♪ ♪ >> He did grab the bed today.

>> A Kentucky based political pundit weighs in on Donald Trump's remarks on race.

>> There are several aspects of the Libyan lifestyle that we can take away's aging in older adults.

Want to live a longer life.

What you can learn from Olympic athletes.

>> It really truly is a dying art.

>> Take you to the meat cutting school at UK where anyone can learn to be your own butcher.

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

♪ ♪ Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Thursday.

The first day of August.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for spending some of your evening with us.

>> And correct paperwork has led to another Kentucky Democrat been removed as a candidate.

The Kentucky Lantern reports a Shelby County judge ruled Richard Henderson is disqualified from appearing on the November ballot.

Henderson was the only Democrat to run for the 58th House district which covers most of Shelby County State law requires a candidates petition to run for office be signed by 2 witnesses of the same political party in Henderson's case.

The judge found both witnesses changed their party affiliation to Democrat after the petition was signed.

The ruling means incumbent Republican State Representative Jennifer Deck or will be unopposed in November.

Henderson told the Kentucky Lantern he won't appeal the ruling but that he would run again in 2 years.

The judge's decision is in line with the recent Kentucky Supreme Court ruling in June.

The state's highest court ruled Democratic State Representative Nima Kulkarni was disqualified as a candidate in the May primary for the 40th House district.

That's in Louisville.

There isn't a Republican running in that district.

It's still unclear whose name will be on the ballot in November.

Kentucky.

Young Democrats are calling for state Representative Daniel Grossberg of Louisville to resign immediately as we told you yesterday, the Legislative Research Commission is investigating Grossberg after allegations of inappropriate misconduct, including text messages to women.

The Kentucky Young Democrats is a political activism group for Democrats younger than 40 years of age.

The young Democrats say after seeing the allegations in the Lexington Herald-Leader some of members have stepped forward to report inappropriate behavior by Grossberg.

Gross Berg's attorney told the paper he doesn't intend to resign.

Adding the allegations, quote, appeared to be based solely on rumors, unquote.

Every first Saturday in August, the Gong Show made some good old-fashioned political stop speaking at the Fancy Farm picnic and far West Kentucky, a tradition that started in the 1930's with political candidates, trading barbs on a flat bed truck in front of a rowdy crowd has over time become the unofficial kickoff of fall campaign season and Kentucky political speaking organizer Steven Elder talked with me yesterday about why the event is still relevant in the digital age and who will and won't be there.

Stephen Elder, the Fancy Farm political speaking chairman, it's good to connect with you.

Thank you for your time.

>> Yeah, thanks for having me.

Why is Fancy Farm still relevant and 2024.

>> Yeah, it's a great question.

And you know what?

What I enjoy about the fence in part to make is that it allows your constituents to get really close to your elected officials.

Your candidates, it's building that grassroots rooted within this region, specifically.

So it's it's a way that both sides can kind of come together, show their share ideas, just kind of rally the troops and you can do through social media and things of that nature.

But there's nothing time stop speaking time, you know, hand shaking, getting out there among the people and just to show them who you are.

And I think we have a great venue trying to carve that allows the tradition to continue.

We've been doing it for 144 years now.

So it's just it's it's probably a art.

and I lost tradition of other parts of the country.

I mean, I think this is probably the last 10 years where we have both sides come and we've heard.

>> For several years now, Steven, this is not new to you.

That Democratic participation and Fancy Farm political speaking event has diminished over the years as their influence and presidents has diminished on certain stages.

So talk to us about that.

>> Yeah, you know, the positive thing about Fancy Farm is that it's a it's one of those places where both sides can can participate and come together to where you share that one stage of Republicans and Democrats.

And this is this is what happened probably 40, 50 years ago.

Very few Republicans, you know, were registered in Graves County that would actually come to the to the picnic.

But they still they still came because Democrats really have a stronghold there.

And over that time as kind of a transition from more Democrats to more Republicans.

And so we still out, I think if you if you don't show up at fancy part, you don't have that same sense of enjoyment of seeing, you know, kind of each other roast each other and, you know, taking each other just a little bit.

So, you know, that's we we want to be a non-partisan picnic and we want both sides to attend.

But this it is tilted heavily to the Republican Party.

Again, mostly because our constitutional officers are senators and others are registered and part of the Republican Party.

So we've tried and to do the best that we can to get a Democratic support and people there to speak on behalf of the Democrats because the there are several people in and around this region that that want to hear from them as well.

If you don't come to Fancy Farm, it's hard to continue to build that grassroots support that you need for that next.

You know, campaign that you want around.

>> Well, one of the interesting things apart as political roster speaking roster is the fact that you have some Sarah guts who are going to speak for and against the school Choice amendment that will be on the November ballot.

