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6.18.26 · Springfield Sun

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Speaker 1: Hello. We now turn to the Springfield Sun to bring
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Speaker 1: you news from in and around Washington County. Your reader
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Speaker 1: today is Bill Sally. We begin with the E edition
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Speaker 1: dated June seventeenth, twenty twenty six. As a reminder of
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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. Today's first article comes from the front
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Speaker 1: page of this edition. It's entitled more Kentucky counties hit
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Speaker 1: pause on data centers. This article is written by Liam
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Speaker 1: Neimeier of The Kentucky Lantern, and there is an editor's
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Speaker 1: note at the beginning of this article which reads as
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Speaker 1: rumor has circulated around Washington and Marion Counties about the
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Speaker 1: possibility of a data center locating in the region. County
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Speaker 1: Judge executives Tim Graves and David Dardy, along with Springfield
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Speaker 1: Mayor Chris Essex and Lebanon Mayor Gary Crenshaw, have all
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Speaker 1: adamantly stated there are no plans for a data center
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Speaker 1: in either county. Rumors began when AI incorrectly stated the
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Speaker 1: area was poised for construction of a data center, and
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Speaker 1: now LIAMN Meyer's article, Davies County Judge executive Charlie Castlin,
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Speaker 1: said he hadn't heard of the term quote hyper scale before,
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Speaker 1: that is, until news broke that an enormous data center
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Speaker 1: was being planned at the site of an idled aluminum
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Speaker 1: mill in the neighboring Hancock County. Quote There's much to learn,
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Speaker 1: Castlan said in a phone interview. People are very passionate
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Speaker 1: about these, saying they don't need to be in our community.
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Speaker 1: Passionate opposition to data centers in his county led the
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Speaker 1: local government to an act in late May a moratorium
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Speaker 1: preventing data center construction for the next twelve months. That
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Speaker 1: opposition includes ongoing speculation by residents and a county commissioner
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Speaker 1: over local land deals connected to a company that works
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Speaker 1: on quote energy and data center infrastructure investments. Davies County
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Speaker 1: home to more than one hundred thousand people, and the
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Speaker 1: city of Owensboro is one of a growing number of
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Speaker 1: cities and counties across Kentucky considering moratoriums, essentially a temporary
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Speaker 1: ban or implementing other zoning regulations on data center construction.
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Speaker 1: Moratoriums have been criticized as anti business by the data industry,
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Speaker 1: as technology companies pour billions of dollars into projects. Dan Diorio,
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Speaker 1: a vice president of state policy for the industry group
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Speaker 1: Data Center Coalition, in an emailed statement, said, local data
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Speaker 1: center moratoriums quote send a signal that the area is
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Speaker 1: closed for business, both for data centers and for other
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Speaker 1: significant economic development projects. The local moratorium trend follows an
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Speaker 1: outcry by Kentuckians and some communities where there's speculation or
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Speaker 1: an active proposal of a large data center moving into
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Speaker 1: a community. These residents express concerns about hyper scale data
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Speaker 1: centers and their potential noise pollution, significant water usage, and
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Speaker 1: huge amounts of electricity consumption. There are also transparency concerns.
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Speaker 1: In Boyd County, locals packed a convention center to lamb
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Speaker 1: bass local officials for signing non disclosure agreements with a
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Speaker 1: data center developer that wants to build a massive operation
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Speaker 1: in an industrial park. Kentucky has had a number of
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Speaker 1: smaller data centers that power various online services, including digital
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Speaker 1: cloud storage, but with the surge of artificial intelligence investment,
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Speaker 1: enormous data centers termed as quote hyperscale, that can consume
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Speaker 1: the electricity equivalent of entire power plants, have been proliferating.
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Speaker 1: Across the country. Kentucky electric utilities have reported as many
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Speaker 1: as thirty data centers are looking at locating in the state.
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Speaker 1: Castlin said the moratorium will allow time to research concerns
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Speaker 1: residents have about the impacts of such operations, but he
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Speaker 1: doesn't believe the county can prevent data centers from moving in. Quote.
