Music Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. to our May 5th meeting of the Public Arts Commission. With the years dripping by. If you had a chance to review the materials, are there any additions or corrections to the minutes? Anyone? Ask for a motion to approve them. I'll make a motion to approve them. Thank you, ma'am. Second. Second, all those in favor? That was a long sign. We're off and running. All right. Phase one application of the Islar Bridge mural, which we have even artwork. This is great. Would you like to make a few comments about this, please? Just come to the microphone over here. Hi, good morning. Good morning. Welcome. I'm Destiny Cornett. I work with Parks and Rec here in Lexington. I'm the volunteer coordinator. And I have Ashley with Trane. she and her co-workers have adopted through our Adopt-a-Park program, Idle Hour Park. And we're proposing to do a project at Idle Hour Park. We're collaborating with the Breckenridge Elementary and with the Idle Hour neighbors on this. So we showed you all some artwork that the Breckenridge Elementary students have made for us and designed. It's seven students. And we're working with two of the teachers there at Breckenridge. And we plan to paint a little bit in front of a bridge at Idle Hour Park. It's 12 by 6. It's not a big bridge. No, it's a small little concrete slab in front of the bridge. But it will look better. What was that? It will look better. So what color palette will you bring to this? Ashley would love for the, we're inviting the students who actually designed this artwork to come out and paint it themselves. Ashley and her team will be supplying the paint. So we'll have a few colors for the students to pick from, but they'll get to design it themselves. All the animals are native to Kentucky, or at least that was our design idea. Questions, anyone? Thoughts? Do we have any photos on the bridge? We do. We can show you if you all need that. It's on our phone, though. Oh, perfect. That's it. There we are. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. So we're on the bridge. Is this going to be on this concrete part? Yes, that concrete part right in the very beginning of the photo. We won't be painting the actual wood slabs, but instead that concrete slab right in the front. Okay. So both ends are just the one side? It'll be just that one side, and then we might flow the artwork out a little bit to connect to the sidewalk if there's an overflow of the artwork. Looks like there's an overflow of gravel, but that's just me. Has there been any thought given to the durability of the paint over time? Yes. Ashley has been doing a little research and thought of slipping, too, and is going to put a grit in the paint to prevent the slipping. And then we are thinking of doing either a maintenance paint, either whenever it needs it or whatever it needs to do to be maintained. Have you thought about the type of paint, though? Yes. So I work with the maintenance team at Parks and Rec, and we worked with a vendor that they preferred with the maintenance team. Okay. The park advisory board has approved, and then again the idle hour neighbors met and also approved. Wow. That's a good group, too. Thank you. All right. Go right ahead. Is there a composition or are these just kind of randomly placed animals? Ashley made a rendering of it. So the artwork that you see is kind of what we planned the layout to be. Okay. There we go. There you are. Now you're talking. That's cute. That's really cute. Look at the back. That's a lot of content. It's 16 artwork designs. All that is public art. Any other comments? Is there a background color? We're going to do a white base, at least as we plan right now. We can always work with the auto hour neighbors and see if they prefer a certain color for the base, but right now we had just been planning white to really highlight their designs. That's what we imagined, at least, yes. Well, document that. That would be fun to watch. Yeah, we're planning to do it, of course, with your all's approval. May, what was it? The 28th. May 28th, inviting the students before they close out for the semester to come and do their paintings. Okay, excellent. If someone could send me that video, I'll give you my email, and it's on the information there. And I would love to share that with the commission afterwards, if there is a video. That would be really fun. Yes, of course. What time are you starting? We're planning it. It'll be during the school day whenever the teachers would want. I think they were planning either to do a lunch out there, too. So it'll be, yeah. We're super excited. We'll send you all, of course, the co-commission here an invite. So you all can hopefully join us. Very nice. Very nice. I have a question. I'm curious how you picked the students. Because there's only, you said 16, so how did the students come to get involved? So we worked with two teachers at Breckenridge Elementary, and they had specific students that either are excelling in art or that they knew would be able to get the project done in our timeline. So they picked between, I think, five and seven students in their fourth and fifth grade classes. Wow. That's good. Has there been any dialogue with the initiative that Blake Eames pursued a few years ago painting those watersheds and intakes for stormwater? Does anybody know? I imagine there was a lot of learning that went on with that. Claudia and Blake Beans did a series of concrete panels for intakes for stormwater runoff. You know, things come up for me around concerns about polluting the river, and I'm guessing they dealt with that and dealt with a lot of the issues around durability. And so it seems like if there hasn't been a conversation with them about their experience and what they learned, that that would be a good thing. Yeah, we can look into that. Can you all make sure to use your mics when you're speaking, by the way? Thank you. Did you say use the microphone? Sorry. They record these clubs so they need good sound quality. But that's not parks, so that's why we didn't go with it. You want me to say that again? One more time. Yeah, I would just encourage a conversation with Blake Eames and Claudia Mickler about their takeaways from the experience they had in painting concrete slabs near stormwater intakes. They did it all over the city about, I don't know, four or five years ago. And I know they're environmentally conscious and very much aware of durability issues, so there would be a lot to learn there. And I'd be happy to make an introduction if you need it. I'm sure that was approved by this body or by the city. So let us know how we can help connect you to them. Yeah, we'd love some more tips on how to make it, you know, lasting. If we could do, you know, the least amount of maintenance and the paint lasts for a long time, we'd prefer that. So yeah, we would love to contact with Blake Ames or whoever. Yeah, okay. Hannah. Also, Hannah, our new mover here, is also working with asphalt art. And so it's also a good resource for really good paint, really good quality stuff that lasts with the outdoor punishment of weather. So there are some good resources that we know of that we can lead you to to get some information. So this will last a good long time. Yeah, thank you so much. It seems like an opportunity to teach the kids about the environmental impact of what we do, you know. Can we go back to the scale? Can you give us the scale again? Slide. Look at the bridge. Yeah. The bridge picture. Hello. There's one with the measurements on there. Yes. So what is that? That will be the area that we plan to do the major part of the design. So you can see the concrete right there nearest to us in the bottom left corner. So that would be if we have an overflow of the design, we'd stretch it out to the concrete right there. But our main design and our main part of the interest is right there, that 12 by 6. 12 by 6 feet? Yes. And the accessibility is to go from one side to another? There's a sidewalk on both sides? It's just right there. The other side, I think, just leads to grass. I think so, yeah. Okay. And what part of the park? This is on the softball field side. I think this leads to the softball field. Okay. I'm just curious about the visual impact. Yeah, of course. you know, that it has because when you're picking a location, I mean, you don't want people to just overlook it or just want to walk on it. You want them to see it too. Yes. So I was just curious about how it's being accessed and things. Okay. There was another slide I don't think we got a chance to see. What was the next one? No, it was another one. Yeah. Oh, yeah, that one. The other one. Yeah. Now, where is that? So that's the location? Yes. And proximity to this sidewalk? That's right. Okay. I'm always curious about the traffic and how they interact with the artwork. Okay. So, okay. Are there any other slots you want us to scroll through? Any other slots that you prefer? Is this the end? There's a couple more slides after this. Okay, let's look at all of them. Oh, that's what you're thinking about using? That's the paint that we were recommended for the base layer. It looks good? Okay. You're getting a thumbs up from Hannah. Okay, that looks great. And then if you wanted to scroll back to slide two, that displays all of the pieces of art, the name of the artwork. Yeah, no, that looks great. That's so sweet. Yeah. Now, I noticed... I noticed that you have concrete, and it's kind of like the ropes, as you get back into the ground apart, is there any aspect of them preparing that before you guys do that? Yeah, I could see. So our maintenance men, anytime there's like an event going on, they call it put the shine on. So they will go out there and maintain it and make it look a little nicer before we go out there and paint. Because even like you said, with the overflow, I would want to consider the whole slab instead of painting this so much and then coming back to this kind of discrepant area. You might as well go ahead and get everything prepped and include that whole space too. I had a question. Are you asking for any funding or is this just an approval? Trane will be funding it, Ashley and her coworkers and their business. Okay. Because, you know, you're talking about the condition of the bridge. You could definitely use some maintenance and repair. Just as a civil engineer, I'm concerned about there's a drop-off without any railings. So the railing is just on the wood part, right? So we don't have any kind of protection off of that. So technically that's not compliant. So if we had additional funding, we could make the bridge better, improve it. I was wondering how steep is that drop-off on the right and the left? I don't remember. I went out there yesterday. It didn't seem pretty steep to me when I was taking measurements. It could be steep. I don't remember. It didn't catch my eye when I was looking at it, though. But maybe for students, that's a safety concern. Yeah, anything greater than 30 inches requires a guardrail. So that looks like it could be three feet or more. I can bring that up with our maintenance team, and they're normally the ones in charge of going out there. And if there is a safety concern, they're supposed to help meet it to code. So I will let them know that we looked at it today and that there's something they should review. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, I mean, that's something that we could definitely provide funding to help. So, you know, if you guys are going to put the time and effort into beautifying the bridge, let's make the bridge compliant and accessible until people are safe as I cross. Just an FYI, I've worked with the city on several of these bridges, and we designed a rail that accommodates that. And I know Michelle Kassiniak has used that design multiple times, so they do have a solution for that. And, again, I can help facilitate that conversation. Yeah, I appreciate both of your comments on that. Thank you. Can I ask, too, from the concrete to the asphalt trail, there's this gravel area. Is that covering existing concrete or the concrete just does not exist? So I think it's the concrete and the sidewalk doesn't connect. So there's a little bit of a grass path that separates them. And where you're seeing the gravel would be more of like the grass connection. Okay. How much of an area is that? Is it like three feet, four feet? If you didn't take a measurement of the grassy area, I would say it's probably four feet wide. I mean, it may be worth it to, if you're going to beautify that area, to actually connect the trail with the walkway and eliminate that gravel path there. Make the frame before you paint. Can I ask, you all said May 28th, that's the date that you want to do this. I think there are a lot of thoughts coming out of the commission about things that are a little bit outside of our purview. And so I think, yeah, I mean, the condition of the park bridge, I think we could improve that. But that is also sort of outside of the purview of the public art commission. I think since you're yet in the railings, I think, you know, given the quick turnaround, I think we should probably consider whether, you know, we should consider sort of that they're not asking for funding just for permission to do this on the site approval on the bridge. I have another thought. There's a second bridge that's over by the roundabout further down. Have you guys explored painting that one? That one looks to be in much better condition. It's all paved. So we actually started with that one, and the neighbors were not in favor of it, and it has already been vandalized. Okay. All right. Wow. It looks like the guardrail on the left-hand side has a problem. Maybe it's just dented down or bent near the back edge there? Yeah. You would do all the maintenance you could to this before you added this to it? Yes. That looks like an area of opportunity. Yes. It looks definitely like it's more than 30 inches. 30 inches, yeah. There's measurements on it. Yes. Commission members, I'm wondering if we could have an approval of this project for the artwork with recommendations that you go back to Parks and Recs with recommendations for railings for safety and for improvement in the condition. Okay. Yes, of course. I'll make that motion. Should I make it right now or did you just make it for me? You need me to make it? Seconded. Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve this project with the condition that you recommend to Parks and Recreation that we, or that, not we, that they examine the condition of the bridge and make sure it's safe for human foot traffic. And for young people. And if you would bring up Andrew's citation of the actual fact that there is a 30-inch. Yes. And that does not meet code. So if that could be improved, that's a strong recommendation from us. Okay. Great. Second test. All right. And then are we going to fast track? It's a complex motion. I would recommend that we fast track the art part of this because in a way we sort of have to because you want to do this on the 28th. So normally it's a two phase project, but you're not asking for funding and we have explored these. So I move that we fast track this for approval during phase one. I second. We didn't vote on that initial motion in second yet. We need to still vote. Do you mean to just lump all that into one motion? Yeah, okay. We're lumping, sorry. Sorry. I'm a lumber. So I would move that we approve this project and fast track it with the condition that the applicants, with the condition that we are strongly recommending that you talk to Parks and Recreation about the safety of the bridge, and specifically concerns around meeting code. Complete motion and a second? Second. A second. Any conversation, questions? All those in favor? Aye. I was like, we've done something. All right. We look forward to seeing you again. Thank you very much. Thank you all so much. Thank you. All right. Having dispensed with the phase one application, is there any old business? You have the scoring sheets. Do we need to do this today or not? Just score this one? Well, there's a sheet here. We just moved to. We just did it. We just moved to do it. Yeah. We pretty much did it. Okay. You can score those and turn them in as we go. Or not. I mean. All right. Is there any old business to come before us? Anyone? I do have something. Please. Regarding the Breeders' Cup and the partnership with the Quarters Commission, thank you to Celeste and Nathan and Faith for coming to our Quarters Commission meeting last month. Thank you for the presentation and for answering everyone's questions. everything is still unresolved with the Corridors Commission. It really comes down to money which the Corridors Commission doesn't have very much of going into this next fiscal year. So I asked Celeste to check with the administration to see if the Mayor's office had allotted any money for the Breeders' Cup, for the city to do pay for doing the Breeders' Cup events because that could be a conduit for the Corridors Commission to have money to partner with the Public Arts Commission. So you found out. I have a meeting tomorrow. A meeting tomorrow? Wonderful. So the Quarters Commission, we're going to meet again on, I think it's in a couple weeks. And so I've already emailed Chair Whitney Baxter to make sure it's on the agenda so we can have another discussion about it. And hopefully by then we'll know if the mayor's office has some money that can help us. Because it's a very, very tight budget for the Environmental Quality and Public Works Department that houses the Quarters Commission. So more to come. Excellent. Thank you on that. Other comments? Any new business? I have new business. Please. Okay. First of all, new business is Hanna, who is out to welcome Hanna Krebs to our commission here. And Hanna comes to us from planning. Is there more to that? Planning and? Well, yes, it's housed within the Division of Planning. It's the Office of Growth Management. And then I am on the Outreach and Strategic Planning Team. So it's quite a hierarchy there. Yes, perfect. I want to welcome you on behalf of all of us. And also wanted to say she is our final ad. She is fulfilling the LFUCG employee that I used to be. So we are complete now. Yes, we are a complete commission. Also, new business is the MLK Bridge. So I have good news there. I mean, it's not complete by any stretch of the imagination, but we have gotten a please tell us more. We are very interested from the state about the MLK Bridge. So it sounds like the underpass is perhaps going to be allowed. They are less excited about an art installation, I mean a light installation, and more interested in a mural. But at this point, honestly, I will be happy with whatever we can do to the MLK underpass. And also there is an initiative for the up top of MLK bridge. So there is this wonderful synergy going on there, which is going to be fantastic. So anyway, I have real hope now that I'm having this back and forth with the state about perhaps approval on getting this art project done. So I'm just letting you all know that after, what is it, two years? We may be going forward. Here's one little thing, though. They want to go ahead and see art and do all that sort of thing. So we have to maybe go ahead and move it forward as a maybe and get far into the process and then get the approval. So it's a little backwards from what we normally do. But normally we know that this project is going to go through by art selection. But this time we're going to have to do it separate. So we'll have to just dialogue with the artists as this is a maybe. We'll have to put all that together. But I'm suggesting that maybe we pay an artist the amount that they need for bringing us a proposal, knowing that it may or may not actually happen. So anyway, more information to come. I'd like to get one step closer to a yes before we actually do that. But I just got this emailed Friday. So I'd love to just kind of keep you guys posted on it for now. And then we might just start. When you say they. It is the State Office of Transportation with the Interim Transportation Secretary. Can I make a comment? Yeah. If we proceed into a design phase with an approved budget for those proposals, I might suggest that we do a request for qualifications first, see their past work, and then a subcommittee, select maybe three to five artists to produce paid proposals. and that way we have some to choose from at that point. Instead of just putting out an RFP from the get-go, narrow it down to a short list of artists. We would absolutely do it. We'll need to have a tight little selection on this, since we're kind of holding them up, especially since we're holding them in abeyance until we can get it done. So yeah, absolutely. Where can I find more information on this? This is all new to me. Oh, I can bring you up to speed on that. But let's talk after the meeting. I mean, we don't really have a lot of information on it yet as far as our part of it. Up top, the project is coming along a little further. But anyway, I'll talk to you about that after the meeting and let you know about it. What I know so far. Thank you. Also, Celeste, going forward with future large projects, Can there be some oversight on who are going to be on these committees, are going to be on these search review? Yeah. We've pretty much just opened it up to all commission members. Is that what you mean? Like, you can say, I'd like to be part of this one. Yeah. Yeah, I know the part. But, I mean, some of these other commissions, we didn't know how they constructed the review committee, the selection committee, nor did we know what their qualifications were. I think I would like to see some more oversight about us being able to know who those people are and if they actually qualified to be on these committees. Give me an example. What do you mean? Like another commission? What do you mean? Well, we didn't know. I didn't know anything about the project downtown. A common thread? Yeah. I didn't know anything about who that committee people were. And, you know, I mean, that was a really big project. Yeah. So, I mean, I'm just concerned about, you know, that coming to us and we don't have any kind of say over, I don't think we have to select their, you know, their people. but we should have some oversight. I'm just concerned. Wasn't that project on state property and not local property? Like not LFUCG land? Because we don't have purview over anything that's not LFUCG land. It is on the courthouse. It's in front of the courthouse. And it was different. There were many different reasons why that one was a little different. But we all did have that same sort of feeling of, oh, we didn't get to see that. But no, I hear you, Gary. I totally hear you. And I was just curious if you had other examples of where people are sort of doing that sort of thing. And I think maybe the only thing I can imagine is corridors, and we do work pretty closely with corridors. And so I don't know of any other time that you would need to have that same concern. And honestly, I feel like that was a bit of a one-off because it was 250 Lex, and it was a whole different group. I don't foresee that being something that happens very often. But I do think it's definitely appropriate for you to bring that to our attention and for us to have a concern about that. So, yeah, I think pretty much going forward we would be looped into everything. Yeah. I could be wrong, but I think I'm correct on that. Yeah, because, you know, again, the selection of artworks are part of what we call a collection. This is Lexington's art collection. So we should be very concerned about what the creativity is, who the artists are, and as we build this wonderful kind of insight about what our public art is about. Like I said, I experienced just going to Columbus almost wrecked because I looked over and there was a Henry Moore. I'm like, Henry Moore? Yeah, my girl looked at me like, what's wrong with you? I'm like, there's a Henry Moore. You know, I think we want that kind of excitement about Lexington's public art scene. You know, we want some who's who who are out there, you know, that brings people, you know, there's a Picasso in Chicago. You know, we should have that same kind of insight. All right. Always on the horizon. All right. Any other comments? Anyone? Old business, new business? Commentary? A motion to adjourn is always in order. I make a motion to adjourn. Second. I think we all second. All in favor, we are adjourned. Thank you. I'm a physical wreck. You walk in. I've lost my cool face. What'd you expect? You walk in, baby, love begins. When you walk by, baby, ooh, my, my. When you come around, my jaw hits the ground. When you shake your thing, I jump out of my skin. When you cross the floor, I scream more, baby, more. When you flash your smile, you drive me wild. Everybody's checking out the glossy magazine. Madonna, Diana, you know the whole scene. The covered girls, the center folds, and