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Pike Co. News - 8.24.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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  Speaker 1: Now we turn to the reading of the Appalachian News
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  Speaker 1: Express for news in Pikeville and Pike County. As a reminder,
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  Speaker 1: blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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  Speaker 1: read printed material. The Appalachian News Express is donated to
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  Speaker 1: RADIOI by the publisher your reader today is NIA. We
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  Speaker 1: will begin with the edition dated August twenty first through
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  Speaker 1: twenty fourth, twenty twenty six. Our first article is titled
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  Speaker 1: Pike County BOE proposes to keeping tax rate the same
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  Speaker 1: despite assessments being down by Russ Cassidy Regional editor. The
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  Speaker 1: Pike County Board of Education voted unanimously in a special
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  Speaker 1: meeting on August eighteenth to keep its tax rate at
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  Speaker 1: eighty two point eight cents per one hundred dollars of
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  Speaker 1: assessed value on real estate and tangible personal property. The move,
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  Speaker 1: which still must be advertised for two weeks in the
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  Speaker 1: News Express then finally approved at a future meeting, will
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  Speaker 1: potentially cost the district thirty three hundred and thirty two
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars in revenue, according to Pike School's Director of Finance,
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  Speaker 1: Brodney McCoy. However, Pike School Superintendent Freddie Bowling said the
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  Speaker 1: district will seek to save instead of asking for a
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  Speaker 1: higher rate. Quote our families and our community is under
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  Speaker 1: a burden financially, Bowling said. There are ways to save money,
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  Speaker 1: and we're looking for ways to be efficient and looking
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  Speaker 1: at our budget constantly. End quote. Bowling said the district
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  Speaker 1: does not need the extra revenue the compensating rate would provide.
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  Speaker 1: Quote we are financially solvent. He said, We're not in
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  Speaker 1: a position where we need to raise taxes. End quote.
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  Speaker 1: Board chairman Dwayne Apshire said the district has been working
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  Speaker 1: to keep its focus on its employees and students, but
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  Speaker 1: he could not vote for a raise. Quote we can't
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  Speaker 1: lower it this year because of the taxes, but I
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  Speaker 1: will not raise it. Abshire said, I will not vote
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  Speaker 1: ever to raise taxes again. End quote. Board member Shane
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  Speaker 1: Hurley also said that in his tenure on the board,
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  Speaker 1: he has not cast a vote to raise taxes and
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  Speaker 1: would not do so if it were recommended this year.
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  Speaker 1: Quote I've never voted to raise taxes. Hurley said, I
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  Speaker 1: won't vote for a raise this year. End quote. McCoy
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  Speaker 1: said the expected loss in revenue if the rate is
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  Speaker 1: kept the same is due to a dec in assessments,
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  Speaker 1: the first the district has faced in several years. McCoy
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  Speaker 1: said that real estate assessments are down eight point four
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  Speaker 1: million dollars, while personal property assessments are down eleven point
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  Speaker 1: sixty eight million dollars. The board also had an item
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  Speaker 1: on the agenda to set district wide athletic event admission rates. However,
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  Speaker 1: both Abshire and board member Joshua Leonard said they believed
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  Speaker 1: the item should be tabled. Quote. I think we need
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  Speaker 1: to discuss that more. Leonard said, We're not ready to
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  Speaker 1: vote on that yet. End quote. The board tabled the
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  Speaker 1: item to give time to speak with stakeholders. Our next
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  Speaker 1: article is titled Local Chaplain Recognized by Gary Stone staff writer.
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  Speaker 1: Her next article is titled Local Chaplain Recognized by Gary
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  Speaker 1: Stone staff writer. Hikeville Medical Center Director of Chaplain Services
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  Speaker 1: Larry Pennix was recently reappointed to the Association of Professional
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  Speaker 1: Chaplain Board of Directors for a second three year term. Quote.
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  Speaker 1: I'm honored to be reappointed for another term to this
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  Speaker 1: nationally recognized organization. Pennix said. This is an opportunity for
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  Speaker 1: continued professional growth and to bring knowledge ideas and best
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  Speaker 1: practices from the broader professional chaplain c back to PMC.
