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16 30 The Voice of the Wildcats DEPARTMENTS KENTUCKY CULTURE 4 KENTUCKYLIVING.COM 38 WORTH THE TRIP COVER STORY Tom Leach may have predicted his 16 Bluegrass revival own future, but hard work and preparation played a bigger 6 YOUR COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY 43 UNIQUELY KENTUCKY role in his success. Make our communities shine Fine funeral boxes 7 COMMONWEALTHS 44 EVENTS A bench for David, pumpkins Fleming County Court Days, Beautifying Kentucky for everyone, the complex life Carter Caves Haunted Trail, a 24 Our state is more beautiful because of 23 teams of Irvin S. Cobb and more barn affair in Campbellsville, Taste of Monroe and more that put time and effort into their communities.Kentucky ON THE GRID Living and Gov. Matt Bevin’s office are recognizing the top 46 SMART HEALTH 10 FUTURE OF All about Alzheimer’s projects and cooperative participants. ELECTRICITY 47 GARDEN GURU Sun-Light Solar powers up Healthy houseplants 12 CO-OPS CARE 48 CHEF’S CHOICE The Flip of a Switch Giving back—hook, line and High-tech chocolate pie 30 Every day your lights come on, your cellphone sinker 49 GREAT OUTDOORS charges and your air (or heat) has the power to run— 13 GADGETS & GIZMOS Standing on the edge of beauty reliable electricity doesn’t “just happen.” Learn about the Pet project 50 KENTUCKY planning and precautions behind the scenes. 14 CUTTING COSTS MARKETPLACE Toasty tips to stay warm 52 SNAP SHOT 15 ENERGY 101 Celebrating the cooperative 53 KENTUCKY KIDS advantage 54 BYRON CRAWFORD’S KENTUCKY 28A LOCAL ELECTRIC KENTUCKY ON THE COVER “Touchdown, Kentucky!” Tom Leach has given life COOPERATIVE NEWS Cracker Barrel napkins to those words at Kroger Field in Lexington many times since becoming the Voice of the Wildcats in 1997. Photo: Tim Webb COUNCIL www.artscouncil.ky.gov WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • OCTOBER 2018 3

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October is Kentucky Living’s annual Energy Issue and also when all co-ops celebrate National Cooperative Month. “The Flip of a Switch” feature on page Archives and much more content on our website! 30 reminds us that we often take energy reliability for granted, but all the people PLAY CATCH-UP at your local electric co-op work 24/7 to ensure your energy continues to flow. AND THE WINNERS ARE... As we move into winter, it’s always wise to Watch the Best in be prepared for outages. There are extreme Kentucky show online weather events beyond our control—recall There was a wonderful turnout and an the January 2009 ice storm—which could even better show in late August at the result in extended power outages. Kentucky State Fair as the Kentucky However, excluding these rare events, Living 2018 Best in Kentucky awards electric reliability improves year after year. were announced live. See all the The average American was without power winners and presenters on the video for 127 minutes in 2016, down from 144 on our website. minutes 10 years earlier. The number of BOHANNON BRIAN outages per consumer was 1.3 a year in 2016, STARTING OUT and the average length of each of those outages was 99 minutes. FIRST TIME’S A CHARM Consider thanking the Hear Tom Leach in the beginning Even the greats have to start somewhere, and that includes Tom Leach. Leach’s first employees HURT KATY radio job was with WBGR-AM in Paris, Kentucky. Visit KentuckyLiving.com to listen at your local to an audio clip from his first broadcast during a high school football game between electric co-op for Montgomery and Bourbon counties. their hard work, #CoopMonth. ON THEME

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Working together to make our communities shine Co-op employees provide valuable volunteer service

ave you heard the saying, “If you want to get something done, ask a busy person”? (859) 744-0022 H Kentucky’s electric coopera- MidwesternBuildings..com tives bring that maxim to life in this issue of Kentucky Living. In our monthly Co-ops Care column, page 12, we feature co-op employees who contribute to their communities in a wonderful variety of ways. Among the activities of Salt River Electric’s Dooley Mattingly are 25 years as a volunteer firefighter. Licking Valley RECC’s Ward Dickey coaches high schoolers in sport fishing. Toll Free 800. 558. 7800 Beginning on page 24, you’ll see KAEC staff plant shrubs and flowers to beautify waltersbuildings.com how co-ops responded to Governor the entrance to historic Berrytown in eastern Jefferson County with the help of Shelly Nold of Matt Bevin’s call to Beautify the Quality Buildings Since 1958 The Plant Kingdom, above, and bricklayer Brian Suburban . Commercial . Agricultural . Horse Barns & Arenas Bluegrass with improvement projects Whitcomb. Photo: Thom Whittinghill across the commonwealth. For instance, our staff at the Cooperatives (KAEC) beautified the Check out our new 3D designer on our website! Kentucky Association of Electric entrance to the historic Berrytown neighborhood in eastern Jefferson County. Special thanks to Shelly Nold

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The complexities of Irvin S. Cobb

Oh the times, they are a Cobb was born in 1876 to journalist, then as a humor- changin’. One only has to Joshua and Manie Saunders ist writing short stories for look back upon the enter- Cobb and raised in Paducah. leading magazines, and later tainment Manhood began early as his a script writer and actor in AUTHOR industry of father’s alcoholism forced silent movies. days gone by him to quit school at age 16 Cobb’s brand of humor to see this ever so clearly, to provide for his mother and would be found racist, as many of the charac- three siblings. Cobb’s father demeaning, and far from terizations and situations can be credited, however, acceptable today, but was portrayed then are now with securing him a job at well-received in the 1920s. politically incorrect. Such the Paducah Evening News, His stories were a reflection of contribution to journalism. is the case with humorist a position that kicked off a his Southern upbringing and “His record as a journal- Irvin Cobb, whose lifetime career of a commentary of the times. ist of the early 20th century, life and career writing success. By A former editor of Cobb’s, particularly his cover- is chronicled by 19, Cobb was editor Charles Chapin, once said, age of the early months of William E. Ellis, of that paper, and “My only quarrel with Cobb World War I, exemplified the Foundation pro- by 21, he was cov- was that he insisted on posing era of the ‘great reporter.’ fessor emeritus at ering a local crime as a humorist. His idea was Cobb’s record as a multital- Eastern Kentucky story for the Chicago to turn even the most serious ented writer and performer University, in Tribune. Seven years and tragic happening into a is unmatched in his time.” Irvin S. Cobb: later, the call of big laugh.” Cobb’s views on race Cobb authored 69 books UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY OF PRESS UNIVERSITY The Rise and Fall city news found would later contribute to the and was inducted into the of an American Humorist, Cobb in New York City where demise of his career. Kentucky Writers Hall of (University Press of his story-telling gift gained Aside from this charac- Fame in 2017. Kentucky, $45). him fame and fortune as a ter flaw, Ellis lauds Cobb’s —Penny Woods

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A BENCH FOR DAVID Take a stroll in downtown Lexington and Spradlin. points elsewhere and you’ll find an invit- “Reading the ing spot: 37 benches fan out like the open book feels like pages of a book. Each a visit with a LITERACY is hand-painted by local couple in love artists and themed with each TIM WEBB around works by Kentucky authors. other and Kentucky.” Book Benches, a public art exhibit, The 2001 nonfiction book promotes Kentucky’s literary heritage takes readers on a journey to and encourages reading while also Kentucky’s major rivers and showcasing the arts. the people who inhabit their Bourbon County artist Sarah Spradlin shores—tugboat pilots, artists, Lalie Dick with her and David’s book bench, Rivers of created the Rivers of Kentucky bench, tool sharpeners, musicians, Kentucky, which debuted June 1 in Lexington. Visit the sponsored by friends and family of printers, fox hunters and bench at the corner of Broadway and Vine, in front of Big authors David and Lalie Dick. David also chairmakers. Blue Martini, across from Rupp Arena and Triangle Park. Photo: Tom Eblen wrote Kentucky Living’s “The View From On public display through Plum Lick” back-page column, which ran October, the benches will delight all Proceeds from the event go toward from 1986 until his passing in 2010. ages, especially young readers. Use your Arts Connect, LexArts and the Carnegie Spradlin chose this book to illustrate phone to scan the QR code on the bench Center for Literacy and Learning. because she kayaks and supports the to learn more about the book, author For more information, go to www. stewardship of our state’s waters. “I paint and artist. bookbencheslex.org, where you can Kentucky landscapes and believe in using On November 17, the benches will view all the benches and download a my artwork to increase the awareness be auctioned at a gala to be held at The map to their locations. of the natural beauty of Kentucky,” says Livery, 238 East Main Street, Lexington. —Anita Travis Richter