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Speaker 1: I think we can set rules in place to protect
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Speaker 1: our citizens and to protect our community, but I don't
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Speaker 1: think you can outright man a business, Caslin said. Our
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Speaker 1: charge is to do our homework. The GOP controlled Kentucky
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Speaker 1: legislature during this year's session passed no bills regulating environmental
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Speaker 1: or financial impacts of hyper scale data centers coming into
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Speaker 1: the state. One Republican sponsored bill that would have required
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Speaker 1: utilities to ensure the cost of infrastructure to serve large
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Speaker 1: data center customers aren't borne by other ratepayers died on
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Speaker 1: the final day of the session. Multiple utilities argue their
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Speaker 1: own regulations and rates are already protective of electricity ratepayers.
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Speaker 1: Republican state senators last week said they would be researching
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Speaker 1: what kinds of data center specific regulation are needed. Lawmakers
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Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to pass a law until the legislature
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Speaker 1: reconvenes for its regular session next year, unless Governor Andy
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Speaker 1: Basheer calls for a special session. In the meantime, local
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Speaker 1: governments large and small have been trying to advance their
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Speaker 1: own data center regulations and moratoriums after hearing constituent concerns.
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Speaker 1: The City Council and Cave City, a community of about
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Speaker 1: twenty four hundred near Mammoth Cave National Park, passed a
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Speaker 1: one year moratorium last month after local leaders said they
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Speaker 1: were approached by a data center development. The West Kentucky
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Speaker 1: city of Murray is advancing zoning regulations for data centers,
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Speaker 1: even though there have been no data center proposals there.
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Speaker 1: Republican Allen County Judge Executive Dennis Harper, who represents a
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Speaker 1: community of about twenty one thousand along the Tennessee border,
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Speaker 1: said his government recently passed a twenty four month moratorium
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Speaker 1: on data center construction after seeing the quote headaches leaders
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Speaker 1: in nearby Simpson County were having with a hyperscale data
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Speaker 1: center proposal there. Quote. We felt like this would hopefully
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Speaker 1: protect us until we get everything in line to see
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Speaker 1: where we want them if one decides to locate here,
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Speaker 1: Harper said, I would hate for something like that to
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Speaker 1: locate next to me. It changes my lifestyle a lot
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Speaker 1: of noise pollution. But in Louisville, a planning and zoning
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Speaker 1: committee voted last week to table a six month moratorium
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Speaker 1: proposed by city council member Jennifer Chappell, who said at
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Speaker 1: the meeting she was quote not willing to let Louisville
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Speaker 1: be a guinea pig for these data centers. Andrew Owen,
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Speaker 1: chair of that committee, said in the meeting he viewed
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Speaker 1: the moratorum as a quote absolute last resort and argued
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Speaker 1: the committee could hold back the use of the moratorium
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Speaker 1: until they needed it. The Louisville Planning Commission in March
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Speaker 1: approved a one point six million square foot data center
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Speaker 1: in West Louisville, despite local backlash. The Bowling Green City
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Speaker 1: Council also recently voted down a data center moratorium. The
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Speaker 1: mayor argued the city shouldn't close off potential economic opportunities.
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Speaker 1: In Kentucky's second largest city of Lexington, the local government
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Speaker 1: is considering a zoning ordinance to address data centers after
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Speaker 1: a data center developer bought a twenty nine million dollars
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Speaker 1: site in the city Chuck Charles, the mayor of Ashland,
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Speaker 1: has seen the local pushback against a proposed hyperscale data
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Speaker 1: center in the county and has tried to stay neutral
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Speaker 1: on the topic. His city passed a six month moratorium
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Speaker 1: on data center applications earlier this year to study the
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Speaker 1: issue more. But he does wonder about what the data
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Speaker 1: center influx could mean for his region, a place that
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Speaker 1: saw industrial plants and jobs such as ak Steele eventually leave. Quote.
