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11.6.25 · The Mountain Eagle

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Celebrity Reader Week on RADIOI. Your reader today
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is Mary Anne Worthington, and I'm an educator and writer
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and I live in Whitley County, Kentucky. Today we'll be
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reading the Mountain Eagle newspaper dated November fifth, twenty twenty five,
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with news from Whitesburg. As a reminder, RADIOI is a
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reading service intended for people who are blind or have
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other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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Our first article is headlined. Trial date set in lawsuit
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against former deputy by Sam Adams. A March trial date
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has been set in the federal civil lawsuit against a
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former deputy sheriff who pleaded guilty to raise for having
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sex with a woman on home incarceration and under his supervision.
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The defendants in the case also include Letcher County Sheriff
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Billy Jones in his official capacity, and East Kentucky Correctional Services,
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the company Deputy Benfields worked for when he was off
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duty supervising persons who had been released from jail on bond.
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The person Fields was charged with having sex with is
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Sabrina Adkins, who had been serving time in the Letcher
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County jail on drug charges Fields admitted to meeting Adkins
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at the courthouse at night, having sex with her in
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several places, including a restroom in the chambers of then
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District Judge Kevin R. Mullens. First filed in early twenty
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twenty two, Several defendant's attorneys and a plaintiff have since
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left the case, and others have been added. Another woman,
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Jennifer Hill, also accused Fields of similar behavior, but she
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died while the case was being ongoing. Her estate took
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over the suit, but that claim was dismissed by a judge.
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Earlier this year, former Sheriff Mickey Steins, facing a charge
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of murdering Mullins, resigned office and was removed from the case.
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The court added incoming Sheriff Jones in his official capacity,
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meaning the suit is essentially against the department, not against him,
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not Stein's personally, and since the beginning of this year,
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three attorneys have left Adkin's case. Now nearly four years
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into the suit, US District Judge Robert E. Wiler is
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pushing for a resolution sooner rather than later. His latest
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order gives attorneys on both sides until December nineteenth to
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submit witness lists, lists of exhibits they expect to use
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a trial and a pre trial memorandum containing quote a
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succinc statement of facts of the case, the questions of fact,
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the questions of law, expected evidentiary objections, a list of
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all pending motions, the status of settlement negotiations and the
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likelihood settlement, and the feasibility of alternative dispute resolution end quote.
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The judge has given them until that date to agree
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on jury instructions and submit them to the court, warning
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that failure to do so in the time allotted quote
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may result in cancelation of the final pre trial conference
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and trial dates, or any other remedy appropriate to the
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filing default end quote. The parties in the suit have
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until January thirteen to submit objections to the use of witnesses, evidence,
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pre trial filing, or any proposed illustrative aids to be
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used during the trial. The trial itself itself is set
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for eight thirty a m. March third, at the United
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States Courthouse in London. We Air has set aside no
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more than four days for the trial. Our next article
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is entitled local candidates can now file hat not running.
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Today is the first f day candidates for next year's
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election can file in Kentucky, and some are already beginning
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to make their moves. District Judge Nick Whittaker, who was
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appointed to fill the seat left vacant with the shooting
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death of Judge Kevin R. Mullins, has said he will
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file for election, his first attempt to run for office. However,
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he has also served as an assistant Commonwealth's Attorney and
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an assistant County attorney, also in court related races. Long
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term County Attorney Jamie Hatton announced Tuesday that he will
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not seek reelection and will instead back Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney
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Michael Watts for the post. Hatton has been Letcher County
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Attorney since twenty ten, serving as the prosecutor in misdemeanor
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cases and council for the Lecher Fiscal Court, as well
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as the Child Support Enforcement Office, which has been reorganized
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as one of the leading I'm sorry make that has
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been recognized as one of the leading child support offices
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in the state. Hatton also runs a private practice with Watts.
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Hatton said in a statement, I am deeply grateful for
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the trust the people of Lecher County have placed in
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me over my tenure as County Attorney. Leading this office
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has been a privilege and I am proud of the
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work we have accomplished together. Watts has been first Assistant
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County Attorney for eight years. He also serves as Assistant
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Commonwealth's Attorney and was Acting Commonwealth Commonwealth Attorney for more
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than a year while the late Commonwealth's Attorney, Edwin G.
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Banks was ill. Watts said, Jamie Hatton has been a
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friend and mentor since day one. I'm honored to accept
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his endorsement to become the next Letcher County Attorney. I
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am committed to fair, transparent and efficient prosecution and governance.
