[♪♪] >> Renee: WHO WILL LEAD KENTUCKY'S LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM?

WE HAVE THE PICK FOR SUPERINTENDENT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

>> I THINK GENEROSITY IN THE WORKFORCE IS A SUPERPOWER.

>> Renee: IN TONIGHT'S BUSINESS BEAT, THE KEYS TO A MORE SATISFYING, MORE SUCCESSFUL CAREER.

>> SO I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE SECURING AND HAVE SECURED THIS BORDER.

>> Renee: AND AS KENTUCKY'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SPOKE THE HEAT WAS TOO MUCH FOR ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES.

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

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS FRIDAY, MAY 23rd WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE WEEKEND.

I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR KICKING OFF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

>>> KENTUCKY'S SENIOR U.S.

SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL TOURED TORNADO DAMAGE TODAY IN LAUREL COUNTY.

17 PEOPLE DIED THERE AS A TORNADO HIT A WEEK AGO.

SPEAKING AT HART BAPTIST CHURCH AFTER HIS TOUR, SENATOR McCONNELL TALKED ABOUT THE BAD TIMING FOR THE TORNADO TO HIT AT NIGHT.

>> SO THIS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT PRESUMABLY BEING ASLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

AND THE HEROIC EFFORT THAT I'VE WITNESSED ON BEHALF OF VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, IS REALLY INSPIRING.

AND I WANTED TO COME AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY ARE DOING.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMFORTING.

AND PRAYING FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE INJURED TO SURVIVE THIS DEVASTATING OCCURRENCE.

>> Renee: AND SENATOR McCONNELL TALKED ABOUT WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SIGN OFF ON A FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE GOVERNOR'S MADE HIS REQUEST, THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ALL SIGNED IT.

THE NEXT STEP IS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND I HAVE NO INDICATION THAT HE WON'T SIGN IT.

IF EVER THERE WERE A CLEAR CASE, THIS IS IT.

>> Renee: SENATOR McCONNELL DISCUSSED THE PRESIDENT'S TAX AND BUDGET PLAN THAT JUST PASSED THE U.S. HOUSE BY ONE VOTE THIS WEEK AND HE SAID THE SENATE WILL MAKE CHANGES AND THAT PROCESS COULD TAKE WEEKS.

SENATOR McCONNELL'S KENTUCKY COLLEAGUE RAND PAUL SAYS THE BILL ADDS TOO MUCH TO THE NATIONAL DEBT.

>>> THE HOUSE VERSION OF THAT TAX AND BUDGET BILL PROPOSES MORE THAN $1 TRILLION IN SPENDING CUTS, INCLUDING MORE THAN $700 BILLION IN CUTS TO MEDICAID.

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SAYS NEARLY 35% OF PATIENTS SERVED BY U.K. HEALTHCARE ARE MEDICAID RESIP RENTS.

MARK BIRDWHISTELL IS THE U.K.'S SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT FOR HEALTH AND PUBLIC POLICY AND SAYS FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR MEDICAID IS ESSENTIAL TO SERVING THE STATE'S MOST VULNERABLE.

>> BECAUSE OF THIS FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE COMMONWEALTH, AND TO THE UNIVERSITY, IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2022, U.K. HAD TO TURN AWAY APPROXIMATELY 4,000 POTENTIAL PATIENTS THAT NEEDED TO GET CARE IN OUR FACILITIES.

BECAUSE WE HAD THIS FUNDING WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN ADDITIONAL FLOORS AND IN THE HOSPITAL AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT 45% MORE OF THOSE PATIENTS.

WE'RE STILL TURNING AWAY TOO MANY PEOPLE IN FISCAL YEAR 25 TO DATE, WE'VE TURNED AWAY 1800 PEOPLE.

SO BECAUSE OF OPEN -- BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN UP ACCESS AND SAY YES MORE TIMES THAN WE WERE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

WHICH, I THINK, IS SIGNIFICANT.

IN ADDITION, IT IS ALSO ALLOWED US TO ANSWER THE CALL FROM HEALTH SYSTEMS AND PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

THAT NEED ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS.

