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Ashland Daily Independent - 8.5.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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  Speaker 1: We now turn to the Ashland Independent to bring you
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  Speaker 1: news from in and around Ashland and Boyd County. Your
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  Speaker 1: reader today is Jane. We begin with the addition dated
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  Speaker 1: August fourth, twenty twenty six. As a reminder, Radioized a
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  Speaker 1: reading service intend of her 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: Our first article, Stars aligne in Central Park home team
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  Speaker 1: takes trophy in America two fifty Softball game staff report
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  Speaker 1: the Stars emerge victorious in the America two fifty Stars
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  Speaker 1: and Strips local celebrity softball game. On Sunday afternoon in
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  Speaker 1: Central Park. With a co ed game tied five to
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  Speaker 1: five going into the top of the sixth, former baseball
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  Speaker 1: standout Todd Borders came to the plate with two a board.
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  Speaker 1: He filed off the first pitch and sent an for
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  Speaker 1: a ride to left center field. Borders, of retired Ashland
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  Speaker 1: firefighter and co owner of Borders Sporting Goods, motored around
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  Speaker 1: the bases for an inside the park home run, giving
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  Speaker 1: his team an eight to five lead. The Stars retained
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  Speaker 1: that lead for a three run win in the seven
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  Speaker 1: inning contest. The event, coordinated by Daily Independent, attracted a
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  Speaker 1: Spirited Crowd at Ernie Chattenfield. All funds collected benefited Visit Ashland,
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  Speaker 1: which hosts community events throughout the year. The Stars were
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  Speaker 1: managed by Jennifer Charles, wife of Mayor Chuck Charles, and
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  Speaker 1: were comprised of Borders, Andrew Wheeler, Ashland City Attorney, Rachel Turner,
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  Speaker 1: Greenop County High School Assistant Principal, Lorna Rose, The Daily Independent,
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  Speaker 1: local artist, John Valancourt, American Explorers, Tyler Cantrell, Ashland Fire Department,
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  Speaker 1: Sasha Bush Kentucky Farmers Bank, Ashlan Beacon, Leah Cecil, Community
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  Speaker 1: Trust Bank, Kobe Rice, Paramount Theater, Scott Ingrin, Ashland Softball coach,
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  Speaker 1: Corduroy Brown musician, and Chad Kramer Sentis. Mayor Charles managed
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  Speaker 1: the Stripes, which consisted of Aaron Snyder The Daily Independent,
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  Speaker 1: Tiffany Hayes Community Trust, Mandy Kidwell, local business owner, Barry Adkins,
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  Speaker 1: Ashland City Engineer, Faith Fountain Ashland for Change, face painting
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  Speaker 1: by Faith doctor, Jeremy Bonzo, uk King's daughter, Sasha Riley,
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  Speaker 1: UK King's Daughters, Andrea Arnett, Community Hospice, Nick Lewis, Ashland
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  Speaker 1: Police Department, Giselle Kitchen U. K. King's daughters, Scott Murphy,
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  Speaker 1: Raymi Eastepp, and Faith Wolf of wander Russell. Several young
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  Speaker 1: fans participated in many games throughout the afternoon and took
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  Speaker 1: their turns dunking Commissioner DJ Rimer in the dunk booth
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  Speaker 1: provided by Summit Ironville Fire Department pean out the clown
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  Speaker 1: May balloons throughout the event. Texas Roadhouse provided peanuts, Goblin Dogs,
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  Speaker 1: her Table Bakery and ConA I sold treats to fans.
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  Speaker 1: Chris Pulham and Ryan Parker, both Mytown TV commentators, handled
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  Speaker 1: announcing duties from the press box. Taylor Barker ran sound
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  Speaker 1: for the event. Jason Philall of Total Media Sports was
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  Speaker 1: the game's umpire. Joseph jos Kaigley, Greenop County Softball Star
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  Speaker 1: pitcher tossed the ceremonial first pitch. Captain Roslin Morrison of
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  Speaker 1: Salvation Army said the pregame prayer. Holly Forbes sang the
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  Speaker 1: national anthem. Celeste Coons Visit. Ashland's director sang take me
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  Speaker 1: out to the ballgame. Angela Lichencombe was on the mic
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  Speaker 1: for God Bless America. The City of Ashland Parks Department
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  Speaker 1: prepared the field, including installing a temporary outfield fence. Several
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  Speaker 1: members of the America two fifty Committee helped in hosting
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  Speaker 1: the event, which was sponsored by Uk King's Daughters, Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: Farmers Bank, and Martin Wheeler and Vincent. The branding Shack
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  Speaker 1: made the shirts for both teams. Snyder and Ashley Fletcher,
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  Speaker 1: general manager of The Daily Independent, spearheaded the organization and
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  Speaker 1: coordination of the game in an effort to celebrate America
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  Speaker 1: two fifty and help bring awareness and financially assist visit
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  Speaker 1: Lexington visit Ashland. The full game can be seen at
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  Speaker 1: the Tri State Media Services Facebook page Our Next Start.
