[♪♪] >> Kelsey: A KENTUCKIAN COULD BE A FUTURE FEDERAL JUDGE AND HE HAS BEEN IN THE RUNNING BEFORE.

>> THE REST OF THE WORLD IS CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY.

THAT WASN'T OUR DAY OF FREEDOM.

OUR FREEDOM GAME JUNETEENTH.

>> Kelsey: IT IS JUNETEENTH, A CELEBRATION OF BLACK LIBERATION.

>> I WANT TO THINK OF A BAKERY, A GOOD FRENCH BAKERY EXCEPT WHAT WE ARE MAKING IS USUALLY BROOMS.

>> Kelsey: AND IN THIS WEEK'S TAPESTRY WE TAKE YOU TO THE BEREA BUSINESS THAT IS REALLY CLEANING UP.

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

MFNG [♪♪] >> Kelsey: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THURSDAY JUNE 19TH, JUNETEENTH.

I'M KELSEY STARKS HERE IN OUR LOUISVILLE STUDIO FILLING IN FOR RENEE SHAW WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE OF JUNETEENTH LATER IN THE BROADCAST.

FIRST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOMINATED CHAD MEREDITH TO SERVE AS A FEDERAL JUDGE FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY A NAME WE'VE HEARD BEFORE.

MEREDITH SERVED AS KENTUCKY'S SOLICITOR GENERAL DURING THE MATT BEVIN ADMINISTRATION THIS IS A VIDEOS A GUEST ON "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" ON JUNE 10TH, 2024 IN 2022 PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CONSIDERED MEREDITH FOR A JUDGESHIP A MOVE BACKED BY U.S.

SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL IN A DEAL BETWEEN BIDEN AND McCONNELL.

DEMOCRATS OPPOSED MEREDITH BECAUSE OF HIS ANTIABORTION RECORD.

SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY OPPOSED THAT DEAL AND PRESIDENT BIDEN NEVER NOMINATED MEREDITH.

ON SOCIAL MEDIA PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THIS ABOUT HIS DECISION QUOTE CHAD IS HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND WELL QUALIFIED.

CHAD IS A PATRIOT WHO KNOWS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW AND PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION.

SENATOR McCONNELL PRAISED THE NOMINATION HE SAID CHAD MEREDITH IS A BRIGHT LAWYER WITH A STELLAR RESUME AND DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE INCLUDING PREVIOUS SERVICE AS KENTUCKY'S SOLICITOR GENERAL.

HIS DEMONSTRATED DEVOTION TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION WILL SERVE THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY WELL ON THE FEDERAL BENCH.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SENATE CONFIRMING HIS NOMINATION, END QUOTE.

NOW, THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THIS.

SPOKESPERSON NAT TURNER CRITICIZED MEREDITH SAYING HE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE LAST-MINUTE PARDONS DURING THE BEVIN ADMINISTRATION.

HERE IS PART OF THAT STATEMENT.

HE SAID CHAD MEREDITH HAS NO BUSINESS BEING ON THE FEDERAL BENCH AFTER HELPING ORCHESTRATE PARDONS OF MURDERERS AND CHILD RAPISTS THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS DESERVE BETTER.

RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY SAYS HE BACKS THE CHAD MEREDITH NOMINATION AFTER OPPOSING IT IN 2022.

AND SENATOR PAUL IS CONTINUING TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHTING BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL.

APPEARING ON A DAILY SIGNAL PODCAST, SENATOR PAUL SAID HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE COSTS OF A LONG-TERM U.S. SKMIVMENT.

>> YOU KNOW MILITARYLY I THINK WE CAN DEFEAT THEM IN A MATTER OF WEEKS IT'S WHAT COMES AFTERWARDS LIKE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THE CONSERVATIVES FOR WAR ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE THEY DON'T THINK THROUGH THE CONSEQUENCES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

SO THE CONSEQUENCES IN AFGHANISTAN TOOK 20 YEARS WHEN WE LEFT IT REVERTED BACK TO THE STONE AGES WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

WE WASTED A TRILLION DOLLARS.

I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE AFTER OUR ENEMIES BUT WE SHOULD HAVE COME HOME THREE MONTHS LATER THE NATION BUILDING ENTERPRISE WAS A HUGE MISTAKE.