every movie star And all those pretty ladies down there at the local bar I couldn't think of nothing better to do Than checking out a little wiggle or two Oh, honey, that was way before I met you And then you are With legs up to your neck You walk in I'm a physical wreck You walk in I've lost my cool bed But what the heck When you walk in, baby Love begins When you walk by, baby Ooh, my, my When you come around My jaw hits the ground When you shake your thing I jump out of my skin When you cross the floor I scream more baby More when you flash your smile You drive me wild Yeah Yeah I couldn't think of nothing better to do Than checking out a little wiggle or two All the honey that was way before I met you When you walk in, baby, love begins When you walk by, baby, ooh, my, my When you come around, my jaw hits the ground. When you shake a thing, I jump out of my skin. When you cross the floor, I scream more, baby, more. When you flash your smile, you drive me wild. Yeah, you drive me wild. When you walk in, baby, love begins. When you walk by, baby, ooh, my, my When you come around, my jaw hits the ground When you shake your thing, I jump out of my skin When you walk by, baby, ooh, my, my When you come around, my jaw hits the ground When you shake your thing, I jump out of my skin I ain't gonna ride no rail or hitchhike down no highway I ain't going nowhere, feeling the way I do Because my baby's long gone and nothing's going my way I'm gonna let this muddy water, cause I wash away my blues It's gonna take a lot of river To keep this broken heart afloat Gonna take a lot of river Running all the live long days Gonna take the Mississippi The Monongahela and the Ohio Gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away Girl, I wish I was a tough old Pushing and pulling them barges along Moving on the water with a heart made of iron and steel There wouldn't be no woman who could ever take my love and didn't do me wrong I could work all day with nothing in the world to feel It's gonna take a lot of river to keep this broken heart afloat Gonna take a lot of river Running all the lifelong day Gonna take the Mississippi The Monongahela and the Ohio Gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away Is she in New Orleans? Is she a cage of queen? I wonder what she's doing now But if I know her She's got brains and furs Struggling along somehow It's gonna take a lot of river To keep this broken heart afloat Gonna take a lot of river Running all the live long days Gonna take the Mississippi From Mononganila and the Ohio Gonna take a lot of river To watch these blues away It's gonna take a lot of river To keep this broken heart afloat Gonna take a lot of river Running on the live long day Gonna take the Mississippi The Monongahela and the Ohio Gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away It's gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away Hey, if you get closer The lights are going dim The sound of the breathing has made the mood I'm in All of my resistance is lying on the floor Taking me to places I've never been before And I can feel, feel, feel, feel Way down where the music plays Way down like a tired wave Way down where the fire plays Way down Way down Way down Way down Ooh, my head is spared You got me and you spared A hundred magic fingers Swirling carousel Better soon within me The doctor could describe The love is doing something That I just can't describe When I can feel it Feel it Feel it Feel it Way down where the music plays Way down like a tired wave Way down where the fire plays Way down Down, down, down, down Hold me again as tired as you can I need you so, baby, let's go. Way down where it feels so good. Way down where I hold the foot. Way down where I never could. Way down. Down. Way down. Way down. I know you want to leave me, but I refuse to let you go. If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy, I don't mind, cause you mean that much to me. Ain't you proud to be, as you know it, please don't leave me, girl, to go. Ain't you proud to be, baby, baby Please don't leave me, girl, too Now I've heard a crying man Is half a man With no sense of pride But if I have to cry to keep you I don't mind weeping If you'll keep you by my side Ain't you proud to be, baby Sweet darling Please don't leave me, girl, to go Ain't too proud to be, baby, baby Please don't leave me, girl, to go If I have to sleep on your doorstep all night and day Just to keep you from walking away Let your friends laugh, even this I can stand Cause I wanna keep you any way I can Ain't you wrong, baby, sweet darling? Please don't leave me, girl. Ain't you wrong, baby, baby? Please don't leave me, girl. Please don't leave me, girl. Now I've got a love so deep in the pit of my heart And each day it grows more and more I'm not ashamed to come and plead to you, baby If it didn't keep you from walking out that door Ain't too proud to be, you see, no Don't leave me, girl Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby Don't leave it, girl Baby, baby, baby Nobody gets too much heaven no more It's much harder to come back I'm waiting in line Nobody gets too much love anymore It's as high as a mountain And harder to climb Ooh, you and me now Got a lot of love in store And it flows through you and it flows through me And I love you so much more And my love I can see the umbrella Everything we are we've never done Love is such a beautiful thing Oh, you make my world a summer day I am just a dream to fade away Nobody gets too much heaven, no, no It's much harder to come back I'm waiting in line Nobody gets too much loving rock It's as high as a mountain And harder to climb You and me, girl Got a highway to the sky We can turn away from the night of day And the tears we had to bring You're my girl I can see you new tomorrow Everything we all will never know Love is such a beautiful thing When you want to meet A line above Then for all to see Our precious love Nobody gets too much heaven No one gets much harder to come back I'm waiting in line Nobody gets too much love anymore It's as high as a mountain And harder to climb Oh, love is such a beautiful man You make my world the summer day Are you just a dream today? Oh, nobody Nobody gets too much heaven now It's so much harder to come now I'm waiting in love Nobody gets too much love anymore It's as white as the river And harder to find Nobody gets too much heaven and it's much harder to come back. I'm waiting in line. Nobody gets too much love in any run. It's as high as a mountain and harder to climb. Nobody gets too much heaven now It's too much harder to cover I'm waiting in line Nobody gets too much love in the world It's as high as the world You know our love was meant to be A kind of love that lasts forever And I want you here with me From tonight until the end of time. You should know. Everywhere I go. Always on my mind. In my heart. In my soul. Baby, you're the meaning in my life. You're the inspiration. You bring feeling to my life. You're the inspiration. I want to have you hear me. I want to have you hear me say it. No one needs you more than I need you. And I know, yes I know that it's great to see We're so in love when we're together Now I know that I need you here with me From tonight until the end of time You'll see me everywhere I go Always on my mind, in my heart, in my soul You're the meaning in my life You're the inspiration You bring feeling to my life You're the inspiration I wanna have you near me I wanna have you hear me say it No one needs you more than I No one needs you more than I No one needs you more than I No one needs you more than I No one needs you more than I I want to have you near me I want to have you hear me say it No one needs you more than I need you You're the dreaming of my life You're the inspiration You bring feelings to my life You're the inspiration When you love somebody To the end of time When you love somebody Oh, Lord, my God Nobody needs you more than I When you love somebody To the end of time When you love somebody Oh, Lord, my God Nobody needs you more than I We can love somebody, then we are in the fire We were poor when I was a youngin' I don't remember ever going hungry, Daddy made sure we didn't do without. I went to school with some of these fellas, they had money and I was jealous. I didn't know then what I know now. Daddy'd say you can't judge a book by looking at the cover, it's what's inside that really matters. Daddy never was The Cadillac kind He said some things Just glitter and shine Taught us that love Was the one thing money couldn't buy Daddy never was The Cadillac kind I left home right out of high school, got me a big car, thought it was real cool, cruising around the old neighborhood. I'd see Daddy at the church on Sunday, say you'll have to go riding with me someday, just say no, never understood. He asked me how I bought it I told him on credit Daddy just smiled I'll never forget it Daddy never was The Cadillac kind He said something Just glitter and shine Taught us that love Was the one thing money couldn't buy Daddy never was a Cadillac kind. It took a while, but now I've grown. Settle down with kids of my own. The more I give up, the more they want. Daddy left us last November. I don't remember him ever looking better. All laid out in his Sunday best I'm sure instead of all that attention All he'd have wanted was a few words mentioned A simple man simply laid to rest As they drove him away in that big Cadillac With a tear in my eye, I had to laugh Cause daddy never was a Cadillac kind He said something just glitter and shine Well just this one I hope daddy enjoyed the ride Cause daddy never was a Cadillac kind I know but daddy never was The Cadillac Man Wake up, today's gonna be a good day Wake up, today's gonna be a good day Wake up, really gon' ride in time Step 2, get some good, some more to you Oh, Where are we at, Bash? We are at the famous, the historic Kentucky Theater, downtown Lexington, Kentucky. And what a great place to celebrate what we're celebrating today. And do you know what we're celebrating? It's unbelievable. It's our last episode of season two. It's hard to believe it was two seasons, right? I remember starting in late 23 when we started working on this project. Yep. And we have had so much, so much fun with it. And we've learned a lot, too, I think. And we've gotten to be really good friends. It's been a great, great project. But before we do what we're going to do today, which we're going to have some fun with. Absolutely. We want to thank some, enjoy the popcorn, right? We want to thank some people. So, first of all, Chief Weathers. Hey, is this the theater for Die Hard? It's my favorite Christmas movie. That's not a Christmas movie. You know, we haven't seen you since episode one. And now you show up at the theater here and you're at the wrong place. Oh, man. So, Chief Weathers and the command staff have been fantastic. Man, so supportive of this project. And we really, really appreciate them. We appreciate all of the guests that we've had on. We've worked with so many different topics, so many special guests. We can't forget the production crew behind the scenes. They're amazing. Lex TV is phenomenal. We have had so much fun with them, getting to know them. They are fantastic, so talented, and they have been so supportive of this project. They have done a fantastic job. And let me just say, it's the viewers, right? We have had so many people have come up to us in the community, outside the community, outside the state that have come up to us and said, hey, we watch the show. We absolutely love it. And we've learned so much about the police department, about policing, about police technology, all the different things we talked about. So we really just want to thank everybody here at the end of Season 2 for everybody's involvement and everybody's support of this project. Let's get ready for Season 3. I can't wait for that. So today we are going to go back. We're going to watch some highlights of the first two seasons. And we're actually going to look at some bloopers. That should be the fun part. And we've got our popcorn here at the historic Kentucky Theater. So sit back and let's watch season one, season two highlights and bloopers. Do you remember earlier this year, it was like one of the coldest days of the year? How could I forget? And we did the patrol episode. It was so cold. Well, that's the thing about patrol. Every day is different. Every shift is different. every, I mean, you see, you obviously go to