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Corbin Times Tribune - 10.13.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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  Speaker 1: Now we turn to the reading of the Times Tribune
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  Speaker 1: for news in Corbin, Laurel, Whitley, and Knox Counties. Your
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  Speaker 1: reader today is Janice. As a reminder, Radio Eye is
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  Speaker 1: a reading service intended for people who are blind or
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  Speaker 1: have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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  Speaker 1: We'll begin with the e-edition dated October 8, 2026. Our
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  Speaker 1: first article is Steps Toward Hope. Southeast Kentucky Walk to
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  Speaker 1: End Alzheimer's Raises Nearly $ 62, 000 by Macy Swafford. London. The
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  Speaker 1: 2026 Walk to End Alzheimer's Southeast Kentucky brought 225 participants
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  Speaker 1: and 51 teams together at Town Center Park in London,
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  Speaker 1: raising $ 61, 916 toward a $ 70, 000 goal. As of Monday, this
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  Speaker 1: year's total is set up from around 49,000 raised during
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  Speaker 1: last year's walk. Before participants began the walk, a promised
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  Speaker 1: garden ceremony was held with different colored flowers representing the
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  Speaker 1: various experiences and connections to Alzheimer's disease. Blue flowers represent
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  Speaker 1: someone living with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia. Purple
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  Speaker 1: represents those who have lost someone to the disease. Yellow
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  Speaker 1: represents someone who is supporting a person living with Alzheimer's,
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  Speaker 1: while orange represents those who support Alzheimer's Association and its
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  Speaker 1: mission to the end of the disease. This year's walk
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  Speaker 1: was Common Spirit St. Joseph London Hospital President John Yanes
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  Speaker 1: with St. Joseph Hospital serving as a sponsor for the
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  Speaker 1: second consecutive year. St. Joseph Health is really privileged to
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  Speaker 1: be the sponsor again this year, Yane said. For us,
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  Speaker 1: it means a lot because being the hospital in the community,
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  Speaker 1: we see a lot of patients through our hospital that
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  Speaker 1: come to us. They're hospitalized and there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: complications with dementia and Alzheimer's. Yane's aid to the hospital's
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  Speaker 1: involvement reflects its mission and commitment to the community. For us,
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  Speaker 1: it's part of our mission And it's part of who
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  Speaker 1: we are, he said, so it's really a privilege to
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  Speaker 1: make this event possible here in Southeast Kentucky. The Tom
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  Speaker 1: Jensen family served as this year's ambassador family with sisters
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  Speaker 1: Natalie and Laura Jensen sharing their family's experience with Alzheimer's
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  Speaker 1: during the event. Laurel County native Tom Jensen built a
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  Speaker 1: decades-long career in public service, serving in the Kentucky House
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  Speaker 1: of Representatives. representatives where he rose to minority floor leader
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  Speaker 1: and later in the Kentucky Senate, representing the 21st District.
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  Speaker 1: As a legislator, Jensen was a strong advocate for criminal
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  Speaker 1: justice reform, education, transportation, and efforts to combat drug abuse,
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  Speaker 1: including legislation addressing methamphetamine and prescription drug abuse. He later
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  Speaker 1: served as the judge of the 27th Judicial Court. The
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  Speaker 1: Jensen family was also the event's top fundraising team, raising $ 10, 677. 53.
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  Speaker 1: Tim Nanny Sal followed with $ 3, 304, while Peggy Kids raised $ 3, 235.
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  Speaker 1: And there are some pictures. And underneath the first picture
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  Speaker 1: is the family of Tom Jensen served as this year's
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  Speaker 1: ambassadors and lead participants along the route. And they're carrying
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  Speaker 1: the flag. And it says Ambassador Tom Jensen, 2026, Walk
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  Speaker 1: to End Alzheimer's. Then there's a picture of a young
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  Speaker 1: girl with two small children. And it says a young
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  Speaker 1: boy is pictured holding a purple flower as he and
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  Speaker 1: his group march along the Walk to End the Alzheimer's route.
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  Speaker 1: And then another picture is just some people sitting down
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  Speaker 1: and some people standing up. And there's some tense and
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  Speaker 1: it says, community members and participants of the walk hold
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  Speaker 1: up their flowers during the flower ceremony. And then there
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  Speaker 1: is a gentleman that has a microphone and he's got
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  Speaker 1: sunglasses on. So let's see what it says about him.
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  Speaker 1: John Haynes, president of the Common Spirit St. Joseph London.
