 This trustee August is hotter than ever at Appalachian Wireless, as they are slashing all normal contract pricing on all smartphones by 50% when you sign up for service. Better service, bigger saving, serving you for the last 25 years at Appalachian Wireless. That you're taking the black one Phelps and Marbon for making looser engines. The rift between the Pike County Fiscal Court and the senior citizens program board remains wide. The board reopened the senior citizen centers at Phelps and Marbon while reducing operations to three days a week at the other centers in the county. At this week's fiscal court meeting, magistrate Hillman Dotson took issue with the blame for the reduction in operations at the other centers, allegedly being laid upon Phelps and Marbon being reopened. His comments came after senior citizens board member Dianna Thacker said hours and benefits have been cut from the board's employees. We didn't. This senior citizens board did not want to close any sense. Right. I understand that. But you put the blame, you put the blame on Phelps and Marbon, these people loosing their insurance, loosing their home to live bills, everything's been blamed on Phelps and Marbon and I think it's unjust and it's uncalled for. Well, let me back up. I don't want to blame Phelps and Marbon for what I'm just saying, the centers period. I mean, we don't want to lose any centers. But if cuts has got to be made and stuff, are we doing them in the right direction now? You know, I mean, I got to question that. I would look at 5,000 mils plus versus 25 mils. Magistrate Bobby Varney questioned the board's action by way of comparing the number of seniors who would not be served by closing Phelps and Marbon with keeping the centers open but operating at a reduced schedule across the board. I do have some concerns and questions about what we're doing now. Are we giving the best bang for the buck for our seniors? And I sure want to do that. Thacker said she was not blaming the Phelps and Marbon centers for the financial hardships of the board. She said, however, that the board's actions helped to balance its budget. Thacker told the court that it costs $95,000 to give raises to the seniors' program employees. She took responsibility for that action. It acknowledged those raises contributing to the budget problems. Thacker also warned that more cuts are certain to be made in the future. This may not be the end of making decisions with our budget until we sign a contract. The court took no action on the discussion. Reporting in Pikeville for EKB News, I'm Chris Anderson. Thank you.