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7.2.26 · Springfield Sun

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Springfield Sun to bring the
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Speaker 1: news from in and around Washington County.
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Speaker 2: Your leader today is Amy Jones Timmy. We begin with the.
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Speaker 1: Addition dated Thursday, July second, twenty twenty six As a reminder,
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Speaker 1: Radio I is a leading service intended for people who
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Speaker 1: have bligned or have other disabilities that make it difficult
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Speaker 1: to lead. Prince of Material Willard Distillery in Springfield build
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Speaker 1: first barrel by Jenna George July first, twenty twenty sixth
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Speaker 1: Willard Distillery added a new facility in Springfield, and with
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Speaker 1: that addition comes new milestones for the companies and the counties.
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Speaker 3: The newest distillery holds barrel state storage warehouses.
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Speaker 1: This facility is seventy thousand feet floor feet and it
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Speaker 1: sits on one hundred and fifty acres at Highway one
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Speaker 1: fifty and Maxville Road. When placing this structure of a
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Speaker 1: business and county projected this would create thirty five different
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Speaker 1: full time jobs once operations grow. On June eighteenth, Willets
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Speaker 1: hit a major milestuit when they filled the first barrel
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Speaker 1: at the Springfield location. The leason this date was specified
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Speaker 1: was due to the late Miss Martha calls View's birthday
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Speaker 1: and added an extra special meaning to the family with
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Speaker 1: this family legacy Beam shaped by mister Evan Colzein. Evan
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Speaker 1: Colstein or Evan Coldstein was a Bourbon Hall of Fame
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Speaker 1: member and was celebrated for his long term commitment to craftsmanship.
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Speaker 1: Officially having this beginning to their new production operation leads
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Speaker 1: to many.
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Speaker 2: Advancements for their futures.
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Speaker 1: With the Springfield operations now beginning, Willard's plans to continue
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Speaker 1: to construct the whole campus in the county. As the
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Speaker 1: growth continues. There are plans to add in a visitor
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Speaker 1: experience which will help expand the Kentucky Bourbon tourism economy.
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Speaker 1: Once it is finished, Bardstounds will still hold all its
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Speaker 1: current experiences and hold the roots for willis but Spremville
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Speaker 1: holds the keas to growth for the company. Bird appointed
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Speaker 1: to Willisburg Council by Jane Reed Kline July first, twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty sixth. Former Willisburg City council woman. Rebird was born
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Speaker 1: in Thursday, June twenty fifth, to finish out the term
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Speaker 1: of duty Stein, who passed away earlier this month. Stein
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Speaker 1: was originally appointed to the seat by Willisburg Mayor wanted Thompson.
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Speaker 1: In August twenty twenty one, Stein was appointed to fill
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Speaker 1: the seat vacated by Ricky Settles, who stepped down due
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Speaker 1: to health consists. After serving out settles his term, Stein
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Speaker 1: was elected to the seat in twenty twenty two and
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, Bird was appointed by Mayor Thompson to
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Speaker 1: finish out Stein's term, which expires in December. Bird had
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Speaker 1: previously served them a council and worked alongside Stein prior
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Speaker 1: to leaving the council in twenty twenty four, when she
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Speaker 1: chose not to seek re elections. The council expressed at
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Speaker 1: their condole and duesus scities to the Stein family. Bird
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Speaker 1: was born in at a special called meeting of the
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Speaker 1: Willisburg City Council. The meeting was called after the council
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Speaker 1: did not have a quorum for the prior Thursday. Also
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Speaker 1: at Thursday's meeting, council members approved.
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Speaker 3: The second meeting of the city budget, which will be
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Speaker 3: published in the sun.
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Speaker 1: The council also discuss the details of a park bench
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Speaker 1: to be placed next to the flagpole in Willisburg Community
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Speaker 1: Park in memory of Jeremy Boblet. The council approved the
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Speaker 1: purchase of the bench and the plaque to be attached
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Speaker 1: to the bench sidewalk. The project championed by Stein was
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Speaker 1: tabled due to the high cost of installing those sidewalks.
