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5.22.25 · Springfield Sun

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Springfield Fund to bring you
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news from in and around Washington County. Your reader today
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is Amy Jones, Timmany. We begin with the addition dated Wednesday,
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May twenty first, twenty twenty five. As a reminder, Radioli
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is a leading service intended for people who are blind
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or have other disabilities that make it difficult to read
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printed materials. Magistrates reject nine one one feet increase by
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Jane Reid Kline May nineteenth, twenty twenty five. Washington County
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Fiscal Court magistrates rejected a proposal to double the nine
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one one feet on local water bills at the Monday
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May twelfth meeting of the court. A fee of two
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dollars per meter was added to water bills across the
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county in twenty twenty one to fund the nine one
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one Dispatch Center. The center had previously been funded with
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the fee on landline telephone along and it was appropriations
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from Washington County. In the city of Springfield. In twenty twenty,
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the PSAP board voted to move that fee from telestones
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and fewer hea lay in lines and place it on
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water bills to accomplish two goals. Even after responsibility all
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residents for across file residents and increased revenue to fund
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the service. The city and County continued to appropriate funds
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for the vital service. Office of Emergency Management Director Kevin
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Devine presented a proposal to the court to adjust that
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fee from two dollars per meter each month to four dollars.
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He said the increased revenue would be used to hire
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two additional dispatchers of the center. Divine explained that there
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are times the center will only have one dispatcher work,
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working with a number of calls to nine one one
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increasing the center builds its necessary to have two dispatchers
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on duty at all times, but does not have the
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funds to employ two additional dispatchers to fill the gap.
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District four Magistrate Stephen Carney voiced an objection to quote
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raising taxes and this is a tax increase end of quote.
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District two Magistrate Steve Divine also voiced an objection to
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the proposal. The vote was forty two to rejust a proposal.
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Magistrates Dallas Lewis, Steve Divine, Stephen Corney, and Matt Medley
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voted no one to measure, and Magistrates Bobby Lee, Russell
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and Philip Currico voted in favor of the increase. The
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feat increase required approval by both the Fiscal Court and
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the Springfield City Council. Since the adjustment was rejected by
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the Physical Court, the City Council removed the proposal from
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the agenda for the Tuesday, May thirteenth City Council meeting.
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Neighboring Nelson County uses a fee on the annual property
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tax bill to fund its nine one one center In
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Nelson County, the fee is twenty four dollars annually, equivalent
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to Washington County's current rate. At Monday's meeting, the court
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also held the first reading of the twenty twenty five
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to twenty sixth budget for the county. A budget workshop
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was held on Friday, May second finalize the twelve million
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dollar budget for the coming year. In other matters, Road
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Department Supervisor Tommy Warner reported the county has received one
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of the new trucks and the other would be arriving
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with the week. Magistrates approved an agreement with the state
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for funding to replace the Hayden Brothers Bridge. The cost
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of replacing the bridge is estimated at eight hundred seventy
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one thousand, dollars. The court held first reading of a
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new ATV ordinance. The ordinance follows the Kentucky State Legislature's
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passing of a bill to allow the use of ATV's
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on public roadways. The proposed ordinance requires ATV's on public
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roads to be registered and licensed, with some exceptions for
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farm vehicles moving between farms. Judge Timothy Graves announced Saint
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Ivo Bridge repairs are complete, with the exception of paving
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the approaches to the bridge. He stated to have the
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entire road, which is only two tenths of a mile, blacktopped,
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would cost the county twenty four thousand dollars. Magistrates approved.
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Graves also announced the county had paid off the debt
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on the County Road Barn, noting that the county's only
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remaining debt is for the Judicial Center. The next meeting
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of the Fiscal Court is scheduled for Friday, May twenty third,
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at nine A m overlapping projects delay roadwork in city
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by Jane Breenclines May twenty first, twenty twenty five, Kentucky
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Transportation Cabinet KYTC representatives presented a broad of information to
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the Springfield City Council on Tuesday, May thirteenth, KYCT began
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by presenting plans for upcoming work in Springfield and explanations
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for delays and completing those projects. With four infrastructure projects
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but four separate entities beginning or continuing in the city,
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there was a great deal of overlap. A KYTC engineer
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said they did not wish to pave those streets only
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to have one of the other projects spear it up
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and have to come back and repay it again. The
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state plans work on Walnut Street that is going out
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to bid in May, with hopes of completion in November
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of twenty twenty five. There is the minor overlap with
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the sidewalk project and work being done by Springfield Water.
