[♪♪] >> YOU KNOW THE DIRECTIVE WAS CLEAR.

THE FUNDING AS YOU ALWAYS BEEN THERE EVEN WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULDN'T UNTIL NOW.

>> SERVING UP LUNCHES FOR OLDER KENTUCKIANS JUST GOT HARDER.

>> DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS GAMBLING ADDICTIONS?

>> NO H. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH.

>> THE COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING UPDATES LAWMAKERS WHAT IT NEEDS TO HELP GAMBLING ADDICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF STORMS THAT SEEM TO COME THIS WAY AND THE STATION FILLS A MUCH-NEEDED GAP.

>> AND THE COUNTY THAT DIDN'T HAVE A MESONET SITE NOW DOES.

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

[♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION."

YOU MADE IT TO FRIDAY IT'S ACCEPTED 26 I'M CRYSTAL WILKINSON IN OUR KET LOUISVILLE STUDIO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

DINE-IN, CARRY OUT OR HOME DELIVERED.

ONE FREE MEAL A DAY HAS BEEN GUARANTEED TO KENTUCKY SENIORS THAT TOTALED MORE THAN THREE MILLION MEALS IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.

AS OUR JUNE LEFFLER REPORTS SOME FUNDS DRIED UP AND SOME SENIOR CENTERS WILL HAVE TO SCALE BACK.

>> VERA COPELIN IS THE PIANIST AT HER SENIOR CENTER.

>> SOMEONE GOT ME INTERESTED AND COME DOWN TO THE CENTER.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

>> THE RETIRED NURSE OF ONE OF DOZENS ENJOYING LUNCH AT THE ELIZABETHTOWN SENIOR CENTER.

>> IT IS A NUTRITIOUS MEAL AND DESSERT IS INCLUDED.

>> IT'S MORE THAN A MEAL.

>> AND WE ARE BUSY EVERYDAY DOING DIFFERENT CRAFTS.

WE PAINT.

WE PLAY BINGO AND WITH BINGO THERE'S PRIZES WE LOOK FORWARD TO LIKE LIKE LITTLE KIDS HERE.

>> THE SENIOR CENTERS ARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> THE MEAL PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1965 VIA THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AN ACT THAT ALLOWED FUNDING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST OUR SENIORS TO BE ABE TO LIVE AT HOME AND BE INDEPENDENTS.

IT HAS A LOT OF SERVICES UNDER THAT PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES IS THE MEAL PROGRAM.

AND THE MEAL PROGRAM HAS BOTH A CONGREGATE COMPONENT IN-PERSON DINING AND A HOME DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAM.

WHICH PEENS THE MEALS GO INTO THE CLIENTS' HOMES DELIVERED FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET OUT.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED BECAUSE OF TWO REASONS, HUNGER INSECURITY AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR SENIORS TO BE ABLE TO GET WITH OTHER SENIORS.

>> AS YOU GET OLDER YOU NEED TO STAY ACTIVE AND WE DO.

>> IN KENTUCKY LOCAL GROUPS OFFER A MEAL A DAY TO EVERY PERSON 60 OR OLDER WHO WANTS ONE.

BUT THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.

>> THE DIRECTIVE WAS CLEAR.

THE FUNDING HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE EVEN WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULDN'T UNTIL NOW.

>> FEDERAL COVID RELIEF MONEY HAS EXPIRED IT HELPED GROW THE PROGRAMS OVER THE YEARS AS THE COST PER MEAL DOUBLED.

BUT MEAL PRO SIDERS WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN THE STATE AGENCY WROTE THERE WOULD BE NO MORE STATE MONEY EITHER.

>> THEY HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE MONEY WILL BE THERE AND TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE MEALS AS NEEDED AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

THEY HAVE'S ALWAYS COME THROUGH.

UNTIL THIS POINT.

>> SOME AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT LEADERS SAY THE STATE DIDN'T ADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

>> CURRENTLY WE'RE LESS THAN $10 MILLION SHORT ACROSS THE STATE.