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Speaker 1: Mir Thompson said that while she supports the idea of sidewalks,
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Speaker 1: the money is simply not there to pay for them.
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Speaker 1: City Sherry Boblett said she would continue to search out
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Speaker 1: a grant to help offset the cost of new sidewalks.
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Speaker 1: New Pioneers Share the pros and cons of Solar Farms
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Speaker 1: by James Reclines July first, twenty twenty six A presentation
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Speaker 1: in discussion about the pros and cons of solar farms
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Speaker 1: was the Highway that the Thursday, June twenty sixth meeting
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Speaker 1: of the Springfield Rotary Club. Julie Garu Nicholson, director of
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Speaker 1: New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future, gave the presentation, which
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Speaker 1: she hoped would alleviate some of the concerns about the
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Speaker 1: growing industry in the area. She focused her presentation on
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Speaker 1: the solar farm being built at the Marian Washington County
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Speaker 1: line near the airport because it is one of the
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Speaker 1: most want That's because it is the one most affecting
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Speaker 1: Springfield in Washington County. This farm was originally presented to
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Speaker 1: the Sun as a seven hundred acre facility that according
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Speaker 1: to Gerr Nicholson's presentation, it is actually over fourteen hundred acres.
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Speaker 1: Gerr Nicholson said there has been a lot of talk
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Speaker 1: about the farm and it is clear quote those in
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Speaker 1: support of sola farms know little about them, those who
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Speaker 1: oppose the solar farms know little about them, and if close,
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Speaker 1: she believed the developer could be more transparent and communicate
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Speaker 1: better with the public, especially those with property adjoining the farms.
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Speaker 1: Although much of the presentation focused on the safety of
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Speaker 1: the solar panels and other components of the solar farms facility,
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Speaker 1: Gert Nicholson also talked about steps to be taken by
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Speaker 1: the developer of the farm here to minimize neighbor's concerns.
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Speaker 1: Some of those measures include creating a vegetative barrier around
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Speaker 1: the panels can make it more visually appealing, implanting the
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Speaker 1: proper native plants under the panels instead of using gravel
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Speaker 1: to be both more environmentally friendly and more efficient, And
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Speaker 1: while there has been much talk about raising sheep under
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Speaker 1: the panels, she advocated for native.
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Speaker 3: Pollinator plants and agriculture crops that can be raised.
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Speaker 1: Without the use of any machinery. Clear during the presentation
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Speaker 1: that Gerl Nicholson supports solar farms and the clean energy
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Speaker 1: they create, as most of the material presented came not
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Speaker 1: only from Silver Farm advocate, but from the local farm's developer.
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Speaker 1: She only mildly addressed the concerns that have been raised
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Speaker 1: by neighbors of the Crab Run solar farm project being
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Speaker 1: developed between Lebanon and Loretto in Marion Counties.
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Speaker 2: Budd Blair has.
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Speaker 1: Signed an agreement with a Silver Farm developer for them
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Speaker 1: to have the option to leave some of his farmland.
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Speaker 2: Blair said he also did a lot.
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Speaker 1: Of research before signing that agreement. Although Blair said he
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Speaker 1: has a few minor lingering questions, he believes the panels
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Speaker 1: are stased and has no misgivings about his decisions. Blair
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Speaker 1: has not signed a lease, merely end quote option police
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Speaker 1: and a quote which gives the Silver Farm developer the
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Speaker 1: option over any other developer police Blair's property. A new
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Speaker 1: home for Scarlett by Jane Requine ten July first, twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty six. A helicopter named.
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Speaker 2: Scarlett has left her home at the elevenon.
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Speaker 1: Springfield Airport and moved to a new home at Springdale Hospital.
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Speaker 1: Scarlett came to Springview in November twenty twenty one when
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Speaker 1: air Evac Life Team opened air at Evac one seventy three.