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Speaker 1: It's gone and left all the aftermath here for us
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Speaker 1: to take care of, Charles said, Will it be the
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Speaker 1: same thing with data centers? I don't know. The next
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Speaker 1: article appearing on the front page of this edition of
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Speaker 1: The Springfield Sun is entitled Springfield approves nearly six point
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Speaker 1: seven million dollar budget. This article is by Jane Reid Klein,
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Speaker 1: editor at the Springfield Sun. The Springfield City Council approved
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Speaker 1: the first reading of a nearly six point seven million
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Speaker 1: dollar budget for twenty twenty six twenty seven, down slightly
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Speaker 1: from the over seven million dollar budgeted for the previous year.
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Speaker 1: The second reading of the budget was scheduled for Tuesday,
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Speaker 1: June sixteenth. The proposed budget is six million, six hundred
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Speaker 1: sixty seven thousand, nine hundred seventy eight dollars and sixty cents.
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Speaker 1: In a letter to City Council members, Mayor Chris Essex wrote, quote,
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Speaker 1: when we think about the budget, it's easy to focus
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Speaker 1: only on immediate needs, such as keeping services running, responding
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Speaker 1: to issues as they arise, and maintaining what we already have.
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Speaker 1: Those responsibilities are essential and we will always meet them. However,
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Speaker 1: a strong community doesn't just react to the present, but
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Speaker 1: also prepares for the future. That's why this year's budget
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Speaker 1: places a renewed emphasis on the setting funds aside for
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Speaker 1: long term projects. Also at the June ninth regular meeting
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Speaker 1: of the City Council, Main Street Director Jill Reid presented
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Speaker 1: updated information on the Independence Day celebration scheduled for July three.
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Speaker 1: The celebration will open at eleven a m with the
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Speaker 1: Hometown Hero ceremony at the eighteen sixteen Courthouse, followed by
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Speaker 1: singo at noon on Main Street in front of the courthouse.
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Speaker 1: The All American Bakeoff judging at the Old Louisville Store
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Speaker 1: will begin at two pm, following by Karaoke on Maine,
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Speaker 1: which will be held on the main stage on West
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Speaker 1: Main Street. The Little Patriots Parade will begin at five pm,
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Speaker 1: with participants meeting on North Cross, Maine in front of
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Speaker 1: the Craft Box. The Little Patriots Parade will be followed
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Speaker 1: at six point thirty by the Springfield Patriotic Parade, which
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Speaker 1: will travel along Cross Main Street from Virginia Avenue to
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Speaker 1: Depot Street. At this time, award winners will be announced.
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Speaker 1: Awards are being presented for Spirit of seventeen seventy six
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Speaker 1: decorating parade and bake off. There will be a Corvette
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Speaker 1: car showcase on South Cross, Maine beginning at seven pm.
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Speaker 1: Immediately following the parade, Soul's Circus will take the stage
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Speaker 1: at seven pm, performing until eleven pm, with a break
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Speaker 1: for fireworks at nine forty five. Reid said the firework
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Speaker 1: show is bigger and better than ever in honor of
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Speaker 1: America's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. It was then back
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Speaker 1: to business for city council members as they accepted a
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Speaker 1: bid from Morton Salt Incorporated for the city's winter road
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Speaker 1: salt needs and rejected a request for a reserved parking
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Speaker 1: space on West Main Street in front of the House
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Speaker 1: of Hope. Council members tabbed a table to a request
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Speaker 1: from the Rotary Club to add a self service kayak
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Speaker 1: rental station at Rotary Park at the Reservoir. The Council
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Speaker 1: said they would like more information before making a decision
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Speaker 1: on this request. In other business, Mayor Essex reported multiple
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Speaker 1: appointments to city boards. Essex reappointed Wesley Smith to the
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Speaker 1: SWEDA Board, Jessica Maddingly to SWSC Meghan Clements, Christina Lewis
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Speaker 1: and Betty Hall to the Planning Commission, Mary Grace Lewis
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Speaker 1: to the Tourism Commission, and Valerie Goatley to the Board
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Speaker 1: of Zoning Adjustment. Following the special called meeting on Tuesday,
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Speaker 1: June sixteenth to approve the budget for the upcoming year,
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Speaker 1: the next regular meeting of the Springfield City Council is
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Speaker 1: scheduled for Tuesday, July fourteenth at four thirty pm. The
