10.10.25

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the reading of the Courier Journal for Friday,
which is brought to our Loval listeners via Losville Public Media.
As a reminder, Radio E is a reading service intended
for people who are blind to have other disabilities that
make it difficult to read printed material. Your reader for
today is Mark Webster. This reading will consist of two

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twenty eight minute segments interrupted by a short break. We'll
start with the five day forecast, brought to you by
Whas Weather Impact. Today, Friday, the high will be seventy one,
low of fifty five, sunny and pleasant, partly cloudy. Saturday
high seventy three, low fifty two, sunlit and nice. Sunday

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high seventy four, low fifty four, sunny and pleasant. Monday
seventy six, lower fifty five, sunshine, nice and warm. Tuesday
high seventy eight, low fifty six, mostly sunny and nice.
Wednesday the high seventy eight, low fifty five sunny. The
local forecast the nice fall weather continues throughout the rest

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of the week with cool and sunny conditions. Temperatures will
be in the upper sixties and low seventies for highs
the next several days. No rain chances the phases of
the moon. The last phase is October thirteenth, the new
moon is October twenty one, the first phase October twenty nine,

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and the next full moon will be November five. We'll
go back to page one. There are just two articles
on page one. Will begin with the one that goes
across the headlines. Sheriff out after baser threat. Robertson County's
Gray arrested for three DUIs in two years. Robertson County

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Sheriff Terry Gray, who is currently in jail following his
third DUI arrest in less than two years, he was
resigning after a demand from Governor Andy Basher. The governor
said in a press conference on October nine. Quote, Certainly,
the three DUIs together present a significant case for habitual drunkenness,

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which is mentioned either in the statute and which is
mentioned within the statute and is defined under law. Close
the quote, Bacher said in response to a question from
The Courier Journal about what motivated him to call for
the sheriff's resignation. The governor added that Gray was the
second sheriff after former Lecher County Sheriff Mickey Steins, to

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submit his resignation after Bashir threatened their removal. Attorney Kate Bennett,
who is representing Gray, confirmed he had resigned effective Thursday.
She said her client did not have any comment at present.
Bascher's announcement of the sheriff's resignation came one day after
Basher's general counsel s Travis Mayo sent a letter calling Gray,

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telling Gray the governor would initiate removal proceedings for neglect
of duty if the sheriff did not resign within five
business days. The now former lawman was among the Kentucky
sheriff's examined in a recent Courier Journal investigation on sheriffs
who remained in office despite criminal charges or convictions. This

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will be continued on page eleven and I found it.
Investigation found one in six of Kentucky's one hundred and
twenty counties have had a sheriff criminally charged or convicted
since twenty ten. Gray, forty eight, is currently being held
at the Mason County Detention Center on a five hundred,

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five hundred thousand dollars bond. According to court records, the
most serious charge he faces his first degree want an
endangerment a phony that carries a penalty of between one
and five years in prison it convicted. He is also
charged with first degree official misconduct, which is punishable up
to a year in jail, and third offense dy, which

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is also punished by a year of incarceration. It is
unclear whether a new sheriff has been selected by the
Robertson County's judge executive. Reached by phone on Thursday morning,
Robertson County Judge Executive Valerie Grigson Miley, declined to answer
questions about the situation surrounding Gray or whether he had
resigned following the governor's announcement. Miley did not immediately respond

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to an email and phone call from The Courier Journal.
North Central Kentucky's Robertson County is the least populace county
in the state. Gray was arrested by the neighboring Mason
County Sheriff's office on the evening of October seventh, after
being observed driving recklessly and at high speeds in his
department vehicle with emergency lights activated. According to an arrest citation, Gray,

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who was seen nearly overturning his vehicle several times, had
a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit.
The sheriff was in uniform and armed at the time
of his arrest, and, according to the citation, reportedly told
law enforcement he was quote not that drunk unquote. Gray

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had previously been arrested for two DUIs in a nine
month span in twenty twenty three to twenty twenty four.
Like his latest arrest, one of those previous incidents occurred
while he was in uniform and operating a department vehicle.
He was set to avoid serving a ninety day jail
sentence for those incidents so long as he completed rehab

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and committed no new violations through twenty twenty six. Speaking
to the Coura Journal, Sheriff's Association executive director Jerry Wagner said,
we pray for Terry that he can get well, but
he can't be acting the way he's been acting and
representing the public and keeping people safe if he can't

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keep himself safe close a quote, Wagner said. The Kentucky
Sheriff's Association, which had previously barred Gray from its annual
training over previous to you Guys, had called for his
resignation following his latest arrest. Gray was one of three
Kentucky sheriffs to remain in office despite criminal convictions, alongside

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Trigg County's Aaron Akree and Todd County's Tracy White. In
late September, Basher defended his decision not to remove a
Cree and at the time Gray, saying that a sheriff
had successfully been removed by a governor only once in
Kentucky's history. On Thursday, Basher said he was quote still

