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Speaker 1: Now we turn to the reading of the Appalachian News
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Express for news in Pikeville and Pike County. As a reminder,
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Radio I is a reading service intended for people who
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are blind or of other disabilities that make it difficult
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to read printed material. The Appalachian News Express is donated
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to Radio I by the publisher. Your reader to day
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is Zach Jordan. We will begin with the edition dated
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June fifth through eighth, twenty twenty six. Our first article
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is titled A. G. Coleman Pike County randomly selected for
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post election inquiry. Attorney General Russell Coleman announced in a
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statement on June second that Pike County was among twelve
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counties chosen randomly to undergo a post primary election inquiry
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in accordance with state law. The statement said Coleman randomly
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selected twelve Kentucky counties to undergo an inquiry following the
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twenty twenty six primary election. Pike County Clerk Daryl Pew
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emphasized that the county's inclusion in the inquiry process is
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completely random. Quote. The state has been doing this for
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eight years. He said, every county is placed in a drawing,
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and ten percent of the state's one hundred and twenty
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counties are selected. That means Pike County is eventually going
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to be selected. Quote continues, It is totally random, and
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the selection was done with a live feed on YouTube
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that everybody can watch. Pew continued, but we have already
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had people on Facebook saying it was because of election fraud,
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which it is not. Pew presented the election results to
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the Pike County Commonwealth's Attorney last week, as required by
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state code. They see Inquiry Page nine A. This article
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is accompanied by a photo captioned Attorney General Russell Coleman
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signs a certification on June second that all one hundred
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twenty counties were placed in a barrel and selected at
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random for post election inquiry. Submitted photo. Our next article
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is titled Deadline passes for twenty twenty six non partisan races.
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The deadline for nonpartisan political races was June second. These
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positions will be added to the ballot for the November
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general election. That date coincided with the day that the
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primary election results were presented to a Pike County grand jury,
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which reviewed statutorily required election reports from the Pike County
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Clerk's office and subsequently certified the election. The only remaining
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filing deadline in the current election cycle is for anyone
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seeking see races page nine A. Our next article is
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titled Highway District twelve hosts Safety road Deo by Terry L. May,
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News Editor. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinets Highway District twelve conducted
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its annual safety and Equipment Training rod Deo on June
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third at Pike Central High School. The event is part
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of a state and national competition. Kentucky Highway District twelve
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Public Information Officer Shantana Woodward said this program allows highway
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equipment to practice safety procedures and learn about new equipment
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and operation methods. Quote. We try to host this every year,
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she said. It is a great opportunity for our workers
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to brush up on their techniques and a great way
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for our newbies to talk with our veterans and to
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learn from them. Every year there is new equipment and
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new technology. Woodward said, this, along with other training opportunities,
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helps District twelve employees stay abreast of new methodologies throughout
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the year. See Rodeo page three A. This articles, accompanied
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by a photo captioned employees from across the seven counties
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served by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinets Highway District twelve took
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part in the annual Safety and Equipment Rodeo. While primarily
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for training, it is also a competition that advances to
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the national level. Photo by Terry L. May Our. Next
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article is titled You Pike's. Tanner College of Dental Medicine
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Welcome's first Class by Olivia Morgan, staff writer. The University
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of Pikeville's Tanner College of Dental Medicine kicked off orientation
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week and welcomed its first class of dental students on
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June first. The incoming class of fifty four students was
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introduced to the college's dean, faculty and staff on the
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first day of orientation. During the orientation TCDM, Dean and
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Professor of Dental Medicine, Jill Keaton, dm D, expressed her
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excitement about the program. See You Pike page three A.
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This article is accompanied with a photo captioned University of
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Pikeville's Tanner College of Dental Medicine Dean doctor Jill Keaton
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presents at the college's first day of Orientation week on Monday,
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June first. Photo by Olivia Morgan Our next article is
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titled Several Indicted by Pike grand Jury. A Pike County
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grand jury convened on June second, returning nineteen true bills.
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Among those were eighteen felony indictments and one misdemeanor incitement.
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Those indicted and their chargers are one Chester Bryant Atkins
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fifty five and Sueta Adkins, fifty, both of Honey Fork Road.
