The Day Before Graduation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781523647040)

Kenny Fogle is a native Kentuckian, born, raised and educated in Nelson County, Kentucky. Kenny started out working as a lathe operator in a factory before facing a major layoff just before his marriage. Still underemployed when his first son was born, Kenny joined the Air Force, worked his way through college earning a Bachelor of Science degree in government and an Associate in Science degree. He returned to Kentucky after his 41/2 years as a Chinese Linguist with the Air Force but remained in the Air National Guard. He retired in 2003 after 25 years of military service earning the rank of Kentucky's Command Chief Master Sergeant, the highest enlisted rank in the state. Kenny also worked for over 22 years with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, taking early retirement after the election of a Republican governor in 2003. He also served for 7 years on the Nelson County School Board and 3 years on his church's parish council and with various charitable organizations, primarily the United Way of Nelson County, (later known as Tri-County Kentucky United Way), American Legion Post 121, The Stephen Foster Drama Association, the Bardstown Civil War Museum Board, the Bardstown/Nelson County Chamber of Commerce and the Bardstown Rotary Club. His avocation has been to help alleviate the horrors of poverty, working as Health Insurance counselor with the Affordable Care Act for those with low incomes. Kenny along with his wife Donna, served as owners and managers of WBRT radio, a small hometown radio station in Bardstown, Kentucky and later a small Christian Gift Store. Kenny took on the role of Executive Director of the local United Way, an organization he helped found in 1987 and served as a volunteer ever since. Kenny is a Democrat, active in both his local party serving on the Executive Committee and with the State of Kentucky and has worked in several campaigns for Democratic candidates for various offices. Kenny and Donna have two sons, Martin who is serving as an Officer in the Air Force with Kenny and Donna's grandchildren, Sarah, Cora and Sami. Their other son, Matthew worked with them at the radio station while pursuing a career in writing and performing music and later became the news anchor for the Bardstown Cable TV News station. Kenny a writer, with regular columns in the Kentucky Standard and hosting his own TV talk show with Central Kentucky Television and was the voice of high school basketball as radio play by play announcer for 12 years.