SO REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER WE WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN SHORT BUT WE HAVE BEEN LESS SHORT HAD THE DATA THAT WE PRESENTED CERTAINLY BEEN CONSIDERED OR LISTENED TO.

>> THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WROTE QUOTE UNFORTUNATELY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND EUBDZ LIVING SUBMITTED OUTDATED DATA THAT FAILED TO REFLECT THE COST OF SERVICES DESPITE REQUESTS FROM LEGISLATORS TO REVIEW AND CORRECT THE NUMBERS THE CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INSISTED THAT $10 MILLION WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM IGNORING WARNINGS FROM AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AT THAT TIME THE PROGRAM REQUIRED AT LEAST $14.5 MILLION.

THIS SHORTFALL WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE.

NOW, MOST SENIOR CENTERS HAVE TO CUT BACK.

>> LIKE CUMBERLAND VALLEY IT WILL HAVE TO CUT SERVICE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OR THERE AFTER ON HOME DELIVERED MEALS THEY ARE OUT OF MONEY.

OTHERS ARE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING BACK TO THREE DAYS A WEEK SERVICE AND BEING ABLE TO SERVE A LEVEL OF MEAL PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF SERVICE TO EVERYONE THAT IS RECEIVING THAT IN A LIMITED CAPACITY.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN ALL 15 AREAS AND IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN EACH PROGRAM, TOO.

WHETHER IT BE THE CONGREGATE MEALS OR HOME DELIVERED.

>> GOVERNOR BESHEAR WARNED LESS REVENUE IS COMING DUE TO DECLINE AND INCOME TAX REDUCTION.

>> WE HAVE A DEFICIT OF $300 MILLION WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THIS BUDGET AND SIGNIFICANTLY LESS USABLE DOLLARS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS IN THE NEXT BUDGET.

WE HAVE TO BE COST CONSCIOUS AND THAT IS GOING TO HIT GREAT PROGRAMS.

>> LEADERSHIP IN KENTUCKY'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY SIGNALED THEY WANT SENIOR MEAL PROGRAMS TO PROSPER THEY WILL DECIDE HOW MUCH TO FUND THE PROGRAMS IN THE BUDGET SESSION.

THE SENIOR CENTERS WILL GET THAT NEW FUNDING NEXT SUMMER.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR AND 17 OTHER GOVERNORS ARE ASKING CONGRESS TO EXTEND ENHANCED PREMIUM TAX CREDITS UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT DUE TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

IF THE TAX CREDITS ARE NOT EXTENDED 97,000 KENTUCKIANS WILL SEE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE RATES GO UP IN JANUARY.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAYS THE INCREASE COULD BE DRAMATIC.

>> EVERY SEPTEMBER, THE INTERIM JOINT COMMITTEE ON LICENSING OCCUPATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS LIKES TO FOCUS ON UPDATES IN THE HORSERACING INDUSTRY.

THIS WEEK THE COMMITTEE HEARD FROM THE KENTUCKY HORSERACING AND GAMBLING CORPORATION AS WELL AS THE KENTUCKY COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING.

OUR MACKENZIE SPINK BRINGS US THE UPDATES ON HORSERACING AND GAMBLING IN KENTUCKY IN TONIGHT'S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

[♪♪] >> THE KENTUCKY HORSERACING AND GAMING CORPORATION OR KHRG WAS CREATED IN 2024.

IT COMBINES THE REGULATION OF HORSERACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND SPORTS BETTING UNDER ONE ORGANIZATION.

THIS JULY KHRG FINALIZED THEIR FUNDING STRUCTURE AND ADDED CHARITABLE GAMING REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN JACKSON SAID THAT LAST YEAR HE AS HEARING CONCERNS FROM CHARITABLE GAMING FACILITATORS LIKE VETO RANCE CLUBS AND ASKED FOR AN UPDATE.

