April 11, 2025 • 27 mins
Governor Andy Beshear on what Kentucky can expect from the federal government after flood disaster, people in one riverside neighborhood staying behind, even as their homes are surrounded by water, and a project that’s making gardening more accessible to the masses.
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>> AND THE EVENT IS NOT OVER
YET.
>> Renee (00:08):
IN SOME KENTUCKY
TOWNS, THE HIGH WATER STILL
HASN'T CRESTED.
>> I GOT A HOUSE ON THIS END OF
THE STREET.
THE PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE AND
THEN A HOUSE AT THE OTHER END OF
THE STREET AND WE ARE ALL
STAYING AT THAT END.
SOME KENTUCKY
HOMEOWNERS FIND THEMSELVES
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STRANDED.
>> OUR PLANS RIGHT NOW WE ARE
NOT GOING TO GIVE UP WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GIVE IN.
AND HOW KENTUCKY
HUMANITY ALSO MOVE FORWARD AFTER
A FEDERAL FUNDING CUT.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
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GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON
THIS THURSDAY, APRIL THE 10TH
I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU
FOR WINDING DOWN YOUR THURSDAY
WITH US.
>>> THE CLEANUP CONTINUES AS
KENTUCKIANS IN SOME PARTS OF THE
STATE CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
RISING RIVER LEVELS.
TODAY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR
TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY COUNTIES
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HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE
FLOODS, THE DEATH TOLL AND WHAT
KENTUCKY CAN EXPECT FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (01:27):
WE'VE NOW
HAD OVER 70 COUNTIES THAT HAVE
DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY.
THAT MEANS IN EACH OF THESE
COUNTIES THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE
IS ENOUGH DAMAGE THAT THERE WAS
ENOUGH FLASH-FLOOD FLOODING OR
STORM DAMAGE OR RIVER BANK
FLOODING TO NECESSITATE A STATE
OF EMERGENCY.
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AND THE EVENT IS NOT OVER YET.
SOME GOOD NEWS...
THE OHIO RIVER DID CREST IN
LOUISVILLE YESTERDAY.
BUT IT'S ONLY GOING TO CREST IN
OWENSBORO ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
AND HENDERSON ON SUNDAY.
AND THEN IN PADUCAH SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK, MAYBE A FULL WEEK
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FROM NOW.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO GET
REPORTS OF MORE LIVES THAT HAVE
BEEN LOST.
TODAY I HAVE A LITTLE MORE SAD
NEWS TO SHARE.
THIS MORNING WE WERE ABLE TO
CONFIRM THE DEATH OF A
66-YEAR-OLD CAMPBELL COUNTY MAN.
THIS LOSS JOINS FIVE OTHERS.
ONE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY A
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74-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN NELSON
COUNTY, A 65-YEAR-OLD MAN IN
TRIGG COUNTY, A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN
IN MCCRACKEN COUNTY AND ONE IN
BULLITT COUNTY.
WE EXPECT OUR APPLICATION FOR
INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
SECRETARY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
AND THE PRESIDENT TOMORROW.
WE ARE LIKELY TO START WITH
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10-12 COUNTIES.
I KNOW YOU SAW THE MAP.
70 COUNTIES DECLARED STATES OF
EMERGENCY OR MORE.
THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS
WE WANT TO MAKE OUR BEST CASE TO
GET THAT FIRST ROUND IN AND THEN
WE WILL ADD COUNTIES AFTER THAT.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH OF
THESE WE KNOW THAT IS THE
FASTEST MOST EFFECTIVE AND MOST
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EFFICIENT PROCESS TO DO IT.
SO I KNOW WHEN WE MAKE THIS
APPLICATION AND HOPEFULLY IT
GETS SIGNED OFF ON WE WILL PUT
OUT THAT LIST OF 10 TO 12
COUNTIES AND REST ASSURED THERE
WILL BE MORE.
>> Renee (03:30):
THE GOVERNOR TOURED
PARTS OF LOUISVILLE YESTERDAY HE
LOOKED AT FLOODED AREAS AND
DAMAGE CAUSED BY TORNADOES IN
JEFFERSONTOWN.
HE SAYS ONE OF THE TORNADOES
WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EF3 OR
SOMETHING STRONGER FOR A BRIEF
PERIOD.
RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 2500 CUSTOMERS
ARE WITHOUT POWER.
775 ARE WITHOUT WATER.
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AND 350 STATE HIGHWAYS ARE STILL
CLOSED.
MOST OF THEM BECAUSE OF HIGH
WATER.
THAT IS DOWN FROM 550 ROADS
CLOSED JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
>>> HUNDREDS OF KENTUCKIANS HAVE
HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES DUE TO
FLOODING STAYING WITH FAMILY
MEMBERS OR SHELTERS.
MANY ARE STAYING BEHIND EVEN AS
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THEIR HOMES ARE SURROUNDED BY
WATER.
OUR JUNE LEFFLER HAS MORE FROM A
RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WEST
POINT, KENTUCKY.
>> THEIR BACKYARD IS USUALLY A
RIVERSIDE PARADISE AND NOW THE
WATER IS UP TO THEIR DRIVEWAY.
>> LOOK A ROLLERCOASTER.
RIGHT NOW HERE WE ARE.
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DOWN THERE IT DROPS AND IS FLAT
FOR FEET AND IT DROPS AGAIN AND
THAT IS WHERE THE RIVER SETTLES.
>> IT'S NORMALLY NEVER THIS HIGH
EVER, EXCEPT IN 2018.
YEAH, THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS HIGH
BUT IT WASN'T THIS HIGH.
>> THE FLAG POLE PEEKS FROM THE
WATER BUT THEY SAY IT GOES DOWN
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ANOTHER DOZEN FEET.
>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE'VE
HAD PEACE THROUGH ALL OF IT.
THE LORD IS GOOD.
THE LORD IS GOOD.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING ROSE UP AS IT
WAS RISING, IT DIDN'T COME IN
OUR HOUSE.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORS
THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED.
BUT THEY SURPRISINGLY, HAVE BEEN
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VERY HELPFUL WITH THE SMALL
NEEDS WE HAVE CONSIDERING HOW
DEVASTATING IT IS FOR THEM.
BECAUSE THEY ARE ON A LOWER
LEVEL.
>> THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHECKED IN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND OFFERED EMERGENCY SHELTER.
SOME LEFT BUT MANY DIDN'T THEY
ARE DRIVING THEIR TRUCKS THROUGH
KNEE DEEP WATER TO THEIR
DRIVEWAYS.
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HE RIDES ON A SKIVE TO THE
HIGHWAY.
>> THIS IS MY PROPERTY HERE AS
WELL.
THEN I GOT ONE DOWN THE STREET
AND THAT IS UNDERWATER.
>> I GOT A HOUSE ON THIS END OF
THE STREET, A PROPERTY IN THE
MIDDLE AND THEN A HOUSE AT THE
OTHER END OF THE STREET AND
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WE'RE ALL STAYING AT THAT END.
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, MY WIFE, AND
FIVE OF MY KIDS AT THE MOMENT.
>> DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED HELP
BUILDING BACK.
>> WHEN HERS WENT UNDER HERS IS
TO THE TOP CABINETS SHE IS DOWN
WITH US AND OTHER KIDS AND ALL
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THE AN MALTS.
WE CAN'T REALLY LEAVE BECAUSE WE
HAVE OUR ANIMALS TO TAKE CARE
OF, CATS, CHICKENS, ROOSTER,
RABBIT, DOGS.
>> IT'S CRAMPED FOR NOW IN ONE
HOME SURROUNDED BY WATER.
THE UTILITIES ARE OUT, TOO.
HE KEEPS HIS CAR ON THE SIDE OF
THE HIGHWAY AND STOCKS UP FOR
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THE FAMILY.
>> IT'S HARD FOR ME TO WORK WITH
THE POWER OUT, CELLPHONE
CHARGERS ARE OUT.
REFRIGERATOR AIN'T WORKING AND
THE GENERATOR WENT OUT ON US
YESTERDAY I CAN TO CARRY IT OUT
ON A KAYAK.
>> IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE WATER
LEVELS SINK WHEN HE CAN ASSESS
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AND FIX THE DAMAGES.
HE WORKS ON HOUSES FOR A LIVING.
