[♪♪] IT'S BEEN CRAZY TO SEE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.

>> Renee: HOW FRANKFORT VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE TO HELP THOSE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING.

>> WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE GREEN COUNTY ON THE MAP NOW.

>> Renee: MORE PARTS OF RURAL KENTUCKY ARE GETTING CRITICAL HIGH QUALITY WEATHER INFORMATION JUST MILES FROM THEIR HOME.

>> THESE GUYS I THINK THEY FEEL GOOD AND THEY HAVE A PLAN.

>> Renee: A PRACTICE THAT IS GETTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PLUGGED IN ELECTRICAL CAREERS.

[♪♪] >> RENEE: GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

KENTUCKY'S CAPITAL CITY WAS HIT HARD BY FLOODING EARLIER THIS MONTH.

FRANKFORT MAYOR LAYNE WILKERSON SAYS MORE THAN 500 HOMES WERE DAMAGED.

AT LEAST 200 OF THOSE SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE OR WERE DESTROYED.

SOME HOMES ALONG THE KENTUCKY RIVER HAVE BEEN CONDEMNED DUE TO AN ERODING RIVERBANK.

NOW, TWO WEEKS AFTER THE STORM.

MANY FAMILIES ARE STILL IN TEMPORARY HOUSING.

THE MAYOR SAYS 20-30 PEOPLE ARE IN HOTELS AND A FEW REMAIN IN SHELTERS.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, KENTUCKY'S FEDERAL DELEGATION SENT A LETTER TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REQUESTING FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

THE PRESIDENT HAS YET TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.

THAT AID WOULD UNLOCK FEMA FUNDING.

MAYOR WILKERSON SAYS HE'S OPTIMISTIC THE PRESIDENT WILL COME THROUGH.

I'VE TOLD PEOPLE IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT FEMA IS NOT IN THE BACKGROUND SUPPORTING THIS WE HAVE RESOURCES ON THE GROUND.

WE'VE HAD KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING AT LEAST DOCUMENT ALL THE DAMAGE.

JUST WE DON'T HAVE ACTUAL FEMA PEOPLE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE WE DON'T HAVE APPROVAL FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSIST TENS YET.

AND WE DO EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THE PRESIDENT WOULDN'T SIGN THAT.

I'VE CAUTIONED PEOPLE, THOUGH, DON'T PUT TOO MUCH INTO HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM FEMA HERE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE ANYBODY WHOLE.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HERE.

DON'T GET YOUR EXPECTATIONS TOO HIGH EVEN WHEN THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THIS DECLARATION.

>> Renee: THE MAYOR SAID THE CITY IS SETTING UP A RESOURCE CENTER IT WILL BE ON LOUISVILLE ROAD ACROSS FROM THE JUNIPER HILL AQUATIC CENTER.

WE VISITEDDED A DISCONTRIBUTION SITE TO GIVE US A TENSE WHAT IS TAKES TO CLEAN UP AFTER A MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS LIKE THIS.

>> WE'RE DOWN HERE AT 300 WEST SECOND STREET, THE OLD VICK PACK IT'S THE HUB OF DISTRIBUTION AND DROP-OFF.

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY THAT WERE AFFECTED THIS IS JUST A GOOD CENTRAL LOCATION.

>> WE ARE A ONE-STOP SHOP.

BASICALLY YOU COME IN AND WE ARE A TWO LANES ONE WAY, YOU COME UP, WE LOAD YOU UP WITH A TO GO KIT.

THE TO GO KIT IS CLEANING SUPPLIES, PAPER TOWELS, MASKS, GLOVES, LAUNDRY DETERGENT AND WE MAKE SURE YOU GOT WATER AND FOOD.

AND YOU COME HERE AND 0 GET A HOT AND READY MEAL FROM THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN.

WE STARTED WITH LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS FROM LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON AND WE REALIZED WE COULD BRING OUR TRUCK IN AND WE BROUGHT IT IN.

>> CENTRAL KITCHEN IS AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP WE RESPOND TO DISASTERS ACROSS THE WORLD.

WE HAVE BASKETBALL SERVING ACROSS KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, EVEN UP TO INDIANA AND ILLINOIS.