BECAUSE OF THIS FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO FINANCE SENDING PHYSICIANS AND OTHER PROVIDERS TO REMOTE LOCATIONS ONE DAY, TWO DAYS A WEEK, ONE DAY A MONTH, TO ENSURE ACCESS TO SPECIALTY CARE IN THE COMMONWEALTH SO THAT PATIENTS GET THE CARE THEY NEED CLOSER TO HOME AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO LEXINGTON TO GET IT.

>> Renee: SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE IMPOSED A SELF IMPOSED DEADLINE OF JULY 4TH TO PASS THE BILL.

U.S.

SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY HAS SAID HE WON'T CONSIDER VOTING FOR THE BILL UNLESS THE $4 TRILLION INCREASE IN THE DEBT CEILING IS REMOVED.

IN OTHER NEWS, KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN JOINED OTHER REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL TO DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND PRAISE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP AT THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER THIS WEEK.

COLEMAN SAYS THE CHANGE IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS MEANT CHANGE AT THE BORDER.

>> THIS IS WHAT LEADERSHIP AT THE BORDER LOOKS LIKE.

LEADERSHIP FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

WE STAND IN A SPOT THAT A BRIEFING ADVISED US ON AVERAGE 1500 CROSSINGS A DAY DURING THE BRIDEN ADMINISTRATION DOWN TO FOUR.

THAT IS A PRODUCT OF SOLID LEADERSHIP FROM OUR PRESIDENT, AMAZING LEADERSHIP FROM THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO STAND BEHIND ME AND SO OFTENTIMES AT PRESS CONFERENCES LIKE THIS THOSE THAT DO THE REAL MOST DANGEROUS WORK THAT BRING US HERE ARE STANDING BEHIND THE CAMERAS.

MY HAT IS OFF.

OUR HATS ARE OFF TO THOSE WHO WEAR THE GREEN, WHO WEAR THE BROWN, THOSE WHO ARE OUT HERE WITH A BADGE AND A GUN LATE AT NIGHT WHEN WE ARE SAFE IN OUR BED.

>> Renee: IT WAS MORE THAN 100° DURING THIS EVENT IN YUMA, ARIZONA.

AS COLEMAN SPOKE, ONE ATTORNEY GENERAL APPEARED TO FAINT FROM THE HEAT AS YOU SEE THERE.

NOTICE THE WOMAN IN RED, ATTORNEY GENERAL LYNN FITCH OF MISSISSIPPI.

THE OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL HELPED HER AS SHE STARTED TO FALL AND SHE WAS OKAY AND SPOKE LATER.

ATTORNEY GENERAL COLEMAN SAYS THIS PROVES HOW HARD IT IS FOR BORDER PATROL AGENTS TO WORK IN THAT KIND OF HEAT.

>>> THE STATE'S LARGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS REPORTEDLY SELECTED ITS NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

THE OCCUR CURE CURE COURIER-JOURNAL SELECTED BRIAN YEARWOOD FOR THE JOB.

IN A 5-2 VOTE LAST NIGHT, THE BOARD VOTED TO ALLOW CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN WITH THE FINALISTS THE BOARD HAS NOT YET NAMED THE FINALISTS.

ON FACEBOOK, STATE REPRESENTATIVE JASON NEMES A REPUBLICAN FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY ALSO SAID YEARWOOD IS OFFERED THE JOB.

YEARWOOD WAS ONE OF TWO FINALISTS BEING CONSIDERED.

THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO NATIVE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MISSOURI.

WITH LESS THAN 20,000 STUDENTS THE DISTRICT IS SMALLER THAN JCPS WHICH HAS 97,000 STUDENTS.

THE NEXT JCPS SUPERINTENDENT WILL REPLACE MARTY POLLIO WHO IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

>>> THE GROUP THAT HELPED DEFEAT AMENDMENT 2, THE SCHOOL CHOICE BALLOT MEASURE HAS A NEW PROJECT.

PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS KENTUCKY IS HOSTING A 10-STOP LISTENING TOUR THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THE COALITION WANTS EARLY FEEDBACK FROM EACH COMMUNITY AS THEY BEGIN ADVOCATING FOR SCHOOL NEEDS IN THE UPCOMING STATE BUDGET WHICH LAWMAKERS WILL HAMMER OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF 2026.

>> THE LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT AT WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY IS LESS ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN TELLING THE COMMUNITY AND MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO CONSTRUCT THE FUTURE WE DESIRE.

