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Corbin Times Tribune - 10.6.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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  Speaker 1: Now we turn to the reading of the Times Tribune
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  Speaker 1: for news in Corbin, Laurel, Whitley, and Knox Counties. Your
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  Speaker 1: reader today is Janice. As a reminder, Radio Eye is
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  Speaker 1: a reading service intended for people who are blind or
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  Speaker 1: have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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  Speaker 1: We'll begin with the e-edition dated October 1, 2026. Our
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  Speaker 1: first article is Corbin Mann, among three killed in Laurel
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  Speaker 1: County crash by Macy Swafford. London, an 18-year-old Corbin man
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  Speaker 1: was among three people killed in a single vehicle crash
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night on Somerset Road in Laurel County, with investigators
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  Speaker 1: completing a detailed reconstruction of the collision on Tuesday. Duke Weddle, 18,
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  Speaker 1: of Corbin was pronounced dead at the scene following a
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  Speaker 1: the September 26 crash on Kentucky, 1956, in western London.
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  Speaker 1: Also killed were Elijah Hammonds, 18, of London, and Landon Mullins, 17,
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  Speaker 1: of Mount Vernon. The driver, Joseph Cope, 20, of Lexington,
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  Speaker 1: was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center in
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  Speaker 1: critical condition, according to the Laurel County Sheriff's Office. The
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  Speaker 1: crash occurred at 11.07 p.m. last Saturday when a 2021
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  Speaker 1: silver Mercedes traveling eastbound on Kentucky 1956 entered a sharp
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  Speaker 1: right-hand curve, left the roadway, and overturned. On Tuesday, Laurel
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  Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office accident reconstructionist returned to the scene during
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  Speaker 1: daylight hours to conduct a more extensive examination of the crash.
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  Speaker 1: The Sheriff's Office said the scene had been documented and
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  Speaker 1: marked during the initial investigation Saturday night, allowing investigators to
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  Speaker 1: return with specialized equipment. Detective Brad Mink, Captain Chris Edwards,
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  Speaker 1: and Captain Richard Darryl Ripple used a GNSS satellite mapping
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  Speaker 1: instrument and an unmanned aerial drone to document and analyze
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  Speaker 1: the crash scene. Other Laurel County personnel involved include Staff
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  Speaker 1: Sergeant Travis Napier, Detective Gary Jordan, Deputy Jay Smallwood, Deputy
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  Speaker 1: Joey Smith, Deputy Justin Lewis, Deputy Gilbert Iacardo. Several London
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  Speaker 1: City Police officers also assisted, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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  Speaker 1: The reconstruction was part of the continuing investigation into the
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  Speaker 1: circumstances surrounding the crash. The Sheriff's Office has not announced
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  Speaker 1: any additional findings regarding what caused the Mercedes to leave
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  Speaker 1: the roadway. The crash remains under investigation by the Laurel
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  Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office and the London City Police. Our next
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  Speaker 1: article is Newly Expanded Corbin Center Renamed in Honor of
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  Speaker 1: Senate President Stivers Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
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  Speaker 1: Bruce Carpenter left in a picture, joins Kentucky Chamber of
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  Speaker 1: Commerce Vice President, Public Affairs, Kate Shanks, presents Senate President
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  Speaker 1: Robert Stivers with an engraved Louisville slugger for going to
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  Speaker 1: bat for businesses across the Commonwealth. The presentation occurred during
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  Speaker 1: Monday's open house for the newly expanded Corbin Center, which
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  Speaker 1: has been renamed the Robert Stivers Conference and Convention Center.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Our next article is Bethany Hope Holds 8th
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  Speaker 1: Annual Suicide Awareness and Prevention Walk by Macy Swofford, Williamsburg.
