Political call-in radio show to continue as 'Brooks & Company'
Tuesday,
June 30, 2009, 9 p.m. -- While Tuesday marked the final broadcast of "The Brooks & Ken Show," it doesn't mean the end of local talk radio focusing on politics on 1320 WBRT in Bardstown. During the final "Brooks & Ken" broadcast today it was announced that the weekly political talker and call-in show would continue as "Brooks & Company." Roth Stratton, WBRT's station manager will join host Jim Brooks in the studio to discuss local, state national and internation events and politics. The weekly program will air 11 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays. 
WBRT's 'Brooks & Ken Show' ends three year run of political talk, opinion
Monday,
June 29, 2009, 9 pm. -- The final broadcast of The Brooks & Ken Show will air 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 30th on 1320 WBRT in Bardstown. Kenny Fogle, who along with his wife Donna, owned and operated the 1000-watt station, will officially turn the business over to its new owners on July 1. Click
here for more and to find out how to listen online. 
Consumer alert: Beware of door-to-door furniture sales pitch
Monday,
June 8, 2009, 1:15 p .m. -- Nelson County residents should be on the alert for a crew of individuals trying to sell furniture from the back of a truck. According to an eyewitness, a truck packed with furniture stopped at a Bardstown assisted living community to sell what was termed "high quality" furniture at discount. The furniture on the truck had list prices in the thousands of dollars, and was being offered for pennies on the dollar. According to the Wisconsin Consumer Protection Office, scams involving sales like this are not uncommon. The trucks often have signs indicating they are from North Carolina, or have the name of a reputable furniture maker. The furniture the customer receives is typically of inferior quality that could be purchased for less locally. The pitchmen for such sales typically explain their truckload as a canceled shipment to a retailer, and they are authorized to dispose of the merchandise rather than return it. If you are asked to look at furniture being sold from a truck, closely examine the construction and quality. You may also request to see their license for selling their wares locally. Remember: "If it looks too good to be true, it usually is." 
Liberals misguided in attempt to define conservatives as 'extreme'
Sunday,
June 7, 2009, 12:25 a.m. -- Liberals have been busy trying to mischaracterize conservatives and conservative principles as out-of-touch and extreme. Columnist David Limbaugh points out that the reverse is actually true: America's liberal left is far more extreme than conservatives. Click here for David Limbaugh's spot-on commentary. 
Fogle
family announces sale of WBRT
Monday,
May 25, 2009, 8:55 p.m.
-- In
a press release sent to media outlets Monday evening, Kenny
and Donna Fogle announced they are selling WBRT-AM 1320 to
a group with strong ties to Central Kentucky radio. The new
owners plan few changes that listeners will notice, Fogle
said. The station's focus during the Fogle family's ownership
was on local news and sports. Fogle brought back Nelson County
High School sports into WBRT's programming, added several
new local talk shows, held two cooking shows, started and
has maintained the Colgate Country Showdown national talent
search for six years, promoted many charitable and community-based
services among other shows and services. Please
click here for the full text of the press release.

Annual
Memorial Day service honors those who defend our freedoms
Monday,
May 25, 2009, 2:15 p.m. -- Longtime
broadcast journalist Tom Isaac stepped out from behind the
camera as guest speaker at today's Memorial Day service at
the Bardstown Cemetery. The annual event is sponsored by Bardstown's
two American Legion posts, Post 121 and 167. Click
here for the story and to view photos from the service.

Bardstown
man charged with illegally importing wild turkeys
Sunday,
May 24, 2009, 11:25 p.m.
-- Nine
people, including a Bardstown man, have been charged with
421 counts of illegally importing, owning or selling wild
turkeys, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced
Saturday. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Stan Hurst,
28, of Bardstown faces the greatest number of charges -- 168
counts of importing, possessing or selling wild turkeys. It
is illegal for the general public to have live wild turkeys
in Kentucky, and wildlife transportation permits are required
for bringing wildlife into the state. Fifteen wild turkeys
and 25 wild turkey eggs were seized in the statewide investigation
dubbed "Operation Toxic Turkey." The investigation
began last August after investigators heard a commercial on
a Bardstown radio station for live eastern turkeys for sale.
Hurst is employed by Bardstown Mills, a family-owned business.
In a YouTube
video on the company's web site, Hurst is said to
be the nutrition specialist at Bardstown Mills.