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There is also paving planned for Lebanon Hill, Cross Maine
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and Lincoln Park. KYTC says this will involve removing three
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to four inches of the existing road and repaving. Work
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on this project overlaps with work by Atmos Energy, Springfield Water,
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and the new sidewalk project. Work will not begin until
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those projects are complete. At MISS Energy said it would
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require five to six months to complete the replacements in
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the city. Some of those replacements are on Lincoln Park Road,
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near Washington County Middle School in the area to be
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repaved by KYTC. The sidewalk project was put out to
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bids and the bid was to be awarded within a
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week to cleary construction. No timeline was given for completion
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of this project, which includes replacement of the sidewalk on
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just over two blocks of main street, areas along Cross
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Maine and some on Walnut Street. Also at Tuesday's meeting,
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the council approved a resolution to accept Municipal Road Aid
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funds of sixty six thousand, five hundred thirty two dollars
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and seventy eight cents to be paid quarterly to the city.
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They also held first reading of an amendment to the
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ABC Licensede Ordinance. This amendment is required to meet u
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KRS requirements. The next regular meeting of the Springfield City
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Council will be Tuesday, June the tenth. A special night
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at Cornerstone Acres, Washington County High School students enjoyed another
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great prom experience. The twenty twenty five prom was held
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at Cornerstone Acres on rud Lane in rural Washington County.
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Promgoers gathered at the high school with a procession to
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their vehicles al photographed by family and friends before carabinding
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to the venue for the festivities. As of press time
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Sunday morning, The Sun had not obtained a photo or
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learned the identity of the palm key and Queen. Willisburg
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addresses several issues at park by Jane reed Kline, May
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twenty first, twenty twenty five. The Willisburg Community Park and
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upcoming Memorial Day Festival were the main items on the
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agenda for the Willisburg City Council at the regular meeting
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on Thursday, May fifteenth, the council reviewed a quote to
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repair the damage at the ball field caused by recent
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flooding at the park. The estimate was just over twenty
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four thousand dollars and did not include fil dirt. Dugson
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said at a previous meeting he would donate some of
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the clay dirt needed for this project. The council is
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awaiting approval from FEMA before beginning the work. The council
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also voted to lower the speed limit on park drive
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to ten miles per hour and reduce the weight limit
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on the load on the road to five tons, which
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is ten thousand pounds. As a result of the core
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sample that was taken in twenty four revealed the road
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was not built a county specifications at the time it
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was built, but would notwithstand the weight of large trucks.
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The new weight limit will still accommodate the four eight
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horses and trailers. The council approved the purchase of new
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signs for the steep limit and weight restriction, along with
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some no parking signs. The council discussed plans for the
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Memorial Day homecoming festival on Saturday, May twenty fourth, and
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set times for setup. Side by sides and golf carts
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will be allowed on the streets during the festival, but
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not four wheelers. They also discussed the need to make
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sure visitors don't block private driveways, the bank drives through,
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or the fire department. The next meeting of the Willisburg
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City Council will be Thursday, June nineteenth at seven pm.
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ATV accident on Croke Station Road by danely Cline. May
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twenty first, twenty twenty five, a local man was flown
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to the University of Kentucky Medical Center following an ATV
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accident on the evening of Saturday, May seventeen. The victim
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has not been identified to the sun, but Rescue Squad
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Commander Joe Carpenter said he was riding his ATV on
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Crokes Station Road when it went off the edge of
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the road and overturned. Carpenter said the victim was thrown
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from the ATV and sustained head injuries. Washington County EMS
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transported the man to a helicopter landing zone and he
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was blown to UK for treatment of his injuries. According
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to Carpenter, there were no passengers in the ATV with
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the victim and it was unknown how severe his injuries were.
