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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. Find out more about SUP Kentucky on page 40.

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Reach over 477,000 households and he headline is not a typo. The Gladie Cabin, reconstructed from the I know this is the “Best in late 1800s, is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest and part of the Red River 1 MILLION READERS Kentucky” issue of Kentucky Gorge Geological Area, which took first place TLiving, but I can’t help but call it for Hiking Trail in 2017 Best in Kentucky. EVERY MONTH! our “Blessed in Kentucky” issue. 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. As the president of Kentucky Association of Stephanie Dumeyer Electric Cooperatives, which supports Louisville & those cooperatives, I am fortunate to be Eastern Kentucky 502-494-5070 able to travel across Kentucky and wit- [email protected] ness our many blessings. CHRIS PERRY President/CEO Come along with me in this issue of Kentucky Living as we celebrate Kentucky, from our best travel

WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • SEPTEMBER 2017 5 Something for everyone

This issue is jam-packed with hundreds of things to do and see, as we recognize the best in the state. Kentucky Living’s 2017 Best in Kentucky awards (page 32)—our 8th annual reader Check out our mobile-friendly website vote—recognizes 43 categories including Hall of Fame recipients. Congratulations to BEST GETS BETTER all our winners! First responders are some of the best BEST IN KENTUCKY volunteers in the state, and many also Watch State Fair event online happen to be highly-trained electric co-op For the first time, the winners of employees. “To the Rescue,” (page 16), will this year’s Best in Kentucky were give you chills when you read about the announced live at the Kentucky State heroic efforts they take to save lives. Fair. Now, you can watch video from Another group of heroes is our veterans. the event—featuring special guests Make plans to come to the Blue Grass Airport Heather French Henry, Jericho Woods, and more—on our website. Want more in Lexington on Saturday, September 16, information on some of the winners— at 9 p.m., to welcome home a group of 70 like Ferrell’s Hamburgers, pictured Kentucky veterans as they return from their here? You’ll find contact information all-day Honor Flight (page 8). and more photos online. Speaking of best, the fall hunting guide (page 22), outlines the top spots across the RESCUE ROOTS state for deer, turkey, squirrel, and more, HISTORY LESSON while Worth the Trip visits 10 must-see Kentuckian invents lifesaving device curiosities (page 50). Garrett Morgan, born in Bourbon County in 1877, is the inventor behind a gas mask,

So long summer, MARY WATTS known now as the precursor to the self-contained breathing apparatus firefighters hello fall! use today. Visit our website to read about how Morgan risked his own life to prove the device’s worth and rescue workers inside a tunnel.

OUTDOOR LIFE

ANITA TRAVIS RICHTER, EDITOR LEARN TO HUNT Field to fork Tim Wolfe had never been hunt- Contact Us ing but wanted to learn. Wolfe • Questions, comments, letter to the editor attended a Kentucky Department • Subscription of Fish and Wildlife workshop this • Advertising and editorial calendar past spring, learned how to hunt • Submit story ideas safely, and, at the end of turkey • Freelancer inquiries season, took home a 21.5-pound Submit & Share gobbler. Find out more about his www. KentuckyLiving.com experience online. Kentucky Living, P.O. Box 32170, Louisville, KY 40232. Submission should EXPERT KNOWLEDGE include your name, address, phone numbers, e-mail address, and name of HOME & GARDEN electric co-op. Ask the Gardener Join us on Do you want to make your green thumb even greener? Our gardener, Angie Oakley, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest shares lots of advice at KentuckyLiving.com. Visit our website, go to “Home & Garden,” then “Ask the Gardener” to find more than 1,000 tips and answers to your questions. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, submit a question of your own. It may end up in an upcoming edition of the magazine.

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Love and loss

The Kentucky roots of his- Boone’s fictional fiancé, as integrity as a Unfortunately, torical romance author Laura she struggles to come to woman who few women Frantz go back to the 18th terms with his untimely can hold her are given credit century when death while wilderness life own against for their heroic AUTHOR her ances- requires her to move on the best fron- deeds, yet I doubt tors settled in with little time for sym- tiersmen in men could have Madison County. Her latest pathies. At the same time, the face of done what they novel, A Moonbow Night, readers will also cheer her danger. Will did without them.” (Revell, $14.99) takes place in strength, bravery, and she ever Frantz began that time period when learn to scribbling stories at Kentucke, as it was love again? the young age of 7. called then, was still Perhaps Some of her earli- frontier land occupied Sion Morgan, a mysterious est memories involve by Native Americans and Virginia surveyor with his the biography section of the being explored by Daniel own painful past, can break public library. She asserts, Boone and his men. through the fortress around “My passion then and now Though the novel is fic- Tempe’s broken heart. is history and all the won- tion, Frantz built her Frantz describes Tempe as ders of past centuries.” story around a true but a prototype of real historical Franz assures readers, little-known incident, heroines in frontier Kentucky “My characters often endure the death of Boone’s and states, “I had the plea- a bumpy ride, but I always son, James. sure of creating a heroine promise an ending that sat- Readers will mourn who helped play a part in isfies heart and soul.” along with Frantz’s winning the West as much —Penny Woods

Tempe Tucker, James PHOTOGRAPHY JOHNSON N KRISTIN as the frontiersmen did.

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“It all starts with them having you fetch the slippers.”

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Rockin’ for a good cause JOIN THE HONOR FLIGHT Here’s a local event you don’t want to miss— WELCOME HOME IN LEXINGTON the 3rd annual Roktoberfest in downtown Elizabethtown on Saturday, September 9, near the On Saturday, September Brown-Pusey House. Festivities 16, please help us honor COMMUNITY run from 4–10 p.m. 70 Kentucky veterans Rick Walters, Hardin and heroes as they County A.M. Rotary Club past president and return from Washington, event chairman, says, “This is a major fund- D.C., to Lexington during raiser for our organization, with funds raised Honor Flight 2017 being reinvested back into the community for sponsored by Kentucky’s groups such as Feeding America, Mission Hope Touchstone Energy for Kids, and many Cooperatives. other nonprof- This is the seventh its.” The event is year the co-ops have sponsored by the sponsored a one-day trip Elizabethtown for Kentucky veterans to Tourism & visit Arlington National Convention Bureau Cemetery and memori- and Citizens Union als dedicated to their Bank, among others. service during World War Roktoberfest is II, Korea, and Vietnam. September’s cen- Kentucky’s terpiece for the

Touchstone Energy Elizabethtown SCHNEIDER CRAIG Cooperatives invite you Heritage Council’s 2nd Saturday event. There will to join us at 9 p.m. at be food vendors, beer and wine, and great live Blue Grass Airport when music featuring opening act Poor Man’s Grave the veterans will land. followed by the main attraction, The Louisville It will be an unforget- Crashers. Most downtown businesses will stay table evening to cheer open until 8 p.m. for shopping. and thank these heroes Best of all, it’s free except for your food and for their sacrifices and drink purchases! For more information, call service to our nation.

TIM WEBB TIM (270) 765-2175 or go to Facebook: Roktoberfest. Elizabethtown.

Do you have a quilt story? September marks the official beginning of fall, and as the cooler tempera- tures set in, you may find yourself wrapping up in an item that provides both warmth and emotional comfort—a quilt! No matter the size, pattern, or color, a favorite quilt connects to the fabric—pun intended—of our lives. Whether you made it yourself or a loved one stitched together the pieces, your quilt probably has a story behind it. Share that story with us, and you could see it in an upcoming edition. Visit KentuckyLiving.com and click on “Share your quilt story.” Tell us your name, address, phone number, and share your story in 100 words or less. If your submission is selected for print, we’ll send you $50.