And correct me if I'm wrong, Stephen, this is the first time there's been a an intentional opportunity for a pro con about a constitutional amendment.

Why this time around?

Yeah.

>> You know, there's one thing I I want to do is is correct.

Renee Shaw, so I'm not real sure if but I think that you're correct.

I don't remember in recent memory where we've had like an amendment type of proposal that's on our ballot.

So we look throughout the you know, for issues that that people want to hear from.

And so this I think is one of the hot-button that is going to be on the ballot in Fancy Farm as well as the other parts of the state.

And, you know, Fancy Farm had a challenge.

We almost lost our elementary school there in town where they were going to years ago.

So thank you.

Farm is probably a elementary school is the largest employer, Daryn, Fancy Farm.

So schools are very important to us.

And we've that both sides wanted to aggressively get out and talk to the voters and tell why you should support the amendment or why you should be against it.

And what better place that Fancy Farm to do that.

So we reached out to other 2 to come and speak for and against.

I think it's that's going to be a great issue to watch and observe and allow them to get their message out.

>> Well, thank you.

We wouldn't miss it.

So we're so glad to be able to share it with others.

And the best to you.

Stephen Elder, you all do a tremendous job.

And now we appreciate you so very much.

Stay cool again.

>> Thank you.

And I.

>> Fancy Farm.

Is this Saturday and you can see live coverage beginning at 2.30, Eastern one, 30 central.

I'll be joined here in the studio with Trey Grayson and Bob Babbage.

So check us out on Saturday.

Well, you can't have elections without election workers.

And today on national poll worker recruitment day, Kentucky, secretary of State Michael Adams, a Republican announced a new poll worker recruitment portal.

The state estimates that a statewide election requires 15,000 poll workers.

You can go to the secretary of state's website at S O S DOT K Y dot Gov and volunteer to be a poll worker in your county poll.

Workers must be available to attend training and work all day on a voting day.

Kentucky based political strategist Scott Jennings says the former President Donald Trump made a mistake yesterday with his remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris at a meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Here are some of President Trump's remarks and Jennings response.

>> I've known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much.

And she is of Indian heritage.

And she was only promoting Indian heritage.

I didn't know she was black and until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as So I don't know is she in union received last year's?

All we a lot of knowledge.

I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't because he was Indian all the way.

And then all of a sudden she made it turns you when you became a black, just to be clear, he did c*** the bed today.

>> The only question is whether he can roll around and under get changes shades.

That's a good question.

What do you think?

My advice would be?

Good, change the sheets and do what your campaign is doing.

The campaign.

>> Knows how to prosecute the case.

Okay.

They're on the air with it to the tune of millions of dollars on her policy record.

That's what they should be doing.

This is not going to end the way he wants it and there's a better way to do this and they know what to do.

But it's on him.

Yeah, to do it.

It's on him to do.

>> Vice President Harris says Trump's remarks are, quote, the same old show of divisive nus and disrespect, end quote.

Now turning back to Kentucky news and county officials told state lawmakers this week that running local jails is getting more and more expensive.

Our June Leffler has more on that.

And tonight's legislative update.

>> Local governments are obligated to house people accused of a crime.

But it's costly, says a local official whose jail serve several counties.

>> I mean, it's this certainly not a bash between the county jail birds and the and the county judge.

We're we're all in it together.

We understand it.

And and but it's believed this trial.

We there's so many other things we can do with the money that we're spending on this.

>> Jails, how speed and provide medical care for their inmate.

All of those services cost more than they used to.

>> Couple of things that we pay more on course.

Medical expenses, medical expenses are a big thing.

Urban more mandated more to provide different things.

You you the treatments who was the opioid use disorder treatments.

We've already been doing it, but it is going up so in the last budget we had to put in for right at $20260,000.

More a Just cover spox Amanda different treatments.

>> The state pays a daily rate for counties to house inmates that local governments have to chip in too.

I think it's a priority to our community to say that we want to save community has a lot to do with our quality of life.

>> But that also takes away from everyone else in county government.

You know, you're never going to have a bigger If if you're you're paying, you know, close to 40% of your to house inmates.

>> A state lawmaker says an efficient judicial system could curb costs where the county showing to bear the biggest part of the burden news.

The fact that county N H should there waiting to be Shannon and then they become state inmate.

>> I think I think we're going to have to find a way to to get those inmates each shouldn't a quicker and through this year's to quicker 1000 plus days to ship on the county a niche unreasonable.

>> A leading voice for county.

Prosecutors says she is keeping costs in mind with every case.

>> I don't want plea agreements completely driven by the cost of incarceration.

But as a responsible government official that has to go into the calculus as we enhance penalties and you'll get no argument from me that that that is, you know, often the right thing to do.

