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24 Departments 2 Kentucky Kwiz 4 Mag on the Move 7 Across Kentucky 8 Music “Victory Dance Remix” 9 Oddities at the Museum Kentucky Museum at WKU 10 Cooking 35 Off the Shelf 37 Kentucky Tourism Industry Association’s Signature Winter/Holiday Events 39 Field Notes 40 Calendar

Voices

Featured Fare 14 The Food of Gratitude

Teresa’s Restaurant in Bowling Green puts the “giving” in Thanksgiving

18 Man of the Wilderness: Daniel Boone

Part II of a three-part series on the iconic frontiersman

24 A Colorful Life

Henry Faulkner’s artistic legacy is on display in Kentucky businesses and a new book

30 The Right Balance

Air Force veteran and dentist Krysta Manning manages motherhood and career on her own terms

34 Students Step Up

Boys State graduates develop proposals to benefit veterans

3 Readers Write 38 Past Tense/ Present Tense 48 Vested Interest

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“Amalfi” by Henry Faulkner

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Test your knowledge of our beloved Commonwealth. To find out how you fared, see the bottom of Vested Interest or take the Kwiz online at kentuckymonthly.com. 1. Which U.S. vice president was born and raised in Christian County and attended Centre College? A. Spiro Agnew

A. A foundation to build rails on the Underground Railroad B. Toronto’s first taxi service C. The convenience store we know today as Thorntons 7. Martin Van Buren Bates of Letcher County was 7 foot, 7 inches tall, which would tower over “Old Kinderhook,” his namesake, who was roughly the second-shortest president at: A. 5 foot, 3 inches

B. Adlai E. Stevenson

B. 5 foot, 6 inches

C. Dan Quayle

C. 5 foot, 7 inches

2. Who gives Elvis Presley’s waterlogged character a ride during his search for his missing girlfriend in the cold “Kentucky Rain?” A. An old, bearded man

8. Christine Johnson, born in Hopkinsville and raised in Owensboro, is best known for creating which 1945 original Broadway role in a Rodgers and Hammerstein production?

B. A coal miner

A. Maria in The Sound of Music

C. A preacher man

B. Laurey Williams in Oklahoma!

3. Film legend Mae West’s one and only husband, Frank Wallace, died in 1966 and is buried in the Saint Louis Cemetery, located in which western Kentucky county?

C. Nettie Fowler in Carousel

A. Christian County

9. Earlier this year, Madison County priest Jim Sichko delivered a 23-yearold version of which Kentucky bourbon to Pope Francis at the Vatican?

B. Hopkins County

A. Maker’s Mark

C. Henderson County

B. Pappy Van Winkle

4. Horace L. “Woody” Woodring was Gen. George S. Patton’s personal driver during World War II. Woody was born in Boxville and was buried in Clay, towns in which two counties? A. Union and Webster B. Clay and Carlisle C. Fulton and Woodford 5. Nearly one-fourth of all flights (1.8 million passengers) who fly out of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport are operated by which airline?

C. Jeptha Creed 10. Former Lt. Gov. “Crit” Luallen was named in honor of which two governors from whom she’s descended? A. John Jordon Crittenden and Luke Pryor Blackburn B. Henry Clay and John Jordon Crittenden C. Richard Johnson and Archibald Dixon

B. Southwest Airlines

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VOICES A BROTHER’S REMEMBRANCE A beautiful piece of writing and a very touching tribute to Gary Garth’s late brother (September issue, page 43). As a writer myself, I’m so glad you had the opportunity to have a public forum in which to share your love and grief. Ken Snyder, Clarksville, Tennessee YOU DON’T SAY … I enjoyed Bill Ellis’ article on sayings, aphorisms and epigrams (September issue, page 40). There were some familiar ones and some new ones. I loved the one about his aunt sitting on her “tale.” When I was in college—a time, if not antediluvian, at least preColumbian—you might ask a girl if she would kiss you, and she might respond, “Let’s don’t and say we did.” Which is a turndown but doesn’t exactly explain why she might want to publicize it. Or she might say the more encouraging: “Let’s do and say we didn’t.” I might give my grandson my old, but still good, car. If he said, “But Granddad, it doesn’t have a disc player,” the proper response might be, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” In other words, if you are getting something free, don’t complain because it isn’t everything you want. (Don’t check the age of a horse by looking at its teeth, if the horse is a gift to you.) Alongside the remark about ifs and buts, you might put, “If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.” Someone shortened: “Everyone to his own notion,” to simply: “To each his own.” [Mr.] Leslie McKown, via mail

Enjoyed Bill Ellis’ September 2018 article. Per his invitation in it to send an aphorism, adage, maxim or saying: When my father-in-law was in pain and was asked how he felt, he’d say, “It’ll feel good when it stops hurting.” To me, it said he was acknowledging he was in pain but wasn’t going to go into details or dwell on it with you. I’ve found the saying is useful in situations besides pain. When I was in teacher education at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, a colleague and I noticed how often our students and student teachers created

problems by making false assumptions. We came up with what we called the First Commandment of Teaching: Thou shalt not assume anything. While useful for our situation, I’ve learned what I’ll call a maxim. “Thou shalt not assume anything” is valuable in many arenas of life. Sandra W. Miller, Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky I just read Voices in Kentucky Monthly and enjoyed remembering all the old sayings I have heard through the years. I was a student of the late Dean Frazier B. Adams, and one of his frequent reminders to us was: “A short pencil is better than a long mind,” and then he would follow with, “A word to the wise should be sufficient,” and we would all smile or laugh. Lately, I have found myself frequently following his advice by filing and labeling important papers, updating the calendar on my phone, and keeping things that I think I won’t remember in a journal close at hand. Rosemary Center, Frankfort