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Watts is the son of Circuit Clerk Mike Watts. Our
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next article begins on the sports page. The headline reads
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LCC moves on to playoffs after Belfry loss by Derek Bartow.
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The Letcher County Central Cougars will host NOx Central this
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Friday in the opening round of the Class three A
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football playoffs. Kickoff is seven point thirty pm. Knock Central
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five for five enters the game coming off a thirty
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to six win at Williamsburg. While the Cougars ended the
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regular season with a six' four record after losing to
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perennial Power belfrey by a score of forty two to.
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FOURTEEN lc Coach Junior matthews, said we just have to
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get back to what we do well and get prepared
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for the first round of the. Playoffs give credit To,
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belfrey they are really. Good they have several guys with
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speed and we had trouble matching it in the loss To.
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BELFREY lcced began the game with a promising drive that
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bogged down in the red. Zone The cougar's defense then
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had trouble with The. Belfry skilled players Of. BELFRY lcc
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returned the opening kickoff to their own twenty two yard.
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Line Running Back Brett sturgel ripped off a seventeen yard
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run on the first play of the. Drive three plays,
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later on fourth down and, Short Garrett howard had a
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tough seven yard run for a first. Down after a
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personal foul penalty On belfrey moved the ball into the red.
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Zone The cougars couldn't get anything. Going an attempted pass
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on fourth down and five yards to go fell incomplete
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for a turnover on, downs showing why they are one
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of the favorites to win the class to a payoff,
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Playoffs The pirates quickly moved the ball down the field
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and scored on a two yard run BY. Jb. Wallom
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the extra point gave The pirates a seven to zero
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lead with three minutes and fifty four seconds left in
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the first. Quarter AFTER lcc went three and. Out on
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the next, Possession Belfrey's woollam had another, touchdown, run this
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time from fourteen yards, out to increase the lead to
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fourteen to. Zero after the extra points split the. Uprights
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after The cougars were forced to punt, again running Back
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Daunte davis took a handoff and sped around THE lcc
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defense for a twenty five yard. Touchdown the extra point
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increased The pirate's lead to twenty one to. Zero late
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in the first, quarter LCC's Colton stidham had a great
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forty yard return on the kickoff to GIVE elsiec great field,
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position but an interception By belfrey stopped the scoring. Threat
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The pirates followed with a, long sustained drive that ended
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with five yard touchdown run up the middle By, davis
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his second of the. Game the point after Increased belfrey's
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lead to twenty eight to. ZERO lcc again went three
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and out and were forced to. Punt Quarterback Chase varney
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used a nice play action fake to find his Brother
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Caden barner streaking down the sideline for a forty four
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yard touchdown to make the halftime score thirty five to.
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Zero after a failed onside kick attempt by The, Cougars
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wallam took a pitch on the right side and cut
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all the way back across the field for a few
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fifty yard touchdown. Run the extra point made it forty
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two to zero and forced a running clock on the
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remainder of the. Game, STILL lcc showed the fact they
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have had all year and had their best offensive possession
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of the. Game on third down and eight yards to,
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Go Quarterback Gunner holbrook threw a strike To stidham for
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a ten yard. Completion, then facing second down and, Sixteen
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Mason stevens caught a pass From holbrook for a gain
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of twenty. Yards howard then took a handoff up the
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middle for a twenty three yard. Gain Stge old patiently
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waited for his blocks to develop and scored on a
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five yard touchdown run around the right side of the.
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Line the two point conversion, failed keeping the score forty
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two to. Six LCC's offense got one more possession And
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holbrook rolled left and took a big, hit but threw
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the ball just in, time finding Receiver Caleb osborne for
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a ten yard. Touchdown howard ran in the two point
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conversion to make the final score forty two to. Fourteen
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THE lcc offense was led By Gunner, holbrook who completed
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seventeen passes on twenty seven attempts for one hundred and
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thirty three yards and a. Touchdown Garrett howard ran the
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ball fifteen times for fifty seven. Yards Brett sturgel had
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eight rushing attempts for thirty one yards and a. Touchdown
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Colton stidham caught eight passes for fifty four. Yards Caleb
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osborne had two receptions for twenty nine yards and a.
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Touchdown Garrett howard led the defense once again with twelve.
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Tackles Colton stidham had eight, tackles And Righter day had five.
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Tackles This friday's playoff game Against Knock central should be
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a good, one as both teams appear to be evenly.