Pumpkin fairytale A sight to behold: 5,000 lighted, The soft, woodland path has several VOTE on carved pumpkins, with 100 works steep slopes so wear comfortable shoes; of art. The 2018 Jack-O-Lantern wheelchair users may have difficulty Spectacular’s theme is “A under rain-soaked conditions. Be sure November 6, ART Night at the Library.” to bring a charged phone or camera for It’s held in Louisville’s lots of photos; no flash, please. Iroquois Park at night with pumpkins For more information, go to www. 2018 lining a 1/3-mile illuminated walking jack-o-lanternlouisville.com. trail. With pumpkins hanging in trees and themed displays, most everyone finds the show magical. Visit October 9–November 4, daily from dusk (around 7:15) to 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and until midnight Friday–Saturday. Tickets are $10-$17 and available online; food and drinks can be purchased inside the gates. Go early, late or on weekdays to avoid long lines. Proceeds benefit the non-

profit Louisville Parks Foundation. LOUISVILLE JACK-O-LANTERN SPECTACULAR

8 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Eye Doctor Helps Tennessee Legally Blind To See High Technology For Low Vision Patients Allows Many To Drive Again

are not familiar with the condition. As functioning, especially driving,” says Dr. many as 25% of those over the age of 50 Pino. have some degree of macular When Elaine, 57, of Kingsport, TN, degeneration. The macula is only one came to see Dr. Pino she wanted to keep small part of the retina; however, it is the her Tennessee driver’s license and was most sensitive and gives us sharp central prescribed bioptic telescopic glasses to vision. When it degenerates, macular read signs and see traffic lights farther degeneration leaves a blind spot right in away. Dr. Pino also prescribed microsope the center of vision, making it difficult or glasses for reading newspapers and impossible to recognize faces, read a menus in restaurants. book, or pass the driver’s vision test. As Elaine puts it, “My regular Nine out of 10 people who have glasses didn’t help too much – it was like macular degeneration have the dry form. looking through a fog. These new or many patients with macular New research suggests vitamins can help. telescopic glasses not only allow me to degeneration and other vision- The British medical journal BMC read signs from a farther distance, but related conditions, the loss of Ophthalmology recently reported that make driving much easier. I’ve also used central visual detail also signals them to watch television so I don’t have the end to one of the last to sit so close. I don’t know why I waited bastionF of independence: driving. to do this; I should have come sooner.” A Lebanon optometrist, Dr. John Pino, is “Bioptic telescopes can cost over using miniaturized telescopes that are $2,000,” said Dr. Pino, “especially if we mounted in glasses to help people who build them with an automatic sunglass.” have lost vision from macular “The major benefit of the bioptic degeneration and other eye conditions. telescope is that the lens automatically “Some of my patients consider me focuses on whatever you’re looking at,” the last stop for people who have vision said Dr. Pino. “It’s like a self-focusing loss,” said Dr. Pino, one of only a few camera, but much more precise.” doctors in the world who specialize in To learn more about bioptic fitting bioptic telescopes to help those telescopes or to schedule a consultation who have lost vision due to macular with Dr. Pino, give us a call at 1-855-405- degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and 56% of patients treated with a high-dose 8800. You can also visit our website at: other debilitating eye diseases. combination of vitamins experienced Imagine a pair of glasses that can improved vision after six months. www.lowvisiontn.com improve your vision enough to change TOZAL Comprehensive Eye Health your life. If you’re a low vision patient, Formula is now available by prescription For more information and a FREE you’ve probably not only imagined them, from eye doctors. telephone consultation, call us today: but have been searching for them. Bioptic While age is the most significant 1-855-405-8800 telescopes may be the breakthrough in risk factor for developing the disease, optical technology that will give you the heredity, smoking, cardiovascular Offices located in Lebanon, independence you’ve been looking for. disease, and high blood pressure have and Knoxville. Patients with vision in the 20/200 range also been identified as risk factors. can many times be improved to 20/50 or Macular degeneration accounts for 90% John M. Pino, O.D., Ph.D. better. of new legal blindness in the U.S. While Macular degeneration is the leading there is currently no cure, promising cause of blindness and vision loss in research is being done on many fronts. people over 50. Despite this, most adults “My job is to figure out everything and anything possible to keep a person

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Sun-Light Solar powers up Morgan County solar farm shows co-ops continue to be renewable leaders KEVIN OSBOURN

n a hillside next to Licking with modern technology, eastern Valley RECC’s warehouse in THE FUTURE OF Kentucky has unlimited potential. Malone, Kentucky’s newest ELECTRICITY “I want kids thinking we are Osolar farm towers row upon not behind,” says Booth, a native row above Steele Road. work together,” says Kerry Howard, of Campton who attended Eastern Malone Sun-Light Solar Farm is Licking Valley RECC general manager Kentucky University and rose to the vision of Wolfe County native and CEO. “It’s going to be a great become a vice president of Research Gary Booth and Licking Valley RECC, project for students to learn about and Development at P&G before his working in collaboration with Eastern renewable power.” Kentucky University and Danville- Booth, who retired from a suc- Licking Valley RECC President and CEO Kerry Howard, left, flips the switch with based Wilderness Trace Solar. cessful career at Proctor & Gamble Wolfe County native Gary Booth at the “The project shows that great (P&G), invested in Malone Sun- Malone Sun-Light Solar dedication. things can be achieved when people Light Solar to show students that Photo: Kevin Osbourn retirement. “I want students believ- ing that we can do anything.” The 932 solar panels at Malone Sun- Light Solar Farm, which was dedicated at Licking Valley RECC’s annual meeting on June 20, provide enough electricity to power about 40 homes. Booth says students from local schools and EKU will monitor data during different times of the day and seasons of the year. “Students will mine the data to learn about production of power, and they will learn how to extract learning from a large database,” he says. John May, manager of Administrative Services at Licking The Malone solar farm in Morgan County Valley RECC, says the co-op installed produces about 20,000 kilowatt-hours a month transformers and provided the land. since it went online in June. Photo: John May Licking Valley’s 17,000 members in Breathitt, Elliott, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan and Wolfe “All we had to do was read,” says to poor communities—to install solar counties will benefit by getting renew- Booth, who turns 78 this December. panels in Guatemala, Haiti and Africa. able power at a competitive price. “I read a lot of science-oriented In September 2017, he and SonLight Last year Licking Valley and books. By age 10, I knew I would be Power placed 80 solar panels on the Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy a scientist. Not having TV was a rich roof of Campton Baptist Church. Co-ops dedicated Cooperative Solar blessing.” He also was instrumental in the Farm One in Winchester. “The new He attended Campton Elementary solar array on the new science build- farm in Malone demonstrates that we and Wolfe County High School, then ing at EKU, where students will moni- continue to be leaders in renewable went to Eastern Kentucky University tor power production and learn how to power,” says May. in Richmond to major in chemistry manage the data. Booth, a lifelong scientist who and math. While at EKU he met and Booth’s latest solar project was led the development of Bounty married his wife, Jane, and the two scheduled to go online by late summer paper towels, Charmin toilet paper, have been together for 56 years. when 81 panels begin producing Folgers coffee and other products Booth completed a doctorate power at Campton Elementary. at P&G, says he embraces the phi- in organic chemistry at Ohio State “It’s been an absolute delight losophy of U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers that University, and then embarked on a working with Licking Valley and the technology can level the mountains long career in research and develop- co-ops,” Booth says. “Every way to create new opportunities for ment with P&G. they could help, they did it.” KL eastern Kentucky. The Malone solar project is the “I put all my energy into that latest in a long series of solar proj- KEVIN OSBOURN is manager of premise,” he says. “I did the solar ects he developed. For 20 years, he Communications at East Kentucky Power farm as a demonstration that people has worked with SonLight Power—a Cooperative, which generates power for Licking in the mountains have access to the Christian organization bringing power Valley RECC and 15 other electric cooperatives. same technology as anyone else.”