IN IRAQ WE TAKE OUT THE OPPOSITION TO IRAN IRAN IS MORE OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE SADDAM HUSSEIN IS GONE.

AND THOSE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WAR.

AND THE SAME HERE, WHAT ARE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IS THIS?

DO THEY RUSH TO A BOMB AND HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON IN THREE MONTHS INSTEAD OF SAYING SORRY WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO TRY TO PURSUE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

>> Kelsey: ANOTHER KENTUCKIAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT IS SPONSORING LEGISLATION BLOCKING PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM TAKING ACTION IN IRAN WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS.

YESTERDAY, CONGRESSMAN MASSIE POSTED THIS ON X, QUOTE MOST AMERICANS DO NOT SUPPORT U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST IRAN WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION: WHY DOESN'T MORE OF CONGRESS OPPOSE IT?

NO ONE CAMPAIGNED ON ANOTHER WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

END QUOTE.

SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL HAS SUGGESTED THE U.S. SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT SAYING QUOTE AMERICA MUST STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ISRAEL BUT THIS WEEK HE QUESTIONED THE ADMINISTRATION'S MOST RECENT BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE U.S. ARMY.

>> IF THE ADMINISTRATION MADE THE CASE FOR SUSTAINED INCREASES IN DEFENSE SPENDING, THE ARM WOULD HAVE A STRONGER HAND WHEN ASKING CONGRESS TO TAKE RISKS ON NEW INITIATIVES.

BUT NET CUTS TO DEFENSE SPENDING MAKE IT HARDER TO BALANCE THE ARMY'S CURRENT AND FUTURE REQUIREMENTS.

>> Kelsey: LAST WEEK, DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH WAS MET WITH BIPARTISAN FRUSTRATION THAT CONGRESS HAS NOT YET GOTTEN A FULL DEFENSE BUDGET FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>>> YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT STATE LAWMAKERS WHO WENT ON THE ROAD TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY, THE DAY WAS FULL OF INTERIM JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS ONE WAS THE HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE.

THAT GROUP MET FOR THREE HOURS TO DISCUSS TOPICS FROM MEASLES TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.

NOW, WE WANT TO WARN YOU THIS STORY WILL DISCUSS SUICIDE.

"KENTUCKY EDITION"'S EMILY SISK HAS DETAILS.

>> YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH WAS A LARGE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION ON WEDNESDAY AS DATA SHOWED THE NUMBER OF YOUTH SUICIDES IN THE STATE IS ON THE RISE.

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF KENTUCKY SAID THE PROBLEM IS YOUNG PEOPLE AREN'T RECEIVING TREATMENT.

>> ALMOST HALF OF KENTUCKY YOUTH WHO EXPERIENCE SOME KIND OF MENTAL DISORDER THROUGH SURVEYS AND OTHER TOOLS DO NOT RECEIVE ANY KIND OF TREATMENT.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIX.

>> FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPLAINED THE MODEL THEY BELIEVE COMMUNITIES SHOULD HAVE IN PLACE.

>> THIS IS HOW WE ADDRESS IT AND NOT ONE OF THESE THINGS CAN HAPPEN INDEPENDENTLY.

THEY HAVE TO ALL HAPPEN.

WE HAVE TO HAVE SUICIDE INTERVENTION -- SUICIDE PREVENTION.

BUILDING A WORLD WHERE FOLKS WANT TO LIVE AND STAY ALIVE.

WE HAVE TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY BECOME SUICIDAL SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WE NEED TO BUILD SURVIVOR CENTERED POST INTERVENTION RESPONSE HOW DO WE CIRCLE AROUND PEOPLE WHO LOST SOMEONE TO SUICIDE.

>> THE SPEAKERS ALSO SUGGESTED FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CREATE A SAFETY PLAN FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW AFTER A SUICIDE.

SIMILAR TO STOP, DROP AND ROLL DURING A FIRE.

REPRESENTATIVE FLEMING OF LOUISVILLE WAS CRITICAL OF MENTAL HEALTH EFFORTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

>> I DON'T SEE ENOUGH EFFORT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN TERMS OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE KIDS, HAVE A COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO THE PARENTS.