Readers Write saying, ‘A stitch in time saves nine?’ ” I raised my hand, and the underarm seam in my jacket went rrrrriiiippp! Carolyn Smith, via email Great column from Bill Ellis. His pop was not the only one to say, “Let’s don’t and say we did.” Guess it is a generational phrase. My grandfather’s warning was: “If you haven’t got it in your head, you have to have it in your feet”—probably self-descriptive. Mom always told us that “pretty is as pretty does” to keep us civil! Congratulations on 20 years. I’ve been a subscriber for many of those and have gifted others to spread the joy. Mary B. Bodner, Louisville

My mother, Lois Hutchison Robinson of Nevins Station in southern Anderson County, had many sayings that have endured over the years. I attribute this to a lot of time she spent with a couple of her great aunts who lived to ripe old ages and saw a lot. I will pass on a couple of her sayings that have stuck with me and will send along others if and when they surface. During rainy periods, she would say, “It sure doesn’t have any trouble raining during wet weather, does it?” At the end of a day when she hadn’t accomplished much, she would say, “I have done the little end of nothing today.” Bill Robinson, Frankfort

EXILE PROS AND CONS What a delight to see the article on Exile in the September issue (page 30)! Going to the Paint Lick Sportsman Club on the Garrard County/Madison County border was a (non-scholastic) highlight of my high school years in the mid-1960s. It was exciting to be on the “front row” as the Exiles developed and explored their musical talents before us enthusiastic hometown folks. I continued to follow them in performances during my years at Berea College and in ensuing years. When “Kiss You All Over” hit the top of the charts in 1978, I was living in Washington, D.C. It was great fun to tell my friends and work colleagues that I knew Exile from the beginning and that they had earned every minute of fame. They worked hard to get there, and still do. Thanks for showcasing that we 70-somethings can still rock! Donna J. Dean, hometown: Lancaster, Kentucky; retired now and living in Hedgesville, West Virginia

I enjoyed Bill Ellis’ latest column in Kentucky Monthly. I am reminded of the time, as a young teacher, when I was discussing aphorisms, etc., with a class. As I asked, “Who has heard the old

I was disappointed that one of the founding members of Exile(s), the late Jimmy Stokely, was not mentioned in the story. Billie Garcia, Mt. Sterling

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Cruisin’ with Friends

Saxman Village, Ketchikan, Alaska Damon & Sarah Jane Pleasant and Bob & Velma Meade of Lexington, Jack Barker & Ginny Kegley of Wurtland, and Bill & Jeri Johnson of Crestview, Florida cruised Alaska’s coast on Holland America’s Noordam.

Bonnie Smyth Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort

James and Patty Mason Grand Canyon

Charlotte and Larry Moore Venice

This Ryland Heights resident took Kentucky Monthly along on a tour of the Commonwealth’s historic bourbon country.

The Masons, who live in Lexington, traveled to the Grand Canyon with some Kentucky reading in tow.

This Owensboro couple is pictured in Venice, “The Floating City,” with the famous Bridge of Sighs in the background.

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Gerry and Kristine Larson Cameroon

Margaret and Gene Weaver Florida

Keith and Rene Cartwright Boston

This Prospect couple volunteered at Mbingo Baptist Hospital in Cameroon, with Dr. Gerry Larson working as a surgeon and helping train young African surgeons, while Kristine helped organize surgical supplies for the operating room.

The Weavers of Fort Wright are pictured on a scenic beach with a pelican friend.

The Cartwrights, who live in Madisonville, toured historic Boston during fall break last year.

River Cruise

Germany Friends from Augusta enjoyed a Rhine River cruise together. From left, Jay & Ann Yingling, Cora & Jim Morris, and Jane & Rolland Tongret. They are pictured here at Heidelberg Castle in Germany.

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Alan Chamness London

Mary Hammond Newfoundland

Judy Hines Arlington National Cemetery

Alan, who lives in Henderson, journeyed to Great Britain and is pictured here near London’s Tower Bridge.

Mary, who is Paducah’s tourism director, visited family in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is shown with Quidi Vidi Lake in the background.

Judy, who hails from Madisonville, spoke to the Korean War Veterans Conference on Korea from 19451950 on October 12, 2017 in Washington D.C.

Elaine Hatton Correnti and Sharon Hatton Carson

Austria Sisters Elaine of Georgia and formerly of Kentucky and Sharon, who lives in London, Kentucky, visited the Stubai Glacier in the Austrian Alps.

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BRIEFS

3 Phil Simms (1954), television sports commentator and former NFL quarterback, born in Lebanon and raised in Louisville 4 Jordon Smith (1993), Harlanraised winner of The Phil Simms Voice (2015) 6 Kelly Rutherford (1968), Elizabethtown-born actress best known for her roles on Melrose Place and Gossip Girl 8 Calvin Borel (1966), three-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey 9 Frank Selvy (1932), basketball player known as the “Corbin Comet,” who scored 100 points in a college game for Furman University 12 Timothy C. Caboni (1970), 10th president of Western Kentucky University 12 Ernie Fletcher (1952), 60th governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 2003-2007 15 Fred Cowgill (1957), sportscaster at WLKY-32 in Louisville 16 Troy Seals (1938), Madison Countyborn singer/ Sean Young songwriter best known for “Lost in the Fifties Tonight” (1986) 20 Sean Young (1959), Louisvilleborn actress best known for Stripes 21 Steven Curtis Chapman (1962), Paducah-born Grammy Awardwinning Christian musician 22 Greg Downs (1971), Hyden- and Elizabethtown-raised fiction writer 28 Ben Sollee (1983), Lexington cellist, singer-songwriter and composer 30 Joe B. Hall (1928), basketball coach who led the University of Kentucky to the 1978 national championship 30 Robert Kirkman (1978), comic book writer and creator of the AMC series The Walking Dead Ben Sollee

