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Pike Co. News - 6.29.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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Speaker 1: Now we turn to the reading of the Appalachian News
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Express for news in Pikeville and Pike County. As a reminder,
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RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. The Appalachian News Express is donated to
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Radio I by the publisher. Your reader to day is
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Zach Jordan. We will begin with the addition dated June
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twenty sixth through twenty ninth, twenty twenty six Our first
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article is titled e C Seeks to Capitalize on Historical
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Tourism by Gary Sloan. Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains in
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Pike County rests a proverbial gem that has long been
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lost and neglected. Elkhorn City sits in the far southeastern
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part of Pike County and is rich in Appalachian history,
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a history that current government officials want to bring back
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to life. Elkhorn City has a wealth of historical significance,
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said Elkhorn City Mayor Nathan Bryant. We want to try
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to bring back to life as much of that history
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as we can. Elcorn City recently endured financial difficulties, but
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now those have been rectified. City officials and community members
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are looking forward by looking back at the town's history.
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Many people may not know that we have a bridge
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that was built in nineteen twelve by the Champion Bridge Company,
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Bryant said. After a little research, we found that the
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company is still in business and all they no longer
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build bridges. They do refurbish for historical purposes bridges they
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have built. We have been in contact with company and
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we are hopeful that they will help us preserve the
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bridge in Elkhorn City. Bryant continued that could be a
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huge part of the plans we have to revitalize for tourism.
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Bryant recognizes that to apply for available grants, documentation is
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needed and that's what is happening now. To build up
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tourism efforts we need to have see Tourism page two.
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This article is accompanied by two photos captioned Elkhorn City
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Mayor Nathan Bryant and State Rep. Mitch Whittaker R. Fleming
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neon tour several historical locations in the town. Photos by
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Gary Sloan. Our next article is titled Career Training Program
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Accepting Applications by Terry L. May, a non profit vocational
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Training School, located in Saliersville, is now seeking applications for
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its upcoming program. The tech Center opened three years ago
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in Inez and has now moved to its Magoffin County
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location because of continued growth and program success. According to
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Stephanie Abshire, recruiter, its fourth term will begin at the
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end of August. The Tech Center is a nonprofit skilled
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trades training school that serves eighteen counties. Abshire continued. The
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school offers a ten month program of hands on training
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covering electrical welding, heavy equipment operation, and industrial maintenance. The
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school envisioned and established by Angie Reynolds, who serves as
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the See Tech page seven A. Our next article is
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titled Pike County Public Library Continues Unearthed, a story events
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by Olivia Morgan. The Cincinnati Museum Center brought Dinosaur Exploration
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Stations to the Pike County Public Library on June twenty third,
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where families learned about dinosaurs, fossils, and other prehistoric facts.
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The event provided children and adults alike with an interactive experience.
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Guests were able to dig up prehistoric artifacts, analyze fossils,
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and learn historical facts from Cincinnati Museum Center staff. Cincinnati
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Museum Center Coordinator for School and Teacher Partnership, Ellie Warpenberg,
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said the program offers a great teaching experience for kids
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with hands on activities. I think that through these hands
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on experiences, it inspires them to go out into the
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world and learn from them. She said. Curiosity is honestly
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the most valuable piece that they can get out of
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these programs. The Pike County Library will continue to host
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dinosaur related events throughout the season as they carry out
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its summer theme Unearthless Story. This article is accompanied by
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three photos captioned families gathered at the Pike County Public
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Library on June twenty third to participate in dinosaur exploration
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stations brought by the Cincinnati Museum Center. Our next article
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is titled Belfrey teen charged with wanton endangerment. An arrest
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warrant was executed at a Belfree residence on June twenty second,
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with a teenager being charged with several violations, including wanton
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indagerment against a police officer. According to court records, Nicholas T. McCracken,
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eighteen of US one nineteen Belfree was charged with second
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degree wanton endangerment police officer second degree fleeing or evading
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police motor vehicle traffic violations, according to a citation written
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by KSP trooper Zachary Burgess. The arrest warrant issued the
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same day was based upon a complaint by Burgess the
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previous day. In the warrant, Burgess wrote, on June twenty first,
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I was patrolling Kentucky one ninety four east in the
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Kimper community at approximately ten fifty pm when I observed
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a black Mercedes past me, traveling westbound at approximately seventy
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miles per hour and fifty five miles per hour speed zone.