I KNOW I HEAR YOU BUT I DON'T SEE IT.

>> JAMIE SIGHTS WHO LOST HER 13 DAUGHTER AUDREY TO SUICIDE LAST YEAR, AGREED WITH REPRESENTATIVE FLEMING.

SHE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE NEED MORE RESOURCES THAN STANDARD SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

>> AUDREY NEVER TOLD ANYBODY.

EVER.

SHE NERVE -- JUST IN THIS SINGLE JOURNAL THAT IS MANY PAGES.

OTHER THAN JUST HAVING SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHO ARE EXTREMELY BUSY THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE A CHILD DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SCARED TO GO TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

>> MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AGREED THEY WANT TO MAKE STRIDES TOWARDS SAFER TECHNOLOGY USES AND MORE RESOURCES IN SCHOOLS.

THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A REPORT ON MEASLES IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

AFTER BEING NEARLY ELIMINATED MEASLES CASES ARE BACK ON THE RISE.

ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ASSOCIATION.

THEY ATTRIBUTED THE TREND TO A LACK IN VACCINATIONS.

>> WE DON'T START GETTING OUR IMMUNIZATION RATES BACK UP AND WORKING ON THIS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE MORE INFECTIOUS DISEASES BEING SPREAD IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> WHILE THE COUNTRY HAS ONLY SEEN THREE MEASLES DEATHS SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE SPEAKER SAID THAT COULD INCREASE IF MORE CHILDREN ARE NOT VACCINATED.

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

>> Kelsey: NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEASLES VACCINE THIS YEAR'S ASSESSMENT OF KENTUCKY GARTERS SHOWED 87% WERE VACCINATED.

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER REACH AT LEAST 90%.

[♪♪] LOUISVILLE'S OLDEST STANDING PUBLIC HOUSING HIGH-RISE COMPLEX WILL NOT BE STANDING FOR MUCH LONGER.

THE CITY HAS PLANS TO DEMOLISH DOSKER MANOR AND REBUILD A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX ON THE SITE AFTER THE NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HOUSING CALLED THE LIVING CONDITIONS THERE DEPLORABLE.

ON THIS SUNDAY'S "INSIDE LOUISVILLE" WE TAKE YOU INSIDE DOSKER MANOR.

[♪♪] >> YOU'LL SEE GATES ON THE WINDOWS AND SCREWS IN THE DOORS.

SOME DOORS WILL HAVE THE DEAD BOLT REMOVED.

>> KEVIN WALLER HAS BEEN WORKING IN MAINTENANCE AT DOSKER MANOR FOR FIVE YEARS AND NOW HIS JOB IS KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE VACANT ROOMS.

>> LET'S SEE SOMETHING THIS IS THE TOUR.

PEOPLE FROM ENTERING INTO THE APARTMENTS, SQUATTING.

>> IN THE YEAR SINCE IT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS COMPLEX WOULD BE DEMOLISHED 300 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT.

AND THEY ARE MOVING TO OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING SITES.

JANICE LAMBERT IS 70 YEARS OLD AND WILL BE MOVING SOON AFTER LIVING HERE FOR THE LAST DECADE.

>> I SEE THE SUNSET EVERY EVENING.

AND MY WINDOW GIVES ME THE FIREWORKS EVERY DERBY AND EVERY FOURTH OF JULY.

AND EVEN THOUGH NO ONE IS ACTUALLY VISITED ME, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> THAT PRIME LOCATION MORE THAN FIVE ACRES NEAR DOWNTOWN WAS KEY WHEN THE THREE HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1964 AND 1972.

THEY WERE LOUISVILLE'S FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING HIGH-RISE SITES AND THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING DEDICATED TO LOW INCOME SENIORS WITH ELEVATORS AND ON-SITE RESOURCES.

THE COMPLEX WAS NAMED FOR NICHOLAS DOSKER, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HOUSING FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

HE IS REGARDED BY MANY AS THE FATHER OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN LOUISVILLE.

DOSKER MANOR OPENED AFTER HIS DEATH.

>> EVERYBODY KNOW MY NAME LIKE NORM.