SO WHEN THAT BIG STORM FRONT CAME THROUGH WE HAD PEOPLE IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT WERE GOING TO BE MOST AFFECTED AND THEY SENT A GROUND TEAM IN TO GET EYES ON AND SEE WHERE THE DISASTER WAS THE WORST.

AND WE'VE BEEN SERVING WITH RESTAURANT PARTNERS TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE IMPACTED AREAS NOW FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

>> TRAFFIC HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WE WERE HEAVY IN THE BEGINNING NOW WE'VE KIND OF SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT DRIVE-THRU TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE'RE DOING DIRECT DISTRIBUTION.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS WHO COME IN A TRUCK AND I DISTRIBUTE TO THE HOUSES.

I'VE ALSO HAD RED CROSS, TEAMED UP WITH ME FANTASTICALLY AS FAR AS THEY ARE TAKING OUT THEIR SUPPLIES AND THE DONATED SUPPLIES TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOD VICTIMS.

>> WE'RE GOING OUT AND GIVING THE PUMPS AND WITH THE CHLOROX AND WHATNOT TO PREVENT MOLD THAT IS A BIG CONCERN.

PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WATER SUBSIDED.

BUT NOW THEY ARE CLEANING OUT THEIR HOUSE TEARING DOWN THE SHEETROCK BUT THEY NEED TO PUT ON THE LIQUID THAT IT DOESN'T GROW MOLD.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THANKS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO WORRY ABOUT.

IF WE CAN ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR A HOT MEAL EVERYDAY THAT IS WHAT WE DO.

>> WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS PARTICIPATION FROM RED CROSS, THE ELKS CLUB, CITY VOLUNTEERS, LOCAL RESIDENTS.

WE'VE HAD OUTREACH FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT KENTUCKY.

THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN.

IT'S BEEN CRAZY TO SEE ALL THE HELP VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S COME TOGETHER.

>> WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.

PEOPLE ARE SO GRATEFUL IT'S HEARTWARMING TO WORK WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN AND IN KENTUCKY IN GENERAL.

>> Renee: THE DISTRIBUTION SITE WILL BE CLOSED ON EASTER SUNDAY.

MAYOR WILKERSON SAYS THEY WILL USE THE WEEKEND TO EVALUATE WHETHER IT WILL REOPEN NEXT WEEK >>> THERE ARE EXPANDING EFFORTS TO TRACK AND ANALYZE WEATHER DATA.

TODAY THE KENTUCKY MESONET AT U.K. U CUT THE RIBBON ON THE 80TH STATION THIS ONE IN GREEN COUNTY.

A GREENSBURG FARMER DONATED LAND TO HOUSE THE SITE.

MESONET STATIONS MONITOR AIR TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION, RAINFALL AND OTHER CONDITIONS.

>> MOST IMPORTANTLY IT IS A RECORD.

IT IS A RECORD THAT WILL EXIST IN PERPETUITY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND MORE CLEARLY CLIMATE ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

>> FOR OVER 10 YEARS, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALLOCATED A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

WE ARE AT 1.75 MILLION TO PAY FOR THE STAFF THE QUALITY PEOPLE THAT RECORD THE INFORMATION AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND OUR CITIZENS.

>> Renee: THE STATION SITS JUST A FEW MILINGS WEST OF GREEN RIVER LAKE A POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION.

SEVERAL AGENCIES USE THE CLIMATE DATA THAT IS COLLECTED.

>> WE PARTNER WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THEY USE OUR DATA ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS THE FLOODING AND THE SEVERE STORMS WE HAD THIS MONTH.

WE PARTNER WITH THE U.S. GEE LOGICAL SURVEY, THE USDA, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHO STAY BUSY DURING TIMES OF SEVERE WEATHER AND THE FLOODING WE HAD IN KENTUCKY IN EARLY APRIL.

>> Renee: THERE ARE TWO NEW SITES MORE NEW SITES ONE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY'S CLAY COUNTY AND THE OTHER IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

THE KENTUCKY MESONET HOPES TO HAVE 85 STATIONS BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND EVENTUALLY ONE IN EVERY COUNTY.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS A CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN TODAY FOR JUSTICE PAMELA GOODWINE KENTUCKY'S FIRST BLACK FEMALE JUSTICE ON THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT.

>> WITH SEEING YOU ON THIS COURT HAS FOREVER ALTERED HISTORY OF THE KENTUCKY COURT OF JUSTICE.

