[♪♪] >> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE IS GOING TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES AND I TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.

>> A KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN TALKS ABOUT GETTING THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES... AND WHICH PARTY WANTS TO GET TO THE TRUTH >> WHAT'S EXCITING IS WHAT I GET TO TAKE HOME.

WHAT I MADE OR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I CAN GO HOME AND DO IT MYSELF.

>> WHAT'S BETTER THAN BUYING HEALTHY FOOD?

GROWING IT YOURSELF!

GIVING BLOOD HELPS SAVE LIVES... AND RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A SPECIAL REASON TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN SPELL COMMUNITY WITHOUT UPPITY.

>> AND THESE FOLKS SAY NOTHING BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER LIKE SQUARE DANCING.

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>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO KENTUCKY EDITION FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST SIXTH.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.KENTUCKY'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS IT'S TIME TO BAN SO-CALLED "DESIGNER XANAX" IN KENTUCKY.

RUSSELL COLEMAN IS CALLING ON THE CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES TO BAN BROMAZOLAM .

HE SAYS IT'S BEING SOLD ONLINE AND ON THE STREET... AND IS USED BY PEOPLE TO TREAT ANXIETY DISORDERS... INSOMNIA... AND SEIZURES.

BUT COLEMAN SAYS IT CAN BE DEADLY...

WHEN COMBINED WITH OPIOIDS AND OTHER DEPRESSANTS AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

COLEMAN HAS SENT A LETTER TO STEVEN STACK... SECRETARY OF THE CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES...

ASKING HIM TO RESCHEDULE THE DRUG SO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE CAN BEGIN CRACKING DOWN ON IT.

"WE LIVE AT A TIME WHEN AS LITTLE AS ONE PILL CAN - AND IS KEEP THE DRUGS OFF OUR STREETS.

END QUOTE.

>> THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT ONCE AGAIN HEARD ARGUMENTS IN A CASE CHALLENGING A LAW LIMITING THE POWER OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED SENATE BILL ONE IN 2022... MOVING CERTAIN POWERS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THE BOARD SUED... SAYING THE LAW WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT SINGLES OUT ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SPECIAL LEGISLATION.

LAST YEAR, THE COURT RULED FOUR TO THREE IN FAVOR OF THE LAW.

IN APRIL, THE HIGH COURT WITHDREW THE RULING AND GRANTED THE SCHOOL BOARD'S REQUEST FOR A REHEARING.

KENTUCKY'S OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFENDED THE LAW AT TODAY'S HEARING, SAYING IF SENATE BILL ONE IS OVERTURNED, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC ONLY TO CERTAIN PARTS OF KENTUCKY.

TELL COULD HAVE FAR REACHING IMPLICATION AS FOR OTHER LAWS.

THE LAWYER FOR THE JEFER JEFER SAID THOSE ARGUMENTS WERE QUOTE FICTION.

>> >> "THE IDEA OF SENATE BILL ONE, I THINK, IS THAT IN A CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS SO SPRAWLING, LIKE JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS 95,000 STUDENTS, IT'S THE 30TH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY WANT THE BUCK TO STOP WITH ONE PERSON.

THEY WANT ONE PERSON TO BE ABLE TO CREATIVELY, DECISIVELY AND IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS ISSUES IN REAL TIME WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH SORT OF A MULTI-MEMBER BOARD."

THE COURT SAYS THIS IS SPECIAL LEGISLATION THERE ARE LAWS THAT WILL BE IMPERIALED THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED TO CONSOLIDATE GOVERNMENTS UNIQUE TO THEM.

THEY ARE A CLASS OF ONE LAWS AND OPEN IN THE SAME WAY THAT SENATE BILL 1 IS OPEN.

>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL NOT BE HANDCUFFED AND THE WORLD WILL NOT END IF THE COURT DECLARES THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION TO YOU.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY IS SO DIVERSE FROM GEOGRAPHIC TO POPULATION TO SOCIAL.

AND THE PROBLEMS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY ARE SO DIFFERENT FROM THE PROBLEMS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY OR WESTERN KENTUCKY.

IF YOU DON'T ALLOW CLASSIFICATION BASED OR POPULATION BASED CLASSIFICATIONS, HOW IS THE LEGISLATURE GOING TO DO ITS JOB AND ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS SUCH AS EDUCATION, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT?

>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DO THAT THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS.

THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM.

WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CAN'T DO IS GO OUTSIDE THE NOTION OF CITIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF CITIES AND THEN START TAKING ON THE 27 OR 28 SPECIFIC SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION 59 AND DO SPECIAL LEGISLATION THERE THAT'S TARGETED TO ONLY ONE LOCAL, ONE PERSON, ONE SITUATION.

THE COURT DID NOT MAKE A RULING IN THE CASE.

TODAY'S HEARING WAS HELD IN LEXINGTON INSTEAD OF THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING WHERE THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT CHAMBERS IS LOCATED.

THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS.

THE COURT PLANS TO MEET AROUND THE STATE AT THE TIME.

YOU CAN SEE THE ORAL ARGUMENTS ON-LINE AT KET.ORG.

>> BRETT HANKISON IS APPEALING HIS CONVICTION FOR HIS ROLE IN THE BOTCHED RAID THAT ENDED WITH BREONNA TAYLOR'S DEATH IN LOUISVILLE IN 2020.

HANKISON WAS A LOUISVILLE POLICE OFFICER, INVOLVED IN THAT RAID.

HIS SHOTS DID NOT HIT TAYLOR, BUT A JURY DECIDED HE VIOLATED HER CIVIL RIGHTS BY FIRING TEN SHOTS INTO HER APARTMENT.

IN JULY A JUDGE SENTENCED THEM HIM TO 33 MONTHS AFTER THE RECOMMENDATION HE SERVE ONE DAY BEHIND BARS.

SPECTRUM NEWS ONE REPORTED THAT BRETT HANKISON FILED HIS NOTICE OF APPEAL.

>> >> LOUISVILLE IS NO LONGER ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S LIST OF SANCTUARY CITIES, ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL.

THAT'S AFTER MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG ANNOUNCED IN JULY THAT THE CITY WOULD BRING BACK A POLICY ALLOWING THE JAIL TO HOLD INMATES ACCUSED OF BEING IN THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY FOR UP TO 48 HOURS BEYOND THEIR SCHEDULED RELEASE TIME, SO THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS TIME TO TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY.

MAYOR GREENBERG SAID WITHOUT THE CHANGE LOUISVILLE FACED INCREASED I.C.E.

RAIDS AND A LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE RAIDS IN WORKPLACES, HOME SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND PARKS.

KENTUCKY IS JOINING 2 TO STATES TO SUE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAYS CONGRESS APPROVED GRANTS TO THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE LABOR CABINET MONEY USED TO PREVENT UNEMPLOYMENT, INSURANCE FRAUD, MODERNIZE EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WITHOUT THE MONEY IT WILL MAKE IT HARDER TO HELP KENTUCKIANS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

HE SAYS FREEZING THE MONEY VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW.

>> WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SAYS.

THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT ECONOMY >> THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SUBPOENAED THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUESTING ALL DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE.

THEY WANT DEPOSITIONS FROM THE OBAMA, BIDEN AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS THAT INCLUDES BILL CLINSON AND HILLARY CLINTON.

JAMES COMER A REPUBLICAN FROM KENTUCKY'S FIRST DISTRICT IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.

HE TALKED ABOUT THE SUBPOENAS LAST NIGHT ON THE "FOX NEWS" CHANNEL.

>> IS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PREPARED TO ENTER INTO A LEGAL BATTLE WITH THE DOJ OVER THE EPSTEIN FILES?

YOU GUYS WANT THE CLINTONS TO TELL US WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS, AND MANY OTHERS WE'LL PUT UP THE LIST AGAIN SO EVERYONE CAN SEE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO AND WHAT I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT.

WE ARE GOING TO GET THE TRUTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO PUT UP A FIGHT WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

OUR HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IN AUGUST WHEN WE WERE IN WASHINGTON AND THEY VOTED IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER NOT ONLY DO SUBPOENA THE EPSTEIN FILES AND SUBPOENA A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSEDLY INVOLVED IN SOME FORM OR FASHION WITH THE EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION INCLUDING SIX FORMER ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON.

WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.

THE MEDIA IS TRYING TO MAKE IT OUT THAT REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

I CAN ASSURE YOU REPUBLICANS WANT TRANSPARENCY MORE THAN DEMOCRATS AND WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT AN ADMINISTRATION THAT WANTS TO BE TRANSPARENT.

SO I'M ANXIOUS TO GET STARTED AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE BRINGING PEOPLE IN SOON TO DEPOTS THEM AND INTERVIEW THEM.

