[♪♪] >> AND THE EVENT IS NOT OVER YET.

>> Renee: 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.

>> Renee: SOME KENTUCKY HOMEOWNERS FIND THEMSELVES STRANDED.

>> OUR PLANS RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE IN.

>> Renee: 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.

[♪♪] >> Renee: 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 HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS, THE DEATH TOLL AND WHAT KENTUCKY CAN EXPECT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: 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.

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 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 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 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 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: 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.

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 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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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.

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.

>> Renee: FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, JUNE FOR THAT REPORT.

IN FRANKFORT THEY ARE BREATHING EASIER AS THE KENTUCKY RIVER FALLS BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE.

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 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 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 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 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 INSPECTORS.

THERE IS THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE TO DO AND WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN BE PATIENT AND THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER.

>> Renee: 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.

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 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.

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 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.

>> Renee: NEIGHBORS HELPING 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 FRIEND OF GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR'S.

TODAY THE GOVERNOR REFLECTED ON TODAY'S SOMBER ANNIVERSARY.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: 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.

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 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 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: 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 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 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 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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

>> Renee: 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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 DIFFERENT SEEDS THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT IN THAT CLIMATE.

>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M EMILY SISK.

>> Renee: THANK YOU SO MUCH, EMILY.

THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ANYONE.

THE LIMIT IS SIX SEED PACKETS PER PERSON.

[♪♪] 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 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 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 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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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.

[♪♪] >> Renee: GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A PARTY INDEED YOU CAN GO BACK IN TIME AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS HISTORY IRK HOTEL THIS SUNDAY "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 CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.