Submissions must be received by Friday, September 15. JONES CATHERINE

8 KENTUCKY LIVING • SEPTEMBER 2017 ON THE GRID

Pumping up the savings We’re replacing our furnace soon. Would a heat pump help save us money?—Jonathon

PATRICK KEEGAN and BRAD THIESSEN

ince heating and cooling of heating in Kentucky with a new accounts for nearly half of CUTTING COSTS heat pump is about half the cost of household energy use, it is heating with a typical propane furnace Simportant to evaluate if your savings. If you cool with window units, or an electric furnace. equipment is more than 10 years or have an older central AC, moving to Call your local electric cooperative old or not keeping your house an air-source heat pump could reduce if you’re thinking about switching, comfortable. your summer energy bills. as many co-ops offer incentives and An electric air-source heat pump Opt for an ENERGY STAR heat rebates. can be a good alternative to a furnace pump, which at minimum is rated 15 Heat pumps not only reduce system that runs on propane or fuel SEER and 8.5 HSPF. energy costs, but they can also oil, and to the electric resistance eliminate the risk of carbon heat used in electric furnaces and in The bottom line monoxide poisoning and problems baseboard and wall units. How much a heat pump can reduce that can occur with on-site storage If your old furnace has an air energy costs depends on the size and of propane or heating oil. KL conditioner attached, replacing both efficiency of your home and climate. the heating and cooling system with Online calculators can help you PAT KEEGAN and BRAD THIESSEN write the all-in-one solution of a heat predict energy savings. One entry on energy efficiency for the National Rural pump might produce significant cost with sample data found that the cost Electric Cooperative Association.

HOW AN AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP WORKS In the winter, the heat pump moves heat from outside through refrigerant lines into the home. In the summer, the system’s direction reverses and heat moves from inside the home to the exterior.

SUMMER WINTER

WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • SEPTEMBER 2017 9 THE FUTURE OF ELECTRICITY

Leaders of tomorrow Washington Youth Tour empowers youth to be politically engaged

JOE ARNOLD

ach month in this space, Kentucky Living looks at a wide variety of developments in the Eenergy world, all under the umbrella of The Future of Electricity. It’s a way to keep the members of Kentucky’s consumer- owned electric cooperatives well informed on the issues, technolo- “This trip has helped guide my decision to pursue political journalism, a passion of mine which grew much stronger after my week in D.C.”— Annah Valenta, Blue Grass Energy Cooperative

gies, people, and pressures that affect the delivery of electricity in your community. This month’s Future of Electricity highlights a hope- ful future for Kentucky’s electric monuments and historic sites and Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, as well as other Kentucky congressional del- cooperatives: the student lead- met with Kentucky’s congressional egates, meets with the Kentucky students ers chosen and sponsored by their delegation. on the 2017 Washington Youth Tour in D.C. local co-ops as delegates on the The NRECA Youth Day reminded in June. Photo: Joe Arnold Washington Youth Tour. In June, a record crowd of nearly 1,800 stu- 83 Kentucky students traveled dents from across the nation of the Cooperative, McKee, was selected as by bus to the nation’s capital to spirit of electric cooperatives’ com- the Youth Leadership Council rep- gain a personal understanding of mitment to community and the resentative, a year-long appoint- American history and their role as important role of being politically ment where she will represent citizens and members of electric aware and politically active. Kentucky electric cooperatives on cooperatives. The students toured Allison Wade of Jackson Energy the national and state level.

10 KENTUCKY LIVING • SEPTEMBER 2017 Washington Youth Tour students, from left, Tonyalee Martin, Clark Energy, Alexis Koteras, Blue Grass Energy, Mathew Munsterman, Shelby Energy, and Annah Valenta, Blue Grass Energy, with the U.S. Capitol in the background. Photo: Joe Arnold

Meeting in 1957. The senator and future president declared, “If one thing comes out National Rural of this meeting, it will be sending Electric Cooperative youngsters to the national capital Association, told the where they can actually see what students. “It’s up the flag stands for and represents.” to all of us to sup- KAEC has been coordinating port it, nurture it, the tour for Kentucky co-ops since hold it accountable, 1972, when 18 students and four and make it work. chaperones made the trip. That’s the approach The 2017 tour was led by of NRECA and that’s KAEC’s Mary Beth Dennis and 13 the approach you will chaperones. help us pursue.” Dennis It’s a lesson the Cannon, now students took to heart. president and “As I was sur- CEO of Jackson rounded by incredible Purchase Energy, people, monuments, led the tour for 19 history, politi- years, from 1995 cians, and current to 2014, intro- events, Washington YOUTH ducing more than D.C. captured my 1,200 high school heart,” says Annah TOUR students to the Valenta of Blue Grass KY 2017 nation’s capital. “Throughout the Youth Tour, Energy Cooperative. “This trip has “We know I made memories and friendships helped guide my decision to pursue that it changes lives,” Cannon says. that I will carry with me for the political journalism, a passion of Among Kentucky’s WYT alumni rest of my life,” Wade says. “And mine which grew much stronger are business leaders, elected offi- I am beyond grateful to share this after my week in D.C. And it’s all cials, journalists, and many engaged experience with other cooperatives thanks to Blue Grass Energy and co-op members and citizens. across Kentucky.” Kentucky Association of Electric “It inspires young people to look “You bring a voice that wants to Cooperatives.” higher and to reach further,” Cannon engage with people and talk about Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson says. “It motivates them to get your community and what matters inspired the Youth Tour when involved and to make a difference in to you,” Jim Matheson, president of he addressed the NRECA Annual the world.” KL

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Co-ops reach out to ELIZABETHTOWN future members BOWLING GREEN DEBRA GIBSON ISAACS

Baskets of prizes ELIZABETHTOWN Back in 1995, Nolin RECC partici- pated in the inaugural Children’s Fair in Elizabethtown. Twenty-two years later, the co-op is still involved. Free to children 12 and under, the annual June event draws about 800 children. Kids can enjoy food, fun, and entertainment provided by an array of community organizations. Each year, Nolin RECC sponsors a booth, which includes a minia-

ture basketball hoop. Kids can shoot North Butler Elementary third-grader hoops for a prize, but there is a twist Abbie Smith’s winning artwork will be featured on Warren RECC’s cookbook cover. to this game: Everyone wins. Photo: Warren RECC Patsy Whitehead, Nolin’s communications manager, starts gath- draw something to illustrate it. ering the prizes about two months The cooperative also has a before the event. “The children love “design a cover” contest for fifth- to to pick out their special prize,” says 12th-graders who vie to have their Whitehead, “and we love to see artistic creation featured on the them have fun.” cover of the cooperative’s annual cookbook. The art of electricity In addition, teachers can apply BOWLING GREEN for an energy efficiency grant that Water and electricity don’t mix. Warren RECC offers. Just ask Abbie Smith, a third- “Although children aren’t grader at North Butler Elementary involved in the grant process, they in Morgantown. Her drawing about benefit from it,” says Jenny Rich, water and electricity is the 2017 community outreach coordinator winner of the Kids’ Art Contest for Warren RECC. “A lot of teach- Andrea and Travis Pelley give 3-year-old sponsored by Warren RECC. ers use the grant to purchase energy daughter Tenley some basketball pointers at the Nolin RECC booth during the 22nd Now in its third year, the con- efficiency books, do projects about annual Children’s Fair in Elizabethtown in test gives children an opportunity to renewable products, or sponsor a June. Photo: Patsy Whitehead come up with a safety tip and then local science personality.” KL