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  Speaker 1: Community members gathered Saturday at the Green Space in Williamsburg
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  Speaker 1: for the 8th Annual Bethany Hope Suicide Awareness and Prevention Walk,
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  Speaker 1: honoring the life of Bethany Lawson and promoting suicide prevention
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  Speaker 1: and support. Melissa Johnson Grubb, Bethany's mother, spoke about her
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  Speaker 1: daughter who died by suicide at age 16. We were
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  Speaker 1: completely blindsided. We had no idea that anything was going on,
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  Speaker 1: Johnson said. This facade that we see, that's not what's
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  Speaker 1: on the inside, you know everyone struggles. Johnson said Bethany's
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  Speaker 1: death changed her understanding of suicide and the importance of
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  Speaker 1: being present for others who may be struggling. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to understand what that person's going through. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to be able to fix it. You just have
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  Speaker 1: to be present, she said. The event, which coincides with
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  Speaker 1: Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, included music, prayer, fellowship, and the
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  Speaker 1: annual Suicide Prevention Walk. Jay Hamblin, along with members of
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  Speaker 1: the youth group at Johnson's local church, performed several gospel
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  Speaker 1: and Christian songs before participants began the walk. Attendees were
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  Speaker 1: also invited to line the sidewalk outside the green space
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  Speaker 1: with colorful artwork and inspirational messages intended to encourage and
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  Speaker 1: uplift those passing by. Johnson said the support of the
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  Speaker 1: community remains an important part of the event and her
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  Speaker 1: journey following Bethany's passing. God places people in your life
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  Speaker 1: to help you get through things, Johnson said. and you
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  Speaker 1: need to be that person as well as the person
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  Speaker 1: on the receiving end. For those experiencing a mental health
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  Speaker 1: or suicide crisis, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is
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  Speaker 1: available by calling or texting 988. And there is a
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  Speaker 1: picture of a young girl writing something on a sidewalk
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  Speaker 1: with colored chalk, and beneath that picture it says, many
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  Speaker 1: attendees took to writing inspirational quotes and uplifting sentiments on
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  Speaker 1: the sidewalk beside the green space on main then there
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  Speaker 1: is another picture and underneath it there's a group of
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  Speaker 1: children and a man with guitar and it says the
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  Speaker 1: youth group from melissa johnson's grub church sang a gospel
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  Speaker 1: tune before the start of the walk then there's another
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  Speaker 1: one of pictures of another picture of someone of a
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  Speaker 1: pardon me, of people gathering together. And it says attendees
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  Speaker 1: began their walk through downtown Williamsburg in honor of Bethany Lawson.
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  Speaker 1: Then there is a picture of people wearing t-shirts and
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  Speaker 1: on the back of the t-shirts, it says suicide Christ
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  Speaker 1: line 988. And then there, our last picture, is a
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  Speaker 1: picture of a woman singing, and it says, Melissa Johnson Grubb,
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  Speaker 1: Bethany Lawson's mother and founder of Bethany's Hope, thanks those
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  Speaker 1: in attendance for showing up for the 8th Annual Hope
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  Speaker 1: Suicide Awareness and Prevention Walk. Participants in the walk wore
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  Speaker 1: t-shirts that read on the back, Suicide Crisis, number 988.
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  Speaker 1: Our next article is, Heir of Acts Celebrates New Hangar
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  Speaker 1: at London Corbin Airport by Macy Swofford. Air Evac Life
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  Speaker 1: Team celebrated the official opening of its new hangar at
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  Speaker 1: the London Corbin Airport with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, joined
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  Speaker 1: by the London Laurel County Chamber of Commerce, following the
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  Speaker 1: destruction of its previous facility in the May 2025 tornado.
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  Speaker 1: Lech Day, Air Evac Program Manager, said the tornado left
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  Speaker 1: the organization facing uncertainty about what the future facilities would
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  Speaker 1: look like, but its commitment to serving the community remained unchanged.
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  Speaker 1: After the tornado, May 16th of 2025, there was a
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  Speaker 1: lot of uncertainty with us. We lost a lot, and
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  Speaker 1: for a while we didn't know exactly what our future
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  Speaker 1: facilities would look like, they said. But one thing never changes.
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  Speaker 1: and that was our commitment to this community. Day said
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  Speaker 1: the new hangar represents more than a simple new building
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  Speaker 1: calling it a symbol of rebuilding and moving forward. Following
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  Speaker 1: the tornado, Air Evac crews temporarily operated out of a
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  Speaker 1: camper and temporary hangar space provided by the airport while
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  Speaker 1: the new facility was constructed. Day thanked the London Corbin
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  Speaker 1: Airport Board Air Evac leadership contractors and others who helped
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  Speaker 1: bring the project to completion he also recognized the crews
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  Speaker 1: who continued working through the recovery most of all i
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  Speaker 1: want to thank our crews we've been through so much
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  Speaker 1: now day said when when that call comes in whether
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  Speaker 1: it's a medical emergency or an accident one thing we
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  Speaker 1: know for sure is someone's worst day we'll be ready
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  Speaker 1: to answer the call that's our mission the ribbon-cutting marked
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  Speaker 1: by what Day described as the beginning of a new
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  Speaker 1: chapter for Air Evac. And there's a picture with a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of people in front of the building and a helicopter.
