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Licking Valley Courier - 7.17.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Licking Valley Courier to bring
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new news from end and around West Liberty. Your reader
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today is Janice. We begin with the addition dated Thursday,
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July the sixteenth, twenty twenty six, as a reminder of
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Radio I as a reading service intended for people who
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are blonde or have other disabilities that make it difficult
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to read printed material. Our first article today is Fire
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and Rescue Fun Fast rescheduled for Saturday, July twenty fifth
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at fair Grounds. Event was originally scheduled for June twenty seventh,
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but was postponed. Morgan County Emergency Management has rescheduled the
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Fire and Rescue Fun Fast for Saturday, July the twenty
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fifth at the Morgan County Fairgrounds, located at four hundred
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New Fairground Road in West Liberty. The fun Fast has
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been originally slated for June the twenty seventh, but was
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postpone due to inclement weather at that time. The event,
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a family fun day to support our county's volunteer fire
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and rescue departments, will run from four pm to eight pm.
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Admission will be five dollars per person or ten dollars
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per car load max. Six occupants Kids four and under
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get in. Free food and drinks will include hamburgers, hot
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dogs or barbecue with chips and a drink for five
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dollars for the Combo. Activities include rh Mobile Clinic for
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free screenings, A one C cholesterol stroke risk, mental health
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and substance use prevention, and sports physicals. A cornhole tournament
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starts at five pm. Ten dollars entry fee and a
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fifty to fifty split of the pot. Kids Power Wheels
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Race Raffle entry with purchase of admission. Fireworks will begin
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at ten. An outdoor movie provided by the Morgan County
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Public Library and free inflatables all night provided by Sandra
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Dye of six six LLC and many more kids activities.
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Morgan County Native Global Cantrol will be performing live from
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seven pm to nine pm. Raffle prizes will include the
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following case knife sixty dollars value from Ace Hardware of Morehead,
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call wash bucket from Advanced Auto, Morehead car care kit
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from Advanced Auto of West Liberty, Day of fishing for
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two from Bishop's Pay Lake located at Ditney's Ridge in
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West Liberty. Massage gift card from Bluegrass Bodyworks of Morehead
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Ariat pocket knife forty five dollars value from boot Branch
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of Morehead. Gift card for fifty dollars from Kettleman's Roadhouse
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of Morehead, twenty four hours slingshot rental from Cave Run
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Slingshot of Morehead, four view level or two terraced line
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tickets to a Cincinnati Reds baseball game from the Cincinnati Reds.
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Four passes to the Cincinnati Zoo. One hundred and twenty
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eight dollars value from the Cincinnati Zoo. Random fishing tackle
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and crashes landing of Morehead. Two tickets to the Creation Museum.
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One hundred and twenty dollars value in Hebron, Kentucky. Monetary
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donation from the first Federal Savings and Loan of Morehead.
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Six three piece tender meal gift cards from Huey Magoo's
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of Morehead. Four tickets to Kentucky Kingdom, two hundred and
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twenty dollars value in Louisville. Two boxes of forty five
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cold am ninety dollars value from Kentucky Pond and Guns
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of more Head. Four passes to the Louisville Slugger Museum
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and Factory. One hundred and one dollar value in Louisville.
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One free Pepperoni pizza from Millenni's of Morehead, A twenty
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five dollars gift certificate from Mister Gaddy's of Morehead. A
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half inch ratchet socket set from O'Reilly Auto Parts of Morehead,
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one hundred and fifty dollars gift certificate from Outlahul Beauty
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bar Calli Perkins of Morehead, three gifts certificates from the
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Pizza Place of West Liberty. A twenty five dollars gifts
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certificate from Pop's Barbecue of Morehead, A twenty five dollars
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gift certificate from Reno's of Morehead, one free night's day
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at one free night's day at on Edge of Salt Lick,
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A free from Lake House sixty dollars value of Morehead.
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A thirty dollars gift certificate from Thoroughbred Express caw Wash
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of Moorhead. A fifty two piece socket set from Wholesale
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Auto Parts of Moorhead. Game cards from Extreme Arcade of Elizabethtown,
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eighteen holes of golf times two from Pleasant Valley Country
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Club of West Liberty. Blue guitar squire bullet by Fender
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from Morgan Gun and Pond of West Liberty, a one
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hundred dollars gift voucher from Cave Run Motorsports of Moorhead,
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a two hundred dollars gift voucher from Cave Run Motorsports
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of Morehead, A load of number fifty seven gravel times
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two from Hinkle of West Liberty, a fifty five inch
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television from Walmart of Moorhead, A gun cabinet from Tractors
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Apple Law of Grayson. Proceeds from the event will benefit
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the Blackwater, Kenny Valley, White Oak, Highway one seventy two
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and Highway five nineteen fire departments, and the Morgan County
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Rescue Squad. Everyone is invited to join us for this
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special event. Bring your family. We can't do it without you.
