♪ >> We're not going to be successful.

With classrooms.

We're career.

If you're hungry.

>> How one Kentucky University is making sure its students don't go hungry.

I've had other students that I can tell as Young as first grade that were being grooms for games.

How a Kentucky school is stopping gangs before they start.

They decided we're going to sit out this derby as well.

POW.

And we talk derby and more as we go inside Kentucky sports.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Friday.

We made it to the weekend.

It's April the 26.

Thank you so much for joining us.

I'm Renee Shaw.

>> If you live and northeastern Kentucky, more health care options could be headed your way.

That's because University of Kentucky health care is acquiring Saint Claire Healthcare and Morehead details.

And tonight's look at medical News, UK and Saint Clair announce the merger today.

Here's what it will mean.

A new medical center enhanced clinical infrastructure, more patient access to primary and specialty care and expansion of health education programs.

It adds up to about 300 million dollars of new investments in North Eastern Kentucky's health system over the next 5 years during today's announcement, we heard from UK's President Eli Capilouto and the president and CEO of Saint Clair, Donald Lloyd.

They talked about how the partnership will benefit health education and create jobs.

>> Often times and health systems when things get difficult, education programs become less of a priority.

I will never be the case.

The University of Kentuckyian I know it's a player.

So I'd be remiss if I didn't mention also a partner.

Morehead State University.

>> Remarkable.

A rural physician leadership program graduated over 100 positions, most of whom return.

I-2 communities like Morehead and surrounding ones.

That is our intent.

It's going to be fantastic.

To expand the existing programs that we have their lead.

>> Do not anticipate any changes in staff management.

Up process at this time as we assimilate the 2 organizations.

>> If the experience of King's daughters, UK King's daughters has taught us anything is that there will be percent of this growth.

And there will be expansion of the work force in the region.

>> Saint Clair employs 1300 workers representing more than 20 medical specialties.

The partnership with the UK has existed since 1960's Saint Claire Healthcare includes a hospital with 139 licensed beds and 7 primary care locations and 5 counties.

Well, there's more University of Kentucky News today.

UK's Board of Trustees also.

>> Change UK's governing structure, the university Senate ahead, which has existed since 1917, will become an advisory body.

Only it will no longer be a policy-making group.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that hundreds of faculty members attended today's board meeting the board chair Britt Brockman said the current governing structure he's holding up progress.

President Eli Capilouto defended the board's move.

He said, quote, Change can be uncomfortable.

That's why they're called growing pains.

But if we are to live up to our promise and to our potential, we must be willing to evolve with the world around us, end quote.

Eastern Kentucky University will soon offer a new option for its students facing food insecurity starting in the fall, it will accept supplemental nutritional Assistance program or SNAP benefits commonly known as food stamps at one of its 3 convenience store locations on campus.

It's the first university and the state to offer the option.

UK EU says it will give students better access to food and more nutritious options.

>> What people often say go with students.

Security is not necessarily what that necessarily means.

And so they just do is to just have a hard time sometimes.

>> Getting nutritional options and food that need.

All the time.

And so it's not one of those where they don't have anything to be.

It's just that, you know, maybe they're happening all day Saturday without any or all day Sunday without things like that we actually have.

There's there's an app actually on campus.

It's like an anonymous post form.

And, you know, there's a lot of sense on there who post a lot.

>> And some students are like, well, I has been the last money I have in gas.

So eating ramen noodles for a whole week Ian cereal for a couple of weeks, not benefit.

You know, provides more opportunities for students instead of them having to go off campus.

I last minute they can.

It's going to part market and they can buy sandwiches, salad some drinks for the week they need to.

But it's a quickly they're very convenient for them to go to that point.

Mark in new search that card to buy what they need in one UK, you Dani is always been a very good partner in terms of making sure that we're helping students are dealing with it in security.

But sometimes.

Having food available, as you know, during the day is one thing.

But if they don't have grocery items than sometimes I can't meet those needs outside of those facilities.

So the idea came up.

It was actually funny enough.