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I turned and caught up with the vehicle near the
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Kellogg Factory, where I clocked the vehicle on radar traveling
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eighty five miles per hour and then one hundred miles
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per hour on Kentucky one ninety four east before entering
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US one nineteen. The warrant continues, the vehicle entered US
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one nineteen northbound, reaching speeds of one hundred thirty miles
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per hour before taking the Meta exit, circling back around
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and getting onto US one nineteen southbound. The pursuit was
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terminated when the vehicle took the Phelps exit. According to
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the warrant. While patrolling in the Freeburn area. A few
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hours later, at around one twenty a m. He observed
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the same vehicle on Park Road. The subject was at
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a dead end and began to turn. He wrote, I
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activated my emergency equipment and spotlighted the operator, identifying him
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as Nicholas McCracken. He accelerated directly at me before swerving
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past me and getting on to Kentucky one ninety four East.
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I pursued the subject through Freeburn into Phelps. The warrant
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states the pursuit was broken off after the vehicle turned
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onto Kentucky six thirty two, still driving reckless in nature.
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Burgess and Trooper Brennan Eckert had arrested McCracken in April
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on charges of menacing and resisting arrest after his father
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had called Post nine saying his son was on drugs
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and running up and down the stairs attempting to enter
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his younger siblings' bedrooms and feared for the safety of
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the children. Charged page three A. Our next article is
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titled Several lodged in Pike County Detention Center. Several individuals
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were recently arrested and lodged in the Pike County Detention Center.
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Those arrested, according to the booking log at the jail
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included Monday, June twenty second, Vernon Buffington thirty eight Cleveland,
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second degree disorderly conduct, public intoxication, and disorderly conduct. Whilla
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sped Taylor eighteen Stone Drive, Pikeville, fourth degree assault. Paula J.
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Childress forty five Reddale Road, Pikeville, alcohol intoxication. Nikita k
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Endicott thirty eight Harris and R. Road, Williamson, West, Virginia,
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DUI first defense, Nicholas T. McCracken eighteen US one nineteen Belfrey,
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second degree wanton indangerment police officer, second degree fleeing or
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evading police officer, voter vehicle and traffic violations. Christopher E.
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Epplin forty eight Scott Avenue, Pikeville, theft, Jonathan D. Blackwell
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thirty nine East Brushy Valley Drive, Powell, Tennessee, alcohol intoxication,
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resisting arrests, and second degree disorderly conduct. Tuesday, June twenty
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third Jody Pruitt, fifty Chloe Road, Pikeville, first degree possession
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of a controlled substance meth amphetamine, first defense, second degree
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possession of a controlled substance, third degree possession of a
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controlled substance, possession of marijuana and public intoxication. Leatricia Marlowe
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Landry fifty eight Porter Lane, Pikeville, robation violation. Jonathan A.
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Vance thirty eight, Sloane Branch, Shelbiana, first degree possession of
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a controlled substance fentanyl, position of drug paraphernalia, first degree
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fleeing or evading police, third degree fleeing or evading police.
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Duy first defense, failure to appear and a traffic violation.
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William B. Anderson thirty Reddale Road, Pikeville. Contemptive court and
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failure to appear. Jonathan E. Bartley forty Belcher's Fort, Grundee, Virginia,
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non payment of fines. Larry S. Leech thirty nine Road
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Creek Road, Elkhorn City, failure to appear and first degree
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bail jumping. Wednesday, June twenty fourth. Benny J. Cheney forty
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six Powells Creek Road, Elcorn City, duy third defense, Tyler D.
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Tackett twenty six, Turkey Penn Road, Virgie failure to appear.
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Ronald D. Skenes forty nine Long Fork Road, Kemper duy
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first defense and traffic violations. Tammy L. Smith forty three,
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Bear Crossing Road, Grundy, Virginia. First degree traffic in a
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controlled substance methamphetamine, second or greater offense, possession of drug paraphernalia,
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and traffic violations. Eric B. Ratliffe thirty nine, Density Drive, Grundy, Virginia.
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First degree possession of a controlled substance fentanyl, possession of
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drug paraphernalia, convicted felon in possession of a handgun, giving
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an officer false identifying information, and fugitive Buchanan County, Virginia.
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Glen L. Blevins forty two South Mulberry Street, Stutton, West, Virginia.
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First degree possession of a controlled substance fentanyl, public intoxication
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and failure to appear. Joseph N. Young thirty nine Billy
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Compton Branch, Pikeville, parole violation. Stanley J. Myers forty six,
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Zebulon Highway, Pikeville, second degree assault. Crystal R. Davidson thirty eight,
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Zebulon Highway, Pikeville, second degree assault and menacing. Richard William
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Jones forty William Street, Duy, first defense and traffic violations.