[APPLAUSE] >> Renee: GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR AND GOODWINE'S PEERS PRAISED HER WORK ETHIC AND INTEGRITY.

GOODWINE SAYS IT WAS A DREAM 45 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

>> I ALWAYS SAY I DON'T GIVE UP ON MY DREAMS WHEN LIFE GETS HARD.

I SIMPLY WORK HARDER TO MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE.

IF THERE IS ONE PHILOSOPHY AND ACTION I WOULD LIKE TO BE KNOWN FOR AND FOR YOU ALL TO RECOGNIZE AND LIVE BY AS WELL, THAT IS IT.

NO MATTER WHAT LIFE BRIS YOUR -- BRINGS YOUR WAY KEEP DREAMING.

>> Renee: JUSTICE GOODWINE HAD BROKEN BARRIERS SERVING AS LEXINGTON'S FIRST BLACK FEMALE DISTRICT JUDGE AND ON THE KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS.

[♪♪] TIME TO GO INSIDE KENTUCKY POLITICS AS WE TALK ABOUT THE KEY POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS THIS WEEK.

AND WE'VE GOT OUR FAVORITES WITH US.

TREY GRAYSON AND BOB BABBAGE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

AND YOUR MATCHING NAVY BLAZERS.

ANDY BARR FILL IN THE BLANK WE ARE WAITING FOR ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH WE THINK IT WILL BE ON TUESDAY.

WHEN, WHERE AND WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE?

>> WELL, IT'S RICHMOND ON TUESDAY.

AND YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR HIM, BECAUSE WE'VE ALL ASSUMED HE IS GOING TO RUN.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THESE GATHERINGS.

HE HAS BEEN RAISING MONEY BECAUSE HE CAN RAISE MONEY FOR CONGRESS AND UNLIKE IN STATE AND LOCAL RACES IN KENTUCKY IN WASHINGTON D.C. YOU RAISE FOR A CYCLE AND TRANSFER IT.

HE HAD AN INCREDIBLY FUNDRAISING HE HAS A LOT OF MONEY IN THE BANK.

HE RAISED ALMOST $2 MILLION YOU PUT THAT IN CONTEXT THAT IS MORE THAN SITTING SENATORS RAISED IN A QUARTER.

AND IT WAS ABOUT FOUR TIMES MORE THAN THE ONE CANDIDATE IN THE RACE, DANIEL CAMERON RAISED.

IT IS DIFFERENT.

BARR IS IN CONGRESS HE IS A VOTE RIGHT NOW.

FOLKS THAT DON'T CARE ABOUT BEING HIM IN THE SENATE THEY HAVE MATTERS BEFORE CONGRESS AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HE KNOWS THAT THEY SUPPORT HIM.

BUT IT WAS A IMPRESSIVE NUMBER AND I THINK GIVES HIM MOMENTUM GOING INTO TUESDAY.

>> IT WILL BE THE DOMINATING RACE HERE NEXT YEAR ONE OF THE TOP SEVERAL IN THE NATION NEXT YEAR AND ONE FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE TO WATCH AND BECOME INVOLVED IN AND PERHAPS MORE IN THE FIELD, SIGNIFICANTLY NATE MORRIS WOULD BE A SERIOUS CANDIDATE.

>> Renee: NOW CONSIDERING THE FUNDRAISING NUMBERS OF ANDY BARR WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR NATE MORRIS?

>> MY SUSPICION THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING FOR HIM AND HE GETS IN.

AND SOME RESPECTS WE EXPECT THAT HE IS GOING TO SPEND HIS OWN MONEY SO THE LONGER YOU ARE NOT IN THE RACE THE MORE YOU CAN PUT THAT INTO A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.

SO MY GUESS IS ANDY GETTING IN THE RACE PROMPTS MORRIS TO GET IN THE RACE.

THE ONE THING ABOUT THE MONEY AND THE MONEY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

MONEY IS USED TO DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE TO VOTERS USING YOUR OWN WORDS.

YOU CAN HAVE OUTSIDE MONEY BUT YOU CAN'T CONTROL THAT MESSAGE.

THE CAMPAIGN MONEY IS IMPORTANT.

THE CAMERON FOLKS WOULD SAY I'VE RUN STATE-WIDE MULTIPLE TIMES.

