Meeting of August 6, 2024

good evening I'd like to call this meeting of Davis County Fiscal Court to order this is our first meeting of August and today is Tuesday August 6 2024 commissioner cond would you lead us in the opening prayer and pledge please thank you judge it is an honor and a privilege to be able to speak the prayer tonight especially with our guests that we have all the sisters of ursin and Mount St Joe this is a high bar to pray in front of them dear Lord we come to you tonight in a world that needs healing needs your peace in so many different ways so many different places so many different people that are being hurt destroyed their lives just non-existent please bring your world peace those that are In Harm's Way protect them too our First Responders our police our sheriff's deputies firefighters all of them those that run to those emergencies that every day are necessary protect them and their families the people of our staff of

Fiscal Court all of our departments that work to take care of those that need us to make sure that your blessings are spread bless each and every one of us on this day as that we keep your good works in mind and our Deeds be great I ask this in your name amen amen and now the pledge I pledge allegiance to the of the United States of America and to the one na godible andice thank you commissioner Brooke first item one consideration for presentation a Proclaim August 15th 2024 as ursul and sisters of Mount St Joseph day so I have this uh Proclamation Davis County Kentucky Proclamation from the office of the Davis County judge executive whereas the URS and sisters of Mount St Joseph

celebrating 150 years since their arrival at Maple mount on August 15th 1874 and whereas the ursin sisters of Mount St Joseph brought excellent education to thousands of children throughout Davis County opening schools in St alonsus and St Joseph St Elizabeth and curdsville St Peter and Stanley St William and Mary carero in knottsville St Anthony in Browns Valley St Martin in Rome St Lawrence in St Lawrence St Mary Magdalene in sargo Maple Mount excuse me Mount St Joseph Academy in Maple Mount and at the Owensboro parishes of St Joseph and Paul Blessed Mother Immaculate St Pas and Precious Blood and whereas they brought higher education opportunities to women by opening the Mount St Joseph junior college for women in 192 25 and whereas they provided the first four year excuse me first four-year College in the county by opening brasia College in 1950 and whereas they expanded their Ministries to serve in numerous churches

in Davis County to serve immigrants through Central Latino and to help people grow in their spirituality with the Mount St Joseph conference and Retreat Center whereas still today the AR and sisters bring Hospital ality and spirit spirituality to all those they meet now therefore I Charlie cassen Davis County judge executive do hereby Proclaim August 15 2024 as ursen sisters of Mount St Joseph day in Davis County Kentucky presenting in Davis County Kentucky this sixth day of August 2024 signed and sealed Charlie cassen Davis County judge executive and uh I think sister Monica saton is here to receive this [Laughter] then we'll get we'll come down for our pictures well I am here and I have several sisters here with me who have helped to um fulfill our Legacy of 150 years here in Owensboro in Davis County and we are honored that you recognize us and we ask

you to continue to pray for our endeavors and as we pray for you so thank you thank you very much I might I might just share with you Sister Mary Seline is is over here and she taught me in fourth grade and more recently we shared the uh experience of being in clogging class together so that was that was very enjoyable also um there uh sister Clemens Cheryl Clemens I think uh she's the class last made of my sister Pat who attended uh Maple Mount the the uh girls high school and my mother was a graduate of the uh junior college so and all of us all my brothers and sisters went through through the schools out St Peters and so we had many of the ursin uh taught us throughout our journey there was back then it was it was more rare to to have a lay person be a teacher than to have uh an URS and sister but more recently when my kids went through uh the wboro Catholic

schools uh those were uh it was more rare to have a nurse and Sisters still teaching Sister Mary Timothy I don't know if y'all know her personally but um so and sister Jud now I forgot you you you were at brasia when Lisa and I were students there so anyway so we had have a strong connection yes bar class were you okay graduated together 67 all right very good yes so my sister Barbara is a a graduate of the maple Mount the girls high school as well so anyway uh I thank you all for making an effort to be here this evening it's an honor to recognize you and uh if there's anybody else wants to say anything before we get our picture taken I I would like to myself Jud I appreciate it I I just want to say thank you as well for being such Pioneers in education in our community um and and for what you've done you know had the the pleasure of having uh several nuns to influence my life as well and it's I really appreciate the you know the influence that's been had um sister barar jeene didn't get to teach me but she endured teaching my sister and I say endured because I've

heard I've heard the stories but uh I I do want to say I appreciate what you guys what you have done for educ ucation our community thank you anyone else commiss Conor go in just one judge Casten and I class of 83 brasia University you taught us even in higher education sister Vivian all of you and I see several of you each Sunday you know at Chapel uh it is always a pleasure to see The Smiling Faces of yourself and some of the other novices that are actually whenever they're in town anyway at Chapel so thank you for what you've done you've changed the world Amen let's get our pictures taken follow

e e so so Larry I'm going to just say sister Vivian I apologize for not recognizing her but I said you came in late and she said well I wasn't that late and then then then she shared I'll just go in and say this she said I believe you and your wife my wife fell in love together uh in in in her class which was one of our first classes together anyway I said if you relate to her one of her classes you didn't yeah you heard about it you heard about it yeah yeah anyway they they uh now that they're gone I can say this