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7.3.24 · The Mountain Eagle

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Speaker 1: Now we turn to the Mountain Eagle to read news
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from Weisberg. Your reader today is billed an Arsdale. We
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will begin with the edition dated July second, twenty twenty five,
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which the publishers have donated to RADIOI as a reminder.
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RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. The first story is if you see
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a wild turkey, you are asked to call or write
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state wildlife officials seeking help with study of wild turkey population.
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Native wild turkeys are spending their summer days in Lectri
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County and elsewhere in Kentucky, eating, moving and raising their
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recently hatched pulse.
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Speaker 2: The Kentucky Department of Fish.
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Speaker 1: And Wildlife Resources asks the public to be on the
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lookout for turkeys as they move around and share their
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observations to help biologists better understand and manage wild turkey
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populations in the state. Monitoring our turkey flock for its
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long term conservation depends on teamwork, says Zach Danks, Kentucky
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Fish and Wildlife Wild Turkey Program Coordinator. Fish and Wildlife
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staff can't be everywhere all at once. That's where hunters
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and wildlife enthusiasts across the state can really help reporting
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turkey sidings to our survey. To report sidings of wild
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turkeys during the survey window, which begins July first and
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ends on August thirty first, visit the Kentucky Fish and
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Wildlife Summer Turkey Brewed Survey web page or enter the
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keywords Turkey Survey in the search bar on the agency's
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website fw dot Ky dot gov to access the online
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survey portal, link to the mobile survey app, or download
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a printable form that can be mailed or emailed to
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the department. Data collected through this survey helped them department
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to better understand turkey population trends over time. An easy
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to use mobile phone app and website make participating in
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the survey easy. Dank said, I've compiled thousands of turkey
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observations reported by interested citizens and staff into a statewide
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index that provides a glimpse into the summer's reproductive success,
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which is important to the sustainability of the wild turkey population.
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Hunters across the southeastern US have reported seeing fewer turkeys
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in recent years. State Fish and Wildlife agencies are conducting
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scientific research to shed more light on the status of
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Turkey populations. Turkey observation data gained through the public survey
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are used in conjunction with research findings, making this citizens
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science data SID vital for long term conservation. Questions on
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the annual Summer Turkey Brood Survey or Turkey hunting may
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be directed to the agency's Information Center at eight hundred
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eighty five eight one five four nine eight am to
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four thirty pm weekdays excluding state holidays, or at info
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Dot Center at ky dot gov. The next story is
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prosecutors in Stein's murder case deny claims by defense. The
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prosecution in the murder trial of former Electric County Sheriff
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Shaan Mickey Steins says that is no basis in fact
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for a defense motion to dismiss the indictment. Stein's is
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charged with murder of a public official, a capital offense,
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in the September nineteenth shooting death of District Judge Kevin R.
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Mullins in his chambers in the Electric County courthouse. The
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defense has claimed that the prosecution met with a grand
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jury and did not record the testimony given, and that
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the attorney learned of it only because a grand juror
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referenced a prior meeting during the session at which Steins
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was indicted. The meeting at which the indictment was returned
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was recorded, and the recording provided to the defense. The prosecution, however, said,
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in an answer to that motion, there was no testimony
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at the prior meeting. The defense cited the answer filed
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by Assistant Attorney General r. Ramsay Dallom and twenty seven
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District Commonwealth's Attorney Jackie Steele, acknowledges that prosecutors went to
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the grand jury prior to indicting Stein's but says they
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did not call witnesses or present any testimony. On October seventeenth, twentousand,
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twenty four, the special prosecutors assigned to this case appeared
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before the Electric County Grand Jury for the sole purpose
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of obtaining grand jury subpoena's duss techem for Appalachian Regional
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health Care records and Leslie County detention records pertaining to
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the defendant. The response says no testimony was provided to
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obtain these records, therefore, there was no recording after that appearance.
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Grand jury subpoenas were in fact utilized to obtain the
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aforementioned records, which were provided to defendant. On December fourth,
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twenty twenty four, a subpoena duces Tecum orders some one
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to bring records to the prosecutor.
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Speaker 2: Toward grand jury.