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  Speaker 1: Our board meetings are held virtually once a month, and
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  Speaker 1: we meet normally twice a year in person. Pennix continued,
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  Speaker 1: This allows me to continue my duties here with little,
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  Speaker 1: if any interruption. Pennix holds a Master of Divinity degree
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  Speaker 1: from Asberry Theological ste Seminary and has served as Senior
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  Speaker 1: pastor of Salem Gospel Fellowship Church since twenty twelve. Quote.
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  Speaker 1: As a board member, I participate in organizational governments, the
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  Speaker 1: certification process for professional chaplains, and the nominations committee. Penick said.
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  Speaker 1: It also allows me to not only mentor, but learn
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  Speaker 1: from others in chaplaincy. With his reappointment, Pennix has been
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  Speaker 1: selected to serve on the planning committee for APC's twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven annual conference. Quote. Many people really don't realize
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  Speaker 1: what the duties of a chaplain are, Penick said. It
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  Speaker 1: is being there for a patient and a patient's family,
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  Speaker 1: no matter what day or time it is end. Quote.
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  Speaker 1: PMC has a fully staffed chaplain Services department with chaplains
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  Speaker 1: available twenty four to seven. Quote. I'm very appreciative of
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  Speaker 1: the administration here at PMC, foreseeing the vital need of
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  Speaker 1: chaplain services, Penick said, we are on the front line
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  Speaker 1: in a patient's spiritual care, just as the physicians are
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  Speaker 1: with the medical care given here end quote. Penick says
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  Speaker 1: PMC employs four full time chaplains with several part time
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  Speaker 1: chaplains quote. This allows us to have chaplains available round
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  Speaker 1: the clock when and if needed. Penick said, I'm very
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  Speaker 1: appreciative of the dedication of the chaplain staff here as
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  Speaker 1: we work to ensure the needs of patients and their
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  Speaker 1: families are met. Our next article is titled KSP driving
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  Speaker 1: under the influenced driver arrested after being involved in multiple recks.
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  Speaker 1: A News Express staff report a Jenkins man is facing
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  Speaker 1: several charges after allegedly being found to be driving under
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  Speaker 1: the influence and being involved in multiple wrecks before causing
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  Speaker 1: his vehicle to catch on fire. According to an arrest
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  Speaker 1: citation written by Kentucky State Police Trooper d Chapman, on
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  Speaker 1: August seventeenth, KSP Post nine dispatchers received a call reporting
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  Speaker 1: a hit and run collision on US twenty three near Dorton.
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  Speaker 1: While en route to the scene, Chapman wrote that he
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  Speaker 1: and Trooper Jon Slowe were advised that the fleeing vehicle
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  Speaker 1: was in a Chevrolet Silverado traveling towards Pikeville. While attempting
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  Speaker 1: to locate the vehicle, the citation said, the troopers were
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  Speaker 1: advised that another caller had called Post nine and reported
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  Speaker 1: they were following the Silverado to the Kentucky Enterprise Industrial Park.
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  Speaker 1: After the Silverado had almost hit their vehicle and had
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  Speaker 1: blown attire. Chapman wrote that after locating the vehicle, the driver,
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  Speaker 1: later identified as Timothy Bolden, forty nine, of Dornton Jenkins Highway,
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  Speaker 1: refused to stop. Stop sticks were used in an attempt
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  Speaker 1: to stop the vehicle, the citation said, but even after
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  Speaker 1: the vehicle's front tire was deflated by the sticks, Bolden
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  Speaker 1: continued to drive forward before getting stuck in the mud.