12 KENTUCKY LIVING • SEPTEMBER 2017 ENERGY 101

The benefits of all-electric products Beneficial electrification is a departure generation, and thermal and battery efficient than today’s electric resistance from the conventional wisdom, which held storage programs. The same cannot be said stoves. The price has fallen from hundreds that appliances fueled on-site, like natural of appliances that require fossil fuel on-site,” of dollars to well under $100 for a single unit. gas water heaters, were more efficient says Keith Dennis, NRECA senior principal As batteries in small motors, like and easier on the of end-use solutions and standards. those in your lawnmower or leaf blower, ENERGY environment. Four changes you’ll see over the next continue to fall in price, consumers can BASICS Electric appli- five to 10 years are to your water heater, expect to see cordless models dominate. ances become stove tops, lawnmowers, and vehicles. Lastly, electric vehicles are widely “greener” and quieter as they become more Hybrid heat pump water heaters are praised for being safer, easier to maintain, efficient due to technological improvements far more efficient than standard electric and performing better on the road with and increased government standards, and water heaters and still offer the benefits more acceleration and torque. The price gas appliances aren’t keeping up. of an electric-only system, such as quiet will fall as more companies enter the “Over their life, electric products can operation and greater durability. market and battery technology improves. support the integration of renewable New electric induction stovetops heat —National Rural Electric energy generators, on-site renewable faster than gas stoves and are more Cooperative Association

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nOpposite, actual rescue operations by the Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team: top, rescuing visitors at Auxier Ridge in the Red River Gorge; bottom, at Natural Bridge State Resort Park. Photos: Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team

WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • SEPTEMBER 2017 17 state’s 18,000-plus firefighters are volun- About 18 years ago, Fletcher arrived on teers. Outside of cities, relatively few local the scene of a highway accident—inside governments have the resources to support a the mangled car, a man, woman, and child paid, round-the-clock fire department. And were all seriously injured. Fletcher helped cut fire departments respond to emergencies that open the car, and then he and other rescuers include floods, car wrecks, and, in at least formed a human chain to carry the battered, one case, an injured man stuck high in a tree. bloodied, and unconscious passengers up the embankment to safety. Fletcher found the Life and limb woman’s purse and checked for ID so they Billy Womble heard this particular call on the could contact her family. When he saw the fire department scanner on Memorial Day last driver’s license, “I went into panic mode,” year. Womble has 15 years’ experience with he says. He had just helped rescue his own the volunteer fire department in Melber on sister. “I’d looked her in the face and had no the Graves-McCracken county line. When he idea it was her.” reached the scene, he saw that a tree cutter had been injured while chainsawing the upper branches of a tree. The man, Womble ONLINE says, looked to be unconscious and was deli- cately balanced on a broken branch “maybe 40 feet in the air.” Kentucky rescue pioneer A lineman with Jackson Purchase Energy Read the heroic tale of the Kentuckian Cooperative in Paducah, Womble shinnied whose 1914 invention is traced to modern up and fastened the man and himself to the safety gear that firefighters wear today. tree, while another first responder, Danny Also, find another rescue story online. Thurston, who had arrived at the same time, called for additional help. “I’m talking to him, trying to get a Fletcher’s sister, brother-in-law, and response,” Womble says. “He just kept nephew all made a full recovery. “We’re a close saying, ‘I need a cigarette. I need a ciga- family and it just made us closer,” he says. rette.’” Womble couldn’t oblige, but held The painful incident didn’t complicate the man securely in place until paramed- Fletcher’s feelings about answering another ics arrived with ladders long enough to reach of the 70 or so emergency calls he responds to them. Womble since has had no contact with every year. “The more I do it, the more I feel I the man he rushed up a tree to help. In fact, was put on this earth to do this,” he says. he says, “His back was to me the whole time. I never really saw his face.”

Too close to home Ricky Fletcher is a lineman with South Kentucky RECC who’s spent 25 years as a volunteer firefighter in Burkesville. He prides himself on being able to stay focused in any circumstance. “I block my emotions out and do the job at hand. Some guys, if there’s a bad wreck, if there’s kids involved, they can’t do it.”

SVETLANAGRYANKINA nBilly Womble, a lineman with Jackson Purchase Energy, climbed a tree to rescue an injured tree cutter by fastening himself and the man to the tree until paramedics arrived. Photo: www.bradrankin.com

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Rescue reunion Tim Carter still walks with a limp. He knows it’s a small price to pay for the 170-foot fall that should have killed him. From his nSouth Kentucky RECC lineman Ricky Fletcher and home in Florida, he says his survival mystifies his sister, Carrie Harris, are closer than ever today, him as much as anyone and he finds himself over 18 years after he pulled her from a car accident searching for meaning. “Is it just good, dumb and saved her without realizing who she was. Photo: luck?” he asks. Brett Gibson In 2013, Carter and his mother returned to Kentucky so he could finally meet and where Carter had fallen three years earlier. In thank the members of the Wolfe County one picture, the two are standing inches from Search and Rescue Team. “It was like meet- the edge and May holds Carter by the arm to ing a celebrity,” Carter, now 27, says. “Like, keep him from getting too close. ‘Oh, my God, it’s you.’” “Thanks,” Carter said, “wouldn’t want May, one of his rescuers, says it’s rare and you to have to come get me again.” gratifying when someone comes back to say “If you needed me to,” May said, “I thank you. He also believes Carter is alive for would.” KL

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WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • SEPTEMBER 2017 23 1990s. Quail populations continue Kenlake state resort parks; and The lay of the land to respond to habitat improvement Kincaid Lake State Park. Quota The Kentucky Department of Fish efforts, and a coordinated push is hunts are managed hunts in which and Wildlife Resources divides the now underway to restore populations a set number of hunters are chosen state into five wildlife regions—from of ruffed grouse in eastern Kentucky. to participate. Also new for this the wetlands and wide-open spaces “I’ve traveled the world hunt- season are open deer hunts at Blue in the Purchase Region of west ing,” says Patrick Hayden, owner Licks Battlefield and Carter Caves Kentucky to the rugged of Kentucky Gun Company in state resort parks; and John James terrain of the mountain- Bardstown. “Kentucky does have Audubon and My Old ous Southeast Region. a wide diversity of options for the Kentucky Home Like the state’s sportsmen and women to go out state parks. distinct geo- there and pursue. We are really lucky The appli- graphic regions, that our state’s Fish and Wildlife cation period each offers hunters LD IE EF has introduced new programs, such for deer, small AC a different look and feel. E L as the elk. They’ve started to bring game, and migra- JO Hunters without access to back some of the quail. The turkey tory bird quota hunts runs private land have good options. program was new to them, I think, from September 1-30. The department alone owns, 20 or 30 years ago. We barely had Hunters may apply online leases, or manages more than 80 any turkeys in the state of Kentucky at www.fw.ky.gov or by calling (877) areas for public hunting. That’s not and now it’s one of the most popu- 598-2401. It costs $3 to apply for a counting the sprawling Daniel Boone lar hunting seasons that we have … quota hunt. For elk quota hunts, the We’re pretty doggone blessed to have application period runs from January nPrevious page: The end of a great day of what we do.” 1-April 30. Each application for the hunting. Spring or fall, Kentuckians love to elk quota hunt is $10. get out and hunt turkey. Photo: Tom Clay Quota hunts The Kentucky Hunting and Trapping nBelow left, bobwhite quail are undergoing New for the 2017-18 hunting season Guide, available online at fw.ky.gov an extensive restoration effort in Kentucky. Right, Kentucky fall squirrel season are seven new deer quota hunt and wherever licenses and permits continues through February except for choices at four state parks: Dale are sold, provides information about two days in November. Photos: Kentucky Hollow Lake, Greenbo Lake, and these hunts. Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