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Speaker 1: The hill avoid in its service area. Air Evac had
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Speaker 1: helicopters stations in Campbellsville and Danville that also served the
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Speaker 1: Marion and Washington County area that felt having one in
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Speaker 1: Lovedon would be more efficient and effective. The air Evac
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Speaker 1: program at Springdew began as a twelve hour a day operation,
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Speaker 1: with the helicopter being hangared at the airport. Two years later,
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Speaker 1: in December of twenty twenty three, operations were increased to
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Speaker 1: twenty four hours a day, and last week the ribbon
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Speaker 1: was cut on Scarlett's new home. Air Evac held a
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Speaker 1: ribbon cutting at the newly constructed hangar on the campus
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Speaker 1: of Springdew Hospital.
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Speaker 2: Quote.
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Speaker 1: This strengthens the emergency care we have in our area,
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Speaker 1: said spring You HEEO VICKI Parks. We are thankful you
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Speaker 1: were here. I'm putting such an investment in our community.
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Speaker 1: We are mission ready at all times and together when
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Speaker 1: every minute counts we are going to be here for you,
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Speaker 1: she told the group gathered for the ribbon cutting ceremony.
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Speaker 1: June brought a series of thorns to Washington County. County
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Speaker 1: passes fifteen million dollar budget by Brady Hawkins and Janie
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Speaker 1: Reid Climbs July first, twenty twenty six. The final budget
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Speaker 1: for the fiscal year of twenty twenty six twenty seven
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Speaker 1: is fifteen million dollars fifteen million, four hundred and thirty
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Speaker 1: five dollars easy. The Washington County Fiscal Court then approves
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Speaker 1: the second reading of the budget of the regular Court
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Speaker 1: beating on Friday, June twenty sixth. At the meeting, the
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Speaker 1: Road Department updated Washington County Fiscal Court on its storm
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Speaker 1: clean up operations from June eighth to.
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Speaker 2: June twenty second.
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Speaker 1: Storm's impacted Washington County, knocking down trees and washing away
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Speaker 1: tiles and debris of the roads. Road Department Supervisor Tommy
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Speaker 1: Warner reported the roads were cleaned up blends Speak number two.
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Speaker 1: The Hayden Brothers slides are complete except for Guard.
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Speaker 2: Roads and Royalty Ridge should.
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Speaker 3: Be completed by next Monday or Tuesday.
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Speaker 1: Weather Committee Kevin Devine, Washington County Emergency Management director reported
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Speaker 1: that he has submitted additional FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency requests.
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Speaker 1: Applications were previously submitted for FEMA assistance following heavy flooding
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Speaker 1: that caused a number of road slides and other damage
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Speaker 1: across the county. Divine said some of those requests were
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Speaker 1: denied and he is resubmitting those looking for reapproval along
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Speaker 1: with new requests for this springstoom. Emergency Management is also
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Speaker 1: working on submitting the yearly emergency operations plans for state approval.
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Speaker 1: Washington County EMS opposed the purchase of four new heart
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Speaker 1: monitors to replace the old HEART monitors, which have expiration
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Speaker 1: dates quickly approaching. The new monitors are to be paid
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Speaker 1: for on a three year term of fifty nine thousand
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Speaker 1: dollars a year with no interest, and the first payment
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Speaker 1: due in October.
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Speaker 2: This was passed by the Physical Court. As of May.
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Speaker 1: Eighteenth, the Washington County Fire Department, with four EMPs currently
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Speaker 1: on staff, now responds to EMS calls the no EMS
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Speaker 1: units are available. The Washington County Fire Department plans to
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Speaker 1: launch a junior firefighter program in the comings months for
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Speaker 1: ages fifteen through seventeen, where teenagers can work on training
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Speaker 1: and take steps towards becoming firefighters. Washington County Fire Chief
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Speaker 1: Mike mulhern reported the Washington County Fire Department is also
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Speaker 1: purchasing in the vehicles, allowing them to keep more equipment
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Speaker 1: and to respond to more calls. The Washington County Fire
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Speaker 1: Department is also adding two new members to the team
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Speaker 1: and has done one forty four hours of training that
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Speaker 1: were turned into the Commissioner. Before closing the meeting, Judge
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Speaker 1: Executive ten Graves announced that work on the pavilion at
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Speaker 1: fredericktown Berg.
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Speaker 2: Park will soon get underway.
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Speaker 1: Then for the construction of the pavilion will be open
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Speaker 1: on Wednesday.