HONORING VETERANS To kick off the 2018 Honor Flight Bluegrass Week, seven 100-year-old World War II veterans met for lunch on Monday, Sept. 10, at Mission BBQ in Louisville. Among them were 700-plus years of history as they gathered in honor of their service. “It is all about the ones we left behind … That is who we honor,” said 100-year-old World War II U.S. Army veteran Ernie Micka. “I am one of the lucky soldiers that made it home.” WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War veterans from across the state boarded Honor Flight Bluegrass’ final flight of the year on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Upon landing in Washington, D.C., these Kentucky veterans, as per the mission of Honor Flight Bluegrass, were guided on a VIP, police-escorted tour visiting the war memorials dedicated in their honor. These missions are aimed at helping our war veterans see firsthand the monumental symbols of respect and gratitude that stand for their sacrifice and service to our country. These are opportunities to reflect on memories and to build new ones. The public welcomed the veterans back home at roughly 9:30 p.m. at the Louisville International Airport. Wrapping up the week on Thursday, Sept. 13, Honor Flight Bluegrass collaborated with Give For Good Louisville, hosted by the Community Foundation of Louisville, for a 24-hour online fundraising event. Honor Flight Bluegrass is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, and donations enable it to continue honoring the Bluegrass’ veterans, year after year. To learn more about or donate to Honor Flight Bluegrass, visit honorflightbluegrass.org. — Cait A. Smith

TELLING KENTUCKY’S STORIES After 35 years at the Frankfort Convention Center, the Kentucky Book Fair moved in 2017 to the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena in Lexington. Now, for its second year in Lexington, the Book Fair is expanding into the first annual Kentucky Book Festival, with six days of literary events beginning Nov. 12 and leading up to the 37th annual Kentucky Book Fair on Saturday, Nov. 17. The week’s festivities will take place in various locations throughout Lexington. Open to the public, the free events include readings of new poetry and prose from Kentucky authors; a panel discussion on young adult literature; and the first annual Books & Brews Trivia night at West Sixth Brewing, where guests can compete for prizes and bragging rights on their Silas House knowledge of books, authors and movie adaptations. Ticketed events include a Literary Luncheon with Silas House, Kentucky native and award-winning author of the novel Southernmost; a discussion of The Bourbon Country Cookbook: New Southern Entertaining, where guests can sample cocktails and dishes made from recipes in the book; and a Cocktails & Conversations night featuring Beck Dorey-Stein, a stenographer in the Obama White House and New York Times bestselling author of the memoir From the Corner of the Oval. Ending the week, the Book Fair will have new as well as some older publications, with more than 500 titles available for purchase. Scheduled authors include Wendell Berry, Bobbie Ann Mason, H.W. Brands, Michael Sokolove, Artis Gilmore, Billy Reed and Sarah Smarsh. Book discussions by the authors are scheduled throughout the day, beginning at 10 a.m. For more information about the Kentucky Book Festival, to donate or volunteer, or to view a schedule of events, visit kyhumanities.org. C. Williams photo

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Victorious Collaboration

ancer is a fierce opponent, but a group in Louisville came up with a unique way of confronting the beast. They did it with music. The rock band The Who has a program called Cancer Beats that encourages musicians and cancer patients to work together, with music as therapy. It was an idea that struck the imagination of Brian Schreck, a music therapist with the Norton Cancer Institute at Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Louisville. He contacted musician and music educator Jecorey Arthur, and the two began the project that became “Victory Dance Remix.” The song debuted on Louisville public radio station 91.9 WFPK Aug. 21 and remains the station’s exclusive property for now, but Arthur said he hopes to be able to perform it live at the Louisville Music Awards Show in February. Arthur is the music education manager at 90.5 WUOL, Louisville classical music public radio station, as well as professor of percussion studies at Simmons College. He also is a man who isn’t afraid to think creatively and tackle a sprawling project. Arthur had a suggestion for how the song should go. “Let’s do a Louisville vein of ‘We Are the World’ of people who have fought this disease,” he said. “When we met, I kept spitballing all these people, and Brian knew them. Brian was essentially the project manager for everything. He knows everyone,” Arthur said. “It was a bit of a snowball effect,” he said. When people heard about the project and what was going on, they wanted to join. Some of the participants in the recording of “Victory Dance Mix” “Victory Dance Remix” is a beautiful, aural crazy quilt of a song, built on My Morning Jacket’s song, “Victory Dance.” “There are over 100 musicians on the track,” Arthur said. The members of My Morning Jacket form the band, and the chorus was written by Jim James. Arthur raps. Amateur musicians also played a part. A patient played the ukulele, and a group of 70 cancer survivors got out their cellphones and recorded a passage that is also in the song. All the different bits of sound and varying sound qualities made mixing the song a challenge for the producer, according to Arthur. But he saw the diversity of quality as a bonus. “We didn’t want it to sound crispy and clean. Cancer isn’t crispy and clean by any means,” he said. Fourteen-year-old Breanna Brown spoke about her chemotherapy treatments and her hopes for the future. “She passed, but those are some words she wanted to share,” Arthur said. Golan Brown “was supposed to record a verse but died before he could send it,” according to Arthur. Brown’s sister found the verse her brother had written on his cellphone, sent it to the production crew, and Arthur set it to music. “Golan’s gone, but his words live on. He’ll help them do their victory dance,” Arthur said. The music is joyful and strong. While some may consider it daunting that some of the musicians have died, Arthur does not. “I’m proud the people who did pass are living on.” — Laura Younkin