I'VE WON MULTIPLE PRIMARIES I'M BETTER KNOWN AND THE DATA SHOWS THAT I DON'T NEED AS MUCH MONEY AS THE OTHERS AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

AND YOU WOULD SAY UNLIKE SOMEBODY COMING FROM AN AG RACE OR SECRETARY OF STATE OR AUDITOR RACE HAVING BEEN THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR, HE HAS BRAND ID.

NOT JUST NAME ID PEOPLE KNOW DANIEL CAMERON IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BETTER THAN WHEN BOB AND I RAN RACED.

DANIEL DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE AS MUCH MONEY BUT HE HAS TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND $500,000 IS FINE BUT HE HAS TO KEEP GOING.

AND BARR'S HAUL LIKE MAYBE THIS GUY CAN ACTUALLY PULL IT OFF.

HE HASN'T WON STATE-WIDE HE DOESN'T HAVE PERSONAL MONEY LIKE NATE DOES BUT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO RAISE IT AND MAKE HIS OWN CASE TO THE VOTERS HERE IS WHAT I AM THE CHOICE YOU SHOULD BE FOR SPHOOR LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS SOME OF THE CONTENDERS ROCKY ATKINS.

WE KNOW PAMELA STEVENSON IS IN AND SHE ONLY RAISED $70,000.

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR DEMOCRATS?

>> RATHER BLEAK AT THIS MOMENT WITHOUT A BETTER SHOWING AS YOU MENTIONED AND THE OTHER PROSPECTS NOT IN THE RACE.

CHERYL LYNN STEVENSON COULD RUN FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT SEAT AND THERE ARE EXCELLENT CONTENDERS THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING RACES AND AS STRONG AS OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HAS BEEN FOR SO LONG IT DOES MATTER WHO CENTRAL KENTUCKY SENDS.

WE'VE HAD SCOTTY BAYSLER AND BEN CHANDLER AND ANDY BARR FOR A PERIOD.

WE HAD FORMER GOVERNOR FLETCHER WITHIN CONGRESS.

WE HAVE A GOOD RUN OF STRONG CENTRAL KENTUCKY PEOPLE.

>> DON'T FORGET SHEA HOPKINS DAD.

WE ARE ON KET WE CAN'T FORGET THAT.

>> I WOULD NEVER FORGET.

WE COULD SPEND THE WHOLE SESSION TELLING THE STORIES.

GIVEN THAT HISTORY, THERE IS A LOT OF EXPECTATION THAT WE CAN PRODUCE SOMEBODY GOOD HERE.

AS WITH OTHER HONORS IF I MAY DIGRESS WE ARE WITH A RECENT INDUCTEE TO THE KENTUCKY JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME AND THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY.

YOU'VE JOINED KING JOHNSON.

>> Renee: I ACCEPT THAT.

>> AND IT IS THE 53rd BIRTHDAY OF TREY GRAYSON.

>> Renee: THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

RIGHT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> GOING BACK TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE.

>> Renee: LOTS OF NAMES THERE.

>> IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE IS ONE YOU THINK YOU CAN WIN.

DEMOCRATS NATIONALLY PUT THIS SEAT ON A LIST A LONG LIST BUT IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAKEOVER THE HOUSE, THE SIXTH DISTRICT HAS FLIPPED OVER THE YEARS.

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE HELD IT OVER THE PAST COUPLE DECADES IT IS A REDDER DISTRICT THAN IT USED TO BE BUT IT IS A DISTRICT IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO MEANINGFULLY TAKE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MAJORITY THIS IS A RACE ON IT.

MY SUSPICION IS ONE OF THOSE NAMES YOU MENTIONED THAT ISN'T IN THE SENATE RACE, ATKINS, STEVENSON OR SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD LOOK AND SAY IT IS A OPEN SEAT, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS NOT AS POPULAR IN 2026 IN NOVAS HE WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.

SO IT'S THE KIND OF RACE THAT I THINK ONE OF THOSE NAMES OR SOMEBODY SERIOUS ON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL STEP FORWARD IT COULD BE AN OUTSIDER.

>> Renee: OR A MODERATE REPUBLICAN LIKE AMANDA MAYS BLEDSOE.

>> OTHER NAMES YOU HEAR, RYAN DOTSON, DANA FRASER GOSH DON BOTH STATE REPRESENTATIVES.