work every day knowing that you can see the worst of the worst. Yeah. And that's, that's what a lot of people don't realize. I don't think about patrol is that, you know, somebody has to respond to these things, right? Yeah. And it all starts with patrol. So. Yeah. And we're your first line of, you know, defense. We get the calls. We initiate the initial report before it goes to its specified bureau or detective that it's going to go to. And if an officer wants to follow up with that particular case, they can get with that detective that gets assigned that case. And they'll assign it to them as well. And they can work in unison with that detective to see this case if it goes all the way through the court system and if it has to go to trial and stuff like that. So we do like doing that because, you know, there's a few cases that just hit home. Right. You're just like, oh, man, can I follow through with this case, whether it's domestic or narcotic related, or you got someone and it closes out like five to six burglary reports because they've been tied to all these other, you know, criminal offenses. And you remember when we did the motor episode and Larry Wilcox from Chips came in? Absolutely love that. Yeah. Good morning and happy day to everybody in Lexington and the PD department. God bless you. You mentioned that you rode before the show and that you went through police motorcycle training. Was there any differences in what you knew before you went through training compared to after you went through training? You think your riding changed a lot? Yeah, it really changed a lot. But, you know, most of the stuff that I knew before were problem areas that get in the way in terms of police training. But, you know, for example, just your head placement in terms of what you look at and where you're looking at things that you don't want to be looking at because you're going to hit them. You know, they always say, don't look at the rock in the middle of the road because you're going to hit it now. Right. Which sure enough, you do. Right. and uh you know then turning you know it's always looking about what people forget is that police bikes very heavy number one and it's a lot of you know the difficulty is all the slow riding the inertia and the balancing of the bike when you're just breaking and clutching and barely moving through traffic and trying to balance it in kind of weird areas so you know we got really good at that and doing figure eights in a small rectangle without laying the bike down is always an issue. And that's why I always say that, you know, anyone can ride a motorcycle fast, but not many can ride it really, really slow. High speed braking was another issue. You know, I didn't know anything about that. And so my braking was usually just the rear brake. um chp train different where you use both brakes uh and and easily use them so uh you know i probably laid the bike down multiple times and all that but you have those bars on the side that it falls on so that spares you a little bit um yeah without gloves and you know some pads and stuff it can bruise you up a little bit but it's once you learn how to do it it's not a big deal and then And so braking was one issue, high-speed braking in terms of where the rear end comes around and says hello to you, the motorcycle. I'm exaggerating to make my point, but it does come around. And, you know, that's pretty intimidating. But once you learn how to do it, you know, look pretty cool when you come in hot and that happens. It's not a big deal, right? And then also, you know, being quiet and logical instead of emotional so that you can process information on a motorcycle because you have another, you have multiple other factors going on. And do you also remember a couple months ago, one of my favorite episodes, Canine Unit, with all the puppy dogs. Everybody loves the dogs. So how do we use the dogs? What are the purposes and what do we have? Patrol dogs, we have different types of dogs, what do we have? Yeah, so our primary three things are going to be patrol dogs, narcotic dogs, and bomb dogs. Obviously, we use dogs because they smell better than us. So the main breeds that you're going to see is obviously your typical German Shepherd. That's what everybody thinks about for a police dog. We also have Belgian Malinois. We have a Dutch Shepherd. And then obviously you saw Rhea. We have lab, floppy ears dogs sometimes for single-purpose use. What is the difference between the three, the patrol, narcotics, and bomb? So the patrol dogs, they're going to be used primarily whenever we need to find subjects who have committed crimes. Whether it's someone's broken into a building, they've committed a violent crime, and we need to track their odor and find them for the sake of us and the public. Your explosive dogs, I'm sure Chaz can go into it more. This is going to be for your big events to make sure that we don't have any explosives hidden. And then narcotics is primary use is going to be for vehicles that we suspect there's narcotics inside. So I know we talked about the different types of dogs. Are they multi-purpose or do they just, if that's a narcotics dog, that's just a narcotics dog? Yeah. No, most of our dogs are dual purpose. We'll have, I think we have two single purpose dogs. One was Raya, who you spoke with earlier. She's a, she's, yeah, I spoke with her. She's an explosives dog. That's her only job. We have another narcotics detection dog and he's with our narcotics unit. He's only narcotics. All the other dogs are dual purpose, which means they'll do patrol, which is apprehension, finding people, finding evidence, and they're also either narcotics or explosives. My dog, Cato, is a dual purpose patrol and bomb dog, so he does both. When we look for the dogs, we look for a dog that is environmentally sound. We need to make sure that they're comfortable in every environment because it can be really weird out there in the world, right? We look for dogs that have great noses. Pat mentioned their best feature for us is their nose. It helps us locate what we need to find, whether it's missing people, criminals, narcotics, explosives. So we always look to make sure that they have a really good hunt drive and that they hunt and that they have really good changes and they can find things. First it's just the ball because they know what a ball is. It's easy to see. So we make sure they have a lot of ball drive and that they hunt methodically. So they're always checking and looking and hopeful that they're going to discover something because that makes the training take a lot better than if they didn't care. And you remember going up in the helicopter doing the air support unit, and you did a fly along with us? Yes, and I didn't get sick. You didn't get sick, and that was a good thing, right? Nicole, you used to be in a cruiser on the ground, so we're about 1,000 feet right now over the city. What are your thoughts? What do you think about it? Do you like it? I love to fly. So I think this is awesome. The first time I flew, I didn't know our cruisers had our P numbers on the hood. Because I was like, how do you tell who's this who? Yeah, that helps us out a whole lot because there's been several times that we would have to reposition cruisers. And by having that P number on top of the car, we can certainly tell where everybody's at. It's definitely a different perspective from up here. You know, it's truly a bird's eye view. So again, it's all about safety. Keeping the officers safe, but also keeping the citizens safe. So there's, and we also, we do a lot of large scale events. We're commanding control for UK football games. Anytime we've got a large traffic event where we can monitor traffic flow up here and advise arteries to go green and assist for traffic flow. So there's all different types of uses for this. One of the benefits from us, a lot of times a call will be dispatched, and we can get over the call relatively quickly to get the ground units information that they need. For instance, if it may be an accident on a nice 75, we're able to get over there pretty quick and let them know what they've got, how it's going to impact traffic flow, what kind of fire apparatus is going to be needed, everything's like that. So we do not have to worry about stoplights up here. We are, right now we're about 70 miles per hour as far as ground speed goes. We do everything by knots, but we're roughly about 70 miles an hour right now. So we can, we always maintain about a 60-knot forward airspeed just in case we were to lose an engine. Bell Aircraft says that we can do an auto rotation and land safely as long as we've got that forward airspeed. So you'll never see us hovering in the air. It's only on takeoff and landing. So, question. Yes, ma'am. Is the visibility better, like, in the wintertime? Because you have all these trees and the leaves, and we can't see through them, like, spring, summer. But if we're trying to find someone in the wintertime, is it better when there's no leaves on the trees? That is a great question. So a tactical flight officer loves wintertime because we don't have leaves. and it does, the visibility is completely different. How we compensate for that is flight patterns. We adjust those a little bit in the summer when we've got a lot of foliage. And then we also have the thermal imager, the Ford-looking infrared, before we are on board. So depending on how thick the vegetation is, we'll utilize that a lot of times. If we have somebody fleeing a foot or if we have a lost subject on the ground, we'll be able to use the port-looking infrared to detect body heat and try to locate them that way through foliage. And one of our most recent episodes was the drones. The drones. I always love the technology. So when the drones were put into patrol, we put one in each sector, and we've trained two pilots each shift for each sector. Those folks train quarterly according to policy, so they come in and do their quarterly training. We do a night training to make sure they're proficient in their skills, And those drones have proven to be very beneficial for finding not only missing folks, but also suspects that are wanted in crimes. Yes. So do we have some success stories? We have a lot of success stories. Fortunately, we've been able to find some missing people, missing children that have been either run away or gotten away from home that they can't find their way back. We've been able to use that. But more importantly, we've been able to protect our officers on scene when they're responding to calls. One specifically happened within the last year where a person had assaulted their significant other, fled in a vehicle, and then the police got behind that vehicle, the person wrecked, and then fled into a wooded area. What you have there is a wooded area where somebody can take up an advantage against the police. We were able to use the drone and find a heat signature. What that did is allow the officers to form a perimeter and call that person out to them rather than potentially harming not only our officers but the suspect that was in there. It makes a overall safe environment because once again you have that third perspective and you're able to say we know we see you in there. You need to come out to us. And that person actually did give up. And that's just one of many success stories where we've been able to find folks that have fled from traffic stops or domestic violence or any kind of crimes in our community. They've been able to dispatch those drones from the patrol officers that have those with them, put those up immediately after and find these folks. Man, that was great. Who puts all this together? That was some pretty great material, let me just tell you. And, you know, Tyler Rowlett, he's our producer, our editor with the project, with LexTV. He's awesome. Awesome. Fantastic job. Surely we don't have any bloopers, though, do we? I've got a whole folder. I keep all of them. I don't believe it. You do? Yeah, I've got two years' worth. Let's check some out. Well, it's not my fault. That's his fault. Keep it down. Hey, we are back here with Sergeant Gary Thurman with... Let's start over. That's on the bloopers, okay? Do I? I'm having one of your moments. We are here with Matt Greyhouse, commander of the... Oh, God. Sorry. Commander of Oh God. Alright. Alright. Alright. 1917. 