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  Speaker 1: served as this year's chairperson for the walk. And then
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  Speaker 1: here's some people walking. And underneath it, it says participants
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  Speaker 1: are all smiles as they successfully complete the walk to
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  Speaker 1: end Alzheimer's. Our next article is Escapee Captured After Whitley
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  Speaker 1: County Jail Assault, Three Others Charged by Macy Swofford. Williamsburg,
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  Speaker 1: a Whitley County Detention Center inmate who escaped the facility
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  Speaker 1: following an assault. on Deputy Jailer's Sunday night, has been
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  Speaker 1: located and returned to custody. Charles Blake Randall, 42, of Springfield, Kentucky,
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  Speaker 1: was located by the Kentucky State Police Troopers around 9 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: Monday night and taken into custody. Randall has been held
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  Speaker 1: at the jail on charges of first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse,
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  Speaker 1: and incest to his escape, according to KSP. The escape
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  Speaker 1: occurred around 10.50 p.m. Sunday night after KSP Post 11
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  Speaker 1: received a call from Whitley County 911 reporting that several
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  Speaker 1: inmates had taken control of portions of the jail. Several
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  Speaker 1: deputy jailers had been injured and Randall had escaped. According
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  Speaker 1: to KSP, four inmates, Randall, James A. Fields, 55 of
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  Speaker 1: Ash Camp, Roy Wesley Cox, 19 of Corbin, and Anthony
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  Speaker 1: Ray Tucker, 45, of Corbin, waited for a cell door
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  Speaker 1: to open while a deputy jailer was patrolling inside cells
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  Speaker 1: before catching and holding the door open. Randall Cox and
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  Speaker 1: Fields then entered the jail's control room where KSP said
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  Speaker 1: they attacked several deputy jailers. One jailer suffered a serious
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  Speaker 1: head injury after being struck with a mop bucket. Another
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  Speaker 1: was stabbed with a pencil. and a third was sprayed
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  Speaker 1: in the face with OC, oleoresin, capsaicin spray. Randall was
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  Speaker 1: able to leave the facility, fleeing on foot into the woods.
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  Speaker 1: He remained at large until he was located Monday night,
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  Speaker 1: walking on Kentucky 2792. Following the incident, Randall was additionally
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  Speaker 1: charged with three counts of first-degree assault of a police officer.
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  Speaker 1: three counts of first-degree attempted murder, and first-degree escape. He
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  Speaker 1: has been lodged in the Laurel County Correctional Center in
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  Speaker 1: lieu of $ 1 million bond. The other inmates also faced
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  Speaker 1: charges stemming from the incidents. Cox and Fields were each
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  Speaker 1: charged with three counts of first-degree assault of a police officer,
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  Speaker 1: three counts of first-degree attempted murder, and first-degree attempted escape.
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  Speaker 1: Tucker was charged with three counts of each complicity to
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  Speaker 1: commit first-degree assault of a police officer and complicity to
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  Speaker 1: commit first-degree attempted murder along with first-degree attempted escape. Field
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  Speaker 1: is also being held in the Laurel Correctional Center under
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  Speaker 1: a $ 500, 000 bond. Cox and Tucker were transferred to the
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  Speaker 1: Pulaski County Detention Center where Cox is under a $ 500, 000
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  Speaker 1: bond and Tucker is being held without bond, according to
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  Speaker 1: online records. The injured deputy jailers were transported by Whitley
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  Speaker 1: County EMS to Baptist Health Corbin and University of Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: Albert B. Chandler Hospital, where they were treated and later released.
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  Speaker 1: The multi-agency search included the KSP, the Whitley County Sheriff's Office,
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  Speaker 1: Williamsburg Police Department, Corbin Police Department, Whitley County Detention Center,
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  Speaker 1: Whitley County EMS, London Police Department, and the U.S. Marshal Service.
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  Speaker 1: Whitley County Sheriff Bill Elliott praised the cooperation among the
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  Speaker 1: agencies involved in the search. The mission was more important
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  Speaker 1: than the recognition. Elliott said in a statement describing the
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  Speaker 1: response as a refreshing reminder of what law enforcement should be.
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  Speaker 1: He added different uniforms, different badges, different agencies, but one
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  Speaker 1: common mission. The London Laurel Rescue Squad also assisted in
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  Speaker 1: the search by deploying its drone to provide an aerial
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  Speaker 1: perspective for officers. Our team deployed our drone capabilities to
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  Speaker 1: provide an aerial perspective and assist officers on the ground
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  Speaker 1: as they work to locate the individual, the rescue squad stated.