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Thank you for helping those to continue serving and protecting
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our community. For additional information, visit the Morgan County Emergency
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Management Facebook page or contact Raven Perry at six O
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six four nine five seventy six fifty. Our next article
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is Pardon Upcoming events at the Morgan County Extension Office. Friday,
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July the seventeenth, Summer Reading Funday at Morgan County Public Library,
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Farmers Market at the Extension Office nine am to seven
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pm Tuesday July. The twenty first County Fair. Exhibit entries
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accepted Farmer's Market at the Extension Office from nine am
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to two pm Thursday July. The twenty third County Fair.
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Entries released from three thirty to five thirty pm Friday July.
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The twenty fourth Farmers Market at the Extension Office nine
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am to seven pm Tuesday July twenty eighth Farmers Market
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at the Extension Office, nine am to two pm Friday,
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July thirty first Farmer's Market at the Extension Office, nine
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am to seven pm Tuesday August. The fourth Farmers Market
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at the Extension Office, nine am to two pm Wednesday August.
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Fifth Piece by Piece Friday, August seventh Farmers Market at
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the Extension Office, nine am to seven pm Tuesday August.
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The eleventh Farmers Market at the Extension Office, nine am
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to two pm Friday August Eighteenth Farmer's Market at the
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Extension Office, nine am to seven pm Tuesday August eighteenth
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Farmers Market at the Extension Office, nine am to two
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pm Wednesday August. The nineteenth Piece by Piece Thursday August
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twentieth four Age County Fair Ham Day at the State
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Fair Friday August. The twenty first Farmer's Market at the
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Extension Office nine am to seven pm Tuesday August. The
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twenty fifth Farmer's Market at the Extension Office nine am
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to two pm Friday August. The twenty eighth Farmers Market
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at the Extension Office nine am to seven pm Saturday,
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August twenty ninth. Track to show registration at ten a
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m our. Next article is West Liberty Fire Department of
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the fire departments respond to report a fire at post
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office on Tuesday night. Central Air unit was the source
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of smoke at West Liberty Post Office. Press release. West
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Liberty Fire Department responded to a report of a structure
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fire at three ninety eight Glenn Avenue at the US
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Post Office on July the fourteenth at six sixteen pm.
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The building was reported to be full of smoke and
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the same condition was found upon arrival with no fire visible.
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The structure had been evacuated by all postal employees and patrons.
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Upon arrival, The West Liberty Fire Department, with aid from
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the Blackwater and five nineteen Fire Departments, did a thorough
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search for fire extension, with none being found. Firefighters ventilated
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the building of smoke and investigation for calls and the
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origin was conducted with a central air unit being found
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as a source of smoke. Units overhauled the area and
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turn the building back over to the postmaster. No injuries
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to firefighters or postal employees or patrons occurred and the
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mail service was not interrupted in any way. The West
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Liberty Fire Department would like to thank the Blackwater and
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the five nineteen fire departments, West Liberty Police Department and
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the West Liberty E nine to one one for their
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assistance during this incident. Our next article is artisans Harvest
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slated for August the Firth at Wellness Center. The Artisan's
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Harvest will be Saturday, August the first at the Morgan
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County Wellness Center from nine am to two pm. Vendors
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will be offering locally grown produce, handcraft goods, community fund
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and more. This event is sponsored by the Morgan County
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Extension Service, West Liberty, Tourism, Bank of the Mountains, and
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the Morgan County Wellness Center. If you would like to
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be a vendor for this event, please visit the Kentucky
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Cooperative Extension Morgan County Facebook page to download in application form.
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Call the Morgan County Extension Office at six oh six
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seven four three thirty two ninety two or email Angie
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dot Ferguson at uky dot edu. Everyone is invited to
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join us for this vibrant celebration of local farmers, musicians,
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crafters and artisans. Our next article is blood drive is
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today at the West Liberty Christian Church, Lexington, Kentucky. Only
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you can prevent blood shortages that starts by donating blood
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and an upcoming Kentucky Blood Center Blood Center blood drive
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in your community. Blood cannot be manufactured. That means the
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health of the blood supply and the patients who rely
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on it for a variety of needs is entirely dependent
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on donors giving blood at drives like this one. The
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Morgan County Community Blood Drive will be from one to
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six p m. Thursday, July sixteenth in the West Liberty
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Christian Fellowship Hall, located at three oh four Prestonburg Street
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in West Liberty. Donors will receive a limited edition only
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you can Prevent Blood Shortages t shirt while supplies last
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as a thank you for doing their part to ensure
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a healthy blood supply patients in Central and Eastern Kentucky
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count On the KBC owners. The Kentucky Blood Center provides
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blood to more than seventy local hospitals. Unfortunately, blood donations
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often decrease in the summer because of warm weather activities,
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family vacations, and no school. Blood donors must be part
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must be at least seventeen years old sixteen with parental consent,
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weigh at least one hundred and ten pounds, being good health,
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show a photo ID, and meet additional requirements. Appointments are
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preferred by Walkins are welcome to schedule a donation visit
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Kentucky Bloodcenter dot org or call eight hundred seven seventy
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five twenty five twenty two. The Kentucky Blood Center is
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the largest independent, full service non profit blood center in
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Kentucky and has been saving lives since nineteen sixty eight.