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  Speaker 1: L eight one Celebrates one hundred years by James Jewett
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  Speaker 1: for The Daily Independent. Ed Churscht Note this is the
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  Speaker 1: second of two stories about L eight one's one hundredth anniversary.
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  Speaker 1: In April two thousand and one, L eight one Bottling
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  Speaker 1: Company began expanding and distributing L eight one in its
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  Speaker 1: well known green bottles to southern Ohio and southern Indiana
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  Speaker 1: with an agreement with Coca Cola Enterprises. After that, it
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  Speaker 1: began being distributed in East Tennessee, Western Virginia, and West Virginia.
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  Speaker 1: In twenty fifteen, L eight one started distribution in Indianapolis.
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  Speaker 1: A huge bit of good fortune came the company's way
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  Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen when Cracker Barrel began serving it nationwide
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  Speaker 1: in every location. More good news came in twenty seventeen
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  Speaker 1: when the award winning store The Fresh Market began distributing
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  Speaker 1: original and diet L eight one in their stores. It
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  Speaker 1: was named best grocery store in America into twenty twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three, and twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 1: by readers of USA Today. L eight one began a
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  Speaker 1: new venture in two thousand and eight after a student
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  Speaker 1: at Sullin Sullivan University won an eightieth anniversary contests by
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  Speaker 1: making a sausa with the drink as a prime ingredient.
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  Speaker 1: It was known as L eight one Salsa and became
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  Speaker 1: a permanent item at Kroger stores. Not long after that,
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  Speaker 1: L eight one Barbecue Sauce was developed and made available.
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  Speaker 1: George Lee Wayne Scott never had children, and since two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and three, fourth generation family member Fielding Rogers had
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  Speaker 1: been carrying on the tradition of and is the keeper
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  Speaker 1: of its secret recipe. He is the great great nephew
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  Speaker 1: of Wayne Scott Rogers. Was appointed president in two thousand
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  Speaker 1: and nine, becoming the youngest family member to do so
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  Speaker 1: in company history at twenty eight. He transitioned to CEO
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  Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen and became Chairman of the board in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. Ellen mcgheiney was president and COO from
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  Speaker 1: twenty thirteen to twenty twenty two. She spearheaded expansion and
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  Speaker 1: the brand's roll out into Cracker Barrel, and has been
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  Speaker 1: the CEO since twenty twenty two. L eight one is
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  Speaker 1: being distributed in special anniversary packaging this summer. It is
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  Speaker 1: the only Kentucky company that invented soft drinks that are
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  Speaker 1: still in existence. The company offers other drinks to suit
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  Speaker 1: various tastes, Heritage L eight, Cherry L eight, Cherry L
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  Speaker 1: eight zero, Orange Cream L eight BlackBerry L eight BlackBerry zero,
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  Speaker 1: and L eight Caffeine Free zero. Also the Star that
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  Speaker 1: got it all started in nineteen o six. Roxa Cola
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  Speaker 1: returned to the line up in twenty twenty three after
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  Speaker 1: being dominant for fifty five years, and Roxa Cola zero
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  Speaker 1: premiered in twenty twenty five. Additional favorites that are only
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  Speaker 1: available seasonally include Peach Straw, Marin Straw Melon, and Paul Paul.
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  Speaker 1: Paupaul is our newest limited release. We first launched it
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  Speaker 1: last summer and figured it'd be a big hit, but
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  Speaker 1: I think all of us here at L eight were
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  Speaker 1: a little shocked and very happy to see just how
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  Speaker 1: much people loved it, said Tyler Madison, LA Marketing project manager.