TO AFFORD TO REBUILD HE STARTED
A "GOFUNDME" PAGE PAGE.
>> WELL, FLOOD INSURANCE ISN'T
AN OPTION BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN
THE FLOOD PLAIN.
AND HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE DOESN'T
COVER FLOOD DAMAGE.
SO IT'S ON ME.
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WE CAN START CLEAN UP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO
US WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH GOOD
PEOPLE THAT WANTS TO HELP.
CAN'T WAIT TO START.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION"
I'M JUNE LEFFLER.
THANK YOU, JUNE FOR
THAT REPORT.
IN FRANKFORT THEY ARE BREATHING
EASIER AS THE KENTUCKY RIVER
FALLS BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE.
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CLEAN UP HAS STARTED.
CITY OFFICIALS SAY A MAJORITY OF
STREETS AND ROADS HAVE BEEN
CLEARED AND NEXT MAJOR HURDLE,
THEY SAY, GETTING THE POWER
TURNED BACK ON AND PEOPLE BACK
INTO THEIR HOMES.
>> PHASE TWO OF THE FLOOD RIGHT
NOW IS THE CLEANUP AND WE'RE
GETTING TO THAT POINT.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE
MINDFUL OF THE MAJOR FLOOD WE
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HAVE EVEN RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT A
LEVEL THAT WOULD PUT IT AS THE
TOP 10 FLOOD OF ALL TIME.
SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE RIVER
RECEDE FROM THE ROADWAYS OUR
CREWS THE CITY CREWS ARE GOING
OUT AND CLEANING UP THE STREETS.
WE'RE WORKING TO PUT OUT
DUMPSTERS IN STRATEGY ARIC
LOCATIONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS
SO PEOPLE CAN START EVERYONE IS
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INCHING TO GET BACK HOME AND
START TO CLEAN OUT AND SEE WHAT
THE DAMAGE IS.
>> WE HAVE SOME HOMES
UNDERWATER.
WE ARE NOW STARTING TO SEE IT
RECEDE ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE CAN
GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO MANAGE
PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THE STREETS NEED TO BE
CLEANED EVERYONE WANTS THE POWER
TURNED ON BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
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THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO INTO THAT
BEFORE IT CAN HAPPEN.
LIKE IF ANYONE'S POWER IS
UNDERWATER IT HAS TO BE
REPLACED.
THE LOCAL PLANNING BOARD ONLY
HAS TIME TO PULL 100 METERS.
SO WE HAVE THESE HOMES THAT ARE
ENERGY JIZZED ONE OF OUR SWIFT
WATER TEAMS REPORTED TWICE THEY
HAVE A DEVICE ELECTRICITY IN THE
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RIVER.
SO WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND THIS IS STILL VERY,
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON NOW SAFETY
STILL BECAUSE THERE IS STILL
DANGER OUT THERE.
I JUST CAN'T URGE PEOPLE ENOUGH
JUST BE PATIENT WITH US.
WE HAVE DUMPSTERS COMING AND
ELECTRICIANS AND ELECTRICAL
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INSPECTORS.
THERE IS THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE TO
DO AND WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN BE
PATIENT AND THE COMMUNITY HAS
COME TOGETHER.
AS YOU HEARD DUMPSTERS
ARE BEING PLACED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY STARTING TODAY FOR PEOPLE
TO DROP-OFF DEBRIS MANY
DISTRIBUTION SITES HAVE BEEN
SETUP AROUND THE CITY.
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THE RED CROSS AND OTHERS WERE
GIVING OUT FOOD, WATER, CLEANING
SUPPLYINGS AND NECESSITIES AT A
SITE WE VISITED ON WEDNESDAY.
ONE SURVIVOR WHO DROPPED BY THE
SITE TALKED ABOUT THE DAMAGE HER
HOME SUSTAINED IN THE FLOOD AND
HOW SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY
IS HELPING HER AND OTHER FLOOD
SURVIVORS.
>> WE LIVE NEXT TO THE RIVER SO
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WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH FLOODING
BEFORE.
AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FEW
FEET UP INTO OUR BASEMENT.
WE DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WOULD
REACH OUR FIRST FLOOR BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT GOT A FOOT UP
INTO OUR FIRST FLOOR.
WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET BACK IN
TOMORROW AND IT IS JUST A MESS.
OUR YARD IS A MESS.
OUR HOUSE IS A MESS.
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EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD MOVED UP
FROM THE BASEMENT, UP TO THE
FIRST FLOOR, ALL OF THAT STUFF,
I MEAN THAT WORK WAS FOR
NOTHING.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD.
I ASKED MY MOM DO YOU NEED
ANYTHING?
AND SHE WAS LIKE WE CAN GO PICK
STUFF UP AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO
HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER
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AND TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN A VICTIM OF THIS FLOOD.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE HAD IT A
LOT WORSE AND MIGHT NEED MORE
STUFF.
SO I THINK JUST THE DIFFERENT
RESOURCES AND THE AMOUNT OF
THINGS THEY HAVE HERE IT'S
REALLY NICE TO FEEL SUPPORTED BY
OUR COMMUNITY WHEN SOMETHING
HAPPENS LIKE THIS.
NEIGHBORS HELPING
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NEIGHBORS THAT IS WHAT
KENTUCKIANS DO.
OFFICIALS SAY THE DISTRIBUTION
SITES WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE
UNTIL THERE IS NO LONGER A NEED.
>>> NOW, IN OTHER NEWS, SOMBER
NEWS TODAY MARKS THE TWO-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF OLD NATIONAL BANK
MASS SHOOTING IN LOUISVILLE.
FIVE BANK EMPLOYEES DIED IN THAT
SHOOTING.
AMONG THE DEAD, TOMMY ELLIOTT, A
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FRIEND OF GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR'S.
TODAY THE GOVERNOR REFLECTED ON
TODAY'S SOMBER ANNIVERSARY.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (11:38):
THAT WAS A
SHOOTING THAT I KNOW RIPPED AT
THE CORE AND FABRIC OF NOT JUST
LOUISVILLE BUT THE ENTIRE
COMMONWEALTH AND I LOST MY
FRIEND TOMMY AS WELL AS AN
ACQUAINTANCE IN JIM AND A LOT OF
OTHER PEOPLE LOST PEOPLE THEY
LOVED AND CARED ABOUT.
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THE THINK ABOUT GRIEF IT HITS
YOU AT UNEXPECTED TIMES.
AND UNEXPECTED DAYS.
BUT TO ME I'M COMMITTED THAT THE
TRAUMATIC MEMORY OF MY FRIEND'S
DEATH SHOULDN'T OVERSHADOW ALL
OF THE GREAT MEMORIES OF HIS
LIFE.
AND SO I TRY TO HOLD ON TO
THOSE.
I TRY TO HOLD ON TO ALL OF THE
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FUNNY AND ENJOYABLE MOMENTS WE
HAD.
GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING HE DID
FOR ME AND HOPE THAT I DID
ENOUGH FOR HIM.
BUT, IT JUST REMINDS ME EVERYDAY
THAT LIFE IS SHORT.
AND I SAY THIS IN JUST ABOUT
EVERY SPEECH NOW BECAUSE OF
THIS, BECAUSE OF LOSING MICHAEL
BROWN AND LIFE IS SHORT.
OUR JOB IS TO DO GOOD THINGS AND
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TO BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK THAT IS HOW WE THANK
OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE NO LONGER
HERE WITH US.
HOPING TO LIVE OUT OUR LIVES IN
A WAY THAT SHOWS HOW GRATEFUL WE
ARE TO STILL BE HERE.
>> Renee (12:55):
POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN
WAS A FORMER BANK EMPLOYEE NAMED
CONNOR STURGEON.
HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY
POLICE.
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>>> THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
THE HUMANITIES BEGAN IN THE
1960s UNDER PRESIDENT ARE
JOHNSON IT'S HELPED FUND EVENS
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ON HISTORY, LITERACY.
DOGE IS CUTTING FUNDING AND
KENTUCKY LAST 70% OF ITS BUDGET.
WE TALKED TO THE BOARD CHAIR TO
SEE WHERE THINGS GOING ON FROM
HERE.
>> WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN
KENTUCKY FOR 53 YEARS.
THE HUMANITIES COUNCILS THERE
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ARE 5 SEX.