>> ROCHELLE HAS WORKED AT DOSKER MANOR FOR 31 YEARS.

SHE SAYS IT'S DOWNFALL BEGAN WHEN THE POPULATION HERE CHANGED.

>> IT WAS MOSTLY SENIORS HERE AND THEY TOLD ME THE STORY WHEN THE BUILDING WAS FIRST BUILT YOU COULDN'T COME THROUGH YOU WERE TRESPASSING.

IT WAS NO GATES YOU COULDN'T COME.

NO, YOU CAN'T COME THROUGH HERE SO THEY MIXED IN AND THINGS CHANGED.

SO AS YOU SEE, THINGS CHANGED IT IS AS TIME GO ON.

>> IN ADDITION TO YOUNGER FOLKS MOVING IN, FUNDING CUTS AT BOTH THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEVEL LED TO DECADES OF NEGLECT SENDING THE COMPLEX INTO DIRE DISREPAIR.

>> IT BECAME ABOVE THEM WHERE THEY COULDN'T TAKE IT UP COULDN'T DO IT.

THE PIPES AND STUFF THE CRACKS STILL COMING.

JUST STILL GOING DOWNHILL.

AND WE STILL LIKE NOW TRYING TO KEEP IT UP, THE BEST WE CAN.

EVEN WORSE A LOT OF DAMAGE AND WE COULDN'T KEEP UP.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES.

>> THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TRY TO STEP INSIDE.

>> IN RECENT YEARS THE COMPLEX HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH REPORTS OF EVERYTHING FROM MOLD, BEDBUGS TO ANIMALS AND HUMAN REMAINS FOUND INSIDE.

>> JUST LAST MONTH, I HAD ONE MOUSE THAT WAS GOING FROM ONE PART OF THE LIVING ROOM TO THE KITCHEN TO THE BEDROOM TO THE BATHROOM.

AND BABIES.

BUT THEY ALL STARVED TO DEATH.

EVERY SPRING, THE POPULATION OF INSECTS GROWS.

BUT THE AIR-CONDITIONING KEEPS IT DOWN.

IF IT'S COLD, IT WILL KEEP THE ANIMALS THE CREATURES FROM MOVING AROUND SO MUCH.

>> MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE GLAD TO ESCAPE THE LIVING CONDITIONS, BUT MANY ARE UNSURE WHERE THEY WILL END UP NEXT.

>> DOWN NOW THAT I'M GOING I HATE TO SEE IT GO.

I DO.

I HATE TO SEE IT GO BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO.

>> THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DIED.

PEOPLE LIVED HERE.

IT'S NOT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ONLY CAME HERE TO DIE.

I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE WERE IN THEIR 90s WHEN THEY DIED HERE BUT THEY HAD BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.

BUT WHEN YOU ARE ALL BY YOURSELF AND YOU CAN'T HANDLE BEING BY YOURSELF, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU.

>> Kelsey: THIS SUNDAY I SIT DOWN WITH ELIZABETH STROJAN WHO TOOK OVER AT LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HOUSING JUST OVER A YEAR AGO AND ALREADY IS MAKING BIG PLANS TO OVERHAUL THE AGENCY.

YOU CAN HEAR THAT FULL CONVERSATION SUNDAY AT NOON, 11 CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

[♪♪] WELL, GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR DID NOT HAVE HIS USUAL THURSDAY NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY BECAUSE OF JUNETEENTH THE HOLIDAY OBSERVING THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1865.

DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE LAST THURSDAY HE TALKED ABOUT THE MEANING OF THIS HOLIDAY.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY IN OUR HISTORY AS AMERICANS A DAY WHERE WE STAND UNITED IN ACKNOWLEDGING OUR PAST AND OUR NATION'S GREATEST INJUSTICE.

A DAY WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE COLLECTIVE COURAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR REAL, MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

AND NOW IT'S RECOGNIZED IN KENTUCKY BECAUSE FOLLOWING MY EXECUTIVE ORDER LAST YEAR, WE'RE OFFICIALLY MARKING JUNETEENTH AS AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH HOLIDAY FOR THE SECOND TIME.

AT A TIME WHERE OTHERS WANT TO MAKE DIVERSITY A DIRTY WORD.