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learning more unquote about the situation involving White, who pleaded
guilty in a misdemeanor harassment charge on September thirty over
a confrontation with the Logan County man last year. That's
the end of that article. We'll go back to page
one for the only remaining article. By the way, there

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is a large well, I'm wrong. There is a third
article about whiskey, which I thought was a caption to
a photograph. That will be the third article I'll read,
all right. The second one Israel hamas Ward peace deal hailed,
but details are still murky. Hostages prisoners will be freed

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in initial phase. President Donald Trump announced October eight that
Israel and Amas have agreed to implement the first phase
of a peace deal aimed at ending the two year
conflict in the Goza strip quote, this is a great
day for the Arab and Muslim world, Israel and all
surrounding nations, and the United States of America close the quote,

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Trump said in a truth social post. Leaders from Israel
Hamas and mediator Katar subsequently confirmed the deal. Quote. An
agreement was reached on all the provisions and implementation mechanisms
of the first phase of the Gaza Ceased Fire Agreement,
which will lead to ending the war, the release of

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Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of aid
close to quote. Cutter's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mahjed
al Ansari wrote on x the agreement comes after multiple
failed attempts to defuse the two year old war that
began on October seven, twenty twenty three, win Hamas militants

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attacked Israel and killed one thy two hundred people, mostly civilians,
and took two hundred and fifty one people hostage. Israel's
response to the attack has drawn increasing criticism worldwide, including
a United Nations report issued in September that concluded Israel
committed genocide in Gaza. Israel military campaign in responses killed

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more than sixty six thousand Palestinians in Gaza, according to
the Hamas run Health ministry. Al Ansary wrote on x
that details of the deal would be announced at a
later date. The first phase of Trump's plan called for
the release of Israeli hostages within seventy two hours of
an agreement being reached in exchange for Palestinians jailed in Israel.

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Once every hostage has been released, Trump's plan says Hamas
members who agreed to give up their weapons would receive amnesty.
It also called for the immediate restoration of humanitarian aid
to Gaza. Hostages are likely to begin to be This
has continued on page eleven, to be released on October thirteen,

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although they could be returned sooner, as senior White House
officials said. Trump said he expected their release to come
on in October thirteen or fourteen. Of the forty eight
remaining hostages in Gaza at twenty are believed to be alive.
The United States knows where most of the living hostages are,
Trump said at an October nine Cabinet meeting. Quote, the

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bodies are a bigger problem because some of the bodies
are going to be a little bit hard to find unquote,
the president said, of the roughly twenty eight who are
assumed to be dead. Trump did not spell out what
the next phase of the Middle East Deal would look like,
but he indicated it would follow the twenty point plan

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he released at the end of September. Quote there will
be disarming, there will be pullbacks, there will be a
lot of things that are happening. Close quote. Trump said,
quote I think you could end up with peace in
the Middle East. Close the quote. He also said the
United States would be working with quote immensely wealthy countries

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unquote to rebuild Gaza. He declined to take a stance
on an independent Palestinian state, telling journalists during his cabinet meeting, quote,
I don't have a view. I'm going to go with
what they agreed to unquote. The deal appears to be
a step toward ending the brutal conflict. However, a previous
cease fire during negotiations to end the conflict fell apart

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in March. Israel airstrikes into the battered enclave on March
eighteenth ended a truce that had begun in January, Al
Jazeera reported that Israel continued military operations after the October
eighth announcement. Israel fighter jets have bombed western areas of
the capital Gaza City, striking at least one house in

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the Al chate al Shati camp and an armored vehicle
laden with explosives near homes south of Gaza City. According
to the outlet, no casualties have been reported. The Israel
Military Arabic language spokesperson and Avice Andre warrened Gaza residence

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in an ex post that quote the area north of
the Gaza Valley is still considered a dangerous combat zone unquote.
Shortly after five am in Jerusalem on October nine, Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Natean Yahoo said on x that he
would convene the government to approve the deal October nine,
calling it quote a great day for Israel unquote. The

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Israeli military said, in a statement to The Jerusalem Post
did it welcomed the agreement but remained ready for quote
any scenario unquote. Quote. During a situation assessment held that night,
the Chief of Staff instructed all forces on all fronts
to prepare strong defensive measures. The military said In the statement,

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families and supporters in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square celebrated news
of Hamas's acceptance of Trump's deal. Does of people and
TV cameras flooded the square at four am local time.
Among those in the crowd were former hostages Emily Damari
and Omer shim toyv Omar Shim TV. Quote. You feel

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happiness and pressure because until you've reached your mother and
hugged her, it hasn't happened, unquote him tav told one
twenty four News told I twenty four News. Hamas has
appeared willing to hand over governments of Gaza to a
coalition of Palestinian technocrats as part of the plan, it

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has been less willing to completely disarm and commit to
playing no future role in the governance of Gaza. In
a statement, the group thanked Trump for his efforts to
end the war and bring about a full withdrawal of
Israeli troops from Gaza. Quote. We affirm that the sacrifices
of our people will not be in vain, and that