You have to understand that prosecutors are accountable every time you make something a felony or you enhance the penalty, our public, you Alexis wants to know, you know, why are you not enforcing that earlier this year, Hardin County Prosecutor Jenny Oldham testified in favor of the Safer Kentucky Act.

>> It increases penalties and sentences for violent offenders, aggressive and fiscally conservative groups oppose the legislation saying it would incarcerate more people for longer and end up draining more public dollars for Kentucky edition.

I'm John Leffler.

>> Thank you.

June Hardin County Attorney General says the expense of an inmate's medicine can prompt and early release.

You see it everywhere.

People on their cell phones and it's become a big problem in Kentucky.

Schools Monday on Kentucky tonight we talked about K through 12 education in Kentucky and that conversation included.

Talk about cell phone use in class and proposed legislation to deal with it.

You know, you talk about discipline and sometimes you think about the tiled he's being disruptive and >> and causing a teacher something.

But there are so many children who are so engaged with their cell phones.

>> And their year.

>> Odds or whatever.

They're called and they're not engaged in learning.

And how can we change I'm reading a book called The Anxious Generation and it's really concerning because children, my daughter's 26 and children who?

Went through puberty around her age.

This author calls them the phone generation instead of the play And we have sonay many dynamics for girls.

It's with the social media.

And the selfies.

The fact that we had selfies and now they're, you know, posing with each other and then for boys, the video games and then pornography.

He says, you know, our kids are being exposed to things that are very concerning on But what can we do as educators in the classroom?

And it's an addiction.

For everyone, right?

I mean, how many of us look at our phone all day long?

And so what can we do?

To enhance learning?

But yet to address the concern about self.

And so this bill would ban it in the classroom, but not in the school altogether.

The legislation that was filed in 20 for House Bill 383.

>> Would ban the use a cell phone during instruction time.

Different states are doing different things.

>> And we're already seeing some even though it didn't pass for racing school districts around the country.

And here in Kentucky, schools are implementing policies of their own.

>> It was a really insightful and interesting discussion about absentee teacher and staff shortages, discipline problems and more.

You can watch that one hour, Kentucky tonight.

Online on-demand at K E T Dot Org.

Slash K why tonight?

♪ There's good news for certain caregivers and Kentucky.

The Kentucky can ship Resource Center has expanded its services to caregivers of all backgrounds.

Guardians, foster parents and people just looking after the child of a family member or friend, we'll have full access to the center's services.

A kinship guardian is defined as a caregiver.

Who either a relative caregiver?

>> Or a fictive kin caregiver.

These you know, folks who have stepped up to help take care of their children, you know, kids, the kids that they're related to like grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, siblings.

And it also includes families that are taking care of kids.

They're not related to, but they really care a lot about.

And that often looks like coaches and babysitters and teachers and just people who have a special relationship to kids who want to take care of them.

>> We had a traumatic event in their family.

I had the retain custody of my granddaughter.

They live for me to Kentucky cans.

They said they would be great.

I was a nervous wreck because I am used to heaven.

Supporting We have 3 different programs and they're all designed to meet the need.

>> With R-Ky Kim's program, it's to provide a very individualized service so that, you know, for for kinship families who who come into the situation oftentimes in a crisis situation, they're not planning are expecting to have to do this, but they step up to do it because it's their it's their kids.

It's their family.

We made a decision in collaboration with the Cabinet that we would expand these programs to be able to offer these services to foster parents, kinship foster parents so that they could get that same stores sort of support and navigation.

And, you know, a community with other people who are still doing and walking that kinship journey.

And so this that this has been truly very exciting that we can be able to now through the K K R C service, any type of kinship family.

You know, whether they are foster, whether they have custody or whether they are just taking care of a child with without any type of of legal legally recognized, you know, authority, guardianship or custody ahead of phone call every week from my peer support she would come every week makes save anything.

>> resources that I need to talk.

She connected me with them.

She coming in to childcare said for my granddaughter.

Shimmy, that resource.

And there are just so helpful that like a drowning and you have a resource.

And they I am I going to do more.

It's really support there that can really get me through this.

>> Kentucky is one of the one of one of the states in the country that has some of the highest population of kinship families.

And so, you know, ever since we launched these programs in 2021, we recognize that there's a strong need here in the state.

And since we've been working in in with these families and we've been pretty providing the support services, we've certainly seen the need that is out there now with the expansion to include foster parents.

I think that we will be able to see even more inclusion of kinship families to be able to work with.

>> I was scared of this one for started because I had the most important.

They'll get you through traumatic event.

You want to be okay.

They make you feel and they let you know you will be OK in the end.

>> Earlier this year, the Kentucky Legislature passed Senate Bill 151 which among other things would prioritize placing children removed from their parents custody under kinship care.

However, the bill has not yet been implemented.

The Kentucky Cabinet for health and Family Services says doing so will require more funding from the state.