THE SEAT DOSE NOT OPEN VERY OFTEN IT WILL BE AN OPEN SEAT.

THAT COULD BE A THREE-WAY PRIMARY RIGHT THERE.

>> Renee: WHAT ABOUT DAY MON THAYER?

>> MY GUESS IS IF BLEDSOE RUNS THAYER DOES NOT RUN.

>> Renee: I THINK HE SAID THAT.

>> HE SAID THAT.

BUT THEN THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT AMANDA'S SEAT IS UP THEN THERE IS A ESTIMATE SENATE SEAT OPEN.

DOTSON AND GORDON'S SEATS WOULD BE UP SO YOU HAVE A REP SEAT IN CLARK COUNTY AND MADISON COUNTY.

>> TWO SIGNIFICANT WOMEN WE'VE MENTIONED HERE.

AND THAT MATTERS.

WE HAVE NOT HAD A WOMAN IN KENTUCKY NORTH OF LOUISVILLE THAT WOULD BE HISTORY MAKING POTENTIALLY.

DEPENDING HOW THAT RACE SHAPES UP AND GOES WITH DAN FRASER AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AMANDA BLEDSOE WHO WAS ON A FAST TRACK COMING OUT OF LEXINGTON.

RICHMOND MADISON IS 100,000 PLUS POPULATION, NOW WITH U.K. U BEING THE NUMBER ONE IN ENROLLMENT IN THE STATE FOR A REGIONAL UNIVERSITY, THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING THERE.

SHE RUNS FROM A GOOD BASE.

STILL, LEXINGTON DOMINATES THE DISTRICT FOR POPULATION.

AND FRANKFORT FIGURES IN.

BUT WITH ALL THAT SAID, WE COULD HAVE TWO OUTSTANDING RACES OVERLAPPING IN KENTUCKY NEXT YEAR.

>> Renee: AND THAT IS HOW WE LIKE IT.

WE'RE OBSESSED WITH IT.

THANK YOU ALL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

>> THANK YOU.

[♪♪] >> Renee: THERE ARE MORE THAN 11,000 POSITIONS OPEN FOR ELECTRICIANS IN KENTUCKY ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA.

AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AIMS TO PLUG THE GAP.

MORE ABOUT THAT IN TODAY'S EDUCATION MATTERS REPORT.

>> WE ARE TRAINING AND EDUCATING 22JCPS STUDENT NOTICE ELECTRICAL PATHWAY PROGRAM THROUGH THE ACADEMY'S MODEL.

THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS TRAINING AND EDUCATED BY THE SCHOOLS THIS IS THE NEXT STEP INTO ENTERING THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY AND ACTUALLY WORKFORCE AND GETTING JOB PLACEMENT WITH SOME OF OUR MEMBERS.

WE'VE GOT HIGHLY QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS THAT TEACH IN OUR PROGRAM OUR FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM THEY ARE GETTING THAT EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.

BUT WILL BE ABLE TO BE HERE IN THIS FACILITY THAT IS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR TRAINING ELECTRICIANS.

WHEN THEY ACTUALLY TRANSITION INTO THE WORKFORCE, THEY WILL BE WELL PREPARED AND BE SUCCESSFUL ELECTRICIANS AND WHERE THEY CAN PERFORM IN THEIR JOBS AND DO THE JOBS SAFELY.

>> WE DO A LOT OF HANDS ON.

AND I DON'T KNOW I JUST WAS LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY EXCITING GETTING TO DO THE WORK IS MORE EXCITING THAN READING ABOUT IT.

AND WIRING AND STRIPPING THE WIRE.

I DON'T KNOW IT JUST I FEEL LIKE A CLOSE CONNECTION TO IT.

>> I LIKE WORKING HANDS ON A LOT BETTER THAN ACTUALLY STAYING IN THE CLASSROOM.

FLIPPING THROUGH PAGES READING ALL THIS AND THAT.

THAT'S CONNECTED.

>> THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ELECTRICAL LIKE THIS IS LIKE LIFE EXPERIENCE YOU ARE IN YOUR HOME YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE AN ELECTRICIAN YOU KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.

STARTING YOUR SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, YOU START TO LEARN STUFF.