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Speaker 2: July first.
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Speaker 1: The next Physical Courseport Meeting is Monday, June July thirteenth,
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty sixth, at nine am. Governor Bisheer declares state
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Speaker 1: of emergency due to widespread flooding several water resues in
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Speaker 1: Washington County. By Jans Ree Climbs July first, twenty twenty
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Speaker 1: sixth and in this article there is a photo of
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Speaker 1: a truck not being able to cross a road because
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Speaker 1: of high waters and it says this photo from Washington
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Speaker 1: County was taken on State Rose Road at Smith Lane
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Speaker 1: on Saturday, as floodwaters continue to rise across the state.
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Speaker 2: Poto by John Wises.
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Speaker 1: On Saturday, Governor Andy Bsheer declared a state of emergency
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Speaker 1: due to severe weather and widespread flooding that impacted most
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Speaker 1: of the state. In addition, several counties also declared a
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Speaker 1: local state of emergency, including Bullets, Madison, Meade, Mercer, and
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Speaker 1: Spencer Quote. This is a serious flooded event where teams
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Speaker 1: have already had to conduct multiple water recues from vehicles
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Speaker 1: and homes across the commonwells, said Governor the year. As
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Speaker 1: of Sunday, at least four individuals are confirmed dead as
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Speaker 1: a result of the state wide flooding. Three of those
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Speaker 1: deaths were in Madison County and the fourth in Jackson County.
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Speaker 3: Multiple individuals were pulled from the water in Washington.
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Speaker 1: County, but no fatalities have been reported. Calls for help
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Speaker 1: included vehicles that were off the roading streams near Deep
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Speaker 1: Creek and Tadum's Rank. There was also a call to
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Speaker 1: Frederick Town for an individual trapped by rising water nearby.
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Speaker 1: Five people were rescued from a flooded home and Bardstowns,
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Speaker 1: along with Moore, called across Nelson County and called across
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Speaker 1: all surrounding County, Kentucky Emergency Management or KYEA, Kentucky State
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Speaker 1: Police KFP, and prepositioned Swiss Water rescue teams Sundaday Saturday
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Speaker 1: responding to emergency requests in local communities, including water rescues
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Speaker 1: from vehicles and homes and a community wide evacuation in
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Speaker 1: Bullet County. Governor Basheer also implemented the state's price gouging
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Speaker 1: laws to protect families from crossly overpriced goods and services.
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Speaker 1: With the state of Emergency and Plates, consumers in the
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Speaker 1: Commonwealth can report price gouging to the Office of Attorney General.
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Speaker 1: Under state law, price gougers can be held accountable BPW
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Speaker 1: Bourbon for BPWS as bourbon to annual Wars by Jane Recline,
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Speaker 1: July first, twenty twenty six. In this article, there is
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Speaker 1: a photo of people with wine and those attending the
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Speaker 1: tasting looking at the wine bottle, and then caption says
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Speaker 1: John Gray talks with a Potter Jane representative who hours
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Speaker 1: in the tapes of Dig that Liar, while Potter Jane
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Speaker 1: co founder James Bully look on as a BTW wine
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Speaker 1: tasting on Saturday's June twenty seventh. Photo by Jane Reclimbed
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Speaker 1: the Screenfield Sun. The annual Business and Professional Women for
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Speaker 1: BTW Wine Tasting presented some exciting new options in twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty six. This year, we are featuring only local wines,
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Speaker 1: the BTW president, Kadi Essex. She went on to explain
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Speaker 1: that with Washington County being a dry county for so long,
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Speaker 1: there really aren't wines being produced in Washington County. So
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Speaker 1: by local, she said, he means in this region, the
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Speaker 1: group chose wines from nearby counties with local winery.
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Speaker 2: She said.
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Speaker 1: Another big change this year is the addition of local
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Speaker 1: bourbons available for tasting. This is the first time for
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Speaker 1: bourbon tasting, with Spring Seal getting our first distilleries Potter
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Speaker 1: Jean and Willis. Do you believe it is a great addition.