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Giving back—hook, line and sinker DEBRA GIBSON ISAACS

A tradition of volunteering for 25 years. He is president BARDSTOWN of the Tri-County United “It got in my blood,” Dooley Way and chairman of the Mattingly says about volunteering. Tri-County 5K Trifecta. He “I come from a family of 14,” he has been president of the explains. “If someone had a need, New Haven Optimist Club we would help in any way we could. and the Central Kentucky Dad was one of three men who Chapter of the Wild Turkey started the New Hope Volunteer Fire Federation, as well as a Department and was a firefighter for former board member of 26 years.” Rolling Fork Iron Horse The Salt River Electric employee Festival. In addition, and U.S. Army veteran carries on the Mattingly serves as a ref- tradition of volunteering and followed eree for high school bas- in his dad’s footsteps as a firefighter ketball and track. “I am always proud to give back. It is special to help people out in time of Ward Dickey, left, Tommy Oliver, center, and Hunter need,” Mattingly says. Oliver compete in the Kentucky Bass Nation Tournament held at Laurel Lake. Photo: Kentucky Bass Nation Go fish WEST LIBERTY Hunter, 16, recently won Angler of the When Ward Dickey is not on the Year with classmate Nathan Landsaw. job at Licking Valley Rural Electric The duo also placed fourth in the Cooperative Corporation, he is likely 2018 Kentucky High School Athletic to be on the lake with a group of Association Region 4 Bass Fishing fishermen. State Championship regionals. Dickey is not fishing, though: He It’s time-consuming but worth- is helping a new generation learn the while, according to Dickey, who sport through the Wolfe County High says the competitions are not like School Bass Club. The club enables leisurely fishing. students to participate in fishing “The kids fish when it is hot tournaments and compete for col- and when it is cold,” he says. “We lege scholarships within the safety backed into the water one day last Salt River Electric’s Dooley Mattingly, staking tech- of adult supervision from volunteers year when the water was 12 degrees. nician, decides where poles and lines will be placed like Dickey. And the lakes are spread out all over for new construction locations. He is also a volunteer firefighter of 25 years and donates his time to “The club really opens doors the state. There is a lot of travel numerous organizations. Photo: Jill Mattingly for kids,” says Dickey, whose son, involved.”KL

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Toasty tips to stay warm We’ve added insulation to our home, but what else can we do to make the house more comfortable this winter?—Emily PAT KEEGAN and BRAD THIESSEN

here’s more to a comfortable Take a look temperature than where the at your home’s thermostat is set. Radiant heat heating system. Tis an important piece of the Is it distribut- comfort puzzle. It transfers heat from ing heat evenly a warm surface to a colder one. Even and efficiently? If long after the walls warm, a person your house has a sitting in a room that’s 70 degrees can forced-air system still feel chilly if there’s a cold surface with ducts and nearby, like a single-pane window, registers, check a hardwood floor or an exterior wall. to see whether Try covering these cold surfaces with some supply reg- area rugs, wall quilts or tapestries, isters are blow- bookcases and heavy curtains to help ing too much prevent heat loss. warm air and Keep in mind, radiant heat also others too little. can work in your favor. A dark-col- Ideally, every ored tile floor that receives several room should hours of direct sun can retain heat have return air PIXABAY.COM during the day and radiate it into the registers. You Cover cold surfaces like hardwood floors during the winter. An area room during the evening. may need to get rug can be visually appealing while helping retain indoor heat. help from a certi- FLUE fied contractor who knows how to the best way to keep your home FLAWS improve ductwork. toasty is to minimize air leaks. You Schedule an annual inspec- can easily locate air leaks in your Air loss from fireplaces can tion to be sure your furnace is run- home with a blower door test, which cancel out their warmth ning at peak efficiency. Check your can be done by an energy auditor. filter monthly and replace or clean Some common sources of leaks are A fireplace can be a major source of it as needed. If you heat your home cracks around windows and doors, air leakage. Before using the fireplace, with radiators, bleed them (release plumbing and wiring penetrations, consider this: Unless you have a high- trapped air) at the beginning of the and mail slots and pet doors. Products efficiency insert, your fireplace will suck season so they flow more efficiently. like caulk, weather stripping, outlet heated air from the room out through the cover gaskets and dryer vent covers chimney. Always close the fireplace flue Plug those leaks can be used to seal these leaks. KL when it’s not in use. If you don’t use the On average, a typical home loses fireplace at all, you can seal the opening about half its air every hour, and PAT KEEGAN AND BRAD THIESSEN or install an inflatable chimney balloon. that amount can increase when it’s write on energy efficiency for the National cold and windy outside. In this case, Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

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Celebrating the cooperative advantage What is a cooperative and what benefits do they provide?

October’s National Cooperative Month is a needs of their local communities. In fact, Even though cooperatives are locally great time to learn about the cooperative many of the leaders and employees of owned and operated, they collaborate with business model. Of the over 29,000 co-ops each of the 26 electric cooperatives in other electric co-ops across the country in the U.S., 900- Kentucky live in the communities they to develop new technologies, invest in ENERGY plus are electric serve and are consumer-members of a equipment and infrastructure that benefit BASICS co-ops. co-op—just like you! multiple co-ops in a region, and assist with Electric co-ops Because they answer to local major outages. This teamwork enables are community-focused organizations members (that’s you!) rather than far- co-ops to address complex challenges that deliver safe, reliable and affordable away shareholders, co-ops are more while remaining true to their local roots. energy to their consumer-members. nimble and able to respond quickly Electric cooperatives were built by the They are unique because they belong to the changing needs of their com- community, belong to the community and to the communities they serve. Co-ops munities. They even share any excess continue to be led by the community—that’s are led by their members, which gives revenue with their members because the cooperative difference! them a unique understanding of the they are not-for-profit. —NRECA

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BY LIZ PRATHER he year 1997 was a transi- The phrase resonated with tional time for UK football Leach. Broadcasting, like football fans, and not only because or anything else that requires of a coaching change. practice, is about repetition— TUnder coach Bill Curry, the going through the motions over Wildcats hadn’t seen a winning and over, so when it’s time record—and had attended only one to go on air, the delivery is bowl game—in seven straight seasons. smooth, the facts are accurate In December 1996, UK hired a new and the broadcast is profes- coach, Hal Mumme, to turn around sional. Since he was 16 years the team. About the same time, Ralph old, Leach had been toiling in Hacker, the play-by-play voice of the obscurity, paying his dues and Wildcats, announced he was stepping dealing with a lot of monot- down after five seasons. That’s when ony; now he was ready for a UK Radio Network’s Jim Host named chance at greatness. a new sportscaster, 36-year-old Tom Leach, to replace Hacker. Beginnings During that first season, Leach Leach’s story starts in the often dropped in to watch Mumme small tobacco farming com- and the team. During one of their munity of Center Hill practices, Mumme said something in Bourbon County. He Leach has never forgotten. learned the value of hard “He told them that the Eagles work from his father play Hotel California thousands of and mother, who raised times, just so it will sound good the tobacco and sold vege- one time you’ve paid your money to tables at the local farm- come and hear it. That’s the monot- ers market to make ony of greatness.” ends meet.

n Above, as a senior, Tom Leach had an idea of how his career might go. Photo: Tom Leach Productions. Below, Leach has a view of the whole stadium to call play-by- play for the UK Wildcats. Photo: Tim Webb

18 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 n Preparation is key for Leach. If he overprepares, he says he can relax and enjoy the game. n Leach talks with UK head coach Mark Stoops before the Cats’ win over Central Michigan in the season opener September 1. Photos: Tim Webb

“When you grow up on a tobacco farm, you work on Thanksgiving Day, you work on Christmas Day,” he says. From Alvin, his father, Leach also learned a love of sports. Growing up before 24-hour sports networks and cable sports shows, Leach devoured the sports section of the newspaper and listened to as many games as he could on the radio. When Commonwealth Stadium opened in 1973, Alvin bought season tickets for the football Wildcats. He and Leach travelled down Paris Pike to Lexington, got a bite to eat and sat in the stadium lot, listen- ing on the car radio to an hour or so of pregame shows. When the game started, Leach would carry his tran- sistor radio inside to listen to his idols call the game. “Around the eighth grade, I remember getting the play-by-play bug,” he says. “I was captivated by Cawood (Ledford) and Ralph at UK.” At 16, Leach started working at WBGR, an AM station in Paris. “I loved going to work,” he says of the job he would have from his junior year in high school until he graduated from college. “I was really bad, but I was working for longtime radio guys who didn’t let me cut any corners.” It was in these early days that Leach learned broadcasting greatness was made through preparation and the behind-the-scenes monotony. There was no such thing as digitally editing out a mistake with the quick swipe of a mouse. “In the ’70s, you were recording on what essentially looked like an eight-track tape,” n In addition to his UK sports radio work, Leach is an award-winning broadcaster for his work at the track. He is shown here at Keeneland in Lexington. Photo: Tim Webb