Download
list of affected properties ...
List of problem sewer properties includes churches, schools,
businesses
Sunday, May 18, 2009, 9 p.m. --
The
list of properties that will be required to make repairs after
failing the City of Bardstown's smoke tests include a wide
variety of properties new and old, residential and commercial,
scattered across a wide section of Bardstown neighborhoods.
The Nelson County Gazette obtained a list of the properties
that failed the smoke testing from former city council candidate
Kevin Brumley, who obtained them in an Open Records request.
The properties on the list include Spalding Hall; the Bardstown
City Schools campus; Bethlehem High School; the old courthouse;
the First Baptist Church; St. Monica Catholic Church; Bluegrass
Exposition & Convention Center; the Basilica of St. Joseph
Proto-Cathedral, Colonial Home Nursing & Rehabilitation;
My Old Kentucky Home State Park; and a large concentration
of properties in Bardstown's older neighborhoods. The smoke
testing was performed in the summer of 2007 by Strand Associates,
a Louisville engineering consulting firm. The defects allow
storm runoff and other water to enter the city sewer system.
The city of Bardstown is sending letters to property owners
regarding the defects, and asking them to have repairs completed
by the end of this year. To view the list of properties that
failed the city's smoke testing, use the links below. 
Smoke Test Results Page 1 | 2 |3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Local
dealership spared ...
Chrysler announces plan to drop 9 Kentucky dealerships; closest
is in Bullitt County
Friday,
May 15, 2009, 9 a.m. --
On
Thursday Chrysler announced it is dropping 789 dealers in
its network as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. Nine
of the dealers on the list are in Kentucky. The list include
Alex Montgomery in Mout Washington and two Neil Huffman deaerships
in Louisville. The remaining seven dealerships on the list
include Brown's Chrysler Jeep Dodge, Paintsville; Drake Chrysler
Dodge Jeep, Monticello; Epp's Jeep, Middlesboro; Lee Chrysler
Dodge, Pineville; Ray's Chrysler Dodge Jeep in Brandenburg
and Zimmer Chrysler Jeep in Florence. The list does not include
Conweay-Heaton in Bardstown. Conway-Heaton carries all three
Chrysler brands, Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep, which was one of
the factors considered in determining which dealerships would
be dropped. 
GM dealers
learn today if they will be in the 1,200 dealerships the automaker
will drop
Chrysler
plan to shed 800 dealerships may have local impact
Tuesday,
May 12, 2009, 7 p.m. --
The
Associated Press is reporting that on Thursday Chrysler will
announce
it will be shedding up to 800 of its 3,200 dealerships in
the wake of the company's reorganization in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The AP's sources report that on Thursday the company will
file a list of dealers it wishes to retain with the bankruptcy
court. The dealership cuts are mandated as part of the government's
loans the company will receive. It is unknown if the cuts
will include the local Conway-Heaton dealership. The AP report
states that Chrysler will favor dealerships that, like Conway-Heaton,
carry all three brands -- Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep. Other
criteria the company will use in its decision include whether
the dealership has bet sales goals, their profits, how well
capitalized they are and the conditions of their facilities.

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Customers
to pay more to fix sewer woes ...
City
hit with new fine for sewer overflows, will publish sewer
improvement plan
Friday,
March 27, 2009, 11:50 p.m. -- Earlier
this month the City of Bardstown was fined an additional $5,000
for repeated sewer overflows along the Town Creek Interceptor
line. According to a press release issued by the city, on
March 19th the Kentucky Division of Water found the City in
violation of the Agreed Order Mayor Dick Heaton signed in
December that specified actions the City would take to correct
chronic sewer overflows along Town Creek. Click
here for more.

Sazerac
completes purchase of former Barton Brands distillery
Thursday,
March 26, 2009, 9 a.m. -- New Orleans, La.-based
Sazerac Co. has completed its $334 million purchase of labels
and faciliites of Constellation Brands, including the former
Barton Brands distillery operation in Bardstown. The purchase
includes a large bottling and warehousing operation in Owenboro.
Sazerac acquired 40 brands in the deal, which closed on Tuesday.
The brands including Kentucky Gentleman, Kentucky Tavern,
Ten High, Very Old Barton and Tom Moore. Employees at the
distillery told the Gazette this weekend the sale would be
completed this week following a three-day "quiet period."
According to published reports, the acquisition of the former
Barton distillery, now known as the Tom Moore distillery,
will allow Sarerac to expand its bourbon tourism business.
Sazerec formed a joint venture with Frankfort, Ky.-based Buffalo
Trace Distillery in 2002. Sazerac president and CEO Mark Brown
is based at the Buffalo Trace distillery. Brown said in the
press release that the new acquisitions will complement Sazeracs
efforts to expand its bourbon export business. The acquisitions
will bring Sazeracs Kentucky employment to 650, the
release said. The company plans to add 100 jobs in Kentucky
over the next five years, During Constellation's ownership,
a plan for visitors center at the distillery was announced
but never completed.

Will
he stay or will he go? ...
OPINION:
Democrats target Bunning's 2010 re-election bid
Thursday,
March 5, 2009, 11 a.m. -- Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning has
been all over the news of late
since his Lincoln Day Dinner address to the Hardin County
GOP in February. The Late Great Newspaper to our North, The
Curious-Jumble, reported the story and highlighted Bunning's
39-second comment about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
who had undergone treatment for pancreatic cancer. That and
other gaffes attributed to Bunning highlight one important
political truth: Getting reelected doesn't always depend on
how well you've done your job. Click
here to read Jim's commentary.