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Licensed by the FDA, the KBC soul's purpose is to collect, process,
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and distribute blood for patients in Kentucky. The KBC provides
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services in ninety Kentucky counties and has de donor centers
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in Lexington, Louisville, Frankfort, Pikeville, Somerset, and the Tri County
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area of Corbin. Our next article is Morgan County Agfare
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entry deadline July the twenty first. Entries can be submitted
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for the twenty twenty six Morgan County Agricultural Fair five
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to seven pm Tuesday, July the twenty first at the
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Morgan County Extension Office. Entries will be released on Thursday,
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July the twenty third, from three thirty pm to five
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thirty pm. The fare will include Agricultural, Family, Consumer Sciences,
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and four h exhibits including vegetable displays, quilts, food preservation,
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farm projects, arts and crafts and more. Bring in your vegetables, crafts, pictures, quilts,
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jelly bag goods, etc. That you have grown or made
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this year to be exhibited, judged and judged. Prices will
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be of Prizes will be awarded for first place, second place,
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third place and Champion. All ages are welcome. For more information,
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please contact the Morgan County Extension Service at six oh
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six seven four three thirty two ninety two. Fair catalogs
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are available at the Extension Office noting all different items
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you can enter. Our next article is local Native Photography
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Feature in You Art Exhibit. Reception for Copina Terry will
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beat July twenty third at the Wellness Center and there
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is a picture of Copoina Terry's self portrait Morgan County
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Native Artists, musician and photographer Copana or Copana I don't know.
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Terry is having a photography exhibit at the Morgan County
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Wellness and Youth Center through August twenty eighth. The work
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of twelve digital prints and three traditional silver nitrate prints
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focuses on Central Appalachia. Most of the images are drawn
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from Terry's recent and ongoing document ary work in eastern Kentucky.
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Several of the images in the exhibit were created in
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Morgan County, including those of Morgan County's citizens. Terry's documentary
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style images capture the beauty of the region and its people,
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from everyday life to serene landscapes, without pondering to stereotypes
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that so often draw negative attention to the area. When
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she's not in the field with her camera, Terry is
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the Oral History archivist for the Louis B. Nunns Center
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for Oral History and curator of Newspapers for Special Collections
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at the University of Kentucky Libraries. An artist's reception with
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Terry will be held Thursday, July the twenty third, from
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five pm to seven PM at the Morgan County Wellness Center.
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It is free and open to the public. Our next
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article is Berling indicted and arraigned in Elliott County. Morgan
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County resident entered not guilty plea at July thirteenth raiment.
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Frankfort Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, Brandon Eisen and the
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Commonwealth Attorney for Carter, Elliott and Morgan Counties announced today
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the indictment of the former Elliott County Ambulance Service director.
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An Elliott County grand jury indicted Michael Burling, forty, on
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six felony charges, including two counts of abuse of public
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trust over one hundred thousand dollars ev felony, one count
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a theft by deception over ten thousand dollars Class B felony,
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one count of theft by unlawful taking over ten thousand
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dollars but under one million dollars Class C felony, one
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count of tampering with public records Class D felony, and
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one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument Class
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D felony. According to court records, the crimes occurred from
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January twenty eighteen through May twenty twenty four while Berlin
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was the director of the Elliott County Ambulance Service. During
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that time, he fraudulently used employer funds and falsified records.
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The Attorney General's Department of Criminal Investigations The DCEI is
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specialized to conduct investigations of public corruption and the use
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of government funds. Jorney General's Office investigated the case. Berlin
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was arraigned Monday. He returns to court August tenth for
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a pre trial conference. The Kentucky's Supreme Court rule on
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trial publicity limits information the office can provide publicly. The
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charges is an indictment, are allegations, and the defendant is
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presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Our next article
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is West Liberty native promoted to Marine Corps. Sergeant Major
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Eric blawn Car earns new rank his recent academy graduation.