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Speaker 1: Jane Bowie and some of the team from Potter Jane
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Speaker 1: Distillery were serving up tastings of a fourteen month old rye.
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Speaker 1: It is not ready to bottle himself, said Bowie, indicating
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Speaker 1: it needed much longer to properly age, but it is
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Speaker 1: worthy of a taste and letting people try some of
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Speaker 1: what we have in the work, she added. Potter Jean
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Speaker 1: released their first bottles, Big That Liar in early June.
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Speaker 1: Big That Liar is actually a unique blend of bourbons
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Speaker 1: distilled and aged at other distilleries, but blended to give
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Speaker 1: a unique state. Potter Jean Flavor tastings a Dig That
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Speaker 1: Liar were available at the d TW wine Tasting, and
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Speaker 1: Bowie said it is being served at Big Hole Steakhouse
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Speaker 1: and Loss Trade in Springfield. The BTW wine tasting also
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Speaker 1: featured a larger outdoor tent that was all enclosed, set
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Speaker 1: epics and we have a lot more option items. The
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Speaker 1: annual event is held at the Louisville Store building on
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Speaker 1: Main Street and Springsville each summer as a fund raiser
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Speaker 1: for BTW and supports the BTW scholarship program. The old
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Speaker 1: Louisville store was asked at capacity on Saturday, June twenty
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Speaker 1: seventh as supporters came out to shample the clines in
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Speaker 1: Bourbon and have the social times with old friends and
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Speaker 1: new acquaintances. Dexter Wilson to leave Conander Baseball program by
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Speaker 1: James reed.
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Speaker 3: Kline July first, twenty twenty six.
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Speaker 1: Washington County High School has hired Dexter Wilson as the
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Speaker 1: new head coach of the Canander baseball team. Originally from
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Speaker 1: Fort Worth, Texas, Wilson has lived in Kentucky for eleven years.
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Speaker 1: He as a graduate of Southwest High School and Willert
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Speaker 1: High School, earned all the US honors as the first
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Speaker 1: stasman during his sophomore and junior years. After graduating, he
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Speaker 1: walked on at Western Texas College as an outfielder for
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Speaker 1: the freshman season, hitting quinet four hundred and earning the
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Speaker 1: scholarship for his sophomore year. As a sophomore, he played
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Speaker 1: in fifty one game, hit point three oh one, and
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Speaker 1: received Conference Honorable Mention honor. He then transferred to the
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Speaker 1: University of the Cumberlands, where he was a member of
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Speaker 1: the team that won the Mid South Conference tournament in
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Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. Following his collegiate career, Wilson began coaching at
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Speaker 1: south Borough Middle School, where he helped the Cardinals win
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Speaker 1: their conference tournament during his two year tenure. He was
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Speaker 1: then promoted to the high school level, serving as the
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Speaker 1: hitting coach and working with the outfolders. In twenty twenty six,
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Speaker 1: as outfielders recorded one hundred seventy six putout, maintained a
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Speaker 1: nine hundred thirty fielding percentage, and committed only fourteen errors
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Speaker 1: across thirty sixty Offensively, the Cardinals posted zero point three
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Speaker 1: to one to nine batting average. Wilson helped the team
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Speaker 1: a mass A record of sixty five and thirty four
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Speaker 1: during his tenure as an assistant coach. Outside of baseball,
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Speaker 1: Wilson enjoys going to the gym, traveling and attempting to
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Speaker 1: play based basketball, playing video games, and reading in his
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Speaker 1: free time. He also enjoys giving hitting lessons and attending
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Speaker 1: his player's travels and little league games. We are thrilled
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Speaker 1: to welcome Coach Dexter Wilson as a new head baseball
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Speaker 1: coach of the Washington County Commanders does WHS Principal Eric
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Speaker 1: Segriasi Coach Wilson brings tremendous energies, knowledge, and a strong
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Speaker 1: commitment to developing student athletes and building a culture of excellence.
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Speaker 1: His passion for the game, dedication to the sport he loves,
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Speaker 1: and respect for the traditions that have made Commander Baseball
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Speaker 1: special make him an outstanding addition to our Commander family.
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Speaker 2: We are excited about the future.