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Somewhere in the commonwealth, a ration, from going to practices to meeting about the teams and the sports, and read young woman or man listens to the con- with coaches to creating his game day in general. To be a good broadcaster, you tagious energy of Tom Leach as he yells, charts. In addition to name, jersey number, need to use the language well, and be able “Touchdown, Kentucky!” and says, “That’s height, weight and hometown of each to paint pictures with words. what I want to do.” player for both teams, Leach creates Put in the work. Preparation won’t Leach has been named Kentucky game notes. “I have organized notes for guarantee you will achieve your goals, but Sportscaster of the Year five times for each team which I may or may not use not preparing will most likely guarantee his work courtside and in the press box. during the play-by-play,” he explains. “I you don’t get where you want to go. “Tom He also broadcasts from the horse track overdo it on the prep, so I can come to the Hammond told me once that you prepare and won prestigious Eclipse Awards in game relaxed and enjoy it.” For the aspir- everything you think you will need, under- 1993 and 1999 for his Thoroughbred horse ing sportscaster, Leach has a few more standing that maybe 50 percent of it is all racing coverage. In addition to his broad- pointers for the journey. you’ll ever use,” Leach says. casting, Leach hosts a daily radio show, Make sure you’re really passionate Learn from the greats, but be true The Leach Report; and he’s an author, about the job. The hours are anything but to your own personality. Be natural and having published Rich Tradition: How Rich normal, and the pay is usually not good, genuine in your delivery. If you’re not, the Brooks Revived the Football Fortunes of especially when you’re starting out. A listener picks up on that. “If a big moment the Kentucky Wildcats in 2009. passion for broadcasting and sports can happens, I tend to get a little more excited But the job is not easy. “Play-by-play help you get through what can be some than Cawood did, but that’s just two differ- is talking for two or three hours with no rough times and crazy hours. ent approaches,” Leach says. “Whatever script,” says Leach. For a single football Read a lot. Not just to have a good works for you, whatever feels natural, is game, he spends about 23 hours in prepa- vocabulary, which is part of it, but read the best way.”

20 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 he says. “If you made a mistake four Then, in 1997, 18 years after he’d As the Hal Mumme Air Raid minutes and 55 seconds into a five- declared his dream, Leach made his offense began to impact SEC score- minute newscast, you erased the break into the UK press box. boards, Leach started to feel com- tape and started all over. That kind fortable in his new role. He went of taught you to do it right the first Big changes to the practices, interviewed the time.” Just as things were changing for coaching staff, studied game notes When Leach graduated from Leach, they were also changing for and listened to old tapes of his pre- Bourbon County High School in the Wildcats. In the first game of decessors. But there was something 1979, he planned to major in com- Leach’s UK broadcasting career, the missing. He needed a signature line. munications at the University of Wildcats were pitted against cross- Kentucky. In a senior profile in state rival Louisville. Leach was the local newspaper, he told the nervous: “I had a one-year con- reporter he wanted to be next tract, and I knew if I didn’t do well, Cawood Ledford. He wanted to be I wouldn’t get my second contract. ONLINE the Voice of the Kentucky Wildcats. And if I did really poorly, I might not In 1983, Leach graduated from even make it to the second week.” Back to the beginning UK and began working for WMST in Despite his nerves, he survived, Wonder what Tom Leach, the Voice Mt. Sterling, announcing area high and having Leslie County native Tim of the Wildcats, sounded like during school football games. In the fall of Couch throw four touchdowns for his first appearance on the air? 1984, he got a job reporting news for a 38-24 win didn’t hurt. “Cawood Find out for yourself—listen to the WVLK, and by 1989, Leach began had a line, ‘You sound better when 1977 clip from WBGR-AM in Paris at working on the UK Radio Network they win,’ and I’ve come to appre- KentuckyLiving.com. doing postgame scoreboard shows. ciate that,” Leach says.

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If you’re a doctor or a teacher, you might you’re going to work many Final Fours n Leach has seen a number of exceptional be doing what you love five or six days a in your career, and you may get to call a players over the years at UK, and one of his favorite moments is calling the 2012 NCAA week, but play-by-play announcers do the couple of championship games. Leach Men’s Basketball National Championship. work they love for about 13 football games has already realized that dream. “Cawood Photo: Tom Leach Productions (depending on a bowl game invitation) or (Ledford) called a championship, Ralph 40-some basketball games (including a (Hacker) had a couple, so it was nice to get day for Kentucky football fans, and few exhibition and championship games) in that club. Hopefully, there will be more, Leach’s second all-time favorite on-air per season. “The hook for me was to do but you savor them because they’re hard moment of his career. play-by-play for games, but that’s only 55 to achieve,” Leach says. UK BEATS LOUISVILLE FOR THE or 56 days a year out of 365 where I get UK FOOTBALL BEATS LSU 43-37 IN GOVERNOR’S CUP, AUGUST 30, 1997 to do what I love to do,” says University of TRIPLE OVERTIME It was Leach’s first game on-air as the Kentucky sportscaster Tom Leach. With On October 13, 2007, UK beat LSU, the Voice of the Wildcats. “It was the opening so few games to call, Leach still has his No. 1 team in the country, in a triple game of the Hal Mumme era, and it was favorites, or the most memorable on-air overtime stunner on a dramatic fourth- the year of the air raid,” he says. “There moments. Here are his top three: down stop. “Coach Brooks had been were a lot of fun moments that football KENTUCKY VS. KANSAS, 2012 NCAA turning the program back around. He season and it coincided with my first MEN’S BASKETBALL NATIONAL had a really good team and that was season.” The Wildcats went on to beat the CHAMPIONSHIP a magical night to watch the revival Cardinals 38-24 for the program’s 500th When you work as the announcer for the of Kentucky football culminate in a victory, an auspicious day for a young Kentucky basketball program, you figure moment like that.” It was a memorable sportscaster’s debut.

22 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 n Tom Leach is on the air every weekday with The Leach Report, broadcast from NewsRadio 630 WLAP. Photo: Tim Webb

ONLINE The Leach Report Tom Leach’s daily radio show, The Leach Report, is carried on many affiliates across the state. We’ve got a complete list of those stations. The show is also available as a podcast. Find more information at KentuckyLiving.com.

“Jim suggested I try to come up with something for a touchdown call, and I thought about it. I just kept thinking about it, but noth- ing really sounded right. Everything sounded like I was planting it or scripting it,” he says. Three weeks later, in a game against Indiana, the sophomore quarterback Couch threw seven touchdown passes and tied an SEC single-game record. Leach’s trademark, “Touchdown, Kentucky!” was born. “It started with just me saying ‘Touchdown, Kentucky!’ with a lot of enthusiasm. It’s pretty simple, but with Tim and Craig Yeast and those guys, it caught on because they were scoring a lot of them.” In 2001, when Cawood Ledford, who had announced UK basketball for 39 years, retired, Leach became the announcer for the basketball Wildcats, too. “It was such an honor, knowing who had come before me and the standard Claude (Sullivan) and Ralph and Cawood set,” he says. “It was, and still is, such a great privilege.” Now in his 21st season as UK football’s play-by-play announcer and his 16th season with UK basketball, Leach’s smooth, yet vibrant voice is synonymous with sports coverage in the Bluegrass. “Sometimes when the season’s not going well, someone will say to me, ‘I’ll bet you’ll be glad when this season is over.’ But I never am. Because I get to do this. I get to do what I love to do.” KL hen the 200,000 visitors converge on the annual Mt. Sterling October Court Days (October 12-15), they will see a major improvement to the city’s downtown. A once-neglected park is now a social Whub for the revitalized community about 25 miles east of Lexington. The 15-month project to rejuvenate Mt. Sterling is the winner of the Governor’s Award in the second annual Beautify the Bluegrass initiative, a partnership of Governor Matt Bevin and Kentucky Living to encourage Kentuckians to work together to repair, enhance or beautify an area in their community. From 23 submissions, the governor selected three winners from finalists voted byKentucky Living readers. Winners were announced on August 23 at Kentucky Living’s Best in Kentucky awards at the Kentucky State Fair. “I’m really excited to see how this project has begun to grow in popularity and participation,” Bevin says. “I want to give a personal thanks to the Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives and their publication, Kentucky Living magazine, that has adopted this.” Mt. Sterling’s project wins them a barbecue for 200 with Governor Bevin and Lt. Governor Jenean Hampton.

Mt. Sterling Governor’s Award When Dr. Danielle King moved to Mt. Sterling in 2002 to join a pri- vate medical practice, she loved the city’s historic buildings and charm, and quickly began caring for the community and its people. Yet, the physician also made an important diagnosis. “Our downtown was sort of dried up,” she recalls. In 2010, King purchased a charming old jewelry store that had closed in 1997 and was dilapidated. With the help of her father and friends, she renovated the building, and then partnered with a good friend to open a bakery there one day a week on King’s day off from the health clinic. “We baked Wednesday night and opened Thursday mornings and would sell out,” King says. It was enough to break even. “I realized more that the downtown could only survive if we tried to make it user-friendly and get more pedestrian traffic,” King says. “A few businesses started popping up once we opened the bakery.” A downtown business group, dormant for 10 years, began to meet again and King was elected to the city council. In what King describes as a “total inclusive community effort,” volunteers partnered with city government, city workers, the local chamber of commerce and businesses to design and execute the transformation of the downtown park. Dedicated in April, the park is now a popular lunch hangout and hosts concerts and other events. “It’s helped the local economy and businesses because it’s given people a place to be,” King says, “It’s made a tremendous difference.”