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Ashley Marie Cooley Benham, thirty nine, of Springfield, Kentucky, passed
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away Sunday, May fourth, twenty twenty five at her home.
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She was born in Danville, Kentucky, on April eleventh, nineteen
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eighty six. She was a two thousand and four graduate
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of Bloyle County High School and a homemaker. Survivors include
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her husband, Fred William Benham, two daughters, Jad ben and
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make Maggie Benham, both at home. Her father and stepmother,
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Barry Lynn and Brenda Cooley of Junction City. Her mother
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and stepfathers Lenna Marie and John Harden of Midgellsburg. Two
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sisters Shirley Trent of Lexington and Cheyenne Harden of Midgellsburg,
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a brother, Dakota Harden of Colorado, and a half brother,
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Stephen and Theresa Cooley of Moreland. Her maternal grandmother Shirley
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Annas of Boyle County and her paternal grandmother Rufe Hooley
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of Moreland. Funeral services were held one pm Thursday, May
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aids at the Carriy and Son's Funeral Home, with the
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Reverend Junior Fields officiating. Burial was as the Mount Zion Cemetery.
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Serving as pallbearers were Chris Benham, Ira Benham, Luke Benham,
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Stephen Cooley, daughter ofv and Cooley, Cheyenne Harden, Barry Tadwell,
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and Wesley Harden. Carrie and Son Funeral Home was in
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charge of the arrangements. Ada Russell Burkehead, aged ninety one,
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of Springfield, Kentucky, passed away at ten forty pm Tuesday
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May sixth, twenty twenty five at the Springfield Nursey in
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Leehab Center. A native of Washington County, she was born
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on July twelfth, nineteen thirty three, to the late Everett
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Vernon and Maddie Kate Coyle Russell. She was a member
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of the Maxville Baptist Church, a nineteen fifty two graduate
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of Mackville High School, and a retired housekeeping supervisor of
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med Coat Center of Springfield. On May twelfth, nineteen fifty six,
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she was united in marriage to Bruce Evans Burkhead. He
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preceded her in death on July thirtieth, twenty fifteen. Also
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preceding her in death with a granddaughter, Treva kay and
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Glow on June twenty first, twenty twenty, and three brothers,
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William Martin Russell on February eighth, twenty sixteen, Everett Lee
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Russell on December twenty second, twenty twenty, and Bobby Clifton
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Russell on December second, twenty twenty two. Survivors in include
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her son Russell and Lisa Burkehead of Springfield, her daughter
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Evelyn and Gulo of Versailles, six grandchildren, Kyle Burkehead, Evan
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Blake Burkehead, Matthew Burkehead, Joshua Burkehead, Ryan Angelo, and Philip Angelo.
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Six great grandchildren, and a sister, Francis East of Springfield.
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Funeral services were held at one pm Friday, May ninth,
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at the Maxwell Baptist Church, with the Reverend Ron Miller associating.
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Burial was at the Peter Cemetery at Maxville. Serving his
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honorary paulbears were Kyle Burkehead, Philip Angelo, Kevin Russell, Jeff Russell,
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Billy Hilton, Jordan Settles and Jacob Settles. Servinga's casket bearers
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were Evan Blake, Burkehead, Matthew Burkehead, Josh Burkehead, James Clifton, Yates,
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Terry Russell, and Bobby Lee Russell. Carrie and Son Funeral
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Home was in charge of the arrangement. Two Springfield residents
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induided in Marion County. Two Springfield residents were recently indicted
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on unrelated charges by a Marion County grand jury. The
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grand jury handed down two indictments on May fifth, twenty
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twenty five, against Brandon Thomas thirty twenty seven to thirty five,
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Bardstown rowns Springfield. In the first indictment, Thomas is charged
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with driving a motor vehicle while license is suspended for
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a dy third offense aggravator a Class D felony, and
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first degree persistent felony offender. The grand jury charge These
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events happened on or about February twenty second, twenty twenty five.