IT SHOULD BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

THE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS THAT THE CLUBS SEE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR FACES FROM THE PREVIOUS ORGANIZATION.

>> DO YOU KNOW OF ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS HAD ON THEM OR ANY CHARITABLE GAMING ORGANIZATIONS?

>> NOT THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD OF COMPLAINTS I HOPE THERE'S NOT ANY.

HENRY HAS 10 OFFICERS SPRINKLED ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH IN YOUR COMMUNITY GOING TO THE VFW'S AND THOSE ARE THE SAME 10 WITH HENRY A YEAR AGO.

IT SHOULD BE FAMILIAR FACES.

>> TAX REVENUE FROM PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING LIKE ON TRACK BETTING OR HORSERACING ENDS UP IN DIFFERENT BUCKETS INCLUDING RESEUFP AND THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND.

BUT LOUISVILLE DEMOCRAT AL GENTRY SAYS THERE IS A MISSING PIECE IN THIS EQUATION.

>> HHR CASINOS HOW MUCH IN EXCISE TAX REVENUE DOES THE STATE BRING BACK INTO REVENUE GO BACK TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHERE THEY ARE HOUSED THE CASINOS?

>> I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION BUT I'M HAPPY TO FIND THAT.

>> IT IS ZERO THE BIGGEST TKPHRAU IN OUR GAMING MODEL.

THERE ARE SOCIAL COSTS INVOLVED WITH GAMING AND I'VE BEEN A GAMING ADVOCATE.

BUT A LOT OF THOSE CALLS FALL UPON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

WE NEED TO LOCAL AT THAT.

>> RENT GENTRY HAS CONCERNS ABOUT COMPUTER ASSISTED WAGERING.

CAW'S ARE BETS THAT COME IN AT THE LAST BET BEFORE A POOL CLOSES.

REPRESENTATIVE GENTRY SAYS IT'S CAUSING FRUSTRATION FOR REGULAR PLAYERS.

>> WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND YOU LOCATE A HORSE THAT IS READY TO RUN AND READY TO GO AND YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET HIM AT FIVE TO ONE AND HE DOES PERFORM LIKE YOU THOUGHT AND COMES IN AND ONLY FIND OUT IT PAYS NINE TO FIVE BECAUSE THERE WAS A TON OF MONEY CAME IN AT A COMPUTERRAL RICH GROUP NO TELLING WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND MONEY THAT SENT THE WAGERS DOWN.

IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF MOVING FORWARD.

>> KHRG IS LOOKING INTO COMPUTER ASSISTED WAKERS AND OTHER STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA CAW'S ARE BLOCKED IN THE POOLS.

THE KENTUCKY COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING RECEIVED SOME OF THE TAX REVENUE FROM SPORTS BETTING TO PROVIDE HELP TO GAMBLERS.

THE COUNCIL PRESENTED ITS HELP LINE DATA TO THE COMMITTEE IN AN EIGHT-MONTH PERIOD THE HELP LINE RECEIVED MORE THAN 2500 PHONE CALLS COMPARED TO 2022 BEFORE KENTUCKY LEGALIZED SPORTS BETTING THE HELP LINE RECEIVED 700 PHONE CALLS.

MIKE STONE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCILMEMBER SAYS THE INCREASE IS PARTLY DUE TO THE TKROEING AWARENESS CONCERNING GAMBLING ADDICTION.

>> AS THE STATISTICIAN POINTS OUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH A POSSIBLE PROBLEM MAY HAVE EXISTED FOR A LONGTIME BUT NOW SURFACING THE DATA DUE TO AWARENESS.

THE AWARENESS THAT GAMBLING CAN BE ADDICTIVE IS HEIGHTENED BY THE MESSAGING ABOUT GAMBLING IN THE MEDIA PARTICULARLY IN ADVERTISING DURING SPORTING EVENTS.

