses in
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  Speaker 1: every stage of their development, from start to growth to
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  Speaker 1: hopefully the scaling phase through idea workshops, startup sprints, mentorships,
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  Speaker 1: and networking. According to Fugate, SORE covers a twenty nine
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  Speaker 1: county region and serves as one of Kentucky's six Innovative Hubs.
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  Speaker 1: We are looking to nurture and grow entrepreneurship in Eastern Kentucky,
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  Speaker 1: she said. This is a way that we can help
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  Speaker 1: create jobs in Eastern Kentucky and keep people in the region.
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  Speaker 1: We are trying to change the narrative and help people
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  Speaker 1: understand that they do have business skills and can succeed.
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  Speaker 1: We are trying to get in there meet people who
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  Speaker 1: have drive and want to start a business. Fugate continued.
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  Speaker 1: We serve twelve counties, including Pike with a program called
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  Speaker 1: Social Enterprise Accelerator. We are looking for people who live
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  Speaker 1: and work in Pike County and the eleven other counties
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  Speaker 1: wanting to start or grow businesses that work in areas
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  Speaker 1: that address the biggest barriers to getting people back to
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  Speaker 1: work in eastern Kentucky. She said those barriers are childcare, housing,
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  Speaker 1: and transportation. Fugate also talked about sore's Eastern Kentucky Runway program.
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  Speaker 1: This is an initiative that we have for the next
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  Speaker 1: few years, Fugate explained. SORE actually received the largest grant
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  Speaker 1: ever given by the EDA for forty million dollars. The
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  Speaker 1: goal is to keep people jobs and better high paying
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  Speaker 1: jobs for people who already have one in careers they
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  Speaker 1: are proud of and are meaningful to them. Again, this
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  Speaker 1: serves twelve counties in Kentucky, and we are targeting the
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  Speaker 1: most eastern counties in the state. She continued. These are
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  Speaker 1: counties that need a hand up, not a handout. We
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  Speaker 1: are not on the same playing field as other parts
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  Speaker 1: of Kentucky. Our goal is to help create jobs and
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  Speaker 1: to get people employed. Fugate also talked about programs and
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  Speaker 1: partnerships SORE has had with the University of Pikeville, the
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Morehead state university, local governments,
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  Speaker 1: private businesses, and resource providers. To learn more about SORE
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  Speaker 1: and the services it offers, visit the organization's website at
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  Speaker 1: sore h Ky dot cog org or call area code
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  Speaker 1: six zero six seven six six one one six zero.
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  Speaker 1: Pike Board of Education recognizes head Start preschool classes By
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  Speaker 1: Terry el May, News Editor. Head Start and preschool classrooms
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  Speaker 1: across the county were honored for their achievements during the
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  Speaker 1: August eleven Pike County Board of Education meeting. I am
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  Speaker 1: very proud to tell you that last year we had
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  Speaker 1: a great year, Superintendent Freddie Bowling said. We have five
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  Speaker 1: preschool classrooms across the county and all five of them
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  Speaker 1: are five star preschools, and we have seven head Start
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  Speaker 1: classrooms that are top twenty in the Big Sandy region.
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  Speaker 1: This tells me these programs are going in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you, he continued. We certainly appreciate everything you
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  Speaker 1: do for our kids. They start with you and then
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  Speaker 1: they go on up. You are the foundation that gets
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  Speaker 1: them started. Pike County head Start Director Misty Riddle assisted
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  Speaker 1: Bowling in recognizing the classrooms. She said, the preschool program
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  Speaker 1: had its audit last year and the results were very impressive,
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  Speaker 1: with each classroom earning top honors. Last year, our preschool
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  Speaker 1: classrooms went through a KDE Kentucky Department of Education five
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  Speaker 1: star review and all five of our classrooms got five stars.
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  Speaker 1: Riddle said that looks at the instruction that is happening
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  Speaker 1: in the classroom, the awesome opportunities we are providing families,
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  Speaker 1: the culture we maintain, and the socialization skills we offer.
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  Speaker 1: That is a lot of benchmarks they had to meet.
