♪ >> And his daughter.

>> And she became the queen of country music.

A look back at the life of Kentucky's Loretta Lynn.

>> Their their window.

There are 65 75.

Even some in their 80's taking a sibling group of 5.

>> Some people going from grand parent to parent overnight.

What kind of support do they need?

And that 100 years ago today in downtown Lexington, it was show time.

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Leonard Press Endowment for Public Affairs and the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION for this Tuesday, October 4th, thank you for joining us.

>> I'm your host Kelsey Starks in for Renee Shaw tonight, Loretta Lynn, the Coal Miner's daughter and and Kentucky native who became a country music superstar has died at the age of 90.

She was born in Johnson County, Kentucky.

She launched a music career after marrying and having 4 children through her songs she created for herself.

The image of a strong woman proud of her Kentucky roots.

She moved to the Nashville area after becoming successful, but her heart remained in Kentucky as she told KET for a Kentucky life peace in 2009.

I do Miss Kentucky.

>> Asher do cause if I'm home and I met my mind, goes to one of his truck back in butcher, holler.

You know, it goes right back to butcher, holler.

The things I did then because that's that's I guess that's what really the money got me ready for everything.

♪ And his daughter.

>> Afternoon water.

♪ Was hard.

I would say we worked hard.

>> We have the ball on the left.

Could a holler.

>> The music world is mourning her death and remembering her life.

Earlier, we spoke to Jessica Blankenship of the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.

>> All right, pure Kentucky.

And when it comes to living a life that she lived and her family, everybody knows or is the coal miner's daughter.

That's the once on that.

She may be impact into the music world and beyond.

With Florida, she wrote and sang the songs that many of us have lived.

And probably the only thing that was over the top with her besides her personality was the fact that she would get on stage and she were ball gowns.

I mean, she wanted to Class C the classy, but she was his country's koerber like the rest of us.

And but when you define Kentucky music, you definitely it will already landed there in that description.

>> Loretta Lynn also helped to break down barriers for women in country music in doing so.

Music critic Walter Tunis says Lin helped shine a spotlight on the eastern Kentucky.

>> It's really hard.

Even overestimate overstate this.

The Ford she was in terms of.

In the Appalachian face is the culture of eastern Kentucky to face to be using this region.

Really specific identity.

And making it accessible to people.

That was the thing that always struck me.

So much water was that, yes, she was a child, but she was everybody's giant.

She was somebody that.

Everyone is in this region can relate to.

And Sri Soco country even put it all work.

The group, the 2.

>> Governor Andy Beshear tweeted about the death of Loretta Lynn.

He wrote today all of Kentucky mourns the loss of our very own Loretta Lynn.

She was a legend who blazed a trail in country music while telling the stories of Appalachian and Kentucky.

She will be greatly missed.

But her words and impact will live on forever.

You can go to our website, KET Dot Org on our home page there you'll find links to some of our past stories about Loretta Lynn.

Well, Charles Booker, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, says he has never used the words defund the police.

>> Booker was our guest last night on Kentucky tonight, his opponent, Senator Rand Paul did not respond to our invitation to appear.

Booker told us he wants accountability from police but not abolishment.

He says the Republican use of the term defund the police is a political dog whistle.

>> When Paul wants people to look at the color of my skin instead of my record, that's why he keeps using those words over and over again.

Rand Paul voted against funding for local governments, including law enforcement.

So he's actually doing the defunding Rand Paul supported insurrection is attacking our capital who killed officers calling it a tourist visit.

He is not standing up for law enforcement or anyone in our community because he doesn't care about anyone.

And so it is wrong and it's offensive to say that a lifelong Kentucky myself, a father of 3 young girls hardworking have cut in this community would not want our families to be safe.

So just so we're clear.

Do you support eliminating law enforcement budgets?

Yes or no.

Mister Booker.

>> That doesn't even make sense.

It doesn't make sense to get rid of budgets for law enforcement or any government agency.

We need change.

That doesn't mean we don't need any re support.

We need the changes that will allow communities to be safe.

And when possibly here to explain what he would want to do to KET our community safe instead of lying on me.

>> You can watch last night's full program at K E T DOT Org Slash K why tonight next week's Kentucky tonight looks at races for the U.S. House.

Booker is also denouncing a new online ad from Senator Paul in it.

Paul said he's been the target of violence and he links Booker to that violence.

Here's part of the ad.

>> Charles Booker doesn't believe in civil discourse.

Only violence.