LET ME BE CLEAR.

I BELIEVE DIVERSITY IS ALWAYS A STRENGTH AND NEVER A WEAKNESS THAT WE ARE STRONGER WITH MORE VOICES AND BACKGROUNDS AT THE TABLE.

THAT IT MAKES US BETTER, A BETTER AS A STATE AND BETTER AS A COUNTRY.

>> Kelsey: AS YOU HEARD FROM GOVERNOR BESHEAR THIS IS A HOLIDAY FOR STATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WORKERS.

FORM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DECLARED IT A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN 2021.

>> THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER IN LOUISVILLE KICKED OFF JUNETEENTH FESTIVITIES THE MUSEUM THAT HONORS AND CARRIES OUT ALI'S LEGACY WELCOMED PATRONS FREE OF CHARGE TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY, BLACK JOY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> MUHAMMED ALI MY HERO BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK HIS MIND ON REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED OR A LONGTIME AROUND THE WORLD.

JUNETEENTH IS NOT ONLY A WAY TO OBSERVE A TIME IN HISTORY, BUT IT'S ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR BLACK CULTURE, BLACK RESILIENCE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BLACK JOY.

>> THE REST OF WORLD IS CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY THAT WASN'T OUR DAY OF FREEDOM.

OUR FREEDOM CAME JUNETEENTH.

>> WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE HISTORY.

JUNETEENTH, WHEN ON JUNE THE 19TH THE ENSLAVED IN GALVESTON TEXAS LEARNED ABOUT THE SIGNING OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY THE FIRST, 1863.

THE CIVIL WAR ENDED IN APRIL OF 1865.

AND THE ENSLAVED IN GALVESTON DID NOT FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL JENTD.

>> AND THE FACT IT TOOK TWO YEARS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S WHY WE CELEBRATE IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE WERE REALLY KNOWN TO BE FREE.

>> LINCOLN WAS A FASCINATOR.

HE COULD NOT MAKEUP HIS MIND.

IF HE SHOULD END SLAVERY, BUT HE REALIZED BECAUSE LEE WAS WINNING EVERY BATTLE, THAT I NEED THESE ENSLAVED PEOPLE TO FIGHT.

I NEED TO DESTABILIZE THE SOUTH, THEIR WORKFORCE.

SO HE WAS FORCED INTO SIGNING AGAINST HIS WILL THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO DESTABILIZE THE SOUTH AND TO RECRUIT SOLDIERS THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, LINCOLN DIDN'T FREE THE SLAVES, THE SLAVES FREED LINCOLN.

THEY COULD NOT HAVE WON WITHOUT THE ENSLAVED THEY HAD A JINGLE THAT WENT LET'S RALLY NEVER MIND THE PAST WE HAVE A LONG ROAD TO TRAVEL BUT OUR DAY IS COMING FAST.

GOD IS FOR THE RIGHT.

AND WE HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR.

THE UNION WILL BE SAVED, BY THE COLORED VOLUNTEERS.

AND THE UNION WAS SAVED.

>> Kelsey: ONE OF THE STATE'S BIGGEST JUNETEENTH EVENTS IS CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS IN LEXINGTON.

SOULFEAST IS A WEEK LONG CELEBRATION OF BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP, A CULINARY ARTIST INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY WE CAUGHT UP WITH A COFOUNDER TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE SERVING UP THIS YEAR.

>> IT WAS 2020 MY TWIN BROTHER AND I WE WERE AT LIVING AT HOME.

YOU KNOW.

RACIAL INJUSTICE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING I STARTED THE HASHTAG 19 DAYS OF BLACK CHALLENGE LEADING UP TO JUNETEENTH I SUPPORTED A DIFFERENT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS AND TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER AND DID LEXINGTON BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND HAD A PASSION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE AND MARCELLUS JOKES WE HAVE BEEN THROWING PARTIES HEALTH INSURANCE WE WERE 10 WE WANTED TO CULMINATE THAT AND SOULFEAST WEEK WAS BORN AND IT'S CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS.

SO A LOT OF THE SAME EVENTS BUT THEY ARE BIGGER AND BETTER.