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Belcher first degree sex abuse two counts, third degree sodomy
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two counts, and incest two counts. Two Brandon Atkins forty,
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Elkhorn Creek Road, Elkhorn City, first degree possession of a
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controlled substance, third degree possession of a controlled substance, possession
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of drug paraphernalia, DUI, and traffic violations three. Ashley Hope
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Levins twenty nine Cardinal Lane Inez, theft of identity, theft
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by deception, second degree forgery, third degree burglary, and second
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degree persistent felony offender. Scotti Bearden thirty five, Caney Drive, Pikeville,
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first degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of a
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drug paraphernalia, and fourth degree assault. Five Audrey Lynne Doyle
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fifty nine, Black Gem Road Belfrey, second degree criminal possession
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of a forged instrument, unsworn falsification to authorities and first
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degree persistent felony offender. Six Bradford Elswick forty nine Willard Drive, Pikeville, Duy,
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fourth efens, first degree possession of a controlled substance, first
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degree persistent felony offender, and traffic violations. Seven Brian Dillon
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Johnson twenty seven Charlie Bentley hollow Beaver, first degree assault,
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first degree wanton endangerment, discharge of a firearm, and possession
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of prohibited loaded firearm where alcoholic beverages are sold. Eight
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William Wesley Johnson thirty nine Brushy Branch Road, Horn City,
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tampering with physical evidence, first degree possession of a controlled
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substance two counts, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Nine Zachary
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Lescher thirty one Stiltner's Creek Road, Grundy, Virginia, first degree
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possession of a controlled substance, DUI, possession of drug paraphernalia,
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possession of marijuana, and traffic violations. Ten Gordon lis Looney
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the second forty four Dick's Fork Road, Sydney, first degree
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sex abuse. Eleven Charles Eric May forty six Black Log Road, Inez,
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second degree possession of a forged instrument and tampering with
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physical evidence. Twelve Jonathan Michael Molloy twenty four Third Street, Pikeville,
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fourth degree assault, second degree criminal mischief, and third degree
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criminal trespass. Thirteen Billy Morton forty nine, Jackson Branch Road,
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Elkhornis City, first degree possession of a controlled substance DUY,
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possession of drug paraphernalia, and traffic violations. Fourteen Hope Rose
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forty five, Dry Fork, Elkhorn City, two indictments, first degree
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possession of a controlled substance, two counts, possession of drug paraphernalia,
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two counts, possession of marijuana two counts DUI, and traffic violation.
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Fifteen Rebecca Sloan forty five Kentucky six' ten West Joan,
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nancy first degree possession of a controlled, substance possession of drug,
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paraphernalia and possession of. Marijuana Sixteen Dorothy tackett fifty, Four
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Dry Branch Joan, nancy first degree possession of a controlled
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SUBSTANCE duy and a traffic. Violation Seventeen Darryl Anthon thacker
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forty Eight Motley Fork Road Fed's, creek first degree possession
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of a controlled, substance second degree possession of a controlled,
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SUBSTANCE dui possession of drug, paraphernalia and a traffic violation
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Eighteen Charles yates fifty Six Honeycamp, Road, Clintwood, virginia theft
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of motor vehicle registration plate or, decal and traffic. Violations editor's.
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Note an indictment is not an assertion of, guilt and
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is a finding by a grand jury that there exists
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enough evidence to formally charge an individual with a. Crime
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all individuals listed are considered innocent until proven. Guilty our
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next article is Titled legislator's Blast bisher over gas tax
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reduction actions By Russ Cassidy Regional. Editor legislators are Accusing
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Governor Andy bisheer of playing politics in his recent actions
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to temporarily Reduce kentucky's gas. Tax during A june second
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meeting of The Interim Joint committee On, transportation members expressed
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concerns That bashir is trying to win political points while
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Harming kentucky the ability to maintain and improve. Roadways Deputy
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Transportation Secretary Mike hancock told the legislators That bashir's two
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executive orders issued In may were a direct response to
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the gas price hikes that have occurred since The United
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states went to war With. Iran the executive, orders according To,
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hancock were done in response to the war In iran
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and its impact on gas. Prices the orders were an
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executive order that reduced the gas tax by ten per
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cent per gallon and an emergency regulation that froze the
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gas tax to stop a zero point six cent per
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gallon increase set to go in place On july. First
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the emergency, regulation according To, hancock will stay in place
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until the war In iran ends or win gas prices
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In kentucky fall below three dollars a. Gallon the ten
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cent reduction was to be effective for thirty, days but
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could be extended on a county by county basis if
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mayors and county judge executives request that it be. Extended hancock,
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said quote any gaps in transportation budget caused by a
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decrease in gas tax funding can be filled by the
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state's budget Reserve trust, fund that's The Rainy Day, fund
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Han cox. Set the governor stated that he would make
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that request to lawmakers In. January during the twenty twenty
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seven legislative session see tax page TEN. A our next
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article is continued from page one a rodeo. QUOTE a
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lot of people see us during the snow and ice,
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Season woodward, said but we are always out during the entire, year, ditching,
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mowing and doing other. Maintenance woodward said the event is
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held in different locations throughout the district's seven county service, Area, Pike, Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Lawrence,
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letcher And not to be able to include as many
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employees as. Possible between one hundred fifty and two hundred
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of the district's more than three hundred employees attended the
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twenty twenty sixth. Event in addition to a learning, situation she,
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said the rodeo puts the talents Of district twelve employees on. Exhibit.