1917. Why don't you play your video games back there? I still don't like that. I don't have anything to hold on to. Right there. There you go. Oh, Jesus. That's just... All right. Man, it is two seasons. It's hard to believe. It's hard to believe. It was fun today, though. Going back and watching. We've had so much fun doing this project. And are you ready for season three? Yes. So I know we've interviewed a whole lot of specialized units already in the first two seasons. Who do we have lined up coming up for season three? You know, we've still got many, many specialized units. I know that we already have some planned as far as E911, the 911 center, where everything starts when people call the police department, call the fire department. And we've got the emergency response unit, our SWAT team. We're going to be talking with them. So we've got other partnerships, other specialized units, a full lineup for season three. I'm excited. I am too. So we, again, thank everyone for watching your Lex PD. and make sure that you join us for all of our episodes on Season 3. I'm out. Wake up, today's gonna be a good day What is the loneliest number that you'll ever do? All I wanted was a sweet distraction for an hour or two Had no intention to do the things we've done Funny how it always goes for love when you don't look defined But then we're two of a kind We move as one We're an all-time high We'll change all that's gone before Doing so much more Than falling in love On an all-time high We'll take all the world away So hold on tight Let the flight begin I don't want to waste a waking moment I don't want to sleep I've been so strong and so deep And so are you In my time I've said these words before But now I realize My heart was telling me lies For you they're true We're an all-time life We'll change all that's done before Doing so much more Than falling in love On an all-time life We'll take on the world and wait So hold on tight, let the flight begin So hold on tight, let the flight begin We're an old timeline I'm not alone. This is for all the lonely people Thinking that life has passed them by Don't give up until you Keep from the silver cup And ride that highway in the sky This is for all the single people Thinking that love has let them dry Don't give up until you Drip on the silver cup You never know until you try Well, I'm on my way Yes, I'm back to stay Well, I'm on my way back home Hit it! This is for all the lonely people Thinking that life has passed them by Don't give up until you Keep on the silver cup I'll never take you down Never give you up Never know until you try Call out the instigators Because there's something in the end We've got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here And you know it's right And you know that it's right We have got to get it together We have got to get it together now Run through the fields and houses Because there's something in the air We've got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here And you know it's right And you know that it's right We have got to get it together We have got to get it together now Thank you. you need We've got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here And you know it's right And you know that it's right We have got to get it together We have got to get it together now I once thought of love as a prison A place I didn't want to be So long ago I made a decision to be put loose and fancy free But you came and I was so tempted to gamble on love just one time I never thought I would get caught It seemed like the perfect crime Baby, let me face it I've only got one plea Lock me away The End Hey, y'all. It's your Vice Mayor, Dan Wu. And today we're here at the Keeneland Library with Library Director Rhoda Ferraro. And we are checking out this great new exhibit called RAICES, Latino Legacies in Racing. So, Rhoda, what is this exhibit? Yes. So RAICES is an amalgam of years worth of work to showcase the lives and contributions of more than 100 men and women from across the Americas working at every level of the sport. And RAICES means roots. It does. And we worked hard to assemble an advisory panel of folks from six different countries. and they were weighing in heavily, like at every part of the decision-making process, including the title of the exhibit. And there were so many potential titles on the table. But in the end, people kept coming back to Reyesus, you know, that concept of roots, not only like those individual and collective identities and legacies, but, you know, just the impacts, you know, over time and the fact that there's like this huge foundational historic context to all of this. And it's perfect that it looks like the English word for races. It does. It does. Yeah. And this is obviously not a new phenomenon. Latinos have been an integral part of racing from day one. Tell me about just the historical span of this exhibit. Yes, you are right. But we don't have exact numbers, but safe estimates would put us today at about 70% of the horse industry workforce is driven by Latino talent and work. And this is across the span of all different occupations, right? It is, across the span of all different occupations. And you'll see that here in the exhibit. So our stories start in the 1800s, and they work toward the present. And the beautiful part about this exhibit, I think, is it speaks to larger industry trends and that folks who work in the horse industry, you do see this multigenerational kind of, you know, phenomenon that's taking place. And I can't speak to why that is. It's because you had that exposure early on. And, you know, we have folks on the advisory panel would say that it's a deep commitment to uphold the family's legacy when we are in this cultural context as well. So there's a host of factors as to why you see this multigenerational kind of ties. But as you work through the stories, you might be reading about somebody who's active in the industry today or was active in the industry 10 years ago. But they're third or fourth generation horsemen or horsewomen. And so some of the stories are just a progression of that family's work in the industry over time, too. So, yeah, we're starting in the 1800s and we bring it to the present. And truly, that's why the word legacy is in that title as well. Yes. Tell me about what it takes to bring a show like this here. Yes, it took quite a bit of time and effort. There was just so many moving pieces that that needed to kind of fall into place before I felt like we finally could say yes. and do this the way that it needed to be done with the insight and perspectives that it needed. And we finally got there. And that was in large part to a 250 Lex cultural grant that gave us that boost in funding to bring these international experts onto our panel and as contributors. It was also thanks to a private sponsor as well, Susan Naylor. And the Keeneland Association backed my time on it. So that external support is what drove my being able to bring in these historians and writers and translators. So it's pretty special. Lots of time, lots of work, lots of partnerships. Who would you say this exhibit is for? I think this exhibit is for everyone. And this is our first bilingual exhibit. So when you come into this space right now, what you'll see will be interpretive panels. You'll see display cases. You'll see a lot of photographs. And the text will be printed in English, and you listen in Spanish. The exhibit also has an exhibit companion book that was released with text in English, and you can listen in Spanish. We're working right now on translating that companion book into Spanish. So you'll be reading it in Spanish with that capacity to listen in Spanish for that heightened access. But in terms of age groups, it's also for everyone. Well, not only do we have stories and words and photographs, we also have some trophies and artifacts. Yes. So let's go take a look. Yes. All right. So we have a trophy case here, some great trophies, and you've got a great story about Ramon Dominguez, right? Yes. So Ramon Dominguez is a perfect example of those multi-general ties that we spoke about earlier. From Venezuela, was born into a family kind of steeped in the horse industry at various levels. So Ramon wins back-to-back Eclipse Awards for the Outstanding Jockey in the 2010, 11, and 12. This photo of him behind us is a photo taken at Kingland. But what I want to share about Ramon is, one, Ramon was on the advisory panel for this exhibit. And in addition to being a superstar athlete, Ramon is an incredibly generous person. and Ramon had a spill at the height of his career that was career ending. And he came back and is this incredible voice, an advocate for jockey safety. You'll sometimes see him on air as an analyst and broadcast in both English and Spanish. He spends a lot of time advocating for for jockeys. And he also is an inventor. So I think the most incredible story about Ramon is is that just that that perseverance and that that that the steady presence of sharing generosity. And that's at every level. And, yeah, last year he he won one of the last man standing ultra marathon. Wow. Yeah. So I think that speaks to that grit and that perseverance too. So this isn't just history, this is living history. It is. Absolutely. So how can folks see this exhibit? So you can come to the library Monday through Friday, 830 to 430. It's freely available to folks and you can just take it in on your own. And then how can folks engage more with the Keeneland Library generally? Yes. So I would encourage folks to start with our website, which is kingland.com slash library, but know that what you're seeing on our website is really just a fraction of what we do. So if folks are looking to research anything that touches on the horse industry, I mean, it can be several degrees of separation removed from it. We get 10,000 of those requests a year. So don't ever feel like, is this a question that they could potentially help me with? Maybe we can, maybe we can't, but we will always look. So regardless of what it is that you need for information or even for image assets, reach out to us. We are the world's largest repository of information and images that cover this industry, not just here in the bluegrass, but internationally as well. How long will this exhibit be up? We are going to have this exhibit up through early November. So we're going to have a big international audience visiting us here in Lexington for Breeders' Cup in late October. So we'll have this great fortune of kind of timing this to coincide with that. So we're already planning Breeders' Cup specific tours. I'm really looking forward to that. All right. Let's go learn about some of these people. Yes. All right, Rhoda, this looks like a shot from a movie. Tell me about this photo. I do love it. And I think the same thing. Like this couldn't have been a candid moment. This feels like a movie poster. So back to one of those core themes of overtime. This shot was taken in July of 1969. What we see here, and I love the activity of the shot, you still see those rotors, the movement of the rotors, you know, on that helicopter. These jockeys would have just left racing in New York. They were landing at a track in New Jersey to ride in the afternoon, same day. We have Eddie Belmonte, we have Raul Baeza, we have Jacinto Vasquez, and we have Angel Cordero Jr. Greats. And, you know, the fact that they're all together just like this, as if this was the most, you know, normal and routine thing to be doing for four people to pack into a helicopter and arrive from New York to New Jersey. But it was absolutely the norm for their life. But I do think it speaks to that degree of dominance and how far back in history we see examples of that. So, Rhoda, tell me about Mirna. Yes. So Mirna is a groom. She works for the Brazilian trainer, Paulo Lobo. Mirna is from Guatemala. Much of her family is still in Guatemala. Her daughter is here. And what I love about Miana is, one, I mean, her personality, her attitude, her approach is always just so positive and upbeat. Her degree of commitment to the care, 24-7 care and management of horses is just amazing. And it's just great to be down in that barn because you're hearing all these languages spoken every day. So you'll have Spanish, you'll have some Portuguese in the mix, you have some English. So it's just a Palo Lobo stable is tremendous, and his crew, including Mirna, are equally so. So we're fortunate to have thousands of people who are committing their lives to the welfare and the care of these horses every day. Mirna is one of them. So not only do we have a lot of historical information, historical photographs, we also