It was brought up as an idea of.

But another university was was doing this and could we it turned out they were doing and then take, but we feel good.

And so we try to figure out a way to make it work.

>> Students who struggle with food insecurity allow some more wiggle room too, be able to afford food on campus rather than worrying about where their next meal will come from.

Some students work more than one job to be able to afford that on a daily bases.

It was to relieve a lot of stress free to those students.

You're not going to be successful.

The classroom, we're career.

If you're hungry.

It's just reality mean if you don't have a place to sleep at night and you don't have something to eat during the day.

It's probably not going to ruin your classes.

And so we want people to be successful and >> and come here and have a great have that sort of wrap-around services that we can provide.

>> Now students aren't the only ones who will benefit the community will also be able to buy food, using snap benefits at the location.

Now, turning to political news, former President Donald Trump is headed to Lexington next month.

But seeing him will cost you the Lexington Herald-Leader reports will be in Lexington for a fundraising dinner on May.

The 15th.

It's co-hosted by Joanne Kelly Craft, longtime Republican fundraisers, Kelly Craft, you'll remember ran for governor in last year's Republican primary and served as Trump's ambassador to Canada and to the United Nations tickets to that dinner cost.

25,000 $1 per couple.

According to the invitation, the money raised will go to an account that spent more than 50 million dollars last year helping to pay Trump's legal bills.

Some Louisville 5th graders just graduated not from a school, but from the great program that stands for Gang Resistance, Violence and training and officer from the Louisville Metro Police taught students at Johnson Town Road Elementary School, the ABC's of Stepping out of a gang.

We had some students as >> young as 3rd grade that were actually kind of not really foreman, like for Real games, but yet I had a lot of the games and a lot of the gaming and they were actually even talking about, you know, like certain people being in games and things of that nature and not just this year, but actually in past years, I've had other students that I could tell as Young as first grade that were being groomed.

>> For games, one of my foremost former students killed as part of a gang initiation, at least.

So we heard and he was a freshman in high school and I did not want.

That to continue to be the narrative for some of these kids.

I want them to be able to see and have an outlet.

>> 2.

Make better choices.

We have the Raiders.

We have 6 kids and we really essentially telling him that drug gangs are bad.

>> And you know what you do in life skills?

Well, KET in mind that life I'm making it to some good decisions.

So that anger up later on and get into a crime that were saying the city right now learn about the community.

What's in our community?

We learn about talking about our coming down, that being anger, angry.

I will learn about peer bowling, learn how those things are about how to control those things and how to interact with it.

People in our communities to only offend people are physically injure them.

>> We graduated from the right program.

We was right about how games and how we should stay away from that because that it could send us to places that we don't want to go.

I better part of the class is what we get kids to be honest, we've got candy at the end, the I feel good.

And also now I know a lot of stuff about a great program tonight.

>> Things that I can be used and vice I would like to say that if you ever want it, if you ever want to do the great program, you should because it teaches you a lot of things.

And find a one to walk into the Want to cop to something bad will happen.

>> Well, then they get to know him and they realize this is fun to run.

This can be she talks to ship it to the Sheehan to this.

And then that's happening here.

Johnson Town Elementary School, right?

And I've had a couple kids who've been exposed to that and their their homes.

And so it's nice to see within my little 6 weeks.

I could see that slightly changing their mind and some hope to to kids that have opened themselves up to police officer and they won.

They said, I don't like the police literally.

And now we're six-week laden, even the hot.

So this spreads to JCPS and in the city that will happen.

Hopefully the feature all the shootings were seen on these crimes issue, seeing the kids won't happen.

>> The program officer, Rachel Phillips had her first time teaching the great program and she told us she's looking forward to doing it again next semester.

♪ ♪ >> We're switching things up on this Friday.

Instead of going inside Kentucky politics.

We're going inside Kentucky sports and we're talking with legendary broadcaster D*** Gabriel who is with us is good to see you, sir.

Thank you very much.

Going to be here.