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Quote many of our men and women are equipment, Operators woodward,
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said to day they get to showcase their. Skills we
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have a friendly, competition and this is our local event
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on the district. Level the ones who win here will
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go on to compete In lexington next month and from
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there to a nationwide, competition she. Said last, Year Jacob,
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prater a thirteen year veteran employee In district twelve who
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competed in The Road Greater division brought home bragging rights
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from the national. Competition. QUOTE i think this is a great.
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Event it gets everybody together for a safety event and
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lets us show off our, skills Said, prad a highway
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technician supervisor for The Allan. Garage you get to meet
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other people around the state and the country and learn from.
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Them you see how they do things and how you
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can better your own. Garage this article is accompanied by
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a photo of the tooth from a front end loader
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bucket carefully positioning an egg on the. Ground photo By TERRY.
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L May. Our next article is continued from page one
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a you pike officially starting after nearly four years of. Planning.
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QUOTE i want to stress that we're so thrilled you're
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here and you're establishing our, traditions she. Said you're creating
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a legacy not only for you and your, family but
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also for The university Of. Pikeville several foundations financially supported
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the Dental school's, establishment including The Tanner, Family Delta dental
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Of kentucky And Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Delta dental Of,
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kentucky reportedly contributed more than two million. Dollars according To,
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keaton she emphasized the importance of the program in how
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each student is making an impact on not only You pike's,
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history but the region's community as. Well. Quote oral health
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care should be something everyone has acted. Too she. Said
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our vision and mission are to, innovate, educate and. Serve
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keaton went on to share words of encouragement to the
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incoming class as they soon begin their journey at oral. Medicine,
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quote as you go through clinics and you spend time with,
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patience you learn where your true passion. Is she. SAID
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i hope that as you start your dental, education we'll
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take each experience as it, comes learning from it and
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find your own passion and what is meaningful for you.
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You pike graduate and TCD m Student Wally gayure shared
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his goals as he begins his dental. Education. QUOTE i
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feel like the goal of the school and for a
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lot of us here is to try to make an
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impact on the community and to do whatever we can
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to give back to this, area he. Said students will
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start their first day of the three year program On,
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Monday june. Eighth our next article is Titled Bluegrass Healing
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partners celebrates grand opening By Olivia. Morgan Bluegrass Healing, partners
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a licensed behavioral health services organization devoted to providing a
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safe environment and supportive care for, children celebrated its grand
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opening with a ribbon cutting event On june. Second Bluegrass
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Healing partners offers a variety of services for adolescents ages
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four to. Seventeen the organization specializes in treating, behavioral, emotional
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and psychological. Concerns according to Director Megan, thacker, quote our
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goal is to be the source of hope during those,
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moments she. Said we want families to know that they
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are not, alone that healing is, possible and that there
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are people who care deeply about their. Success thacker ensured
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that all scheduled children and adolescents would receive high quality
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care and be provided with a, safe comforting. Environment. Quote
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this facility represents more than walls of class, rooms she,
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Said it represents, opportunities second, chances, healing, resilience, growth and
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a hope for the. Future Rachel, ray the founder Of
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Bluegrass Healing, partners has worked for several years as a
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social worker and noticed a lack of services for children in.
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Need she said that establishing the organization felt, fulfilling furthering
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her mission to provide for her. Community, Quote i've always
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wanted to create a center for kids that feels like
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a safe, haven she. Said the organization is now accepting,
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referrals according To. Thacker this article is accompanied by a
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photo Captioned Bluegrass Healing partner hosts a ribbon cutting event
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and celebrating the organization's grand opening On june. Second photo
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By Olivia. Morgan our next article is a column Titled
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Junk Food junkie By Jeff, vanderbeck. Publisher who the hell
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gets a cold this time of year will apparently? Me
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And i'm, miserable even more than, normal even. WORSE i
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make a horrible. Patient normally this time of, year people
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are riddled with. Allergies in this. Region we are challenged
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with dense, forests lots of, grasses plenty of, weeds a humid,
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climate and the valleys and hollers that trap pollen and airborne,
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particles sending people into allergy shock in the spring and early.