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  Speaker 1: Once stuck, according to the citation, Bolden continued to try
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  Speaker 1: to move the vehicle forward, causing it to catch on fire. Bolden,
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  Speaker 1: the citation said, failed to exit the vehicle, forcing the
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  Speaker 1: troopers and other officers, including Pikeville Police Department officers, to
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  Speaker 1: remove him from his vehicle. The citation said Bolden appeared
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  Speaker 1: quote unquote katonic and was unable to speak. Bolden was
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  Speaker 1: transported to the Pikeville Medical Center for medical evaluation and
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  Speaker 1: a blood test was conducted there. It was also learned
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  Speaker 1: that Bolden had struck another vehicle while fleeing the scene
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  Speaker 1: of the first crash. Bolden was lodged in the Pike
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  Speaker 1: County Detention Center on charges of d UI first offense,
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  Speaker 1: aggravating circumstances, first degree, fleeing and or evading the police,
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  Speaker 1: motor vehicle, leaving the scene of in accidents on two counts,
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  Speaker 1: and numerous traffic charges. Our next article is titled PC
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  Speaker 1: Judge elect gives guest speech by Olivia Morgan, staff writer.
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  Speaker 1: Pike County Judge Executive elect Susie Gibson Shear gave a
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  Speaker 1: speech as the guest speaker during the Pike County Republican
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  Speaker 1: Party meeting on August seventeenth. Sheer says she plans to
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  Speaker 1: be a quote unquote servant during her term as Judge executive.
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  Speaker 1: Quote my job, I believe is going to be a fiduciary,
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  Speaker 1: she said, to be a servant in another way to
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  Speaker 1: say it of the people. I don't see myself as
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  Speaker 1: a politician, she continued, I'm not a politician. I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to be one, but I do want to be
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  Speaker 1: a servant. I want to serve the people in a
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  Speaker 1: manner that is consistent with being a fiduciary end quote.
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  Speaker 1: Sheer said one of her duties as a public official
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  Speaker 1: is to give more than she takes from her community. Quote.
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  Speaker 1: Even though we as public officials get a paycheck, our
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  Speaker 1: duty is I believe to give more than we take
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  Speaker 1: to show and demonstrate that we are acting to the
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  Speaker 1: benefit of our people. End quote, she said. Sheer mentions
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  Speaker 1: some of her plans for the future of Pike County,
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  Speaker 1: including addressing disaster related concerns and bringing in jobs. Quote.
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  Speaker 1: We've got to look to our people, she said. We've
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  Speaker 1: got to work for our people. End quote. Sheer expressed
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  Speaker 1: enthusiasm for the new administration and encourage the community to
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  Speaker 1: work together. Our next article is called Jones proposes keeping
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  Speaker 1: Fiscal Court tax rate the same by Olivia Morgan, staff writer.
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  Speaker 1: Pike County Judge Executive Ray Jones recommended during the August
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  Speaker 1: seventeenth special meeting of the Pike County Fiscal Court that
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  Speaker 1: the court not changed its tax rate this year. Jones
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  Speaker 1: said the compensating rate for this year is nineteen point
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  Speaker 1: seventy cents per one hundred dollars of assessed value. It
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  Speaker 1: has been eighteen since during his time as Judge executive,
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  Speaker 1: he said. Jones said he will be making a motion
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  Speaker 1: at the next fiscal Court meeting to not take the
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  Speaker 1: compensating rate but instead keep the tax rate at the
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  Speaker 1: same quote. By not taking the compensating rate, it's cost
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  Speaker 1: the county money, he said, But most people can't afford
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  Speaker 1: to pay any more taxes, and since I've been judged,
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  Speaker 1: there's not been a single penny of tax increase. We've
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  Speaker 1: actually helped get your taxes cut, and we've done it
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  Speaker 1: at the same time by managing the county's money. And
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  Speaker 1: we've not bounced checks like my predecessors, so we've not
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  Speaker 1: had any bad audits, he continued, So we'll see what
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  Speaker 1: happens moving forward. End quote. Our next article is entitled
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  Speaker 1: KBC encourages blood donations following supply shortage by Olivia Morgan,
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  Speaker 1: staff writer. Kentucky Blood Center is asking people to continue donating,
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  Speaker 1: although a recent urgent blood supply shortened has been resolved
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  Speaker 1: as needs continue. According to KBC, the shortage was due