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Speaker 1: next article from the front page of Today's or this
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Speaker 1: e edition, I should say, of the Springfield Sun is
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Speaker 1: entitled Fredericktown Park Pavilion demolished. This article is written by
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Speaker 1: Jenna George of The Springfield Sun. After recent reports of
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Speaker 1: damage to the pavilion at Fredericktown Park, Judge Tim Graves
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Speaker 1: issued an executive order to have the structure demolished. The
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Speaker 1: structure had been up for decades and had seen many
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Speaker 1: groups gatherings, picnics and after game hangouts. However, it seems
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Speaker 1: over its years of service to the community, the natural
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Speaker 1: wear and terror has taken its toll. Besides the natural wearing,
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Speaker 1: there is a possibility there were outside damages caused by
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Speaker 1: individuals who had previously rented the space. Posts were dented, splintered,
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Speaker 1: and overall compromised throughout the pavilion, making them irreparable, leading
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Speaker 1: to Judge Graves's ultimate decision to sign his executive order
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Speaker 1: on June second of this year. Now the next steps
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Speaker 1: will be for the rebuilding of this pavilion, where the
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Speaker 1: County will be paying for the materials. Labour becomes the
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Speaker 1: only thing. The County will be required to advertise for bids,
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Speaker 1: which will be opened at one of the July meetings. Next.
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Speaker 1: In other news, coming up in Springfield will be the
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Speaker 1: fourth of July Bash, celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth
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Speaker 1: birthday of the nation. This event will be held on
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Speaker 1: the third and allowing individuals to participate in festivities from
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Speaker 1: eleven am to eleven pm. There will be a wide
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Speaker 1: variety of events like singo, karaoke, parades, dessert contests, and
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Speaker 1: of course, fireworks galore. Also, food trucks will line Main
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Speaker 1: Street and provide attendees with many options for their meals
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Speaker 1: throughout the day. The Court also held the County Road
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Speaker 1: Aid Fund hearing, to which no one from the public
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Speaker 1: came to speak. The next meeting of the Fiscal Court
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Speaker 1: will be held at nine am on June twenty sixth
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Speaker 1: of this year. A look ahead at the agenda. The
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Speaker 1: meeting will include the Administrative Code review. Now we'll read
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Speaker 1: today's obituary, which appears on page two of this edition
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Speaker 1: of the Springfield Sun. There is only one listed. It
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Speaker 1: is for Susan Alice Osborne Montgomery, seventy nine, of Lebanon,
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Speaker 1: formerly of Washington County. She passed on June eleventh of
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Speaker 1: this year. If you would like any more information about
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Speaker 1: her obituatory, there is a site that you can visit.
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Speaker 1: It is Legacy dot com slash Kentucky. Again, that site
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Speaker 1: for more information is Legacy dot com slash Kentucky. Also,
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Speaker 1: we at Radio I could read the obituary. If interested,
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Speaker 1: you can call our offices at eight five nine four
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Speaker 1: two two six three nine zero. The next article is
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Speaker 1: entitled Republicans rise, Independence drop quote, other voters see unusual decrease.
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Speaker 1: Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that in May, Republicans
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Speaker 1: continued to increase their share of Kentucky voters, but quote
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Speaker 1: other voters, including Independence, fell for the first time since
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Speaker 1: February twenty twenty five, when a purge removed over two
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Speaker 1: hundred thirty thousand voters of all political affiliations. The last
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Speaker 1: month that Republicans rose while Independence declined was in April
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Speaker 1: of twenty twenty quote. After countless months in which Independence
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Speaker 1: have outregistered Republicans and Democrats combined, this is a noteworthy change,
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Speaker 1: Adams said. Time will tell whether this is a momentary
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Speaker 1: blip in Kentucky's political center will continue to grow. Net
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Speaker 1: registration rose by one hundred four with four six hundred
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Speaker 1: thirty three voters removed, three eight hundred eighty three who
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Speaker 1: were deceased, six hundred and eleven felony convicts, sixty four
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Speaker 1: adjudged mentally in competent, forty two duplicate registrations, twenty five
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Speaker 1: who voluntarily deregistered, and eight who moved out of the state.
