(KMN) 6.30: Testimonies - Hour 2

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is six so five here Kentucky and it's Morning
News with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas,
Good morning Kentucky and a happy Monday.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Let's get the week started.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
A short week for myself and I'm sure a lot
of folks with the fourth of July coming up on Friday,
I'll be out on Thursday. So that gives me a
four day weekend. Can I get a hell? Yeah, I
guess you've got a four day weekend as well, because
you'll be with us. You'll be here Thursday, right, John's right,
but not Monday.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
But not on Monday.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
How about us? A couple of four day weekends coming
our way.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
And then I'm gonna have another a second straight four day.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Week though, which is nice. Oh yeah, I mean that's
the way to do it right now. Absolutely, you're part
time around here anymore, man. I kid, he's a hard worker.
He's the hardest working man in show business. John Alden, So,
but yeah, we always I mean, if you get vacation,
take the vacation. I this is just a testament to
how hard of a worker I am, and just how
I mean just it's a labor of love. I for

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a couple of years, got to November December, and I
took some time, but I had more time, Like I
left some time on the books because it's a user
to lose the situation, and I just one I think
after I've been here five years, I ended up falling
into having more vacation time than that, like a lot
more than I than I had, and with it being

(01:17):
the holidays that's usually prime time for me. When I
was when I was hosting sports talk radio, just because
like even though like ratings and whatnot aren't even factored
in towards I think the end of the year, I
just felt like, I mean, when you've got usually UK
and you've al playing in basketball around that time, obviously
UK and youvel football now play around Thanksgiving. So I
ended up I remember starting a new calendar year knowing

(01:39):
that I didn't take like four or five days of vacation,
and I said, never again, that's foolish, right, they give
me the time off I need to I need to
use it. I know I sound like the guy who
when your interview, when you're getting an interview for a job,
and what would you say is is your is your
biggest weakness? Well, it's just that I worked too hard.
I just I'm just, I just you can't keep.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Me away off. Yeah, exactly, no days off.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
That used to be the brand, but not anymore because
I need time off and look at the If your
employer's going to give you some time off, you should
certainly certainly take advantage of it. All right, So the
big story so far this morning, especially here locally, but
it's not just the local story. It's it's a national
story as well as Hall of Fame. Four time Kentucky
Derby winning trainer d Wayne Lucas passed away on Saturday

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evening at the age of eighty nine. Churchill Downs released
a statement, a press release I should say yesterday to
I guess, get the news out there formally and obviously
this is a guy who when it comes to what
he did, meaning he was a trainer in horse racing,
and so much more than that, but clearly a legend,
a guy who had four Kentucky Derby wins, six wins

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in the Preakness, four wins, and the Belmont Stakes. When
it comes to the Triple Crown racist that I just
mentioned here, I mean him having fourteen of them. I
think only Bob Bafford has more. He secured twenty Breeders
Cup victories, which of course was a recent record and
obviously just a legendary career. And I did not have

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a chance to ever meet Dewayne Lucas, to have any
interaction with him. Certainly he had a presence about him
that let you know just how much of an impact
he had on horse racing and an impact that he
had on people. Again, I didn't get to meet him,
but if I did, I feel like I would have known.
It was a real privilege, just because you know, you'll
hear about all of those accomplishments, and I didn't even
get close to listing everything that he accomplished in the

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world of horse racing. But when you hear people who
did cover him in his profession, and they did it
for a long time, and they were able to develop
somewhat of a relationship with him, Rather it be just
professional or maybe it became a little more of a
professional to where they were friendly. He certainly left an
impact on them and that is something that really stands
out when you are in whatever industry it is. For

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as long as he was I mean he was, I mean,
he was a part of the Derby just a month ago,
So a couple months ago, I should say. So this
is obviously somebody who did it until he was eighty
nine years old for you to have such a long career.
And it's not to say that people claimed he was
the most perfect human being ever, but I think he
was genuine. I think he was consistent, and I just
think it's human nature for us as humans to just