>> The ad also mentions a neighbor's attack on Paul in 2017 that left Paul with 5 broken ribs it says Booker has links to people who have made fun of that attack in response, Booker says he has never endorsed violence against any politician.

He calls the ad desperate, ridiculous holy offensive and unacceptable.

Another drop in Kentucky's COVID positivity rate.

The state says it's now 7.7%, which is down from 9% just a week ago.

It was almost 12 the week before that.

One in 8, Kentuckyian struggle to buy food and many have diseases related to poor diet.

2 Kentucky groups recently took part in a White House conference on hunger with the goal of making hunger a thing of the past.

>> These food issues are very important to the foundation and hunger issues because they have so much to do with health.

Of course.

And it's that most importance.

I think it's great that Kentucky has a voice on that task force.

People are not eating good, healthy food, state things with with lots of calories and no nutrition whatsoever.

And that that, of course, is the worst combination that you can have.

and of course, the other problem is you mention is that there are pockets of people who so for food insecurity.

And in fact, it's a pretty sizable number of people here in Kentucky.

A problem the amount or the availability of food generally.

And then you've got a significant problem with getting fresh food at affordable prices to people and then getting them to eat those foods and all of this, of course, impacts health.

And there's nothing more important than any of us that have not nutritious food is the cheapest food.

And I think that the president's task force is going to be looking into that.

I think they'll probably have recommendations along those lines.

Recommendations the double dollars program that we have here in Kentucky.

That also has the the added impact of helping local farmers here in Kentucky.

You know, there are growing this food, taking it to farmers.

Markets if we can, if we can somehow figure out a way to get people who.

Have this food and security and and are eating the wrong foods and to utilize the farmers markets.

If you want to be healthy, you move around more.

You have access to healthy foods and you eat those healthy food.

>> You know, it's a good thing up.

A really important issue, I per nation today I was fortunate that I got an advance copy of the of the White House's national strategy.

So and I saw a lot a lot in that that reflected.

The recommendations of the task force that I was on.

And you know what, folks in Kentucky where say the it is really just the beginning of the Now we have, you as a nation, we have got our playbook that laid out for us.

And now we just have to commit to doing it.

The immediacy of this kind of stuff.

He's, you know, it's not often on the phone out front burner, Things like national security and national disasters and all that kind of stuff often take precedent over this.

There fortune.

There are still people who go hungry every day and made those calories.

But I think more often we're people are starved for nutrition.

>> Participants in the conference want to end hunger and improve Americans.

Nutrition by the year 2030.

♪ ♪ As we enter our golden years, we may plan to enjoy retire and maybe be an empty nester.

But that's not always the case.

According to Kinship Families, Coalition of Kentucky, 100,000 children are being raised by a relative in Kentucky.

Many of them are grandparents, Norma Hatfield of Hardin County has had permanent custody of her 2 granddaughters.

Now for the past 8 years.

We're going to take her to her very first right to Disney World.

My granddaughter Kayla.

I go to pick her up.

And nobody's there to the tax.

A neighbor comes over and the neighbor tells me that.

>> They're all gone.

That the 4 kids that were in the home and all been taken to foster care.

All the adults that were in the house and they had been arrested.

The 17 month-old toddler that was in the House.

Had ingested math from spin to say that I was in shock would be an understatement.

I had no clue that any of this was going on at the kids were in the system for 18 months now.

We did get them back sooner.

But that was just because I kept pushing we had some resources that we can get an attorney many, many of these grandparents and great grandparents and kinship families.

They're disabled their their widowed.

There are 65 75.

Even some in their 80's taking a sibling group of 5.

>> Plus, the 200 right now.

I have talked 2 grandparents and I have lived in one room of their house because they can't afford to heat the whole thing.

I have talked kinship families that have put everything on a credit card.

They have lost their homes, lost their cars, gone bankrupt 6, all because they're doing the absolute best that they can do to KET these kids out of foster care and to KET them with family for a lot of families.

There's Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program is called K Tap and that's for low-income families.

And you've got to have some pay for.

And too many of them just don't have the legal resources that they need to do.

The things that they need to take care of.

The kids.

>> There's a lot dynamics for kinship caregiver.

You're dealing with the extended family.

You're dealing with the court's you're dealing with the schools.

The services that foster kids get.

Until they age out as an adult.

Pretty much needs to be the same thing for these kids.

These can chip kids that are in the system as well.

Okay.

This child is in the system.

Case closed.

Move on.

Don't ever think about it again.

The door closes and that's what's happening with kids that are in kinship care and in kinship families that dorsch UNCLOS.