AND WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IN THAT FUTURE.

SO WHEREAS BEFORE WE FOUGHT AGAINST SOMETHING NOW WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT KENTUCKY WANTS TO FIGHT FOR.

>> OUR COALITION IS NONPARTISAN.

WE INVITE PARENTS, TEACHERS E. STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS TO JOIN US.

YOU WANT TO ORGANIZE WITH US TO FURTHER THIS COMMITMENT, WE INVITE YOU.

STUDENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES WE WANT YOU.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE HEART BEAT OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE CANNOT DO BETTER FOR THEM.

WE CAN DO THE BEST FOR THEM BY MAKING SURE WE ARE LOOKING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER FOR A VISION THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE OF US.

>> THE 2024 CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMENDMENT 2 WAS A MONUMENTAL VICTORY FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

KENTUCKIANS MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE WANTED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND WE WANTED TO -- WE HAD ACOMMITMENT TO BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD ACROSS THE STATE OF KENTUCKY ALL 120 COUNTIES.

WE ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO CHART A COURSE FOR OUR FUTURE AND WE ARE READY TO ORGANIZE FOR IT.

STATE FUNDING INCREASES HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH INFLATION SINCE THE 2008 SESSION.

THIS HAS AFFECTED EVERYTHING FROM CLASS SIZES TO TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES NEED.

>> Renee: THE OUR SCHOOLS OUR COMMUNITIES THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TOUR HAS ALREADY HELD EVENTS IN OWENSBORO AND LOUISVILLE AND LISTENING SESSIONS ARE IN BOWLING GREEN IN JUNE AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND LEXINGTON AND ASHLAND IN JULY.

OTHER STOPS ARE ALSO IN THE WORKS.

[♪♪] >> I'M CHRISTIE DUTTON FOR TODAY'S BUSINESS BEAT TODAY WE HAVE PATTYDALE TIE A NATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER TO LEADERSHIP GROUPS, CAREER COUNSELORS C.O.O.

OF A LAW FIRM.

PATTY YOU'VE MADE IT YOUR CAREER TO HELP OTHERS CAREERS.

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRISTIE FOR HAVING ME ON.

I HAVE HAD A FABULOUS CAREER.

YOU KNOW YOUR AVERAGE CAREER IS 90,000 HOURS.

AND I'M ON 80,000 AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

BUT NOT ALL 80,000 WERE GREAT.

I KNOW WHERE THERE ARE PAIN POINTS IN THE WORKFORCE AND THE WORK WORLD.

AND I WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE THAT WALK THROUGH THAT PAIN.

AND THAT'S WHY I WROTE THE BOOK.

>> AND THIS IS PERSONAL TO YOU, TOO?

>> VERY PERSONAL.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO MENTOR AND COACH INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES THAT'S WHAT GIVES ME BRIGHT LIGHTS.

>> AND YOU'RE ALSO A BEST SELLING FORBES AUTHOR.

YOUR BOOK RIGHT THERE, ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY.

>> EXACTLY.

>> IN THIS BOOK YOU TALK ABOUT THREE STAGES IN YOUR CAREER.

WHAT ARE THOSE STAGES?

AND GIVE US A NUGGET ADVICE FOR EACH STAGE WHEN OUR AUDIENCE IS LISTENING LIKE I'M IN THAT STAGE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE 90,000 HOURS.

SO I THINK ABOUT THE FIRST STAGE IS BEING WHEN YOU'RE JUST GETTING GOING.

THAT IS FIVE, SEVEN, 10 YEARS IT TAKES YOU THAT LONG TO GET GOOD AT WORK.

THEN YOU GET INTO YOUR GROOVE WHEN YOU REALLY BEGIN TO BE A LEADER, TO BE ABLE TO INSTRUCT STRATEGY IN MY OPINION IN BUSINESS.

AND CONTINUE OUT AND THEN YOU GET TO YOUR THIRD STAGE AND THAT IS THE STAGE I'M IN NOW AND WE CALL THAT THE PORT FOR FOL YO -- PORTFOLIO STAGE.

YOU MENTIONED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND I ALSO SPEAK ON MY BOOK VERY OFTEN.