I THINK FOR PRP, I THINK THE COURSE IS BASIC ELECTRICAL WIRING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU LEARN FROM SOPHOMORE YEAR UP UNTIL SENIOR YEAR YOU LEARN DIFFERENT STUFF AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT THE THREE YEARS YOU GRADUATE YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO STICK WITH THAT YOU CAN FALL BACK ON THAT.

GOING INTO THE NEXT STEP.

>> THEY CAN GRADUATE FROM THIS PROGRAM IN FOUR YEARS AND BE DEBT FREE.

AND WHILE THEY ARE HERE IN THIS PROGRAM, THEY ARE WORKING FULL-TIME.

THEY ARE ALREADY GETTING PAID, THEY ARE GETTING THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, THEY ARE GETTING BENEFITS.

THEY ARE ALSO GROWING WITHIN THAT COMPANY AND A LOT OF THE STUDENTS AFTER THEY GET DONE THEY WILL GO ON TO BECOME PROJECT MANAGERS OR OWN THEIR OWN COMPANIES.

THE QUALITY OF LIVE SOMETHING GREAT.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S PROJECTED THAT AN ELECTRICIAN OUT OF SCHOOL IS GOING TO MAKE 60-80,000 A YEAR.

>> MOST OF THE BIGGER GUYS I'VE TALKED TO IN THE TRADE FOR A LONGTIME THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MENTION NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, WHAT TIME AND HOW OLD YOU ARE YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A JOB IN THE TRADES.

>> THERE IS A HIGH DEMAND FOR ELECTRICIANS.

WE HAVE FOLKS THAT CALL US DAILY LOOKING FOR ELECTRICIANS WE HAVE MEMBERS LOOKING FOR JUST HELP THEM KEEP UP WITH THE WORK THAT IS OUT THERE TO BID ON.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND A LOT OF MONEY IN THE INDUSTRY AND A LOT OF DEMAND, TOO.

SO HIGHER THE DEMAND THE MORE EMPLOYEES PEOPLE HAVE WILL BE A BETTER ECONOMY.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT TWO FUTURE ELECTRICIANS.

>> YES, SIR.

>> Renee: CHEERS TO THEM.

JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIANA AND INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF KENTUCKIANA AND THE TEM GROUP THAT PROVIDED THE FUNDING.

>>> STEPS AWAY FROM THE HISTORIC CHURCHILL DOWNS RACETRACK IN LOUISVILLE IS THE KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM.

THE MUSEUM IS COMING OFF A RECORD YEAR FOR VISITORS AND THIS YEAR IT'S CELEBRATING 40 YEARS.

>> I KNOW A LOT HAS CHANGED A LOT HAS EVOLVED AND EVERY TIME I GO THERE THERE'S SOMETHING NEW OR DIFFERENT TO SEE.

WHAT DO YOU HEAR YOU GUYS HAVE VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> CORRECT.

>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE VISITORS REACTIONS WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE THE KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM?

>> SO OUR VISITORS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE FROM AND OUR FRONT DESK OUR TOUR GUIDES AT THE FRONT DESK AND THE FOLKS THAT GREET YOU WHEN YOU COME IN, HAVE AN INCREDIBLE KNACK FOR CONNECTING WITH OUR VISITORS.

AND ASKING THEM WHERE THEY ARE FROM AND USUALLY THERE IS A REFERENCE POINT.

SO IF YOU ARE FROM WISCONSIN, THEY ARE SCHOOLED WITH THE FACT THIS DERBY HORSE CAME FROM WISCONSIN OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAYBE.

MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS IS IMPORTANT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE TOUR PARTNER OF CHURCHILL DOWNS DOWNS.

WITH EACH GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A GUIDED TRACK VISIT TO CHURCHILL DOWNS SO THAT IS POPULAR.

A LOT OF THEM WANT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT DERBY IS ALL ABOUT.

THEY WANT TO GO TO THE CAFE AND HAVE BERGU AND A HOT BROWN AND THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THAT JULIP.

THEY MIGHT NOT LIKE IT AFTER THEY HAVE IT.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

BUT IT IS -- JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY WANT THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BE.

WE OFFER ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT TOURS.

SO SOME OF THEM ARE MORE INTIMATE WITH GOLF CART TOURS WITH SIX PEOPLE AND MAYBE ON A RACE DAY WHICH IS A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN ON A NONRACE DAY.