have modern-day photographs. taken by local photographers. Yes, so do check these out. This is another example of partnering with community organizations. So the kiosk that you see here with these amazing shots that were taken on Caneland's backside when I spent some mornings with these artists and walked them around the grounds and they were able to capture these amazing moments that really on on any given morning, you would arrive and you would find equally amazing moments. But to see as an artist, you know, the way that it played out and what they captured in the photo is amazing. So yes, we're very pleased to partner with this local artist project and showcase some of their work here as part of our exhibit as well. Well, Rhoda, thank you so much for showing me around today. RAISIS, The Making of Latino Legacies in Racing, will be up at the Keeneland Library through November. Oh, my. Oh, my. All right. We'll be right back. A place on earth Ooh, heaven is a place on earth When the night falls down I wait for you and you come around And the world's alive With the sound of kids on the street outside When you walk into the room You pull me close, I was shocked to move And we're spinning with the stars above And you lift me up, you know where I'm from Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? Ooh, heaven is a place on earth. They say that heaven, love comes first. We'll make heaven a place on earth. Ooh, heaven is a place on earth. When I feel alone I reach for you And you bring me home When I'm not steady I hear your voice And it carries me In this world we're just beginning To understand what man could live in Baby, I once prayed before They're not the way anymore Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? Ooh, heaven is a place on earth They say, heaven, love comes first We'll make heaven a place on earth Ooh, heaven is a place on earth In this world we're just beginning To understand the miracles of living Baby, I was afraid before I'm not afraid anymore Ooh, baby, do you know if that's what? Ooh, heaven is a place on earth They say in heaven, love comes first New heaven is a place on earth New heaven is a place on earth New heaven is a place on earth New heaven is a place on earth I'll never miss a place for one to do Hey, hey, what's the matter with your hair? Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey, hey, what's the matter with your mind and your sign? Oh, hey, hey, nothing will matter with your head, baby, find it. Come on and find it. Hey, baby, baby, cause you're fine and you're mine and you look so divine. Come and get your love Come and get your love Come and get your love Come and get your love Hey, hey What's the matter? Did you feel right? How did you feel right? Baby, yeah, oh yeah Get it from the main by, alright I said find it, find it Love it if you like it, yeah Yeah, yeah It's your business if you want some Take some, get it together, baby Come and get your love Come and get your love Come and get your love Come and get your love Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now Come and use your love, come and use your love, come and use your love now Come and use your love, come and use your love, come and use your love now Come and use your love Come and use your love Come and use your love Come and use your love Hey, hey, what's the matter with you? Feel right, let's feel right, baby. Hey, oh yeah, get it from the main vine, all right. Thank you. I'm sorry. Both of us have always wanted to do Waiting so long Waiting so long Waiting so long Waiting so long I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from here I've got two tickets in my pocket now baby We're gonna disappear Waiting for long Waiting for long Waiting for long Waiting for long I've got two tickets to paradise Won't you pack your bags for leave tonight I've got two tickets to paradise I've got two tickets to paradise guitar solo Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from here I've got two tickets in my pocket, baby Will they disappear? So I've waited for long Waiting for long Waiting for long Waiting for long I've got two tickets to paradise Won't you hack your bags for me tonight I've got two tickets to paradise Won't you hack your bags for me tonight I've got two tickets to paradise Won't you hack your bags for me tonight I've got two tickets to paradise I've got two tickets to paradise Oh, my God. Days when the rains came Down in the hollow Playing a new game Laughing and running, hey, hey Skipping and jumping In the misty morning fog with Oh, my heart's a-thumping And you, my brown-eyed girl You, my brown-eyed girl And whatever happened The Tuesday and so slow Gone down the old mine with a transistor radio Standing in the sunlight laughing Hiding high at a rainbow's wall Slippin' in slack All along the waterfall with you My brown-eyed girl And you, my brown-eyed girl Do you remember when We used to sing Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Just like that Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la You have grown, cast my memory back there, Lord. Sometime I've overcome thinking about making love in the green grass. Behind the stadium with you, my bright-eyed girl. You, my bright-eyed girl. Do you remember when Are we used to sing Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Thank you. When you take me by the hand Tell me how you love me When you give me all your love And do it, babe, very best you can That's the way I like it That's the way I like it That's the way I like it. That's the way I like it. When I get to be in your arms, when we're all alone. When you whisper, sweet in my ear, when you turn, turn me on. That's the way I like it That's the way I like it That's the way I like it That's the way I like it Babe, oh babe That's the way I like it I like it. Oh, that's the way I like it. Uh-huh, uh-huh. That's the way I like it. Uh-huh, uh-huh. That's the way I like it. Uh-huh, uh-huh. That's the way I like it. I like it. I love you We'll be right back. Summer's here and the time's right For dancing in the streets They're dancing in Chicago They'll be dancing Down in New Orleans Up in New York City All we need is music Sweet music There'll be music everywhere There we go. It's just an invitation, prostitution, a chance for the boys to meet. There'll be a mountain singing, into the streets, dancing in the streets. They'll end up your feet, dancing in the streets. Baltimore, ABC now, dancing in the streets. Can't forget the morning city. All we need is music, sweet music There is music everywhere And we're swinging, swaying, records playing It's a new country Oh, I don't know what you're doing Just let it out You are there Come on, every guy Grab your girl Everywhere Grab your girl We'll be right back. We'll be right back. If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do is to save every day till eternity passes away just to spend them with you. If I could make days last forever, if words could make wishes come true, I'd save every day like a treasure and then again I would spend them with you. But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with If I had a box just for wishes And dreams that had never come true The box would be empty Except for the memory of how They were answered by you But there never seems to be enough time To do the things I want to do once you wind up I've looked around enough to know That you're the one I want to go through time I look at all the lovely people I look at all the lovely people Helena Rakeby Picks up the rice in the church Where her wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Father Mackenzie Writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear No one comes near Look at him working, notting his socks in the night when there's nobody there What does he care? All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong? Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people. Eleanor Brickley died in the church and was buried along with her name. But when he came, Father Mackenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands as he walked from the grave, no one was saved, all the lonely people. Where do they all come from? All the lonely people, do they all belong? Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked along Down the streets of cobblestone We'll see you next time. 10,000 people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing a song That voices never share No wonder He stood the sound of silence Who said I do not know Silence like a cancer grow Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed me the words of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the young God they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was for me And the sign said the words of the prophets Are written on the subway wall The tenement falls The spring The sound Of silence Don't go changing, try and please me, never let me down before. Don't imagine, you're too familiar, and I don't see you anymore. I would not leave you in times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are Need to know that you will always be The same old someone that I knew Oh, what will it take till you believe in me The way that I believe in you I said I love you That's forever This I promise from the heart I could love you any better I love you just the way you are Wait a minute guitar solo I never want to work at all. I just want someone that I can talk to. I want you just the way you are. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Thank you. I see the questions in your eyes. I know what's weighing on your mind. But you can be sure I know my part. Cause I stand beside you in the years You'll only cry those happy tears And though I'll make mistakes I'll never break your heart I swear by the moon and the stars in the sky. I'll be there. I swear like the shadow that's right on your side. I'll be there. For better or worse till death do us part. I'll love you with every beat of my heart. I swear I'll give you everything I can I'll build your dreams with feet to hand We'll hang some memories on the wall And when there's silver in your hand You won't have to ask if I still care Cause as time turns the page My love won't age at all I swear by the moon and the stars I'll be there. I swear. Like a shadow that's by your side. I'll be there. For better than worse. Till death do us part. I'll love you with every beat of my heart. I swear I swear By the moon and the stars in the sky I'll be there I swear Like a shadow that's by your side I'll be there For better or worse Till death do us part I'll love you in every beat of my heart I swear I swear You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends Spin in the middle when the trouble's ticking Take it nice and easy and always pretend Cool, so cool, so cool Sam alone and I'm wild and I will now be tame Talk like a jerk on educated brain Be an old girl driving the young boy's insane Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Don't need to be no strong hand Don't need to be no rich hand Everyone just needs a hand to hold on to Having good luck with your financial situation Play as a ponies, be president of the United Nations Go to work and be a Hollywood star Drive your four-wheel drive right into the motor Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Don't need to be no strong hand Don't need to be no rich hand Everyone just needs a hand to hold on to They know there was When you were alone And there's nobody there Except yourself I know it You wanna pick up the phone And say talk to me Talk to me Somebody please talk to me Yeah Oh, yeah Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Don't need to be no strong hand Don't need to be no rich hand Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Don't need to be no strong hand Don't need to be no rich hand Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Everyone needs a hand to hold on to Don't need to be no strong hand Someday, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you In the way you look tonight Yes, you're lovely With your smile so warm And your cheeks so soft There is nothing for me but to love you and the way you look tonight. With each word your tenderness grows Tearing my fear apart And that laugh wrinkles your nose Touches my foolish heart Lovely, never, never change Keep that breathless charm Won't you please arrange it Cause I love you Just the way you look Tonight And that love That wrinkles your nose It touches my For this heart Lovely Don't you ever change