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  Speaker 1: And it says, the London Corbin Airport officials and those
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  Speaker 1: with the Air Evac life team gathered with the London
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  Speaker 1: Laurel Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the ribbon cutting of
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  Speaker 1: their new hangar. Then there is another picture of the
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  Speaker 1: new hangar and it's opening its door. And then another
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  Speaker 1: looks like the team in front of the helicopter. And
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  Speaker 1: the caption reads, the Air Evac crew gathered for a
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  Speaker 1: group picture in front of the new hangar. And the
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  Speaker 1: outside of the new air vac hangar at the London
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  Speaker 1: Corbin Airport. Our next article is Whitley County man charged
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  Speaker 1: in sexual exploitation investigation by Macy Swafford, Williamsburg. Whitley County
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  Speaker 1: man was arrested September 23rd following an investigation into the
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  Speaker 1: distribution of sexually explicit images involving juveniles, according to the
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky State Police. Kentucky State Police electronic crime branch located
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  Speaker 1: and charged Glynis Eugene Elswick, 56, of Corbin in connection
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  Speaker 1: with the investigation. According to the KSP, the investigation began
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  Speaker 1: as an undercover internet crimes against children, ICAC, investigation, after
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  Speaker 1: investigators discovered Elswick was reportedly distributing sexually explicit images of
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  Speaker 1: juveniles through one of his social media accounts. Elswick's was
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  Speaker 1: located and interviewed by investigators before being charged. A search
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  Speaker 1: warrant was executed at a residence in Corbin on September 23rd,
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  Speaker 1: where equipment believed to have been used to facilitate the
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  Speaker 1: crime was seized and sent to the KSP Forensic Laboratory
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  Speaker 1: for examination. Elswick was initially charged with one count of
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  Speaker 1: distributing matter portraying a minor over the age of 12
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  Speaker 1: in a sexual performance, a Class D felony punishable by
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  Speaker 1: one to five years in prison. Following the preliminary hearing
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  Speaker 1: in Whitley District Court on Tuesday, Ellswick's charge was amended
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  Speaker 1: to promoting sale of matter portraying a minor in a
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  Speaker 1: sexual performance. The Kentucky ICAC Task Force includes more than
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  Speaker 1: 26 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The task force,
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  Speaker 1: created by the U.S. Department of Justice and administered by
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  Speaker 1: the Kentucky State Police, assists law enforcement agencies with investigations
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  Speaker 1: involving cyber exploitation and child sexual abuse material. The ICAC
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  Speaker 1: program provides investigative and forensic assistance, training, technical support, victim services,
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  Speaker 1: prevention efforts, and community education, according to the KSP. Our
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  Speaker 1: next article is Barberville Man Indicted on Strangulation and Assault
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  Speaker 1: Charges by Macy Swafford. Barberville. Among the returns for September,
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  Speaker 1: the Knox County Grand Jury handed down an indictment last
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  Speaker 1: week charging Kenneth Russell Woolum, 43, of Barberville with five
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  Speaker 1: offenses stemming from a period reported June 27 incident. Woolum
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  Speaker 1: faces first-degree strangulation, second-degree assault, first-degree robbery, first-degree possession of
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  Speaker 1: a controlled substance, and second-degree unlawful imprisonment. According to the indictment,
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  Speaker 1: Woolham reportedly strangled and assaulted an individual causing them serious
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  Speaker 1: physical injury while committing a theft. He also is accused
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  Speaker 1: of possessing methamphetamine and unlawfully restraining the woman. A status
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  Speaker 1: hearing has been scheduled in Knox Circuit Court for October
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  Speaker 1: the 23rd. An indictment is a formal charge that does
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  Speaker 1: not imply guilt or innocence. All defendants are presumed innocents
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  Speaker 1: unless proven in a court of law. Our next article
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  Speaker 1: is Whitley County Voters to Decide Local State Races November
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  Speaker 1: the 3rd by Macy Swofford. Whitley County. Whitley County Voters
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  Speaker 1: to head to the polls Tuesday, November 3rd for the
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  Speaker 1: 2026 general election, with federal, state, and local races appearing
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  Speaker 1: on ballots across the county. The ballot includes races for
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  Speaker 1: the U.S. Senate, 5th Congressional District, State Representative, County Judge-Executive,
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  Speaker 1: County Attorney, County Clerk, Sheriff, Jailer, Coroner, Surveyor, Magistrate, in
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  Speaker 1: constable districts, as well as judicial and school board races.