>> STONE SAYS THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SPECIALIZED COUNSELORS TO TREAT GAMBLING.

>> DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE ABLE TO ADDRESS GAMBLING ADDICTIONS?

>> NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH.

WE NEED 24 COUNSELORS ACROSS THE STATE.

AND ANOTHER PROBLEM IN KENTUCKY WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF COUNSELORS IS THE CONCENTRATION IN VERY FEW AREAS MOST OF THE STATE IS VOID OF COUNSELING OPPORTUNITIES.

>> NEXT MONTH, 26 COUNSELORS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING TO BE CERTIFIED GAMBLING COUNSELORS STONE HOPE IT IS WILL MEAN GREATER ACCESS FOR PROBLEM GAMBLERS ACROSS THE STATE.

>> WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM LET ME SAY OUT STATE NOT JUST FROM LOUISVILLE, LEXINGTON, NORTHERN KENTUCKY, OWENSBORO BUT FROM A WIDER RANGE OF THE STATE.

>> ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMING, ALMOST 80% OF KENTUCKIANS GAMBLE IN SOME FORM EVERY YEAR.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M MACKENZIE SPINK.

>> ALTHOUGH CALLS TO THE GAMBLING HOTLINE HAVE INCREASED SINCE SPORTS BETTING WAS LEGALIZED THE NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN BY 17% SINCE LAST YEAR.

>>> CONGRESSMAN MORGAN MCGARVEY OF LOUISVILLE THE ONLY DEMOCRAT IN KENTUCKY'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HAS SAID PRIVATELY HE REGRETS VOTING FOR HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK.

THE COURIER-JOURNAL SAYS HE REACHED OUT TO LEADERS OF THREE RACIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY GROUPS.

ACCORDING TO THE LEADERS OF THE LOUISVILLE N.A.A.C.P.

AND THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE, McGARVEY SAYS HE OPPOSED KIRK'S STATEMENTS ABOUT RACE BUT WANTED TO CONDEMN POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

A GUNMAN SHOT AND KILLED KIRK IN UTAH, SEPTEMBER 10TH.

>>> MONITORING THE WEATHER IN KENTUCKY GOT A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE.

HANCOCK COUNTY IS NOW LINKED TO THE WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM CALLED THE KENTUCKY MESONET.

I WENT TO THE RIBBON CUTTING YESTERDAY TO CHECK IT OUT.

>> ONE, TWO, THREE... >> IT IS A NEW CHAPTER IN LOCAL WEATHER MONITORING FOR HANCOCK COUNTY AS LOCAL OFFICIALS, METEOROLOGISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED TO CUT THE RIBBON ON THE LATEST KENTUCKY MESONET STATION THE CEREMONY HELD ON A DAMP MORNING MARKED THE INSTALLMENT OF THE 83rd KENTUCKY PHEZ NATURE STATION A GROWING CONSTELLATION OF AUTOMATED OBSERVATORIES FUNDED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

THE CONSTRUCTION BRINGS THE KENTUCKY MESONET ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE GOAL OF ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE SITE IN ALL 120 COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY.

>> THIS ONE IS LOCATED IN AN OPEN FIELD BEHIND NORTH HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

KENTUCKY MESONET DIRECTOR SAYS THIS ADDITION IS SIGNIFICANT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY WHICH SEES ITS SHARE OF SEVERE WEATHER.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF STORMS THAT SEEM TO TRACK ALONG THE RIVER UP THIS WAY.

AND THE STATION FILLS A MUCH-NEEDED GAP IN THE NETWORK.

>> UNTIL NOW, MUCH OF THE WEATHER MONITORING RELIED ON DISTANT STATIONS RADAR ESTIMATES AND REGIONAL FORECASTS.

WITH THE LOCAL MESONET SITE... >> THIS ALLOWS US TO GET REALTIME DATA IN OUR COUNTY.