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  Speaker 1: to high transfusion rates and though donor turnout. KBC is
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  Speaker 1: the exclusive blood supplier for Pikeville Medical Center and all
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  Speaker 1: Appalachian Regional Healthcare locations in Kentucky. According to Director of
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  Speaker 1: Media and Branding, Eric Lindsay, He said these locations were
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  Speaker 1: affected by the blood supply shortage. Lindsay said that low
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  Speaker 1: blood supplies are typical during the summer, However, the low
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  Speaker 1: supply was caused for concern. We do see donations historically
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  Speaker 1: go down in the summer months from our overall donor
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  Speaker 1: population because folks are on vacation. They're out traveling, out
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  Speaker 1: doing things, which means they're not in our centers donating blood,
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  Speaker 1: he said. In addition to that, high schools and colleges
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  Speaker 1: are out of session, which make up a sizeable chunk
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  Speaker 1: of our collections. Lindsay said kbc's mobile operation make up
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  Speaker 1: around fifty percent of the organization's total blood collection. Confusion
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  Speaker 1: rates also tend to increase during the summer, Lindsay said,
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  Speaker 1: quote while donation frequency is down, we see higher transfusion rates,
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  Speaker 1: typically from our hospitals. He said. With people being more
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  Speaker 1: active in the summertime, that also leads to more accidents
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  Speaker 1: and traumas, which means higher transfusions end quote. Although all
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  Speaker 1: blood type donations are always welcome, Lindsay encouraged donors with
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  Speaker 1: OH negative blood to donate as it is the universal
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  Speaker 1: blood type quote that means, no matter what blood type
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  Speaker 1: you are, if you are in need of blood, they
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  Speaker 1: can give you that to you. He said, It's always
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  Speaker 1: in high demand from that perspective. End quote. O positive
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  Speaker 1: and A negative blood types are also in especially high demand,
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  Speaker 1: he said. Lindsay noted that after KBC announced the shortage,
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  Speaker 1: communities responded by showing up and donating blood. However, he
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  Speaker 1: still encourages donations to prevent future shortages. Quote. I would
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  Speaker 1: still encourage folks to donate, he said. It has been
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  Speaker 1: a tough summer and blood donations are something that is
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  Speaker 1: needed every single day of the year. What we would
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  Speaker 1: like to do is prevent the next blood shortage. The
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  Speaker 1: only way we can prevent something like what we were
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  Speaker 1: in is for people to be intentional and proactive about it.
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  Speaker 1: He continued that one hour you spend with us, that
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  Speaker 1: one whole blood donation, with the way we split our projects,
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  Speaker 1: can save up to three lives end quote. Lindsay said
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  Speaker 1: the eligibility requirements to donate blood are simple. To donate,
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  Speaker 1: you must be at least sixteen years old, in general
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  Speaker 1: good health and weigh at least one hundred and ten pounds.
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  Speaker 1: Donors also need to bring in photo identification. Our next
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  Speaker 1: article is titled Initiative Seeking to tell Appalasha's Untold Stories
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  Speaker 1: Especial to the Appalachian newspapers. Sharing and rediscovering overlooked Appalation
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  Speaker 1: stories is at the center of a multimillion dollar grant
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  Speaker 1: initiative to fund community led projects that bring undertold regional
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  Speaker 1: stories into public view. According to his statement, from Monuments
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  Speaker 1: Across Appalation Places MAAAP, the statement said, is a Melon
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  Speaker 1: Foundation funded grant initiative housed at Virginia Tech that is
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  Speaker 1: searching for community organizations, artists, educators, advocates, and other memory
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  Speaker 1: keepers across Central Appalachia to propose projects for new and
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  Speaker 1: reimagined ways to commemorate the region, its people, and its
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  Speaker 1: shared histories. Quote Appalation history overall is often excluded from
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  Speaker 1: the national narrative, and the struggle of historically suppressed people
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  Speaker 1: to be acknowledged is intensified in this region, said Sarah Anderson,
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  Speaker 1: a historic preservation planner in East Tennessee. Their stories are
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  Speaker 1: crucial to our understanding of American history, of ourselves, and
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  Speaker 1: of the last vitality of the human spirit. End quote.