Keep that breathless charm Won't you please arrange it Cause I love you Just the way you look Tonight Just the way you look tonight For so long You and me Been finding each other For so long And the feeling that I feel For you is more than Stronger Take it from me If you give a little more Than you're asking for Your love will turn the key Darling mine, I would wait forever for those lips of wine. Build my world around you, darling. This love will shine, girl. Watch it and see. If you get a little more than you're asking for, your love will turn the key. I, I, I just want to be your everything. Open up the heaven in your heart and let me be The things you are to me And not some of it on a string Why did I stay here without you, darling, now and I? I want you laying in the love I have to bring I'd do anything to be a red flag On this edition of Lexington Now, corrections and firefighters, part three of Mayor Gordon's budget plan and the Lexington Children's Theater. I'm Neil Noah and welcome to Lexington Now for the week of May 4th, 2026. We begin this week with a trio of public safety stories. First, we visited Community Corrections and talked with some officers about what a typical day there looks like. I'm Officer Gerald. I'm a first shift custody officer. We work the outer ring, the inner ring of the jail. I'm Corporal M. Collins. I'm a correctional officer at the FCDC. Right now I work in the intake area. I started here eight years ago. and been here joining ever since. My name is Corporal T. Johnson. I've been with the division for eight years. I'm a Corporal Abonente. I work at House C.I. Service. My name is Sergeant Vanessa Coleman. I work at the Baye County Detention Center. I've been here a little over nine years. We come in at 8 o'clock in the morning. We have our shift briefing. We come out, we replace third shift, and we're here until 4.30 when second shift comes in and swaps out with us. First shift, we take care of all the lawyers come in, talk to their clients either in the attorney booth or at the tables. You've got laundry, you've got lunch feeding, all the med pass. Sometimes you send them out. That's where they all go out to court. Then you bring them back into court, video arraignments, all that stuff. If they've got doctors wanting to send them out on first shift usually. Typically when working in intake, we get assigned into different areas. Typically we learn every part of the area to make sure that we're able to help out with each other. And if anybody happens to be behind or lacking, we're able to go over and assist. Our days typically run smoothly if everybody's working together. And we try to promote a lot of teamwork. Try to put everything together and do as much as we possibly can for each other. On a daily basis, we ensure that our inmates get to court in a timely fashion, safe timely fashion. We escort them to court. We escort them back to the jail in groups, sometimes 24, sometimes less than that. But that's the most that we take. We also do drop-off at prisons. We do pick-ups from Eastern State. We do drop-off at Eastern State. We also take people to the dentist, doctor's appointments. Some have chemo. We have to take work. We have to do that. We have to transport them to that. In the morning, I'm coming back to, I'll be here by 6 o'clock. I bring the vehicle inside. That's my job all in the morning. Then we go to the briefing. After the briefing, we go pull all inmates that go to court. Then we bring everybody downtown. And when you arrive downtown, everybody has a specific job to go to court, bring the people to court. It depends which one of the court you are assigned for. As a commander, we go and help do our cell checks with our inmates and our officers. We're here basically over safety and security, here for the officers when the officers need anything. We're here for contract staff. Any questions like that, if we have any emergency tones, we go to the tone, we take over the situation, try and control everything, and stay safety and security minded within that tone. But yeah, that's pretty much it. Be here for our officers and help them when we can. We get a lot of calls from the community as well, and so we help them and deal with attorneys and other officers from other agencies. I was looking for a career job since I was younger. I've always wanted to be an officer. I wanted to be important to the community. I wanted to be able to be an outreach, someone that could be looked up to and people to strive after. And from where I grew up, I grew up in Chicago. So when I seen it was an opportunity and they were open, once I moved down here, I just went ahead and applied and I was able to get the position and I've been here since. A friend. They had told me, you know, that I would be really good at this job. I personally have had a family member that's been incarcerated before. A family member was very close. It was actually my father. I love my dad. He's not a bad guy. He done something dumb. and I think having that attitude of loving every human being and being able to see the good side as well as the bad side and not judge them because that's not our job. I think that's what makes people successful and I really thought I would enjoy it and I was a little nervous, very apprehensive, a little nervous but at the end of the day I fell in love with it. I started a smaller facility and I came here. We keep the city safe. When the rest of the people come over here, we are the one that we take care of. We have a counselor control. We got to make sure we feel them. We got to show them if they have medical assistance, if they need it. We got to make sure we can answer the question. So, this is pretty much a we keep our safety people. Officer's duty is to take care of, supervise, and control all the inmates in here. It takes a lot of patience. You have to care about what you're doing. Being a community and a team member, being able to see the public, to see you, and know that you stand for something. We have to see the positive side and stay positive. We just celebrated Firefighter Appreciation Week. Here's the announcement. Today I want to recognize the brave men and women of the Lexington Fire Department. Lexington's Fire and Emergency Services has protected our community for over 150 years, and they remain one of the highest-ranked departments in the United States. We're very proud of that, and they've worked really hard to attain that. Public safety is the very foundation of a strong community, and our firefighters are a vital part of that foundation. When disaster strikes, whether it is a flood, a tornado, a windstorm, an ice storm, our firefighters are right among the first to get to work. Each and every day, our firefighters link arms with their fellow public servants. police officers, telecommunicators, corrections officers, and emergency management professionals, putting their lives on the line to save others. And we thank them very much for their commitment to our community. Whereas we recognize and honor the selfless and heroic service provided by the men and women of the Lexington Fire Department, and whereas firefighters dedicate their lives to the protection of life and property, and whereas firefighters follow a long line of tradition that inspires them to help colleagues, neighbors, and strangers alike, and whereas the Lexington Fire Department is one of the highest ranked in the nation, And whereas our firefighters protect our residents with courage, compassion, and loyalty. And whereas the International Firefighters Day is observed every year to honor firefighters who have died in the line of duty while serving their communities. And whereas we thank each and every member of the Lexington Fire Department for their bravery and their service to Lexington Fayette County. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare May the 4th, 2026, International Firefighters Day in Lexington. Thank you so much. Congratulations. On behalf of the more than 650 members of the Division of Fire, both sworn and support, I am honored to accept this proclamation. I want to begin by sincerely thanking Mayor Linda Gordon, Commissioner Ken Armstrong, the members of our Urban County Council, all of our LFUCG leadership for your tireless support. Your commitment to our mission of keeping this community safe makes a tremendous difference. whether it's investing in training equipment or the well-being of our firefighters your partnership allows us to serve at the highest level I also want to give a special thanks to our amazing public safety family the division of e911 division of emergency management division of community corrections and our division of police families thank you so much we could not do what we do without you. And I think I've heard Chief Weathers reiterate this as well. Having been across this country, I have never experienced a community that has such a tight-knit, high-caliber public safety family. Thank you all. Today is a moment to honor not only the work that we do, but the dedication, courage, and compassion shown by every firefighter in our department. They respond to the hardest days in people's lives, and they do it with professionalism and heart. It is my honor to serve alongside them. I also want to thank the residents of Lexington. Your trust means everything to us, and it motivates us to keep improving, keep training, keep showing up, no matter the challenge. We are humbled by this recognition, and we remain committed to protecting this community with dedication, duty, discipline, respect, integrity, courage, and honor. Thank you all. Part three of Mayor Wharton's budget address when we come back. Thank you. Lexington City Golf Courses Lexington City Golf Courses offer affordable green fees at some of the area's best courses. From our peat and PB dye designed course to Central Kentucky's first public golf course, our courses will challenge beginners and experienced golfers alike. Whether you live in Lexington or are visiting for business or recreation, make a round of golf one of your top priorities. For tee times and more information, you can visit PlayGolfFlex.com. Welcome back to Lexington Now. Mayor Gordon gave her annual budget address recently. We are doing a four-part series to break it down. Part three focuses on public safety. Each year, over half of our general fund budget is dedicated to public safety. This year is no exception, with 54.6% of our general fund budget earmarked for police, fire, corrections, E911, and the Division of Emergency Management. investment. Investments in technology have strengthened our police department in recent years. In this budget plan, we are continuing our investment in body-worn cameras and expanding our computer storage capability for digital evidence. A $2.6 million technology contract gives us unlimited computer storage that will ensure access to all digital evidence, including evidence submitted by members of the public. The same contract will give officers access to a new taser that offers improved accuracy, expanded range, and an even better de-escalation response to significant incidents. It will extend our access to FUSIS, used in our real-time intelligence center, to help officers respond more effectively and efficiently to incidents as they unfold. Technology has helped our community drive crime rates down. Last year, Lexington recorded its fewest total homicides in a decade. Over the past five years, we've seen substantial decreases in gun violence and overall community violence. Between 2024 and 2025, violent crime dropped 10.8%, including homicides down 13%, assault with firearms down 23%, and robbery down 26%. Overall, crimes against property dropped 8.7 percent, including motor vehicle thefts are down 15.7 percent. We recognize that a safe city is essential to our quality of life, now and in the future. This budget includes $230,000 to remodel the police gym, an investment in the health of our officers. And while I'm talking about investments in our officers, I also want to mention that after several years of searching, we have finally found the right site for our police training center on the University of Kentucky Coldstream Research Campus. We will bring this investment in our current and future officers to the Industrial Authority Board this week. Then we will forward it to the Council for its approval and soon be able to start design. I want to give special thanks to UK President Eli Capilouto and Executive Vice President Eric Mundy for their help in this. I want