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we will remain faithful to our pledge and will not
abandon our people's national rights to achieve freedom, independence and
self determination. Unquote, a statement posted to Telegram said, according
to Reuters, Israeli news outlet Wallah reported that four prisoners
demanded by Hamas Marwan Bargudi, Ahmed Sa'adad, Hassan Salame and

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Abbas al Sayed will not be released as part of
the deal. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guteraz said in
a statement on exit he welcomed the deal and commended
the diplomatic efforts of the United States, Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey.
He pledged that the UN would support the implementation of

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the deal and ramp up humanitarian aid. Quote. The stakes
have never been higher, Guteris wrote. House Speaker Mike Johnson,
Republican of Louisiana, credited Trump with the peace deal to
page three to the article that I almost missed. There's
just a few lines on this page, but it's continued

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growing challenge. Bourbon Us spirit exports stifled by ongoing tariffs
trade war. A new report from the Distilled Spirits Council
of the US reveals a quote significant downturn unquote in
exports of distilled spirits, including American whiskey products like bourbon,
due to quote ongoing trade tensions unquote. Globally, US spirits

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exports decreased by nine percent in the second quarter when
compared to the same period of twenty twenty four, reflecting
the loss of fifty seven point four million dollars for
US distillers, and in some key expert markets for American
made spirits, including the European Union, Canada, the United Kingdom,
and Japan, the decline was more palpable right This also

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has continued on page eleven. The decrease in exports of
US made spirits products comes off of record breaking twenty
twenty four that saw more than two point four billion
dollars exported abroad from forty three states prior to the
slew of tariffs exposed tariffs imposed on US trading partners

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by President Donald Trump's administration. The EU, Canada, the UK,
and Japan accounted for seventy percent of US spirits exports
according to the October sixth Discus disc Us Report. In
the second quarter of twenty twenty five, exports to the
EU fell twelve percent. The UK and Japan both saw

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a more than twenty three percent decrease, and Canada saw
the steepest plunge with an eighty five percent decrease. Quote
in a state like Kentucky, We're known from We've known
from the start that Trump's sloppy tariff policies would hit
us hard. Unquote. U S represented Morgan mc garvey said

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in an e mail statement, quote, Trump should come to Kentucky.
Trump should come tell Kentucky farmers who grow the corn
for bourbon, and the workers who bottle it and the
truck drivers who get it where it needs to go,
why his ego driven trade war is worth sabotaging their
job security. Unquote. The most drastic trade consequences for the U.

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S made spirits comes from Canada, which notably blocked the
sale of U. S spirits, including Kentucky bourbon, in many
of its provinces. While the country did recently remove retaliatory
tariffs on the U S. Spirits, exports to the Northern
neighbor for the second quarter fell below ten billion dollars. Meanwhile,

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as U S Spirit sells faded in Canada, the Liquor
Control Board of Ontario reported an increase of twenty three
percent in year over year sales between February nine and
September six of Ontario made products, including a four point
five percent increase in Ontario made spirits such as whiskey.

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Michelle Willison, president and CEO of Ontario craft Wineries, said
in a release, the quote by Canadian unquote movement is
giving Canadian producers quote an opportunity to get our products
into the hands of new consumers, and our soaring cells
show that they are falling in love with us, close

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the quote. American whiskey, which includes bourbon, saw global exports
decreased by thirteen percent, reflecting a loss of forty point
five million dollars in the second quarter. According to the
Discus Report, quote, this trend presents a growing challenge for
the US spirits industry. International consumers appear increasingly inclined to

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substitute US spirits with domestic alternatives or imports from other countries.
Close the quote. Report stated, and the American whiskey stands
to suffer more than other domestic made spirits. Disc Is
found the American whiskey category is facing quote stagnant stagnating
unquote sales in the US while maintaining a record high

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inventory that hit one point five billion proof gallons at
the end of twenty twenty four. In twenty twenty four,
Kentucky alone exported more than seven hundred and fifty million
dollars in spirits abroad. Quote. If trade related disruptions continue
to erode export volumes, US distillers could face mounting pressure

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and financial strain unquote. The report said. That's the end
of that article. On page eleven, there's another photograph with
this caption Matt Gadget of Shelby County, Kentucky works as
combined to harvest corn that will be used for bourbon
he fough arms around one thousand acres for corn. All right,

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that's all of page one. We'll go to page two.
From this point on, all articles will be shortened in
the interest of saving time. Harvest Homecoming Festival kicks off
with more security. As the twenty twenty five Harvest Homecoming
Festival kicked off October nine in New Albany, Indiana, attendees

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might have noticed more security at the event. Organizers announced
changes to security measures in May, which included a joint
command center operated by the New Albany Police Department and
Floyd County Sheriff's Office. Organizers also said there would be
adjusted festival ours, new fencing and barricades to help with

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crowd control and clearly marked entry points for vehicles. The
two law enforcement agencies will be working together quote to
ensure a secure and enjoyable experience. Unquote official said in
a Facebook post, quote, we are proud to support this
cherished community event and are committed to providing a safe
environment for everyone involved. This enhanced visibility is part of

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our proactive approach to public safety and reflects our dedication
to serving the citizens of New Albany and our visitors,
closed the quote. Officials said. The new security measures announced
and may also include a requirement for miners to be
accompanied by an adult age twenty one or older in
the Riote area, but organizers announced in August that the

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twenty twenty five festival would not have amusement rides. The
security changes come a year after shooting at the festival
that killed eighteen year old Bryce Girlak and injured two others. Gurlik,
who was a senior at Court in Central high was
caught in the crossfire after a dispute led to shooting.