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Season details The first fall hunting season opened in August. Squirrel hunting is steeped in tradition and a great entry point for new hunters. Likewise, so is dove season, which opens statewide in early September, right around the FIELD TO FORK time the archery deer season kicks off across the state. Consumers increasingly want to know them what to do after the harvest, from Among squirrels, doves, deer, and how their food was raised, what’s in it, field dressing to how you cook it. How everything in between, Kentucky and where it came from. Hunting takes you prepare the meat is a key factor to offers hunters a wealth of opportuni- the guesswork out of the process. But Field to Fork.” ties in the fall. what if you have never hunted before? Program administrators are plan- Be sure to check out the appro- It’s difficult to know where to start and ning day-long workshops this year priate hunting guide produced by what to do. in northern Kentucky, Louisville, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife The Kentucky Department of Fish Paducah. Each event culminates with a Resources before you go. The hunt- and Wildlife Resources offers a program mentored hunt. Information about this ing guide for dove, early waterfowl, called Field to Fork to introduce new- year’s workshops, including cost, will be woodcock, snipe, and crow typically comers to the sport by providing them posted on the Kentucky Department of publishes in August. The waterfowl instruction and first-hand experience. Fish and Wildlife Resource’s website at guide covering November–March hits “Field to Fork teaches people who www.fw.ky.gov. the streets in October. KL have no background in hunting about Tim Wolfe of Beattyville attended a featured game, hunting equipment, Field to Fork turkey workshop this past scouting, and regulations,” says Becky spring in Georgetown. Learn about his KEVIN KELLY is a writer for the Kentucky Wallen, coordinator of the agency’s experience and get more details about Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Hunter’s Legacy program. “We also teach the program at KentuckyLiving.com. He also edits the department’s major hunting guides.

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WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • SEPTEMBER• SEPTEMBER 2017 2017 33 DESTINATION TOURIST ATTRACTION WINNER Mammoth Cave National Park – Mammoth Cave Visitors come for its caves, trails, rivers, camping, or just a pleasant drive through dense hardwood forests. Every visit, cave tour, and experience is a different adventure.

SECOND PLACE Cumberland Falls State Resort Park – Corbin THIRD PLACE Wayne County Museum – Monticello n The Anderson family, Chicago, camps at Mammoth Cave National Park. Photo: National Park Service

FAMILY GETAWAY SECOND PLACE Cabernet Sauvignon to gourmet sweet WINNER Red River Gorge Geological Area wines, specializing in fruit wines Mammoth Cave National Park – – Stanton made from blackberries, strawberries, Mammoth Cave THIRD PLACE peaches, apples, and many more. Louisville Remember when? Parents and grand- SECOND PLACE parents do—and many return to Talon Winery & Vineyards – Mammoth Cave with the next genera- DISTILLERY TOUR Lexington and Shelbyville tion in tow. It is a timeless place that WINNER THIRD PLACE – TIE fascinates all ages. Maker’s Mark Distillery – Loretto Elk Creek Vineyards – Owenton SECOND PLACE The only operating distillery designated Farmer & Frenchman Winery – Lake Cumberland – Somerset- a National Historic Landmark, Maker’s Henderson Pulaski County, Russell County, Mark—one of Kentucky’s most popular Burnside, Monticello-Wayne tourist destinations—perfectly reflects County, and Albany-Clinton the unique character of the whisky AGRITOURISM County carefully created here. WINNER THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE Whispering Woods Riding Stables Kentucky Lake –Marshall County, Buffalo Trace Distillery – – Georgetown Calloway County Frankfort No ring rides here. Located on 250 THIRD PLACE wooded acres, Whispering Woods is the ROMANTIC GETAWAY Woodford Reserve Distillery – place to feel like a real cowboy or cow- WINNER Versailles girl and experience Kentucky’s beauty Cumberland Falls State Resort in the most natural way—by horseback. Park – Corbin WINERY SECOND PLACE Known as the “Niagara of the South,” WINNER Chaney’s Dairy Barn & the 125-foot wide curtain of water is dra- Purple Toad Winery – Paducah Restaurant – Bowling Green matic day or night. But it’s only at night Kentucky’s largest and most award- THIRD PLACE during a full moon that you can see the winning winery produces sweet and Kentucky Horse Park – phenomenon known as a moonbow. dry wines, from Bourbon Barrel Aged Lexington

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RABBIT HASH FALMOUTH Commonwealth Curiosities SLADE CAVE CITY CALVERT Specialist in Kentucky’s oddities chooses his favorites CITY MEGHAN CAIN-DAVIS

ttractions pepper Kentucky’s Dinosaur World Kentucky roadways waiting for curious WORTH THE TRIP Middleton’s journey of creat- Kentuckians to explore. ing Commonwealth Curiosities began A One curious Kentuckian, what they are doing and when people in a prehistoric location. On a trip Steven Middleton, a documentar- can share in their passion.” to Mammoth Cave National Park, ian and instructor of convergent His fascination with roadside Middleton saw dinosaurs looming media at Morehead State University, attractions started at a young age. among the trees off Interstate 65 in has already mapped out 16 of the Middleton recalls taking family vaca- Cave City. He tracked those crea- best roadside attractions the state tions to an airplane graveyard in tures all the way to the entrance of has to offer in his documentaries, Arizona, an alligator attraction in the Dinosaur World. Commonwealth Curiosities: An Ode to middle of the desert, and the largest What he found was a large park Kentucky’s Unique Attractions, Volume I rose bush in the world. full of life-sized dinosaur models. and Volume II. For those who don’t have time to “It (Dinosaur World) was really “All the roadside attractions in visit all 16 roadside attractions fea- neat, and so much fun for everyone,” Kentucky are operated by natural sto- tured in his documentaries, here’s Middleton says. rytellers,” he says. “They are excited a reduced, must-see list curated by As he walked among a to talk to people who visit. They love Middleton himself. Tyrannosaurus rex, woolly mam- moths, and about 150 other crea- tures (an hour-long walk, Middleton says), he brainstormed other roadside attractions in Kentucky and decided to document them.

Kentucky Reptile Zoo Along the way to Natural Bridge State Resort Park, down a little road in Slade, are 14 unassuming buildings in various sizes, says Middleton, but inside lives the world’s largest collection of venomous snakes. The Kentucky Reptile Zoo, served Commonwealth Curiosities by Clark Energy cooperative, was creator Steven Middleton visits with then-Rabbit established in 1990. Snake-lovers can Hash Mayor Lucy Lou (on see an “amazing collection of venom- leash) during the making ous and exotic snakes,” such as black of the documentary. mambas, rattlesnakes, vipers, and Photo: Steven Middleton cobras, Middleton says.

50 KENTUCKY LIVING • SEPTEMBER 2017 Dinosaur World 711 Mammoth Cave Road, Cave City (270) 773-4345 www.dinosaurworld.com/kentucky Kentucky Reptile Zoo 200 L&E Railroad Place, Slade (606) 663-9160 www.kyreptilezoo.org Rabbit Hash 10021 Lower River Road, Rabbit Hash (859) 586-7744 www.rabbithash.com Punkyville 1606 U.S. 27 South, Falmouth (859) 654-3046 Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland 9351 U.S. 68 W., near Paducah (270) 366-2301 www.applevalleyhillbilly gardenandtoyland.com Woolridge Monument 611 N. 5th St., Mayfield (monument is in the Maplewood Cemetery) (270) 247-6106 Vent Haven Museum Seasonal, open May 1–September 30 by appointment only 33 West Maple Ave., Fort Mitchell (859) 341-0461 http://venthaven.org The Great American Dollhouse Museum 344 Swope Drive, Danville Venom extraction is a key compo- These Stegosauruses are along the Dinosaur World (859) 236-1883 www.thedollhousemuseum.com nent of Kentucky Reptile Zoo’s work. walk in Cave City. Photo: Dinosaur World Most days at the 1 p.m. extraction, the The World’s Tallest Three- Story Building public can even watch, but it’s best to Rabbit Hash The Shinner Building call, email, or check Facebook first to On the banks of the Ohio River in 731 Main St. (corner of 8th and Main), Paris verify there will be an extraction on a Boone County is the small commu- given day. The extracted venom is used nity of Rabbit Hash, served by Owen Jefferson Davis Monument 258 Pembroke-Fairview Road, U.S. for biomedical research and occasion- Electric Cooperative, where visitors 68/80, Fairview ally to supply venom for anti-venom are transported to the less fast-paced (270) 889-6100 production where there is a shortage. days of the past.