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George K. Maxwell thirty six North Mayo Trail, Pikeville non
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payment of fines. Editor's note, The above list reflects people
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lodged in the Pike County Detention Center. The charges against
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them are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent
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until if and when they are proven guilty or enter
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a guilty plea. Our next article is a continuation from Tourism,
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continued from page one. A. To build up tourism efforts,
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we need to have money, and that money is available
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through grants with minimum or no outlay of money from
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the city. Bryant said, we are now in the process
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of documenting these locations so we can apply for the
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funding that is available. Recently, Bryant invited State Rep. Mitch
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Whittaker our Fleming Neon to tour some of those locations,
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including the nineteen twelve Bridge, the Old City Jail, the
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abandoned movie theater, and other locations. I can see a
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lot of opportunities for Elkhorn City to build upon its
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rich heritage and history. Whitaker said, the potential is definitely there.
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With the mayor and city council working together on this,
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I want to be able to assist in any way
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I can in Frankfort. I appreciate Rep. Whittaker for taking
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time to visit and tour what we have to offer,
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Brant said, I believe he was impressed with the vast
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opportunities we have here. Bryant used the theater as an example.
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If we can secure the needed funding to do repairs
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on the theater, I envision not only family movies being shown,
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but a new home for the artist's collaborative theater right
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here in town. Brian said, I can also see special
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events taking place here, but we must get the funding
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in place and repairs done. ACT was a big part
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of Elcorn City providing live plays until its theater burned
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down several years ago. Another part of the history of
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Elcorn City is the railroad, and the Elkhorn City Railroad
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Museum plays a big part in preserving the railroad history.
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Tucked in beside CSX rail line in Elkhorn City, sits
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a small and unassuming building that is home to a
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collection of railroad history in eastern Kentucky. The Elkhorn City
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Railroad Museum houses perhaps the largest collection of railroad memorabilia
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in the region. Officials said, I've always said this museum
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is kind of hidden here. Larry Lounsbury, curator of the museum, said,
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we've applied for and received some funding through grants to
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do some work to make the museum more tourist friendly.
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Like I said before, Elkhorn City is so rich in
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history it would be a shame not to preserve it
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for generations to come. Bryant said, this isn't just a
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city council thing, it's a community thing to revitalize Elkhorn
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City and bring more tourism into the town. For the
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past several years, we've heard about and have seen the
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impact that the trail system has not only here but
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in the county as well. Bryant said, now it's time
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to revitalize the downtown historical area to bring more tourists in.
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It'll be a lot of work and it won't happen overnight,
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but it can be done with everyone working together. Our
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next article is titled PPD parking lot assault leads to
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felony charges against two. A Pikeville man and woman were
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arrested on felony assault charges after they assaulted two people
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in the parking lot of a business, according to Pikeville Police.
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According to court documents, on June twenty fourth, Pikeville Dispatch
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received a call reporting a fight in progress at the
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Pikeville Walmart supercenter on Cassidy Boulevard. Upon arrival, the documents said,
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officers made contact with the victims, a male and female,
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who reported that Crystal R. Davidson, thirty eight, and Stanley
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Jason Myers, forty six, had assaulted them. The male victim,
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according to an arrest citation, had a swollen, bruised eye
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along with a large metoma on his forehead. In addition,
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the document said, the man had an injury to the
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back of his head where blood was showing. The female victim,
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according to documents, had several scratches and cuts on her
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face and arms. The male victim, officers wrote, refused transportation
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to Pikeville Medical Center to receive treatment for his injuries.
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According to documents, the victims stated that Davidson had seen
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them inside the store and began to yell and scream,
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stating the female victim had bullied her at work, and
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demanding that the woman meet her outside in the parking lot.
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The document said. The victims left the store and went
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into the parking lot, and Davidson followed them. Officers wrote
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that video of the incident showed Davidson striking the female
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victim multiple times, including on the ground, at which point
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the male victim attempted to separate the women. The document
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said that at that point, the video showed Myers approaching
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the altercation and striking the male victim in the face,
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then striking him several times before pushing him to the
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ground and continuing to strike him. The video, according to documents,
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then showed Davidson and Myers getting into their own vehicle
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and leaving the scene. Davidson and Myers were later located
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at their residence on Zebulon Highway, Officers wrote, and were arrested.
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While being transported to the Pike County Detention Center, documents
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said Meyers stated that he was proud of what he
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had done, would do it again, and that law enforcement
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had no business sticking their nose in it. Both Davidson
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and Myers were lodged in the Pike County Detention Center
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on charges second degree assault, while Davidson was also charged
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with menacing. The article is accompanied by a photo of
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Crystal R. Davidson and a photo of Stanley J. Myers.
