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yeah i just think that um you know the
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the small communities uh you know it's
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just like small business they're the
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backbone of this country and uh just the
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work ethic and things that have come out
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of that raising the people that are here
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it's a quality that you're not going to
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find in a lot of other places you know
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it's unique to kentucky unique to
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this area and i think that we have one
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of the hardest working groups of
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individuals you know in the united
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states and i think when people will come
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here and they've actually like hired
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that's one of the things the comments
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would get back is that the work ethic is
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completely different than other places
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that they've been
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matter of fact i doubt anywhere east of
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the mississippi you'll find a community
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like ours the size of ours that has such
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a high
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quality
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healthcare provider located right here i
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mean we've got i believe now it's the
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largest ventilator center in the country
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and to have that here in rock castle
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county and mount vernon is a huge huge
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asset because they're able to provide
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health care services that no other small
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town in the country has access to a
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location i mean we within six hour drive
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uh you know 600 miles of uh 75 percent
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of the population in the united states
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you know we've got i-75 we've got 461
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and it's just a skip and a hop i mean
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you got 150 that i mean we've just got a
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great transportation network here in our
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our community
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the school system here is a huge huge
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asset if you look at the ability for
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them with the vocational school the
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technology center to produce future
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employees whether that's through the
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electric program here the welding
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program the technology center
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they can provide a pipeline of educated
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qualified skilled workers for any kind
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of manufacturing needs in the future
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i mean you know we've done a lot of
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joint projects together
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it's been good working with the city i
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mean you know i think we've got a really
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good working relationship we've got a
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lot of projects going on together so i
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mean
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i think it's just a great thing for our
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community to have going well you know if
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you want collaboration and somebody to
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work for you then rock castle is the
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place to be
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