To hear the “Victory Dance Remix” recording as well as an interview with Brian Schreck and Jecorey Arthur, visit soundcloud. com/wfpk/brian-schreck-and-the-louisville-all-star-remix-of-mmjsvictory-dance. 8

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n the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, the Kentucky Museum is full of historical pieces that tell stories of the Bluegrass State and, in some cases, beyond the Bluegrass State. Changing exhibits offer a taste of photography, paintings, sculptures or quilts alongside permanent collections that can be studied intently. On permanent display is the Duncan Hines exhibit. Although most people associate the name with a popular chocolate brownie mix, Hines, a native of Bowling Green, got his start as a traveling salesman. As he traveled in the 1930s, he made note of good restaurants and interesting places to stay that he could recommend to friends. He turned these notes into travel guides, and the slogan, “Recommended by Duncan Hines,” began appearing on products and in ads for restaurants. The exhibit includes items such dishes, spices and old ice cream containers that bear his name. Also in the museum is a compelling display of Civil War artifacts. Photos, letters, weapons and even a few uniforms tell the stories of the War Between the States and Kentucky’s role in it. The Snell-Franklin Decorative Arts Gallery is where you will find this month’s oddity. The gallery houses a collection of more than 400 pieces of art, textiles and ceramics dating from 1765 until the early 1970s. There, you will find religious icons, mid-century modern furniture and a Sputnik-inspired chandelier. One fascinating item in the collection is a child’s sarcophagus—a wooden box used for burials generally associated with ancient civilizations. This one comes from Egypt and dates back to around 1300 BC. How, as well as why, it got to Kentucky is a bit of a mystery. Sandy Staebell, the museum’s registrar and collections curator, says it appears that it was in a collection at the University of Georgia and was then moved to The Smithsonian in Washington D.C. prior to being sent to the Kentucky Museum in 1939. “The reasoning, I can’t determine,” she said. “But we are happy it is here.” In 2011, a student and a professor teamed up to do some research on the piece to figure out if it was authentic. Art history major Rhonda Williamson and Christopher Byrne, a professor of mechanical engineering, ran microscopic analysis on the wood and determined it to be Ficus sycomorus, otherwise known as a sycamore fig. This particular fig tree is unrelated to European or North American fig trees, and the wood is consistent with the material used to build a sarcophagus in that time period. Although the sarcophagus may not seem to fit into any other collection at the Kentucky Museum, Staebell explained that stray pieces like it show up from time to time. “Collecting is more focused today, but it is typical of what museums would display [in the past],” she said. “People would acquire items as they traveled the world and at some point would donate the items, making all museums a collection of oddities.” Each artifact in the museum is a historical piece to a giant puzzle, and you never know what you might find there. As for the sarcophagus: “It is certainly not what you would expect to see in south central Kentucky,” she said.

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hese recipes from Take Me to the River: Modern American Cuisine Prepared With Brandy share American brandy’s charms and versatility. The cookbook is a collaboration of Chef Dallas McGarity, executive chef and owner of The Fat Lamb Modern Kitchen and Bar in Louisville and Portage House Restaurant in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Copper & Kings American Brandy Company. Developed by McGarity, the dishes would not be out of place in a fine restaurant yet can be practically explored by enthusiastic home cooks. The versatility of cooking with brandy is largely unparalleled and has been celebrated for centuries. To purchase Take Me to the River: Modern American Cuisine Prepared With Brandy, visit shop.copperandkings.com.

Roasted Duck Breast with Cherrybrandy Sauce and Frissee Salad The tip to this dish is rendering the fat from the duck breasts slowly. If you do it right, you’ll have to pour out some fat halfway through searing the duck. Save the fat for frying up some frittes!

Frissee salad: 1 small head frissee, trimmed, washed thoroughly and dried

4 8- to 10-ounce duck breasts, skin on Salt & pepper to taste 2 cups dried sweet cherries 2 cups Copper & Kings American Craft Brandy ½ cup water 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed

Vinaigrette: ¼ cup champagne vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar 1/3 cup olive oil Salt and pepper

Duck: 1. Season duck breasts with salt and pepper. Heat castiron pan over medium-high heat. Sear duck breasts skin side down until crispy and most of the fat is rendered from breasts. 2. Pour off fat, turn breasts over and cook to desired temperature. Allow to rest before slicing.

Add ingredients to squeeze bottle and shake well until emulsified. Set aside. Plate: To serve, slice duck and place on platter. Spoon warm sauce over top of duck, and garnish with frissee dressed lightly with vinaigrette.

Sauce: 1. Bring brandy and water to boil and add cherries to rehydrate. Season with salt and pepper. 2. Once liquid is reduced by half, mount sauce with butter by adding cubes slowly. Photos by Jesse Hendrix-Inman. The brioche rolls were prepared by The Bakery at Sullivan University. The chocolate work was done by Chef Kendall Perez at Sullivan University. The dishes were prepared at Sullivan University by Ann Currie. N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 • K E N T U C K Y M O N T H LY

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Indian-spiced Sweet Potato Bisque with Brandied Maple Syrup Garam masala, a combo of several ground spices, might seem exotic to some, but it’s worth having in your pantry. The aroma alone will hook you. 3 large sweet potatoes 1 pint half-and-half

1 tablespoon garam masala 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cumin 1 tablespoon Copper & Kings American Craft Brandy ½ cup high-grade dark maple syrup Sliced, toasted almonds for garnish Fresh flat-leaf parsley roughly chopped for garish Bisque: 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and roast unpeeled sweet potatoes until completely soft throughout. Remove from oven and peel skins. 2. Place potatoes in blender. If using small blender, you may need to process potatoes in two equal-sized batches. 3. Add garam marsala, cinnamon and cumin. Season with salt and pepper, then slowly blend in half-and-half until bisque is smooth. Taste for seasoning. To adjust thickness, add water if desired. 4. Before serving, top with brandy, maple syrup, almonds and parsley.