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  Speaker 1: Wayne Scott was well known for his philanthropy and civic
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  Speaker 1: leadership on local health. He was one of the first
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  Speaker 1: advocates for building a local hospital. When Clark County Hospital
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  Speaker 1: opened in nineteen thirty three. He served on the fundraising
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  Speaker 1: and building committees and later was president of the board
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  Speaker 1: of directors. He also paid for Wainscott Hall, which was
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  Speaker 1: built for nurses to live in Fielding is carrying on
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  Speaker 1: the tradition of philanthropy that Wainscott started. L eight one
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  Speaker 1: Pride of Kentucky Pride of Clark County, Happy one hundredth birthday,
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  Speaker 1: Governor Andy Busher said on Facebook before opening a bottle
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  Speaker 1: and taking a refreshing drink in his office. Basheer is
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  Speaker 1: familiar with that local pride because when his father, Steve
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  Speaker 1: Basheer was governor, his parents would sometimes spend week ends
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  Speaker 1: at their farm in Clark County. Since Wainscott liked L
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  Speaker 1: eight ones play on words which meant a late one,
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  Speaker 1: he might have been impressed with the word play of
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  Speaker 1: sentenny Ale celebration top of form, bottom of form. It
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  Speaker 1: was part of LA one Day on Saturday in downtown Winchester.
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  Speaker 1: Some popular musicians performed, with the trio Bedford opening the show,
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  Speaker 1: and then headliner Col Cheney from Katlitzburg took the stage. Also,
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  Speaker 1: a parade, L eight ice cream floats, a birthday cake
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  Speaker 1: shape like a bottle, food truck's, interactive mural kid zone,
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  Speaker 1: LA pop up shop and mini museum, and of course
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  Speaker 1: much L eight one was on hand for the one
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  Speaker 1: hundredth anniversary celebration from five pm to nine pm. Also,
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  Speaker 1: a historical Society marker was unveiled near the post office.
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  Speaker 1: A parade that Madison described as more of a grand
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  Speaker 1: entrance included a vintage fire engine L eight Sideloader, collar
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  Speaker 1: guard and George Rogers. Clark School's drumline traveled from the
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  Speaker 1: historical marker up Main Street to the larger event area
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  Speaker 1: to officially kick off L eight one day. Those interested
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  Speaker 1: in seeing the process of how L eight one is bottled.
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  Speaker 1: Tours are given on Tuesday and Thursday at nine thirty,
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  Speaker 1: ten thirty, eleven thirty, and twelve thirty. A video of
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  Speaker 1: a tour done for Kentucky Proud can be watched online.
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  Speaker 1: Many area school groups tour with US. Madison said tours
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  Speaker 1: must be booked online. L eight merchandise is available at
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  Speaker 1: the gift shop, crammed full of items including colorful L
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  Speaker 1: eight apparel. It is open nine am to four pm
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  Speaker 1: Monday through Friday. Recent obituaries Bruce c. York eighty five
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  Speaker 1: of Ashland, Avril Lee Connor ninety of Catlitz Creek, Opel
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  Speaker 1: Aleen Lore seventy eight of Georgetown, James Edward Hale the third,
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  Speaker 1: j Pickle forty one of Ashland, and Sherick Sharon McMackin
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  Speaker 1: seventy eight of Franklin Furnace, Ohio. In other news, Data
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  Speaker 1: Center's Eye Idol Sites for Massive Power by Liam Niemeyer
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  Speaker 1: of the Kentucky Lantern. Paducah Mayor George Bray calls the
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  Speaker 1: former Paducah gasseous diffusion plant in McCracken County the ideal
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  Speaker 1: site for a hyperscale data center. When the plant was
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  Speaker 1: enriching uranium initially for the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons
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  Speaker 1: and then for nuclear power plant fuel, it had the
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  Speaker 1: ability to use over three gigawatts of power and use
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  Speaker 1: twenty six million gallons of water a day. When we're
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  Speaker 1: we enrinched enriched uranium there, all the infrastructure around that
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  Speaker 1: power is still available, Brace said, Plus we've got you know,
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  Speaker 1: tremendous water capacity out there. The plant closed in twenty
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  Speaker 1: thirteen under the control of the federal government, and local
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  Speaker 1: elected leaders debated for years what could become of the
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  Speaker 1: infrastructure there, an active Superfund site needing remediation for the
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  Speaker 1: legacy of hazardous and radioactive waste released into the environment.