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  Speaker 1: They provided evidence that we met all those standards plus
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  Speaker 1: observations in the classroom. The county's preschool programs earning the
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  Speaker 1: five star ranking were Belfry Elementary, John's Creek, Mullen's Elementary
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  Speaker 1: two classrooms, and Valley Elementary. With head Start, we have
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  Speaker 1: twenty one classrooms in Pike County and we are the
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  Speaker 1: largest in the Big Sandy region, Riddle said. Those twenty
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  Speaker 1: one classrooms also get evaluated, and seven of our classrooms
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  Speaker 1: were ranked in the top twenty in the region. Our
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  Speaker 1: teachers do a great job educating our kids. Headstart and
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  Speaker 1: preschool are not required, but they are great ways to
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  Speaker 1: get children ready for kindergarten through twelfth grade. The head
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  Speaker 1: Start programs that capture top twenty positions in the Big
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  Speaker 1: Sandy region were Belfrey Elementary two classrooms, Elkhorn City Elementary,
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  Speaker 1: Johns Creek Elementary, Kimper Elementary, Mullen's Elementary, and Phelps Elementary.
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  Speaker 1: Elcorn County receives water funding. By Gary Sloan, staff writer.
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  Speaker 1: There is a picture accompanying this article. It reads Elkhorn
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  Speaker 1: City received nine hundred thousand dollars for a water project
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  Speaker 1: during an event on August twelfth. From left our State
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  Speaker 1: Representative Mitch Whittaker, Republican flo Iming Neon, Elkhorn City Councilman
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  Speaker 1: Mike stacy E, c Waters Supervisor Denny Jackson, Mayor Nathan Bryant,
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  Speaker 1: and US Representative Hal Rogers. The photo is taken by
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  Speaker 1: Justin Begley, and it's a picture of the five men
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  Speaker 1: standing holding the check to Elkhorn City for nine hundred
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars. US Representative Harold Rogers delivered more than thirty
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  Speaker 1: million dollars in federal funding for infrastructure projects in nine counties,
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  Speaker 1: including Pike. Elkhorn City received nine hundred thousand dollars for
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  Speaker 1: the Stillhouse Water storage tank project during a ceremony on
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  Speaker 1: August twelfth at Hazard Community and Technical College. This is
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  Speaker 1: a US Army Corps project and includes a new water
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  Speaker 1: tank with greater capacity to serve five hundred homes and
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  Speaker 1: thirty five businesses in Elkhorn City. I'm so honored to
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  Speaker 1: receive this check from Congressman Hal Rogers on behalf of
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  Speaker 1: the citizens of Elkhorn City, said Elkcorn City Mayor Nathan Bryant.
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  Speaker 1: This is money we need badly to complete this project,
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  Speaker 1: not only for the residents and businesses, but for our
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  Speaker 1: visitors and tourists. This is just another example of the
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  Speaker 1: hard work the City Council is done and the citizens
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  Speaker 1: of Elkhorn City by working together for the community. Bryant
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  Speaker 1: continued Data Center MoU Memorandum of Understanding extended by Pikeville
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  Speaker 1: City Commission by Gary Sloane's staff writer, The Pikeville City
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  Speaker 1: Commission approved an extension of its Memorandum of Understanding with
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  Speaker 1: MD Squared Power LLC regarding the possible development of data
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  Speaker 1: center in the Kentucky Enterprise Industrial Park during its August
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  Speaker 1: tenth meeting. The original MoU was signed by both parties
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  Speaker 1: on April twenty and was for one hundred twenty days.
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  Speaker 1: The MoU was to allow the City an MD squared
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  Speaker 1: Power LLC to negotiate exclusively with one another while both
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  Speaker 1: sides determined if a final development agreement could be viably reached.
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  Speaker 1: The MoU did not transfer any land or commit this
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  Speaker 1: city to any specific terms, and was not a final contract.
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  Speaker 1: I was contacted this afternoon by MD squared Power LLC
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  Speaker 1: to request an extension of the MoU by sixty days
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  Speaker 1: as they continue to explore the project. Pikeville City Manager
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  Speaker 1: Reggie Hickman informed the Commission, I see no reason not
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  Speaker 1: to grant them the extension, so I am presenting it
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  Speaker 1: to the Commission for their consideration. The Commission voted unanimously
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  Speaker 1: to approve the sixty day extension of the MoU. I
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  Speaker 1: want to be clear, this MoU does not obligate the
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  Speaker 1: city in any way except to allow the potential to
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  Speaker 1: developer an additional sixty days to explore the project. Hickman said.