>> DEMOCRATS LIKE RO KHANNA OF CALIFORNIA SAY THERE WAS NO NEED TO SUBPOENA HILLARY CLINTON AND COMER IS BEING PARTISAN.

>> THERE WAS NO REASON BEING CLINTON PART OF THE SUBPOENA WHAT WE NEED IT TO HEAR FROM DONALD TRUMP AND ALL OF THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED AND WE WILL PUSH AS SOON AS WE GET BACK IS FOR THOMAS MASSIE AND MY BILL TO BE PASSED TO PUT EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS ON RECORD SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES.

>> HE WAS REFERRING TO A DISCHARGE PETITION HE IS PUSHING WITH THOMAS MASSIE FOR THE FIRST RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES.

IN A DISCHARGE PETITION MEMBERS VOTE TO DIRECTLY BRING A BILL TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE BYPASSING COMMITTEES.

[♪♪] >> I'M LAURA ROGERS WITH NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S RYLAND BARTON AND LET'S BEGIN WITH FANCY FARM CHITCHAT WE WONDERED IN CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER WOULD MAKE ANY MENTION OF A POSSIBLE RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN THE FUTURE.

AND IT WAS CONVERSATION AT FANCY FARM THIS WEEKEND.

>> THE HYPE ABOUT COMER POSSIBLY RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR WAS COMING FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

JONATHAN SHELL SAYS HE THANKS GOD EVERYDAY FOR JAMES COMER.

THE CROWD WAS SHOUTING RUN COMER, RUN.

COMER HAS HAD THIS HUGE CONTINGENT OF SUPPORTERS HE LIVES IN TOMKINSVILLE.

BUT THIS GROUP OF SUPPORTERS FAR AND WIDE AND SIGNS UP AND DOWN THE HIGHWAYS.

COMER HINTED TO REPORTERS HE SAID HIS FOCUS IS ON RUNNING TO REELECTION AND CHAIRING THE POWERFUL OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE WHICH HE HAS BEEN DOING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH.

BUT HE IS LEAVING THE DOOR WIDE OPEN FOR 2027, THE YEAR AFTER HIS CONGRESSIONAL RACE THAT IS KENTUCKY'S NEXT GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.

HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2015 AFTER THE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER AFTER A INCIDENT IN THE LEGISLATURE HE LOST THAT RACE BY 83 VOTES TO MATT BEVIN.

HE WOULD BE A FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE LOTS OF HIGH NAME RECOGNITION.

OTHER REPUBLICANS FLOATED INTEREST.

MICHAEL ADAMS IS STRIKE A MORE MODERATE TONE THAN COMER DOES AND DAY MON THAYER.

AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHO THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO RUN BUT JACQUELINE COLEMAN DID GIVE A HINT SAYING SHE MIGHT BE BACK AT FANCY FARM WHICH THAT COULD MEAN A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR AND ALSO BESHEAR'S LONG TIME ADVISER, ROCKY ADKINS A FORMER LONG TIME STATE LEGISLATOR AND MENTIONED SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT RUN.

HE DID WIN 30% OF THE PRIMARY.

COMER'S PICK APPEARED FOR AN OPPONENT APPEARS TO BE JACQUELINE COLEMAN HE MENTIONED HER.

HE SAID THAT ADKINS COMMENTS OR STANCES AGAINST ABORTION RIGHTS MIGHT HURT HIM IN LEXINGTON AND LOUISVILLE HE IS TRYING TO START A FIGHT AMONG DEMOCRATS.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS TRYING TO PICK THE OPPONENT THAT HE WOULD WANT IN THAT RACE.

>> JUST SO MUCH SPECULATION ABOUT WHO WILL BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR AS WE KNOW ANDY BESHEAR IS TERM LIMITED AND WE KUN WONDER WHAT IS NEXT FOR HIS POLITICAL FUTURE AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME FUNDRAISING NUMBERS.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR HAS CREATED A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CALLED IN THIS TOGETHER AND THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER IS LOOKING HOW MUCH THAT PAC HAS BROUGHT IN.

>> YES, AND WE'RE WRITING UP THE NUMBERS IT'S BEEN USED TO SUPPORT SOME DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND A COUPLE IN THE STATE.

BUT THE ONE EXAMPLE IS THAT BIG SUPREME COURT RACE IN WISCONSIN THAT LONNIE LAWSON -- ELON MUSK POURED MONEY INTO, IT HELPED SUSAN CRAWFORD WHICH THERE IS A LOT OF ATTENTION PAID TO THAT RACE SOMETHING THAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTING OVER CONTROL OF THE SUPREME COURT UNDER THAT SEAT.