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  Speaker 1: The squad added, we are proud to be able to
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  Speaker 1: provide this specialized resource when requested and work alongside our
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement partners to help keep our community safe. KSP
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  Speaker 1: said the investigation remains ongoing and is led by Trooper
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  Speaker 1: Matt Ridner. Our next article is Vacancy Announcement. for the
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  Speaker 1: 27th Judicial Circuit by Macy Swofford. Frankfurt, a judicial vacancy
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  Speaker 1: is expected to open for the 27th Judicial Circuit, Division 1,
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  Speaker 1: which serves Knox and Laurel counties. According to a notice
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  Speaker 1: from the Kentucky Supreme Court, The vacancy will be created
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  Speaker 1: upon the certification of the November 2026 election results by
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  Speaker 1: the State Board of Elections and the administration of the
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  Speaker 1: oath of office to current Circuit Judge Gregory A. Lay
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  Speaker 1: as a judge in the 3rd District of the Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: Court of Appeals. Lay filed for the appellate judgeship after
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  Speaker 1: the retirement of James Lambert on January 31st, Judge Lambert
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  Speaker 1: passed away last month. The Kentucky Judicial Nominating Commission is
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  Speaker 1: now accepting recommendations for individuals interested in being considered for
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  Speaker 1: the lay's current position on the circuit bench. Applicants must
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  Speaker 1: be U.S. citizens, have been a resident of Kentucky, and
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  Speaker 1: the circuit in which they seek appointment for at least
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  Speaker 1: two years immediately preceding taking office. and be licensed to
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  Speaker 1: practice law in Kentucky and have been a licensed attorney
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  Speaker 1: for at least eight years. Individuals who meet the qualifications
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  Speaker 1: and wish to be considered for nomination by the governor
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  Speaker 1: or those who wish to recommend a qualified individual must
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  Speaker 1: notify the Judicial Nominating Commission by next Monday, October 12.
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  Speaker 1: Those seeking consideration must submit a completed original questionnaire along
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  Speaker 1: with nine copies, to the Judicial Nominating Commission. Attention, Kathy R. Stevens,
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  Speaker 1: Office of Chief Justice, 669 Chamberlain Avenue, Suite D-103, Frankfurt, Kentucky, 40601.
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  Speaker 1: Complete questionnaires must be received by October 26th. Individuals wishing
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  Speaker 1: to recommend a qualified candidate or request a word version
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  Speaker 1: of the questionnaire may contact Kathy R. Stevens, Executive Secretary
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  Speaker 1: of the Judicial Nominating Commission, at 502-564-4162 or her website
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  Speaker 1: at kathystevens at kycourts.net. Then there's a picture of a gentleman,
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  Speaker 1: and underneath it, it says, Circuit Judge Greg Lay is
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  Speaker 1: a presumptive nominee as the only candidate running for the
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  Speaker 1: 3rd District of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. His election
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  Speaker 1: will create a circuit court vacancy for Laurel and Knox counties.
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  Speaker 1: Our next article is, Daniel Boone Festival Continues Through Saturday
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  Speaker 1: by Macy Swafford, Barberville. The 2026 Daniel Boone Festival is
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  Speaker 1: underway in Barberville with a full slate of activities continuing
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  Speaker 1: through this Saturday. The annual celebration, which dates to 1958,
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  Speaker 1: brings carnival rides, foods, crafts, pioneer demonstrations, live entertainment, and
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  Speaker 1: family activities to downtown Barberville throughout the week. The festival
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  Speaker 1: entertainment lineup will take center stage Thursday through Saturday as
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  Speaker 1: the week moves towards its finale. Thursday night, the Boone
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  Speaker 1: Stage will feature Raya Davis at 6.30 p.m., followed by
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  Speaker 1: country duo Thompson Square at 8.30 p.m. Friday night will
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  Speaker 1: feature Pistol Whip at 6.30 p.m., followed by country artist
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  Speaker 1: Mark Willis at 8.30 p.m. The festival will close out
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  Speaker 1: this week's festivities Saturday night with Neon 90s Country Rewind
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  Speaker 1: at 7.30 p.m. Saturday will also feature a packed schedule
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  Speaker 1: of activities, including the Daniel Boone Festival Parade, which begins
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  Speaker 1: at 2 p.m., along with the Carnival, Boone Stage Entertainment,
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  Speaker 1: Pioneer Demonstrations, and the Long Rifle Shoot and other festival traditions.