>> HANCOCK COUNTY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR SAYS THE MESONET WEATHER STATION TOOK YEARS OF PLANNING AND IT WASN'T ALWAYS BLUE SKIES.

>> IT'S FUNNY THAT PUTTING OUR WEATHER STATION IN WE WERE AT THE MERCY OF THE WEATHER.

WHEN WE DUG THE HOLES THEY FILLED UP WITH WATER SO WE HAD TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE GROUND AND REDIG THE HOLES AND PUT IT BACK IN.

>> A CAMERA SITS ATOP THE HIGH-TECH STATION WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.

THIS MESONET TOWER CONTAINS SENSORS MEASURING TEMPERATURE, WIND SPEED, RAINFALL, SNOWFALL AMONG OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

BUT WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ARE THE SENSORS BURIED UNDER THE GROUND EXTENDING 20 INCHES DOWN THAT MEASURE SOIL MOISTURE AND SOIL TEMPERATURE TWO VARIABLES THAT CAN BE HELPFUL FOR CROP PRODUCERS.

>> IT IS A GREAT ASSET FOR THE FARMERS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT IN THEIR FIELDS.

WITH SOIL TEMPERATURE AND SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT AND ALSO JUST WITH THE WEATHER THAT IS MOVING IN THAT AFFECTS THEIR CROPS EVERYDAY.

>> BESIDES AGRICULTURAL PLANNING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE THE WEATHER STATION MIGHT SPARK CURIOSITY IN GROWING MINDS NEARBY.

>> THE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN IF STUDENTS CAN USE DATA FROM WHERE THEY LIVE FROM THEIR BACKYARD RIGHT BEHIND THEIR CLASS, SOME CLASSES CAN SEE THE STATION, THAT THAT GETS THEM EXCITED ABOUT THE DATA, ABOUT SCIENCE.

AND IT HELPS MOTIVATE THEIR LEARNING.

>> MOTIVATING LEARNING ALWAYS A GOOD THING.

PLANS FOR THE NEXT STATION ARE UNDERWAY LOCATED IN PELL COUNTY.

SPEAKING OF WEATHER KENTUCKY STILL HAS A DROUGHT PROBLEM DESPITE RAIN, HERE IS THE LATEST MAP FROM THE U.S.

DROUGHT MONITOR.

THE LIGHT ORANGE IS MODERATE DROUGHT.

THE DARK ORANGE IS SEVERE DROUGHT.

AND THE RED WHAT YOU SEE IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY THAT IS EXTREME DROUGHT.

THIS MAP WAS COMPLETED TUESDAY AND DOESN'T REFLECT THE RAIN KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED SINCE THEN.

[♪♪] >> LEGISLATION -- >> STUDENTS IN KENTUCKY ARE REQUIRED TO LEARN CURSIVE WRITING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AFTER LEGISLATION PASSED IN LAST YEAR'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

WHILE THE TYPE OF CURSIVE THEY LEARN IS DECIDED BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, A NEW METHOD CALLED THE NEW AMERICAN CURSIVE IS ONE THAT STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE ADOPTING.

AND IT WAS CREATED BY A LOUISVILLE NATIVE.

KELSEY STARKS SAT DOWN WITH IRIS HATFIELD WHO SAYS NO MATTER WHAT METHOD THEY LEARN, STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM PORE THAN JUST HANDWRITING SKILLS.

[♪♪] >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IN THIS DIGITAL AGE, WHEN MORE KIDS OR OUR ARE ON A KEYBOARD THAN PUTTING PEN TO PAPER WHY DO YOU SAY THIS IS STILL SO IMPORTANT OF A SKILL?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

BECAUSE WE DO HAVE WONDERFUL COMPUTERS AND THIS IS NOT TO REPLACE THAT OF COURSE, IT COULDN'T NOW.

BUT IT NEEDS A BALANCE.

THEY NEED BOTH.

BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY ADVANTAGES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN CURSIVE.

JUST THINK WHAT IT REQUIRES FOR THEM TO PRACTICE CURSIVE.