You know, I I do with the sport of politics and the real sports, but I have always admired your work and what you still do.

Thank you.

Yeah.

And I like to see you were in that bling right there.

People may see that on the side on the football team and I when the sidelines radio guy, they'll earn them bowl game ring.

They're kind enough to take care of the radio crew.

So, yeah, a fun.

Those fun.

So before we start talking about some other sports, let's talk about the Derby bets are off there.

So we are into in it for the run for the roses here in just a little over a week from now, Bob Baffert is still in the news, right?

So tell us about what's going on there and how this what's happening now affects his legacy.

Well, he's out again.

>> Because Churchill Downs decided that this ongoing battle between them a verbal battle, had just gone too far.

So they decided you're going to sit out this derby as well.

POW and the that meant that the owners who are sending his horses, their horses to buy the train up to the Derby, their horses will not be eligible to run in the Kentucky Derby.

And some of them have remained loyal to Baffert some moves or or says.

But as far as his legacy goes, I think when this second year I think we'll cool tainted much more than the first year.

Really is beyond just because it's been ongoing.

Yeah, you know, he'll always be that guy who has a train derby winners.

Triple Crown winners.

Breeders Cup winners.

He's tremendous in terms of bringing the sport to the common many such a great interview, a great talker.

You know, we love going to his barn because, you know, you're going to get something good and he can communicate to the one person or the person whose horse fans for one weekend out of the year.

That's right.

You know, it's a shame that this is going.

It's not good for any.

>> I was going say, what does it do to the sport of horse racing?

Well, I think it to the to the fans who only watch the Derby.

>> and maybe the Triple Crown races, not a whole lot.

But to those of us who really love this sport, you missed a guy like bad for, but it also throws a cloud of suspicion over him, you know, and they just need to do everything they can to try to KET this sport is clean as they can.

And that's a major task.

Yeah.

>> Now let's talk about UK basketball.

So, you know, you've got the pope.

We're just going to calm.

The pope wrote a coach He's really working very quickly to rebuild to recruit, not just players but coaches.

How is that going so far?

>> I think for to get a really good staff, including Alvin Brooks who Thursday afternoon officially it was common, but this was a guy ironically enough who worked at Baylor, Kentucky couldn't get the head coach away from Baylor.

>> Mark Pope Lux, his top assistant and reportedly and then the proof in the pudding.

He's an excellent recruiter.

Now recruiting has changed so much over the last 5 years because of the portal and nil and all the free movement, your recruiting future players, you're recruiting your current players trying to get him to stay.

I ride with you, but they're building a roster like so many teams.

But building a roster from the ground up is unprecedented at UK.

>> And he's talked about changing the What does he mean by that?

How do you interpret what he means?

What I interpret it was John Calipari did great things that Kentucky both on and off the floor.

But the way he did it worked when he first got here with the one and done kids will sell the NBA to them.

They'll come in with a lot of games that go to Final Fours that win a national championship.

>> But the years have gone on.

They have run into some bad luck, not getting back to the final 4.

And then with the portal Cal Perry seems were so young teams going to the Final 4 are much older.

And so that really was a disadvantage for Kentucky.

I think Mark Pope wants to get back to the way it was when he was here, which is almost impossible because it's championship team was full of veterans.

But he wants older players who I think as much about being at Kentucky as being in the now, that's a that's a challenge.

But if you can pull that off, I think the fan base will reconnect.

And I think exhibit A was that huge crowd at Rupp Arena.

>> Right.

I mean, can you describe the feeling I've heard of electric and nothing like anything ever happened in drop ever before, even if there was a Taylor Swift concert year.

That's exact a he was sitting in the middle of that wondering when's the last time or the ball game like with this kind of noise in this kind of a U.S. city when you can, when you can walk in to an arena and kind of go like this and feel it literally.

Yeah, in the air then, you know, there's something going on something special and they kept that I got down there early because I heard in the crowds are starting to build that Rupp Arena expected about 7 sections worth of people when they turned away anywhere from 3 to 5,000.