24 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 BEAUTIFYING

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nMt. Sterling local artists designed a large mural, and a local store, A Plus Interior and Exterior Painting, donated time and materials to transform drab exteriors of neighboring buildings into an eye- popping and fun event space. Photo: Tracy Pearce London Commonwealth’s Award At the end of a residential street near one of London’s main cemeteries sits another small graveyard. Until recently, the plots were overgrown and some headstones overturned. The African Americans buried there were largely forgotten. The London Downtown Board partnered with City of London Tourism, Minks Outdoor Professionals and volunteers to clear brush, erect a sign, provide bench seating, reset headstones, and plant trees and flowers. Governor Bevin selected the project as the recipient of the Beautify the Bluegrass Commonwealth’s Award. “We enjoyed working together as a team toward the common goal of cleaning the area, learning about the soldiers buried there, and honoring them for their service so long ago,” says Brittany Riley, who chairs the design committee of the London Downtown Board. MINKS OUTDOOR PROFESSIONALS OUTDOOR MINKS

Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative Award The director at Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park near Mt. Olivet feared he would have to close the park’s four playgrounds because of a lack of mulch and the funds to buy more. The Beautify the Bluegrass team from Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative not only replenished the mulch, but also repaired the playground equipment. With the help of employees, co-op directors, families and friends, the team revived the pollinator garden with plantings and installed benches for visitors to enjoy. “One of the core cooperative principles is commitment to community,” says Fleming- Mason’s Lori Ulrich, director of Community & Economic Development. “This project gave us a chance to work together as a team to help with a need in our community.” LORI ULRICH LORI

26 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 Commitment to Community The mission of Beautify the Bluegrass resonates with Kentucky’s electric cooperatives, locally operated and owned by the consumers they serve. Here are some of the co-op projects across Kentucky. STEPHANIE MCCOMBS STEPHANIE

Employees of Big Rivers Electric Corporation divided their time between two projects, picking up trash and clearing weeds at John James Audubon State Park in Henderson, and spreading mulch and painting the ballfield facilities at Panther Creek Park in Owensboro. MIKE OGLESBY MIKE

Visitors to Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park can thank a broad coalition of volunteers coordinated by Pennyrile Electric for a pleasant place to have a picnic. The project team leveled out 10 areas, setting concrete pavers for picnic tables and adding flowers in large pots for a splash of color. CHRIS HAYES CHRIS

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H . A 2018 ENERGY ISSUE The flip of a switch

Electric reliability depends on big plans and small fixes

BY PAUL WESSLUND

ext time you flip a switch and the light comes on, think about the time it didn’t in a spectacular way for nearly n4,000 Kentucky electric co-op members. Around 1 a.m. on a day in May 2011, a snake slithered into a Berea-area substation—that’s one of those fenced-in areas full of wires and transformers where high voltage gets stepped down for use in your home. A snake is shaped a bit like a wire, and the last act for this reptile connected a couple of conductors not meant to be connected. Metering equipment shorted out, rupturing the voltage regulator and sparking a fire that destroyed most of the equipment in the substation.

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n Previous page, Richard Easton is a maintenance leadman with Grayson RECC and part of the all-important team that keeps the lights on. n Chris Cain, service technician with South Kentucky RECC, connects an electric service to a member’s building. Photos: Tim Webb Lights came back on for the co-op members less than 24 hours later. But the snake and the substation tell a larger tale of what it takes to keep electricity flowing. That larger story is that while building and maintaining a reliable electric grid calls for billions of dollars and thousands of miles of power lines, you also have to sweat the small stuff. To find out what it takes to make sure you have electricity whenever you want it, we went to the source of the power. For co-op members in Kentucky, that power comes from one of three large organizations, called generation and transmission cooperatives (G&Ts), because, of course, they make sure that electricity gets generated, then transmitted to your local electric cooperative. Your local co-op is called a distribution co-op because it distributes that power to the homes and businesses in your area. East Kentucky Power Cooperative, which is based in Winchester, supplies 16 distribution co-ops in primarily the eastern half of the state; Big Rivers Electric Corporation is the Henderson- based G&T for the three distribution co-ops along the northwest Kentucky border; and the Tennessee Valley Authority, which technically is not a cooperative G&T, but instead is a federal corporation, provides electricity to 154 local power companies in seven states, including five distribution co-ops in southwest Kentucky. Representatives from all three tell similar stories about the enormous job of keeping the electricity flowing 24/7. And they all talk about critters— woodpeckers for Big Rivers and buzzards for TVA. “Woodpeckers love our poles; they’re apparently delicious,” says Mike Chambliss, Big Rivers’ vice president of system operations. Big Rivers developed a mesh covering to prevent the woodpeckers from weakening the poles. TVA installs buzzard shields to keep the birds off its power lines and transmission towers. Nick Comer, the external affairs manager with East Kentucky Power, says it began using an attach- ment to go around the base of a substation fence, with a lip sticking out at the top so snakes can’t crawl up, over and in.

32 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 The wild kingdom vs. your electricity

Part of the job of keeping your lights on is protecting electric equipment from varmints chewing it up or causing dangerous short circuits by touching two wires at the same time. East Kentucky Power Cooperative has begun using this flanged fence to make it harder for snakes to crawl inside a substation. Big Rivers Electric Corporation puts mesh barriers on poles to keep woodpeckers from weakening the wood. The Tennessee Valley Authority installs coverings on its lines and towers to prevent damage from buzzards.

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W . A declined from 109 minutes in 2007 to 99 minutes 10 years later. That reliability doesn’t happen without a lot of work. At Big Rivers, quarterly meetings of maintenance, engineering and operations staff review and find solutions for any problems. And they make up practice problems to solve. “You have to anticipate that things are going to go wrong,” says Chambliss. “If a car hits a pole you have to have a plan and you have to revise that plan frequently and you have to drill on that plan. You have to create scenarios and put your people to grueling exercises.” How do they get the ideas for the grueling scenarios? “We come up with scenarios like you have this huge rain event where the roads are flooded and closed, then just as the rain stops, you have a major windstorm,” says Chambliss. “We blow everything down and now tell people to figure out how to get the lights back on. Last year we used an earthquake.” Physical security and cybersecurity add another ingredient to reliability. The G&Ts talk about installing cameras to prevent theft of copper wire from substations. They describe protections from the thousands of electronic threats every day to the electricity network. Reliability involves working with state, regional and federal groups, especially the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which develops and enforces standards to keep the lights on. So electric utility reliability requires steps as big as building firewalls against internet hackers to as small as developing barriers for snakes. Entire departments are tasked with keeping trees and other vegetation away from where they can inter- fere with power lines. For TVA’s Ernie Peterson, that broad and varied work and expertise is worth the attention it gets. “I’ve spent some time on mission trips in other countries where having electric power, if you had n A number of things—from varmints it at all, is certainly not reliable,” says Peterson. to high winds and storms—can cause power outages, but the lineworkers “We’re blessed here to have electric power available at your electric cooperative work to to us anytime we want, truly at the flip of a switch. get the power back on as safely and

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A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 9 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, at the offices of the Kentucky Public Service Commission, 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky, to examine the appli- cation of the fuel adjustment clause of the following cooperatives for the period of November 1, 2017, through April 30, 2018. Individuals interested in attending this hearing shall notify the Public Service Commission in writing of their intent to attend no later than October 2, 2018. If no notices of intent to attend are received by this date, this hearing will be cancelled and the matter shall be considered submitted for decision based on the evidence in the record. Written notice of intent to attend this hearing should be sent to: Executive Director, Kentucky Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602, and should specify the Cooperative's name to The average American which the comments relate. was without power Big Sandy RECC Case No. 2018-00222

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Cumberland Valley Electric Preventive maintenance at the Case No. 2018-00222 power plants Farmers RECC Case No. 2018-00222 Regular maintenance of power plants is a key to keeping the lights on, says Craig Johnson, East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s senior vice president of Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative power production. Every year, one at a time, every generating unit in every Case No. 2018-00222 power plant goes through a maintenance outage—kind of like an oil change Grayson RECC for your car, says Johnson. Every 10 years there’s a larger planned outage, Case No. 2018-00222 which Johnson says is more like overhauling your engine. This photo shows Inter-County Energy Cooperative a worker during one of those major outages. A team removed the generator Case No. 2018-00222 field rotor from the #2 unit at the Hugh L. Spurlock Station near Maysville. Jackson Energy Cooperative Johnson says a major maintenance outage like this one last year can be two Case No. 2018-00222 years in the planning, with every minute of the 24/7 job carefully choreo- Licking Valley RECC graphed. “We don’t like to run things to failure,” Johnson says. “We like to Case No. 2018-00222 catch it before failure.” Meade County RECC Case No. 2018-00223