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  Speaker 1: The city wants to be as transparent on this issue
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  Speaker 1: as possible. Mayor Jimmy Carter stressed that if any agreement
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  Speaker 1: is reached, a public hearing perhaps two, will be held
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  Speaker 1: to allow concerned citizens to ask questions directly to MC
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  Speaker 1: squared power LLC and the Commission. Prior to any contractual
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  Speaker 1: agreement being signed. Fiscal Court sets special meeting The regular
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  Speaker 1: meeting of the Pike County Fiscal Court, scheduled for Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: August eighteen, has been moved to ten am on Monday,
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  Speaker 1: August seventeen because of scheduling conflicts. The meeting will be
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  Speaker 1: in the Fiscal Court Room on the second floor of
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  Speaker 1: the Pike County Courthouse, one forty six Main Street, Pikeville.
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  Speaker 1: This will be a special called meeting. Several lodged and
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  Speaker 1: Pike County Detention Center. A News Express staff report several
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  Speaker 1: individuals were recently arrested and lodged in the Pike County
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  Speaker 1: Detention Center. Those arrested, according to the booking log at
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  Speaker 1: the jail, include Monday, August tenth, Jamie R. Hall thirty four,
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  Speaker 1: Jan Davis Drive, Prestenberg, public intoxication, first degree possession of
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  Speaker 1: a controlled substance methan fetamine, first defense and first degree
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  Speaker 1: promoting contraband. Garland Chapman Junior, forty four, Sunshine Lane, Kimper
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  Speaker 1: traffic violation, Lorenzo A. Yascone, sixty three, Walker Branch, Pikeville, DUI,
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  Speaker 1: fourth degree assault minor inie and traffic violations. Timothy D.
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  Speaker 1: Maynard forty four, Reid Hollow, Sidney first degree possession of
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  Speaker 1: a controlled substance methan fetamine, first defense, DUI third defense
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  Speaker 1: possession of drug paraphernalia in traffic violations Tuesday, August eleven,
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  Speaker 1: Keegan A. Tackett thirty, Weddington Branch, Pikeville, DUI first offense,
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  Speaker 1: probation violation and a traffic violation. Joey D. Spears Junior
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  Speaker 1: forty seven, Ratcliffe Creek Road, Pikeville, probation violation, Chastity R.
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  Speaker 1: Hill forty five, Rockhouse Creek Road, Elkhorn City, probation violation.
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  Speaker 1: Jeremy K. Ruschella forty seven, l Fork, Ivy Fork Road, Pikeville.
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  Speaker 1: Failure to appear. Scotty R. Hall forty nine, Smoky Branch Road, Teaberry,
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  Speaker 1: first degree sexual abuse Wednesday, August twelfth, Quentin Malick Williams, Pikeville,
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  Speaker 1: failure to appear, Kayla Nicole Justice thirty two Camp Creek
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  Speaker 1: Road stopover harassment, the physical contact, no injury and third
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  Speaker 1: degree criminal trespassing. Hastel M. Thacker the second forty nine,
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky one zero five six Penson Fork failure to appear.
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  Speaker 1: Rohnda M. Hicks forty nine, Littleton Hollow Williamson West Virginia,
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  Speaker 1: first degree trafficking in a controlled substance methan fetamine, first defense,
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  Speaker 1: possession of drug paraphernilia, non payment of fines, and failure
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  Speaker 1: to appear. Kennedy L. Thacker twenty Kendrick Fork, Pikeville, public intoxication,
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  Speaker 1: first degree possession of a controlled substance methan fhetamine, possession
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  Speaker 1: of drug paraphernilia, and first degree promoting contraband. Editor's note.
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  Speaker 1: The above list reflects people lodged in the Pike County
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  Speaker 1: Detention Center. The charges against them are merely accusations, and
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  Speaker 1: the defendants are presumed innocent and un till if and
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  Speaker 1: when they are proven guilty or enter a guilty PLEA.