A --
5 SINCE.
THERE IS A COUNCIL IN EVERY
STATE AND U.S. TERRITORIES DO A
VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AROUND THEIR
TERRITORIES AND AROUND THEIR
STATES THAT RANGE FROM LITERACY
AND HISTORY PROJECTS, TO A
VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT
BE AS WE DO HERE, BOOK
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FESTIVALS, THE PROVIDING OF
BOOKS AND AUTHORS TO SCHOOLS.
A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT WE
PROVIDE.
>> MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE
DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
PARTICULARLY THE MUSEUM ON MAIN
SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT THAT IS A
TRAVELING EXHIBIT THAT WE PUT
INTO SMALLER TOWNS.
>> WE WEREN'T GIVEN A REASON.
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AND THE STRANGE BUT INTERESTING
FACT ABOUT THAT IS THAT CONGRESS
APPROPRIATES THE BUDGET FOR THE
ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
EVERY YEAR.
WE RECEIVE ROUGHLY $850,000 FOR
OUR YEARLY BUDGET FROM THE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
HUMANITIES.
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WE ARE WORKING NOW UNDER A
BUDGET WHICH WAS PASSED BY
CONGRESS FOR THE 2025 FISCAL
YEAR.
AND LAST WEEK, THE DEPARTMENT OF
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PERSONNEL
VISITED NEH AND FROZE ALL THE
FUNDS, LAID OFF 80% OF THE NEH
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STAFF AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
RECEIVE ANY OF THE REST OF OUR
FUND THAT WE WERE GOING TO
OPERATE ON ADMINISTRATIVELY IN
OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE YEAR.
WE GRANT THAT MONEY OUT THROUGH
KENTUCKY HUMANITIES TO MUSEUMS
AND CULTURAL CENTERS WHO MIGHT
HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE
FLOODING.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DOLLARS
TODAY TO DO THAT.
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THE FLOODS THAT HAVE RECENTLY
BEEN IN MANY PARTS OF THE STATE
OF KENTUCKY ARE THEY ARE
DEVASTATED BY WHAT'S HAPPENED TO
THEM.
WE NORMALLY ARE IN A POSITION TO
HELP THEM.
THIS YEAR WE CAN'T.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY VERY HARD TO
CONTINUE OUR PROGRAM AS BEST WE
CAN.
THEY MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT AND
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THERE MIGHT NOT BE AS MANY
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST OUR
PLANS RIGHT NOW WE ARE THAT
GOING TO GIVE UP.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE IN.
WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY COUNT
ON CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE THOSE
FUNDS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO
OPERATE FOR ANOTHER 53 YEARS.
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BILL GOODMAN WAS A
HOST AND PRODUCER HERE.
KENTUCKY HUMANITIES HOPES THE
PROGRAMS LIKE THE BOOK FESTIVAL,
KENTUCKY READS AND THE MUSEUM ON
MAIN'S SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT WILL
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE.
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FOR GARDENERS SPRINGTIME MEANS
IT'S TIME TO GET IN THE DIRT AND
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START PLANTING N NORTHERN
KENTUCKY THE CAMPBELL COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY IS JOINING FORCES
WITH ANOTHER COMMUNITY PARTNER
TO MAKE GARDENING A LITTLE MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
OUR EMILY SISK TELLS US MORE
ABOUT THE NEW PROJECT KNOWN AS
THE SEED LIBRARY.
>> WHEN CAMPBELL COUNTY'S
CONSERVATION DISTRICT BEGAN
SEARCHING FOR A NEW WAY TO REACH
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THE COMMUNITY, TAMMY
WESTBOUNDSTER STUMBLED ON THE
CONCEPT OF A SEED LIBRARY TO
INSPIRE OTHERS TO START THEIR
OWN GARDENS BY PROVIDING FREE
SEEDS.
>> I TOOK IT TO HER AND SAID I
THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS DOING
IT IT'S IN OUR WHEEL HOUSE AND
THE LIBRARY, IS LIKELY THEY
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MIGHT PARTICIPATE LET'S FIND
OUT.
>> IT TURNED OUT CAMPBELL
COUNTY'S PUBLIC LIBRARY HAD BEEN
SEARCHING FOR A SIMILAR WAY TO
REACH THE COMMUNITY BUT THEY
LACKED GARDENING EXPERTISE THAT
IS WHEN THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND
THE LIBRARY TOOK ROOT.
>> THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS
THE KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIP
TO WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR OUR
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AREA SO THEY ARE NOT OFFERING
SEEDS THAT ARE INVASIVE AND WHAT
WE ARE GOOD AT IS PROVIDING
ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND
DISTRIBUTING.
I VIEW THE SEEDS AS A WAY TO
PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THEY DECIDED ON 10 VARIETIES
MOST OF WHICH ARE FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES FROM CUCUMBER, PEAS,
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RADISHES AND MORE.
>> WE WANTED TO DO A COUPLE
THINGS.
ONE, THE PLANTS YOU COULD SOW
INTO THE GROUND AND HAVE GOOD
RESULTS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA.
THE SECOND WAS COMMON VARIETIES
THINGS THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE AND
WOULD NOT GROW AND NOT KNOW WHAT
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TO DO WITH.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES TO
EAT.
AND SO I MEAN A LOT OF THE SEEDS
WE'RE OFFERING ARE FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW HOW TO DO
THOSE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO GROW
YOUR OWN FOOD IT GIVES PEOPLE
CONFIDENCE.
>> IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN
GROWING A TOMATO IN YOUR
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BACKYARD AND SAVING THE
RESOURCES IT WOULD TAKE TO TRUCK
ONE FROM FLORIDA.
>> ALONG WITH FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES THE CONSERVATION
DISTRICT WANTED TO INCLUDE A
POLLINATOR.
>> WE WANTED TO INCLUDE A WILD
FLOWER BECAUSE PART OF
CONSERVATION FOCUSED ON IS
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POLLINATORS.
IF PEOPLE ARE GROWING VEGETABLES
YOU NEED POLLINATORS NEARBY.
>> ONE THE VARIETIES WERE
SETTLED THE GROUP PREPARED
15,000 SEED PACKETS TO BE
DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE FOUR
BRANCHES.
>> EACH ONE OF THE PACKS
ACTUALLY HAS A LABEL WITH WHAT
SEED VARIETY THAT IS.
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AND THEN IT HAS A QR CODE WHICH
LINKS TO THE CONSERVATION
DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WHICH GIVES
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE VARIETIES
WE HAVE.
>> THE QR CODE SENDS THEM TO OUR
WEBSITE SO THEY CAN GET MORE
IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON HOW TO
PLANT THEM, WHEN TO HARVEST, HOW
MUCH SUN, HOW MUCH WATER GENERAL
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CARE INFORMATION.
>> THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE HAS
BEEN OVERWHELMING.
WITH THOUSANDS OF REACTIONS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> I THINK IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN WANTING FOR A WHILE.
SO WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE
COMING IN AND TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF IT.
>> THE REACTION SO FAR HAS BEEN
AWESOME.
WE ARE BLOWN AWAY WITH HOW
QUICKLY THIS HAS TAKEN OFF.
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I KNEW IT WOULD BE POPULAR SEED
LIBRARIES ARE NOT A NEW THING
THEY ARE NEW TO THIS AREA.
>> I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD TO
CONNECT WITH THE EARTH AND I
THINK IT'S GOOD TO GROW YOUR OWN
FOOD AND ALSO GOOD FOR MENTAL
HEALTH.
I KNOW GETTING OUT AND PUTTING
YOUR FINGERS IN THE DIRT HELPS
ME IF I'M HAVING A STRESSFUL
GREAT.
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I THINK IT'S GREAT WE ARE ADDING
THAT COMPONENT TO OUR COMMUNITY
TO GIVE THEM RELIEF.
>> AS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SEED
LIBRARY THE GROUPS HOPE TO KEEP
IT GOING FOR AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.
>> CERTAINLY SEEMS THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF INTEREST AND WE'LL
PURSUE FALL VARIETIES.
>> ONCE THE FALL MONTHS AS IT
STARTS TO COOL OFF WE WILL HAVE
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DIFFERENT SEEDS THAT WILL BE
DIFFERENT IN THAT CLIMATE.