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  Speaker 1: The US Department of Energy provided an answer late last month,
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  Speaker 1: planning to transform a portion of the site into a
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  Speaker 1: hyperscaled data center and nearby natural gas fired power plants
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  Speaker 1: to the AI race. The one point eight gigawatt data center,
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  Speaker 1: one of the largest so far planned in Kentucky, is
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  Speaker 1: a part of a larger strategy by the Trump administration
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  Speaker 1: to turn former Cold War era federal sites into hubs
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  Speaker 1: for data centers and energy production that electrical infrastructure, high
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  Speaker 1: voltage transmission lines, substations, transformers, that allows a hyperscale data
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  Speaker 1: center to access massive amounts of electricity is something that's
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  Speaker 1: in high demand and in short supply across the country
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  Speaker 1: as technology companies spend billions of dollars on data center construction,
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  Speaker 1: and these data center developers are increasingly looking to Kentucky's
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  Speaker 1: idled industrial sites, former coal mines, a former aluminum smelter,
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  Speaker 1: a former steel mill, industrial parks to find it. While
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  Speaker 1: local economic development directors see an opportunity for new life
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  Speaker 1: at languishing industrial sites, one environmental attorney warned there could
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  Speaker 1: be a cost for rate payers down the line smelter
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  Speaker 1: into hyperscaler along the Ohio River. The Century Aluminum smelter
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  Speaker 1: in Hancock County had shuttered its operations after over fifty
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  Speaker 1: years of operation in twenty twenty two, citing unsustainably high
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  Speaker 1: electricity prices. It laid off more than six hundred employees
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  Speaker 1: in the county of about nine thousand people. The infrastructure,
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  Speaker 1: where four hundred and eighty two megawatts of electricity flowed
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  Speaker 1: through transmission lines to craft military grade aluminum products, remained
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  Speaker 1: on site. Mike Baker, the director of the Hancock County
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  Speaker 1: Industrial Foundation, a local economic development group, said the loss
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  Speaker 1: of those smelter jobs and tax revenue and the loss
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  Speaker 1: of personal livelihoods and money for local schools and government.
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  Speaker 1: He had been in talks with Century Aluminum, which owned
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  Speaker 1: this site, to try to find a new use for it.
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  Speaker 1: Manufacturing is what we were hoping for, Baker said, had
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  Speaker 1: nothing to do with data centers at the time. In
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, I don't think anybody even knew what
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  Speaker 1: a data center was. A hyperscale data center developer arrived
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  Speaker 1: years later. Investor owned Terrewolf bought a site from Century
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  Speaker 1: Aluminum earlier this year, planning to use that power capacity
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  Speaker 1: to turn it into a four hundred and eighty two
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  Speaker 1: megawatt hyperscale data center. The company is leasing the data
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  Speaker 1: center to artificial intelligence company Anthropic. It was a former
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  Speaker 1: industrial site that had the power, Baker said, that's the
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  Speaker 1: number one draw for a data center is is their
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  Speaker 1: power available, and that makes that location much more attractive.
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  Speaker 1: There are a number of other idled industrial sites cross
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  Speaker 1: At eight that have been eyed by hyperscale data centers
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  Speaker 1: looking for places to hook up the hyperscale data center
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  Speaker 1: developer based in Spain is looking at the former Ak
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  Speaker 1: steel mill in Boyd and greenipp Counties to build a
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  Speaker 1: two gigawatt data center campus. Before the Bell County Fiscal
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  Speaker 1: Court passed a temporary ban on data center construction, a
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  Speaker 1: developer was looking to use more than three hundred megawatts
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  Speaker 1: of leftover electrical transmission infrastructure from inactive coal mines to
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  Speaker 1: power a data center. Terrawolf is also planning on taking
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  Speaker 1: over an eastern Kentucky industrial park site, the same park
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  Speaker 1: where the state tried and failed to locate an aluminum
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  Speaker 1: mill for another hyperscale data center. The city of Pikefel
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  Speaker 1: is also in negotiations to put a small, smaller data
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  Speaker 1: center in a local industrial park that had existing electrical infrastructure.