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Speaker 1: The response also denies that grandjeur's questions were redirected, as
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the defense alleged in its motion to dismiss. The only
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testimony given, the response says, was given on November twenty first,
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twenty twenty four, about two months after a security camera
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captured Stein's firing eight shots from his service weapon, killing
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District Judge Kevin R. Mullins as he sat at his
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desk in chambers. Detective Clayton's Stamper was the sole witness
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for the Commonwealth. The response says grandjurs were provided the
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opportunity to ask any questions, and multiple grand jurs did,
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in fact pose questions to Detective Stamper, which he answered
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based on his investigative knowledge. It continues to say that
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testimony did not end until there were no additional questions
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from grand jurors. The jury voted to indict Stein's on
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one count of murder public official, and the recording of
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the proceedings was given to the defense. On December fourth,
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twenty two minutes into Detective Stamper's testimony before the grand jury,
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a grand jurer does ask, at our previous meeting, I
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know you requested medical records.
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Speaker 2: Did that open up anything or was it just? The
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response to the motion says this.
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Speaker 1: Comment in the recording only corroborates that the sole purpose
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of attendance at grand jury in October was to obtain
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the aforementioned grand jury subpoenas. Prosecutors also took issue with
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the defense's characterization that Stamper testified that Stein's was in
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his sane mind and was not qualified to make that determination.
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At the twenty six seventeen mark of the grand jury recording,
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a grand juror asked Detective Stamper, so he was insane
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mind as far as this investigation has one. Detective Stamper
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simply responded yes. The response says on that issue and
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on the issue of whether Stein's failure to speak to
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police about the shooting, prosecutors say in their response that
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the defense confuses the role of grand jury proceedings with
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the process of a criminal trial. It also says that,
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contrary to the defense motion claiming evidence of the civil
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case Steins was involved in was withheld from jurors. A
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juror asked only one question about it, whether Mullins had
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any relation to that case. The response says Stamper answered no,
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and the prosecutor asked a similar question to clarify, to
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your knowledge, was Judge Mullins involved. Detective Stamper responded, to
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my knowledge, no, no involvement. Next time line is off
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road vehicle licenses are now being sold here. Even though
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the Electric County Fiscal Court hasn't opted into a new
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state law allowing licensing of off road vehicles, owners can
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still march down to the Electric County Clerk's office and
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pick up a tag. The state of Kentucky has said
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all clerks must sell the licenses, but the only people
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required to buy one are those riding on the highway.
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The implementation allows people who live in a county that
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has not opted in to ride on the road legally
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in another county that has. As of Monday, just one
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person has successfully gotten the license plate here since the
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law took effect last week, Clerk Winston Mead said despite
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three days of training last week, Mead said it's still
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not clear whether annual property tax like that charged on
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cars will be charged when the licenses run out a
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year from now. Every agency had three or four people there,
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and every one of them had something different.
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Speaker 2: To tell you, he said.
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Speaker 1: Name owners of the so called special purpose vehicles will
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have to pay fees for inspections, titling licenses, and sales
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tax unless they can prove it was paid when they
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bought the vehicle. Carlos Smith, a deputy clerk in Meade's office,
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said a vehicle purchased from a dealer should already have
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had the sales tax paid. Those purchased from an individual
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have not. The first step is to take the vehicle
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to the Leisure County Sheriff's office and pay a twenty
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five dollars fee for inspection. Any side by side, military
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vehicle or other special purpose vehicle has to have head lamps,
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tail lamps, brake lamps, a white license plate light, red
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rear reflectors, amber front and rear turn signals, a braking
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system excluding parking break, a horn, a working muffler, rear
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view mirrors, a windshield or operator eye protection, an illuminated speedometer,
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a roll bar or roll cage, and seat belts for
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each seating position, and tires with at least two thirty
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seconds of an inch of tread depth. Counties can mandate
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additional safety equipment if they opt into the law. Once
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the equipment is verified, the owner will have to take
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a title or bill of sale and proof the vehicle
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is insured to the clerk's office. If they have a
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title right now, they need to bring that title in
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because we need to do a transfer to get it
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changed to a special purpose vehicle.
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Speaker 2: Smith said.
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Speaker 1: If there is no title, the clerk's office can apply
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for one. The other charges include the nine dollars title fee,
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seventeen dollars and eighty three cents to register the vehicle,
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and sales tax if it wasn't already paid. That tax
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is six percent of the purchase price, the same as
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any other sales tax. Not all vehicles can be made
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to qualify under the law. ATV's, also known as four
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wheelers or quads, cannot be made streetly. Low speed vehicles
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as defined under state law, still can't be driven on
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roads with speed limits over thirty five miles per hour.