>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M
EMILY SISK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
EMILY.
THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ANYONE.
THE LIMIT IS SIX SEED PACKETS
PER PERSON.
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LOUISVILLE'S SEELBACH HOTEL IS
ONE OF THE OLDEST IN KENTUCKY
THIS MONTH THE HISTORY IRK HOTEL
TURNS 100 YEARS OLD.
IN HONOR, THE HOTEL REVEALED THE
NEWEST RENOVATION, THE GATSBY
SUITE IN HONOR OF ONE OF
SEELBACH'S MOST FAMOUS GUESTS,
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD WHOSE NOVEL
THE GREAT GATSBY WAS INSPIRED BY
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HIS TIME SPEND IN THE SEELBACH
IN THE ROARING 20s.
THE DESIGNER, TERRA NELSON TOOK
US ON A TOUR.
>> HI I'M TERRA NELSON DESIGNER
OF THE GATSBY SUITE.
WELCOME.
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I MEAN THE SEELBACH OBVIOUSLY
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HOLDS HISTORY WITH F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD.
HE WAS RUMORED TO HAVE STARTED
WRITING THE BOOK HERE.
DAISY BUCHANAN'S WEDDING WAS
HELD IN THE GRAND BALLROOM AT
THE SEELBACH HOTEL.
THE SEELBACH IS BATHED IN GATSBY
HISTORY AND HISTORY FROM THAT
ERA IN GENERAL WHICH IS REALLY
COOL AND FASCINATING TO ME.
I HAD A VISION OF WHAT THE SPACE
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LOOKED LIKE WHAT GATSBY'S LIFE
WAS LIKE AND SO WHEN I KNEW AT
THAT TIME I WAS GOING TO DO THIS
PROJECT, THE FIRST THING THAT
CAME TO MIND WAS THE CEILING.
I WANTED A BOLD CHANDELIER AND I
WANTED BEAUTIFUL DRAPING TO DRAW
YOUR EYE UP TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE
YOU WERE BEING BATHED IN LUXURY
AS SOON AS YOU WALKED IN THE
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SUITE.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH A
HISTORIC BUILDING.
YOU HAVE TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF
THE MATERIALS THAT YOU ARE
USING.
THERE'S PLASTER WALLINGS INSTEAD
OF DRY WALL.
WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH A
HISTORICAL BUILDING IT MAKES IT
MORE CHALLENGING AND MORE FUN.
>> WE WANTED THE GATSBY SIDE TO
FEEL OVER THE TOP.
(22:51):
ALMOST LIKE A 10 THEYCIOUS THAT
YOU WERE BEING BATHED BATHED IND
AND LUXURY.
IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND PERIOD
PIECES YOU HAVE TO RELY ON
FINDING COOL ART DECO PIECES
THAT MATCH IN WITH THE OLDER
VINTAGE PIECES.
(23:12):
WE TRIED TO DO A BALANCE OF
FINDING VINTAGE PIECES AND
REDOING THOSE AND BRINGING THE
FEEL OF A MODERN LUXURY HOTEL
ADDING ART DECO PIECES.
WE KNEW WE WANTED TO DO A BAR IN
THE SUITE AND WANTED IT TO HAVE
THAT SPEAKEASY FEEL TO IT.
WE WANTED TO HIDE IT IN
(23:32):
SOMETHING AND WE CAME UP WITH A
FEW IDEAS BASED OFF OF THE
FURNITURE WE COULD GET AND I SAW
AN ART DECO DRESSER ON-LINE.
WE FOUND IT IN TENNESSEE.
DROVE A FEW HOURS TO PICK IT UP
AND BROUGHT IT BACK.
SANDED IT DOWN AND REFINISHED
IT.
REDID THE INSIDE AND TURNED IT
INTO A COOL BAR.
(23:53):
WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED GATSZBY
TO BE OVER THE TOP AND DARK AND
MOODY AND MYSTERIOUS AND DAISY
IS MORE OF A DELICATE CHARACTER.
I MEAN SHE HAS SOME RUTHLESS
TENDENCIES BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE
THAT DIE COTMY OF THE DICHOTOMY.
(24:15):
AS YOU MOVE INTO DAISY IT'S
BRIGHT AND AIRY AND PIRNKS
AND --
PINKS AND THE ASPECTS OF THE
FILM LIKE THE TELEPHONE WHERE
IT'S ALWAYS RINGING AND HER
HUSBAND'S MISTRESS IS CALLING
AND YOU HEAR THIS PHONE.
WE DRAPED IT IN PEARLS FOR DAISY
TO TAKEOVER THAT ASPECT OF THE
(24:35):
PHONE THAT IS ON HER SIDE.
WE HAVE DRIED FLOWERS AND
DAISIES AND IT ADDS TO THE
DELICATE NATURE AND THE PIECES
OF FURNITURE IN THAT SIDE OF THE
SUITE ARE MORE 1920s VICTORIAN
ERA PIECES THAT LEND TO THAT
CLASSIC OLD MONEY SIDE.
THERE IS A LOT OF LITTLE DETAILS
(24:56):
WE TRIED TO ADD IN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE GREAT
GATSBY BOOKS ON THE BOOKSHELVES
AND OTHER BOOKS BY F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD.
WE HAVE EASTER EGGS FABERGE EGGS
IN THE GATSBY SUITE HINTING TO
THE EAST EGG WEST EGG.
(25:16):
MY FAVORITE FIXTURE IS THE GREEN
LIGHT.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THEMES
ARE THE BOOK.
THERE'S ALWAYS THE GREEN LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE DOCK THAT
GATSBY SEES ACROSS THE BAY AND
IT'S DRAWING HIM TO DAISY.
AS YOU ARE WALKING INTO THE
DAISY SUITE YOU SEE THE GREEN
LIGHT PULLING YOU INTO THAT
SIDE.
THAT WAS ALSO A VINTAGE FIND
(25:37):
THAT WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT.
THE SMALL PIECES END UP BEING MY
PERSONAL FAVORITE AND I DON'T
KNOW IF PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE IT
OR REALIZE WHAT IT IS THAT WE
WERE EXCITED ABOUT.
I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY
ARE READY TO HAVE A PARTY.
I WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY
(25:58):
ARE IN THE ORIGINAL SEELBACH
HOTEL AND A ROOM THAT THEY CAN
GATHER AND HAVE A COCKTAIL AND
GO TO THE DAISY SIDE AND RELAX
AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE
AND QUIET.
IT'S JUST CREATING A SPACE THAT
PEOPLE NOT ONLY FEEL ENCOMPASSES
GATSBY BUT SOMETHING THAT THEY
REMEMBER AND GO BACK AND 10
(26:19):
YEARS FROM NOW OH, DO YOU
REMEMBER THAT AMAZING SUITE WE
STAYED AT THAT HAD A CHAND LEAR
AND THE DRAPING IT FELT LIKE WE
WERE IN THE MOVIE.
THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES YOU CAN
WALK AND THINK F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD SAT HERE.
HE TOUCHED THIS HE WAS IN THIS
ROOM WHICH IS PRETTY NEAT.
AND HE IS OF COURSE ONE OF THE
AUTHORS THAT WASN'T APPRECIATED
(26:40):
AND RECOGNIZED AS MUCH UNTIL
AFTER HE PASSED AWAY.
BUT I DO THINK THAT HE WOULD
COME BACK AND THINK THIS WOULD
BE A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A
PARTY.
[♪♪]
GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A
PARTY INDEED YOU CAN GO BACK IN
TIME AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS
HISTORY IRK HOTEL THIS SUNDAY
(27:00):
"INSIDE LOUISVILLE" WITH KELSEY
STARKS AS SHE FINDS OUT MORE
ABOUT THE FAMOUS GUESTS FROM
AUTHORS TO GANGSTERS AND GHOSTS.
THAT IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON
11:00 A.M. CENTRAL RIGHT HERE ON
KET.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AGAIN
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN
5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY
EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM
(27:24):
CONNECT AND INSPIRE.
I'M RENEE SHAW.
I'M RENEE SHAW.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW
NIGHT.
[♪♪]
(00:04):
>> AND THE EVENT IS NOT OVER
YET.
>> Renee (00:08):
IN SOME KENTUCKY
TOWNS, THE HIGH WATER STILL
HASN'T CRESTED.