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  Speaker 1: Baker said the jobs created by Terrawolf at the former
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  Speaker 1: aluminum smelter site, about two hundred permanent jobs, won't make
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  Speaker 1: up for the lost smelter employment, but he believes the
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  Speaker 1: site and industrial sites similar to it are a much
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  Speaker 1: better fit for a large data center. He said that's
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  Speaker 1: compared to a situation where a data center uses hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of acres of prime farmland or locates next to a subdivision.
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  Speaker 1: He called that a situation that could generate the kind
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  Speaker 1: of emotion and concern that communities have with data centers.
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  Speaker 1: The tax revenue can be significant, Bakers said, that can
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  Speaker 1: be a worthy use of that property. In Mason County,
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  Speaker 1: the local Planning and Zoning Committee approved the rezoning of
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  Speaker 1: more than two thousand acres of rural agricultural land to
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  Speaker 1: industrial use for a planned hyperscaled data center by an
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  Speaker 1: undisclosed technology company. Local pushback against the project over land
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  Speaker 1: use and environmental impacts has been ongoing since last year
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  Speaker 1: chasing power. Yet late last month, residents in Hancock County
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  Speaker 1: voiced strong concerns about the project to the state utility
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  Speaker 1: regulator Kentucky Public Service Commission in a local public hearing.
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  Speaker 1: They express concerns over the data center's water usage, what
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  Speaker 1: it could mean for their electricity bills, and the impacts
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  Speaker 1: of backup electricity generators installed at the industrial site. Gary Elder,
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  Speaker 1: a resident of the Hancock County city of Lewispoort, told
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  Speaker 1: the PSC during that hearing he has concerns over utility costs,
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  Speaker 1: potential pollution, and the loud racket. With having seen reporting
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  Speaker 1: about data centers and other states. It's already been there
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  Speaker 1: at these states, Elder said, If it happened there, why
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  Speaker 1: do we not think it's going to happen here? So
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  Speaker 1: think about that what you're going to do to us.
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  Speaker 1: The PSC is considering whether to approve a special contract
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  Speaker 1: for power between Terra Wolf and electric utility Big Rivers
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  Speaker 1: Electric Corporation. Byron Gary, an attorney for the environmental legal
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  Speaker 1: group Kentucky Resources Council, said putting data centers on former
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  Speaker 1: industrial sites certainly makes sense from a developer's perspective, given
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  Speaker 1: much of the transmission infrastructure is already there. He said
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  Speaker 1: developers might also avoid local pushback on projects if it's
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  Speaker 1: already been an industrial site in the past, but he
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  Speaker 1: worries about potential longer term costs for Kentucky ratepayers assuming
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  Speaker 1: all the proposed massive data centers come to fruition. In
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  Speaker 1: the case of the Hancock County Data Center, he said.
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  Speaker 1: The Terowolf Data Center also has a tentative agreement with
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  Speaker 1: Big Rivers Electric Corporation to get its power from the
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  Speaker 1: wholesale electricity market through the Regional Energy Grid Operator MISO.
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  Speaker 1: Given that the electric utility doesn't have close to enough
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  Speaker 1: power on its own to power multiple data center projects.
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  Speaker 1: He said. As more demand for electricity comes onto regional
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  Speaker 1: energy grids that are a part of Kentucky, such as
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  Speaker 1: MISO and j PJM, more transmission upgrades to the overall
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  Speaker 1: grid are needed. Even though a company like Terowolf may
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  Speaker 1: pay for its own electrical infrastructure upgrades at an industrial site,
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  Speaker 1: he said, the larger upgrades to the overall grid are
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  Speaker 1: paid for by all rate payers. He imagines that would
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  Speaker 1: also include significant upgrades to serve the massive data center
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  Speaker 1: and natural gas fire hired power plants planned at the
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  Speaker 1: former Paduca Gaseous Division diffusion plant. If those transmission upgrades
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  Speaker 1: are not directly allocated to an individual data center or
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  Speaker 1: a set of individual data centers, they end up being
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  Speaker 1: socialized across all rate payers, Gary said. Utility Drive reported
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  Speaker 1: last month that data centers were responsible for six point
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  Speaker 1: three billion dollars in electricity capacity charges during energy auctions
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  Speaker 1: held by the PJM grid operator, meaning rate payers are
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  Speaker 1: paying for higher energy costs and transmission costs because of
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  Speaker 1: data centers. The costs of natural gas fired turbines, which
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky utilities are seeking, has also spiked because of demand
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  Speaker 1: from data centers who want to use them for on
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  Speaker 1: demand power. Those costs, whether they are to serve data
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  Speaker 1: centers or not, still impact all of us. Gary said,
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  Speaker 1: the cost of new generation transmission and all that we
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  Speaker 1: of that are things that would have been needed in
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  Speaker 1: some cases anyway, We're just going to pay a lot
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  Speaker 1: more for them. In other news, Salvation Army launches SOS campaign.