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appreciate that. And he certainly had a lot of people
who appreciated him in what he did for them and
the impact he had on not only the industry of
horse racing, but also the impact here in the community.
So rest in peace to de Wayne Lucas. Also over
the weekend, Tom Jurich came back to be honored by
both the university and the city. The former U of

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l athletic director had not been back in any kind
of a formal you know, he was effectively fired in
two thousand and seventeen, and then after that, I mean
you'd hear about him being in town, you'd see some
pictures pop up on social media. But last week he
did a lot of interviews. In fact, he joined Terry
Miners on h midweek last week and obviously a lot

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of coverage of it, as you could expect, and we'll
let you hear a little bit about what he had
to say coming up here in just a few minutes.
In fact, i'll share with you a story that he
shared on Saturday that has something to do with the
current Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey, which I think Louisville
fans will like to hear that. But I was happy
to see Tom very much visually, I guess I should

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say visibly moved by those that showed up. And I
don't know what the crowd was as far as the
amount of people, but you could tell there were people
there that he was happy to see. And there's probably
some people that he lost touch with and maybe just
forgot about, but them showing up to show that they
appreciated all that he did not a surprise by any means,

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because he was so impactful for not only this university,
University of Louisville when it comes to just creating the
athletic department to be what it is today, he also
had an impact on the city here. So again we'll
get into that and a lot more. It's Consucka in
his morning news on news RADIOAATE forty WHS. It is
six sixteen here at NUCAN. It's Morning News with Nick

(06:06):
Coffee on news Radio eight forty WHAS.

Speaker 2 (06:08):
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Speaker 1 (06:09):
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and share whatever it is that you want with us
here on news radio eight forty WHS. So the big
story nationally is what took place yesterday in Idaho, and
there's still a lot of unanswered questions as far as

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who this perpetrator was, what their motive was. But just
an awful, awful, tragic situation as firefighters were called to
what they believe was a fire that they needed to,
you know, go help.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
And I mean that's that's I mean, I can't imagine.

Speaker 1 (06:46):
I mean, I've never It's probably this probably won't shock anybody,
but I've never been in law enforcement or been a
first responder or anything like that. And those who sacrifice
potentially their life to go keep people safe, I mean
those are special, special people, and I would imagine that
rarely do they ever end up going to save people
potentially and do what they're do what they're supposed to do,

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and not know if they're Evron gonna come home, because
that's that's what you sign up for, and we need
people like that. We're so appreciative for those that do
choose to be public servants in that way first responders,
but they became victims because the fire was believed to
be intentionally set by someone who wanted to bring out
firemen to the area. So I assume he could. I

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think they did say that it was a man, but
they could just ambush these firemen, and it sounds like
it was someone who had was a sniper. And yeah,
just just an awful, awful story. And here's what we
know right now, as far as just the latest overnight.
They did in fact find the suspected shooter who allegedly
again killed two Idaho firefighters and injured at least one.

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That suspect was found dead with the weapon. That was
late last night. He has first responder cruise. We're pinned
down for hours when a hidden gunman opened fire as
they fought that blaze on Canfield Mountains just north of.

Speaker 2 (08:08):
Is It Court Aline.

Speaker 1 (08:09):
I'm sure I'm butchering that name Portelaine, Yeah, in Idaho there.
So they first reached out about eight one in regards
to a fire and then rifle shots rang out roughly
thirty minutes later, which, of course forest deputies to return
fire with helicopters. And just to you know, as far
as who this person is, I've yet to see that
we have any kind of an update as far as

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a name, but I'm sure we'll know here soon enough,
and there won't be any kind of explanation as far
as a motive it's going to make this make any sense.
But again, we will let you know the latest throughout
the morning. Here wouldn't shock me. By the time we
wrap this thing up this morning, we'll have some more
some more details for you, all right, So real quick
on the Tom Jurich honor this weekend where he was

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brought back by the city and the school to have
a part of Floyd Street named after him. Jurich Way,
this is a little bit of what he had to
say on on on Saturday. As many fans, supporters and
I'm sure friends of Tom showed up to uh To
to be there for him on this special day. And clearly,
as you could tell here, it was it was a

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special day as he had a tough time controlling his
emotions as as you know one would expect given given
the situation.