>> I GOT A HOUSE ON THIS END OF
THE STREET.
THE PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE AND
THEN A HOUSE AT THE OTHER END OF
THE STREET AND WE ARE ALL
STAYING AT THAT END.
SOME KENTUCKY
HOMEOWNERS FIND THEMSELVES
(00:29):
STRANDED.
>> OUR PLANS RIGHT NOW WE ARE
NOT GOING TO GIVE UP WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GIVE IN.
AND HOW KENTUCKY
HUMANITY ALSO MOVE FORWARD AFTER
A FEDERAL FUNDING CUT.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]
(00:58):
GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON
THIS THURSDAY, APRIL THE 10TH
I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU
FOR WINDING DOWN YOUR THURSDAY
WITH US.
>>> THE CLEANUP CONTINUES AS
KENTUCKIANS IN SOME PARTS OF THE
STATE CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
RISING RIVER LEVELS.
TODAY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR
TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY COUNTIES
(01:19):
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE
FLOODS, THE DEATH TOLL AND WHAT
KENTUCKY CAN EXPECT FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (01:27):
WE'VE NOW
HAD OVER 70 COUNTIES THAT HAVE
DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY.
THAT MEANS IN EACH OF THESE
COUNTIES THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE
IS ENOUGH DAMAGE THAT THERE WAS
ENOUGH FLASH-FLOOD FLOODING OR
STORM DAMAGE OR RIVER BANK
FLOODING TO NECESSITATE A STATE
OF EMERGENCY.
(01:48):
AND THE EVENT IS NOT OVER YET.
SOME GOOD NEWS...
THE OHIO RIVER DID CREST IN
LOUISVILLE YESTERDAY.
BUT IT'S ONLY GOING TO CREST IN
OWENSBORO ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
AND HENDERSON ON SUNDAY.
AND THEN IN PADUCAH SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK, MAYBE A FULL WEEK
(02:11):
FROM NOW.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO GET
REPORTS OF MORE LIVES THAT HAVE
BEEN LOST.
TODAY I HAVE A LITTLE MORE SAD
NEWS TO SHARE.
THIS MORNING WE WERE ABLE TO
CONFIRM THE DEATH OF A
66-YEAR-OLD CAMPBELL COUNTY MAN.
THIS LOSS JOINS FIVE OTHERS.
ONE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY A
(02:34):
74-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN NELSON
COUNTY, A 65-YEAR-OLD MAN IN
TRIGG COUNTY, A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN
IN MCCRACKEN COUNTY AND ONE IN
BULLITT COUNTY.
WE EXPECT OUR APPLICATION FOR
INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
SECRETARY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
AND THE PRESIDENT TOMORROW.
WE ARE LIKELY TO START WITH
(02:56):
10-12 COUNTIES.
I KNOW YOU SAW THE MAP.
70 COUNTIES DECLARED STATES OF
EMERGENCY OR MORE.
THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS
WE WANT TO MAKE OUR BEST CASE TO
GET THAT FIRST ROUND IN AND THEN
WE WILL ADD COUNTIES AFTER THAT.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH OF
THESE WE KNOW THAT IS THE
FASTEST MOST EFFECTIVE AND MOST
(03:17):
EFFICIENT PROCESS TO DO IT.
SO I KNOW WHEN WE MAKE THIS
APPLICATION AND HOPEFULLY IT
GETS SIGNED OFF ON WE WILL PUT
OUT THAT LIST OF 10 TO 12
COUNTIES AND REST ASSURED THERE
WILL BE MORE.
>> Renee (03:30):
THE GOVERNOR TOURED
PARTS OF LOUISVILLE YESTERDAY HE
LOOKED AT FLOODED AREAS AND
DAMAGE CAUSED BY TORNADOES IN
JEFFERSONTOWN.
HE SAYS ONE OF THE TORNADOES
WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EF3 OR
SOMETHING STRONGER FOR A BRIEF
PERIOD.
RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 2500 CUSTOMERS
ARE WITHOUT POWER.
775 ARE WITHOUT WATER.
(03:51):
AND 350 STATE HIGHWAYS ARE STILL
CLOSED.
MOST OF THEM BECAUSE OF HIGH
WATER.
THAT IS DOWN FROM 550 ROADS
CLOSED JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
>>> HUNDREDS OF KENTUCKIANS HAVE
HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES DUE TO
FLOODING STAYING WITH FAMILY
MEMBERS OR SHELTERS.
MANY ARE STAYING BEHIND EVEN AS
(04:12):
THEIR HOMES ARE SURROUNDED BY
WATER.
OUR JUNE LEFFLER HAS MORE FROM A
RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WEST
POINT, KENTUCKY.
>> THEIR BACKYARD IS USUALLY A
RIVERSIDE PARADISE AND NOW THE
WATER IS UP TO THEIR DRIVEWAY.
>> LOOK A ROLLERCOASTER.
RIGHT NOW HERE WE ARE.
(04:34):
DOWN THERE IT DROPS AND IS FLAT
FOR FEET AND IT DROPS AGAIN AND
THAT IS WHERE THE RIVER SETTLES.
>> IT'S NORMALLY NEVER THIS HIGH
EVER, EXCEPT IN 2018.
YEAH, THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS HIGH
BUT IT WASN'T THIS HIGH.
>> THE FLAG POLE PEEKS FROM THE
WATER BUT THEY SAY IT GOES DOWN
(04:54):
ANOTHER DOZEN FEET.
>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE'VE
HAD PEACE THROUGH ALL OF IT.
THE LORD IS GOOD.
THE LORD IS GOOD.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING ROSE UP AS IT
WAS RISING, IT DIDN'T COME IN
OUR HOUSE.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORS
THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED.
BUT THEY SURPRISINGLY, HAVE BEEN
(05:14):
VERY HELPFUL WITH THE SMALL
NEEDS WE HAVE CONSIDERING HOW
DEVASTATING IT IS FOR THEM.
BECAUSE THEY ARE ON A LOWER
LEVEL.
>> THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHECKED IN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND OFFERED EMERGENCY SHELTER.
SOME LEFT BUT MANY DIDN'T THEY
ARE DRIVING THEIR TRUCKS THROUGH
KNEE DEEP WATER TO THEIR
DRIVEWAYS.
(05:36):
HE RIDES ON A SKIVE TO THE
HIGHWAY.
>> THIS IS MY PROPERTY HERE AS
WELL.
THEN I GOT ONE DOWN THE STREET
AND THAT IS UNDERWATER.
>> I GOT A HOUSE ON THIS END OF
THE STREET, A PROPERTY IN THE
MIDDLE AND THEN A HOUSE AT THE
OTHER END OF THE STREET AND
(05:57):
WE'RE ALL STAYING AT THAT END.
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, MY WIFE, AND
FIVE OF MY KIDS AT THE MOMENT.
>> DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED HELP
BUILDING BACK.
>> WHEN HERS WENT UNDER HERS IS
TO THE TOP CABINETS SHE IS DOWN
WITH US AND OTHER KIDS AND ALL
(06:19):
THE AN MALTS.
WE CAN'T REALLY LEAVE BECAUSE WE
HAVE OUR ANIMALS TO TAKE CARE
OF, CATS, CHICKENS, ROOSTER,
RABBIT, DOGS.
>> IT'S CRAMPED FOR NOW IN ONE
HOME SURROUNDED BY WATER.
THE UTILITIES ARE OUT, TOO.
HE KEEPS HIS CAR ON THE SIDE OF
THE HIGHWAY AND STOCKS UP FOR
(06:39):
THE FAMILY.
>> IT'S HARD FOR ME TO WORK WITH
THE POWER OUT, CELLPHONE
CHARGERS ARE OUT.
REFRIGERATOR AIN'T WORKING AND
THE GENERATOR WENT OUT ON US
YESTERDAY I CAN TO CARRY IT OUT
ON A KAYAK.
>> IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE WATER
LEVELS SINK WHEN HE CAN ASSESS
(06:59):
AND FIX THE DAMAGES.
HE WORKS ON HOUSES FOR A LIVING.
TO AFFORD TO REBUILD HE STARTED
A "GOFUNDME" PAGE PAGE.
>> WELL, FLOOD INSURANCE ISN'T
AN OPTION BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN
THE FLOOD PLAIN.