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Low speed vehicles lsvs are allowed on highways with a
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speed limit of thirty five miles per hour or less,
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provided they meet specific safety standards. Those standards include vehicles
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manufactured to Federal Low Speed Vehicle Safety Standards, displaying a
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seventeen character VIN, and being insured with personal injury protection
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and property damage liability. Operators must also have a valid
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driver's license. Lsvs include farm vehicles such as trackers. Special
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purpose vehicles are already illegal on the highways. Those that
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aren't licensed will continue to be illegal no matter whether
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a county opts into the new law. Kentucky State Police
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said troopers will enforce the laws on special purpose vehicles
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as they do any other traffic laws. In the next headline,
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July fourth fireworks are set for three locations. Concert to
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feature country band, fireworks and music have been set in
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two cities for July fourth, and fireworks will kick off
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the Independence Day weekend on July third at ISAM. The
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ISOM Day Committee will have fireworks beginning at dark around
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nine fifteen to nine thirty pm Thursday. Night Watchberg's fourth
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of July celebration will begin at five pm Friday with
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music at the James Wileycraft Memorial Park. Confederate Railroad will
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headline the show, fireworks at nine to forty five pm.
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There will also be vendors in the park Fleming. Neon's
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Fourth of July celebration will also be Friday, beginning at
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five thirty pm, with street vendors and music from Neon
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Rain and Dirty Little Secrets in the City Park. Fireworks
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begin at dusk. The next story is fifteen MCHC employees
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earn their degrees. Fifteen employees of Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation
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graduated this summer with degrees in nursing and in administration
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through mchc's Ray's Employee Education Program. The health clinics developed
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partnerships with Southeast Community and Technical College, the University of
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Louisville LKLP, and Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program to allow
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employees to improve their education without losing wages and with
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tuition paid by MCHC. Of the company's five hundred ninety
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six employees, one hundred fifty two have either finished the
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program or are currently enrolled. MCHC Executive director Mike Caudle
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said the program gives employees a chance to reach for
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dreams that life interrupted. It's open to everyone who works,
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whether they're a custodian or a nurse. Already your dream
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got derailed. Caudle told those gathered at Cane Kitchen Thursday
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night for the penning ceremony, this program is putting back
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on track. He credited the creation of the program to
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mchc's Director of Financial Affairs, Teresa Dotson, and its success
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and growth to Workforce Development Coordinator Benny McCall. Dotson said
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the program has allowed mc HC to keep employees it
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might otherwise have lost, noting that the turnover rate has
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plummeted since the program began. Its first graduation was in
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February twenty twenty four. Our turnover rate was twenty nine
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percent before we started RAYS, but last year it was
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two point one three percent. Dawson said. She said seeing
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employees improve their education and their lives is my favorite
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part of my career. Mc also said many people applying
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for a job at MCCHC do so because of RAYS.
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When you see a single mom coming up here holding
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her baby and knowing she's going to be able to
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provide for her family, that means everything to me.
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Speaker 2: McCall said.
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Speaker 1: RAISE stands for reach, achieve, Inspire, Support employee. It also
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stands for what employees will get when they graduate from
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the program. A better job and a raise in wage.
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All the people in the program work for MCCHC before
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they enter RAYS and take different tracks depending on whether
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they want to work directly in healthcare or in administration.
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Three of the new graduates Thursday night received Bachelor of
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Science degrees in Organizational Leadership and Learning from U of L,
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nine received Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees from u
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of L, and three received registered nurse certifications from sec TV.
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Graduates were BSN Organizational Leadership and Learning. Gabrielle Hell Whitesburg,
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Mihaela Mullens Weisburg, Sidney Bolan, Weisburg, BS Nursing, Amy Roberts
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Elkhorn City, Hannah Osborne, Pineville, Holly Caudle Whitesburg, Megan Hughes Whitesburg,
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Chasity Eversol, Whitesburg, Kaylas Stanley, Whitsburg, Marcella Fields, Whitesburg, Catis Bowling, Alsley, Chasity, Holbrook, Whitsburg,
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Registered nurse Brandy Blair, Whitesburg, Carla sturgel Weisburg, Yasmin Muse, Weisburg.