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  Speaker 1: The Salvation Army of Northeast Kentucky has officially launched its
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Mission Essential Campaign SOS Sustain Our Shelter,
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  Speaker 1: a community wide effort to raise two hundred thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: to sustain operations add its emergency shelter in Ashland. Following
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  Speaker 1: a highly successful twenty twenty five effort focused on saving
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  Speaker 1: the shelter, this year's campaign shifts to sustaining the shelter,
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  Speaker 1: reflecting both the community's remarkable generosity and the ongoing need
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  Speaker 1: to ensure these critical services remain available for years to come.
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  Speaker 1: We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming support and received
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  Speaker 1: from the community last year, said Captain Rosalind Morrison, core
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  Speaker 1: Officer of the Salvation Army of Northeast Kentucky. Because of
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  Speaker 1: that generosity. The shelter remains a vital resource in our
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  Speaker 1: community now. The SOS Sustain Our Shelter campaign is about
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  Speaker 1: securing its future so that shelter, care and hope remain
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  Speaker 1: available for those who need them for years to come.
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  Speaker 1: The campaign will help ensure that essential services, including shelter,
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  Speaker 1: meals and daily care remained available every day for individuals
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  Speaker 1: and families facing crisis. Last year's campaign helped save the shelter.
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  Speaker 1: This year's campaign focuses on sustaining this critical community resource
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  Speaker 1: for the future. In twenty twenty five alone, the Salvation
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  Speaker 1: Army in Ashland served one thousand, seven one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: ten individuals, provided thirteen thousand, six hundred and twelve nights
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  Speaker 1: of shelter, and distributed eight hundred and seventy three three
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  Speaker 1: personal hygiene kits. The campaign is grounded in the real
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  Speaker 1: ongoing cost of providing these services. On average, it costs
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  Speaker 1: thirty one dollars per day to provide shelter for one person.
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  Speaker 1: During periods of extreme weather, the White Flag Emergency Shelter
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  Speaker 1: operates at an average cost of twenty five dollars per
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  Speaker 1: day per person. Meals are also provided daily to shelter
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  Speaker 1: residents through food sourced from community partners and other community resources.
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  Speaker 1: Funds raised through the campaign will help sustain all aspects
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  Speaker 1: of shelter operations, including shelter staffing, meals and daily support services,
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  Speaker 1: utilities and facility operations, shelter supplies, furnishings, and other critical
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  Speaker 1: resources needed to keep the shelter open and serving the
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  Speaker 1: community year round. The campaign will culminate with a special
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  Speaker 1: Mission Essential Capstone event on Thursday, November fifth, from six
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  Speaker 1: pm to seven thirty pm at the Ashland Elks Lodge
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  Speaker 1: at nine hundred Carter Avenue. The event will feature Cameron Mills,
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  Speaker 1: former University of Kentucky basketball star, as the keynote speaker,
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  Speaker 1: along with a special musical performance by Christian music artist MARLENEA.
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  Speaker 1: Van House. The evening will celebrate the impact of the
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  Speaker 1: campaign while bringing the community together in support of sustaining
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  Speaker 1: the Salvation Army's shelter services for the future. Individuals and
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  Speaker 1: businesses interested in sponsoring the event or purchasing tickets are
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  Speaker 1: encouraged to contact Captain Captain Rosalind Morrison at area code
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  Speaker 1: six oh six three two nine twenty eight seventy four
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  Speaker 1: for additional information. The Salvation Army has been serving northeast
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky since nineteen o nine. Visit Salvation Army Ashland dot
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  Speaker 1: org to provide a gift, online or mail contribution to
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  Speaker 1: the Salvation Army PO Box fourteen o five, Ashland. This
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  Speaker 1: concludes excerpts from recent editions of the Ashland Daily Independent.
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  Speaker 1: Your reader has been Jane On behalf of everyone here
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  Speaker 1: at RADIOI thank you for listening, Keep on listening and
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  Speaker 1: have a good day.