IT HELPS THEM TO FOCUS.

THEY HAVE TO FOCUS.

IT SHOWS WHEN YOU HAVE WRITTEN THAT LETTER CORRECTLY, PRACTICING ALLOWS THEM TO BE AWAY FROM THE SCREENS FOR A WHILE, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THEIR EYES.

AND IT HELPS WITH ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

WITH ACCURACY.

WITH HAVING THEM TO BE PRECISE AND IT HELPS WITH WHEN THEY PRACTICE THOSE, THEIR READING SKILLS IMPROVE BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING AT THOSE LETTERS AND UNDERSTANDING THEM.

IT HELPS WITH SPELLING.

BECAUSE THEY SEE THE WORDS AS A WHOLE.

LIKE WHEN YOU WRITE AND, IN CURSIVE, AS OPPOSED TO A, N AND THE SPACING SO THEY GET THE MUSCLE MEMORY IT HELPS WITH THE SPELLING THE READING THE ATTENTION.

SO THERE ARE SO MANY AREAS THAT THEY ARE BEING TRAINED IN THAT HELPS IN OTHER ALL OTHER SUBJECTS ACADEMIC SUBJECTS, THAT IT REALLY MAKES IT A BENEFIT.

AND THEN IT HELPS THEM PHYSICALLY, IT REALLY HELPS MENTALLY THE STIMULATION OF WRITING.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY MORE DECISIONS PICKING UP THE PENCIL CORRECTLY AND THE PAPER AND WRITING IT WHERE DO I START?

AND HOW DO I SPACE IT OUT?

DO I HAVE ENOUGH ROOM ON THE END OF THE PAPER?

AS OPPOSED TO TAPPING ON A KEYBOARD.

SO IT STIMULATES THE BRAIN SO MUCH MORE.

[♪♪] >> FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE NEW AMERICAN CURSIVE ON THE NEXT "INSIDE LOUISVILLE" THAT'S THIS SUNDAY AT NOON, 11 CENTRAL RIGHT HERE ON KET.

[♪♪] >>ENJOY YOURSELF ON THE FIRST WEEKEND OF FALL AND THE FINAL WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER.

OUR TOBY GIBBS HAS A FEW IDEAS IN THIS LOOK AT WHAT'S UP AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH.

[♪♪] >> FILM LOVERS GET READY FOR A GOOD TIME AT 12 LIONS FILM FESTIVAL AT THE KENTUCKY THEATER IN LEXINGTON.

IT FEATURES FILMS FROM STORYTELLERS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS AND AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL AS WORKSHOPS, PANELS AND MEET AND GREETS.

THE FESTIVAL MARKS THE LEXINGTON PREMIER OF THE FIRST FILM DIRECTED BY OSCAR NOMINEE MICHAEL SHANANN WHO WILL LEAD A MASTER CLASS ON SUNDAY.

>>> THEY ARE HANDLING UP IN LEBANON WITH THE RETURN OF MARION COUNTY HAM DAYS A CELEBRATES OF SWINE.

PIG OUT AT THE COUNTRY HAM BREAKFAST.

THERE'S A FEET FOR THE EYES AND EARS WITH A PIG ASSIST PARADE, A CAR, TRUCK AND MOTORCYCLE SHOW THAT FEATURES 200 VEHICLES ON DISPLAY, AN ANTIQUE TRACTOR SHOW, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND HOT AIR BALLOONS AND MUSIC.

>> ITCHING TO HANGOUT WITH SHEEP?

HEAD TO FALMOUTH FOR THE WOOL FESTIVAL.

SEE SHEEP SHEERING, YARN WEAVING AND SPINNING DEMONSTRATIONS THERE IS A PETTING ZOO, FOOD BOOTHS AND LIVE MUSIC THE FESTIVAL IS FREE AND RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 5.