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A twenty two year old man and a forty two
year old woman were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.
The three and viduals who were shot were quote innocent
bystanders unquote. New Olmney Police Chief Todd Bailey previously said
then under that is a small article. Fifteen year old
charge and connection to Russell homicide. A fifteen year old

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boy was arrested in connection to a September homicide near
the Russell neighborhood the left a man did. According to
a news release from Louisville Metro Police, the boy who
was arrested October eighth, was charged with murder and possession
of a handgun by a minor. Spokesperson Dwight Mitchell said
LMPD responded to a report of a person shot near

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the twenty one hundred block of West Market Street around
seven to fifteen pm September twenty eight. Spokesperson John Bradley
said in a news release, when officers arrived, they found
a man who has not been identified, with a gunshot wound.
I'll cut it off there. There are a couple of
short notes. He your nation and world brief. Kremlin denies Russia,

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US efforts to end Ukraine war are exhausted. That's all
I'll read from that, And then second poll Republicans Democrats
split on Trump's Taalinow autism claim. That's all I'll read
from that on page three. The next article, board rejects

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Bible study at school. Oldham County says no to religious
ed and elementary Oldham County Schools will not allow a
religious education program to provide Bible study during school hours.
During a special meeting on October eighth, the Oldham County
Board of Education unanimously voted to reject a proposal from LifeWise,

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and Ohio based religious education nonprofit founded in twenty eighteen
that aims to bring the Bible into public schools. The
proposal was for a pilot program for grades three through
five at Locust Grove Elementary in which students would leave
the building for one hour a week to participate in

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a LifeWise program at a local church. But after months
of discussion both within the board and the community, the
Odham County Board rejected the proposals, citing concerns about liability, logistics,
and lost instruction time. Carly Clem, chairman of the board,
said the decision was not about religion or politics. She

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said the program would ask the district's teachers and staff
to do more, something neither she nor the board was
willing to ask. Clem said the school board offered to
facilitate it to facilitate a before or after school program
for LifeWise to provide Bible study outside of school ours,

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but was denied. I'm going to stop the article there.
We only have a few more minutes of the next article.
Speed Art Museum cut staff, sites, economic environment. There's a
photograph of the museum here. Nine jobs eliminated after slimmer
budget okayed citing quote a challenging financial period unquote. The

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speed Art Museum recently closed its Learning, Engagement and Belonging department.
According to a news release, the museum's board approved the
twenty twenty six physical year budget September five, which reduced
annual operating expenses by around thirty percent and resulted in
nine jobs being cut. Director of Marketing and Communications Kim

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Butterreck said the museum and UAW negotiated a service asseverance
agreement for employees represented by the union. According to the release,
Butterreck butter Weck said the museum quote experienced rapid growth
unquote in the wake of the COVID nineteen pandemic and

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increased employees by round sixty eight percent, but despite quote
important gains in pro programming and reach unquote, the growth
was unsustainable with the current economic environment. The Learning, Engagement
and Belonging Department was created in twenty twenty one as
part of a restructuring effort that quote emphasized inclusive programming

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and audience development unquote. Butterweck said it supported educational and
community oriented programs, including tours, school partnerships, and family activities.
Though the department was closed, the priorities quote remained central
end quote to the museum's mission. She said the musician
that excuse me. The museum will continue some of the

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department's programs in adapted forms, including school tours and art sparks,
its interactive All Ages gallery. The curatorial department is also
developing programming that connects audiences to the collections, exhibits, speed cinema,
and the work of local artists. Butterweck said, I'll cut

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it off right there. We only have a second here.
Actor Nick Offferman to make special appearance in Newcastle for
Little Woodchuck's book release. Actor Nick Afferman received his first
Emmy Award in twenty twenty four. He is going to
be at He'll be in Kentucky October eleven at the

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Locker twenty four South Main Street in Newcastle, and I'm
going to Oh I can reel more. Due to overwhelming response,
the book release party, originally scheduled to be held at
the Berry Center, has been moved to a larger building

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across the street. The ticketed event will include a family
friendly afternoon. And Afferman has a new book, Afferman's Wood Shops,
Guide to Tools and Tom Foolery, which is going to
be released October fourteenth. All right, that this concludes the

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readings of the first section of the Courgy Journal for Friday.
Stay tuned for more news to follow. Immediately. Your reader
has been Mark Webster. Now to continue reading from the
cour Journal for Friday, Your readers, Mark Webster. We will
start with the obituaries. We read only the name, age,