I'M ON THE BOARD OF OUR ZOO LOCALLY.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I CAN PUT MY HANDS IN VERSUS THE JUST ONE THAT TAKES UP THE 80,000 HOURS.

>> OKAY.

FOR SOMEBODY THAT IS IN THAT FIRST STAGE, STARTING THE CAREER, WHAT IS A NUGGET OF ADVICE WHAT THEY THEY DO TODAY?

>> GENEROSITY IN THE WORKFORCE IS A SUPERPOWER.

FOUND OUT WHAT YOUR LEADER NEEDS TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND HELP HIM OR DO THAT.

SHOW UP PREPARED AND EXCITED TO WORK AND YOU WILL GO VERY FAR.

BECAUSE ATTITUDES MAKE FOR THE GREATEST GROWTH.

COME WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, COME WITH CURIOSITY AND BE GENEROUS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STAGE WHERE YOU THIS HAPPENS FOR A LOT OF WOMEN YOU ARE REENTERING THE WORKFORCE.

WHAT IS A GOOD PIECE OF ADVICE FOR SOMEBODY GETTING BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE?

>> DON'T LOSE YOUR CONFIDENCE.

WHEN YOU LEFT YOU GOT TO BRING EVERYTHING WITH YOU.

GO BACK AND I BELIEVE IN DOCUMENTING WHAT WERE YOU GREAT AT, AND WHAT DID YOU LOVE TO DO.

AND GET THOSE STORIES PUMPING THROUGH YOU AGAIN SO THAT WHEN YOU GO ON THAT INTERVIEW IT COMES NATURALLY TO YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE A GAP THAT YOU LEFT.

YOU'RE RIGHT THERE AS IF YOU NEVER LEFT.

YOU ARE TALKING THE TALK.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.

TECHNOLOGY CHANGES SO OFTEN ALL OF US ARE BEHIND.

SO JUST REMEMBER WHAT MADE YOU SO GOOD WHEN YOU WALKED OUT THE DOOR.

>> THAT IS GREAT ADVICE.

GET THAT CONFIDENCE GOING AGAIN.

FOR A LITTLE PIECE OF ADVICE FOR THE THIRD STAGE, THE PORTFOLIO STAGE WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> FIRST OF ALL BABY-BOOMERS IT IS OKAY TO LET GO OF THE RING IT IS A SAFE WORLD.

AND YOU, TOO, ARE TAKING ALL THE SKILLS YOU'VE BUILT OVER YOUR CAREER.

THE WORLD NEEDS YOU.

THERE ARE PART-TIME JOBS, CONSULTING OPPORTUNITIES, THERE ARE TONS OF COMMUNITY NEEDS.

WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU LOVED MOST ABOUT YOUR WORK.

AND THEN GO FIND THAT PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GIVE THAT BACK.

YOU HAVE COMPETENCIES THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE WORLD DON'T STOP.

>> AND THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH REENTERING THE WORKFORCE, A LOT OF TIMES IN THIS CAREER ENVIRONMENT, LAYOFFS ARE KIND OF A PART OF MOST PEOPLE'S CAREER AT SOME POINT.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR SOMEBODY DEALING WITH A LAYOFF?

>> IT GOES BACK TO CONFIDENCE.

I WILL SAY DO THE SAME THING I TOLD THE OTHER TWO TO DO.

WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT.

GET COMFORTABLE REPEATING.

HAVE STORIES.

PEOPLE REMEMBER STORIES HAVE STORIES ABOUT YOUR WORK SUCCESS.

GET OUT THAT NETWORK AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KEEP THEIR NETWORK, VERY, VERY, VERY FRESH AND LOOK FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOMMEND YOU, MIGHT HAVE A JOB THEMSELVES.

OR MIGHT KNOW WHERE TO SEND YOU TO LOOK FOR A JOB.

STAY BUSY.

MAKE IT A 40 HOUR WEEK COMMITMENT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO WORK THAT NETWORK AND WORK YOURSELF BACK INTO THE GREAT PLACE YOU DESERVE.

>> YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT NETWORK AND MENTORING.

LET'S START WITH NETWORK.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

SAY I WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND START NETWORKING BUT I NEED TO TAKE THAT FIRST STEP, WHAT DO YOU DO?

>> THE BEST THING IS TO GO TO A NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND JOIN A BOARD OR A COMMITTEE ON A NOT-FOR-PROFIT.