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Summer fall offers a host of other, issues but colds
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this time of. Year. NATURALLY i went to the, doctor
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and as you, know there is really nothing that can
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be done for the common, cold except time, fluids, rest
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and over the countermeds that knock you. OUT i just
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wanted to make SURE i was not patient zero for
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ebola or hantavirus in this. Region safe to, Say i'm.
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Not the crud started last. WEEKEND i experienced the classic symptoms,
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sniffles a slight, cough and overall feeling LIKE i was
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hit by a. Bus monday, MORNING i felt like a spring.
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Chicken that, is until about FIVE pm the bus came
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back and ran me over a few. Times the bus
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analogy was, figurative not, literal much to the dismay of many.
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People the timing was cosmic. IRONY i host a series of,
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podcasts and one specifically is with The Pike County Health.
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Department Last, Friday Tammy, riley the, director brought in a certified,
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Nutritionists Jan, johnson who spoke about the importance of eating healthy.
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FOODS i get enjoyment out of, cooking but with a
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limited variety of food, resources standard cooking is the only.
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OPTION i hate fast food restaurants AND i hate processed.
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Foods my pantry tells a completely different. Story my shelves
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are stocked with junk food that is probably not eligible
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for The wick. Program oreos chips and beef sticks are of,
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vice and for, dessert ice cream a variety of flavors See,
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vanderbeck page SIX. A our next article is a guest
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column Titled kentucky must make data centers pay their own
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way By Roger ford And Aaron. Petrie artificial INTELLIGENCE ai
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is dominating, headlines earning, reports and social. Media it's already
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reshaping The american economy for better or, worse impacting industries
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from education to healthcare to. Defense and WITH ai comes
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the data centers that power. It If kentucky can benefit
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from this, industry we must do so with our eyes
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wide open and with appropriate guardrails in. Place The department
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Of energy reports that electricity used by THE us data
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center industry rose from fifty eight tarawat hours in twenty
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fourteen to one hundred seventy six tarowat hours and twenty twenty.
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Three by twenty twenty, eight data centers could consume up
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to five hundred and eighty tarowat hours, annually roughly twelve
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percent of ALL us. Electricity when that kind of demand
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hits the, grid it affects, generation transmission, substations water, systems utility,
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planning and ultimately the monthly bills paid By kentucky families and.
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Businesses expansion of data centers isn't simply about. Technology it's about, energy,
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water utility, rates and In Eastern, kentucky about. Weather communities
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that already sacrificed so much to make others rich will
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be asked to do so. Again Eastern kentucky knows this
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story all too. Well outside capital came here, before promising
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jobs and, growth all in the name of, development but
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it was a false. Promise the wealth left while the costs.
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Lingered speed without safeguards has a long history of leaving
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regular people with the. Bill kentucky must not hand a
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blank check to every power hungry project promising to usher
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in a new age of prosperity VIA. Ai there are
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some valid uses of hyper performance COMPUTING hpc AND, ai
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many of which are already part of our current technology,
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landscape especially if they helped deliver, crucial critical rather services
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like health care access or real job. Growth some projects
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may serve a genuine public, purpose such as facilitating remote
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work more, rapidly detecting cybersecurity, threats or optimizing energy. Systems,
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however other applications like cryptomning see data page SEVEN. A
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our next article is a column Titled Buffalo's New do BY. S. J.
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Ruth there's a buffalo In. Bangladesh there's a buffalo In.
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Bangladesh that's All i've heard From meat all week. Long
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have you? Heard? No you must not live next To
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meet And. Tater imagine the sad albino buffalo headed to
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be sacrificed for A muslim, holiday retrieved because its, hair,
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skin and eyes borne uncanny resemblance to a particular spray
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tanned denizen OF. Dc the buffalo went from the butcher's
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block to The National, zoo where citizens are lined up
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to see a bovine, nicknamed of, Course Donald. Trump talk
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about your sacred. Cow at least that's How tater tells.
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It the Photos meat shared are pretty. Convincing it's the
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first living Creature i've ever seen with the same hair
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As Don. John so if any of you are thinking
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about a new, do Try i'll bin. No. Buffalo that's
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not all the pair were fired up. About they're about
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to fly north To vermont and from there To toronto
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for A World cup match next. Weekend they hung around
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for Last Night's Nicholas Jamerson show In. WHITESBURG i sat
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with them for a. While. QUOTE i didn't know you
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were so into, soccer was my comment When tater mentioned their.