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  Speaker 1: Several indicted by Pike grand jury. A News Express staff
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  Speaker 1: report a Pike County grand jury convened on June twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: returning thirteen true bills indicting fifteen individuals. Those indicated and
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  Speaker 1: their charges are Donald Robert Baine, forty seven, Taswell Avenue, Taswell, Virginia,
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  Speaker 1: first degree trafficking in a controlled substance three counts and
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  Speaker 1: first degree persistent felony offender next Adam Bentley thirty nine, Bardstown, Road,
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  Speaker 1: Saint Catherine, first degree possession of a controlled substance DUI
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  Speaker 1: third offense and possession of drug paraphernalia. Next Joseph Blevins
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight Cowpen Road, Pikeville and John Payne thirty six
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  Speaker 1: Forest Hills Road, Belfrey, first degree trafficking in a controlled
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  Speaker 1: subst first degree possession of a controlled substance, two counts
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  Speaker 1: leaving the scene of an accident, second degree criminal mischief,
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  Speaker 1: and possession of marijuana. Next. Robin Campbell sixty Lower Pigeon,
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  Speaker 1: ash camp first degree jail jumping. Next Jason Kelsey Chaffin's
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  Speaker 1: forty one Garrett first degree trafficking in a controlled substance,
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  Speaker 1: possession of drug paraphernalia, and first gree persistent felony offender.
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  Speaker 1: Next Lauren l. Cheney thirty two South twenty third Street, Louisville.
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  Speaker 1: First degree bail jumping. Next William Johnson Sycamore Branch Road, Vergie,
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  Speaker 1: first degree bail jumping. Next Ashton Kinney, Norman Street, Hardy,
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  Speaker 1: first degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana,
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  Speaker 1: in possession of drug paraphernialia. Next Kelly Kinney forty eight
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  Speaker 1: Lenore West Virginia, first degree possession of a controlled substance,
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  Speaker 1: possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana. Next. Kirk
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  Speaker 1: Rammy thirty Village Lane Lick Creek and Teana McNutt Village,
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  Speaker 1: Lane Lick Creek. First degree criminal abuse. Next. Donald Wayne
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  Speaker 1: Smith forty five Kentucky thirty three seventy nine Grethel Dui,
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  Speaker 1: fourth offense and a traffic violation. Next. Christy Lynne Smith
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  Speaker 1: twenty six Abes Branch Phelps receiving stolen property and third
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  Speaker 1: degree fleeing or evading police. Next. Eric Varney twenty five
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  Speaker 1: New Camp Road, South Williamson, first degree bail jumping. Editor's note,
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  Speaker 1: an indictment is not an assertion of guilt. It is
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  Speaker 1: a finding by a grand jury that there exists enough
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  Speaker 1: evidence to formally charge an individual with a crime. All
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  Speaker 1: individuals listed are considered innocent until proven guilty. Jury recommends
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  Speaker 1: four years in sexual abuse case. A News Express staff
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  Speaker 1: report there is a photo accompanying this article of Scotty Hall.
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  Speaker 1: It looks to be a mug shot. A Floyd County
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  Speaker 1: man was found guilty of first degree sexual abuse in
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  Speaker 1: Pike Circuit Court on August eleven. According to court documents.
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  Speaker 1: The trial began on August ten and ended on August eleven,
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  Speaker 1: with the jury recommending that Scotti Hall, forty nine, of
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  Speaker 1: Smoky Branch, Teabury, served four years in prison for the crime.
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  Speaker 1: According to the indictment, which was handed down in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two. Earlier that year, Hall engaged in a sexual
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  Speaker 1: act in front of a child less than sixteen years old.
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  Speaker 1: First degree sexual abuse is a Class D felony punishable
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  Speaker 1: by a maximum sentence of five years. Scotty Hall will
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  Speaker 1: be formally sentenced in the case on October eighth by
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  Speaker 1: Pike Circuit j Judge Howard Keith Hall. Scottie Hall was
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  Speaker 1: represented by Garland Arnett, Junior, and the case was prosecuted
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  Speaker 1: by Pike Commonwealth's Attorney Bill Sloan and Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney
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  Speaker 1: Melissa Goodman. Scottie Hall was lodged in the Pike County
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  Speaker 1: Detention Center following the verdict, pending sentencing. Christmas with a
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  Speaker 1: First Responder Tournament scheduled for August twenty nine by Gary Sloane,
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  Speaker 1: staff writer. The third annual Christmas with a First Responder
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  Speaker 1: Softball Tournament is scheduled for August twenty nine at the
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  Speaker 1: Pikeville YMCA softball field at bob Amos Park. We always
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  Speaker 1: look forward to this event, Pikeville Police Officer Justin Prater,
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  Speaker 1: event organizer said, It's a time we as first responders
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  Speaker 1: can have fun, but most importantly, we get to raise
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  Speaker 1: money for the Christmas with a first Responder program. Prater
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  Speaker 1: said the cost per team to participate is two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty dollars for a team ten players, and each
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  Speaker 1: team must have at least two female players. Right now,
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  Speaker 1: we have seven teams signed up and I'd like to
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  Speaker 1: have at least one more team to participate, Prater said.