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Speaker 1: Republican registration accounts for forty eight percent of the electorate,
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Speaker 1: with one million, six hundred fourteen thousand, six hundred fifty
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Speaker 1: seven voters. Republican registration grew by three thousand, seven hundred
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Speaker 1: forty seven voters, a point twenty three percent increase. Democratic
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Speaker 1: registration accounts for forty one percent of the electorate, with
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Speaker 1: one million, three hundred seventy one thousand, two hundred thirty
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Speaker 1: two voters. Democratic registration fell by three thousand, three hundred
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Speaker 1: five a point twenty four percent decrease. There are three
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Speaker 1: hundred seventy nine thousand, five hundred sixty nine voters registered
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Speaker 1: under the political affiliations, mostly independent, making up eleven percent
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Speaker 1: of the electorate. Quote Other registration declined by three hundred
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Speaker 1: thirty eight, a point zero nine percent decrease. The next
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Speaker 1: article in this edition of the Springfield Sun is entitled
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Speaker 1: Celebrating the two hundred twentieth Lincoln Wedding Anniversary. This articles
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Speaker 1: written by Jenna George of the Springfield Son For the
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Speaker 1: two hundred twentieth anniversary of Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln.
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Speaker 1: A marriage re enactment was held last weekend at the
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Speaker 1: Lincoln Homestead State Park, On June twelfth, eighteen o six,
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Speaker 1: Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln married just outside of Springfield, Kentucky.
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Speaker 1: Though Springfield is the name now, the area they were
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Speaker 1: married in was formerly known as Beachland. In eighteen oh six,
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Speaker 1: the couple was married by Reverend Jesse Head, who had
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Speaker 1: moved to the area from Maryland. Once the ceremony had completed,
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Speaker 1: they then became the Lincoln's Ones who would eventually bring
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Speaker 1: life to President Abraham Lincoln. Even with those who were
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Speaker 1: originally at the wedding no longer with us, there is
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Speaker 1: still a well known history of the times and ceremony.
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Speaker 1: Having this knowledge in the present day, the ceremony was
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Speaker 1: able to be recreated for residents from all over Kentucky
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Speaker 1: to experience it. After the re enactment of the Lincoln marriage,
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Speaker 1: attendees were able to interact with several vendors who offered
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Speaker 1: many items like soaps, food, and blacksmith work. Outside of
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Speaker 1: the booths, there were horse rides for children of all
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Speaker 1: ages and plenty of space for people to explore the grounds.
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Speaker 1: Quote This reenactment was a joint partnership between Springfield Tourism
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Speaker 1: and Lincoln Homestead State Park. Said Laura Justice. We wanted
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Speaker 1: to do this to promote our heritage and to start
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Speaker 1: doing this festival every year. So we welcome vendors, actors,
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Speaker 1: and anyone who will enhance this celebration. The next article
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Speaker 1: is entitled Opinion the Best Father's Day Gift. This opinion
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Speaker 1: piece appears on the opinion page of the Springfield Sun
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Speaker 1: and it's written by David Whitlock. My granddaughter Stella called us,
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Speaker 1: actually her parents called us with her on the phone.
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Speaker 1: She's only four and a half. An older child had
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Speaker 1: taunted her at her preschool quote you're invisible. The girl
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Speaker 1: had sneered at my granddaughter. Words stung Stella. I thought, quote,
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Speaker 1: and so it begins kids being mean to kids. I
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Speaker 1: almost told Stella that being invisible is not always so bad.
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Speaker 1: Sylvia Plath, the American poet and writer, wrote in her
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Speaker 1: private journal, quote, sometimes I longed to disappear, to become
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Speaker 1: one with trees, with the rivers, with the stars. I
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Speaker 1: wanted to be nobody I knew would come. I get
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Speaker 1: what Plath is saying. There have been times when I've
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Speaker 1: wanted to melt into a wall, sit quietly in a
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Speaker 1: corner of the room, or blend in with the trees.