BECAUSE THEY ARE THE COMMUNITY EXPERTS.

THEY HAVE TO BE COMMUNITY EXPERTS.

AND WATCH WHAT THEY DO AND LEARN.

WHEN THERE ARE FUNCTIONS IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE, GO TO THEM.

AND IT'S OKAY TO NOT KNOW A SOUL THERE.

WALK UP TO THE PERSON WHO IS THE HOST.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

AND THEN ASK THEM TO SHOW YOU AROUND.

IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU ARE GETTING OUT AND NETWORKING BUT IT IS A VALUABLE THING TO DO AND LOUISVILLE HAS A MILLION THINGS GOING ON AT ALL TIMES.

YOU KNOW THAT.

>> THIS IS GREAT ADVICE.

I WISH WE COULD KEEP GOING.

ONE LAST PIECE OF ADVICE FOR ANYBODY IN ANY OF THOSE THREE STAGES WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR CAREER IS THERE ONE THING WE CAN ALL DO TODAY TO HELP OUR CAREER?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW YOURSELF.

AND THAT MAY SOUND SIMPLE BUT GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE YOUR APTITUDES WHAT ARE YOUR COMPETENCIES IF YOU AREN'T USING THOSE, YOU WILL BE FRUSTRATED.

THOSE ARE HOW YOU DO YOUR BEST WORK.

KNOW YOU BEST.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> IT WAS WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

[♪♪] >> Renee: MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

AND TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES PLAY A BIG ROLE IN MENTAL WELLNESS.

WHEN YOU THINK OF TRAUMA INFORMED CARE ZIPLINES AND ARCHERY MAY NOT BE THE FIRST THINGS THAT COME TO MIND AT LIFE ADVENTURE CENTER THOSE CHALLENGES ARE HOW TRAUMA AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS ARE FINDING HEALING AND COMMUNITY OUT IN NATURE.

OUR MACKENZIE SPINK HAS MORE.

>> OVER 56 NONPROFITS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PROGRAMS FROM ACROSS THE STATE HAVE PARTNERED WITH LIFE ADVENTURE CENTER FOR THEIR TAILORED PROGRAMS.

CHILDREN AND ADULTS COME OUT TO THE 575 ACRE FACILITY FOR SUMMER CAMP.

EVERY PARTICIPANT AT LIFE ADVENTURE CENTER HAS ONE THING IN COMMON.

EXPERIENCES WITH TRAUMA.

>> YES, IT'S OUR MISSION TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TRAUMA.

OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE NONPROFITS.

WE ALSO PARTER IN WITH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS AND STEP-BY-STEP.

WE PARTNER WITH REFUGE FOR WOMEN.

THESE ARE WOMEN WHO HAVE ENDURED HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE WORK WITH ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS.

WE WORK WITH AGES 8 AND UP.

>> ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES ARE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN A PERSON'S CHILDHOOD THAT COULD HARM THEM INTO ADULTHOOD.

KENTUCKY HAS A HIGHER RATE OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THAN THE NATIONAL PERCENTAGE.

44% OF KENTUCKY CHILDREN HAVE AT LEAST ONE ACE VERSUS 38% NATIONALLY.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH.

LIFE ADVENTURE CENTER USES CHALLENGES TO CREATE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS TEACH NEW COPING SKILLS FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY TRAUMA.

>> WE DO AN ICEBREAKER, A PREINITIATIVE.

WARM-UP ACTIVITIES.

MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS FEELING PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND WE'LL INTRODUCE A BIGGER ACTIVITY WHICH MIGHT BE EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING OR ARCHERY AND ZIPLINE ING.

MAYBE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND A HORSE OR HESITANT AROUND HEIGHTS WE TRY TO NORMALIZE WHAT EXPRESS RESPONSE IS IN OUR BODIES AND GIVE THEM TOOLS TO GET THROUGH THAT MOMENT OF FEAR OR INCREASED ADRENALINE.

IT'S NOT DONE THERE.

LIKE WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF POWER IN PAUSING AFTER THAT.

AND REALLY REFLECTING.

ASKING SOME QUESTIONS LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD DO AND YOU DID IT.

HOW DID YOU PULL THAT ABOUT INSIDE YOURSELF?