Speaker 2 (09:18):
Overall, this is Eric Crawford's fault.

Speaker 4 (09:21):
Yeah, Taryln and I were driving on Tuesday to come
up here from from our from South Carolina, and Eric
said it's gonna be really emotional. It's no no, no,
Aryln says, can you can you handle it? I said,
oh yeah, this piece of cake? We this is not
a piece of cake. I got off right here at

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the Cardinal Boulevard and it hit me hard. I haven't
been back in eight years, and this is a place
I love dearly and President. I wish you's so so
much luck you. I've heard so many great things about you.
I got to visit Josh yesterday. You got a great
team together. You and Josh You're going to make a

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great team. And I just wish all of you the
best of luck. This has never been a job to me.

Speaker 1 (10:08):
This was so we'll have some more of that for
you guys a little bit later on. Also, I wanted
to share a story that Jurrett shared about Pat Kelsey
that I think Louisville fans will like so happy that
Tom had that moment. I think I don't know if
he didn't believe that he was appreciated around here, but
if he didn't, then I would imagine after this past
week and certainly Saturday morning, he has to know now

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right and good because he made an impact here that
I don't know if there's anybody that's been as impactful
on Louisville Athletics than Tom Jurche. All right, we've got
an update of trafficking weather coming away and another update
on sports with Scott Fitzgerald right here on news Radio
eight forty WHS. Thank you very much, John Shannon. It
is six thirty five here Kentucky ANDAs Morning News with

(10:50):
Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty WHAS. So parking
meters may end up in the Highlands area, and that
of course has business owners and obviously residents of the
area sharing their thoughts and doesn't not a surprise that
there's some that don't like this idea. But the parking

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Authority of River City Park they plan to add three
hundred and twenty eight parking meters along Bargetown Road in
the Highlands area to increase revenue and also parking turnover
for businesses, meaning if you, and I guess is if
you are, if you're a business owner, you would worry
that if people are in fact going to have to
start paying to park to come and give you business,

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then maybe they would they would go elsewhere because they
don't want to pay to park. Right, you're competing with
a lot of folks depending upon what your business is,
and maybe you offer something that nobody else can give you.
But if you're a restaurant or really just when you
consider the businesses in that area, I'm sure there are
other areas of Louisville that also have similar businesses and

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if there's not a strong preference on one or the other,
I think with the economy certainly being the way it is,
folks deciding to go to the place where they don't
have to pay to park, if it's relatively the same
distance like they wouldn't shock me at all.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
So there's there's I guess, a potential.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
Benefit that people wouldn't just wouldn't just set up, set
up shop and not leave all day. But also there'll
be people that maybe just don't want to have to
pay to park in the Highlands because one they just
want to save money, but also they've never had to
do it before. So the meters are expected to generate
two hundred and eighty five thousand dollars annually and it'll
fund parks operations and not local projects. Residents, including friends

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of Bargetown Road, they opposed the plan, and they mentioned
really that it's unfair that other areas like Frankfort Avenue
remain meeter free. And that's where if you if you're
competing with with other businesses similar to yours that are
that are in the New lou area or in the
Frankfort Avenue area, which again newlu may have parking as
far as you have to pay out. I don't know

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that for certain, but Frankfort Avenue is an area that
does not have meters now, and that may lead to
people in that area this is benefiting from people that
don't want to come and pay to park. So apparently
they aim to have this completed by June of next year,
pending community feedback. And I don't want to sound so cynical,
but I just assume eventually, no matter where we go,