You know, but that was I think the fan base and we're all in and we we like what you bring.

>> Yeah.

And he even said it.

You know, I understand the assignment and that's to get those banners in the rafters.

Right?

Exactly.

So what does it mean that now coach John Calipari's and Kenny Payne are back together again at Arkansas?

Does that affect the coach pokes recruiting at all?

Of course, especially if they go after the same players, what will happen?

I'm sure.

>> I think that there was a little bit of a drop-off and UK, if not a lot.

When Kenny Payne left because the players related so well to him, he work well with the with the big man.

But Kenny was a good cop and Cal Perry would come down on somebody.

Kenny would be the one rubbernecking every now and I'm wondering now are hoping a bad cop.

Yeah, he's good cop because he didn't seem like he's built that way.

But he will be played for Rick Pitino, right?

That's right.

Yeah.

Just whatever language you use will be very clean compared to Pitino.

but no, I do think that the Arkansas Kentucky rivalry, which was big in the 90's could come back.

Yeah.

>> UK baseball that started back up.

But yeah, it's fun.

So you love this time, too.

Yeah, well, I'd I do their games on SEC Network.

Streaming channel, filling on the radio for Darin Headrick down.

Then.

>> And when I traveled with the team is Darren does all the time you really get to know, guys.

And so we're supposed to be objective as possible.

You're basically calling a game to the UK prism.

But you get to know these kids and they're just really good people.

This team the last couple years.

So you kind of root and I didn't expect this kind of start.

Many drivers see right now in the SEC, I thought did make it back to the postseason.

They get a shot at a championship.

That's awesome.

Speaking of baseball, the legends.

Now we're back to A bizarre homeowner home opener just Thursday night.

What do you expect?

>> I expect what we saw in 20.

0, 1, when the team first got off the ground.

So in other words, everything old is new because Alan Steins, part of the ownership group.

Now, Allen helped bring that team that franchise to Lexington.

And I think we'll see the return of a national acts that are all part of minor League baseball.

You know, the sideshow stuff was part of the culture.

Minor League baseball and fans love kids love.

I think you see the stadium upgraded a bit because that's that's one of the things that held the legends back when minor League baseball cut some teams.

Now they're not unaffiliated team they're independent team.

The good news there is they can sign where they won so they can get local kids and they have a lot of you.

Former UK, the KU players.

Yeah, it's always good talking to you.

Good talking to and we should say, speaking of Derby, you've done more than 40 derbies between 45 think around.

45?

>> Yes.

So we should really see you about who we should pick.

>> 45 winner Aho route to the Blue Grass Stakes winner.

I want to see another, but that Sierra Leone.

Yeah.

Good or that's right.

Yes.

Yeah.

The OK?

Or put my money.

They're OK.

Thank you, D***.

>> Haha.

♪ >> According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 14% of all adults in Kentucky have diabetes and almost 34% are pre diabetic the Lexington, Fayette County Health Department has an event this weekend to educate on prevention and disease management.

The 2024 Diabetes Expo is tomorrow.

And it's a free way to get connected with screenings, education services cooking demonstrations and more.

>> We want to meet people that are diabetic emotionally physically spiritually.

You go to see a vast amount of vendors that are going to relate put it like your head to toe your full body.

We don't want to just particularly focus just on the medication, peace or just on the A one C piece.

But we want to take a look at it.

Some symptoms that may come along with having diabetes.

So you're going to see screening food, demos, nutrition, education, resources for a local diabetic resources that are available out there for a plethora of type one type to pre diabetic.

And then overall, we just want you to have fun.

We want you to enjoy a good nutritious meal.

We are going to serve lunch there.

So that's something we wanted to focus, that it's a healthy meal.

When you can terms of what you are having being diabetic type one type to pre diabetic and just interactive.

We wanted to be interactive and engaging.

We wanted to have where it's a one-stop shop for your dad that needs.

>> There will be Spanish language service is available at the Expo and breakout sessions led entirely and Spanish as well.

Well shot or Bob.