>>> GET READY TO PARTICULAR A BITE OUT OF FALL FUN BECAUSE THE CASEY COUNTY APPLE FESTIVAL IS IN DOWNTOWN LIBERTY THE CORE EVENT BAKING AND SERVING WORLD'S LARGEST APPLE PIE.

OTHER ATTRACTIONS TO APPEAL TO THE FAMILY, A PARADE, LIVE MUSIC, PAGEANTS, CARNIVAL AND ARTS AND CRAFTS AND A BUSHEL OF APPLES AND APPLE RECREATIONS TO PICK FROM.

IMMERSE IN THE TIMELESS ART OF STORYTELLING AT THE FESTIVAL IN MOREHEAD.

HEAR STORYTELLERS SHARE TALES THAT INSPIRE, ENTERTAIN AND CONNECT AUDIENCES.

WITH PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND ADULTS IT IS AN EVENT THAT AIMS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH THE POWER OF THE SPOKEN WORD.

>>> THEY ARE READY FOR THE HARVEST IN MADISONVILLE AS THE CITY ROLLS OUT HARVEST FEST STACKED WITH ACTIVITIES FOR THE FAMILY INCLUDING LIVE MUSIC, FOOD, FREE HAYRIDES AND AG EXPERIENCES THAT CELEBRATE THE ROOTS OF THE COUNTY'S FARMING HERITAGE.

CHECK OUT AMAZING HAY BALE DISPLAYS AND VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE DESIGN ON-LINE.

>>> TIME TO GET THOSE TOES TAPPING WITH THE RETURN OF THE CC RIVER FOLK FESTIVAL.

BRING YOUR FAMILY AND LAWN CHAIRS AND GET READY TO HEAR BLUEGRASS MUSIC.

THE TWO-DAY FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT KICKS OFF NEXT FRIDAY.

TAKE A WALK WITH LEXINGTON'S GROUNDBREAKING RIDERS DURING THE RIDERS WALK AUDIO TOUR.

JOIN SOME OF LEXINGTON'S AUTHORS AT THE RECEPTION OF THE AUDIO TOUR THAT GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SIGHTS IMPORTANT IN THE LITERARY HISTORY WHILE HEARING FROM THOSE WHO HELPED SHAPE IT.

>>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT MUSHROOMS AND HAVE TIME CHECK OUT THE FESTIVAL IN BLUE LICKS BATTLEFIELD STATE RESORT PARK TAKE A HIKE WITH OTHERS AND COLLECT DATA AND 0 THE MUSHROOMS YOU FIND.

YOU WILL GROW YOUR KNOWLEDGE BY LEARNING ABOUT MEDICINAL AND FOOD USES OF MUSHROOMS.

>>> JOIN THE ROYAL CHORUS AS CHOIR, CHOIR, CHOIR BRINGS THE SINGALONG TO LOUISVILLE SUNDAY.

NO NEED TO FEEL UNDER PRESSURE IF YOU DON'T HAVE FREDDIE MERCURY'S VOCAL CHOPS YOU WILL BELT OUT QUEEN HITS WITH HUNDREDS OF FANS READY TO RULE THE MIC.

>>> THE WORLD COMES TO BOWLING GREEN SATURDAY AS THE BOWLING GREEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL RETURNS THIS CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY FEATURES MUSIC, DANCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

TASTE FOODS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES ENJOY A BIZARRE AND TAKE PART IN FREE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING DANCE LESSONS.

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

>> ALL SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TIME.

THANK YOU.

STICK AROUND FOR "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" COMING UP IN AN HOUR.

BILL BRYANT AND A PANEL OF REPORTERS THEY HAVE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT.

A POSSIBLE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN, THE POSSIBILITY OF AMY MCGRATH JOINING THE U.S.

SENATE RACE, AND GOVERNOR BESHEAR BLASTING THE PRESIDENT LINKED TYLENOL AND AUTISM THAT AND MORE AT 8 EASTERN 7 CENTRAL HERE ON KET; AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US MONDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN, 5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

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