WHAT ELSE ARE YOU TELLING YOURSELF IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU CAN'T DO.

WE'RE GIVING KIDS AND ADULTS TO REWIRE THEY ARE THINKING CREATE NEW NEUROPATHWAYS AND EXPERIENCE THOSE.

>> WHILE ROCK CLIMBING AND CANOEING ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROGRAM THE INFLUENCE OF BEING IN NATURE AND THE POWER OF COMMUNITY IS A NECESSARY PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.

>> WE OFTEN BALANCE IT OUT WITH WITH THOSE LOWER INTENSITY ACTIVITIES.

THE LAB WRIST WALKING AND DO NATURE CONNECTION.

A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO NATURE.

THERE IS AN IMBALANCE.

WE WORK WITH PEOPLE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHO NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE NEAR A HORSE.

LEVERAGING OUR FACILITIES WITH THE GROUPS THAT MOST NEED US THAT HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE CAN BRING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OUT HERE AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO EXHALE.

GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TRY NEW ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BUILDING COMMUNITIES UP, THAT ARE INCREASING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND THAT IS BUILDING RESILIENCE SO THAT WHEN THE NEXT BAD THINGS HAPPENS THEY ARE ABLE TO RECOVER MORE QUICKLY.

>> EVERY PARTNERSHIP IS DIFFERENT.

SOME GROUPS COME OUT FOR A WEEKEND, SCHOOLS MAY BRING STUDENTS OUT MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

NOW THAT SUMMER IS HERE, THE CENTER OFFERS WEEK LONG SUMMER CAMPS.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M MACKENZIE SPINK.

>> Renee: LIFE ADVENTURE CENTER HAS A LONG HISTORY IN KENTUCKY.

BEFORE MERGING WITH LIFE ADVENTURE CAMP, IT WAS KNOWN AS THE CLEVELAND HOME AN ORPHANAGE IN VERSAILLES ESTABLISHED SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.

>>> KENTUCKY'S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE IS GETTING SCIENTIFIC PROBING COURTESY OF A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

THE GOAL OF THE EDUCE LAB DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT UP VEIL, PROTECT AND SHARE STORIES OF KENTUCKY'S PAST.

>> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO BUILD A LAB HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY IS THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE PRIOR TO THIS EFFORT TO BRING THOSE MATERIALS TO KENTUCKY.

BUT WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOLKS WHO HOLD THIS TERMINALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND THROUGH AGREEMENTS FOR EXCHANGE OF MATERIALS WE BRING THAT MATERIAL TO THE LAB TO EDUCE LAB AT KENTUCKY AND THEN WE CAN USE OUR EQUIPMENT TO DO ANALYSIS ON THAT RIGHT HERE IN THE BLUEGRASS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THIS SMITHSONIAN ON THE EAST OR THE GETTY IN THE WEST.

BUT IN PLACES LIKE THE SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, AND MISSISSIPPI, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FOCUSED EQUIPMENT FOR HERITAGE SCIENCE.

ONE THING THAT IS REALLY SPECIAL WE SERVE THIS REGION FOR MANY OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS AND PROJECTS THAT COULD USE THIS EQUIPMENT BUT DON'T HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE COASTS.

DIGITAL EXAMINATION STUDY AND ACCESS AND PRESERVATION IS CRUCIAL.

I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT'S TRUE.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CORNERS OF THE MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES EVEN IN THE CORNERS OF OUR OWN ARCHIVES IS THAT WE LOSE THAT MATERIAL.

IT DISAPPEARS.

IT'S HARD TO HANG ON TO.

THINGS FALL APART.

THE WORLD IS FULL OF DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CULTURE HERITAGE AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES THAT CAN HELP US WITH THAT CULTURAL MATERIAL I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EDUCE LAB PLAY A ROLE IN THAT PRESERVATION, THAT ACCESS, THAT STUDY.

FEW THINGS HAVE MORE IMPACT ON THE CULTURAL MATERIALS THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

SOME OF THE IMPACTS ARE VERY FOCUSED AND PERSONALIZED.

SOME OF THE IMPACTS ARE GLOBAL.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BAIL WOLF OR SOMETHING REALLY WELL-KNOWN FROM PET RA OR THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, THESE THINGS END UP HAVING GLOBAL IMPACT ON SCHOLARLY PROGRESS AND PEOPLE'S IMAGINATIONS.