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and location. If you would like further information on any
of the obituaries, please call us during the weekdays at
eight five nine four to two to two sixty three
nine zero, and we will be glad to read the
entire obituary for you. If I don't forget, I'll repeat
that number at the end of this reading. There aren't

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There are only three obituaries Daniel Lee Arnold. Doctor Daniel
Lee Arnold passed away on Friday, October three at the
age of sixty seven. Vidito, age seventy eight, of Louisville,
passed away on July seventeen, twenty twenty five, at the

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VA Hospital. And then the last one is Herbert A.
Florence passed away on October one, twenty twenty five, in
Crestwood at the age of eighty five. All right, that's
all of the obituaries. We'll go back to page four
to pick up where we left off. We were on

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page three and we got all the articles except one.
Community groups warn against loss of Harness says replacing Ig
puts LMPD oversight at risk. For months, in Louisville, Mayor
Craig Greenberg has remained silent or been non committed when
asked if he intends to reappoint Ed Harness as the

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city's Inspector General after Harness's current four year term ends
in November. Created in twenty twenty by then Mayor Greg
Fisher after the fatal Place Pols shooting of Breonna Taylor,
the office of Inspector General was designed to provide independent
oversight and serve as a check on police misconduct. In

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his latest comments, Greenberg was again circumspect, saying September thirty
that he had been focused on other priorities, but plans
to meet with Harness quote in the very near future
to talk about the future. Close the quote. Pressed on
what he would tell the Civilian Review on Accountability Board
and the Louisville NAACP, both of which have repeatedly urged

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him to keep Harness, Greenberg said he values their feedback. Quote.
One of my important jobs as mayor is to listen,
and I've been listening even while we've been focused on
getting the Commonwealth Safety Commission up and getting the independent
monitor appointed. Unquote, said Greenberg, speaking at a news conference. Quote.

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I appreciate that, and after conversation with Inspector General Harness,
I'll be making making a decision and we'll be happy
to talk more about that at the time. Unquote. That
response offered little reassurance to NAC president Raymond Borse Raymond
burse quote, if anything, it tells me there's a and

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this has continued on page seven, there's more delay, and
he's made up his mind not to renew Harness's contract.
Close the quote. Burst said the clock is running. If
Harness is not reappointed, his last day will be November
twenty eight, after which Greenberg must form a search committee
to select the replacement. If the mayor does want to

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reappoint him, city law requires Greenberg to first consult with
the Civilian Review Board, which authorities which authorizes full investigation
into alleged police misconduct. As of October sixth, Greenberg had
not done so. In February, Civilian Review Board members unanimously
voted to support Harness's reappoyment. In a follow up letter

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to Greenberg, the board wrote that Harness had led the
office quote in a professional candidate and forthright manner unquote.
It warned that replacing him quote would set back the
work of the board for a significant amount of time
without any corresponding gain, ineffectiveness or efficiency unquote. In August,
board chaired Joel Wambaya pressed Greenberg again, quote time is

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of the essence at this point, and we would like
to see the matter resolved unquote, Wambaya wrote in his
email obtained by The Curry Journal. The looming deadline has
stirred concern among community groups and elected officials, who fear
Harness's Ouster could derail years of progress in reforming Louisville's police.
They warned that it will not only undercut accountability, but

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also erase hard won institutional knowledge. Quote. I don't think
you'll find another individual as capable as Ed Harness, or
anyone who has the internal fortitude to do the job
that Ed Harness is done since being here, Burse said, quote,
this is somebody who understands the law, the rights of citizens,
and the rights of police, and how those things should interact,

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added Linden Pryor, President and CEO of the lowisvill Urban League.
The Office of Inspector General investigates complaints against the police
department and conducts broad reviews of department practices and procedures,
often issuing recommendations that city officials and the police chief
are not required to follow. Harness, a former Milwaukee police

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officer who previously led an agency in Albuquerque that investigated
complaints against police personnel, was appointed in twenty twenty one
by Fisher as the city's first Inspector General. Under his leadership,
the office has released thirty seven investigative findings and six
white papers on broader investigations. Early on, Harness faced obstacles.

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MPD refused to sh share body camera footage and documents
that offers to decline to sit for interviews. Investigations were
paused for a few weeks in twenty twenty three after
the River City Fraternal ordered Police, believing notices the Inspector
General's Office had been given to officials under investigation for

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potential misconduct were insufficient, filed a grievance with then Chief
Jacqueline Gwynn Villar Royal Villa Royal. Cooperation has since improved,
but Harness has repeatedly said Chief Paul Humphrey, appointed in
September twenty twenty four by Greenberg, has been slow to
act on his officer's recommendations. The two have clashed publicly

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over high profile cases. In January, Harness faulted officers involved
in the May twenty twenty two fatal shooting of O'mari
Crier by a US marshal in the West End, citing
missing case file documents, false information in court filings, and
possible Fourth Amendment violations. He urged the department's Professional Standards