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  Speaker 1: Some past MAAAP supported projects have included a music festival
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  Speaker 1: and album celebrating the sounds and stories of the Latin
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  Speaker 1: Appalachian community, the construction of a modern longhouse for the
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  Speaker 1: mona Quin Indian Nation and their annual powow, a statue
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  Speaker 1: honoring United States Color Troops from Franklin County, Virginia, and
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  Speaker 1: trails and interpretive exhibits celebrating the Appellationian relationship with the
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  Speaker 1: natural world, the statement said MAAP. The statement said uses
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  Speaker 1: Monument Labs definition of a monument as quote a statement
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  Speaker 1: of power and presence in public end quote, and encourages
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  Speaker 1: project proposals that expand traditional ideas of what a monument
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  Speaker 1: can be, recognizing that the commemoration of these stories and
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  Speaker 1: community is itself monumental quote. What we're looking for are
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  Speaker 1: grassroots efforts to amplify histories of people taking action together
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  Speaker 1: for the common good in ways that reconfigure how we
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  Speaker 1: think about Appalachia end quote, said MAAP CO director doctor
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  Speaker 1: Emily Satterwhite. MAAAP funded projects. The statement said move beyond
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  Speaker 1: traditional monuments, embodying the rediscovery, reshaping, and reimagining of Appalachia
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  Speaker 1: through the preservation, celebration, and sharing of the region's rich
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  Speaker 1: and complex stories. Project proposals may include sculptures, spaces of reflection, exhibits,
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  Speaker 1: interpretive signage, performances, festivals, oral history initiatives, archival projects, and
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  Speaker 1: other forms of public commemoration. Applicants may explore themes such
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  Speaker 1: as collective struggle, environmental stewardship, migration, and cultural creativity. Applications
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  Speaker 1: are due at five pm on October thirteenth. Prospective applicants
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  Speaker 1: are encouraged to attend an MAAP Commemorate workshop to learn
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  Speaker 1: more about monument making and the grant creation process. For
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  Speaker 1: details on attending a workshop, past MAAP projects, eligibility, and
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  Speaker 1: how to apply, visit www Dotmoremountain Stories dot org. Our
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  Speaker 1: next article is entitled Kentucky State patrol men entered old mine,
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  Speaker 1: stole copper a News Express staff report. Two men were
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  Speaker 1: arrested recently after allegedly stealing copper wiring from an old mine.
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  Speaker 1: According to an arrest citation written by Kentucky State Police
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  Speaker 1: trooper Cody Stiltner. On August eighteenth, KSP received a trespassing
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  Speaker 1: complaint at the Old Bevans Branch mine on Kentucky one
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  Speaker 1: ninety four at Kimper. The citation said the caller informed
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  Speaker 1: dispatch that he had located a car parked in front
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  Speaker 1: of the underground mine entrance and stated he believed individuals
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  Speaker 1: who had arrived in the vehicle had gone inside the
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  Speaker 1: mine to steal copper wiring. Stiltner wrote that soon after
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  Speaker 1: arriving on scene, he located Howard Franklin Kahn, Age fifty
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  Speaker 1: two of lake View Drive, Cynthiana, walking out of the
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  Speaker 1: mine entrance, carrying approximately thirty feet of copper mining cable.
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  Speaker 1: He also located Jeremy R. Daniels, Age forty six of
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  Speaker 1: Woodman Creek Road stopover, walking out of the mine, the
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  Speaker 1: citation said. Daniels, the citation said, admitted he and Cohn
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  Speaker 1: had gone inside the mine and kept multiple sections of
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  Speaker 1: copper wiring. Diltner wrote that during his investment mitigation, he
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  Speaker 1: located three sections approximately thirty feet in length, lying approximately
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  Speaker 1: fifty yards inside the mine entrance. The copper wiring, the
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  Speaker 1: citation said, was estimated to take over one thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: to replace. Both Kahn and Daniels were launched in the
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  Speaker 1: Pike County Detention Center on charges of second degree criminal trespassing,
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  Speaker 1: first degree criminal mischief, and theft from one thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: to ten thousand dollars. Our next article is titled Pikeville's
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  Speaker 1: Henry McNamee Protecting the Panthers by Randy Wright, Regional sports Editor.