I WOULD SAY FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED HAVING ACCESS TO THAT IN THE BLUEGRASS, IS PRETTY SPECIAL.

AND IS AN AVENUE THAT YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT NECESSARILY BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN FEATURE.

>> Renee: FUNDING FOR THE LAB CAME FROM A $14 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.

[♪♪] KENTUCKY HAS PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES TO CHOOSE FROM THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND BEYOND.

INCLUDING MUSIC OF ALL TYPES AND A WAY TO HELP THE LATEST TORNADO VICTIMS.

OUR TOBY GIBBS EXPLAINS IN THIS LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH.

[♪♪] >> LIBERTY IS KICKING OFF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH THE LIVE AND LIBERTY MUSIC FESTIVAL TOMORROW.

BRING A BLANKET AND ENJOY AN AFTERNOON OF GREAT MUSIC FROM BANDS MIDNIGHT RAIN, THE DOOLEY GANG AND EIGHT DAYS SOBER.

CHECK IT OUT.

>>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CLASSIC SUMMER FUN DON'T MISS THE SPRING INTO SUMMER SALUTES FORT CAMPBELL FESTIVAL IT HAS RIDES, LIVE SHOWS, WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS AND FIREWORKS TO TOP IT OFF.

THE TWO-DAY FESTIVAL STARTS TOMORROW.

>>> THE GREAT AMERICAN BRASS BAND FESTIVAL WILL BE IN DANVILLE THURSDAY.

ENJOYS THE SOUNDS OF BRASS BRAND BANDS AND THE STYLE OF THE YOUNGER BRASS GENERATION.

GET YOUR BRASS TO DANVILLE THIS WEEK.

KENTUCKY'S OLDEST FESTIVAL IN PINEVILLE AND THIS WEEKEND IS THE CLIMAX AT THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN LAUREL FESTIVAL, THERE WILL BE RIDES PARADES AND THE CORONATION OF THIS YEAR'S QUEEN.

COME BE A PART OF THE PINEVILLE TRADITION THIS WEEKEND.

STARTING MONDAY IS THE CARROLL COUNTY FAIR.

FROM PIG WRESTLING TO DEMOLITION DERBIES TO MAGIC SHOWS THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAINMENT AT THIS CLASSIC COUNTY FAIR.

RIDE THE RIDES, ENJOY THE FOOD AND MAKE GREAT SUMMER MEMORIES AT THE CARROLL COUNTY FAIR THIS WEEK.

>>> THE MASTER MUSICIANS FESTIVAL AND VIRGINIA THEATER IN SOMERSET ARE HOSTING THE TORNADO RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERT TUESDAY EVENING SUPPORT FELLOW KENTUCKIANS AFFECTED BY THE RECENT TORNADOES.

>>> THERE'S GOING TO BE TERRIFIC TUNES OUT OF BOWLING GREEN THIS WEEKEND AS WELL.

THE 2025 KENTUCKY ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL HAS A GREAT LINEUP OF ARTISTS FOR YOU TO ENJOY LIKE THE CODY NORRIS SHOW, KENTUCKY SHINE AND MOUNT VICTOR REVIEW.

DON'T MISS IT.

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

>> Renee: THANK YOU SO MUCH TOBY GIBBS.

MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY AND WE HOPE YOU MAKE TIME TO JOIN US ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" AS WE BRING YOU THE STORY OF A KENTUCKIAN KILLED IN WORLD WAR II WHOSE REMAINS WERE JUST IDENTIFIED AND BROUGHT THEM TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY THAT STORY AND MORE AS WE OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY ON A SPECIAL EDITION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION."

AND OUR GRATITUDE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AND MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY.

WE WILL SEE YOU MONDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

WE HOPE YOU WILL CONNECT WITH US ALL THE WAYS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, FACEBOOK, X AND INSTAGRAM TO STAY IN THE LOOP.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND US A STORY IDEA TO THE E-MAIL ON YOUR SCREEN AND LOOK FOR US ON THE PBS VIDEO APP.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

BE SAFE AND I'LL SEE YOU MONDAY BE SAFE AND I'LL SEE YOU MONDAY NIGHT.

TAKE GOOD CARE.