AND HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE DOESN'T
COVER FLOOD DAMAGE.
SO IT'S ON ME.
(07:20):
WE CAN START CLEAN UP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO
US WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH GOOD
PEOPLE THAT WANTS TO HELP.
CAN'T WAIT TO START.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION"
I'M JUNE LEFFLER.
THANK YOU, JUNE FOR
THAT REPORT.
IN FRANKFORT THEY ARE BREATHING
EASIER AS THE KENTUCKY RIVER
FALLS BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE.
(07:42):
CLEAN UP HAS STARTED.
CITY OFFICIALS SAY A MAJORITY OF
STREETS AND ROADS HAVE BEEN
CLEARED AND NEXT MAJOR HURDLE,
THEY SAY, GETTING THE POWER
TURNED BACK ON AND PEOPLE BACK
INTO THEIR HOMES.
>> PHASE TWO OF THE FLOOD RIGHT
NOW IS THE CLEANUP AND WE'RE
GETTING TO THAT POINT.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE
MINDFUL OF THE MAJOR FLOOD WE
(08:03):
HAVE EVEN RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT A
LEVEL THAT WOULD PUT IT AS THE
TOP 10 FLOOD OF ALL TIME.
SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE RIVER
RECEDE FROM THE ROADWAYS OUR
CREWS THE CITY CREWS ARE GOING
OUT AND CLEANING UP THE STREETS.
WE'RE WORKING TO PUT OUT
DUMPSTERS IN STRATEGY ARIC
LOCATIONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS
SO PEOPLE CAN START EVERYONE IS
(08:23):
INCHING TO GET BACK HOME AND
START TO CLEAN OUT AND SEE WHAT
THE DAMAGE IS.
>> WE HAVE SOME HOMES
UNDERWATER.
WE ARE NOW STARTING TO SEE IT
RECEDE ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE CAN
GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO MANAGE
PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THE STREETS NEED TO BE
CLEANED EVERYONE WANTS THE POWER
TURNED ON BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
(08:43):
THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO INTO THAT
BEFORE IT CAN HAPPEN.
LIKE IF ANYONE'S POWER IS
UNDERWATER IT HAS TO BE
REPLACED.
THE LOCAL PLANNING BOARD ONLY
HAS TIME TO PULL 100 METERS.
SO WE HAVE THESE HOMES THAT ARE
ENERGY JIZZED ONE OF OUR SWIFT
WATER TEAMS REPORTED TWICE THEY
HAVE A DEVICE ELECTRICITY IN THE
(09:05):
RIVER.
SO WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND THIS IS STILL VERY,
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON NOW SAFETY
STILL BECAUSE THERE IS STILL
DANGER OUT THERE.
I JUST CAN'T URGE PEOPLE ENOUGH
JUST BE PATIENT WITH US.
WE HAVE DUMPSTERS COMING AND
ELECTRICIANS AND ELECTRICAL
(09:25):
INSPECTORS.
THERE IS THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE TO
DO AND WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN BE
PATIENT AND THE COMMUNITY HAS
COME TOGETHER.
AS YOU HEARD DUMPSTERS
ARE BEING PLACED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY STARTING TODAY FOR PEOPLE
TO DROP-OFF DEBRIS MANY
DISTRIBUTION SITES HAVE BEEN
SETUP AROUND THE CITY.
(09:45):
THE RED CROSS AND OTHERS WERE
GIVING OUT FOOD, WATER, CLEANING
SUPPLYINGS AND NECESSITIES AT A
SITE WE VISITED ON WEDNESDAY.
ONE SURVIVOR WHO DROPPED BY THE
SITE TALKED ABOUT THE DAMAGE HER
HOME SUSTAINED IN THE FLOOD AND
HOW SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY
IS HELPING HER AND OTHER FLOOD
SURVIVORS.
>> WE LIVE NEXT TO THE RIVER SO
(10:06):
WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH FLOODING
BEFORE.
AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FEW
FEET UP INTO OUR BASEMENT.
WE DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WOULD
REACH OUR FIRST FLOOR BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT GOT A FOOT UP
INTO OUR FIRST FLOOR.
WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET BACK IN
TOMORROW AND IT IS JUST A MESS.
OUR YARD IS A MESS.
OUR HOUSE IS A MESS.
(10:27):
EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD MOVED UP
FROM THE BASEMENT, UP TO THE
FIRST FLOOR, ALL OF THAT STUFF,
I MEAN THAT WORK WAS FOR
NOTHING.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD.
I ASKED MY MOM DO YOU NEED
ANYTHING?
AND SHE WAS LIKE WE CAN GO PICK
STUFF UP AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO
HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER
(10:49):
AND TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN A VICTIM OF THIS FLOOD.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE HAD IT A
LOT WORSE AND MIGHT NEED MORE
STUFF.
SO I THINK JUST THE DIFFERENT
RESOURCES AND THE AMOUNT OF
THINGS THEY HAVE HERE IT'S
REALLY NICE TO FEEL SUPPORTED BY
OUR COMMUNITY WHEN SOMETHING
HAPPENS LIKE THIS.
NEIGHBORS HELPING
(11:10):
NEIGHBORS THAT IS WHAT
KENTUCKIANS DO.
OFFICIALS SAY THE DISTRIBUTION
SITES WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE
UNTIL THERE IS NO LONGER A NEED.
>>> NOW, IN OTHER NEWS, SOMBER
NEWS TODAY MARKS THE TWO-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF OLD NATIONAL BANK
MASS SHOOTING IN LOUISVILLE.
FIVE BANK EMPLOYEES DIED IN THAT
SHOOTING.
AMONG THE DEAD, TOMMY ELLIOTT, A
(11:32):
FRIEND OF GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR'S.
TODAY THE GOVERNOR REFLECTED ON
TODAY'S SOMBER ANNIVERSARY.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (11:38):
THAT WAS A
SHOOTING THAT I KNOW RIPPED AT
THE CORE AND FABRIC OF NOT JUST
LOUISVILLE BUT THE ENTIRE
COMMONWEALTH AND I LOST MY
FRIEND TOMMY AS WELL AS AN
ACQUAINTANCE IN JIM AND A LOT OF
OTHER PEOPLE LOST PEOPLE THEY
LOVED AND CARED ABOUT.
(11:59):
THE THINK ABOUT GRIEF IT HITS
YOU AT UNEXPECTED TIMES.
AND UNEXPECTED DAYS.
BUT TO ME I'M COMMITTED THAT THE
TRAUMATIC MEMORY OF MY FRIEND'S
DEATH SHOULDN'T OVERSHADOW ALL
OF THE GREAT MEMORIES OF HIS
LIFE.
AND SO I TRY TO HOLD ON TO
THOSE.
I TRY TO HOLD ON TO ALL OF THE
(12:21):
FUNNY AND ENJOYABLE MOMENTS WE
HAD.
GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING HE DID
FOR ME AND HOPE THAT I DID
ENOUGH FOR HIM.
BUT, IT JUST REMINDS ME EVERYDAY
THAT LIFE IS SHORT.
AND I SAY THIS IN JUST ABOUT
EVERY SPEECH NOW BECAUSE OF
THIS, BECAUSE OF LOSING MICHAEL
BROWN AND LIFE IS SHORT.
OUR JOB IS TO DO GOOD THINGS AND
(12:41):
TO BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK THAT IS HOW WE THANK
OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE NO LONGER
HERE WITH US.
HOPING TO LIVE OUT OUR LIVES IN
A WAY THAT SHOWS HOW GRATEFUL WE
ARE TO STILL BE HERE.
>> Renee (12:55):
POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN
WAS A FORMER BANK EMPLOYEE NAMED
CONNOR STURGEON.
HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY
POLICE.
[♪♪]
>>> THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
THE HUMANITIES BEGAN IN THE
1960s UNDER PRESIDENT ARE
JOHNSON IT'S HELPED FUND EVENS
(13:17):
ON HISTORY, LITERACY.
DOGE IS CUTTING FUNDING AND
KENTUCKY LAST 70% OF ITS BUDGET.
WE TALKED TO THE BOARD CHAIR TO
SEE WHERE THINGS GOING ON FROM
HERE.
>> WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN
KENTUCKY FOR 53 YEARS.
THE HUMANITIES COUNCILS THERE
(13:39):
ARE 5 SEX.