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  Speaker 1: Henry McNamee is one of Pikeville's protectors this season. Mcnamey
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  Speaker 1: will be one of the returning senior offensive linemen. The
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  Speaker 1: job the guys do up front sets the tone for
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  Speaker 1: the entire team. Quote. You know that they have your back,
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  Speaker 1: and in turn, you have to have their back. Mcnamy said,
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  Speaker 1: you're not only helping the people beside you, you're protecting
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  Speaker 1: the people behind you. And to be successful on offense,
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  Speaker 1: it matters end quote. The offensive line will have a
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  Speaker 1: couple of new faces up front that they're going to
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  Speaker 1: but they will become a tight knit group. Quote. This
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  Speaker 1: team is close knit. Mcnamy said, We're not just teammates,
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  Speaker 1: we're friends and we treat each other like family. I
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  Speaker 1: think we'll have a pretty good season coming up. Quote
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  Speaker 1: If we don't have success. The whole team can't have success.
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  Speaker 1: You can't do anything if someone is hitting you in
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  Speaker 1: the face as soon as you get the ball end quote.
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  Speaker 1: Pikeville should have plenty of weapons on offense this season,
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  Speaker 1: from quarterback JJ Reynolds to Jade Injustice to Cole Sloan
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  Speaker 1: and the rest of the offense. The Panthers have playmakers
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  Speaker 1: all over the field. Quote. Our skill guys are incredible
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  Speaker 1: this year mcnaine. He said, I think it's the best
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  Speaker 1: we've been in a long time. We have JJ Reynolds
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  Speaker 1: back there throwing it, and when he's on not much
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  Speaker 1: can go wrong, especially if Jade Injustice is running it
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  Speaker 1: beside it of him. Cole Sloan obviously is just an
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  Speaker 1: incredible athlete. We have a new guy, Connor Holbrook. He's
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  Speaker 1: fixing to be pretty good, i'd say, once he gets
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  Speaker 1: out there. Mcnamy will also have to play some on
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  Speaker 1: the defensive line. That shouldn't be a problem though, because
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  Speaker 1: the Panthers have some strong defensive linemen this season. Quote.
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  Speaker 1: Our defensive line is looking pretty good. Mcnamy said. We've
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  Speaker 1: got a good rotation going. Hopefully they can keep us
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  Speaker 1: a little fresh We're a small school, so we know
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  Speaker 1: we have to play both sides, but will be okay.
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  Speaker 1: End quote. Pikeville has speed all over the field on defense.
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  Speaker 1: Mcnamey thinks that speed will help set the Panthers apart
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  Speaker 1: from the opposite opposing team quote speed kills. Mcnamey said,
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  Speaker 1: not only do we have speed up front of the line,
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  Speaker 1: but we have some speed all over our defense. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: our defensive backs are incredible, and so are our linebackers.
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  Speaker 1: End quote. Mcnamey and the Panthers have one goal this season,
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  Speaker 1: winning the Class A state championship. The group knows it
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  Speaker 1: will take a lot of work, but they are willing
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  Speaker 1: to put in the work to try and accomplish their goal. Quote. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: our main goal is to win state. Mcnamey said, I
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  Speaker 1: think we have a pretty good shot at it. That's
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  Speaker 1: what we're going to keep on working for. But it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't happen overnight. End quote. Hikeville is scheduled to kick
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  Speaker 1: off the season at home Friday night against Class three
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  Speaker 1: A power Christian Academy of Louisville. The game will kick
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  Speaker 1: off at seven thirty pm at Hillard Howard Feel at
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  Speaker 1: the Hambley Athletic Complex. This concludes today's reading of the
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  Speaker 1: Appalachian News Express your reader husband Naya. Thank you for
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