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  Speaker 1: Several municipal races also appear on ballots for voters in
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  Speaker 1: Corbin and Williamsburg. Based on the ballot publication provided by
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  Speaker 1: the Whitley County Clerk, Carolyn Willis, as well as information
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  Speaker 1: from the Kentucky Secretary of State website, contested races include U.S. Senate,
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  Speaker 1: Andy Barr, Republican incumbent, Charles Booker, Democratic, and Christopher Campbell,
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky Party. U.S. 5th, let me say this again, U.S.
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  Speaker 1: 5th Congressional District, Hal Rogers, Republican incumbent, Ned Peldedorf, Democrat,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Wien, Independent, and Gerardo Serrano, Independent, Whitley County, Sheriff,
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  Speaker 1: William Bill Elliott, Republican incumbent, and Jim Walden, write-in. Whitley
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  Speaker 1: County Jailer Jason Wilson, Republican incumbent, and Nathan R. Wood, independent.
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  Speaker 1: Corbin Independent Board of Education Paul Taylor and Carcile B. Burchett,
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  Speaker 1: voters may select two. Williamsburg Independent Board of Education Jason S. Nichols,
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  Speaker 1: Kim Williams, and Meg Allison Judd, voters may select up
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  Speaker 1: to three. Corbin City Commission, James Gambrill, Allison Moore, Brandon
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  Speaker 1: Seth Shepard, Walter Pennington Jr., John Baker, David Grigsby Hart.
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  Speaker 1: Voters may select up to four. Williamsburg City Council, Richard Foley,
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  Speaker 1: Erica Broom Harris, Chelsea Carr Tyree, Adam Troy Siler, Laurel
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  Speaker 1: Jeffries West, Lauren Connell, and Glenn Hall. Voters may select
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  Speaker 1: up to six. Voters will also decide Constitutional Amendment 1
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  Speaker 1: concerning the governor's authority to grant pardons and communications during
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  Speaker 1: specified period surrounding a gubernatorial election. Kentucky's final day to
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  Speaker 1: register to vote for the election is October 5th. Portal
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  Speaker 1: to request a mail-in absentee balance closes October 20th. Excused
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  Speaker 1: in-person absentee voting is scheduled for October 21-23 and October 26-28,
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  Speaker 1: while no-excuse early voting will be held October 29-31. Election
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  Speaker 1: Day voting will take place November 3 from 6 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: to 6 p.m. Corbin Independent Schools Approved Tax Rates by
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  Speaker 1: Nita Johnson Correspondent Corbin As is customary for government agencies
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  Speaker 1: in September, the Corbin Independent School System approved the 2026
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  Speaker 1: tax rates, but not without some comments and concerns from
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  Speaker 1: residents in the district. Superintendent Travis Wilders read the rates
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  Speaker 1: to those present for September 23rd' s special called meeting held
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  Speaker 1: at Corbin Primary School. Superintendent Wilder announced that the real
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  Speaker 1: estate tax is 63.5 cents per $ 100 value, while tangible
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  Speaker 1: personal property will be taxed at $ 65. 3 per $ 100. The
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  Speaker 1: motor tax vehicle, which has not changed in several years,
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  Speaker 1: remains at $ 69. 3 per $ 100 value. Mary Ann Howard spoke
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  Speaker 1: about the strain that the high taxes place on seniors
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  Speaker 1: who live on a fixed income. She also explained that
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  Speaker 1: she had rental property and that the combination of all
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  Speaker 1: those places of financial hardship on her family. That opinion
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  Speaker 1: was seconded by Felicia Fifefield, who said she had intended
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  Speaker 1: not to speak at Wednesday's meeting, but felt she was
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  Speaker 1: a voice for the people in the area. I want
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  Speaker 1: to start by going back to something that was said
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  Speaker 1: at the last meeting that has stayed with me. One
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  Speaker 1: of the board members said that if the district didn't
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  Speaker 1: increase the tax property they would be leaving money on
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  Speaker 1: the table. That statement really bothered me then, and it
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  Speaker 1: still bothers me now. Because what I heard in that
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  Speaker 1: statement was this. We don't necessarily have to take this
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  Speaker 1: additional money from the people in our community, but we
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  Speaker 1: have the opportunity to. And if we don't, we're leaving
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  Speaker 1: money behind. To me, that is a very troubling way
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  Speaker 1: to think about taxation. That money just isn't sitting on
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  Speaker 1: a table anymore. It belongs to the people who worked
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  Speaker 1: for it. It's money that families used to buy groceries,
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  Speaker 1: put gas in their cars, pay for their mortgages, pay
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  Speaker 1: their utility bills, and take care of their children. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's important for elected officials to remember that when
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  Speaker 1: you have the authority to take money from people, the
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  Speaker 1: question shouldn't be how much more we collect. The question
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  Speaker 1: should be, do we actually need to collect it? Fifield said.