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Bluegrass revival New facility highlights what makes bluegrass music unique OWENSBORO BY TRACEY TEO

t the new, $15.3 million hopes for when the facility cel- Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame WORTH THE TRIP ebrates its grand opening October & Museum in Owensboro, 18-20. Aa bluegrass enthusiast picks midst of a full-blown jam session, “Something unique to bluegrass up a banjo and starts pickin’. The attempting to master the crisp, is the high rate of participation,” distinctive, ringing twang reaches lightning-fast finger picking style Joslin says. “There’s a repertoire the ear of another visitor, and she required for Earl Scruggs’ bluegrass The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & starts strumming a mandolin. A classic, Foggy Mountain Breakdown— Museum opens at Second and Frederica Dobro player joins in, and soon at least this is the kind of scene streets in Owensboro on October 18. Photo: the impromptu ensemble is in the Executive Director Chris Joslin AP Imagery Sam Bush, the Father of Newgrass Music, will headline the opening of the new Woodward Theatre. The concert is already sold out. Photo: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum most bluegrass musicians know, so they can produce authentic, organic music with no rehearsal. It’s easy to participate, and that’s what we want to promote.” The stringed instruments near the entrance are meant to be played, not viewed as hands-off artifacts. Visitors are encouraged to take their pick and throw down their favorite bluegrass licks. Like the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, the new museum will be the worldwide destination for the genre founded in the first half of the 20th century by Kentuckian Bill Monroe, called the Father of Bluegrass. Its predecessor, the former International Bluegrass Music Museum, outgrew its home in the RiverPark Center, and the new, 50,000-square-foot facility at Second and Frederica streets will enhance the visitor experience in numerous ways. For one, there will be more opportunities to actually hear bluegrass music. The 450-seat Woodward Theatre, a state-of-the- art indoor venue designed for the genre, is what Joslin calls the “central nervous system” of the new complex, and live bluegrass shows featuring a stellar lineup of established and emerging talent will be staged every Saturday night. Sam Bush, dubbed the Father of Newgrass Music, will headline the opening of the theater on October 19, entertaining fans in an already sold-out performance with his folksy vocals and impressive ability to easily switch between the fiddle and the mandolin.

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That’s not the only performance History and Hall of Fame venue. First-floor exhibits chronicle the his- Thanks to the Michael Horn Family tory of bluegrass from its nascence in Foundation Stage overlooking the the early 1900s to the proliferation of 2019CALENDAR scenic Ohio River, bluegrass fans can outdoor festivals in the ’50s and ’60s, clap along to their favorite music in a and into the modern era, shining a light festival-like setting long after ROMP on contemporary bands that infuse ORDER TODAY! (Owensboro’s annual June bluegrass their music with fresh rock and pop. festival) is over. Next year, a series of A highlight is the Video Oral History ALL NEW PHOTOS “Downtown Romps” are expected to Project that showcases interviews keep the riverfront resonating with Find a seat at the Rosine Barn Friday night 2019 the buoyant, vivacious notes of blue- jamboree through December. Admission is grass throughout the summer. free. Photo: Rosine Barn

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with 220 bluegrass pioneers, including Del McCoury and Doyle Lawson. Monroe (1911-1996) died long before the project’s inception, but his son, James Monroe, tells the story of how an orphaned boy from rural Kentucky set the music scene on fire with Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys, a band loved for its groundbreaking tight, rhythmic tunes. Bluegrass as a new genre was offi- cially born on December 8, 1945, at the Grand Ole Opry, a live weekly radio show in Nashville. That’s when Scruggs, famous for his three-finger picking style on the banjo, made his debut with the Bluegrass Boys, completing the historic lineup that included Lester Flatt on guitar, Chubby Wise on fiddle and Howard Watts on bass. They unleashed a polished, sophisticated sound, shattering the stereotype of the day that country

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music was played by moonshine-fueled Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will hillbillies and required little real skill. perform at the Woodward Theatre on November 16-17. At press time, tickets were CONGRATULATIONS Audiences were captivated by Monroe’s still available. Photo: Bluegrass Music Hall of TO THE virtuosity on the mandolin and his Fame & Museum ULTIMATE high, plaintive tenor. KENTUCKY STATE FAIR The second floor houses the Skaggs, a 15-time Grammy winner and EXPERIENCE International Bluegrass Music Association Kentucky native, is part of the 2018 a a Hall of Fame, where rows of plaques induction class and will soon be among aWINNER! a commemorate bluegrass legends. Ricky the pantheon of luminaries. Whether visitors grew up hearing bluegrass or just recently discovered RICKY SKAGGS & it, they will come away with a deeper KENTUCKY THUNDER will insight into the fabric of the music. perform for two nights, “Whatever your entry point into Nov. 16-17, at the newly opened bluegrass is, whether it’s Alison Woodward Theatre. The per- Krauss or the Punch Brothers, the formances come on the heels museum’s goal is to educate visitors of Skaggs’ induction into the on the source of their music,” Joslin IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall says. “The fact is, it’s all rooted in a of Fame at the International time, place and person. Bill Monroe’s “This is awesome! We’ve never Bluegrass Music Awards cer- experiences in this region shaped his been to the State Fair. I’m a emony in Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. music, and now it’s an international disabled vet and have issues 27. Skaggs was also named as phenomenon loved by people around with standing and walking for an inductee into the Country the world.” KL extended periods. So being Music Hall of Fame this year. able to go every day will work For tickets, visit www.bluegrass TRACEY TEO lives in Indiana, but loves writing out great!” museum.org/tickets. about her home state of Kentucky, and contrib- Kevin “Mike” Hammons utes to newspapers and magazines nationally. Owen Electric member

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Fine funeral boxes “There are not many people making custom Art Museum, New Jersey, and museum There’s the Black Gothic Toe-Pincher, the coffins,” says Roy “Bud” Davis. He has been administrator at Murray State University Pope John Paul II Replica, and even one for making coffins since 1993 in his Murray when he moved back to Kentucky. Santa Claus. He uses all American woods— workshop, Bert & Bud’s Vintage Coffins. Davis says most people ordering a poplar, oak, pine and walnut. He also makes “Every one of them is my favorite coffin find him on the internet. “I talk with urns and reliquaries for humans or pets. coffin,” says Davis, who builds each to the person quite a bit about what they do “Compared to what a person would pay order on a “pre-need basis.” He says, for a living, what they like about living, to for a coffin at a funeral home, the prices “It takes quite a while to do some of the get some kind of idea what kind of person compare very favorably,” says Davis. fancier ones, several weeks.” they are and what they are looking for. I One wonders if Davis has made his With degrees in art and design, have done everything from plain straight- own? “No, but it’s getting closer, I’m 79.” Davis taught college in Dayton, Ohio, sided pine coffins to some pretty ridiculous Read more about Davis and see more was assistant director at the Montclair ones. Those are the fun ones to do.” photos at KentuckyLiving.com.

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qCOURT DATE Fleming County Court Days, October 6-7 in downtown Flemingsburg, is packed with fun: barbecue cook-off contest, cornhole tournament, live music, talent show, antique tractor show to benefit cancer organizations, vendors, scavenger hunt and kids play zone with inflatables and rides. Hours: 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. No admission charge; for details, call (606) 845- 1223 or go to www.flemingcountycourtdays.com. pTERRIFYING TRAIL Why visit a haunted house when instead you could walk through some spooky woods with scary scenes? The quarter-mile Carter Caves State Resort Park’s Haunted Trail is open—if you dare—October 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20 from 7:30-10 p.m. Tickets, at $10 per person, are available during those hours at the park pool. For more info, call (606) 286-4411 or go online to https://parks.ky.gov and click on “Parks.” Not recommended for young children.

qBARN BASH Specially chosen vendors of antiques, fine junk and vintage goods display one-of-a-kind and handmade items in a unique and fun setting for Where the Rooster Crows Barn Affair, October 26-27 at Red Fern Stables in Campbellsville. Live entertainment and food vendors. Hours: 5-8:30 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Friday admission is $10 and Saturday is $5, but pay only once; 12 and under free. For details, go to Facebook: Red Fern Stables, or email [email protected].

pMMM-MMM MONROE Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site celebrates The Year of Kentucky Food with Taste of Monroe, 2-5 p.m., October 14. The day features Dovie burger, pictured above, and barbecue egg eating contests (contestants must preregister) and cooking demonstrations. Judges will assess the best fried pies, cornbread, barbecue sauce, barbecued pork shoulder and more. Meet and greet Kentucky author Wes Berry, aka “The Hungry Professor” and visit Kentucky Proud product booths. Admission $5 for ages 12 and up covers food samples. For more information and food contest guidelines, call (270) 487- 8481 or go online to https://parks.ky.gov and click on “Parks.”