Lobster Salad Sliders with Brandy Burger Sauce This dish looks and tastes so decadent, but it is so easy to make. It’s sure to impress your dinner guests. 4 cups lobster meat, cooked and roughly chopped 1/3 cup Duke’s mayonnaise 1 tablespoon ketchup 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley 2 tablespoons Copper & Kings American Craft Brandy Melted butter for toasting bread 8 small brioche buns, halved 1. Mix lobster and mayonnaise gently and refrigerate 1 hour. Mix ketchup, lemon juice, parsley and brandy. Refrigerate three hours to firm up. 2. Butter inside of bread, and toast until golden. Spoon small mixture of salad onto bun and serve immediately.

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Nutella Mascarpone Mousse with Brandy-soaked Brown Sugar Strawberries This combination of Nutella, mascarpone and brandy is wholly addictive, and you will wonder why you didn’t think of it earlier. 2 cups Nutella ½ cup mascarpone cheese 1 cup cream cheese 1 cup confectioners sugar ½ cup light brown sugar 1 cup Copper & Kings American Craft Brandy 2 slivers lemon peel 1 quart strawberries, topped and quartered Mint, for garnish Whipped cream, for garnish

Plate: To serve, place a few small scoops of mousse onto plate. Add a few dollops of whipped cream, and then spoon berries and sauce over top of mousse. Garnish with fresh mint.

Mousse: In food processor, combine Nutella, mascarpone, cream cheese and confectioners sugar. Blend until smooth. Remove and refrigerate.

Strawberries: In small saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar, brandy and lemon peel. Steep, stir and check to ensure sugar has melted. Pour over strawberries and allow to sit for at least 10 minutes.

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The Food of Gratitude Teresa’s Restaurant in Bowling Green puts the “giving” in Thanksgiving By Kristy Robinson Horine

early every town in Kentucky has had one at some time or another: a place that feels like home, with familiar faces, a favorite seat and food that nourishes the heart as well as the stomach. For nearly 30 years, Teresa’s Restaurant in Bowling Green has been that kind of place. On Thanksgiving Day, when most businesses close down for the holiday, Teresa’s Restaurant shows its gratitude by serving the community a free meal. At Teresa’s, home is always open for business.

Seat Yourself Formerly the site of Kentucky Bearings, the one-story building on Gordon Avenue is unassuming, but the parking lot brims with cars. Inside, like most places we call home, are the sounds, smells and signs of life. Dishes clatter in the kitchen. The dual aromas of breakfast eggs and lunchtime meatloaf swirl in the air. On the walls hang metal signs for DeKalb and John Deere, a 14

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painted saw, a figure made from arrowheads, and team spirit items from the University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky University. Silver-legged stools push up to the counter, and the remainder of the seats are scattered in multiple configurations. A giant chalkboard displays the daily specials, and license plates from all 50 states form a border between the walls and the ceiling. This is a place where the locals don’t need menus. Breakfast is available from opening till closing, and strangers don’t stay strangers for long. In what used to be the nonsmoking section, Virginia Evans wipes down a table and waves to a couple as they take their seats. The man jokes, “Virginia has more followers than Facebook!” It might be true. Evans started her waitressing career 48 years ago at Vincent’s, an eatery next to the skating rink in Butler County. She started working at Teresa’s in 1994, when the restaurant

120-150 people for lunch each day. Friday’s catfish dinner feeds upwards of 150 people, and Saturdays easily see crowds of 400 or more patrons. The restaurant is closed on Sunday. The majority of McGuffey’s time is spent in the kitchen. Like most of Kentucky’s small business owners, though, she goes where she’s needed. She gives where generosity is needed, too.

No M-E in Community When the sales rep for her food service company introduced pink chips, McGuffey jumped on an idea and then implemented it. Teresa’s served free pink chips and homemade queso for Breast Awareness Month in October 2017. When Bollinger’s cheerleading squad needed T-shirts, Teresa’s pitched in and bought the shirts. When the Warren County North All-Stars Little League baseball team needed a sponsor, Teresa’s again stepped up to the plate. The restaurant even offered a free meal of choice to any kid in the league who hit a home run. This past summer, that meant a dozen free meals. To McGuffey, with her sports background, the incentive was worth it. The philosophy at Teresa’s is that folks who come into the restaurant hungry will not leave that way. People who are low on funds, down on their luck, or find themselves homeless can go in and get a hot meal of either biscuits and gravy or soup beans, regardless of their ability to pay. At Thanksgiving, everyone who finds a seat also finds a meal. “If it wasn’t for the community to come and eat with you, you wouldn’t be able to feed your family when you come home,” McGuffey says. “They come and support us so we can feed our family all year, and one meal gives back to everybody.”