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Matched belfrey moves on to Host Leslie county in the
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opening series of The class two. Playoffs our next article
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is a column From Steve Brewer's Strutton, time and it's
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Entitled One Deer Hunting trip that didn't end. Well as
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we get deeper into hunting season each, fall it reminds
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me of a sad month of my life THAT i
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can't and won't. Forget november is the month that my
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mother finished her journey here on this. Earth when it,
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HAPPENED i was deer hunting in The Blue Ridge mountains
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In North. Carolina that was in nineteen seventy, three and
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we laid my precious mother to rest On Thanksgiving, Day Mary.
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Brewer my mother had come to visit us the week.
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Before she got sick while here and was admitted to
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The Whitesburg. HOSPITAL i was assured not only by my,
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mother but the doctor's, too that she was going to
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be fined and could return home To North carolina in
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plenty of time to fix our Annual thanksgiving. Meal deer
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season with a firearm has always opened the week Before Thanksgiving,
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day and still does. TODAY i checked in with my
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mother on the SATURDAY i was supposed to join my
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brother at deer camp deep in The Blue Ridge. FOREST
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i spoke with her. Doctor he reassured me he was
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letting her go home On, sunday and certainly not later
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than On. Monday mother told me to go ahead and
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join my, brother that she would head straight out as
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soon as she was released from the. HOSPITAL i remember her, Saying,
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stevie don't. WORRY i will be there to fix Your thanksgiving.
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Dinner now you go have, fun. Dear season, opened and
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on That monday, morning my brother and myself was in
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our tree stands well before. Daylight for some, REASON i was,
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uneasy but went on with my, hunt coming out at
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eleven am to report and to eat when as, always
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BUT i could not shake the uneasy FEELING i. Had
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in those, days there was no such thing as a
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cell phone nor any type of. Communications once you were in,
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camp the nearest phone was an old payphone at the
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last country store. AWAY i Knew rick and myself would
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need to go to that. Phone for whatever REASON i
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still don't know. TODAY i never called. HOME i just
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called the. HOSPITAL a friend of mine was at the
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switchboard and, Said, STEVE i hate to be the one
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to tell you. This your mother passed away this morning at.
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Eleven the doctor who was releasing her was by her.
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Side she stood up then sat back down on her,
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bed then, Said praise The. Lord i'm going. Home she
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meant her forever. HOME i told my brother what, happened
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and we never went back to. Camp we came straight
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To whitsburg. Instead he broke camp on his return to his.
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Home my mother was fifty one years. OLD i miss
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her every. Day our next article is From Gabby's Fishing
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fever By Gabby Greg, caudle and the article is entitled
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where to Find croppy In fall Fishing. Season if you
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enjoy fishing for crappie in the, fall now is the
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great time to get out on the. LAKE i have
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fished for croppy my entire life and will never get
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tired of catching this great. FISH i have lots of
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memories of fishing with friends and family fishing for crappie
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over the years in many lakes In kentucky And. Tennessee
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this fish is a big part of my fishing and
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the love for the. Sport my favorite way to catch
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crappie is night fishing in a boat under a light
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or lantern with live minnows as. Bait watching the bobber
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bounce and get pulled under the water is one of
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the most exciting things in. Fishing to, me crappie are
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structure based. Fish they love to hold around some form
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of cover and wake for food like minnows to come
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along to make a. Meal so when looking for the
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best areas to fish for fall, croppie you need to
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always look for places with some type of shad or minnow.
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Activity normally you locate baked fish moving to certain areas
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of the lake by minnows breaking the surface from being
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chased or fed on by fish such as bass and.