Roadside attractions: a slice of Americana

Roadside attractions are a major part of the American fabric, says Morehead State University instructor and filmmaker Steven Middleton. They began booming in the 1920s with the growth of the American highway system. “Americans loved the freedom of the open road. It’s a microcosm of what it means to be American—the freedom to just go,” Middleton says. “Roadside attractions give people a peek into history.”

TERRIE MARKESBERY Middleton sees signs that the future for the remaining roadside attractions in Kentucky will be better than the last 15 years. “Young people seem to be taking the scenic route these days,” he says.

WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • SEPTEMBER 2017 51 “Rabbit Hash is a road-trip desti- an Ale-8-One, says Middleton. Guests Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland, Calvert City. Photo: Steven Middleton nation,” says Middleton. “It’s a pic- may even have the chance to meet turesque, Southern town.” Brynneth Pawltro (aka “Brynn”), the Jim Harrison, director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo in Slade, extracts venom from The Rabbit Hash General Store is community’s newly elected canine an eastern diamondback. Photo: Steven its pulse. The store burned down in mayor. Middleton 2016 but has been historically restored and reopened. Visitors are encour- Punkyville says Middleton. Now, Punkyville is aged to take a break, sit on the front Punkyville is the passion project of equipped with a Wild West-themed porch, chat with some locals, and sip one man, Charles “Punky” Beckett, a saloon, bank, post office, livery stable, member of Blue Grass Energy. caboose, jail, dentist office, general “Boy, was it (Punkyville) an store, and gas station. interesting place,” says Middleton “You have to see the hard work of the site off small country roads in this man has put into building this Falmouth. town of old,” Middleton says. Punkyville started with a miniature garage Beckett built for the Apple Valley Hillbilly vintage signs he had been collect- Garden and Toyland ing. When one building was com- Travel down the Trail of Bad Puns, plete, he’d start another one until explore a lawn mower ranch, and see he’d amassed an entire mini-town, a huge collection of vintage toys.

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A rockin’ battle Morehead State University instructor Steven Middleton’s life mission is to tell Kentucky’s fascinating stories that involve subjects other than the ubiqui- tous horses, bourbon, coal, and bluegrass music. “I like to make films about topics most people wouldn’t think about—those stories happening in your own backyard or hometown,” Middleton says. His newest documentary, Between The Rock and The Commonwealth, unearths a battle between Kentucky and Ohio over Indian Head Rock. Eventually, Kentucky gained ownership and the story faded until Middleton decided to revive the tale. The documentary, which aired on KET in July, is available to watch online. Find it at KentuckyLiving.com. Check box 12 on the Reader Reply form on page 49 form Reply 12 on the Reader Check box

52 KENTUCKY LIVING • SEPTEMBER 2017 Punkyville, built by Charles “Punky” Holt inherited this land in Calvert City toy collection in the Toyland. Beckett, has a general store, bank, and from his family, who once ran it as “This is most like the roadside more. Photo: Steven Middleton Apple Valley. attractions from my childhood,” says “He wanted to create an inter- Middleton. KL Apply Valley Hillbilly Garden and esting, eye-catching place,” says Toyland is curated by Keith Holt, Middleton. MEGHAN CAIN-DAVIS is a freelance writer, a “friendly, humble” man who is Visitors receive a brochure of blogger, and nonprofit consultant for Exact excited for people to come visit the the property to see Holt’s folk art Change Strategies who helps organizations world he created, says Middleton. throughout Hillbilly Garden and his tell their stories.

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WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • SEPTEMBER 2017 53 EVENT CALENDAR u SHOW PIECES The Quilt Show of the Little Mountains is big on quilts—as many as 100 in nine categories for the September 1-2 show at the Aspire Center in Monticello, sponsored by the Contented Heart Quilt Guild. Enter the raffle for a quilt. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission $5 per person, free under 5. For more information, call (606) 278-0643. LEEKRIS

t BEST FEST Billed as “The best little festival in Kentucky,” Lawrence County Septemberfest, September 8-9 in downtown Louisa, features more than 100 food vendors, a midway, crafts, fishing tournament, 5K race, car show, pageants, live music at two venues, and more. Hours are 8 a.m.-11:30 p.m. each day; the big parade on Saturday starts at 11 a.m. Free admission. For details, visit www.septemberfestlouisa.com.

u PUMPKIN PIZZAZZ Pumpkins so large they have to be unloaded with a backhoe? See them at the Great Pumpkin Pursuit on September 16 at the Roberts Family Farm in Meade County. Cash prizes for top 10 pumpkins and water- melons, plus food vendors, and more. Activities are free. Gates open to public at 10 a.m.; weigh-off starts at noon. For details, go online to www.visitmeadecounty.org or call (270) 422-3626.

t THUMBPICKING CENTENNIAL In honor of what would have been Merle Travis’ 100th birthday, this year’s Home of the Legends Thumbpicking Weekend will revolve around Muhlenberg County’s native son. The September 22-24 event is based at the Merle Travis Music Center and adjacent Paradise Park in Powderly. National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame induction Friday night; thumbpicking competitions Saturday. Free admission Sunday for open mike jam session, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Call (270) 977-0409 or go to www.ntphf.com. BLUEGRASS SUN SEP 10 LexBrunch Concert Series SAT SEP 16 Jazz & Art Festival (859) 230-5365, also the 24th, The Burl, (859) 734-3314, through the 17th, Fort Lexington. Harrod, Harrodsburg.

TUE SEP 12 Tea Tuesday (859) 272-3611, SUN SEP 17 Horses and Hope Trail Ride Waveland Museum, Lexington. (877) 326-1134. Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington. FRI SEP 1 Kentucky Classique Horse WED SEP 13 Jefferson Street Soiree Trials (859) 621-2479, Through the 3rd. (859) 244-7738, Lexington. MON SEP 18 Elmwood Stock Farm Fall Evening Tour (859) 621-0755. Georgetown. Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington. THU SEP 14 KMSHA/SMHA International SAT SEP 2 Blood Drive (859) 527-3454, Grand Championship (859) 699-3000, WED SEP 20 Kentucky National Hunter/ Fort Boonesborough State Park, Richmond. through the 16th, Kentucky Horse Park, Jumper Show. (615) 838-7560, through the Lexington. 24th, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington. THU SEP 7 RMHA International Horse Show (859) 243-0260, through the 9th, FRI SEP 15 Spoonbread Festival (859) SAT SEP 23 The 1778 Siege of Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington. 986-9760, through the 17th, Berea. Boonesborough (859) 527-3131, through the 24th, Fort Boonesborough State Park, THU SEP 7 Party on the Square (502) FRI SEP 15 Ruritan Country Days Richmond. 863-2547, Georgetown. Festival (859) 613-2333, through the 16th, Salvisa. TUE SEP 26 Evening Tea Tuesday FRI SEP 8 Festival of the Horse (502) (859) 272-3611, Waveland State Historic 863-2547, through the 10th, Georgetown. FRI SEP 15 Autumn Weekend (859) 527- Site, Lexington. 3454, through the 17th, Fort Boonesborough, FRI SEP 8 Evenings at White Hall (859) Richmond. FRI SEP 29 Jump Start Horse Trials 623-9178, White Hall State Historic Site, (859) 244-3411, through Oct. 1st, Kentucky Richmond. FRI SEP 15 Women Writers Conference Horse Park, Lexington. (859) 257-2874, through the 16th, Carnegie FRI SEP 8 MSEDA Dressage in the Park Center, Lexington. FRI SEP 29 Scarefest (859) 576-5517, (859) 221-3462, through the 10th, Kentucky through Oct. 1st, Lexington Center/Rupp Horse Park, Lexington. FRI SEP 15 Larry Sanders and Arena, Lexington. Borderline Band (859) 613-4052, also the FRI SEP 8 Fall Camper’s Yard Sale (859) 22nd, 29th, Burgin Barn, Harrodsburg. SAT SEP 30 “Touched by the Fire” 527-3454, through the 9th, Fort Blacksmith’s Weekend (859) 527-3131, Boonesborough State Park, Richmond. SAT SEP 16 Oxford Antique Market (502) through Oct. 1st, Fort Boonesborough State 370-7268, Georgetown. Park, Richmond. SAT SEP 9 Waveland Art Fair (859) 272-3611, through the 10th, Waveland State SAT SEP 16 Hearth Cooking Demonstra- SAT SEP 30 Saturday in Carlisle tion (859) 623-9178, White Hall, Richmond. Historic Site, Lexington.NORTH KY Festival (859) 289-7120, Carlisle.