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was still on Fifth and Center streets. Evans has reigned over these same 12 tables on Gordon Avenue since 1998. “I love my customers to death. I’ve had them for so long,” she says. “They are family to me.” Two women get up and call out their goodbyes to Evans. She stops wiping the table to lift a hand in return. She nods and looks around at her section. “I think it’s a good thing to be close to people,” she concludes. In the main section beyond a half wall, Kelleen Bollinger scratches an order on a paper pad and slips the pad back into her apron pocket. She’s known the men at this particular table since they were 6 or 7. They grew up with her four daughters. “We know everybody on this side of town,” she says. Bollinger graduated from WKU and worked at Dillard’s department store. About three years ago, she ran into Teresa’s current owners, Ricky and Heather McGuffey. “They told me they needed a waitress for that Friday night. Then that Friday night turned into Tuesday, Friday and Saturday,” she says with a laugh. “I’ve only missed two Fridays in the last three years.” She nods in the direction of the counter, where Heather McGuffey stops to check on an elderly patron. The man nods at her question, and McGuffey’s face erupts into a grin. Born in Ohio County, McGuffey spent her early years focused on sports—mainly basketball. She spent 13 years working at Stoody Company, a Bowling Green factory that makes welding wire. “From the beginning, I never thought I would end up in something like this, but it supports the family, and it supports the employees real good,” she says. McGuffey and her husband took over the business in 2014 with a lease and then an outright purchase two years later. The staff together numbers 17. Monday through Friday, they feed anywhere from 80-100 people for breakfast and

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Just like homes across the Commonwealth, where families prep for a Thanksgiving Day feast all week, Teresa’s Restaurant staff does the same. They cook a dozen turkeys, eight or nine hams, gallons of gravy, and bushels of beans, potatoes and corn. Folks in the community often bring in their own donations of meat, vegetables and desserts. McGuffey and her staff prep for days for the buffet-style meal that feeds much more than just empty stomachs. “I know all these people who come in [for Thanksgiving] don’t come regularly and support the business and my family. But those people—even if it’s one visit a year, or 200 visits a year—it’s our way to give back to them and my way to say thank you for helping us figure out what we are doing in life,” McGuffey says. “It’s been a roller-coaster ride going from a good-paying factory job and jumping into something like this, not knowing where we are going to end up. But the community … they come in and they support us, daily, weekly, monthly. It’s our day to give back to them.” McGuffey begins Thanksgiving Day in the restaurant at 6 a.m., and by evening, she and her family have served several hundred people at no charge. They’ve also taken the time to sit and visit. This is a tradition passed on by the woman who started the community phenomenon 20 years ago this month: Teresa Blair Reno.

Welcome, Friends Reno grew up cooking for her farming family in Butler County. At 13, she took a waitressing job for 70 cents an hour at a soda shop on Morgantown’s Main Street. In 1989, divorced and with four children, Reno decided it was time to take the next step. A friend told her of a little place in front of a trailer park in Rockville. Reno took the plunge into the restaurant business. She bought groceries by the day and had 60 seats, a counter and a kitchen. Reno did the cooking, while her little sister, Connie Blair, waited tables. “God made me a good guesser,” she says of the daily grocery trips. “When you cook things like beans and mashed potatoes, you can make it go a long way. We put it on the plate, just like you were eating at home. That’s the atmosphere we wanted. That’s just who I was, and it ended up being what Teresa’s was.” On opening day in April 1989, the place was packed. “I had waited tables so long that, when I was going in business for myself, I went down to Bell South, into the back door, and told them. I went to the construction sites and told them,” she recalls of publicizing her new eatery. Each morning, Reno arrived at the restaurant at 3 a.m. and was ready to open by 4 a.m. Two years later, Reno moved Teresa’s from Rockville to Fifth and Center streets in Bowling Green. Again, she did the legwork to announce the move. “I’d take a cooler of iced tea on break time and go to these construction sites and give them tea,” she says. “I’d say, ‘We are down the street here. Come have breakfast and lunch.’ And they came.” Teresa’s opened in Bowling Green in April 1991 with 60 seats and what would become the signature counter. She remembers those early days. “RC [Cola] furnished signs back then, and the head painter painted ‘Teresa’s’ on my sign. I remember pulling up at night,” she pauses to laugh. “I said, ‘Oh, there’s my name in lights. Now we have to get home and go to bed because I have to get up at three and make biscuits.’ ” Over the next six and a half years, Reno added on to the building three times, increasing the seating area from 60 and the counter to 120. Reno’s children helped her roll 16

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biscuits and peeled 100 pounds of potatoes a day. By 1998, it was time for another move—this time, to Gordon Avenue. In renovating the building, Reno’s sons and others pitched in to cut up concrete, lay pipe and tile, and construct a kitchen. The week before opening day, Bowling Green experienced a hailstorm of biblical proportions. Hailstones the size of softballs were recorded. Millions of dollars’ worth of damage was reported across a huge swath of southern Kentucky. At the restaurant, water poured out of every light fixture due to severe roof damage. Reno remembers sitting on the floor, bawling. The entire region’s mettle was tested that April, and most folks would agree they passed with flying colors. “This community has been so good to me,” Reno says. “We grew up together. The people who were young in business, starting their companies, we just helped each other out. Somehow, we got it open.” On opening day, Reno again demonstrated her generosity—partly because she really wanted to say, “Thank you,” and partly because she had learned over the years that unseasoned grills could be unpredictable. Breakfast consisted of pancakes, sausage and coffee. At 11 a.m., the restaurant gave away beans and corncakes. Even though Teresa’s offered meals for free that first day on Gordon Avenue, the restaurant received donations totaling $3,000, which Reno split evenly between a Christian youth center named Joshua’s Place and the Salvation Army just down the road. Seven months later, Teresa’s planned another free meal—this one to celebrate Thanksgiving. Dr. Steve Ayers of Hillvue Church teamed up with Reno to plan a feast of gratitude based on Reno’s one condition: that the dinner be open to the community, no matter their income. “That’s how we promoted it,” Reno says. “If you don’t have anybody to eat with, we want you to come eat at Teresa’s on Thanksgiving.” Now, like then, Teresa’s feeds 300 to 400 people every Thanksgiving holiday. The staff fills the hungry, offers company to the lonely, and builds a family of grateful community members one bite at a time. Q