WE HAVE EVENTS JUNE 19TH THROUGH THE 22nd AND OUR BLACK RESTAURANT WEEK THE 23-29.

THE BLACK RESTAURANT WEEK THE RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE A $15 MENU ENTRY.

AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS BOSH AND RAISED IN LEX SON I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT AS A CULINARY DESTINATION UNTIL I MOVED BACK AND WE HAVE REALLY GREAT RESTAURANTS.

AND A DIVERSE ARRAY OF RESTAURANTS.

AND WE KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BE A RESTAURANT OWNER PARTICULARLY A BLACK RESTAURANT OWNER SO WE'RE TRYING TO EQUIP PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES AND THINGS IN ORDER TO HELP THEIR BUSINESSES THRIVE.

>> IT'S JUST BECOME A FAMILY THING.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE SPEND OUR JUNE.

WHEN SOULFEAST WEEK COMES UP I CLEAR MY CALENDAR BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK YOUR REAL ESTATE WHAT ARE YOU DOING SPONSORING OR SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WITH AN EVENT LIKE SOULFEAST.

BUT WHAT ATTRACTED US TO IT FIRST OF ALL, THEY SAW AN ISSUE, THEY SAW A PROBLEM AND WANTED TO ACT THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.

>> WE'RE SUPPORTING BUSINESSES.

WE'RE SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS, AND WE'RE SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THE COMMUNITY ALTOGETHER AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO ALL OF LEXINGTON.

>> YOU WILL HAVE GREAT COMPANY.

YOU WILL HAVE GREAT FOOD, GREAT MUSIC AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVEDDED IN LEXION.

>> BLACK RESTAURANT WEEKS EXIST BUT IN COMBINATION WITH EVENTS YOU DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN.

AND I THINK IT'S HELPED PUTTING NOT ONLY LEXINGTON ON THE MAP BUT KENTUCKY ON THE MAP IN A MAJOR WAY WITH HOW WE'RE LOOKED AT FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

>> Kelsey: FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SOULFEAST WEEK GO TO SOUTH FEAST WEEK.COM.

[♪♪] SOULFEAST WEEK.COM.

>> A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO KENTUCKY SCHOOLS WHO MADE IT TO THIS YEAR'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.

KENTUCKY HAD TWO OF THE EIGHT TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT AS IT STARTED.

THE MURRAY STATE RACERS MADE THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES APPEARANCE EVER.

THEY LOST TO ARKANSAS ON MONDAY.

LOUISVILLE MADE IT TO THE SEMIFINALS BEFORE FALLING YESTERDAY TO COASTAL CAROLINA THIS WAS LOUISVILLE'S SIXTH APPEARANCE IN THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.

>>> THIS WEEK'S TAPESTRY SEGMENT GIVES US A LOOK AT THE CREATIVE PROCESS ABOUT AN ITEM ALL OF US HAVE IN OUR HOMES, BROOMS.

SUNHOUSE CRAFT IN BEREA IS KEEPING BROOM MAKING ALIVE.

THE OWNERS SAY THE ARTISAN BROOM BUSINESS IS BOOMING.

>> I WANT TO THINK TO HAVE AS A GOOD FRENCH BAKERY EXCEPT WHAT WE'RE MAKING IS USUALLY BROOMS.

SO THE HANDLE GOES IN HERE.

THIS GETS ATTACHED TO IT.

WITH THIS WIRE HERE.

AND YOU STAND HERE AND SLOWLY WIND THIS WITH YOUR FEET WITH THE WIRE.

SO THAT IS WHAT ATTACHES TO THE HEAD TO THE BROOM AND THIS DRIES FOR A COUPLE DAYS.

WET TO GO HELP IT IS CINCH DOWN ON TO THE HEAD.

YOU MAKE A LOT OF CRAFT WE FOCUS ON BROOMS AND BRUSHES IN APPALACHIAN STYLE BUT WE MAKE EVERYTHING BY HAND HERE IN HOUSE AND ARE FOCUSING ON SOURCING AND QUALITY.

THE BROOM GOES IN HERE.

THE STRING GETS WOUND AROUND IT AND THESE TWO NEEDLES WAS PACK AND FORTH THROUGH THE BROOM.