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West Liberty, Kentucky. West Liberty Native Sergeant Major Rik B.
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Launcar has achieved one of the highest enlisted ranks in
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the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from the
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United States Army Sergeant's Major in subsequent promotion to sergeant
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major the Army's Sergeant Major Academy in the Department of
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Defense Premier Senior Enlisted Leadership Institution, bringing together senior enlisted
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leaders from across the US Armed Forces and Allied partnered
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partner nations during the rigorous ten month program. Lonkhar also
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earned a Master of Science and Organizational Leadership from Exceusor University,
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graduating with a perfect four point zero grade point average.
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In recognition his outstanding the academic performance, he received the
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Academy's Superior Academic Achievement Award. Following graduation, loncar was assigned
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to the Marine Medium Chill Rotor Squadron three sixty three,
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the MM DASH three six Marine Aircraft Group twenty four
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first Marine Aircraft Wing aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, where
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he now serves as a Squadron command Senior enlisted leader.
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In this role, he serves as the principal enlisted advisor
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to the commanding Officer, providing leadership, mentorship, and guidance to
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hundreds of Marines and sailors while helping ensure the unit's
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readiness to support operations around the world. Since enlisting the
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Marine Corps in June of two thousand and eight, Lonkhar
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has served in a wide variety of operational and leadership assignments.
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His career includes three combat deployments to Afghanistan, service as
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a drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego,
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and duty as a Foreign Military advisor's support Gorgon Deployment
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Program and NATO's Resolute Support Mission. His assignments have also
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included serving as the Marine Security Guard Detachment Commander at
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the US Embassy in Riga Lativ, Lakvia, chief instructor at
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the Marine Corps Embassy Security Guard School, and Command's senior
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enlisted leader for Marine Corps Embassy Security Group one, where
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he provided senior enlisted leadership and oversight for the Marine
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Security Guard detachments across Eastern Europe, euro Asia, including Moscow, Russia, Kiev, Ukraine,
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and three mission locations in Pakistan. A graduate of Morgan
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County High School, Lankhar has continued to pursue higher education
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throughout his military career. In addition to his master's degree
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from Excelsor University, he previously earned an associate degree from
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Barstow Community College and a bachelor degree from Columbia Southern University.
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Throughout more than eighteen years of military service, Lonkar has
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received numerous personal decorations, including the Mettorious Service Medal, Navy
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and Marine Corps Accommodation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device, Navy
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and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, and several
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Campaign and Service awards recognizing his leadership in combat service.
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He has also been recognized as a Kentucky Colonel Recipient.
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Reflecting on his career, Lonkhar credits his success to the
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unwavering support of his family, the mentorship of the Marines
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and the leaders throughout his career, and the values instilled
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in him while growing up in Morgan County. He and
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his wife, Jessica have three children in are currently stationed
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in Kenoee Bay, Hawaii. As he begins this next chapter
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as Marine Corps Sergeant, as a Marine Course Sergeant, Major
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lone Car remains committed to developing the next generation of
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Marines while upholding the cores enduring values of honor, courage,
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and commitment. Our next article is Many Atkins Day this
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Saturday in Sandy Hook, Elliott County's Many Atkins Day is
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ready to go again this Saturday, July of eighteenth, held
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annually at the Little Sandy Lodge in Sandy Hook. It
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is one of the biggest and best outdoor folk art
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festivals in eastern Kentucky. Many Atkins Day started in July
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twenty fourteen as a way to honor Elliott County resident
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folk artists Many Atkins and her contributions to Elliott County.
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It is a local arts and crafts market with music, entertainment,
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fund and food and provides an opportunity to honor someone
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who has done much for the county and in general.
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Many Atkins is one of the best known folk are
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wood carver artist in Kentucky. She is adapt at creating
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animal carvings and has given generous assistance to her various
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neighbors to help them in developing art careers of their own.
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Many is known for her red foxes, bears, possums, tigers,
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and roosters. Her figures are smoothly carved and painted, and
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the animal faces are distinctive. Many also carves and paint
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scenes from the Bible, but overall her favorite subjects are animals.
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To many in Kentucky, the twig rooster carved by Many
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Atkins are synonymous with the term folk art. If you've
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never visited, you are welcome to join us for one
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of the biggest folk art festivals in eastern Kentucky. La
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County's Many Atkins Day, always held on the third Saturday
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of July. Minnie Apkins Day will be filled with lots
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of art folk are both folk and fun, traditional heritage
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inspired crafts, food, music, and loads of fun. This concludes
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excerpts from the recent editions of The Licking Valley Courier.
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Your reader has been janis on behalf of everyone here
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at radio. I thank you for listening, keep on listening,
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and I hope you have a very good day.