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Trip are you? KIDDING i was an all state goalie
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in high, school she. Replied meat, interjected, Quote wait a,
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MINUTE i thought that was. Hockey it was, hockey, hockey,
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soccer and. Lacrosse me, again you were a lacrosse goalie,
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Too tater, Wins, oh, no those girls are. CRAZY i
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MEANT i was all state in that. Too my eyes. Widened,
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wow all state in three. Sports that's pretty. Amazing and
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how private was that high? School meat put his arm around. Her, quote,
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remember s j there's more people In Pike county than
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the whole state Of. Vermont how hard could it? Be
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tater's elbow thudded Into meat's. Ribs he, groaned not to
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take anything away from, you. HONEY i moved, On, well
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why don't you go to L a and see THE usa?
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Play Why? Canada are you Kidding tater? Again tickets In
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toronto were only a couple our house. Payments tickets in
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la are the price of a. House my high school
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might have been, exclusive but not that. Exclusive meat couldn't
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hold it. In you mean they didn't have. Quidditch she
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couldn't help but laugh as she pushed him. Aside, no
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but you're going to get the broom See, ruth page SEVEN.
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A next is the Obituaries Olive hall eighty, Two Lexington
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Leroy newsom seventy, Nine, Pikeville Rosalie stump eighty, Four, Phelps
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Brenda Joyce Hitchcock willis seventy. Five our next article is
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continued from page FIVE A vanderbeck and for dessert ice,
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cream a variety of flavors adorns my. Freezer after my
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scolding from the health department, OFFICIALS i decided to cut
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out junk, food as the experts said my immune system
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would suffer because of the. Junk it APPEARS i made
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that decision a tad too. LATE i did explain to
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the nutrition police THAT i made a Classic caesar salad
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earlier in the, week and they were proud of my.
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Choice but with EVERYTHING i, do there's a. Catch my
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goal was to make my own classic. DRESSING i went
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to the store and purchased the ingredients for the dressing fresh, garlic, egg, yolks,
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only high quality olive, oil fresh lemon, salt, pepper, capers and.
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Sardines if you have ever had A caesar, salad you
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know you don't use. Sardines you use. Anchovies and that's
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where my emotional malaise. STARTED i know, better but for
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some reason got. Sardines what a. DOPE i had everything, cooked, chopped,
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prepped and ready to serve UNTIL i noticed the anchovy.
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VOID i left in a huff and ran back to
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the store to get the. ANCHOVIES i figured SINCE i
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was working extra hard to eat more healthy and burnt
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energy running back and. FORTH i rewarded myself with another
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half gallon of salted caramel pretzel chocolate chip ice cream
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along with the. Anchovies it was a classic. Pairing the
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checkout person looked at me a little funny for obvious.
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REASONS i felt judged after the anchovy. Fiasco dinner was
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finally served about an hour, late but it was. Served
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it was, perfect but the garlic stayed with me for
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a few. DAYS i was hoping the switch to leafy
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greens and healthier foods would prevent me from Getting, clearly
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that didn't, work So i'm back on chips and. Oreos
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stay well and thanks for reading the. News express our
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next articles continued from page FIVE. A data and digital
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asset arbitrage are just cash grabs dressed up as economic.
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Development On may twenty, Sixth terrewolf announced a one gigawatt
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HYPERSCALE ai AND hpc development at The Muskie Data campus
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in Eastern. KENTUCKY a one gigawat data center campus Near
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ashland isn't just another ribbon, cutting but a major power policy.
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Event it will require as much continuous electricity as is
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needed to power about seven hundred and fifty Thousand kentucky,
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homes more than exists in the entire. Region kentucky simply
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does not have the, rules, regulations or public interest safeguards
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in place before projects of this size move. Forward it's
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the Wild. West during the twenty twenty sixth, Session kentucky
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lawmakers DISCUSSED us legislation intended to protect power customers from
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subsidizing the enormous demands of data. Centers that effort, failed
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Putting kentuckians at a disadvantage and allowing data center. Development
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before establishing a serious statewide framework to protect all impacted
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parties and expose hidden, Costs frankfort should pass a Bipartisan
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Kentucky Data Center Responsibility act before any new data center
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receives tax, incentives expedited, approvals or utility commitments that could
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expose existing ratepayers to stranded. Costs in other, words we
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must prevent higher bills For kentuckians by avoiding sweetheart deals
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for data center. Developers kentucky should also establish a large
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load tariff through The Public Service, commission including minimum demand,
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charges long term, contracts exit, fees performance, bonds and stranded cost.
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Protections independent power producers should be allowed to develop behind
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the metsater, generation private, microgrids is landed power, systems and
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dedicated energy parks that serve data centers without destabilizing the broader.
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Grid we run out of, time so we'll have to
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end the article. There this concludes today's reading of The
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Appalachian News. Express your reader has Been Zach. Jordan thank
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