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The bond was said at twenty five hundred dollars of cash.
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Thomas was also indicting for indicted for operating a motor
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vehicle under the influence of substances fourth or greater offense aggregator,
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A Class WAR felony, driving a motor vehicle while license
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is suspended for a dy third defense aggravator a Class
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D felony, reckless driving violation, possession of an open alcohol
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beverage container in a motor vehicle violation, failure to wear
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seabells violation, and first degree persistent felony offender the grand
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jury charge. These events happened honor about February twenty fourth,
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twenty twenty five. The bond was set at ten thousand
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dollars cash. Christy Saylor forty four three fifty four Saint
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Rose Roads, Spring Film was indicted for steft by all
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novel taking greater than ten thousand dollars but under a
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million dollars, a Class C felony, and first degree persistent
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felony offender the grand jury charge. These events happened Honor
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about October first, twenty twenty three through February twenty fifth,
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twenty twenty four. The bond was set at one thousand
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dollars cash. An indictment by a grand jury is neusly
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a charge. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty
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in the appropriate court of law. Kent arrested on four
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active bench warrms after a routine traffic stop. The Washington
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County Sheriff's Office reports that mahu A. Kent was arrested
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on May eleven, twenty twenty five, after Deputy Luke Mud
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observed his vehicle ignor a stop sign on Lawrenceburg Road.
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Mud reports said around nine pm, Kent approach the stop
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sign at the intersection of Lawrenceburg Road in Main Street, Willisburg.
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He disregarded the stop sign and turned left towards Mackville.
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Deputy Mud initiated emergency equipment blue lights through North Washington
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Elementary School, and Kent reportedly yielded to the emergency equipment
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around Glen's Creek Road. Once pulled over, he was unable
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to provide a valid insurance card. Dispatch sented by his
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deputy Mud that Kent also had four active bench warms
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and a civil summit at this time. Deputy Mud detained Kent.
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Three of the bench warrants were issued from Royle County
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and one was issued from Washington County. The charges included
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bail jumping first degree, to attempt at court, libel and slander,
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resistance to order, failure to page child support, and failure
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to appear. Kent is currently lodged in the Marion County
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Detention Center. Woman charged for public intoxication, Stephanie Stratton, was
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arrested by the Springfield Police Department after allegedly screaming at
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a downtown business. The Springfield Police Department reports that on
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Monday May twelfth, just after nine am, Sergeant Elder was
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dispatched to an area of one point thirty nine East
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Main Street in reference to a female distorting the peace
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and shouting at people. Sergeant Elder arrived to find the
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female walking and dancing on the sidewalk. Elder made contact
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with her and identified her as Stephanie Stratton. She was
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asked what she was doing, and her reply did not
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make sense to Elder. According to a press with from
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the police Department, Chief Sue Mud, who was also on
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the scene, spoke with the business but called and they
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stated Stratton was screaming things at the door of their
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business that made no sense, causing them alarm. Stratton was
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searched and placed under arrest for public intoxication, possession of
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synthetic drugs, and disorderly conduct. She was scheduled to be
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arraigned on Monday, May nineteenth in district Court. Nelson County.
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Woman wins fifty thousand dollars with lottery scratch off By j. R. Kleine,
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May twenty first, twenty twenty five. Tanya Shelton of Cox's Creek, Kentucky,
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is less stressed after she won fifty thousand dollars on
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a Kentucky lottery scratch off ticket. Shelton, along with her boyfriend,
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stopped at the Fearfield Grocery and Fairfield where he picked
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out the fifty dollars sixty five million dollar fortune ticket.
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We've been playing them together for six years. It's our thing,
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she said. Shelton scratched the ticket off in the car.
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She had matched the number twenty five and proceeded to
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scratch off the prize below quote. I saw the big
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zeros and then when you get to that comma and
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the other big zero. I've never seen anything this stig
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end of quote, she said. Quote today is the twenty
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fifth day of April twenty twenty five, and we won
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on number twenty five. She said it was meant to be.
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End of quotes. Quote it just gives you this feeling
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of is this really real? End of quote. Her boyfriend says.