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there's going to be some type of parking fee associated.
I mean, it's already that way now in a lot
of places, and I don't like it. I try to
find the cheapest option to park whenever I'm going somewhere,
and there's clearly going to be a cost associated for
me parking. But as far as just trying to find
a space where I know I don't have to pay

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at all, I mean, maybe I'll get lucky, but there's
certainly no expectation on my end of being able to
find that, especially in big cities. In Louisville, of course,
is the biggest city in this state, but obviously there's
other cities to where. I mean, when's the last time
you could be downtown Chicago and not have to pay
to park somewhere. I mean, you get out of your
car for five minutes in Chicago, they're getting fifty bucks

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out of you. I mean, I'm exaggerating a little bit,
but maybe I'm not. I haven't been in Chicago in
a while, and certainly the cost of everything has gone
up quite a bit since my last trip to.

Speaker 2 (14:05):
The Windy City.

Speaker 1 (14:06):
But we went to the to Slugger Field for the
Banana Ball event on Thursday, and we parked right there
in that that lot that is I guess you'd call
it the it's not the main lot for the stadium,
but it's if you're looking out towards the river in
front of the stadium, it's that lot to the left,
and you scan the code and you put your card
in and you put your plate number.

Speaker 2 (14:27):
That's that's that's a pretty convenient way to do it.

Speaker 1 (14:29):
But because of it being an event that was not
a Bats game, it was Banana Ball with the Savannah
Bananas in town and clearly a sellout crowd thirteen thousand
people there, it was it was a flat rate fee
for six hours, and I believe it costs like fifty
five to sixty dollars to park. So I mean that
I didn't like that, but I'm not at all surprised.
The other thing, good John.

Speaker 3 (14:50):
I'll just say one thing. I wish places and events
would just include the parking fee with your ticket, so
you have to pay something separate.

Speaker 1 (14:57):
Yeah, and then that's that's a good that's a good
point because if you own your own, if you own
your own, if you have property that like for example,
like the Bats don't own that lot that I've parked in,
so therefore they may not have certain control over it.
I mean, most places that I guess that are gonna
host a huge crowd, where again, parking is gonna be

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a fee, and it's not going to be cheap. It's
really just people taking advantage. I mean that's why for
from now, and I mean you could go back. I'm
sure you could go back many many, many years. And
it's certainly the case today and it probably isn't changing.
But as Churchill Downs has purchased many a lot of
the land that's near their track, I mean it's the

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expansions they've made over the years. There are still people
who own homes that are within walking distance of Churchill
Downs and I would love to know what kind of
money they make when they set up their front yard
for a full week of people making their way to
Churchill Downs that don't mind walking a little bit farther
if in fact they you know, they can save a
little bit of money. But yeah, I mean parking is

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it's uh you should now in a lot of instances,
I say, just assume when you're when you're trying to
in your mind think of what it's going to cost
you to to to go somewhere and do something. You're thinking, okay, uh,
maybe estimate fuel cost maybe estimate dinner and drinks budgeting,
you know, the meal if you're going to dinner with
the family. But also I would just keep in mind

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there maybe don't be don't be so surprised if there's
always going to be some fee added because you have
to park your car somewhere. I don't like it, but
I just that's the way it is now. Unfortunately, which
we'll talk about coming up here just a minute. Some
things that used to just be free and now you
know you're paying for parking is certainly becoming one of those.
We'll get to that and uh, something else I want
to take a look at here before we get to

(16:43):
our next update on sports. We've got a breakdown here.
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there's a casting director that has spilled some secrets as
far as what your best chances of getting selected in
a highly competitive field as far as being on reality TV.

Speaker 2 (17:00):
Don't go anywhere. It's Kentucky.

Speaker 1 (17:01):
It's morning news right here, our news radio way forty
to BHS. So things that used to just be free
and there was never a thought of ever having to
pay for it that now it's much different.