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All about Alzheimer’s Learn more about this ‘family disease’ at UK’s Markesbery Symposium DONNA WILCOCK

he number of Kentuckians suf- don’t yet understand what causes moderate exercise probably helps fering from Alzheimer’s disease the buildup. keep your brain healthy, too. Also, is 71,000 and rising; by 2025, Currently, approved treatments you can “exercise” your brain by Tit’s expected that more than for Alzheimer’s do not change the being socially engaged, by learning 85,000 Kentuckians will be diag- disease progression. However, new things and/or by doing puzzles nosed with Alzheimer’s. these medications do have value such as crosswords or Sudoku. in preserving memory and learn- We see Alzheimer’s as a family SMART ing abilities, so it’s crucial to see disease. It affects the patient primar- HEALTH your doctor as soon as you suspect ily, but it has a devastating financial something is wrong. Many poten- and emotional burden on family and Alzheimer’s is a dementia, but tial treatments are in various stages caregivers as well. Outreach, edu- not all dementias are Alzheimer’s. of the research process, and the cation and support are essential for Alzheimer’s disease accounts for Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at patients, their families and caregiv- only 55 to 60 percent of all demen- the University of Kentucky is cur- ers. Sanders-Brown offers a vari- tias, which is defined as a loss of rently studying several experimen- ety of resources for families, but ability to perform activities of daily tal drugs. Sanders-Brown is one of is best known for its Markesbery living such as dressing, feeding and just 31 centers in the U.S. with a Symposium, which showcases the bathing. special designation that recognizes latest research and information for We don’t know yet what causes its leadership in dementia research, patients, families and caregivers. Alzheimer’s, but we are making treatment and education. This year’s eighth annual sym- progress. We do know that when Research has demonstrated that posium features Dr. Monica Parker a substance called amyloid beta taking good care of your heart is of Emory University, who special- accumulates in the brain, it seems also good for the brain. A healthy izes in healthy brain aging, and Dr. to increase the chances of develop- diet, maintaining good cholesterol Sanjay Asthana of the University ing Alzheimer’s disease, though we levels, controlling diabetes and of Wisconsin, an expert in hor- mones and cognition. The audi- STAY ence will also learn about the latest research at Sanders-Brown and have SHARP the opportunity to ask questions of Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia the experts. For more information about this free event, go to www. • Saturday, October 27; 8:30 a.m.-noon uky.educ, search “Markesberry • Lexington Convention Center Ballroom, 430 W. Vine Street, Lexington Symposium,” and sidebar at left. KL • Free parking and continental breakfast. DONNA WILCOCK is the Sweeney-Nelms The event is free, but registration is required. Call (859) 323-5474 or email Professor in Alzheimer’s Disease Research at [email protected] to register. the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.

46 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 GARDEN GURU ASK THE GARDENER Healthy houseplants Q Why didn’t my calla lilies come back Bring houseplants indoors for winter—not the bugs this year? —Angie Miller

A Calla lilies (Zantedeschia aethi- SHELLY NOLD opica) are considered tropical for Kentucky gardeners. These South Each summer, I take several of my houseplants African natives can be reliably grown outside to grow. This is a common practice, but in hardiness zones 8 and above. Here not essential. Many houseplants, particularly in Kentucky, we are gardening in zones those that thrive in low light, can live indoors 6a, 6b and 7a, but 8 is pushing it for us. quite successfully for their entire life. Some Temperatures dipping below 10 degrees houseplants such as citrus, plumeria, cacti and Fahrenheit will not be tolerated by the succulents, and gardenia benefit greatly from calla lily. growing outside for the summer. That being said, if they are planted in MOST HOUSEPLANTS ARE TOLERANT a protected area and we have a mild OF COOL TEMPERATURES but not cold winter, they may return the follow- temperatures. Bring plants inside when the ing spring, but they are not a reliable night temperatures drop consistently into perennial in Kentucky. We can enjoy the low 50s to high 40s. In Kentucky, this tem- these beautiful plants outdoors perature change usually happens in October, during the growing season and as varying from early October until after houseplants during the winter. Halloween. It is better to bring them in early, if that works better for your schedule, than Or, consider lifting rhizomes in the fall

waiting and risking cold injury if you forget. NOLD SHELLY and storing them indoors in a damp medium such as peat, or immediately BEFORE BRINGING PLANTS INSIDE always inspect for pests and treat if neces- replanting them in containers sary. It is easier to treat the plants while outside. Often just washing the plants off to overwinter near a window. with a steady stream of water is sufficient and will knock off any accidental invad- ers and clean them nicely. Have a plan for where plants will go, and use saucers to prevent water from damaging your floors. ANGIE OAKLEY

IT IS BEST TO KNOW WHAT LIGHT LEVELS your plants prefer and place them in the home accordingly. Houseplants require some natural light to live and grow in the winter months and should always be placed in or near a window. When this is not possible, there are excellent grow lights available to help them survive winter.

THE FICUS ELASTICA, OR INDIAN RUBBERPLANT, pictured, is an excellent houseplant and will thrive when grown indoors over the winter, and then placed outside in a partly shady spot in summer. It is resilient and easy to grow, and tolerates bright, but indirect light indoors. Growing houseplants has always been popular, and the trend is budding because many houseplants also help improve indoor air quality.

Healthy and happy plants will be more efficient at cleaning the air, so care for them EMRPIZE well and they will help care for you.

HAVE A GARDENING QUESTION? SHELLY NOLD is a horticulturist and owner of The Plant Kingdom. Send stories and ideas to her Go to www.KentuckyLiving.com, click on at The Plant Kingdom, 4101 Westport Road, Louisville, KY 40207. Home & Garden, then “Ask the Gardener.”

WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • OCTOBER 2018 47 CHEF’S CHOICE

High-tech chocolate pie Chaney’s Dairy Barn makes the most of all its Jersey milk

SARAH FRITSCHNER

Chaney’s Dairy Barn is a south central Mom’s Chocolate Cream Pie Kentucky tradition, famous to western Custard 3 Kentuckians and known to tourists who ⁄4 C sugar visit from as far away as New Zealand and 5 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1 China. Carl Chaney estimates the barn ⁄3 C all-purpose flour 1 gets 350,000 visitors a year. They come ⁄4 tsp salt 1 C cream for family “moovies” 1 C whole milk on weekend nights 3 egg yolks, beaten during the summer, 1 tsp vanilla extract bring their baseball 1 (9-inch) pie crust, baked team for ice cream or view the cows being Meringue

3 egg whites CELIKEDIS CARL CHANEY CARL milked by robots. 1 ⁄4 tsp cream of tartar Carl and DEBRA CHANEY’s children— 1 tsp vanilla Elizabeth, Jessica and James—helped 1 ⁄3 C sugar SUPER design and build a milk processing room, Mix sugar, cocoa, flour and salt in a SOUFFLÉ the newest addition to the dairy barn. It medium saucepan. Gradually mix in cream enables the dairy to process all of the milk and milk. Cook and stir over medium-high produced by the Jersey herd, rather than heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce Autumn Spice Soufflé sell it to another buyer. They can then sell heat to medium low. Cook and stir 2 Recipe by Sarah Fritschner minutes more. Remove pan from heat. the milk, cream and other dairy products 2 lb sweet potatoes Stir a cup of hot filling into the egg yolks; at their farm store and elsewhere. 2 eggs put egg mixture back into remaining 3 Tbsp brown sugar Before the processing equipment was filling. Return saucepan to heat, and bring 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice 1 purchased, Debra was cautious about to a gentle boil, stirring for 2 minutes. ⁄4 tsp cayenne pepper, optional 1 unpasteurized milk straight from the Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla. ⁄4 tsp salt cow for safety reasons. But she didn’t Pour hot filling into baked crust. mind using it to make her mother’s In a clean bowl, beat egg whites, cream Heat oven to 350°. Prick sweet chocolate pie recipe, which has a cooked of tartar and vanilla until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, and continue to potatoes in several places and bake filling. “I don’t make them often, but 1 beat until stiff and glossy. Spread evenly for 1 ⁄4 hour. When cool enough when I do, I make them with Jersey over hot filling, sealing meringue to crust. to handle, scoop out all the sweet milk,” she says. Jersey milk tastes potato into a bowl, discarding skins. Add remaining ingredients and beat richer than commercial milk. Bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes, until peaks are golden. Serves 8. until smooth. Scoop into an 8x8- And when she does make pie, she inch baking pan and bake at 400° cooks two or three at once. “That gives for 15 minutes. If you make this us the opportunity to eat one quickly SARAH FRITSCHNER, founder of Grow ahead and refrigerate, it will need and then have a spare in the refrigera- Kentucky, works to increase farm-to-table sales 30 minutes in the oven. Serves 8. tor,” she says. throughout the state.

