 You need a financial advisor with the freedom to focus on your specific needs. Whatever your goals, Reeve Potter can create a game plan tailored to you. Call Reeve at 432-0777 at Pikeville, Kentucky to learn more. Monday, May 2, House Bill 1 appropriated $14,661,000 to Pike County Schools for the purposes of replacing the Pike County Millard Area Vocational Center. The money will be used to build larger updated facilities and add more programs. What that will do, we will provide the programs that we already offer at Millard Vocational. In addition to that, we will add several medical programs for our students because there are so many medical jobs right now in eastern Kentucky that our kids can actually get a job and stay in eastern Kentucky and make a livable wage. The current programs at Millard Vocational will continue to be offered in addition to many health care programs being added as the new facilities open. I'm extremely proud and appreciative of our General Assembly recognizing the need for vocational education in eastern Kentucky in light of the fact that we've lost so many jobs due to the coal industry. Currently, Millard Vocational offers four programs, but Adkins hopes the new programs being added will give students the ability to stay in eastern Kentucky. Well, yeah, what these vocational schools are going to do, again, they're going to offer an opportunity for us to give these kids a livable wage in eastern Kentucky. You know, for years we've had great kids moving out of eastern Kentucky to central Kentucky to try to find a job that will sustain a family. We think that this will be a big bridge for that gap. For updates and information on Pike County Schools, visit pike.kyschools.us. For Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.