Speaker 2 (17:13):
Many many years later.

Speaker 1 (17:14):
This is one where I mean it's still technically free,
but what you have to do in.

Speaker 2 (17:19):
Order to utilize this service you have to pay.

Speaker 1 (17:21):
And that is just TV TV was free with just
that antenna, which, John, you're younger than I. Was that
a thing when you were a kid. Do you remember
television when you were a youngster where you had those
bunny ears on the TVs they just set on the floor,
you know those bill bricks.

Speaker 3 (17:38):
I've bought TVs, I've seen them, but we never have
one in our house.

Speaker 1 (17:41):
It was the thing when I was really young, but
it wasn't super common at that point. But yes, you
could get networks like NBC, CBS, ABC with no subscription anything,
if you just used if you just used in antenna.
Cable has existed a while, but it was optional for
a lot of people, and I guess early on when
cable was new, you didn't know what you didn't have, right,
so a lot of people probably weren't as excited to

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just go sign up to get more channels. But of
course now things are much different. So technically now you
can you can get the local channels with the Hulu
Live YouTube TV, but that's not free. That that costs,
and it's also not super cheap, to be honest with you,
but you can still use the free version of what
of what was done many many years ago with the antenna,
but you have to now get a digital converter that that,

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of course, you know, is it's something that is not free.
I don't know what it costs, but yeah, TV is
certainly one of those things. And this is maybe not
every financial institution, but banking service like the basic banking service,
checking accounts and savings accounts and basic transactions. Back in
the day, I mean they were free. I mean ATMs

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were free. In fact, it still is, I think if
you use your own banks ATM, but now you've got
monthly fees that are there for checking accounts and less
than minimum balance is maintained ATM fees of course if
you're out of network. I mean, this is I don't
remember this, but airlines, like in the seventies flights included
free check bags, meals and seat selection. Nowadays that is

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that possible. I mean now you got to pay. I
mean I just assume there's gonna be six charges associated
with my airline travel that are new every time I
show up to get on a plane. I mean, that's
just that's now become my expectation and I don't like it,
But what am I going to do about it?

Speaker 2 (19:30):
Right? So?

Speaker 1 (19:32):
Yeah, and then this is this is one that I
hadn't really thought about. But water, I mean free tap
water was given in homes, public fountains, restaurants, and bottled
water really wasn't in anything like it is now as
far as the industry, bottled water is now a four
hundred billion dollar global industry, and restaurants can charge you
five to ten dollars for premium brands if you want.

Speaker 2 (19:52):
To go that route.

Speaker 1 (19:53):
I've not been with many people that pay for a
special type of water when they get water at a restaurant,
but certainly people do. I don't know of this to
be a thing here in our area. But grocery bags,
paper plastic bags were free, and again I've been I
don't know if I've ever gone to a grocery store,
and I've I've gone to grocery stores in other areas.
And it's not just here in my hometown here in Louisville,

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but I guess yeah, it's mostly in California and New York.
They they have banned single use plastic bags, and they'll
charge you five cents to twenty five cents for paper
or reusable bags. Some stores charged for bags regardless of
any kind of band sold.

Speaker 3 (20:33):
Does that.

Speaker 1 (20:35):
I've never been to Aldie, but that doesn't shock me
to hear you say that, because I could see them
doing that. But yeah, I guess just prepare to have
some extra money to cover some of these added expenses
that didn't used to exist. And again, nobody likes it,
but I guess if you're prepared, and it's not a
shocker to you, you'll be better able to adjust. Everything's expensive.

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You've got to pay for everything. And I'm not asking
for free handouts, but I've a numb to something costing
a lot of money and being substantially more expensive than
it used to be. Because that's just where we are,
all right. It is six point fifty one here Kitsuckyanda's
morning news. That's where we are, and we've got another
traffick and weather update coming your way. We'll get another
sports update from Scott Fitzherield right here on news radio
eight forty WHS