I mean, there should be some other avenues to make sure that that child has those resources and they can rebuild their lives.

>> Norma Hatfield suggests finding a support group that can provide mental and emotional support and can also help connect you to resources.

She says a good place to start is the Family Resource Center at your child's school.

That's Tyson also has some suggestions.

She's a psycho therapist and a grief and trauma expert.

Tyson was recently in Kentucky for a grandparents as parents conference.

And she spoke with our Renee Shaw about some strategies for people who are raising another person's child.

Beth Tyson, it's a pleasure to connect with you today.

Thank you so much for your time.

>> Thank you.

Thanks for having me here.

So what are the unique challenges that grandparents are facing?

They are grieving.

>> The trauma of having to grandparents raising grandchildren at the same time as they are also raising children who have is that flat and other circumstances.

So it's really tricky because the grandparents feel as though there's all this loss that they've had like you just mentioned 65 years old.

You're expecting to retire enjoy the golden years and have well, your grandchildren will now your role has changed.

You've lost the role of your traditional grandparent.

And now you're back to being mom and dad again.

And that's not something anybody plans for.

So how do they prepare >> is, you know, I know some things might be like riding a bike, but the world has changed for many of these grandparents who are assuming these primary caregiving roles.

I mean, what are they telling you that they really need help with?

>> Sure.

So parenting skills are so critical for families.

The trauma informed care of, you know, the way we parent traditionally is much different than when the way children need to be Arafat after they've experienced trauma and sometimes that they're doing trauma, informed trauma Are intuitive or those in the opposite direction of some of the things that we've learned, as you know, younger people from our own parents.

So the grand, the grandparents are really.

Trying to play catch-up to understanding the impacts of trauma in the brain because that's only come out, you know, into the mainstream knowledge, really in the last 10 years or so.

What were 3 main takeaways that you shared with the Lexington Group to which you spoke >> last week about if you find yourself in this situation, here are some tips to help you cope and to get resources that you may need.

One of the first things I mentioned, the grandparents, but that they may recognize themselves as trauma survivors.

The more they >> interact with their children, their grandchildren, who have trauma.

So to be aware of that and to seek out to support the social supports that they can get to support groups and other means like therapy and family members and friends.

It's our social network that really holds together during times of adversity and difficulties.

I've been told by other grandparents that have utilized to perfect that it has been the single most beneficial thing for them in coping with raising their grandchildren, then the other and said the other 2 main takeaways are focusing on building trust with the children.

So children experienced trauma, their safety and trust has been broken and that this can be fixed.

That can be rebuilt.

But it takes time to consistency and empathy in and love and care.

And there's certain ways that we can we built in certain steps we can take to rebuild that trust.

And lastly was I would say that the key takeaway was too.

You know, look for ways that your child can get connected in the community.

So we know that positive childhood experiences mitigate the impact of trauma and some of those positive experiences in childhood.

You know, feeling a sense of belonging at school being part of 2 community traditions and rituals having at least 2 non parent adults in your life that care and support you.

So, you know, not only is it important for the grandparents to have their social network, but really bolstering up the children social network with coaches are teens or mentors or support groups for So real.

♪ >> Well, tourism and Kentucky is booming and the Fraser Museum in downtown Louisville is where the world needs Kentucky.

I had the chance to sit down with the Frazier's president and CEO Andy Treinen who tells us what's happening now and what's still to come.

>> As you know, we are where the world meets Kentuckyian that brand is really taking home.

We are excited for all of the state of Kentucky to NOAA says the ideal for stop for tourism.

So we had an amazing summer with regional tourism.

People coming from all over the state and all over regional states and all around the country to learn about this great state of Kentucky.

The great Commonwealth of Kentucky.

We opened a new exhibit.

The Commonwealth Divided we fall on June.

First with Governor Beshear there in attendance and helping us to cut the ribbon.

So things are good and we're really excited.

>> Let's talk about the bourbon been and how you all have really contributed to that end.

I'm really taking it to the next level.

>> Yeah.

Well, the Fraser is also the official starting point of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and hear a little this year we discovered and Louisville tourism is discovered in all of our historic partners that there is a whole lot of demand and there aren't enough tours available.

People are coming to Louisville wanting to go on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail wanting to visit these to siller's for tastings.

And they can't get in because they haven't booked weeks in advance for months in advance.

So we created 3 new tasting products.

We have a crafter old fashioned cocktail class that runs every day.

Flight club that runs every day and are ready, set, go bourbon.

Experience that runs every day.

And again, this is just additional inventory for the distillers to go.