STITCHING IT BACK AND FORTH WHILE THE BROOM SLOWLY GETS KICKED OUT OF PLACE.

MOST OF THE BROOMS ARE MADE OUT OF A SORE GUM CALLED BROOM CORN A CROP COMMONLY GROWN HERE BUT IT LEFT THE U.S. DUE TO A SERIES OF WHETHER IT'S TRADE AGREEMENTS OR LABOR.

IT MOSTLY MOVED TO MEXICO.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH LAZY EIGHT STOCK FARM TO BRING BACK BROOM CORN GROWING TO THE U.S. AND WE ARE HOPING NEXT YEAR GROW OUR BROOM CORN LOCALLY.

>> YOU CAN THINK OF TRADITIONAL CRAFT MADE WITH NATURAL MATERIALS BUT PEOPLE FOUND GETTING INTO CRAFT THE PLASTICS AND HAVE INFULL TRAITED TRADITIONAL CRAFT FILLING IN THE GAPS AND FEIGNING THE PIECES AND FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE IN THE PROCESS TO BRING BACK TO BEING A NATURAL MATERIAL IS SOMETHING THAT OUR SHOP IS REALLY KNOWN FOR.

AND SOMETHING THAT I OBSESS OVER THAT IS JUST A REALLY FUN AVENUE OF RESEARCH WE DO IN OUR PRODUCTS.

>> THIS IS CALLED A TURKEY WING.

AND THIS SOLID WEAVE LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY BASED OFF OF THE KENTUCKY SHAKERS DID A SOLID WEAVE IN HEMP.

THIS IS MADE OUT OF RECYCLED T-SHIRT FIBERS SO THAT IS THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF THE SHIRTS.

IT'S RECYCLED COTTON IN THE TRADITIONAL STYLE.

>> PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW ABOUT HAND CRAFT.

AND I THINK IT IS AN ECHO OF WHAT PEOPLE SAW IN THE 1920s, JUST AS TECHNOLOGY AT THE TIME WAS SURGING YOU SAW THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT.

WE SEE TECHNOLOGY TAKING A BIG ROLE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND A REAL DESIRE TO FEEL CONNECTION AGAIN.

AND WORK THAT RESONATES.

A HANDMADE THING AS MOST OF US HOPEFULLY HAVE GOTTEN TO EXPERIENCE FEELS DIFFERENT THAN SOMETHING COMPLETELY MADE BY MACHINE.

AND THAT QUALITY IS SOMETHING THAT IS HARD TO PUT YOUR FINGER ON BUT I FIND PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO IT.

AND I THINK THERE IS A STRONG CRAFT LEGACY HERE IN KENTUCKY AND BEREA ESPECIALLY.

AND I THINK THERE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SHOP THAT IS AMERICAN MADE, AMERICAN SOURCED, AMERICAN GROWN FROM HERE THAT CAN THRIVE AND PAY PEOPLE WELL AND DO ALL THE THINGS.

AND IT'S AN OPEN QUESTION MARK CAN WE PULL THIS OFF?

CAN WE PAY PEOPLE LOVE LIVING WAGE AND STILL MAKE HAND CRAFT?

AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES.

BUT THE MISSION IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE LAND THROUGH CRAFT.

THROUGH OUR WORK.

AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

>> Kelsey: SUNHOUSE CRAFT IS PRIMARILY AN ON-LINE RETAILER BUT THE STOREFRONT WILL BE OPEN FOR THE SUMMER VERY SOON.

>>> A LOUISVILLE BUILDING IS NOW ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES THE AMERICAN LIFE BUILDING ON WEST MAIN STREET BUILT IN 1973 WHEN PEOPLE WERE LEAVING DOWNTOWN FOR THE SUBURBS.

IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST DESIGNS OF GERMAN ARCHITECT MIES VAN DER ROHE THIS DISTINCTION ALLOWS FOR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND PROTECTIONS TO PRESERVE THE BUILDING AND IT HAS A SPECIAL MEANING FOR US AT KET IT'S HOME TO OUR LOUISVILLE STUDIO WHERE WE ARE BROADCASTING FROM RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WILL BE BROADCASTING FROM HERE AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.