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Shelton brought her family along to claim her ticket at
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lottery headquarters later that day, where she received a check
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for thirty six thousand dollars after taxes. Quote. Who would
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have dreamed we'd be down to today? End of quote,
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Shelton last. Shelton told lottery officials she's building her first
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home and that winning the lottery will relieve some stress.
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Quote it's a relief, just less stress. We've been telling
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each other that after we get to move into this house,
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we'll have to eat tuna and ramen noodles every night.
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This really just helps us out. Shelton said, it staves
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a day. End of quote. Shelton shared that when attending
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Jefferson Community College years ago, she received Kentucky Educational Excellent
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Scholarship money funded by the Kentucky Lottery to help her
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pay for her education. While earning her associate's degree, in arts. Quote.
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It makes me feel good when I can give back, Well,
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they paid for my schooling. You get a chance to
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win and help the people. End of quote, Shelton said.
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Fairhilld Grischie will receive five hundred dollars for selling the tickets.
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W HS senior accepted into Ivy League University by Jean
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reed clin May twenty first, twenty twenty five. John Alexander
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Alex Taylor, a Washington County High School graduating senior, has
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been accepted into Yale University, one of only eight Ivy
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League universities in the United States. According to the US
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News and World Report, Ivy League schools are considered the
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most thought after institutions of higher learning in the country
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and around the world. End of quote. Yale University, a
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private university in Connecticut known for its prestige in academic rigger,
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was founded in seventeen oh one. Taylor's acceptance into an
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Ivy League university is believed to be the first in
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the school and district's recent history. Taylor's of the application
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process was extensive and included interviews with Yale alumni. He
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visited the Yale campus for a tour and also visited
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the University of Chicago as he was considering attending that
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school as well and waning his options. Taylor says that
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ultimately Yale's economics program, alumni connections, and career opportunities led
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him to make the decision to attend the university. At WCAHS,
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Taylor is a member of the WCACHS Commander Basketball Team,
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the Commander Tracked Team, Commander Cross Country Team. Is a
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gifted and talented student. Is a member of the National
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Honor Society, Data Youth for Christ, the WDCHS Student Council,
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Saint Dominic Youth Group. Is a Springfield, Washington County Chamber
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of Commerce Ambassador and is employed at Park U Home Center.
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During his senior year, he was also named a finalist
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in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Quote. Alex is a
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great person and scholar that I will always remember because
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he is exceptional. The WDCHS Spanish teacher, Sheana Levener quote.
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He is intrinsically motivated and has a passion for learning.
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I've never had a student that is more driven to succeed.
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He strives to excel in every aspect of his life,
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is always optimistic, and is an incredibly humble young man.
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He was the first student that I have taught in
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all four levels of Spanish. I am proud that I
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have the opportunity to watch him grow over the last
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four years of his educational journey, and I look forward
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to seeing him excel at Yale in the next four
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end of quotes quote. I couldn't be prouder of Alex
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Taylor for his acceptance into Yale University, says Chase Berdett,
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maths teacher at WCAHS. Alex has been an exceptional student
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throughout his high school career. He is dedicated, intellectually curious,
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and always striving for excellence. His work, ethic, leadership, and
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character have made a lasting impression on everyone who has
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had the pleasure of teaching him. Watching him grown into
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the remarkable young person he is today has been an
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absolute privilege. Yale is gaining not only a brilliant mind,
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but a truly outstanding individual. End of quotes quote. The
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most striking thing about Alex Taylor is how humble he
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remains despite his considerable and amazing accomplishment, says Charlie Cox,
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principal at WAHS. This young man is truly remarkable and
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has made the most of his time at Washington County
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High School. I couldn't be happier for Alex and his family.