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Our next article is a continuation from Charged continued from
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page two A, according to a citation dated April twenty fourth.
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That citation states, upon walking up the stairs, I made
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contact with McCracken at the top of the stairs. He
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stared at me while muttering various strange things such as
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ABC one, two three, and I am God. Eckert wrote
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that he feared for both his and McCracken's safety and
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ordered him to move away from the top of this stairway.
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Once Trooper Burgess made it to the top of the stairs,
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McCracken stepped forward, getting nose to nose with Trooper Burgess,
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clenched his fists and muttered, I am God. Eckert wrote
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in the citation. At this time, I grabbed his wrist
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and attempted to guide him back away from Trooper Burgess.
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Out of fear, McCracken was about to engage Trooper Burgess
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while he stood in a vulnerable position atop the steps.
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In both incidents, McCracken was arrested and lodged in the
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Pike County Detention Center. He was released from custody on
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April charges on a personal recognizance bond with stipulations that
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he not use alcohol or drugs. And have no additional
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arrests or violations. According to court records. As of press time,
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he remained in the Pike County Detention Center on the
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new charges. Our next article is a column backyard banter
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by Jeff Vanderbeck titled Nimby. Everyone wants jobs, just not
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in their backyard. It's becoming apparent that economic development is
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becoming like a family gathering. Everyone wants a fresh burgher
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or hot dog, but no one wants to light the grill,
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clear the table, or take out the trash let alone
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by the supplies. Sounds like our economic development efforts of late.
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I don't think people would argue that we need good
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paying jobs and want our young people to stay in
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this region and prosper. If you ask anyone if that
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is what they want, the answer would most likely be
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a resounding yes. However, that conversation quickly changes as misinformation
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and the inability to seek the facts from opinions based
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on negativity. People agree that we need industry, but not here.
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Data centers are inevitable, but not in my backyard because
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they will use electricity and water. We need more manufacturing,
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but that will add too many trucks hauling off goods.
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We want tourists, but we don't want strangers driving down
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our roads and hallers. This seems to be a prevailing attitude,
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and it's making it difficult for site selection consultants to
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include the region in their bag of tricks. We hear
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complaints that there are no jobs here and that our
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children must leave in order to obtain gainful quality employment
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except in a few fields. But when opportunity knocks, we
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look through the people, and just like when we run
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out of candy on Halloween night, we shut off the
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lights and pretend we're not home. It seems like our
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idea of growth is like praying to win the lottery
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and dreaming about how you would spend that money, but
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never buying a ticket, because standing in line at the
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convenience store is a chore, and you need to be
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around people where a fight see Vanderbeck, page five A.
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Our next article is a guest column titled the General
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Assembly Senseless and a Avoidable budget cuts or Herding Kentuckians
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by Andy Basheer, Kentucky Governor. In the last few weeks,
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my administration received a number of calls and e mails
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from Kentuckians concerned about painful cuts to Medicaid, behavioral health services,
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and senior meals. These are very real and valid concerns
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that I want to address. First, I want Kentuckians to
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know that these cuts were completely avoidable. In January, I
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put forward a balanced budget that funded the needs of
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our department for community based services, maintained both the full
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funding and full services for providers like the Lee Specialty Clinic,
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fully funded Medicaid, expanded the number of Michel p Waver
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slots for families of children with autism, and provided the
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dollars needed for senior meals. Unfortunately, the Republican Supermajority and
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the General Assembly chose not to follow my budget, but
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instead created and passed their own with more more than
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one billion dollars less than these necessary services cost the Commonwealth.
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Their excuse, we must address the rising costs associated with Medicaid,
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But the truth is much of those rising costs came
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from six billion dollars in increases required by laws passed
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by those same legislators between twenty twenty and twenty twenty five.
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So they've added services we have to pay for while
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taking away the money we have to actually pay for them.
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The numbers don't add up and in their budget, we
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simply don't have the dollars. Sadly they knew it. Members
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of my administration and I repeatedly warned of these painful impacts,
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dating back to January in my State of the Commonwealth Address.
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We increased those warnings in March after seeing the initial
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budget from the General Assembly. Yet they took no action,
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and the cruel and senseless cuts moved forward. Now Kentuckians
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are forced to bear the outcome of the US these
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short sighted decisions, which have been exacerbated by chronic defunding
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from the federal government. It's wrong and our people deserve better.
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Faced with this reality, Republican leadership now says I have
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flexibility to move money and protect essential services as they
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decry the very cuts they've cost. But if you've underfunded
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everything by over a billion dollars, there's not the money
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to move without starving another essential service. I am doing
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what I can to help right now. I'm working on
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a plan to save the Lee Specialty Clinic, but at
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best it will be a band aid to slow the
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bleeding from the failures in see Bashir, page seven A.