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Croppy crappy are not as affected by the cold water
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temps like some fish, are and can be caught year
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round on most. Lakes cropping will change locations throughout the,
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year from the spawn to the fall and winter, months
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and as the lakes are dropping to winter, pool the
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shallow and backwater air areas will dry up and make
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croppie move to more main lake structure and. Cover some
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of the best cover is any form of. Wood my
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favorite spot is the deeper brush. Piles some other forms
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of cover croppie used in the fall are trees that
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have fallen into the. Water the bigger the. Better other
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good spots are standing, timber Old christmas, trees and man
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made fish. Attractors you should also look around for under
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boat docks around bridge pilings and on the deep side
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of points with good. Cover all these areas can be
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a fall croppy, hotspot but be sure to look for,
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bait fish and deeper cover to find the best fishing
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for croppie in. Autumn our next, article also from The sports,
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page is TITLED X quarterback Is Helping bowley and this
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is from the Column Vaught's views By Larry. Vaught one
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of the few bright spots for The kentucky football team
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this year has been the development of Quarterback Cutter. Bowley
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the red shirt freshman went from back up to start
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the season to starter and completed twenty five on more
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passes in consecutive games Against, Georgia texas And. Tennessee the
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streak was snapped when he went eighteen for twenty nine
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for one hundred and sixty one yards and one touchdown
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with two interceptions Against auburn last, week but it came
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in UK's FIRST sec win this. Season bowley has been
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assisted by a variety of Former kentucky quarterbacks on his
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way to his first win as an. Seast he's starting
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Quarterback Andre, woodson who threw nine three hundred and thirty
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six yards and eighty one touchdowns as a two Time
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ALL sec, selection reached out To. Bowlie kentucky Coach Mark
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stoops Said bully wanted to reach out to offer. Advice Scott,
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bowley and a Former Western Kentucky university basketball, player SAID
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i never Met, andre even though he was A Fifth
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region person like, me BUT i knew they had been
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talking With cutter Because cutter was texting with him one
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day at our. House Mike hartland threw for five, thousand
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six hundred and eighty yards at thirty eight touchdowns Following
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woodson and is now on The kentucky. STAFF a lot
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of times When cutter comes, in he's bends one on
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one time With. Michael he's really done a good. Job
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he's been a great addition to our, staff SAID uk
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Coach Mark. Stoops it's ANOTHER uk guy that cares about
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this place And i'm very impressed with. Him he's a
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great coach and he's really helped us and he's Helped.
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Cutter Scott bully, Said cutter has loved the addition Of Mark.
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Hartland he has been great working With. Cutter, however they
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are not the only FORMER uk quarterbacks who have. Helped.
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Bully Tim, couch UK's all time passing leader and FORMER
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nfl number one overall draft, pick Watched bowley At Lexington
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christian because his son also played. There tim has been
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great all, Along Scott, bully. Said FORMER uk quarterback More
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Brgan newton Was bowie's quarterback coach AT. Lca he stays
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in touch with THE uk. Quarterback the first one FORMER
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uk quarterback to Help cutter Was Bill ransdell When cutter was.
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Younger Scott bailey, said with my Daughter, aaron a high
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school in college basketball, STANDOUT i FELT i knew enough
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to help her SINCE i knew, basketball but football is
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a different. THING i am just smart enough to know
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to listen to others who know a lot more than
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me and let them Help. Cutter, however the first person
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to note That Cutter bollie could be special was longtime
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high school Coach Marty, jaggers a former. Quarterback he Watched
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bailey At LaRue county when he was being coached by his,
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Son Josh. Jaggers marty, said When cutter through the, ball
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it just made a different noise than when anybody else.
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Threw he was the first to maybe Know cutter's arm
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was just. Different Scott bowley, said when he was ten years,
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Old cole MacLean posed for a picture With kentucky Coach
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Nick maggioni after attending THE Uk baseball. Camp just over
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eight years, later The Taylor county standout took a photo
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in the same spot With. Minngioni after verbally committing to
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play for The. Wildcats, MacLean the twenty twenty Five Kentucky
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Gatorade player of The, year committed To tennessee and Coached
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Tony botello In august of his freshman. Year, However botello
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recently left to become manager of The San Francisco. Giants
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this showed a lot of interest in love at that young,
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age and was just coming off A World series. RUN
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i was all into, them MacLean. Said we knew he
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was considering Leaving, tennessee but no real info that he
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was going to. Go when he started considering, leaving we
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had talks as a family and thought hard about. It
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after he, LEFT i called The tennessee assistant coach and
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told HIM i did not feel comfortable and was going
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to open my recruitment back. Up McLean led the state
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in strikeouts as a junior with one hundred and twenty
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seven in sixty five one third innings and went nine to.
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One his only loss came in the state tournament with
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a point seventy five. Er he also hit point three
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sixty eight and led the team with six home runs
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to Lead taylor to the state tournament with a twenty
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nine to seven. Record he struck out seventy one in
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forty two one third innings as a sophomore with a
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one point eighty two er and a seven to two.
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Record and in the interest of, time we'll end that article.
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There this concludes the reading Of The Mountain eagle for,
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Today november, fifth twenty twenty. Five your reader has Been Maryanne.
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Worthington now please stay tuned for continued programming on behalf
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of everyone here AT radioi thank you for, listening keep on,
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listening and have a good. Day