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So it will come as no surprise to anyone. Alex
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will truly do amazing dates Yale is just the next
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step in his journey, and to quote Taylor plans to
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have a career in economics and possibly become a developmental
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or a development economist. He is the son of Paul
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and Amy Taylor. Telling their stories on Memorial Day, May
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twenty first, twenty twenty five. This is a column by
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David B. Whitlock's Life Matters The living can read back
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the dead. Seventy eight year old Barney Sharp of Lebanon,
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Kentucky is proof. When he was barely twenty one, Sarpe
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was wading through a rice paddy field in the meek
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Holme Valley of Vietnam. Having been selected by Uncle Sam's
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draft Sarp no fortunate son Judas Lee comply, and when
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the band played hell to the chief, Sarpe stood to
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attention with marstinkled eyes. He had been in Vietnam barely
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three weeks when his combat unit, Alpha Company, serving the
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ninth INFA Tree Division, was on a reconnaissance mission near
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Singh who the vietcom were waiting for them that day,
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September twenty sixth, nineteen sixty eight. Moments before, from the
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safety of the helicopter, Sarp had been admiring the picturesqueing
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below the lush rice patty when suddenly the copter landed
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with a jolt, and undercover of its machine gun fire,
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he splashed onto the rice field chopper blades, worrying behind him.
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His company had suffered multiple casualties. When Sergeant Tharp saw
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that his point man, Richard Rick Jordan's had been hit
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and was exposed to the enemy quote something I believe
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it was God, nudgen. I ran to rescue him. Only
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later with Sarp realized he was the only one who
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left his position to run to the front, exposing himself
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to intense enemy fire as he made repeat tripped, dodging
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bullets to rescue the wounded, five of whom were fatally wounded.
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Even the medic Kim Stanton, was hit and Sarp, while
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rescuing Stanted, administered a shot of morphine to Jordan's before
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dragging them back to safety. The living tell the stories
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for the deceased. Those five men killed that day had
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a life waiting for them cut short by war. The
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nineteen sixty eight nineteen sixty nine time periods were horrible
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years in many ways. In Vietnam, the average death toll
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of American soldiers rose to almost sixteen hundred a month
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in nineteen sixty eight and one thousand a month in
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nineteen sixty nine. Barney Start believes it is part of
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his duty to help us remember those soldiers, even though
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even those who made it back often felt less than alive.
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Frequently it more and sometimes ridiculed in a turbulent United States.
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As Start put it, quote Matty just faded into the shadows,
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end of farkly connected with his unit showing up for reunions.
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Quote I've tried to bring them back into the light,
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he said, encouraging them to tell their stories and remember
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the ones who didn't come back. And to quote Rick
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Jordan's wife and three adult daughters drove eight hours in
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twenty sixteen to thank Sarp for their lives for if STARp,
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Patten responded to what he believed was God's nudging. Rickwood
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has never met his wife and his three daughters wouldn't
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be here. Sarp cherishes the family's gratitude more than the
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Bronze Star of Valors and Military awarded him for his bravery.
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In two thousand and three, Sarp wrote on the virtual
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wall of Vietnam's War Memorial thanking each of the thirteen
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men in Alpha Company who were killed while in Vietnam.
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Nine families responded to him, grateful that Sarp helped them
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process their grief quote I did it for us all,
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including myself, a band of brothers and to quote. During
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his tour in Vietnam, Sarp received multiple military honors, including
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the Purple Heart. He didn't carry those metals in battle,
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but he always passed a little New Testament in his
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shirt pocket. In its pages, there's a story of the
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apostle Paul being compelled by the spirit to go to
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Jerusalem Acts twenty twenty twenty two, which would eventually result
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in Paul's death. Barney STARp didn't have time to ponder it,
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but he too obeyed, compelled by the spirit to rush
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into the heat of battle to save the lives of others.
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This Memorial Day, if you're in a restaurant and bump
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into what appears to be an old guy wearing a
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vets cat refuse to walk by without words, stop long
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enough for the spirit to nudge you and say something,
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maybe thanks for serving, And then thank God open your
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heart large enough and long enough to pause again, sometimes
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perhaps before you beat barbecue on Memorial Day, and thanks
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the Lord for the sacrifice of those who did not
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make it. This concludes excerpts from recent editions of The
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Springfield Sun. Your reader has been Amy Jones, Timmody on
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behalf of everyone here at RADIOI thank you for listening,
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keep on listening, and have a good day.