A LOT OF THE MONEY COMING IN AT THIS POINT IS FROM INSIDE THE STATE.

REAL ESTATE COMPANY IN ELIZABETHTOWN, A COMPANY THAT OWNS KENTUCKY DOWNS AND THE CASINO HORSERACING FACILITIES AROUND THE STATE.

THERE WERE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT MADE THE $500,000 DONATION INCLUDING STEVE BESHEAR, ANDY BESHEAR, FATHER, LOBBYISTS, AND THE WIFE OF THE LATE BOXER MOHAMMED ALI.

THERE ARE OUT OF STATE MONEY COMING INTO IT AND INSURANCE COMPANY WORKING FOR SERVICE WORKERS PUT MONEY IN THERE.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS, PETE BUT GUNG RAISED $1.6 MILLION OVER AT THAT TIME PERIOD.

BESHEAR DID BEAT OUT GAVIN KNEW SOME BUT HE HAS RAISED -- NEWSOM HE HAS 4.5 MILLION ON HAND AND CONSIDERED TO BE A FRONTRUNNER IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY LOOKING AHEAD TO 2028.

>> AND I THINK IT WILL BE FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT WHEN THAT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DOES ROLL AROUND, A COMMON TALKING POINT WILL BE MEDICAID CUTS THAT WERE BROUGHT ABOUT IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL.

AND WE'RE SEEING HERE IN KENTUCKY, U OF L HEALTH PUTTING PLANS ON PAUSE FOR A NEW BIRTHING CENTER IN THE SOUTH END OF LOUISVILLE.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> SO THIS WAS ANNOUNCED LAST SEPTEMBER SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE CARE FOR MOTHERS IN THE WEST END OF LOUISVILLE AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE DELAYED INDEFINITELY.

SUPPOSED TO OPEN LATER THIS YEAR AND NOW BECAUSE OF THE MEDICAID CUTS PASSED BY THE BIG SPENDING AND TAX BILL OVER THE SUMMER THAT DONALD TRUMP COULD CHAMPION THIS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT.

EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE CUTS DON'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL 2028.

MEDICAID HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON BIRTHS, 44% OF ALL BIRTHS IN KENTUCKY ARE FUNDED BY MEDICAID.

AND THE BILL SLASHES THE PROGRAM BY 12%.

THE PROJECT WAS EXPECTED TO COST $20 MILLION.

MEDICAID [INAUDIBLE] AND THERE'S FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION LOCALLY.

AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE THE WHOLE PICTURE ISN'T GOING TO FIT TOGETHER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO OPEN.

THERE'S HOPE THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN AND THEY ARE CALLING ON THE CITY TO TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY DEDICATING TO THIS AND KEEP IT IN THE WEST END BUT WE'LL SEE THERE'S SO MUCH CHANGING IN THE LANDSCAPE OF FOLKS AND INSTITUTIONS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR FUTURE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

>> AND QUICK, ASK YOU THE FIRST MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARY IN KENTUCKY, IS SET TO OPEN IN OHIO COUNTY IN THE BEAVER DAM COMMUNITY AND THAT IS GETTING ATTENTION AS WELL?

>> THIS IS THE FIRST IN THE STATE CALLED THE POST IN A FORMER POST OFFICE THEY HOPE TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.

IT'S BEEN LEGAL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BUT NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO BUY IT.

THE FIRST CULTIVATOR OPENED IN MAYFIELD 11,000 PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN MEDICAL CARDS BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PLACE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY BUY IT.

AND MORE ARE SET TO COME BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IT'S LIMITED WHAT PEOPLE CAN GET APPROVED FOR.

CONDITIONS LIKE CANCER, EPILEPSY, THIS WILL BE A CHANGING PROGRAM AS I THINK STATE LAWMAKERS AND CONSUMERS FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT PART OF THE STATE GOING FORWARD AND ALTHOUGH WHAT THE LABELING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> RYLAND BARTON WITH NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, THANK YOU, GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY.

>> THANK YOU, GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.

[♪♪] >> A GROUP OF KIDS IN FAYETTE COUNTY RECENTLY SPENT THE DAY GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY AND LEARNING HOW TO KEEP THEIR BODIES HEALTHY.

THEY WERE TAKING PART IN FARM R-X FUTURES, A PROGRAM THAT INTRODUCES YOUNG PEOPLE TO FARMING BY SHOWING THEM HOW TO GROW NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

THE GOAL BEGIN PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE.