SO WE TRY TO OFFER SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

WE GET A LOT OF FOLKS THAT COME ON TOUR BUSES.

SOME OF THEM SENIORS, BUT ALSO I GOT TO TELL YOU WHEN THE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS ARE IN TOWN AND THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS ARE IN TOWN THERE WERE 800 TEAMS OR SOMETHING, IN YEARS PAST AND THAT IS USUALLY IN THE SUMMER IN JULY, WE'RE CROWDED.

BECAUSE WE WERE JUST NAMED THIS PAST YEAR U.S.A. PART OF "USA TODAY"'S 10 BEST WE WERE THE NUMBER THREE SPORTS ATTRACTION IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> INCREDIBLE.

>> AND LOUISVILLE SLUGGER MUSEUM IN LOUISVILLE WAS NUMBER FIVE.

IT'S FANTASTIC BUT IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT THAT TWO MUSEUMS FROM THE SAME CITY WERE NAMED TO THE TOP 10 LIST.

>> Renee: THAT'S GOOD NEWS, INDEED.

TO CELEBRATE THE 40TH YEAR THE KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM UNVEILED A $2.3 MILLION UPGRADE TO THE GREAT HALL THEATER WHICH SHOWS THE FILM THE GREATEST RACE EVERY HOUR AT THE MUSEUM.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF ON THE NEXT "INSIDE LOUISVILLE" THIS SUNDAY AT 12:00 NOON EASTERN 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

[♪♪] CELEBRATING EARTH DAY GOING CRAZY FOR QUILTS AND LEARNING HOW BETTER TO UNDERSTAND YOUR PUP.

THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS YOU COULD GET INTO THIS WEEKEND AS OUR TOBY GIBBS TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH.

[♪♪] >> TOMORROW KICKS OFF THE RAMP FEFTD VAL AT BLACK MOUNTAIN OFF ROAD AREA.

FIRST YOU CAN SEEK THRILLS ON KENTUCKY'S HIGHEST ELEVATED OFF ROAD PARK THEN YOU CAN ENJOY A DELICIOUS RAMP DINNER.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY THIS YEAR, LIBERTY IS DEDICATING A WEEK TO COMMUNITY CLEAN UP FROM REFLECTIVE VESTS TO TRASH BAGS TO MAPS OF AREAS THAT NEED THE MOST CLEANING LIBERTY'S CITY HALL HAS THE SUPPLIES YOU NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNITY THIS EARTH DAY.

I'M POSITIVE YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS IN BOWLING GREEN.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DOGS IS A ONE NIGHT ONLY SHOW THAT DIVES INTO THE BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY OF OUR FURRY FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS WHETHER YOU HAVE A PUP OR CURIOUS, THIS EVENT WILL BE A DOGGED GONE GOOD TIME.

ONE OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER EQUESTRIAN EVENTS WILL BE IN LEXINGTON, THE DEFENDER KENTUCKY THREE DAY EVENT IS A COMPETITION.

COME WITNESS THE THRILLING COMPETITION AND EXPLORE THE INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS HAPPENING AT THE HORSE PARK.

WEDNESDAY KICKS OFF AQS QUILT WEEK IN PADUCAH.

WORLD CLASS QUILTERS COME TO WESTERN KENTUCKY TO CELEBRATE THEIR LOVE OF QUILTING AND TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EXHIBITS AND WORKSHOPS.

QUILTERS DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS PILGRIMAGE TO PADUCAH.

COME CELEBRATE A UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART FORM AT THE FRANK FOR THE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY CELEBRATION FRIDAY.

ARTISTS WILL BE PERFORMING AS WELL AS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH JAZZ ENSEMBLE THE THEME IS GOSPEL NEEDS JAZZ THE MUSIC AFTER.

CURT FRANKLIN.

THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU TOBY GIBBS.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT EASTER WEEKEND AND COME BACK MONDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL.

CONNECT WITH US ALL THE WAYS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, FACEBOOK, X AND INSTAGRAM TO STAY IN THE LOOP AND SEND US A STORY IDEA WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU BY E-MAIL TO KET.ORG.

I'M RENEE SHAW GOOD TO HAVE BEEN WITH YOU ALL THIS WEEK.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY NIGHT.

TAKE GREAT CARE.