Civics Club Highlighted on Television
Cumberland County Civics Club Judge Executive Sadie Arterburn, as seen on KET.
Cumberland County Judge-Executive Luke King bragged on the Cumberland County Civics Club recently. Celebrating the anniversary of the club’s founding by watching the recently aired television segment by Kentucky Educational Television (KET).
He said, KET came down to do interviews with the members of the group Wednesday last week and stayed for over five hours. They spoke with club members as well as County Magistrate Lane Cope, Extension Agent Elijah Wilson, Cumberland’s Workforce Board Executive Director Myra Wilson, Cumberland’s WIOA Program Assistant Director BJ Wilkerson, and KY Representative Amy Neighbors.
Sadie Arterburn, Civics Club Judge-Executive featured prominently, though unfortunately with a name other than hers attributed.
In addition to the interviews, KET the clubs meeting was also recorded. The students passed motions, held discussions, and conducted a meeting in a manner that fiscal courts around the Commonwealth could take as a model.
KET and Civics Club Crowd.
“In Cumberland County, the youth reviewed and compiled a list of all active county ordinances dating back to 1934, conducted an internal road audit of over 300 miles of county roads, researched and developed hundreds of questions for the county’s first-ever Cumberland County Trivia Night, conducted interviews with Cumberland County News and radio station WKYR (monthly), and drafted press releases, meeting agendas, and special notices.” King said.
“They have set up for and assisted with court meetings, gave regular public updates at those meetings, created social media accounts for county boards/commissions/committees, helped with phone calls/mail/general constituent inquiries, coordinated Fourth of July activities at the park, and wrote and signed joint resolutions and proclamations with the county fiscal court. They participated in annual animal shelter adoption days, set up a new office with donated furniture, grew our USDA commodity food program to record numbers, toured and donated to the local pregnancy center, hand-wrote and mailed numerous “thank you” notes, visited regional splash pads and wellness centers, painted and reorganized the courtroom, cut down dead trees on the courthouse and justice center lawns, staffed the Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce’s booth for a day at the Kentucky State Fair, helped make possible our first-ever Give Away a Toy Day, and are preparing to help with a large bonus food distribution later this month,” He Added
One of the more common comments by members of the civics club and King was “at no cost to county taxpayers.” The club is being considered as a model for other institutions to be set up around Kentucky and is looking forward to trips to Frankfurt and New York City in the coming months.