>> WE ARE GOING TO GET DIRT ON THEIR HANDS.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS IS TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE OUR FARM RX PROGRAM WITH CHILDREN.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY, LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW TO GROW PRODUCE, SOME HERBS.

WE WILL HAVE FIVE HERBS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM PLANT.

>> LEARNING TO PLANT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW YOU MIGHT NEED TO FOR HOW TO DO THAT OR IT WILL BE FUN TO TEACH YOUR FRIENDS HOW TO PLANT.

>> WE WILL BE OPENING UP TO THE KIDS IT'S FIVE PLANTS HERBS THAT CAN HELP MAKE TEAS OR INCORRECT RATE INTO COOKING AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES IT'S WITHIN THE BOOKLET.

WE'RE WILLING TO SHOW THE KIDS HOW TO START AND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP JUST PLANTING THE SMALLEST WINDOW SILL AND THAT SPARKS THE IDEAS THE CATALYST.

>> MAYBE I WILL DO IT OUTSIDE IN A RAISED GARDEN AND HAVING THAT POTENTIAL TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN START JUST FROM THIS TO START CREATING FOOD FOR YOURSELF.

>> WHAT IS EXCITING IS WHAT I GET TO TAKE HOME.

EITHER THE PLANT ITSELF, WHAT I MADE, OR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I CAN GO HOME AND DO IT MYSELF.

>> YOU CAN GROW YOUR OWN NATURAL RESOURCES.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS GO THROUGH PROCESSES TO GET TO STORES.

AND YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO CONSUME THOSE THINGS.

SO GROWING IT YOURSELF IS A GOOD HEALTHY WAY TO KEEP YOUR FOOD PURE.

>> WE KNOW FOOD IS MEDICINE IT IS A POWERFUL ASPECT TO OUR LIVELIHOOD EVERYDAY.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T TAKE IT AS SERIOUS AS WE NEED TO.

WE'LL EAT OUT BEFORE WE BUY VEGETABLES.

NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW VEGETABLES AT HOME AND WE CAN GROW THE HERBS IN THE VEGETABLES WE NEED THAT IS GOING TO HELP US IN OUR HEALTH WHETHER IT'S BEETS, CARROTS, BASIL, TOMATOES ALL THOSE THINGS CAN HELP US IN OUR DAILY LIVING AND HELP US LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE.

THAT IS PROJECT RECOLLECT SHEA IS ABOUT EMPOWERING OR COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THOSE SUFFERING FROM AILMENTS.

>> TODAY WE ARE SHOWING THE KIDS HOW IT STARTS.

VERSUS THE END PRODUCT OF GIVING YOU THE FOOD AND THEN WE DISCUSS THE MUNICIPALITIES TO HAVE FOR YOUR BODY.

HERE I'M SHOWING THE YOUTH HOW TO START WHERE I START WHERE MARK STARTS IN HIS BOX GARDEN AND HOW I START WITH SEEDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

HOW SIMPLE IT IS TO START SMALL AND SCALE UP.

>> WE ARE IN KENTUCKY THIS IS A VITAL AREA WE HAVE GREAT SOIL HERE IN KENTUCKY WITH THE ION RICHED SOIL.

LET'S FARM, LET'S LEARN HOW TO YOU DON'T NEED A BIG SPACE.

I DO IT MYSELF.

AND IF I CAN DO IT, CERTAINLY YOU CAN DO IT.

>> THE FARM RX FUTURES IS PROGRAM IS ONE OF SEVERAL FREE PROGRAMS OFFERED THIS SUMMER THROUGH PROJECT RICOCHET.

>> GIVING BLOOD IS REWARDING ON ITS OWN.

BUT YOU COULD END UP WITH SOMETHING MORE.

THE KENTUCKY BLOOD CENTER'S "SUMMER OF SAVING" BLOOD DRIVE WRAPS UP AT THE END OF AUGUST... WITH ONE LUCKY DONOR WINNING FREE GROCERIES FOR A YEAR.

THE WINNER WILL GET 52 GIFT CARDS FOR FOR FOR EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR EACH WORTH $250 AND YOU ARE ENTERED WHEN YOU GIVE BLOOD.

THIS IS THE FOURTH BIG PRIZE OF THE SUMMER OTHERS WON MOVIE TICKETS FOR A FREE, FREE GAS FOR A YEAR AND FREE MEALS THE TEXAS ROADHOUSE FOR A YEAR.