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SAT SEP 9 The Narrows Fall Encamp- FRI SEP 22 Morgan County Sorghum ment & Battle (606) 337-3066, Pine Moun- Festival (606) 743-3330, thru the 24th, tain State Resort Park, Pineville. West Liberty. FRI SEP 1 Labor Day Celebration (606) 330-2130, through the 4th, Levi SAT SEP 9 Colonel Bill Williams Music SAT SEP 23 Levisa Fork Paddle Fest Jackson State Park, London. Festival (606) 473-7324, Greenbo Lake (606) 297-1469, Paintsville. State Resort Park, Greenup. SAT SEP 2 Honoring our Veterans Pow SAT SEP 23 Crafters in the Park Wow (606) 526-5635, through the 3rd, THU SEP 14 Appalachian Craft Days (606) 673-1492, Yatesville Lake State Park, Corbin. (606) 297-1850, through the 15th, Mountain Louisa. HomePlace, Staffordsville. WED SEP 6 Fraley Festival of Traditional SAT SEP 23 Campout at the Fire Tower Music (800) 325-0059, through the 9th, THU SEP 14 Black Gold Festival (606) (606) 528-4121, through the 24th, Carter Caves State Resort Park, Olive Hill. 487-1580, through the 16th, Hazard. Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, Corbin. FRI SEP 8 Camper Trade Days (606) 473- THU SEP 21 World Chicken Festival (606) SAT SEP 23 Taps & Caps Beer Fest 7324, through the 10th, Greenbo Lake State 878-6900, through the 24th, London. (606) 444-5500, Eastern Kentucky Expo Center, Pikeville. Resort Park, Greenup. FRI SEP 22 Hatfield-McCoy Heritage FRI SEP 8 Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Days (606) 432-5063, through the 24th, SAT SEP 30 Natural Bridge Trail Trek Festival (606) 784-2277, through the 16th, Pikeville. Series (606) 663-2214, Slade. Morehead.

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NORTH CENTRAL SAT SEP 9 Henry Co. Arts & Crafts Guild FRI SEP 22 Pig Out (606) 564-4869, Art Show (502) 845-2858, Henry County through the 23rd, Maysville. Fairgrounds, New Castle. FRI SEP 22 Marion County Country Ham SAT SEP 9 Rolling Fork Iron Horse Days (270) 692-9594, through the 24th, Festival (502) 549-3117, New Haven. Lebanon. FRI SEP 1 A House Divided (502) 348- MON SEP 11 Kentucky Bourbon Festival SAT SEP 23 A Toast to Kentucky 3502, through the 30th, My Old Kentucky (502) 348-3623, through the 17th, Premier Wine Festival (270) 765-2175, Home, Bardstown. Bardstown. Freeman Lake Park, Elizabethtown. SAT SEP 2 Dine by Rail (800) 272-0152, SAT SEP 16 Simon Kenton Festival SAT SEP 23 The Great Pumpkin Patch Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven. (606) 563-2596, through the 17th, Express (800) 272-0152, through the 24th, Maysville. Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven. THU SEP 7 Tavern in the Garden (270) SAT SEP 16 Train Robbery (800) 272- FRI SEP 29 Springfield-Washington Co. 765-2175, also the 14th,NORTH KY 21st, 28th, Brown-Pusey House, Elizabethtown. 0152, also the 17th, Kentucky Railway Sorghum Festival (859) 336-5412 x 5, BLUE GRASS NORTH Museum, New Haven. through Oct. 1, Springfield. THU SEP 7 CENTRALHistoric CostumedEASTERN Walking WESTERN THU SEP 21 Central States Association FRI SEP 29 Heartland of Kentucky Quilt Tour (270) 982-2209,SOUTH CENTRAL also the 14th, 21st, 28th, Elizabethtown. Fly-In (270) 257-2311, through the 24th, Show (270) 766-9732, through the 30th, Rough River Dam SRP, Falls of Rough. Elizabethtown. FRI SEP 8 2nd Friday Bluegrass Jam (270) 257-2311, Rough River Dam State THU SEP 21 Bluegrass Festival (270) SAT SEP 30 HoneyFest (270) 242-7528, Resort Park, Falls of Rough. 877-5636, through the 23rd, Vine Grove. Clarkson.

NORTHERN FRI SEP 8 MainStrasse Village SAT SEP 16 EweNique Art Walk Oktoberfest (859) 491-0458, through the (859) 394-3360, Falmouth. 10th, Covington.NORTH KY TUE SEP 19 Kentucky Gathers Dulcimer BLUE GRASS FRI SEP NORTH15 Bands & BBQ at the Point CENTRAL EASTERN Group (502) 732-4384, General Butler (502)WESTERN 732-7036, through the 16th, Point State Resort Park, Carrollton. Park, Carrollton.SOUTH CENTRAL THU SEP 7 “The Moving Wall” THU SEP 28 Carroll County Tobacco Vietnam Veterans Memorial (502) 732- SAT SEP 16 Sweet Owen Day (502) 514- Festival (502) 525-0502, through the 4384, through the 11th, General Butler 8563, Owenton. 30th, Carrollton. State Resort Park, Carrollton.

WESTERN FRI SEP 8 Antique Tractor & Small SAT SEP 16 Independence (Bank) Day at Engine Show (270) 348-5883, through the the Garden (270) 852-8925, Western 9th, Cherokee Park, Hopkinsville. Kentucky Botanical Garden, Owensboro.

SAT SEP 9 2nd Saturday Hike: Mycology SAT SEP 16 Pennyrile Classic Car Club (270) 924-1431, Lake Barkley State Resort Cruise-In (270) 886-5710, Hopkinsville. Park, Cadiz. FRI SEP 1 Summer Concert in the Park MON SEP 18 Bale Trail (270) 265-7070, (800) 325-1713, Rough River Dam State SAT SEP 9 Trail of Tears Intertribal Pow through Oct. 31st, Todd County. Resort Park, Falls of Rough. Wow (270) 885-9096, through the 10th, Trail of Tears Commemorative Park, FRI SEP 22 Back Woods Ball (270) 852- SAT SEP 2 1st Saturday: Beautiful Hopkinsville. 8925, Western Kentucky Botanical Garden, Butterflies (270) 852-8925, Western Owensboro. Kentucky Botanical Garden, Owensboro. SAT SEP 9 Historic Island Wood Bridge Festival (270) 213-0420, Island. SAT SEP 23 Elkton Community Block SAT SEP 2 Scout Merit Badge Party (270) 265-2239, Elkton. Saturdays (270) 335-3681, also the 9th, WED SEP 13 Fall AQS QuiltWeek SAT SEP 23 Dragon Boat Festival 16th, 30th, Wickliffe Mounds State Historic (800) 723-8224, through the 16th, Site, Wickliffe. Paducah. (270) 564-0227, Paducah. SAT SEP 2 First Day Hike (800) 325-1711, THU SEP 14 Antique Gas Engine & THU SEP 28 Barbecue on the River Tractor Show (270) 564-0227, through the (270) 444-8508, through the 30th, Pennyrile Forest SRP, Dawson Springs. 16th, Carson Park, Paducah. Paducah. MON SEP 4 Labor Day Celebration (270) 444-8508, Paducah.