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  Speaker 1: For more information, visit danielbooneforest.com or follow them on their
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  Speaker 1: Facebook page. And there is a picture of a young
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  Speaker 1: girl riding the carousel horse, and it looks like maybe
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  Speaker 1: her mother, an adult. And it says, a young girl
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  Speaker 1: enjoys a ride on the carousel at the 77th Annual
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  Speaker 1: Daniel Boone Festival last year. Our next article is Skid
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  Speaker 1: Steer Accident Claims Life of 78-Year-Old Knox County Man by
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  Speaker 1: Macy Swafford. Great. A 78-year-old man died Friday in a
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  Speaker 1: skid-steer accident while unloading items from a trailer at a
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  Speaker 1: property along Highway 25 East, according to a press release
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  Speaker 1: from the Knox County Sheriff's Department. The incident occurred at 12.58 p.m. Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Deputies led by Lt. Sam Mullins responded to the single-vehicle fatality.
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  Speaker 1: According to the Sheriff's Department, the man had operated the
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  Speaker 1: skid-steer onto his property near a local store in the
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  Speaker 1: Gray community. While he was unloading items from a trailer,
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  Speaker 1: the equipment reportedly moved too close to a ditch line
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  Speaker 1: and overturned onto the man. The first responders were able
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  Speaker 1: to remove the man from the equipment and perform CPR
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  Speaker 1: at the scene. He was transported to Baptist Health Corbin,
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  Speaker 1: where he was later pronounced deceased. The Sheriff's Department said
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  Speaker 1: the man's name was being withheld at the time of
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  Speaker 1: the release, pending notification of his next of kin. Knox
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  Speaker 1: County Coroner Mike Blevins had not responded to the Times
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  Speaker 1: Tribune's message at press time. Corbin Fire Department, Knox EMS,
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  Speaker 1: Knox County Emergency Management, and West Knox Fire Department also
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  Speaker 1: responded to the scene. Our next article is Oktoberfest Returning
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  Speaker 1: to Downtown Corbin by Macy Swafford. Corbin's Main Street will
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  Speaker 1: come alive this Saturday with the smell of fall leaves, pumpkins,
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  Speaker 1: and other fall goodies as the Corbin Tourism and Convention
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  Speaker 1: Center Commission hosts Oktoberfest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: The day-long event will feature more than 40 vendors, seasonal activities,
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  Speaker 1: and games for children, giving families an opportunity to enjoy
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  Speaker 1: the arrival of downtown Corbin. Visitors will also be able
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  Speaker 1: to shop for fresh produce and locally made goods at
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  Speaker 1: the Whitley County Farmer's Market, located at the Hometown Bank Pavilion.
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  Speaker 1: A highlight of the event will be in the return
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  Speaker 1: of the Cumberland Valley Cruise Inn, which will bring classic cars,
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  Speaker 1: custom builds, and vintage styles to Main Street. Local businesses
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  Speaker 1: will also be open that day, with visitors encouraged to
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  Speaker 1: dine as well as to shop inside downtown Corbin stores
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  Speaker 1: and restaurant. With shopping, food, family, activities, and classic cars,
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  Speaker 1: Oktoberfest is expected to offer a full day of fall
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  Speaker 1: fun for residents and visitors alike. And there is a
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  Speaker 1: picture of a muscle car with its hood up. and
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  Speaker 1: a man looking in at the motor, and it says, Corbin,
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  Speaker 1: Oktoberfest includes the Cumberland Valley Cruise Inn, where car enthusiasts
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  Speaker 1: can admire a variety of vehicles. Our next article is
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  Speaker 1: Tri-County agencies to receive $ 2. 145 million in FEMA reimbursements by
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  Speaker 1: Macy Swofford. Tri-County, the City of London, Jackson, Energy, Knox County,
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  Speaker 1: and Whitley Counties are among more than 30 Kentucky entities
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  Speaker 1: receiving a share of $ 21. 9 million in reimbursement funds from
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  Speaker 1: the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Governor Andy Beshear announced the
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  Speaker 1: funding set September 30, noting the funds will reimburse cities, counties,
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  Speaker 1: utility companies, and state and local agencies for expenses incurred
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  Speaker 1: along severe weather events from 2019 to 2026. The City
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  Speaker 1: of London is receiving $ 837, 873. 21 in FEMA reimbursements. The funding
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  Speaker 1: includes $ 462, 873. 21 for emergency protective measures following the May 25th
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  Speaker 1: severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes, as well as $ 375, 000
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  Speaker 1: for the citywide waterway and debris removal. The London Corbin
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  Speaker 1: Airport is receiving $ 436, 471. 34 to cover costs associated with managing
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  Speaker 1: FEMA public assistance grants related to the May 2025 tornado.