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Speaker 1: Usually when people are pushing into my time and space.
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Speaker 1: I might have told Stella she should tell her little
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Speaker 1: Annoyer quote, well, thank you, invisible is not so bad.
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Speaker 1: You should try it. Other than the fact that that
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Speaker 1: such advice would have encouraged Stella to return hurtful words
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Speaker 1: with other hurtful words. I didn't say that, because that's
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Speaker 1: not the kind of invisible the tormentor meant. She wanted
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Speaker 1: Stella to know she wasn't important enough to be seen,
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Speaker 1: She wasn't worthy enough to be acknowledged. It certainly won't
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Speaker 1: be the last time another child, teenager, or adult says
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Speaker 1: something intended to make Stella feel less than It's part
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Speaker 1: of life. Kids, like adults, say things. The child probably
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Speaker 1: didn't know what quote invisible meant, only that she wanted
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Speaker 1: Stella to know she was of less importance. This Sunday
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Speaker 1: is Father's Day. It's an important day to honor our
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Speaker 1: fathers and their significance, and it's a day for fathers
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Speaker 1: to be mindful that one of a dad's most important
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Speaker 1: tasks is to make sure their children know they are
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Speaker 1: quote seen, that they matter and are important. A father
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Speaker 1: can't be there all the time, but he can prepare
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Speaker 1: his children for the toxicity of a world bent on
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Speaker 1: pummeling others with flaming words of hurt and hate. One
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Speaker 1: of the best things a dad or mom for that matter,
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Speaker 1: can do to protect a child is to arm the
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Speaker 1: child with the strong armor of self worth. A dad
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Speaker 1: does well to take the time to recognize a child's worthiness.
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Speaker 1: Before I could play football in fourth grade, my older
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Speaker 1: brother Mark organized a slew of us pre fourth graders
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Speaker 1: in our neighborhood into a sand lot football team. One
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Speaker 1: of his high school football team buddies did the same
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Speaker 1: in his neighborhood, and so they created a rivalry. Naturally,
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Speaker 1: we had a game. Mark and his friend promoted the
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Speaker 1: big event through word of mouth. People lining the street
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Speaker 1: parked their cars to watch. We had uniforms, handmade number jerseys,
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Speaker 1: shoulder pads and pants, even cleats, and as a halfback,
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Speaker 1: I scored touchdowns. I imagine my future fourth grade football
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Speaker 1: coach already drawing up plays with me as his star halfback.
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Speaker 1: When my dad came home from work lay to that evening,
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Speaker 1: I declared, you should see me play. I'm good, you
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Speaker 1: should see me play. Dad, tired from a day's work.
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Speaker 1: Only grinned as he made his way to the supper tape.
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Speaker 1: And so I wondered I was saying, quote, I'm visible,
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Speaker 1: I matter, Please acknowledge my worth. But my father did
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Speaker 1: affirm me. Busy as he was, he came to almost
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Speaker 1: all my football, wrestling and track events. I never doubted
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Speaker 1: him again because he spoke with his actions this Father's Day.
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Speaker 1: Let your kids know they matter, Let them know you
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Speaker 1: see them, that you value who they are, no matter
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Speaker 1: how few or how many kids or grandkids you have.
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Speaker 1: Hug them when you can and tell each one how
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Speaker 1: much you love them for who they are. And then,
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Speaker 1: if he's still around, look your dad in the eye,
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Speaker 1: put your arms around him, even if he flinches, draw
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Speaker 1: him close. Then tell him he's important to you and
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Speaker 1: that you love him. Your sense of self worth will
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Speaker 1: increase as you affirm his Let dad know you see him,
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Speaker 1: really see him, and that he matters to you. That
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Speaker 1: just may be the best Father's Day gift you can
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Speaker 1: give your dad and yourself again. This is an opinion
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Speaker 1: piece from David Whitlock which appears in this edition of
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Speaker 1: The Springfield Sign. The next article is entitled mackin is
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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty seven Distinguished Young Woman of Washington County.