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Beneficial bone broth Extra parts yield extra product for farming team

SARAH FRITSCHNER

KATHLEEN AND LANE BUTLER , shown on waste. If you roast a chicken or turkey, below, didn’t start out as farmers. She was you can make a full pot of bone broth a teacher, he’s an engineer at Lockheed from the carcass after the meat has been Martin in Lexington. But after purchas- eaten. Cut up a whole chicken, and you ing land in Bourbon County and meeting can put the wing tips, back, and neck into livestock farmer Daniel Pike in 2016, a pot and simmer it to make broth, creat- the Butlers—Clark Energy Cooperative ing a soup base or restorative drink. members—have started raising thousands For more information on where to find of chickens on certified organic pasture to bone broth in stores, contact Kathleen at sell through buying clubs and, with Pike, [email protected] or go to www. to restaurants, including Vinaigrette Salad butlerfarmsky.com. Kitchen in Lexington. Supplying the restaurants leaves the partners with extra parts—drumsticks, Kathleen Butler’s Bone Broth 1 pastured-raised chicken back

wings, and backs in particular. Working CELIK EDIS 4 cloves of garlic, minced or crushed with a chef, 1 onion, chopped Pike has 1 carrot, optional BAKE & begun a 1 rib celery, optional BROWN business 1 to 2 Tbsp poultry seasoning 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar making Savory Carrots bone broth Water to cover all ingredients Salt to taste Recipe by Sarah Fritschner to package 4 C carrots, peeled, trimmed, and and sell Add all ingredients to slow cooker pot (Kathleen’s holds 6 quarts) or in a pot on cut in 2-inch chunks wholesale LANE BUTLER LANE stove. Cook on low for 24 hours. Feel free 3 Tbsp olive oil to chefs and to add water as some evaporates. Strain 1 tsp salt retailers under the brand Pike Valley Farm, broth through fine mesh sieve and discard 1 tsp chili powder and Kathleen is in charge of marketing. solids. Use broth as a drink or as the base 1 tsp oregano Bone broth has become popular for its for soup. Refrigerate for seven days in jars, adding fresh herbs if you wish. Freeze in perceived health benefits and great flavor. Heat oven to 450°. Cut up carrots muffin tins, up to 30 days, in order to thaw Kathleen is a believer. She credits her and spread on a wide, heavy, for single servings. Makes 4 to 6 quarts, shallow, rimmed baking sheet. easy recovery from her third pregnancy— depending on evaporation. Serves 6 to 8. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with all C-sections—to bone broth consumption. seasonings and stir to coat the “I actually have digestive issues,” she carrot pieces with oil. Bake for 20 says, “and when I keep up with bone SARAH FRITSCHNER coordinates Louisville to 30 minutes, stirring at least broth, I hardly have any symptoms.” Farm to Table, a program bringing more twice. Some carrot pieces should be extremely brown on some In addition, she says, bone broth makes Kentucky-grown food into local homes, sides. Serves 4 to 6. full use of a whole chicken, cutting down restaurants, and institutions.

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Speak out on smoking Cigarette smoking leads to long-term voice problems VRUSHALI ANGADI

obacco smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, according to the Center for Disease TControl and Prevention. To complicate matters further, research has shown that nicotine addiction is extremely powerful, which makes SMART HEALTH MARC BRUXELLE quitting smoking tremendously difficult. This is a growing concern for our region since Kentucky currently ranks second in the United States for preva- lence rates for smoking. ous consequences such as laryngeal vocal folds to reduce swelling and Long-term voice problems are a cancer, which can lead to death if not restore breathing function. For any lesser known, but common issue that treated in time. degree of swelling, smoking cessation results from cigarette smoking. The Habitual and long-term smoking is strongly recommended. voice box or larynx is directly affected results in severe swelling of the vocal Ultimately, the best treatment is by smoking since smoke passes folds due to fluid buildup in the vocal always prevention. Cigarette smoke through the vocal folds (cords) when fold tissues. This condition, known is known to contain more than one inhaled. The effects of hot, inhaled as Reinke’s edema, can vary from thousand cancer-causing chemicals smoke on the vocal folds can range mild to severe swelling that results in known as carcinogens, and use of from mild swelling to more danger- a deep, raspy voice that is generally tobacco products is strongly linked associated with smokers. Severe vocal to the development of many differ- MEDICAL fold swelling as a result of smoking, ent cancers. In addition to cancer, known as polypoid degeneration, is use of tobacco is closely related to the ATTENTION often serious and requires immediate development of heart disease, COPD, Voice hoarseness that lasts for attention as it can cause shortness of stroke, and other chronic health con- more than two weeks needs to breath. ditions. If you don’t smoke, don’t be checked by a primary care The treatment for vocal fold start. If you do smoke, stop. KL physician or ENT specialist. For swelling varies and is dependent on information on quitting smoking, the severity of the breathing prob- VRUSHALI ANGADI is assistant professor for visit your local regional hospital lem. Sometimes surgical manage- the Division of Communication Sciences and to find programs targeted at ment performed by an ear, nose and Disorders and a speech-language patholo- smoking cessation. throat (ENT) doctor is necessary. gist at the University of Kentucky Voice and This involves removing fluid from the Swallow Clinic.

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Room to roam Wildlife management areas available for public use DAVE BAKER

any years ago, my friends and I had the fortune of having deer-hunting access on a Mgorgeous farm located in the highlands of Carroll County. We camped inside an abandoned farmhouse braced with plywood nailed across its windowless sock- ets. Each morning before daylight, we beyond 4.4 million, according to the Rolling Fork WMA in LaRue and Nelson counties offers plenty of room to stretch tramped into the darkness to find a latest U.S. census. The state’s rising your legs for walks in the woods. Photo: good spot to begin our hunts. national reputation for trophy deer Obie Williams The memories lasted, but not also draws an influx of out-of-state our access. The owner wisely leased hunters every year. hunting rights to the farm to pay his Fortunately, the Kentucky Some areas are still new and have property taxes. Our group of col- Department of Fish and Wildlife only opened to the public in the past lege-age hunters was far too broke to Resources owns, leases, or man- year or two. Rolling Fork WMA, for match the offer of the other group. ages more than 80 wildlife manage- example, includes nearly 3,000 acres Finding a place to hunt isn’t ment areas (WMAs) for the public to of riverfront, old farm fields, forests, quite as easy as in days past. use. That’s on top of numerous public and rugged terrain. This area, located Kentucky’s population now reaches lands open through the federal gov- in the Knobs region of LaRue and ernment’s stewardship. Nelson counties, offers an extensive INSIDER These properties appeal to the trail system for hours of exploration. TIP explorer in all of us. Be aware that the trails are not main- On these public lands, you can tained—they are remnants of previ- Kentucky conducts quota hunts walk through a century-old wagon ous owners, including farm lanes and for numerous species to limit tunnel carved through the capstone logging skid trails. Access is by foot hunter numbers and pressure of Stone Mountain at Cranks Creek only. on certain properties. During the WMA in Harlan County. Start your journey on Kentucky month of September, you can Sharp-eyed birdwatchers visiting Fish and Wildlife’s website, www. apply for deer, pheasant, quail, the Sloughs WMA near Henderson in fw.ky.gov. Click the “maps” tab at upland bird, and waterfowl quota winter just might catch a glimpse of the top of the page to find the wildlife hunts. See the current Kentucky dozens of tundra swans on the water. management area nearest you. KL Hunting and Trapping Guide Visitors to Adair WMA in Boone or visit the Kentucky Fish and County just might find a patch of rare DAVE BAKER is editor of Kentucky Afield Wildlife website at www.fw.ky.gov running buffalo clover, Kentucky’s magazine, with the Kentucky Department for more information about quota only native clover and a remnant of of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Visit www. hunts, dates, and locations. the buffalo traces that once crossed kyafield.com or call (800) 858-1549 for the state. more information.