A --
5 SINCE.
THERE IS A COUNCIL IN EVERY
STATE AND U.S. TERRITORIES DO A
VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AROUND THEIR
TERRITORIES AND AROUND THEIR
STATES THAT RANGE FROM LITERACY
AND HISTORY PROJECTS, TO A
VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT
BE AS WE DO HERE, BOOK
(14:02):
FESTIVALS, THE PROVIDING OF
BOOKS AND AUTHORS TO SCHOOLS.
A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT WE
PROVIDE.
>> MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE
DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
PARTICULARLY THE MUSEUM ON MAIN
SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT THAT IS A
TRAVELING EXHIBIT THAT WE PUT
INTO SMALLER TOWNS.
>> WE WEREN'T GIVEN A REASON.
(14:24):
AND THE STRANGE BUT INTERESTING
FACT ABOUT THAT IS THAT CONGRESS
APPROPRIATES THE BUDGET FOR THE
ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
EVERY YEAR.
WE RECEIVE ROUGHLY $850,000 FOR
OUR YEARLY BUDGET FROM THE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
HUMANITIES.
(14:44):
WE ARE WORKING NOW UNDER A
BUDGET WHICH WAS PASSED BY
CONGRESS FOR THE 2025 FISCAL
YEAR.
AND LAST WEEK, THE DEPARTMENT OF
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PERSONNEL
VISITED NEH AND FROZE ALL THE
FUNDS, LAID OFF 80% OF THE NEH
(15:07):
STAFF AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
RECEIVE ANY OF THE REST OF OUR
FUND THAT WE WERE GOING TO
OPERATE ON ADMINISTRATIVELY IN
OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE YEAR.
WE GRANT THAT MONEY OUT THROUGH
KENTUCKY HUMANITIES TO MUSEUMS
AND CULTURAL CENTERS WHO MIGHT
HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE
FLOODING.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DOLLARS
TODAY TO DO THAT.
(15:27):
THE FLOODS THAT HAVE RECENTLY
BEEN IN MANY PARTS OF THE STATE
OF KENTUCKY ARE THEY ARE
DEVASTATED BY WHAT'S HAPPENED TO
THEM.
WE NORMALLY ARE IN A POSITION TO
HELP THEM.
THIS YEAR WE CAN'T.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY VERY HARD TO
CONTINUE OUR PROGRAM AS BEST WE
CAN.
THEY MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT AND
(15:47):
THERE MIGHT NOT BE AS MANY
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST OUR
PLANS RIGHT NOW WE ARE THAT
GOING TO GIVE UP.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE IN.
WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY COUNT
ON CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE THOSE
FUNDS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO
OPERATE FOR ANOTHER 53 YEARS.
(16:09):
BILL GOODMAN WAS A
HOST AND PRODUCER HERE.
KENTUCKY HUMANITIES HOPES THE
PROGRAMS LIKE THE BOOK FESTIVAL,
KENTUCKY READS AND THE MUSEUM ON
MAIN'S SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT WILL
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE.
[♪♪]
FOR GARDENERS SPRINGTIME MEANS
IT'S TIME TO GET IN THE DIRT AND
(16:31):
START PLANTING N NORTHERN
KENTUCKY THE CAMPBELL COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY IS JOINING FORCES
WITH ANOTHER COMMUNITY PARTNER
TO MAKE GARDENING A LITTLE MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
OUR EMILY SISK TELLS US MORE
ABOUT THE NEW PROJECT KNOWN AS
THE SEED LIBRARY.
>> WHEN CAMPBELL COUNTY'S
CONSERVATION DISTRICT BEGAN
SEARCHING FOR A NEW WAY TO REACH
(16:52):
THE COMMUNITY, TAMMY
WESTBOUNDSTER STUMBLED ON THE
CONCEPT OF A SEED LIBRARY TO
INSPIRE OTHERS TO START THEIR
OWN GARDENS BY PROVIDING FREE
SEEDS.
>> I TOOK IT TO HER AND SAID I
THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS DOING
IT IT'S IN OUR WHEEL HOUSE AND
THE LIBRARY, IS LIKELY THEY
(17:12):
MIGHT PARTICIPATE LET'S FIND
OUT.
>> IT TURNED OUT CAMPBELL
COUNTY'S PUBLIC LIBRARY HAD BEEN
SEARCHING FOR A SIMILAR WAY TO
REACH THE COMMUNITY BUT THEY
LACKED GARDENING EXPERTISE THAT
IS WHEN THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND
THE LIBRARY TOOK ROOT.
>> THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS
THE KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIP
TO WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR OUR
(17:33):
AREA SO THEY ARE NOT OFFERING
SEEDS THAT ARE INVASIVE AND WHAT
WE ARE GOOD AT IS PROVIDING
ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND
DISTRIBUTING.
I VIEW THE SEEDS AS A WAY TO
PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THEY DECIDED ON 10 VARIETIES
MOST OF WHICH ARE FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES FROM CUCUMBER, PEAS,
(17:55):
RADISHES AND MORE.
>> WE WANTED TO DO A COUPLE
THINGS.
ONE, THE PLANTS YOU COULD SOW
INTO THE GROUND AND HAVE GOOD
RESULTS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA.
THE SECOND WAS COMMON VARIETIES
THINGS THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE AND
WOULD NOT GROW AND NOT KNOW WHAT
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TO DO WITH.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES TO
EAT.
AND SO I MEAN A LOT OF THE SEEDS
WE'RE OFFERING ARE FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW HOW TO DO
THOSE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO GROW
YOUR OWN FOOD IT GIVES PEOPLE
CONFIDENCE.
>> IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN
GROWING A TOMATO IN YOUR
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BACKYARD AND SAVING THE
RESOURCES IT WOULD TAKE TO TRUCK
ONE FROM FLORIDA.
>> ALONG WITH FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES THE CONSERVATION
DISTRICT WANTED TO INCLUDE A
POLLINATOR.
>> WE WANTED TO INCLUDE A WILD
FLOWER BECAUSE PART OF
CONSERVATION FOCUSED ON IS
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POLLINATORS.
IF PEOPLE ARE GROWING VEGETABLES
YOU NEED POLLINATORS NEARBY.
>> ONE THE VARIETIES WERE
SETTLED THE GROUP PREPARED
15,000 SEED PACKETS TO BE
DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE FOUR
BRANCHES.
>> EACH ONE OF THE PACKS
ACTUALLY HAS A LABEL WITH WHAT
SEED VARIETY THAT IS.
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AND THEN IT HAS A QR CODE WHICH
LINKS TO THE CONSERVATION
DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WHICH GIVES
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE VARIETIES
WE HAVE.
>> THE QR CODE SENDS THEM TO OUR
WEBSITE SO THEY CAN GET MORE
IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON HOW TO
PLANT THEM, WHEN TO HARVEST, HOW
MUCH SUN, HOW MUCH WATER GENERAL
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CARE INFORMATION.
>> THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE HAS
BEEN OVERWHELMING.
WITH THOUSANDS OF REACTIONS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> I THINK IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN WANTING FOR A WHILE.
SO WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE
COMING IN AND TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF IT.
>> THE REACTION SO FAR HAS BEEN
AWESOME.
WE ARE BLOWN AWAY WITH HOW
QUICKLY THIS HAS TAKEN OFF.
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I KNEW IT WOULD BE POPULAR SEED
LIBRARIES ARE NOT A NEW THING
THEY ARE NEW TO THIS AREA.
>> I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD TO
CONNECT WITH THE EARTH AND I
THINK IT'S GOOD TO GROW YOUR OWN
FOOD AND ALSO GOOD FOR MENTAL
HEALTH.
I KNOW GETTING OUT AND PUTTING
YOUR FINGERS IN THE DIRT HELPS
ME IF I'M HAVING A STRESSFUL
GREAT.
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I THINK IT'S GREAT WE ARE ADDING
THAT COMPONENT TO OUR COMMUNITY
TO GIVE THEM RELIEF.
>> AS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SEED
LIBRARY THE GROUPS HOPE TO KEEP
IT GOING FOR AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.
>> CERTAINLY SEEMS THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF INTEREST AND WE'LL
PURSUE FALL VARIETIES.