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  Speaker 1: Whitley County is receiving $ 246, 000 the May 25, I mean
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  Speaker 1: May 2025 tornado. Whitley County is receiving $ 246, 684. 94 for road-based service, embankment,
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  Speaker 1: and related repairs following severe storms, flooding, landslides, landslides, and mudslides.
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  Speaker 1: Knox County is receiving three allocations. $ 236, 329. 68 for embankment repair
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  Speaker 1: or replacement, $ 214, 157. 16 for road-based service, culvert, embankment, and other
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  Speaker 1: related components, and $ 173, 692. 75 for embankment, shoulder, and culvert repair
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  Speaker 1: or replacement. Jackson Energy Cooperative Corporation has been allocated $ 528, 953. 70
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  Speaker 1: to fund repair or replacement for utility poles, transformers, and
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  Speaker 1: other related components damaged in January's severe winter storm. From
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  Speaker 1: federally declared weather disasters to the pandemic, Kentucky was owed
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  Speaker 1: millions of dollars to help our communities and our people recover.
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  Speaker 1: and I am proud my administration was able to secure
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  Speaker 1: these funds so that we can continue to move forward together,
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  Speaker 1: Governor Beshear said. This federal support is essential, and I
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  Speaker 1: will continue to work to ensure every dollar promised to
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  Speaker 1: our Commonwealth is delivered. Our next article is Corbyn S.O.I.
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  Speaker 1: Principal Shares Writing Project with Brother by Brian Theodore. Corbyn,
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  Speaker 1: Michael Ball begins his day inside the four walls of
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  Speaker 1: his principal's office at the Corbin School of Innovation. As
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  Speaker 1: his son comes up and the day progresses, he deals
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  Speaker 1: with discipline problems, converses with teachers, eats a school lunch,
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  Speaker 1: and eventually heads home. Before becoming principal, Ball was a
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  Speaker 1: social study teacher for 18 years, and before that he
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  Speaker 1: served in the Army for 15 years. There is another
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  Speaker 1: world inside Michael Ball. In this world, a small town
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  Speaker 1: in Kentucky explodes into violence and succumbs to a harsh
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  Speaker 1: new reality. In this world, two brothers are forced onto
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  Speaker 1: back roads to fight for their lives, all the while
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  Speaker 1: relying on one another in an epic journey of survival.
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  Speaker 1: In 2026, Michael Ball and his brother, David Ball, began
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  Speaker 1: a book series called Bloodlines and Back Roads. Their first
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  Speaker 1: book is titled Ash and Echoes. is centered around two brothers,
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  Speaker 1: Nate and Luke Flynn. The theme tying everything together is family,
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  Speaker 1: both the family you're born into and the people who
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  Speaker 1: become family along the way. Ball explained, the characters face
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  Speaker 1: difficult choices about trust, loyalty, and how far they're willing
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  Speaker 1: to go to protect each other. Survival changes them, and
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  Speaker 1: a big part of the story is whether they can
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  Speaker 1: hold on to their humanity, through everything they've experienced. Interestingly enough,
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  Speaker 1: Ball and his brother's conception emerged from the same thematic setting.
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  Speaker 1: My brother and I decided to write a book while
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  Speaker 1: at deer camp, he recounted. We were sitting around the
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  Speaker 1: fire talking, and he mentioned he had written a technical
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  Speaker 1: book about his job and self-published. I mentioned that I
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  Speaker 1: would like to write a novel, and we thought it
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  Speaker 1: would be cool to do one together. Consequently, while the
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  Speaker 1: conflict of their novel is fictional, Ball explained, we did
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  Speaker 1: try to stay true to Eastern Kentucky geography. Indigenous to
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  Speaker 1: Clay County, Ball is very familiar with the Appalachian terrain
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  Speaker 1: and its colorful people. I grew up in an area
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  Speaker 1: of Clay County known as Big Creek, he said. When
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  Speaker 1: asked what inspired the idea of the plot of the novel,
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  Speaker 1: the principal explained, I was at a JV football game
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  Speaker 1: that was getting a little out of hand. Players were
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  Speaker 1: getting chippy, people in the stands were getting a little loud,
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  Speaker 1: and a fight broke out. I looked down on the
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  Speaker 1: field and saw my son and another student standing back
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  Speaker 1: to back, one watching the field and one watching the stands.