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units to investigate. Two weeks later, Humphrey rejected that recommendation
cleared the officers and called Harness's conclusions quote inflammatory end quote,
warning they could ignite tensions, similar to twenty twenty. Then,
in July, Humphrey publicly disagreed with Harness's finding that now
former police officer Sadino violated department policy in the fatal

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shooting of James Monty and Clifton. Harness said Codino failed
to issue verbal commands or attempt to de escalate the
situation before firing. Humphrey countered that Sadino, who resigned in
April and now faces unrelated charges connected to allegedly stalking
and harassing a former partner, quote, performed exactly as we

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expect any officer to perform in that situation clothes quote.
When asked in August whether he supported Harness's reappointment, Humphrey
said his priority was ensuring a quote healthy functional relation,
healthy functioning relationship unquote between the department and the Inspector
General's office quote whoever is in that role, that's the

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type of relationship we look for, unquote, he said. Humphrey
added that while roadblocks have emerged over the past year,
both sides were working to quote streamline the bumps unquote
and improve collaboration Harness insists that his staff's work has
been sound and that he has fulfilled the duties of
Inspector General outlined in the city's ordnance that created a position.

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Even if he is not reappointed, Harness said the office's
work will continue, though he worries some of his investigators
may depart. The officer's recent investigations underscore its reach. In August,
it released a review of lmpd's Patrol Services Bureau, finding
that the detectives were overwhelmed by caseloads, insufficiently trained, and

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hampered by outdated technology. And in September, the office found
that a flawed domestic violence investigation led to a man
unnecessarily spending four months in jail before charges were dropped.
The man now plans to sue, according to media reports.
Harness has said that lmpd's Internal Affairs only opened its

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own probe after his office acted. Still, most complaints do
not progress to full investigations, which require a majority vote
from the Civilian Review and Accountability Board. Of one hundred
and eighty complaints received, only fifteen percent advanced to that stage.
Harness said he has told Greenberg and Deputy Mayor Dana

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Mayten that he wants to stay in the role and
welcomes scrutiny of his office's work by Effective Law Enforcement
for All ELFA. The independent monitor, recently selected by the
city council member J. P. Leninger representing parts of California
Limerick Old Lovell and Shelby Park, said Harness has been

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doing an excellent job and that Louisville would be worse
off without him. Prior to the Urban League said if
Greenberg does not reappoint Harness, the city must ensure quote
a significant community involved unquote process for choosing its successor.
Burce was more blunt, he recalled telling Greenberg during an
April meeting with the NAACP, when the mayor also faced

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questions about the abandoned federal consent decree. Quote, next year's
election will be a referendum on the job he's done. Unquote.
All right, that's the end of that article. We'll go
back to page page six, Page four. Government shutdown affecting flights,

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paychecks on hold because staffing safety concerns. With the government
shut down in its second week and no sign of
funding being restored, crack started to show in the travel sector,
as evidence by isolating delay at some airports. The good
news is that a government shutdown rarely has a direct
major impact on airline schedules or safety, but that doesn't

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mean there are no consequences for travel, and the longer
a shutdown last, the greater the strain on the system becomes.
While airlines are private businesses, they rely on federally employed
air traffic controllers to make sure their flights operate safely,
as well as other federal employees who keep travelers safe
at airports. Transportation Security Administration officers who conduct screenings at airports,

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and Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers are considered essential employees,
so they're required to work during the shutdown, even as
they don't receive paychecks, so those roads largely continue as usual. However,
in previous shutdowns, these essential workers have eventually started to
call out from work in increasing numbers, which has led

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to longer security lines and delay at some airports. Air
Traffic control and TSA screenings are the functions most likely
to be affected ahead of to shut down. The TSA
warned in a social media post that a prolonged funding
pauses was likely to lead to longer security lines at
the nation's airports. I'm going to cut the article off there.

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I think you get the idea. On page six, two
articles USDA ones of listeria and ready to Eat Meals.
Ready to Eat meals shipped to subscribers of two popular
meal delivery services could be contaminated with listeria, the US
Department of Agriculture warned October seven. Those meals are dishd

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Ish by Blue Apron Cheesy chicken mac with vegetables and balanced.
That's all one word with capital letters by Marley Spoon,
Barbecue sauce, beef meatballs with cheesy cauliflower. That's all I'll
say about that. The second article on paid six, High
Court justices split over immunity for USPS as a Supreme Court.

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As a Supreme Court on October eight discussed a woman's
claim that postal workers conducted a two year campaign of
racial harassment against her. One justice raised concerns about allowing
lawsuits like hers to move forward. The crux of the
issue is whether the immunity Congress gave the US Postal
Service for mail delivery problems, covers more mistakes or also

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acts alleged to be intentional. Labine Conan, who rents out
rooms and houses she owns in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
Contends that postal workers refuse to deliver mail to her
or her tenants for two years because they didn't like
the idea of a black landlord running to white people.
As a result, she said, some tenants moved out and

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others missed bills, medicine, and other important mail. Conan said
she submitted more than fifty complaints to the Post Office
and asked the government watchdog over that agency to intervene
before seeking compensation in court. A federal district judge said
in twenty twenty three that Conan could ensue. That's because
federal law protects the Postal Service from claims quote arising