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  Speaker 1: Each team has promised three games and we have a
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  Speaker 1: time limit of one hour for each game. Prader said
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  Speaker 1: concessions will be available and the public is encouraged to attend.
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  Speaker 1: Will get started around eight am and will play through
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  Speaker 1: the day. Brad said that way the public who wants
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  Speaker 1: to attend can come at a time convenient for them.
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  Speaker 1: The deadline for team registrations is August twenty one. For
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  Speaker 1: more information, visit Pikeville Police departments Facebook page or call
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  Speaker 1: area code six zero six four three seven fifty one eleven.
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  Speaker 1: Sugar Land announces Pikeville date on the Ride or Die
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  Speaker 1: Tour special to Appalachian Newspapers. This article is accompanied by
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  Speaker 1: a picture of the duo of Sugarland. The award winning
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  Speaker 1: duo Sugarland will bring their Rider Die Tour to Appalachianwireless
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  Speaker 1: on November six. For more information or to purchase tickets,
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  Speaker 1: visit Appalachianwireless Arena dot com. The photo is by Joseph Lanes.
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  Speaker 1: Grammy Award winning duo Sugarland announced in a statement that
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  Speaker 1: Appalachianwireless Arena in Pikeville will be one of the stops
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  Speaker 1: on the Rider Die Tour, a twenty six city US
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  Speaker 1: tour celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Enjoy the Ride, the
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  Speaker 1: landmark album that cemented Jennifer Nettles and Christian Bush as
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  Speaker 1: one of music's most beloved duos. Sugarland will stop at
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  Speaker 1: the Appalachianwireless Arena in November six. For more information or
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  Speaker 1: to purchase tickets, visit Appalachianwireless Arena dot com. The dates,
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  Speaker 1: according to the statement, will deliver a dynamic, high energy
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  Speaker 1: live experience. It's featuring the band's extensive catalog from the
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  Speaker 1: last twenty years, from hit singles to fan favorites. Visit
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  Speaker 1: Sugarland's site for details on fan presale, local on site
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  Speaker 1: sale dates, and VIP upgrades, including once in a lifetime
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  Speaker 1: opportunities like access to the band's sound check, personalized autograph, guitars,
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  Speaker 1: and more. Enjoy the Ride was such a turning point album,
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  Speaker 1: said Nettles. It literally catapulted us into the right of
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  Speaker 1: our lives with a carnival of hits and a life
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  Speaker 1: on the road. We couldn't let its anniversary pass without
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  Speaker 1: marking it as something special with our fans live and
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  Speaker 1: on tour. There is truly nothing more satisfying than the
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  Speaker 1: lights going up on the Sugarland stage and feeling our
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  Speaker 1: songs rumble out of the speakers. Bush said, I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: just thinking about it, and even more thrilled to be
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  Speaker 1: celebrating the anniversary of Enjoy the Ride. Since the band's
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  Speaker 1: inception in two thousand and two, the statement said, Sugarland
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  Speaker 1: has sold nearly ten million albums, achieving an astounding seven
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  Speaker 1: number one singles in nearly two billion streams to date.
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  Speaker 1: Some of their most iconic songs include Platinum certified, All
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  Speaker 1: I Want to Do and Stay two times Platinum, Stuck
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  Speaker 1: Like Glue, as well as Gold certified Baby Girl, It Happens, Setlin,
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  Speaker 1: Something More, and Want To. The group has won five
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  Speaker 1: consecutive CMA Awards for Vocal Due over the year two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and seven to twenty eleven, five ACM Awards including
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  Speaker 1: Song of the Year and Single of the Year, and
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  Speaker 1: Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or
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  Speaker 1: Group with Vocals and Best Country Song for Stay. In
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  Speaker 1: addition to the global superstardom they've reached with sugar Land,
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  Speaker 1: both Nettles and Bush have experienced overwhelming success with their
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  Speaker 1: solo work. Most recently, Nettles wrote the book, lyrics and
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  Speaker 1: score for the new off Broadway music Julia, The Poison
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  Speaker 1: Queen of Palermo, in which she starred as the title character.
