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WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • SEPTEMBER 2017 3 SEPTEMBER 2017 VOL 71 • NO 9 KENTUCKY 2017 16 32 To the Rescue DEPARTMENTS KENTUCKY CULTURE 40 UNIQUELY KENTUCKY Volunteers risk their lives daily to keep others 5 YOUR COOPERATIVE 16 COMMUNITY SUP-urb! safe. Read three stories of rescue that just happen to have Blessed in Kentucky 50 WORTH THE TRIP electric co-op connections. 6 KL ON THE WEB Commonwealth Curiosities 7 COMMONWEALTHS 54 EVENTS Love and loss, honoring Quilting in Monticello, the “best In Season our veterans, rocking out little festival in Kentucky,” 22 Fall is prime time to go hunting in Kentucky. for a good cause, calling all larger-than-life pumpkins, quilters, and more celebrating Merle Travis, and Whether deer, rabbits, or even elk, you can find it all in the much more Bluegrass state. ON THE GRID 58 CHEF’S CHOICE 9 CUTTING COSTS Beneficial bone broth 2017 Best in Kentucky Pumping up the savings 59 SMART HEALTH 10 FUTURE OF Speak out on smoking 32 We asked, you voted, and now it’s time ELECTRICITY 60 GREAT OUTDOORS Leaders of tomorrow to announce the best Kentucky has to offer. From Room to roam hamburgers to romantic getaways to recording artists, 12 CO-OPERATIONS 61 GARDEN GURU Co-ops reach out we’ve got dozens of winners, all chosen by you! The versatile coneflower to future members 62 KENTUCKY 13 ENERGY 101 MARKETPLACE All-electric products 64 SNAP SHOT 14 GADGETS & GIZMOS Safety first 65 KENTUCKY KIDS ON THE COVER SUP Kentucky offers a unique way to experience 34A LOCAL ELECTRIC 66 BYRON CRAWFORD’S Cumberland Falls on stand up paddle boards. SUP Kentucky COOPERATIVE NEWS KENTUCKY co-owner Aaron Koch used a drone to catch this beautiful shot From hitchiker to world champ of an excursion. 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Photo: U.S. Government Public We are truly blessed to live in Ask about bundling your print ad with digital Kentucky, with our commonwealth’s destinations to our favorite foods. Be advertising on Kentuckyliving.com talented and generous people, deep inspired by the young people from our and abiding traditions, and always a rural communities who represented us Cynthia Whelan promise and dedication to improving admirably in our nation’s capital. Join Western Kentucky 270-202-3344 the quality of life for our children and me in thanking God for the sacrifice of [email protected] their children. rescuers whose selfless courage is truly I am reminded of that commitment a lifesaving gift. with each visit I make to Kentucky’s We are, indeed, “Blessed in Monica Pickerill electric cooperatives, the locally con- Kentucky.” Lexington & South Central Kentucky trolled and consumer-owned utilities 270-692-6053 that deliver electricity to your homes, [email protected] businesses, farms, and schools.