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out of loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission of letters or
postal matters unquote. But when Conan appeared to the New
Orleans based Fifth US Circuit said that protection doesn't cover
a postal worker's refusal to deliver the mail, which is
what Conan wants to prove. The federal government asked the

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Supreme Court to subtle the issue. Much of the debate
on October eighth centered on the meaning of the words
quote loss unquote end quote miscarriage unquote. Chief Justice John
Roberts said, quote loss unquote doesn't mean malfeasance. I will
cut the article off there on page seven. We've already

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read half the page, but there's one article remaining. Comy's
defense hopes to avoid trial. There's a photograph of former
FBI director James Comy. On September twenty eighth, here's part
of the article. A series of legal motions aimed at
dismissing charges against former FBI director James Comy could be

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coming quickly from his defense team. Comy pleaded not guilty
in a Virginia federal court October eighth to charges pursuit
charges pushed by President Donald Trump. One of Comy's defense lawyers,
former Justice Department senior official Patrick Fitzgerald, announced that the
court proceedings that Comy's team plans to challenge the indictment

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on several different grounds. Those include claims that the prosecutor
who secured the charges wasn't legitimately appointed, that the prosecution
is selective and vindictive, that the grand jury process was abusive,
and that the government behaved outrageously. Justice Departments pokesperson Chad

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gil Martin declined to comment on Kobe's legal strategies and
what the department anticipates going forward. We'll cut the article
off there. It's a rather linked the article. On page nine,
there's only one article, Chicagoans living in fear amid ice Blitz.
There's a photograph of Chicagoans attending an October seven news conference.

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Here's the article. Ivy covered walls, some forty thousand people
singing in the middle of the seventh inning, the hope
of raising a white flag with a symbolic W game
time at right game time at Wrigley Field on October eighth,
a National League Division Series matchup between the Cubs and

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the Milwaukee Brewers carried on as if things were normal
in Chicago, but away from the friendly confines, residents say
something never seen before is underway. Quote. Our communities are
being terrorized by a agents who are kidnapping people unquote,
said Karina Padronza Padrazza, a long time resident of Chicago's

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South Side. Quote. People are living in fear of going
out to get groceries, dropping their kids off at school.
People are strategizing how to get three or five blocks
to work unquote. Since President Donald Trump launched his immigration
enforcement crackdown, known as Operation Midway Blitz, Life in and

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around Chicago has been upended. The White House said the
crackdown is aimed at catching quote the worst of the
worst unquote criminal immigrants. Local officials say it's a paragrab
Residents feeling the brunt of the crackdown say immigration agents
are making life untenable. Scenes from the Blitz include a
Mexican man fatally shot by immigration agents in the Northwest suburbs,

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federal officials deploying chemical agents on protesters and journalists outside
the local immigrant enforcement facility, and agent's repelling from Blackhawk
helicopters to raid a South Side apartment building in the
middle of the night. Department of Homeland Security officials said
October eighth that they had quote arrested more than one thousand,
five hundred illegal aliens, including criminal pedophiles, murderers, child abusers, kidnappers,

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gang members, and armed robbers unquote in connections with the Blitz.
USA Today has been able to independently verify the DHS results.
Most recently, Trump said he would jail Illinois Guvernor JB.
Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for resisting the Trump's
crime fighting goals in the cities. In the city, National

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Guard members are in the process of deploying to the area.
I will cut the article off there, but the article
goes on to describe the impact on the people in
the Chicago area from the Wisconsin border to the Indiana border.
On page eight, there's an article about people in news.

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There's only one notere about Dolly Parton. I'll where read
just a brief part of this. Tolly. Dolly Parton is
sharing an update on other on her health, one day
after her sister activated the Superstars fan base by asking
for their prayers. Quote I know lately everybody thinks I'm
sicker than I am unquote, Partner said in a video
posted to Instagram on October eight, capturing the post. Quote

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I ain't dead yet. Quote do I look sick to you? Unquote,
Parton said in the video. Quote I'm working hard here unquote. Parton,
who noted she was filming the video on October eighth
in between working on commercials, said she wanted to quote
put everybody's mind at ease, those of you that seem
to be real concern unquote. She assured fans she is okay,

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but says she has quote some problems unquote to deal
with and is undergoing quote a few treatments unquote. I'll
cut the article off there, but that does sound concerning.
Only remaining article in the first section. Hogan's family may
sue over Icon's medical care. Family members of the late

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Hulk Hogan filed a petition in court on September thirty
requesting a ninety day extension of the statue limitations for
filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. If approved, Hogan's estate would
have ninety days from September thirty to file a medical
malpractice lawsuit. Hogan, born Terry Jean Bolea in Georgia was

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a professional wrestler and WWE icon who lived in Florida
and died July twenty four at the age of seventy one.
Medical examiners concluded he suffered a heart attack at his
beach front home in Clearwater, Florida. According to USA Today,
Hogan was treated by Clearwater Fire and Rescue crews before
being taken by SunStar to Morton Plant Hospital, where he