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  Speaker 1: Two days ago, I posted on Facebook reminding people that
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  Speaker 1: this meeting was happening tonight. She continued, The majority of
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  Speaker 1: the responses I received fell into one of two categories.
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  Speaker 1: The first one was from people saying, essentially, please don't
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  Speaker 1: raise our taxes. We are already struggling to avoid basic
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  Speaker 1: necessities like food and gas. The second was even more concerning.
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  Speaker 1: People said, why bother going? They're not going to listen
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  Speaker 1: to us anyway. I think that second response should concern
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  Speaker 1: every elected official in this room because elected officials should
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  Speaker 1: not be viewed by the people they represent as people
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  Speaker 1: who have already made up their minds and aren't willing
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  Speaker 1: to hear them. When you are elected to represent this community,
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  Speaker 1: that doesn't mean you have to agree with every person
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  Speaker 1: who comes before you, but it does mean that people
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  Speaker 1: who elected you should believe that their concerns matter and
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  Speaker 1: that you are genuinely listening to them, Fifield said. Then
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  Speaker 1: she compared Corbin School District taxes to those in neighboring
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  Speaker 1: counties and school districts. She quoted that tax rates for
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  Speaker 1: other school districts, Whitley County at 44.7 cents per hundred
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  Speaker 1: dollar value, Laurel at 45.6, Williamsburg City at 48.7, Knox
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  Speaker 1: County at 56.1%, and Corbin Independent at 63.5%. So Corbin's
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  Speaker 1: rate is substantially higher than everyone in those surrounding districts,
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  Speaker 1: she continued. I'm not sitting here saying that Corbin should
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  Speaker 1: spend less simply because another district does. I'm not saying
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  Speaker 1: that our schools don't need money. Of course they do.
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  Speaker 1: What I am asking is that before we ask the
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  Speaker 1: people of this community for more of their money, we
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  Speaker 1: should make sure we have exhausted every other reasonable option.
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  Speaker 1: Fifield told a neighbor who lives on $ 1, 500 a month,
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  Speaker 1: which includes her home upkeep, car, gas, utilities, and food,
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  Speaker 1: and is barely getting by. She added she felt like
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  Speaker 1: it was wrong that the board voted on those tax
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  Speaker 1: rates before allowing people to speak in the meeting. Despite
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  Speaker 1: those comments, Rates were approved with a payment schedule set
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  Speaker 1: for a 2% discount if paid by October 31, November
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  Speaker 1: 1 to December 31, will allow residents to pay the
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  Speaker 1: face value of the tax bill with a 5% penalty
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  Speaker 1: if paid during January. A 10% penalty will be added
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  Speaker 1: beginning February 1 with the last day for payments without
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  Speaker 1: interest and penalties being April 15, 2027. Once past April 15,
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  Speaker 1: property taxes are considered delinquent and will accrue additional interest
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  Speaker 1: and penalties until they are paid. The meeting, which is
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  Speaker 1: usually held the third Thursday of each month, was held
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  Speaker 1: instead last week in order to pass the tax rates
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  Speaker 1: in the required time frame required by Kentucky law. Earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the meeting, students from Corbin Primary School led the
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  Speaker 1: audience in the Pledge of Allegiance and the pause chat
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  Speaker 1: before two school employees were recognized. Corbin's primary principal, Tanya Proffitt,
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  Speaker 1: made initial comments before turning the presentation over to the
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  Speaker 1: assistant principal, Jessica Epperson. Epperson said with four weeks of
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  Speaker 1: school completed, high attendance day has had a 97% attendance
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  Speaker 1: among 792 students enrolled. The third grade class had 100% attendance.