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The next story is AAU team finishes second in World
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Championships Attorney in Hampton, Virginia. A team of Lectter County
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sixth grade boys playing Amateur Athletic League Backs basketball has
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finished in second place in AAU World Championships. The Division
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III tournament was held over the weekend in Hampton, Virginia,
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and included more than twenty teams representing ten states. The
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Letcher Lightning, coached by Danny Bates, went all the way
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to the championship game before falling Sunday to Virginia Cannon.
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Bates sent a message to parents, players and the community
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after the final game. I am extremely proud of this
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group of young men. They represented Lecher County and the
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entire state of Kentucky with the highest standards, Bates rote.
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We competed against some of the best sixth grade teams
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in the nation while demonstrating exceptional sportsmanship and behavior. We
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want to thank everyone that helped us make this trip possible.
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AAU was founded in eighteen eighty eight to provide uniformity
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and standards for athletics throughout the world, with players participating
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in forty five different sports. The organization partnered with Disney
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in nineteen ninety six and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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Members of Letcher Lighting who played in Hampton Virginia are
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Cameron Bailey, Gunnard Stewart, Caden Eldridge, Connor Collins, Harley Smith,
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Bentley Stidham, and Jackson Banks. The next story is Apple
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Shop wins film grant. The Kentucky Foundation for Women this
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week said it has awarded Apple Shop a seven thousand,
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five hundred dollars grant to help fund a documentary film
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about homelessness in Appalachia. The Foundation for Women said its
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award to apple Shop, now based in Jenkins, is one
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of twenty eight art Meats activism grants totaling one hundred
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sixty three thousand, eight hundred fifty four dollars two feminist
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artists and social change organizations from across the state. According
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to the Foundation, the documentary will be a story telling
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film that captures the lived experiences of individuals experiencing homelessness.
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Young Appalachian filmmakers and community members will ensure that narratives
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are authentically represented in interviews, visual storytelling, and production. The
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next article is part two of a historical piece by
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Jaden Gibson. Boonsborough abduction ends with rescue of three girls.
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Daniel Boone's search party lost the trail of the group
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of five Indians as they headed north with their captives.
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In early July of seventeen seventy six, four Shawnee and
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a Cherokee chief had taken Boone's daughter, Jemima and Colonel
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Richard Callaway's daughters Betsy and Fanny. The three girls were
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taken after a fast current swept their canoe to the
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opposite shore of the Kentucky River near Fort Boonsborough. After
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traveling about forty miles with their captives, while making every
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effort to disguise their trail, the captors had little but
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felt safe without seeing or hearing any sign of pursuers.
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Speaker 2: They signed one or.
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Speaker 1: More of their men to follow behind and watch for
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any rescue party. Boone had taught the girls ingenious ways
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to leave clues for those whom they someday need to come.
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Speaker 2: Looking for them.
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Speaker 1: Children on the borderland were taught this for such emergencies.
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The Indians threatened the girls with death, and they would
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have perished without the calming influence of the Cherokee chief,
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Hanging Maw.
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Speaker 2: Hanging Maw told.
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Speaker 1: The girls they were being taken to an Indian village
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at Chillicothe in what is now the state of Ohio,
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but he had hopes of taking them to the fort
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at Detroit, where he felt they would be valuable in bartering.
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While the girls were successful at slowing the speed of
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the group's travel, they weren't missed at Boonsborough until it
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was time for their milking chores. It soon became evident
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they were gone, and a chill came over.
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Speaker 2: Daniel Boone.
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Speaker 1: Boone ran along the Kentucky River in what is now
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Madison County, watching and calling for the girls. Soon several
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others could be heard yelling, and five mounted riders searched
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for the girls, but had no success. The Indians had
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set the canoe adrift, but it was soon spotted by
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one of the mounted horsemen, and another swam across to
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retrieve it. The other men, who couldn't swim across the
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river without rendering their powder useless, kept their rifles beated
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on the opposite shore in case the soule swimmer was attacked.
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There were no Indians there, and he soon returned.
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Speaker 2: With the canoe.