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  Speaker 1: The show World premiered in summer twenty twenty six at
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  Speaker 1: the Pearlman Performing Arts Center PAC in New York City
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  Speaker 1: at the World Trade Center in New York, directed by
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  Speaker 1: Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman. As part of Sugarland, Bush
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  Speaker 1: helped shape hits including Stay, Baby Girl, Stuck Like Glue,
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  Speaker 1: and Life in a Northern Town, while also co founding
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  Speaker 1: the acclaimed folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim with Andrew Hyra
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  Speaker 1: and leading projects including Dark Water, Cabin Chill, and his
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  Speaker 1: successful solo career. As a producer, Bush has become one
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  Speaker 1: of Nashville's most in demand collaborators, earning multiple CMA and
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  Speaker 1: nx ACM Award nominations and frequently topping Billboard's Country Producer's chart.
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  Speaker 1: He has produced chart topping projects for Megan Maroney, including
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  Speaker 1: her most recent Billboard two hundred number one album, Cloud Nine,
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  Speaker 1: as well as work for Landy Gardner, Kay Michelle, and
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  Speaker 1: Runway June. Through his work with Maroney, Bush has also
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  Speaker 1: produced recording featuring Brooks and Dunn, Edward Sheeran, Kenny Chesney,
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  Speaker 1: Jamie Johnson, and Casey Musgraves. In twenty twenty four, Billy
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  Speaker 1: Pilgrim marked its Grand Ole Lobbery debut. Kentucky medical schools
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  Speaker 1: to integrate more nutrition education through federal initiative by McKenna
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  Speaker 1: Horsley Kentucky Lantern. Kentucky's medical schools have agreed to take
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  Speaker 1: part in a US Department of Health and Human Services
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  Speaker 1: nutrition education program. According to a Kentucky Senate Republicans press release,
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  Speaker 1: The University of Louisville School of Medicine. The University of Pikeville,
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Eastern Kentucky's University's proposed
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  Speaker 1: College of Osteopathic Medicine have agreed to participate in the
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  Speaker 1: Nutrition Education initiative. The University of Kentucky previously agreed in March.
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  Speaker 1: Under the program, the medical schools will provide at least
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  Speaker 1: forty hours of nutrition education or an equivalent competency throughout
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  Speaker 1: all four years of medical schools starting this fall. The
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  Speaker 1: DHS and the US Department of Education launched the initiative
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  Speaker 1: earlier this year. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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  Speaker 1: Kennedy Junior announced the Kentucky schools commitments during a visit
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  Speaker 1: to UK last week. We can out solve America's chronic
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  Speaker 1: disease epidemic if doctors graduate without understanding how food shapes health,
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  Speaker 1: Kennedy said in a statement. Kentucky's medical schools are changing
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  Speaker 1: that by making nutrition a core part of METAe education,
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  Speaker 1: they are preparing the next generation of physicians to prevent disease,
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  Speaker 1: treatise root causes, and help patients achieve lasting health. The
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  Speaker 1: Senate Republicans said the work with the federal initiative builds
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  Speaker 1: on a twenty twenty six resolution declaring Kentucky a Food
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  Speaker 1: is Medicine state. The resolution, sponsored by Senator Shelley Funk Fromrier,
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  Speaker 1: Republican Alexandria, said a goal of the declaration was to
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  Speaker 1: recognize the critical role of nutrition in preventing and managing
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  Speaker 1: chronic diseases, and to promote the use of local food
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  Speaker 1: products and health care systems. This announcement confirms what we've
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  Speaker 1: believed all along. Nutrition belongs at the center of health care.
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  Speaker 1: Frommeyer said of the Medical School's commitment. When future physicians
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  Speaker 1: understand the role foods play in preventing and treating chronic disease,
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  Speaker 1: patients benefit, families benefit, and Kentucky benefits. The General Assembly's
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  Speaker 1: Food Is Medicine initiatives have laid the groundwork for this
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  Speaker 1: kind of collaboration by recognizing that better health outcomes and
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  Speaker 1: stronger rural command economies go hand in hand. The Kentucky Lantern,
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  Speaker 1: an independent, non partisan, free news service, can be found
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  Speaker 1: at Kentucky Lantern dot com. This concludes today's reading of
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  Speaker 1: the Appalachian News Express. Your reader has been Roxanne. Thank
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