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  Speaker 1: I kind of laughed and said they were prepared for anything.
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  Speaker 1: Ball is an avid outdoorsman, which was no doubt plays
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  Speaker 1: a part in his literary work. But one has to
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  Speaker 1: wonder what effect the army and teaching has had on
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  Speaker 1: his writing. In regards to his military background influencing him,
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  Speaker 1: he said, both my brother and I are veterans, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure our time in the military flavored some of
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  Speaker 1: our writing. We've both been to countries that have very
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  Speaker 1: little or no government. So we've both seen how quickly
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  Speaker 1: normal can change. As far as the classroom, he elaborates,
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  Speaker 1: 18 years spent with some of the best people in
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  Speaker 1: the country has had that effect for sure, especially on
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  Speaker 1: writing the younger characters. Ball was an incredible history teacher.
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  Speaker 1: You can ask his students and his wonderful principal. However,
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  Speaker 1: like many things in Corbin, there is so much more
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  Speaker 1: to Michael Ball. The Bloodline and Backroads series by Michael
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  Speaker 1: and David Ball can be purchased on Amazon. Book one
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  Speaker 1: is Ashes and Echo, and book two is Until the
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  Speaker 1: Static Breaks. Our next article is We're Built to Keep
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  Speaker 1: Pressing Start and Keep Pressing Forward by Brad Hall. A
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  Speaker 1: summer project I've been working on with my mom, along
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  Speaker 1: with the help from my stepdad, has been turning their
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  Speaker 1: upstairs bedroom into an old school game room. I dug
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  Speaker 1: through my garage and under my bed to dust off
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  Speaker 1: several old video game consoles that I haven't had room for.
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  Speaker 1: I also gathered up all the accompanying game cartridges and
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  Speaker 1: controllers so that we could have everything we needed in
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  Speaker 1: one place and in one room. To accommodate all those
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  Speaker 1: old school games, We found some good deals on old
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  Speaker 1: school TVs on Facebook Marketplace. If you're as old as me,
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  Speaker 1: then you'll definitely remember those big bulky box TVs we
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  Speaker 1: all had before flat screen HD TVs took over. We've
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  Speaker 1: picked up two of those so that each of the
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  Speaker 1: video game consoles could be hooked up and ready to
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  Speaker 1: play at any time. Along the way, my mom had
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  Speaker 1: been adding decor and neon signs to really tie everything together.
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  Speaker 1: The cherry top on the room is a Pac-Man arcade
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  Speaker 1: machine we also found on Marketplace, which was way too
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  Speaker 1: good of a deal to pass up. We have a
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  Speaker 1: few more things we want to do, such as painting
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  Speaker 1: the shelves, adding some more posters as we come across them.
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  Speaker 1: But just a short few months, we have turned that
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  Speaker 1: room into a really neat, cozy place to play and
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  Speaker 1: hang out. What has really been amazing, though, is the
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  Speaker 1: fact that everything that we have still works just as
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  Speaker 1: it did 20 or even 30 years ago. The old
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  Speaker 1: consoles still power up and play just as I always remembered.
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  Speaker 1: The TV still has great picture and sound. We also
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  Speaker 1: haven't had any issues with the controllers or individual games either.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but a lot of my
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  Speaker 1: recent electronic purchases have all had to be repaired, replaced,
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  Speaker 1: or completely tossed after only a few years. So it
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  Speaker 1: certainly feels like those old devices were built to last
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  Speaker 1: and sturdy enough to endure all the button-smashing they took
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  Speaker 1: from my brother and me growing up. Ephesians 2, verse
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  Speaker 1: 10 tells us we are God's handiwork and we're built
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  Speaker 1: to keep pressing forward too. For we are His workmanship
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  Speaker 1: created in Christ Jesus Christ, unto good works which God
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  Speaker 1: hath before ordained that we should walk in them. We
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  Speaker 1: are created in Christ to do good works. We have
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  Speaker 1: been wired with grace, endurance, and purpose in order to
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  Speaker 1: not get trapped in a loop of our past failures.
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  Speaker 1: When we stumble, it's not game over like in one
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  Speaker 1: of those video games. God offers us complete reset through
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, so that we can carry on and reach
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  Speaker 1: our limit goal. This concludes the reading of the Times Tribune.
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  Speaker 1: Please stay tuned for continued programming. Thank you for joining me,
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  Speaker 1: and on behalf of everyone here at Radio Eye, this
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  Speaker 1: is Janice wishing you a very good day.