[♪♪] >> THE SQUARE DANCE IS A TRADITION KNOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND IN A SMALL TOWN IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, A COMMUNITY CENTER CLAIMS THE TITLE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING COMMUNITY-SPONSORED SQUARE DANCE IN THE STATE.

OUR FRIENDS AT KENTUCKY LIFE VISITED A COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE CHIP POLSTON GOT A HISTORY LESSON AND HAD HELP WITH HIS DO-SI-DO.

[♪♪] >> SQUARE DANCE IF YOU HAD A BARN IF YOU BUILT A HOUSE OR JUST EVERYBODY GOT TOGETHER AND HELPED TO HOE YOUR CORN AND AT THE END THE LADIES WOULD FIX A MEAL AND THE GENTLEMEN WOULD WASH UP AND SCOOT ALL THE FURNITURE TO ONE SIDE AND SOMETIMES OUT INTO THE YARD.

AND THEY WOULD SQUARE DANCE.

MUSICIANS WOULD PLAY.

>> THE DANCES CAUGHT ON AND NEVER STOPPED HERE.

>> NEVER DID.

THEY STARTED IN 1966.

THE BUILDING WAS INCORPORATED IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED IN 1969.

AND WE THE ONLY CHANCE WE MOVED IN RECENT COUNCIL MEETINGS IS WE'VE BECOME A 501C 3 CHARITY.

>> THE DANCES STARTED IN THE 60s, AS YOU SAID THE HISTORY GOES WAY BACK.

>> WAY BACK.

IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND WORKING OF ANY KIND YOU GOT TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THEM.

>> HERE SW WHERE I REALIZED THE CARCASSONE SOMMUNITY CENTER WERE THE NICEST PEOPLE I MET.

THEY WERE WELCOMING IN SHOWING ME THE ROPES AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME.

I TWIRLED, SPUN AND YEAH, DO-SI-DOD A LITTLE BIT.

MY DANCE PARTNER WAS 78-YEAR-OLD ROSE BALLARD FROM HARRISON, OHIO.

ONCE A MONTH SHE DRIVES THE NEARLY EIGHT HOURS ROUND TRIP TO CARCASSONE SOMMUNITY CENTER TO BE PART OF THE EXCITEMENT.

WHY DO YOU TRAVEL FROM OHIO FOR THIS?

>> I LOVE THE PEOPLE.

I LOVE THIS BUILDING.

IF YOU WALK IN, I LOOK AT THE OLD STOVES AND IT TAKES ME BACK TO A TIME IN CHILDHOOD THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.

>> WE HAD FUN DANCING?

>> WE DID.

>> I THINK YOU ARE READY TO GO AGAIN.

YOU LOVE THAT MUSIC AND LOVE TO DANCE?

>> YES.

THAT IS THE PLACE AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FORGET IT.

>> WHY IS IT GOOD FOR CARCASSONE SOMMUNITY CENTER WHY IS THIS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY HERE?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN'T SPELL COMMUNITY WITHOUT UNITY AND IT HOLDS US TOGETHER.

ANYBODY WHO MOVES AWAY FROM HERE, THEY HAVE THAT TIE THAT BRINGS THEM BACK.

IF THEY COME BACK IN, AND CARCASSONE SOMMUNITY CENTER SQUARE DANCE IS 'ING THEY TRY THEIR BEST TO MAKE IT TO IT.

WE ENJOY TEACHING AND SHARING OUR HISTORY.

IT'S WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE'VE BEEN.

>> NOT A BAD DO-SI-DO THERE.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE HOW THIS DANCE IS IMPACTING KENTUCKY AND FIND OTHER GREAT STORIES FROM AROUND THE STATE BY CHECKING OUT KENTUCKY LIFE ON-LINE ON DEMAND AT KET.ORG AND WATCH EACH SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8 EASTERN AND 7 CENTRAL.

>> UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCHERS PUBLISHED THE LARGEST DATABASE OF BRAIN TUMORS IN THE WORLD.

>> STATE OF KENTUCKY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST BRAIN TUMOR INCIDENTS OF ALL STATES AND THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR CHILDREN.

IN FACT, BRAIN TUMORS ARE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF TUMORS OR CANCERS THAT CHILDREN HAVE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

SO THAT WAS THE IMPETUS.

>> FIND OUT HOW THIS DATABASE CAN HELP SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW WAYS TO TREAT BRAIN TUMORS THAT IS TOMORROW NIGHT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" WE WILL HAVE PART TWO OF MY INTERVIEW WITH LEXINGTON MAYOR LINDA GORTON.

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