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Man of the Wilderness: Daniel Boone Part II By Ron Soodalter Boone Illustration by Jessica Patton

“The settling of this region well deserves a place in history. Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in …”

— Daniel Boone,

as related to John Filson, Colonel Boone’s Autobiography, 1784

The “Dark and Bloody Ground” Daniel Boone’s early life—his “long hunts,” skirmishes with the native tribes, periodic uprooting and re-settling in ever-wilder climes—seemed to have been lived in preparation for his migration to the largely unexplored region known as Kentucky. For Boone, Kentucky was to be the Promised Land. Here, he could range the woods at will, hunting animals for food and furs. He could settle his family and neighbors in a pristine and fertile place. And he could find his fortune in the acquisition and sale of vast tracts of available cheap land. From the time he first entered the region in mid-1769, however, and for years thereafter, Kentucky proved anything but hospitable. Many of the indigenous peoples resented the Anglo interlopers, and Boone’s efforts had resulted in the deaths of his brother-in-law and best friend and—while leading an immigrant train through the Cumberland Gap— his oldest son and several neighbors. After the attack in which James Boone died, Daniel’s party had broken up and returned home. Despite this setback, the indomitable woodsman reveled in the new country. Game was plentiful, the ground was fertile, and the vistas were magnificent. As he later told biographer John Filson, “I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences. In such a diversity, it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy. No populous city, with all the varieties of commerce and stately Structures, could afford so much pleasure to my mind as the beauties of nature I found here.”

Meanwhile, several others had begun exploring Kentucky for home sites and investment opportunities. An earlier law had provided that every Virginian was entitled to 500 acres of uninhabited frontier land, with an additional 200 acres for each slave or servant, up to a maximum of 5,000 acres. Far from remaining virgin territory, Kentucky burgeoned with potential settlers, surveyors and land speculators from as far off as London. Unfortunately, to citizens and government alike, the concept of “uninhabited land” pertained only to white settlement, and the tribes who lived and hunted on the land soon reacted strongly to the Anglo incursion. In May 1774, a series of outrages on both sides resulted in an all-out war against the Shawnee, declared and carried out by Virginia’s governor, James Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore. At one point, Lord Dunmore ordered that an experienced frontiersman be sent into Kentucky to warn a party of surveyors of an imminent danger. Capt. William Russell chose Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner—“two of the best hands I could think of.” Although the mission was fraught with peril, Boone was virtually fearless. “How unhappy … for a man tormented with fear,” he stated, “which is vain if no danger comes, and if it does, only augments the pain! It was my happiness to be destitute of this afflicting passion, with which I had the greatest reason to be affected.” Boone and Stoner successfully completed their assignment, covering some 800 miles in two months and N OV E M B E R 2 0 1 8

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sending those surveyors whom they found to safety. Upon his return, Boone was commissioned a lieutenant in the colonial militia. He raised a small company and was soon promoted to captain and given command of two frontier forts. In October of that same year, after much blood had been shed by both the Native Americans and the colonists, the Shawnee were defeated. The subsequent Treaty of Camp Charlotte stipulated free navigation on the Ohio River, a return of all captives, and the release of all Shawnee claims to the lands south and east of the Ohio. Piece by bloody piece, the frontier was opening to expansion.

A Road Through the Wilderness Daniel Boone was mustered out in November 1774. However, a new opportunity soon presented itself. The following spring, just two years after Boone’s disastrous first attempt to lead settlers into Kentucky, a firm of wealthy land investors calling themselves the Transylvania Company moved to purchase a large piece of Kentucky from the American Indians. The firm’s director, North Carolina judge Richard Henderson, hired Boone as the company’s agent. Beyond making a fortune for himself, Henderson’s ultimate goal was the establishment of Kentucky as America’s 14th colony. To this end, he signed a treaty with the Cherokee to purchase some 20 million acres—nearly all of Kentucky and a part of Tennessee—for around 10,000 pounds of trade goods. Once they owned the land, which the company would rename Transylvania, it would be parceled out to settlers on a landlord-tenant basis. Acting for the company, Boone, who saw an opportunity to acquire large tracts of salable land for himself, traveled the frontier, encouraging the Cherokee to attend the treaty talks. Apparently, the plans and actions of the Transylvania Company flew in the face of existing laws and treaties and riled the governments of Virginia and North Carolina, both of which held claims to the territory. North Carolina Gov. Josiah Martin, referring to “Henderson the famous invader” and his “infamous company of Pyrates,” wrote that without effectively stopping them, “such Adventurers will possess themselves soon of all the Indian country.” However, given the fact that the American Revolution was just weeks away from breaking out, neither colony was willing to commit the necessary troops to stop Henderson. After having bought the land from the Cherokee, Henderson sent Boone to cut a useable trail through the Cumberland Gap. He was then to colonize the region around the Kentucky River by building a palisaded settlement. Consequently, Boone gathered a group of 30 or so men— including his brother and son-in-law—who were handy with axes, and on March 10, 1775, they set off for Kentucky. The group left the site of what is now Kingsport, Tennessee, taking what was called the Great Warrior’s Path and passing through a gap in the Clinch Mountains. They crossed Clinch River and ultimately entered Powell River Valley, the site of the Native American attack that had marked the bloody end of Boone’s earlier expedition. Apparently, not all the members of the tribe had accepted the terms of the Camp Charlotte treaty. In an April 1 letter to Henderson, Boone wrote, “My brother and I … found two men killed and sculped [sic] … My advice to you, Sir, is, to come or send [men] as soon as possible … [N]ow is the time to flusterate [the Indians’] intentions, and keep the country whilst we are in it. If we give way to them now, it will ever be the case.” In late March, just prior to arriving at the site of the colony, Boone and his men were attacked by a party of Shawnee. After sustaining a few casualties, the whites escaped. Felix Walker, one of the wounded whose life Boone had saved, later wrote, “[L]et me, with feeling recollection and lasting gratitude, ever remember the 20