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  Speaker 1: She added that family engagement nights have been very successful
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  Speaker 1: with the next scheduled for October the 15th from 4.30 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: to 6.30 p.m. Laurel Bath Warren Special Ed Teacher and
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  Speaker 1: ARC program that helps families, students, and educators navigate the
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  Speaker 1: special education curriculum as well as programs for exceptional learners.
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  Speaker 1: Finance Office Rhonda Moore reported that the school district had $ 37. 8
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  Speaker 1: million in their general fund and a $ 3 million in
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  Speaker 1: reserve for a 10.84% contingency. The working budget, she said,
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  Speaker 1: was $ 54 million. Board members also approved 24 fundraiser requests
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  Speaker 1: for various clubs and and organizations in the school district,
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  Speaker 1: 37 new hires and eight resignations, 11 field trip requests
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  Speaker 1: that include Corbin Red Hound marching band competitions, junior ROTC
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  Speaker 1: trips to Molina, Georgia, Fort Knox, and Rogerville, Tennessee. The
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  Speaker 1: other business included construction plans for Corbin High School multipurpose
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  Speaker 1: athletic buildings and the CHS Career Center, Approval of change
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  Speaker 1: to order the CHS tennis and track renovations with $ 53, 450
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  Speaker 1: refunded back to the school district. Early graduation was approved
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  Speaker 1: for students who had 22 credits according to the state requirements.
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  Speaker 1: Approval of the revised gifted and talented handbook. Four people
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  Speaker 1: were also inducted into the Red Hound Hall of Honor.
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  Speaker 1: although those persons weren't named during the meeting. An executive
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  Speaker 1: session was held to discuss pending litigation, acquisition or sale
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  Speaker 1: of real property, personal issues, and evaluation of the superintendent.
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  Speaker 1: Board members reported no expected action from the executive session.
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  Speaker 1: Corbin Kiwanis Club focused on inspirational leadership by Macy Swofford.
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  Speaker 1: The Corbin Kiwanis Club welcomed Corbin native and leadership coach
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  Speaker 1: Greg Taylor as its guest speaker during its meeting last Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: where Taylor discussed leadership, personal growth, and importance of inspiring others. Taylor,
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  Speaker 1: who has spent nearly four decades working with executives, business owners,
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  Speaker 1: and leaders, as well as the author of Find Your
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  Speaker 1: Winning Edge in Life and Business, emphasized the difference between
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  Speaker 1: managing processes Managing processes and leading people. Management is process.
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  Speaker 1: You have to manage the process, the system, the process,
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  Speaker 1: and your customers. But people, you've got to inspire them,
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  Speaker 1: Taylor said. Taylor said effective leadership begins with believing in people,
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  Speaker 1: being led, and taking the time to understand them. He
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  Speaker 1: encouraged those in attendance to stop, spend time on people,
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  Speaker 1: saying relationships and trust are essential in helping others grow.
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  Speaker 1: The discussion also focuses on self-awareness, preparation, and personal purpose.
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  Speaker 1: Taylor said individuals should identify their strengths and gifts, intentionally
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  Speaker 1: work to develop them. You've got to be very intentional
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  Speaker 1: with what you do, Taylor said. Every step, every intention,
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  Speaker 1: I think you have to be consistent. Taylor also encouraged
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  Speaker 1: Kiwana members to focus on a difference one person at
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  Speaker 1: a time rather than becoming overwhelmed by the size of
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  Speaker 1: challenges facing the community. When I walk out in the world,
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  Speaker 1: I don't see 8 billion people. I see one, Taylor said.
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  Speaker 1: Can I touch one person today? One person. Can you
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  Speaker 1: encourage one person today? The meeting was part of the
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  Speaker 1: club's ongoing leadership series, which is designed to provide members
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  Speaker 1: with information and speakers focused on leadership, and community. This
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  Speaker 1: concludes the reading of the Times Tribune. Please stay tuned
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  Speaker 1: for continued programming. Thank you for joining me, and on
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  Speaker 1: behalf of everyone here at Radio Eye, this is Janice
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  Speaker 1: wishing you a very good day.