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was pronounced dead. Documents shared that Hogan had a history
of atrial fibrillation, a heart condition causing irregular and rapid
heart rhythm. He had leukemia CLL, a type of cancer
affecting white blood cells and bone marrow. According to the document,
the investigation names two doctors at Morton Plant Hospital and

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Tampa General Hospital, as well as quote all other applicable
healthcare providers as possible defendants. I'll cut that off there.
Going to the sports section, we just won't have time
to read in the articles, and I'll go through the headlines.
In Kentucky High School girls golf Sacred Hearts Yun Yun

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rallies for state title. I won't read that article. In
Louisville men's basketball, U of L won't rush Prior's return.
Will Louisville basketball Caseyan Prior be available to take the
court when the twenty twenty five to twenty six season
gets going later this month. Pat Kelsey couldn't answer that

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question Wednesday at ACC tip off. This much is certain,
though the Cardinals quote don't want to push Prior's return
from a torn interior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
The coach said, I will stop the article there. Then,
the only remaining article on the front page of the
sports section heard Phillips explain need for federal regulation. There's

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a photograph of Athletic Director Josh Hurd and a separate
photograph of ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. Two federal pieces of
legislation have been introduced to address the current landscape of
college athletics, the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and
Endorsement SCORE Act and the Student Athletic the Student Athlete

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Fairness and Enforcement SAFE Act. A third bill, a PROTECT Act,
was introduced Tuesday to ban private equity in its simplest form,
The SCORE Act aims to codify the House Settlement, which
established revenue sharing in college sports, provide the us NCAA
with anti trust protections, and prevent athletes from being classified

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as employees. The Safe Act seeks to amend the Sports
Broadcasting Act so schools and conferences can pool media rights,
allow athletes to transfer twice without having to said out
a year, grant international athletes the ability to profit off
their nil without jeopardizing their immigration status, guarantee scholarships for

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ten years after an athletes eligibility expires, require schools provide
medical coverage for athletes for five years post eligibility, and
create an agent registry certification process while capping fees at
five percent. To me, that's a lot of gibberish, and
I'm going to cut off right there. But the gist
of this is that both the athletic director and the

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a SEC Commissioner are explaining the need for federal regulations.
Page two, there's nothing but scores. Page three, there's an
article about Ballard's high school boys soccer team overcoming adversity.

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Ballard shook off some controversy and edged Eastern two to
one on Wednesday in a twenty eighth district tournament semi
final at Kentucky Country Day. I'll say no more than that.
There are the college football Week seven picks. It's hard
to believe we're in Week seven. In this they have

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I think six games here. Alabama at Missouri. Seven of
the eight reviewers picked Alabama and one for Missouri. Indiana
at Oregon. All eight said Oregon will win. Oklahoma at Texas,
six for Oklahoma and two for Texas, Florida at Texas
A and m All eight for Texas A and M

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number fifteen. Michigan at Southern California, four for Michigan and
four for Southern cal and that's all that is to that.
Below that is an article about the Louisville professional football team.
It says soccer franchise helped Kings find a home. There's

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an article of UFL co owner Mike Ropoli and a
picture of the Lynn Family Stadium. Football and football soccer
for Americans will be unified in calling the same venue
home in Louisville. The Louisville Kings, the UFL's newest team,
will share a stadium with the city's two professional soccer teams,
Racing Louisville and Low City, at Lynn Family Stadium. The

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announcement of UFA move to Derby City came Tuesday morning.
Mike Ropoli has a well established career in horse racing,
owning Kentucky Derby favorites including Forte or Fort Uncle Moe,
and Fierceness. He also has co founded sports drink Body Armor.
He expanded his business ventures into UFL ownership during the summer.

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He's been the catalyst for bringing UFL to Louisville because
of Low City and Racing. Roppoli, who has a home
in Kentucky, first saw Lynn Family Stadium during the spring
when driving past it. He then called UFL CEO and
President Russ Brandon about bringing the league to Louisville. Having
the right venue was equally as important as having the

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right market, Ropoli said, I'm going to cut the article
off there. On the opposite page, there's actually an article
about baseball. Mariner's bullpen has rare meltdown. There's a photograph
of Tiger's catcher Dylan Dingler hitting an RBI. The third section,

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which is Louisville Life, there's an article about spirits, alcohol
and the paranormal. Both are found during the Haunted Distillery
tour that's at Favorite Hanson and spirits Experience at Buzzet's
Roofs Distillery that's at six twenty four West Main and

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then the Hereafter Speakeasy on one nineteenth South Seventh Street.
There's an article about the upcoming book twenty five Louisville
Book Festival, which takes place this Saturday tomorrow at the
Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville. There's an article

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by Brian Stanford about getting a protein and to be
honest with you, that's it. This concludes readings from the
two sections of the Curve Journal for Friday. Your reader's
ben Mark Webster. Please stay tuned for continuing programming on Radio.
I have a good day, a good weekend, and a

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good week