Go to KentuckyLiving.com and click on “Cook” for more recipes and cooking tips.

48 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 GREAT OUTDOORS

Standing on the edge of beauty Experience miles of nature’s wonder DAVE SHUFFETT

dventure, vibrant fall colors and trail passes through beautiful scenery will take your Kingdom Come State breath away if you hike along Park, also in Harlan APine Mountain State Scenic Trail County. Here the hiker in October. can take in fabu- So far, 52 miles of the trail have lous mountain views been completed in three sections on from the park’s eight the crest of Pine Mountain—the Birch overlooks. Knob section, the Highlands sec- The construction tion and the Little Shepherd section. and future comple- As the trail approaches 3,200 feet tion of Pine Mountain in elevation, hikers and backpack- State Scenic Trail is a ers are treated to incredible views of monumental under- the Appalachian Mountains. When taking. Kentucky State finished, the trail will encompass 120 Parks manages the miles from Breaks Interstate Park in trail, but funding, land Pike County south to Cumberland Gap acquisition, preserva- Spectacular fall color awaits along the Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail. National Historic Park in Bell County. tion and maintenance Photo: Brett Bentley The completed stretch passes involve a multitude through some amazing places, such of nonprofit organizations and agen- practically the entire length of the as Letcher County’s Bad Branch Falls, cies—the Kentucky Natural Lands 125-mile Pine Mountain Wild Lands named for the 60-foot waterfall tum- Trust, the Kentucky Land Heritage Corridor. Unbroken forest corridors bling down onto boulders the size of Conservation Board, Breaks Interstate are important for the protection of small houses. Kentucky’s largest old- Park, The Kentucky Department of Fish rare and endangered plant species as growth forest, Harlan County’s Blanton and Wildlife Resources, the Kentucky well as the forest itself. Corridors also Forest, is along the way. Here trees Nature Preserves Commission and the connect tracts of wildlife habitat that soar to 100 feet. Some are so old Daniel Pine Mountain Trail Conference. are critical for the movement of animal Boone may have passed by them. The Granted, that’s a mouthful. The species, including the American black main thing to remember is how lucky bear, deer and migratory birds. we are to have the trail. I’ve walked This October, I plan to revisit INSIDER it, and I’ve stood on the edge of the Pine Mountain Trail and hope- TIPS giant rock outcroppings gazing out fully see some of those animals—and Thus far, three shelters are in wonder upon distant mountains trees so vivid with fall color that I am located on the trail, each fading into hues of blue. This trail overwhelmed. My mind becomes one accommodating multiple back- will make you realize just how tiny with the mountain and all the stress- packers. For more information you are compared with the grandeur ful thoughts of day-to-day living dis- on the Pine Mountain State of nature—and that’s just 52 miles of appear, at least for a while. KL Scenic Trail, go to www.parks. trail. Imagine what it will be like when ky.gov, call (606) 589-2479, or the whole 120 miles are completed. DAVE SHUFFETT is an outdoorsman, email [email protected]. The finished trail will provide a public speaker, television host, writer, and human pathway through author of My Kentucky Life.

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52 KENTUCKY LIVING • OCTOBER 2018 KENTUCKY KIDS Green Team Tip To save energy, turn off devices Dress for when you don’t need them. the weather Tip submitted by Jordyn Cardwell, age 11 During cooler months, remember to dress in clothes that will keep you Got a Green Team Tip? warm and comfortable. Send us your Green Team Tip, and if it gets printed, we’ll send you a surprise gift! Submit your best tip for conserving energy, in 50 words or less, online at KentuckyLiving.com: Magazine/Submissions.

BELIEVE IN Missing vowels A E I O U YOURSELF Each of these Halloween words is missing a letter. Can you fill in the missing vowel? Be proud of what you can do. Even if you don’t 1) TR_AT 4) P_MPKIN do as well as you would like at first, 2) SP_DER 5) C_STUME try to learn from

any mistakes. 3) V_MPIRE O 5: U 4: A 3: I 2: E 1: Answers: • Make a list of the Be seen on Halloween things you do well. If you go trick-or-treating on Halloween, • Practice regularly. make sure you can see where you are • Try your best. walking and can be seen by others. Ask your parents about taking these • Spend time with with you when walking at night: supportive friends. • Flashlights • Glow sticks • Reflective wristbands or tape

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Cracker Barrel napkins Author showcases Appalachian, bluegrass storytelling BYRON CRAWFORD

n southern Madison County, where Appalachia rests its foothills in the rolling meadows of Kentucky’s outer bluegrass, Todd Moberly grew Iup hearing stories among people from both the mountain and bluegrass cultures. His grandfather Louis Potts’ Garage was, by Todd’s definition, “kind of a loafing shed” for farmers and traders in the community of Kingston, and a stopping place for many who traveled the busy north-south U.S. Highway 25 before I-75 was built. Todd’s uncle used to tell him about standing on that very corner and waving at Eleanor Roosevelt when Hoskins. I still remember our brief exchange on the matter as she passed by on her way to an appearance at nearby Berea she sat grading the tests at her big wooden desk. Seated on College, “And she waved back,” he would always say. the front row, I was in her direct line of fire for interrogation. The garage business is long gone, but Moberly, a She peered at me over her chained, horn-rimmed glasses. member of Blue Grass Energy, has never lost his fascina- ‘Clay, you know rainbow has a “w” in it. How on earth tion with the stories and language native to the region. did you miss it?’ After a 33-year career as a history teacher in Madison I said, ‘Miss Maude, nobody in Fordville must know how County, many of those collected memories have helped to spell it.’ shape his book of short stories about the inhabitants of a Her eyebrows knitted. ‘And why is that?’ fictional small community in central Kentucky. ‘Ma’am, Mack Perkins’ screen door says it’s ‘R-A-I-N- The title, Notes on Cracker Barrel Napkins, is borrowed B-O’ and there ain’t no “W” in sight.’” from his favorite local restaurant around whose tables the And from “The Cleansing”: “Doc met us at the door and book’s fictional narrator often shared stories with his family. we were ushered into the living room where J.B. was resting— His children saved notes of the stories on their napkins. something at which he excelled. One of the more memorable Many of the stories involve tales of keepsake relics quotes attributed to him was, ‘When have you ever heard of a and heirlooms with an unusual or mysterious past, man restin’ hisself to death?’” while others draw on a wealth of nearly forgotten folk- It is indeed food for thought in Todd Moberly’s Notes on ways, humor, language and legend. Among the story Cracker Barrel Napkins, ($14.95, published by Old Seventy titles: “Rose Petal Wine,” “In the Shadow of Pigeons,” Creek Press). KL and “The Rainbo School,” a boy’s recollection of Mack Perkins’ country store with its familiar “Rainbo Is Good Bread,” sign on the front door-pull. “In fact, I still have to think about how to spell the old BYRON CRAWFORD is Kentucky’s storyteller—a ad’s first orange-lettered word—that caused me to get it veteran television and newspaper journalist known wrong on a spelling test,” reads an excerpt from the story. for his colorful essays about life in Kentucky. Contact “My third-grade teacher was matronly Miss Maude Ellen Byron at KentuckyLiving.com: About/People.

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*40% national windows discount applies to white double-hung and hopper windows with standard installation. Minimum purchase of 3 windows required. 25% national sunroom and siding discount requires purchase of 200 sq. ft. complete sunroom or 1,200 sq. ft. of siding. Earn up to an additional 10% off (up to $2,000) with participation in the Yes! Program, making your window discount a total of up to 50% off, and sunroom and siding discount up to 35% off. All discounts apply to the MSRP cost. No adjustments can be made on prior sales. Offer subject to change. **Subject to qualifying credit approval. Fixed APR of 6.99% for 60 months. Based on each $1,000 financed, 5 monthly interest-only payments of $5.83 followed by 55 monthly principal and interest payments of $21.30. Financing for GreenSky consumer credit programs is provided by federally insured, federal and state chartered financial institutions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or familial status.† The Champion Limited Lifetime Warranty applies to qualifying Champion products as long as the original purchaser owns the home. Offer expires 10/31/18. ©Champion Opco LLC, 2018

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