I'm sorry you can't get in, but hey, our partners down the street at the Fraser can get you into day in and that his absolutely taking off in the month of September alone, we had like 526 people, the visitors for those tastings along out.

>> And you have a new membership program to.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So we just launched Bourbon, Limited membership And this is a result of direct to consumer sales that was available because of the passage of House Bill.

4.15.

So this is an exclusive membership club were distillers, are making product that is only available to people in the club.

We're really excited about it.

We are gathering members right now from all around the state of Kentucky.

Anyone is eligible.

What happens is you sign up.

Give your credit card.

And then when there's a release available, the first one will be in late October.

It actually you get a little e-mail that says it's coming and it shows up on your doorstep.

And again, the only way you can get this product.

Really amazing stuff, creative stuff.

The distillers are putting together is if you are in the club, tell us about some future stuff.

You that coming up, OK, as you know, all of our exhibits now are about the commonwealth of Kentucky, right?

We are where the world meets Kentucky in the ideals for people to learn about the state are first floor exhibit is cool.

Kentucky.

It's everything that's cool about the state of Kentucky from, you know, the court.

But we've got a Corvette sitting there the both the Tory Merton wrote across the Atlantic Ocean is sitting there in the disco ball and May's George Clooney's overall from O Brother where Art thou.

We're going to expand that this year.

And we are going to tell a cool Kentucky story about every county all 120 counties in the state of Kentucky will be represented.

So it'll be our cool Kentucky counties exhibit and we're excited be now working on curating those stories with folks who live in those counties.

>> The Frazier History Museum is open every day in downtown Laval.

A new exhibit about the rivalries here in the Commonwealth is coming up in November.

So stay tuned for that.

Lexington's Kentucky Theater opened 100 years ago today.

The historic theater has faced its fair share of obstacles over the century, including a devastating fire in 1987.

And of course, the COVID-19 pandemic.

And yet the theater remains a popular spot for moviegoers from across the Commonwealth.

>> The theater was built by a young man.

His name is Harry And this family were Russian jus immigrants.

Harry, one of the sons live next door to the Kentucky theater here in Lexington in 1921.

And oversaw the building of the theater and the theater was constructed almost 365 days to that.

They that, you know, that construction began.

We try to be something.

For everybody.

We refer to ourselves as a art House cinema.

I think that means that year.

Very selective of the films that we show here.

>> We show a really wide variety of films here and we show films that I might say.

We're just pure entertainment.

They're just fun.

And we love that.

And that's one reason people come to the cinema to be entertained.

But in that mix, we will show films.

I think some people might find retaining, but I think would be challenging.

And by that, I mean, the cinema like poetry like fiction, painting.

It's an art form and sometimes art forms challenging sometimes art forms asked more questions than they answer.

This is a beautiful place.

Architecturally.

It's just a a stunning play.

We we forget how beautiful it is.

The L against of walking in and seeing the old-style marquee out in front.

The marble floors and >> the gold tram throughout the building to really hard to beat this grand building.

I think that probably this is the way movies were meant to be seen.

If you will, using the term movie palace.

People here feel like our family.

I think they think we're part of their families.

That sets us apart.

And then when you put into that, that just really, really eclectic mix of film.

>> There there's something for everybody.

You know, we show Casa Blanca and some are classics.

And then we show Rocky Horror Picture show every month and in between.

Those is a wide variety of documentaries, foreign films and just plain fun film.

My favorite phrases.

It's the best-kept secret.

Lexington.

>> And that even though that's gotten all the publicity that he's had over the years that you would be surprised that the number of folks that have lived here for 10 years or 15 years or 20 years, they've never been down to the Kentucky theater.

Don't confuse 100 years with Bean Daughtery nanda no longer of any use to anybody.

I think we're just the opposite.

>> I think because of the service we provide people because of the links we go to really cure 8 films to really see what's out there and to bring in things that are funded, things that are challenging that films that will take you into the past into the future and take your around the world without leaving the seat.

What we've always said it is that it's a venerable institution with great, great traditions.

And we want to preserve the best of this traditions.

And we are hopefully just KET moving forward.

And that it's still here 100 years from now.

>> Truly one of a kind.

Well, beginning this Saturday, the Kentucky theater will be hosting events all throughout October to celebrate their incredible milestone.

>> Burn time national forest is creating its own milestone with the largest natural playground in the country.

It's called up Play Co system.

It's a plastic-free 17 acre playground.

Why?

It's a good place to help a child develops.

We'll tell you tomorrow here on Kentucky EDITION.

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