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Speaker 1: Boone then divided the men into several search parties and
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crossed to the opposite shore. After a while, the trail
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was spotted. Colonel Callaway wanted to quickly go after the girls,
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but Boone cautioned against it. Colonel, Indians often leave a
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scout lagging behind to watch the trail. Boone uttered, they
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learn we are coming, it is likely they will kill
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the girls. You're right, Tallawai replied, it's just that I
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can't help worrying about my Betsy and Fanny. The horses
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can help us catch them, but it's no use if
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they are tomahawked.
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Speaker 2: Colonel, you take a few.
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Speaker 1: Men and ride to the ford, where they will surely
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cross Liaking river.
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Speaker 2: Boone said.
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Speaker 1: The rest of us will track them and try to
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sneak up on them like cats and get our girls
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back before the Indians know what hit them. It was
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past mid afternoon when Boone's party started, but they traveled
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as long as possible before camping. They arose early the
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next morning and picked up the trail at the first
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light of day. After several hours, they came upon several
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white men who were building a cabin. We thought we
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heard a girl yelling, one of them said. We looked
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for several minutes and thought it must have been the wind.
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The men found the attire worn by the search party
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amusing Boone and the men had not taken time to
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change their Sunday go to meeting attire before embarking on
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their mission. Soon they were back on the trail with
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several additional men who volunteered to assist them. Boone became
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disheartened after the trail was lost. The Indians had passed
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through a series of cane brakes and streams with their
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prisoners and vanished without a trace. Boone mused for several
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minutes before devising a plan of action.
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Speaker 2: Men, we don't need.
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Speaker 1: A trail, he said, surprisingly, we know where they are going.
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They are heading for the Indian villages. We don't need
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to follow a trail. We'll just be line for their
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destination while they take time to mask their trail and
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keep us from following it.
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Speaker 2: We'll catch them. The men in the search.
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Speaker 1: Party covered twenty miles without stopping. Once they did stop
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to camp for the night, Boone soon found a fresh trail,
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which included pieces of material from the girl's clothing. We'll
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catch them tomorrow, Boone said. The men followed the trail
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that was intentionally left by the girls until it was lost,
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where the Indians and their prisoners walked a lengthy distance
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in the creek. Finally, Boone deduced they were heading for Chillicothee,
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and it was to their advantage to take a more
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direct route to that destination while the Indians were taking
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a roundabout way to keep us from catching them. They're
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playing into our hands, Boone told members of this party.
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Boone's assessment was correct, and the next day the rescue
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party found and prepared to attack the band of Indians
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as they paused to cook buffalo meat Jemima Boone sat
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leaning against a tree while Betsy and Fanny Callaway lounged
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only a few feet away. Boone was relieved to see
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the girls together. He knew that if gunfire started, the
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girls would have less likelihood of being hit if they
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were together. One Indian sat near by with a rifle,
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while the other Indians attended to various duties of paring
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the fire and meat for cooking. Boone and his men
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silently drew closer until at thirty yards the Indian sentry
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saw them. The advantage, however, was with the rescue party.
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They were prepared to attack while the Indians were caught unaware.
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Speaker 2: Pow Pow cracked Pow the.
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Speaker 1: Rifles of Boone's party reported before the men rushed in,
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whooping and hollering. The attack came so suddenly the Indians
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could not reply immediately dashing into the woods in different directions,
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some without their rifles. Three Indians were hit by gunfire.
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One was knocked to the ground, but regained his feet
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and continued his flight. Hanging Maw was also able to escape. Hooray, hooray,
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They've come for us, one of the girls said excitedly,
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as they sought a nearby low area where they felt
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they would be safe. It was a wise move, as
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the Indian sentry attempted to bash Betsy Callaway's skull with
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his tomahawk, but missed. As she retreated, he was forced
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to run into the woods as the rescue party rushed
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into the camp where two Indians lay dead. A most
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perilous situation had a perfect ending, with all the girls
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rescued without the slightest injury to any of the three.
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After returning to Boonsborough, things returned to normal and preparations
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soon began for the wedding of Betsy Callaway and her rescuer,
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Samuel Henderson Squire. Boone married the happy couple reportedly the
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first wedding in Kentucky. News of the girl's abduction and
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rescue by Daniel Boone and his party quickly spread throughout
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Pioneer America. Boone became a hero in his own time.
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He was amused by his new status. This concludes the
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reading of The Mountain Eagle. Your reader has been Bills
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and Arsenale. Now please stay tuned for continued programming on
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behalf of Everyone Hearing Radio. I thank you for listening
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and have a good day.