60 KENTUCKY LIVING • SEPTEMBER 2017 GARDEN GURU ASK THE GARDENER The versatile, varietal coneflower Q My spreading evergreens used as a This perennial plant is a fit in any garden ground cover have grass and weeds. It is impossible to pull most of them. SHELLY NOLD How can I get rid of the grass and weeds? —Jerry Baker OVER THE LAST 20 years, I have seen an explosion of coneflower A Eliminating weeds in the garden is a varieties becoming available. Purple, job that never ends, but getting them white, yellow, orange, bright pink, light under control is the first step. pink, regular pink, double, semi-dou- The safest option is to hand-pull the ble, and fragrant—you name it, and it weeds; it may require a lot of elbow is probably out there. I can’t think of a grease, but working in small sections better plant for this to happen to. will make it feel less overwhelming. The other option is to have the weeds THIS PERENNIAL FLOWERING properly identified and use a selective PLANT excels in the full sun in the herbicide that is labeled for the weeds heat of summer, is drought tolerant, you are dealing with. does not require any special care or Spraying with a non-selective her- fertilization, and blooms from mid- bicide such as Roundup (glyphosate) summer to frost. It is hard to ask more will injure your evergreens. You can than that from a perennial, but there use a paintbrush or purchase the gel is more. Along with being insanely option to avoid the herbicide coming easy to grow, it flowers prolifically and into contact with your ground cover. is an important source of nectar in Be prepared to make more than one the summer for bees and butterflies. application. Then, in the fall and winter, its brown, To prevent weeds from coming cone-shaped seed heads become an back, pre-emergents are helpful. Corn important food source for the birds. gluten meal is an organic option. These SHELLY NOLD SHELLY EVEN WITH ITS STRONG, COARSE products don’t differentiate between TEXTURE, I can always find a place for a few coneflowers in almost any garden style. weed seeds and seeds that were inten- For the cottage garden, plant several small groups dotted throughout the perennial tionally planted, but if you don’t plan border. In a traditional-style garden, plant them in one large group. In a contemporary on growing anything from seed in this garden, plant just one in a very strategic spot for summer-long color. space, it is a great option.

WITH ALL THE NEW VARIETIES available, I still find myself gravitating to some of ANGIE OAKLEY the more common ones like Magnus, White Swan, and Prairie Splendor. Each of these varieties is seed-propagated and can reseed in your garden or meadow planting. If you are looking for something with modern pizazz, look for the hybrids like Tomato Soup, Hot Papaya, and Powwow Wildberry. Check out www.missouribotanicalgarden. org, where they list about 111 varieties to consider. RODIMOVPAVEL SHELLY NOLD is a horticulturist and owner of The Plant Kingdom. Send stories and ideas to her HAVE A GARDENING QUESTION? at The Plant Kingdom, 4101 Westport Road, Louisville, KY 40207. Go to www.KentuckyLiving.com, click on Home & Garden, then “Ask the Gardener.”

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p BOOTS AND BUBBLES Valentina Rose Clark runs through bubbles on the family farm. Photo by her mother, Stephanie Clark, Louisville.

u PEACH PICKER A fuzzy raccoon tries to sneak a peach off the tree. Photo by James T. Sims, Hickory, member of West Kentucky RECC.

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64 KENTUCKY LIVING • SEPTEMBER 2017 KENTUCKY KIDS Green Team Tip You can conserve energy Recycling every day by turning off lights and devices when You can do your part by not not in use. throwing away anything that can be recycled. Ask Tip submitted by Trinity Carl, age 11 your parents if there are organizations or clubs that can Send us your Green Team Tip, and if it gets printed, we’ll send you a help you collect recyclables. surprise gift! Submit your best tip for conserving energy, in 50 words or less, online at KentuckyLiving.com: Magazine/Submissions. BEGINNING Why leaves change color Leaves have a green substance called OF FALL chlorophyll that makes food for the tree. As the weather becomes colder and the days Fall is also known as become shorter, leaves start using food they autumn. It is the have stored away. The chlorophyll fades and season between colors already in the leaves like red, yellow, and summer and winter. orange begin to show. The leaves don’t really change color, they just lose their green coloring. The first day of fall this year is September 22. It’s about time Some animals start Miss Travelmoore wants to be at a preparing for winter picnic in the park by 11:30 AM. It will during the fall. You will take her 13 minutes to walk to the see them collecting food park. When should she leave home and storing it so they to arrive on time? have enough for the long

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From hitchiker to world champion Chance encounter introduces Bardstown teen to two loves BYRON CRAWFORD

ou never know when the ride of a lifetime might appear just around the next curve on destiny’s highway. Y Ask Frank Smith of rural Bullitt County who, as a teenager in the fall of 1965, was hitchhiking down U.S. 150 to his home in Bardstown after a visit with his grand- mother in Louisville. He had no car, and hitchhiking was more common in those days. Smith caught a ride with two couples from Nelson County whose acquaintance was to forever change his life. Chuck and Barbara Crume and David and Bobbie Hall were on their way home to Bardstown from an archery shoot in Louisville, and though they had never met, Barbara championships in the bow hunter freestyle limited senior recognized Smith as being a student at Saint Catherine or veteran’s divisions: three outdoor field champion- College, which she attended. At the couples’ invitation, he ships, three indoor national championships, and two met them a few days later at the local archery range. International Field Archery Association titles. Ironically, his only other exposure to the bow and After capturing his division’s 2015 National Field arrow had been in sixth grade when, at Conservation Archery championship in Pennsylvania, he was chosen Camp, he earned every patch except the archery patch— as one of six members of the American team in the for which he failed to qualify. International Field Archery Association Championship in Now, at 18, with a little instruction, he fell in love with Australia in September 2016. archery, and a few months later, after a chance encoun- The American team finished second, but Smith, now ter, fell in love with a girl named Sharon, a sister to 70, a long-time member of Salt River Electric cooperative, Barbara Crume. As of November, they will have been hap- won the World Championship in his division—veteran’s pily married for 49 years. bow hunter freestyle limited—using a compound bow Not only had a random ride as a hitchhiker helped him with pin sights, finger pulls (instead of a trigger release), find the love of his life, but he would realize years later and a bow hunter setup, shooting 112 arrows at 28 targets that it put him on the road to a world archery champion- per round at distances up to 80 yards. ship that he might never have dreamed possible. And to think it all began more than 50 years ago when He’d won several state archery titles in the early years, two couples he’d never met gave a teenage boy from then spent six years fishing the FLW pro-bass tournament Bardstown the ride of his life. KL trail as a co-angler with the likes of pro anglers Jimmy Houston, Roland Martin, and Kevin VanDam. He served as a state representative for seven years and held numerous leadership positions with the Jaycees, Red Cross, and BYRON CRAWFORD is Kentucky’s storyteller—a other civic and charitable organizations. veteran television and newspaper journalist known After early retirement from General Electric in 1997, he for his colorful essays about life in Kentucky. Contact took up archery again and won a string of eight national Byron at KentuckyLiving.com: About/People.

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