to thank Chief Lawrence Weathers and all of our police officers and support staff. In fire, we continue our ongoing investment in equipment. Each year, we spend a minimum of $1.5 million to replace heavy equipment like fire engines. We are also replacing our emergency medical equipment, again this year, allocating $700,000. We have one of the best and most highly accredited fire departments in the entire country. In recent years, it has successfully broadened its horizons, emphasizing collaboration, problem solving, and service that addresses complex community problems and challenges. Our firefighters demonstrate a commitment not only to responding to emergencies, but to preventing them and improving the quality of life for the people we serve. We are also investing in our future firefighters and in the ongoing training of the entire department. Our fire training center is currently in its design phase. And I want to thank Chief Jason Wells and all your firefighters and support staff. Lexington and Central Kentucky's popular Children's Theater is launching a capital campaign to make the institution better than ever. Here's what it's about. Lexington Children's Theater, the State Children's Theater of Kentucky, officially launched the public phase of its Building a Dream Arts Education Capital Campaign. We covered the event last week here in Lexington, Kentucky. The campaign's lead gift of $140,000 was given by Alex Simpson, a longtime LCT participant and a performer who brought Joy to the stage and to all who knew her. We have this home facility here in Lexington, Kentucky. And our home facility, we've been here for about 25 years. and it's starting to show a little wear because young people put their hands on the walls and do all kinds of fun things and that's exactly what we want them to do but we want to make this space a vibrant part of our community and it needs a little update it has some crucial updates we have to do the roof leaks so I'm really glad there's not a puddle right there on the floor because sometimes there is Mr. Brown experienced that one time when he was here I believe So I'm really happy the rain is not with us today. But we have a new roof. We have a new boiler we need. We're going to redo the lobby. We want to redo the public spaces in our building so that our community is excited about coming to Lexington Children's Theater. We had a good friend of the theater. Her name is Alexandra Simpson. If you don't know about Alex, Alex was a spunky little young person and grew into a spunky woman. That's the way I like to describe her and think of her. But her time here, she had three different bouts of cancer that she had dealt with. And Melanie's going to talk a little bit about Alex's time here. But when Alex passed away, she left us a gift. And when that gift came in, I said, we need to take this gift and we need to make it grow for Alex, for the young people that come into these doors. We need to make it grow. So that's what we're going to do. This is such a meaningful place for our family. And while we miss Alexandra every minute of every day, we know she wanted her gifts to leave this place a better, to leave it a better place, the world a better place, and to create a ripple effect that would encourage others to help children in our community. The Lexins Children's Theater serves as a safe, meaningful place for our young people. The theater helps them feel that they belong and teaches them the soft skills needed for success. Lexington Children's Theater creates better future citizens for Lexington and our state. The theater shows bring people from around the region to Lexington, from actors to production help, to the children and families who come to see live theater. The theater also generates over $90,000 in tax revenue and brings over 23,000 out-of-towners to Fayette County. Each year they employ artists and staff adding over a million dollars annually to our economy. And we are so fortunate to have a strong, vibrant arts community here in Lexington. The theater is an integral part in this community. They develop our future performers and theater enthusiasts, giving them a place to thrive, grow into creative, talented people. Our overall goal of $2.5 million. And I have some exciting news to share. with our LEED gifts, private foundations, and help from our state legislators, we have raised $2 million towards our goal. We have $500,000 more to go, and we're asking our community to help us complete this campaign. Here is the impact your donation can have. The Building Dreams art education campaign will transform this space for our youth for years to come. Our lobby will be redesigned as a place for children and families to gather, see the stories on our stage spill out from the theater and into their world. The third floor has become the Alexandra Simpson Education Wing, a place where generations of learning, creativity, and community will come together. Our boardroom will soon be the Marksberry Boardroom, honoring vision and leadership. Studio B will soon be the Caneland Rehearsal Hall, supporting the artists and performers who bring this stage to life. We have a new outdoor mural that's been completed by artist Wiley Cottle and supported by Visit Lex. and four new larger-than-life murals have been installed in the Alex Simpson education wing, designed and painted by members of the LCT family, Jennifer Bacon and Lucy Fritzinger. Our Summer Family musical alum of 20-plus years have also stepped up to the task, led by the Gorel, Whitaker, and Rouse families, who have raised funds to bring new life to the third-floor lounge, which will soon be renamed the Summer Family Lounge. We're also very grateful to the support of our state legislators, whose investment at state funding allocation reflects a shared belief in the power of arts and the strength of our young people. Their support allows us to ensure that this facility will be a safe and constant resource for our state's youth. We reach more children in, we reach children throughout the state. Last season, we were in 37 counties across the state, and with their help, we're going to be able to double that impact. We're also lucky to have the team from the EOP Architects here assisting us with our dream. You can see the future look of the LCT lobby and facade of our building right here, and we thank them for their design and their inspiration. We can't finish it without you, though. We have 500,000 left to reach our goal, And if you believe in developing creative, talented, strong young people, we invite you to take the next step. Randy's here again with this week's adoptable pet. Hey everyone, welcome to this week's Lexington Fayette County adoptable pets from LexTV and the Lexington Humane Society. It's Chanel, tri-color, blue merle, female, approximate age, five months old Looks like an Australian cattle dog, blue healer mix Does well with other dogs in apartments and does well with children It's Chanel Oh, look at adorable Cooper, tri-color, male, approximate age, one year Looks like a coon hound mix. Does well with other dogs in apartments and also does well with children. It's Cooper. And last but not least, it's Ella Langley. White, blonde in color, a female, approximate age, three years old. Looks like a German Shepherd, Golden Retriever mix. large mature size, does well with other dogs, in apartments, and also does well with children. It's Ella Langley. Thanks for watching. These adorable and handsome pets available at lexingtonhumanesociety.org from LexTV and the Lexington Humane Society. Abbey Shadwick from Sister Cities brings us this weekend's event. Hey there, I'm Abbey at Sister Cities. Here are some upcoming events this weekend in Lexington and Fayette County for this weekend, May 8th through the 10th. Please note, events that require registration may sell out or fill up in advance. Be sure to confirm by visiting lexingtonky.gov slash calendar. On Friday, May 8th, Raven Run Nature Sanctuary will host a spring migration bird walk at 9am. Open to adults and children ages 10 and up, this easy to moderately difficult guided hike will teach you about the region's birds during their peak spring migration. Registration is strongly encouraged. Then, at 5pm, moms are invited to unwind and get creative at the Dunbar Community Center's Mom's Day Off Wreath Making Workshop. A variety of decorative materials will be provided so you can make your own wreath in this fun, laid-back environment. Spots are limited so RSVP is required. Then at 6 p.m., our first food truck Friday of the year is coming to Shileto Park. Local food trucks will be on site until 9 p.m., offering a variety of snacks and sips for your family picnic. This Saturday, May 9th, is packed with events. Runners and walkers of all levels are invited to join us for Pace and Parks at Jacobson Park at 10 a.m. And at the same time at McConnell Springs, children in grades K-5 can enjoy hands-on activities with junior naturalists playing in the past. This Saturday at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, we're celebrating Amphibian Week. At 1 p.m., the park will host a workshop that explains the difference between reptiles and amphibians and gives you an opportunity to see them up close. And lastly, on Saturday, celebrate the beginning of Craft Beer Week with the Bluegrass Bockfest at Charles Young Park from 3 to 8 p.m. Hosted in partnership with West Sixth Brewing, This family-friendly event will feature food trucks, local craft breweries, kids activities, live music, and goat races. Yes, you heard that right, goat races. I'm Abby, and that's just some of the things going on this weekend in Lexington and Faya County. You may need to pre-register for some of these events. For more events and more information, be sure to visit LexingtonKY.gov and click the calendar tab at the top. Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next week. Abby also previews our meeting coverage for the Wake County. Hi there, I'm Abby with Sister Cities. Here's our current live meeting schedule this week, May 4th for LexTV. Remember, you can watch all our live meeting coverage on LexTV channel 185 and always online at lexingtonky.gov. On Tuesday morning the 5th, you can watch the Public Art Commission at 9.30, followed by the Social Services and Public Safety Committee meeting at 1 and then the Council Work Session beginning at 3. Wrapping up the week on Thursday morning, May 7th, watch the Planning Commission subdivisions subcommittee meeting at 8 30 followed by the planning commission zoning subcommittee meeting at 1 30. That's our current live meeting schedule for Lex TV for the week of May the 4th. Watch all our live meeting coverage on Lex TV channel 185 or always online at lexingtonky.gov and click the Lex TV tab at the top. I'm Abby and we'll see you next time. May the 4th be with you. That's all for now but as always you can keep up with us on social media check out the latest traffic updates on X at Lex Rex or catch our live traffic cams on on LexingtonKY.gov. For all of us at LexTV, I'm Neil Noah, and that's it for now. I'm out. I was alone I never knew What good luck could do Where are we at, Bash? We are at the famous, the historic Kentucky Theater, downtown Lexington, Kentucky. And what a great place to celebrate what we're celebrating today. And do you know what we're celebrating? It's unbelievable. It's our last episode of season two. It's hard to believe it was two seasons, right? I remember starting in late 23 when we started working on this project. Yep. And we have had so much fun with it. And we've learned a lot, too, I think. And we've gotten to be really good friends. It's been a great, great project. But before we do what we're going to do today, which we're going to have some fun with. Absolutely. We want to thank, enjoy the popcorn, right? We want to thank some people. So, first of all, Chief Weathers. Hey, is this the theater for Die Hard? It's my favorite Christmas movie. It's not a Christmas movie. You know, we haven't seen you since episode one. And now you show up at the theater here and you're at the wrong place. Oh, man. So, Chief Weathers and the command staff have been fantastic. Men so supportive of this project, and we really, really appreciate them. We appreciate all of the guests that we've had on. We've worked with so many different topics, so many special guests. We can't forget the production crew behind the scenes. They're amazing. Lex TV is phenomenal. We have had so much fun with them, getting to know them.