Worst
month for Wall St. since 1933 ....
Kudlow:
Obama has declared war on investors, business owners, entrepreneurs
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, 6 p.m. -- “In
his recent address
to Congress, President Barack Obama "declared war on
investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, large corporations,
and private-equity and venture-capital funds," writes
CNBC's Larry Kudlow. "That is the meaning of his anti-growth
tax-hike proposals, which make absolutely no sense at all
either for this recession or from the standpoint of
expanding our economys long-run potential to grow ...
Essentially, the Obama economic policies represent a major
Democratic party relapse into Great Society social spending
and taxing."Click
here to read the complete text of Larry Kudlow's column on
the CNBC web site.

President
instilling fear, not confidence....
Morris:
There's good reason for Obama's doom & gloom rhetoric
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, 4:35 p.m. --
“President
Obama, in his pursuit of liberal big- government
spending, has totally neglected the role of the president
of the United States in reversing global panic,” writes
former Bill Clinton advisor Dick Morris.
"Why does Obama preach
gloom and doom? Because he is so anxious to cram through every
last spending bill, tax increase on the so-called rich, new
government regulation, and expansion of healthcare entitlement
that he must preserve the atmosphere of crisis as a political
necessity. Only by keeping us in a state of panic can he induce
us to vote for trillion-dollar deficits and spending packages
that send our national debt soaring.”
Click
here to read the complete text of this Dick Morris' column
in The Hill.

Obama
gambling higher taxes won't hurt economy....
WSJ:
The only way to pay for Obama's spending plans are higher
taxes on middle class
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, 11:35 a.m.
-- President
Obama's
promise that taxpayers earning less than $250,000 won't pay
more taxes ignores one economic reality: His tax hikes on
the "top 2 percent" of income earners won't raise
nearly enough revenue to pay for his ambitious spending proposals.
An editorial in today's Wall Street Journal points out that
the Administration is also assuming that higher taxes don't
impact growth or job creation. "The bottom line is that
Mr. Obama is selling the country on a 2% illusion." Click
here to read the complete text of this Wall Street Journal
editorial. 
No
truth to rumor regarding Flowers Foods
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, 1:35 a.m. --
The
rumor
going around the community that Flowers Foods is hiring only
illegal immigrants to operate their new bakery is not true.
That's the word from Kim Huston, president of the Nelson County
Economic Development Agency. The rumor apparently started
when a major subcontractor from out of state arrived to work
at the site employing a crew of what were assumed to be immigrant
workers. Huston told the Gazette her office has received a
number of phone calls regarding the matter. Flowers Foods
has advertised for several jobs in local media, and Gazette
sources confirm the company is conducting interviews with
local applicants to fill those jobs. Flowers Foods produces
and markets a wide variety of fresh and frozen bakery goods
under the name brands Nature's Own, Cobblestone Mill, Sunbeam,
Bunny Bread, Blue Bird, and others.
Missteps
put Obama's reputation at risk ....
ROVE:
Is the Obama Administration simply winging it?
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, 9:35 a.m. --
"Team
Obama
demonstrated remarkable discipline during the presidential
campaign," writes Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff
to President George W. Bush. "From raising an unprecedented
amount of money to milking every advantage from the Internet
to grabbing lots of delegates from inexpensive caucus states,
they left nothing to chance. And
now the administration has scored a major legislative victory:
President Barack Obama signed the largest spending bill in
American history. Nevertheless, this fast start can't overcome
a growing sense the administration is winging it on issues
large and small. Click
here to read Rove's comments in the Wall Street Journal.

Surprise
announcement at Lincoln dinner ..
Local man announces intent to run for Nelson County sheriff
in 2010
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, 9:35 a.m. --
Bardstown
resident Rick McCubbins announced his intention to seek the
office of Nelson County sheriff at the annual Lincoln Day
Dinner Saturday night at Old Kentucky Home Country Club. McCubbins,
formerly a Louisville Metro police officer, is current serving
as a U.S. Marshal with the U.S. Department of Justice. He
is a native of Louisville, and holds a Masters degree in criminal
Justice. McCubbins said he will retire as U.S. Marshal and
file for the office early next year. He will enter the race
as a Republican candidate.
More
Lincoln Dinner coverage coming!

Local groundhog sees shadow, predicts six more weeks of Town
Creek sewer overflows
Monday,
Feb. 2, 2009, 5 p.m. -- A
groundhog seeing his shadow today typically means six more
weeks of winter weather. But according to a video report by
a former city council candidate, the legend of Bardstown's
own groundhog -- "Bourbon Bill" -- states that seeing
his shadow means six more weeks of overflowing city sewers
along Town Creek. Click
here for the story and a link to the video.
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