♪ The University of Kentucky's meets science program has been teaching students how to process animals into food for over 100 years.

But in recent years, the extension programs, meat cutting school has grown in popularity, teaching professional butchers and amateur enthusiasts alike.

>> Our main goal is teaching or research here for about the last 17 years or so.

We've had a mikan school here.

We bring folks and, you know, you want to learn how to, you know, cut me process animals.

We do that for you here.

We talk about the history of MI science.

We talked about the history of mean we talk about how we KET our food supply safe.

We talked about mean spec sheet in food safety and then we'll spend one morning down here and will process and am here on the harvest floor.

We'll do it.

And then we guide them to the other animals as well.

And then those animals go into the carcasses, go into the cooler and then we learn a little bit more about what makes me ran.

Why some meat more tender and tougher than others.

And we we talk mess and meet quality aspects in the afternoon.

And then the final day, all those animals that we harvested the carcasses.

We show you how to cut them up and you get hands-on practice of had a cut.

Those up yourself are 10. who wants to come and over the years we've seen an evolution.

So it started with the day a large grocery store chain here in Kentucky.

Kroger and we started training a lot of their meat cutters.

And then we saw in need for the expanded beyond We're doing this.

Kroger.

And so we will get some folks summer me process is worse in their people to us for training.

>> just want to know how to do it.

We actually have one guy it was like he's anniversary present from his wife, the pandemic.

I think scared a lot of people.

You know, you go into a grocery and I I guess as Americans we've gotten comfortable with, there's always tomatoes.

There's always beats.

There's always let us there's always ice cream in that.

And if the pandemic kind of showed us that it's not that easy.

And so I think folks, because that's what we had right after the pandemic.

We had a lot of people I want to know how to do this myself so I can take care of my family.

Those are kind of saving off a little bit.

And now we're getting some of the people who want to enter the workforce.

And again, you know, the homesteaders as well.

Obviously, you you see that, OK?

I can take this and go to work for one of our local meat processors here in the stay and go to work for me department in the grocery store.

Those are the obvious ones.

But some of our students that come through our program.

We've got folks that are USDA inspectors.

We've got folks that are, you know, as a former students are USDA graders got another one.

Got the Masters with me.

She's procurement for a large pizza company here in this So in some respects, you might be doing the Lord's work.

First, some folks wanting pizza.

So they in we've got others to go into other aspects that research and development.

We are now.

But 3 in 4 generations removed from the farm.

So it's important for people to be able to understand why we do what we do understanding why pork is pink and beef is red.

Why this cat works better on the on the grill.

Where is this?

One works better as a roast in oven and so on and so forth.

We've lost a lot of that.

I think it's important to me cutting education available for folks because it's it's really truly is a dying art.

>> The main lab plans to move into a new off-campus facility that will allow for larger class sizes in the future.

♪ >> The Olympics are in full swing as athletes from around the world compete against one another on a global stage.

>> It may not surprise you to know, though that researchers have found that on average a limp and live longer than typical aging adults.

We spoke with an aging expert from the University of Kentucky to break this down and what it could mean to the average person.

Here's more from Kentucky additions, Clayton Dalton.

>> The overall essence of the study was really comparing the life the light life longevity and mortality differences in a group of over 7,000 Olympia Inc to typical older adult or aging adults.

What they found is that there's a substantial reduction in risk related to cardiovascular heart disease related to cancer related to other digestive it in the can conditions like diabetes.

So overall, the Olympians were healthier and then added a 5 years to their life compared to typical older aging adults.

>> Doctor Otis says there are elements of an Olympian lifestyle.

They can increase a person's health and happiness, nutrition and physical exercise, meaningful activity.

Like learning to play a new instrument or speak a new language and enrich social environments.

Although an overwhelming majority of people won't be Olympians, we can learn from watching their performances.

>> As you're watching the miraculous bodies, do these wonderful things, remembering that they've put in countless hours to practice their skill to prefer may help their body performed to its fullest efficiency.

And to really maximize the resources of their environment that allowed them to perform and engage.

So taking away, make sure that we're we're also meant making the healthy behaviors and they were exercising in that we can take just a small piece of their daily life and integrated into hours for an overall increasing their happiness.

And our overall health to help us live longer.

And Doctor Road is says overall health is about more than a single lifestyle change.

So when we're thinking about overall aging and health, we have to make sure that we're thinking about heart health equals brain health.

If it's good for my heart, it's good for my brain.

And if it's good for my brain needs to be good for my harder.

It will be good for my heart as well.

They're interconnected and that's how the body will continue to function and maximize the aging experience.

For Kentucky edition.

I'm Clayton Dalton.

>> Thank you.

Clayton Doctor wrote us as a good starting point for adults looking to live a healthier life.

Get 30 minutes of exercise a day.

Well, that'll do it for us tonight.

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