>> ONCE THE FALL MONTHS AS IT
STARTS TO COOL OFF WE WILL HAVE
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DIFFERENT SEEDS THAT WILL BE
DIFFERENT IN THAT CLIMATE.
>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M
EMILY SISK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
EMILY.
THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ANYONE.
THE LIMIT IS SIX SEED PACKETS
PER PERSON.
[♪♪]
(21:04):
LOUISVILLE'S SEELBACH HOTEL IS
ONE OF THE OLDEST IN KENTUCKY
THIS MONTH THE HISTORY IRK HOTEL
TURNS 100 YEARS OLD.
IN HONOR, THE HOTEL REVEALED THE
NEWEST RENOVATION, THE GATSBY
SUITE IN HONOR OF ONE OF
SEELBACH'S MOST FAMOUS GUESTS,
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD WHOSE NOVEL
THE GREAT GATSBY WAS INSPIRED BY
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HIS TIME SPEND IN THE SEELBACH
IN THE ROARING 20s.
THE DESIGNER, TERRA NELSON TOOK
US ON A TOUR.
>> HI I'M TERRA NELSON DESIGNER
OF THE GATSBY SUITE.
WELCOME.
[♪♪]
I MEAN THE SEELBACH OBVIOUSLY
(21:48):
HOLDS HISTORY WITH F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD.
HE WAS RUMORED TO HAVE STARTED
WRITING THE BOOK HERE.
DAISY BUCHANAN'S WEDDING WAS
HELD IN THE GRAND BALLROOM AT
THE SEELBACH HOTEL.
THE SEELBACH IS BATHED IN GATSBY
HISTORY AND HISTORY FROM THAT
ERA IN GENERAL WHICH IS REALLY
COOL AND FASCINATING TO ME.
I HAD A VISION OF WHAT THE SPACE
(22:08):
LOOKED LIKE WHAT GATSBY'S LIFE
WAS LIKE AND SO WHEN I KNEW AT
THAT TIME I WAS GOING TO DO THIS
PROJECT, THE FIRST THING THAT
CAME TO MIND WAS THE CEILING.
I WANTED A BOLD CHANDELIER AND I
WANTED BEAUTIFUL DRAPING TO DRAW
YOUR EYE UP TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE
YOU WERE BEING BATHED IN LUXURY
AS SOON AS YOU WALKED IN THE
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SUITE.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH A
HISTORIC BUILDING.
YOU HAVE TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF
THE MATERIALS THAT YOU ARE
USING.
THERE'S PLASTER WALLINGS INSTEAD
OF DRY WALL.
WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH A
HISTORICAL BUILDING IT MAKES IT
MORE CHALLENGING AND MORE FUN.
>> WE WANTED THE GATSBY SIDE TO
FEEL OVER THE TOP.
(22:51):
ALMOST LIKE A 10 THEYCIOUS THAT
YOU WERE BEING BATHED BATHED IND
AND LUXURY.
IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND PERIOD
PIECES YOU HAVE TO RELY ON
FINDING COOL ART DECO PIECES
THAT MATCH IN WITH THE OLDER
VINTAGE PIECES.
(23:12):
WE TRIED TO DO A BALANCE OF
FINDING VINTAGE PIECES AND
REDOING THOSE AND BRINGING THE
FEEL OF A MODERN LUXURY HOTEL
ADDING ART DECO PIECES.
WE KNEW WE WANTED TO DO A BAR IN
THE SUITE AND WANTED IT TO HAVE
THAT SPEAKEASY FEEL TO IT.
WE WANTED TO HIDE IT IN
(23:32):
SOMETHING AND WE CAME UP WITH A
FEW IDEAS BASED OFF OF THE
FURNITURE WE COULD GET AND I SAW
AN ART DECO DRESSER ON-LINE.
WE FOUND IT IN TENNESSEE.
DROVE A FEW HOURS TO PICK IT UP
AND BROUGHT IT BACK.
SANDED IT DOWN AND REFINISHED
IT.
REDID THE INSIDE AND TURNED IT
INTO A COOL BAR.
(23:53):
WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED GATSZBY
TO BE OVER THE TOP AND DARK AND
MOODY AND MYSTERIOUS AND DAISY
IS MORE OF A DELICATE CHARACTER.
I MEAN SHE HAS SOME RUTHLESS
TENDENCIES BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE
THAT DIE COTMY OF THE DICHOTOMY.
(24:15):
AS YOU MOVE INTO DAISY IT'S
BRIGHT AND AIRY AND PIRNKS
AND --
PINKS AND THE ASPECTS OF THE
FILM LIKE THE TELEPHONE WHERE
IT'S ALWAYS RINGING AND HER
HUSBAND'S MISTRESS IS CALLING
AND YOU HEAR THIS PHONE.
WE DRAPED IT IN PEARLS FOR DAISY
TO TAKEOVER THAT ASPECT OF THE
(24:35):
PHONE THAT IS ON HER SIDE.
WE HAVE DRIED FLOWERS AND
DAISIES AND IT ADDS TO THE
DELICATE NATURE AND THE PIECES
OF FURNITURE IN THAT SIDE OF THE
SUITE ARE MORE 1920s VICTORIAN
ERA PIECES THAT LEND TO THAT
CLASSIC OLD MONEY SIDE.
THERE IS A LOT OF LITTLE DETAILS
(24:56):
WE TRIED TO ADD IN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE GREAT
GATSBY BOOKS ON THE BOOKSHELVES
AND OTHER BOOKS BY F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD.
WE HAVE EASTER EGGS FABERGE EGGS
IN THE GATSBY SUITE HINTING TO
THE EAST EGG WEST EGG.
(25:16):
MY FAVORITE FIXTURE IS THE GREEN
LIGHT.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THEMES
ARE THE BOOK.
THERE'S ALWAYS THE GREEN LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE DOCK THAT
GATSBY SEES ACROSS THE BAY AND
IT'S DRAWING HIM TO DAISY.
AS YOU ARE WALKING INTO THE
DAISY SUITE YOU SEE THE GREEN
LIGHT PULLING YOU INTO THAT
SIDE.
THAT WAS ALSO A VINTAGE FIND
(25:37):
THAT WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT.
THE SMALL PIECES END UP BEING MY
PERSONAL FAVORITE AND I DON'T
KNOW IF PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE IT
OR REALIZE WHAT IT IS THAT WE
WERE EXCITED ABOUT.
I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY
ARE READY TO HAVE A PARTY.
I WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY
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ARE IN THE ORIGINAL SEELBACH
HOTEL AND A ROOM THAT THEY CAN
GATHER AND HAVE A COCKTAIL AND
GO TO THE DAISY SIDE AND RELAX
AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE
AND QUIET.
IT'S JUST CREATING A SPACE THAT
PEOPLE NOT ONLY FEEL ENCOMPASSES
GATSBY BUT SOMETHING THAT THEY
REMEMBER AND GO BACK AND 10
(26:19):
YEARS FROM NOW OH, DO YOU
REMEMBER THAT AMAZING SUITE WE
STAYED AT THAT HAD A CHAND LEAR
AND THE DRAPING IT FELT LIKE WE
WERE IN THE MOVIE.
THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES YOU CAN
WALK AND THINK F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD SAT HERE.
HE TOUCHED THIS HE WAS IN THIS
ROOM WHICH IS PRETTY NEAT.
AND HE IS OF COURSE ONE OF THE
AUTHORS THAT WASN'T APPRECIATED
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AND RECOGNIZED AS MUCH UNTIL
AFTER HE PASSED AWAY.
BUT I DO THINK THAT HE WOULD
COME BACK AND THINK THIS WOULD
BE A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A
PARTY.
[♪♪]
GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A
PARTY INDEED YOU CAN GO BACK IN
TIME AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS
HISTORY IRK HOTEL THIS SUNDAY
(27:00):
"INSIDE LOUISVILLE" WITH KELSEY
STARKS AS SHE FINDS OUT MORE
ABOUT THE FAMOUS GUESTS FROM
AUTHORS TO GANGSTERS AND GHOSTS.
THAT IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON
11:00 A.M. CENTRAL RIGHT HERE ON
KET.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AGAIN
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN
5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY
EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM
(27:24):
CONNECT AND INSPIRE.
I'M RENEE SHAW.
I'M RENEE SHAW.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW
NIGHT.
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