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Speaker 1: This articles written by Jane Reid Kleine, editor of the
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Speaker 1: Springfield Sign. Madeline Mackin joined a distinguished group of fifty
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Speaker 1: one women as a Washington County Distinguished Young Woman. A
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Speaker 1: group of thirteen talented young ladies took to the stage Saturday,
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Speaker 1: June thirteenth for the twenty twenty seven Distinguished Young Women
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Speaker 1: of Washington County Program. Ten of these outstanding young women
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Speaker 1: left the program with awards and scholarships. The theme for
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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty seven competition was quote All American Girls,
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Speaker 1: celebrating America's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary and the program
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Speaker 1: that is steeped in American tradition. The thirteen participants were
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Speaker 1: divided into two groups, the Quote Glory Girls and the
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Speaker 1: Quote Liberty Ladies. The Washington County Distinguished Young Women's Program
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Speaker 1: awarded twenty three thousand dollars in cash scholarships Saturday evening.
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Speaker 1: In addition to the cash scholarships, some of the awards
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Speaker 1: also came with one to four year scholarships to specific
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Speaker 1: colleges and universities should the winner choose to attend that School.
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Speaker 1: Participants are judged on five separate areas Interview, Scholastics, Fitness, talent,
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Speaker 1: and self expression. Each area accounts for ten to twenty
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Speaker 1: five percent of the total score. In addition to being
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Speaker 1: named the twenty twenty seven Distinguished Young Women of Washington County,
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Speaker 1: Macinn also received the Interview Award, the Talent Award, and
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Speaker 1: the Self Expression Award, for a total of eight thousand
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Speaker 1: dollars in cash scholarships. Macinn, Washington County's twenty twenty seven
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Speaker 1: Distinguished Young Women, will represent Washington County at the Content
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Speaker 1: Yucky Distinguished Young Woman Competition in January. For her talent
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Speaker 1: in the local competition, Mackin performed a special piece on
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Speaker 1: the piano. She's the daughter of Jeremy and Kim Mackin
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Speaker 1: and plans to attend the University of Kentucky following her
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Speaker 1: graduation from Washington County High School in twenty twenty seven.
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Speaker 1: The next article is entitled Baby Shower Love from the Community.
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Speaker 1: This article is written by Jenna George of The Springfield Sun.
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Speaker 1: When a new baby is about to be born, you
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Speaker 1: need a community around for support, and recently, the people
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Speaker 1: of Washington County stepped up to the plate. Last week,
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Speaker 1: the Community Baby Shower event was held at the Transportation,
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Speaker 1: Engineering and Logistics Center on the Washington County School's campus.
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Speaker 1: At this event, many vendors throughout the county and surrounding
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Speaker 1: ones were present. There were groups like Springview Hospital, Lincoln
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Speaker 1: Trail District Health Department, Central Kentucky Head Start, and Nelson
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Speaker 1: County Community Clinic. Each of these participants brought items and
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Speaker 1: information for these soon to be or recently became mothers
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Speaker 1: and their families. Outside of these groups being in attendance,
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Speaker 1: there were little activities such as painting your baby's first
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Speaker 1: piggybank for their nursery. Pizza was brought from Snappy Tomato
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Speaker 1: and cupcakes were there as well. Basket steps were given
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Speaker 1: away as door prizes following a presentation by Marley Alner
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Speaker 1: titled Community Approach to Preventing Abusive Head Trauma and Promoting
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Speaker 1: Safe Sleep. The presentation discussed the dangers of not following
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Speaker 1: safe sleep and things like shaken baby syndrome. In these
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Speaker 1: door prize bundles were things like play mats, rubber ducks, diapers, bottles,
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Speaker 1: and even the laundry baskets themselves. Everyone who came to
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Speaker 1: the event left with something either from the booths, the
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Speaker 1: door prize, or the piggybank. On top of the physical items,
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Speaker 1: each individual in the room left with new knowledge and
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Speaker 1: a preparation for their parenting futures. This concludes the reading
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Speaker 1: of this edition of the Springfield Sun, and this edition
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Speaker 1: being the edition dated June seventeenth, twenty twenty six. Your
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Speaker 1: reader today has been Bill Sally. Thank you so much
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