Carol Peachy has long explored cultural and natural heritage from Barnes to distilleries.

Her captivating photographs vividly depict the structures that help tell Kentucky story.

Her new book is an homage to the architecture furniture and other artifacts, unique to Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, all in black and white shaker made Inside Pleasant Hill Shaker Village is an artful photographic composition that honors the history and legacy of the shakers who once lived there.

>> They were interested in efficiency and perfection.

>> Creating having on you know, we have slogan is like, you know, hands to work hard to guide.

You know, he's a gift to be simple, those sorts of things.

And so we sort of identify shaker values with those sorts of words and ideas and values.

So I wanted the photographs to sort of come.

They that and I feel like black and white gets rid of the it breaks it down to the bones, the structure, the light, which of course, has the metaphor of divinity.

And it just shows it sort of at its >> you can watch the full interview with Carol Pg as she talks more about her book Shaker made.

And you can also meet Mario Maitland, a young man who is starting his passion for digital content creation into an enterprising business and podcast.

Mario also works with Matt Jones of the famed Kentucky Sports Radio Network and is amassing a fan base of his own tune in to Katie's connections for those conversations Sunday morning at 11, 30 Eastern 10, 30 central right here on KET.

♪ 8 days to go before the Kentucky Derby.

But there's plenty to KET you entertained before the run for the Roses are.

Toby Gibbs tells us more and this look at what's up around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> Bourbon has a fun event this weekend or should I say a fun guy that the 32nd Mountain Mushroom Festival starts tomorrow.

Come celebrate some iconic features of Appalachian culture like the moral mushroom and our state Brock, Kentucky AG.

Check out the art shows parade live music and more.

As a failed elementary school spelling bee that you into adulthood.

Well, now is your chance to redeem yourself at the adult spelling bee competition in Madisonville.

Prove your spelling smarts for the chance of a secret prize.

Enjoy great food from the Red Line.

Phoenix food truck.

Jeepers and Kentucky set up personal.

Harlan, it's the Harlan County.

The best tomorrow.

>> Whether you're a proud Jeep owner or just looking for a weekend outing this festival promises to be a lot of fun.

Enjoyed guided a fried food trucks and play doubles vendors and more and down the Harlan for this great festival.

Well, more has its own derby happening tomorrow at down to Main Street to catch the 9th annual coaster Car Derby here on the kids.

The race enjoy some great food trucks and check out the unique antique vehicles on display between the races.

>> Bluegrass brew and BBQ.

Could be a list of things.

Kentuckians love the most.

But it's also the name of a great festival happening this weekend in Grand Rivers come here, 9 of the best bands and bluegrass and of course, enjoy delicious barbecue and beverages while you're at it.

>> Coach says the Derby is just for horses.

Derby dog festival in Lucas begs to differ.

This all-day event features dog exhibitions search and rescue demonstrations at Penders and more.

Don't worry.

There's plenty for humans to enjoy to like tasty food, trucks and entertainment.

You don't want to miss it.

If you're looking for a delicious way to kick off Derby weekend next week, check out kegs and eggs in Louisville.

Enjoy Breakfast, Blues, bench, gays and Jews at this Cajun inspired Cafe setting proceeds benefit a foreign bank which provides resources to food and beverage workers in Louisville experiencing financial hardship.

Also happening in Louisville this weekend is the 30th anniversary of the voices of Kentuckyian a chorus celebrate the oldest LGBTQ arts organization in Kentucky that it's spring concert.

Our voices carry the proponents tonight at 7.30, and Sunday at 03:00PM.

Be sure to check it out.

And that's what's happening around the commonwealth.

I'm told the Good >> Thank Youto big.

It's not millions, not billions, but trillions with A T of Cicadas are on the way to many states in the Midwest and Southeast.

And yes, Kentucky is one of those states and this year could be bigger than usual because of 2 broods emerging at the same time you Ickes.

That's something that hasn't happened since the year 18.

0, 3, More on that Monday night on Kentucky.

Addition have a great weekend and we will see you then take good care.

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