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Our next article is a column paddling up Stream by
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s J. Ruth titled Icing on the Cake. There's a
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delicious bit of irony playing out in stadiums across the
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United States. The icing on the multi layered cake is
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that it's all being broadcast by Rupert Murdoch. At press time,
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the eleven stadiums hosting the FIFA World Cup in the
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US are ninety nine percent full on average. Those stadiums
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are in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami,
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New Jersey, and Boston. Total attendance is easily on track
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to beat the previous FIFA World Cup record, which was
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set the last time it was hosted in the United States.
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At a time when Republicans and MAGA have made it
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harder and far more expensive for fans and athletes families
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from around the world to come see the matches, it
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is Americans who are filling the stadiums to witness the
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world's favorite sport. While the administration and other idiots rail
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against diversity in our country, the Fox Broadcasting Corporation proves
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with each stadium shot that this is the most diverse
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country on the planet. That is our history there is
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nothing homogeneous about it. It turns out most Americans are
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celebrating the gathering of the best from around the world
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and a sport many of us don't even know the
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rules of. And it turns out the hospitality denied by
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our government is being supplied by US American citizens who
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prefer the golden rule to the golden calf. The irony
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will likely be missed by those who need the lesson.
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The Secretary of War Paint, whose single credential is worked
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for Rupert Murdoch is still out there hollering diversity is bad.
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You don't have to be a racist to believe him.
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You just have to be gullible. If you are, you'll
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probably miss the fact that most Americans still believe we're
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all created equal, we all have certain rights, including freedom
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of thought, of speech, and of belief. Most of us
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believe no one is above the law, and no law
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should be aimed at any race, religion, or class of people.
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That this is a nation of immigrants, and it is
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far better to treat your guests with humility and compassion,
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joy and celebration than it is to shun them, to
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disrespect them, to terrorize them. The broadcaster of faux news
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misinforming the American citizenry since nineteen ninety six, is now
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reaping record broadcasts and streaming ratings from households across the
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United States. Glued to these multicultural celebrations of competitive excellence
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that are of the true nature of the American ideal.
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See Ruth, page seven A. Our next article is a
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continuation from the article Vanderbeck continued from page four A.
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And you need to be around people where a fight
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may break out over a must have item that will
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save you a dollar. Not every project or idea deserves
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a free pass, and the community must go to meetings
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and ask the hard questions to get the facts. But
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we rely on the inaccuracies of social media and then
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follow the sheep to the slaughter house and declare not
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in my backyard without the vision of the future or
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the facts, that myopic view will always hamper progress. We
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have turned into a society of seeing all the wrong
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and bad of potential projects instead of asking how something
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might work to solve the current economic struggles we are experiencing.
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Every idea and project has trade offs. Factories bring traffic,
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development centers change the landscape, and business expansions that create jobs,
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cause construction, and temporarily change traffic patterns. A new eating
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establishment creates long wait times on opening week. Progress is
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not always easy, nor is it always comfortable while it's
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being established. But if a community closes its eyes to
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progress every time, it will wither away and leave the
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residents scratching their heads wondering what in the heck happened.
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Thriving communities still have problems. They have traffic issues, they
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have arguments at meetings about progress. They have social media
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experts leading the charge against progress. They complain about tax is,
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gay pride parades, and every issue under the sun. But
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those communities also decided that standing still is not an
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option for growth. In this region, we are blessed with
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hard working people, incredible scenery, strong families, and a great
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sense of community that knows how to support and help
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each other. Remember the floods where neighbors helped neighbors. They
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mucked out mud, they brought water, they offered food, they
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prayed for each other, and all that is an asset
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that is very attractive for any business to look at
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a relocation option. It's time we enthusiastically look at options
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for success. In the same way we have approached the
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reasons why something will not work. If we keep telling
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prospective employers we would love to have you just somewhere else,
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they may start believing us, and that will leave us
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sitting in happy days tiner wondering why local businesses are
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struggling and on the brink of closing. The answers may
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be staring at us all along. But are we willing
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to open our eyes to see the light of the
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future or are we just going to keep a closed mind.
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We have choices to make. We can hide and wither away,
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or we can research and possibly find answers for a
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new and sustainable economy. Sometimes uncomfortable conditions can create success.
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Thanks for reading the News Express. This concludes to day's
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reading of the Appalachian News Express. Your reader has been
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Zach Jordan. Thank you for joining me. Please stay tuned
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