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Speaker 1: Of our program under Coach Wilson's leadership, and look forward
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Speaker 1: to the continued growth and success of Commander Baseball on
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Speaker 1: and off the field. Welcome to the Commander family, Coach Wilson,
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Speaker 1: and then another quote.
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Speaker 2: We were looking for a coach who.
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Speaker 1: Can build strong relationships with our student athletes while continuing
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Speaker 1: to move our baseball program forwards, and Coach Wilson stood
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Speaker 1: out throughout the process that Athletic Director Darren Morris. His
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Speaker 1: experience as both a player and a coach, combined with
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Speaker 1: his passion for teaching the game and investing in young people,
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Speaker 1: make him an excellent fit for Washington County.
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Speaker 2: We are excited to see.
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Speaker 1: The energy, enthusiasm, and vision Coach Wilson will bring to
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Speaker 1: Commander Baseball. Following the KHSAA dead period, WCAHS will host
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Speaker 1: the and Greed event for players and parents to welcome
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Speaker 1: Coach Wilson and learn more about his vision for the
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Speaker 1: Canander Baseball program. Turning now to some obituary is from
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Speaker 1: the area. Gloria ANNs Wharton, eighty five of Springfield, passed
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Speaker 1: away at four forty three pm Friday, June nineteen, twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty six at Baptist Paul Harden in Elizabethtown. Hale poland
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Speaker 1: Robinson's female home was entrusted with the arrangements. The nation
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Speaker 1: was chosen and an.
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Speaker 2: Memorial service was held at.
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Speaker 1: Eleven am Wednesday, July. The First Emily Terry Royalty ninety
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Speaker 1: eight of Springfield, made her transition on Wednesday, June seventeenth,
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, at the age of ninety eight, with
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Speaker 1: her daughters by her side. Private interment was held at
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Speaker 1: sun Terry Hill in Springfield, and at her request, no
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Speaker 1: service or visitation was planned. Harry and Son Femal Home
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Speaker 1: was in charge of the arrangement. In other news from
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Speaker 1: in and around the area, Unemployment rate on the rise
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Speaker 1: in Yhington County by Jane Reid Climbs July first, twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty six. Washington County's jobless rate grew by half.
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Speaker 3: A percentage point in May twenty twenty.
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Speaker 1: Sixth over the rate recorded for April. The county reported
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Speaker 1: an unemployment rate of four point two percent from May
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, as compared to three point seven in April.
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Speaker 2: The rate is also.
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Speaker 3: Higher than the rate for May twenty twenty.
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Speaker 1: Five, which was three point eight percent. The rate continues
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Speaker 1: to be notably lower than the average across the Lincoln
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Speaker 1: Trail Area Development District, which recorded a rate of five
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Speaker 1: point c from May. Unemployment rates rose in ninety five
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Speaker 1: counties between May twenty twenty five and May twenty twenty six,
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Speaker 1: fell in seventeen counties, and stayed the same in eight counties,
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Speaker 1: according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics ky STACK, an
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Speaker 1: agency within the Kentucky Education and Maybor Cabinet. The release
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Speaker 1: reports that Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in
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Speaker 1: the Commonwealth of three point seven percent. It was followed
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Speaker 1: by Fayette, Scott and Todd County four percent, and Boom, Campbell, Cumberland, Franklin, Hunton,
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Speaker 1: and Oldham Counties four point one percent, coming in at
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Speaker 1: number eleven host Washington County at four point two percent.
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Speaker 1: Martin County recorded the state's highest unemployment rate at nine.
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Speaker 3: Point eight percent.
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Speaker 1: It was followed by Wolf County eight point five percent,
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Speaker 1: Lewis County eight point one percent.
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Speaker 3: In the Goslin County seven point nine percent.
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Speaker 1: Kentucky's county unemployment rates and employment levels are not seasonally
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Speaker 1: adjusted because of small sample sizes. Employment statistics undergo a
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Speaker 1: sharp fluctuation due to seasonal events such as leather changes, harvest,
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Speaker 1: holidays and school openings, and clothing seasonal adjustments eliminate these
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