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unremitting kindness, sympathy, and attention paid to me by Colonel Boon in my distress. He was my father, my physician, and friend.” Discouraged, some of the party turned back; on April 6, the others arrived at their destination on the southern bank of the Kentucky River, site of present-day Madison County. The first phase of Boone’s assignment had been successfully completed. The clearing of what became known as the Wilderness Road was a remarkable achievement and immediately opened Kentucky to settlement. With the American Revolution looming, the floodgates were thrown wide for colonists determined to move west. Ideally suited for both commercial and immigrant traffic, Boone’s road would accommodate hundreds of thousands of travelers and countless family and produce wagons well into the 19th century.

Carving a Life from the Wilderness Once they arrived at their destination, Boone’s party immediately undertook the building of a settlement. Although it was sometimes referred to as Fort Boone, the future town already had an official name. Walker wrote, “[W]e made a station, and called it Boonesborough … situated … on the south side of the river, wherein was a [salt] lick with two Sulphur springs.” The setting was ideal, fronting a river, close by a stream, near a salt lick, and on a plain that would require comparatively minimal clearing. The constant need for vigilance, however, was brought starkly home shortly after their arrival, as Walker matter-offactly noted, “On the fourth day, the American Indians killed one of our men.” Henderson had lost no time in taking Boone’s advice and arrived at Fort Boone with his party on April 20. The work of building a settlement went quickly, as the men moved the fort to higher ground, planted a garden, built a powder magazine, and continued to clear the land. One of Henderson’s men kept a journal, which features such revealing and creatively spelled entries as: “Wednesday 26th We begin Building us a house & a plais of Defence to keep the Indians off.” “Satterday 29th We git our house kivered with Bark & move our things into it at Night.” Boone left for home in mid-June to bring his family to the new settlement. In his absence, the Transylvania Company voted him a gift of 2,000 acres in acknowledgment of the “signal services he had rendered to the Company.” Meanwhile, Henderson’s plans for the immediate settlement of “Transylvania” would have to wait. Boone refused to lead any more immigrant trains until his very pregnant Rebecca delivered their next child, the couple’s ninth. The baby died soon after birth, and in late August, Daniel guided his family and several would-be settlers to Kentucky. Rebecca and the children, by now accustomed to the occasional move to unsettled country, acclimated well to their new home.

A Dramatic Rescue, and the Growth of a Legend Then, on the Sunday afternoon of July 14, 1776, an event occurred that would secure Daniel Boone’s reputation as the premier frontiersman of his day. Boone’s 13-year-old daughter, Jemima, was playing with two friends—Elizabeth and Frances Callaway—on the river, when suddenly a mixed party of Cherokee and Shawnee warriors sprang from hiding and seized the girls. As they were dragged into the woods, the girls shouted loudly for help. Hearing the cries of the girls, Boone and several others ran to the river, too late to prevent the kidnapping. Boone organized the men into groups and sent them both up and down the river, looking for a “sign.” After one group found Native American tracks, the two parties reunited and set off

in pursuit. They followed the party for more than 40 miles, frequently losing the trail and relying on Boone’s woods craft for direction. Finally, they discovered the camp of the unsuspecting American Indians. Each member of the rescue party understood that the natives would tomahawk their captives if attacked. Boone, therefore, ordered a silent approach, and he and his men crept to within a short distance of the kidnappers. Suddenly, one of Boone’s men, thinking they had been seen, fired at a Native American, impelling the rest of the rescue party to rise and charge the camp, shouting as they ran. In the attack that followed, some of the American Indians escaped, while two fell to the rifles of Boone and a companion. Boone had ordered the girls to lie flat, and none was harmed. An emotional reunion followed. Late in life, Jemima told her granddaughter that Daniel then addressed the party, saying, “[T]hank Almighty Providence, boys, we have the girls safe. Let us all sit down by them and have a hearty cry.” Jemima added, “There was not a dry eye in the company.” Several years later, author James Fenimore Cooper, in his classic Last of the Mohicans, would base the dramatic rescue of two white women on the Boone incident. In fact, historians have observed that Natty Bumppo, the main character throughout all of Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales (he is also known alternately as Pathfinder, Deerslayer, Trapper, la Longue Carabine and Hawkeye) was closely patterned after Daniel Boone.

Losing the Land By this time, Henderson and his company had doubled their prices for land while offering parcels to friends at much reduced prices and keeping the best tracts for themselves. As a result, they lost the support of the settlers.

In addition, land claims had become a source of confusion and, in some cases, violence, as multiple investors laid claim to the same parcels. Finally, the Virginia legislature repudiated all Transylvania Company claims and in December 1776, over the vigorous protests of Richard Henderson, passed a bill creating the “county” of Kentucky. Although he was named a captain of the militia, Daniel Boone—through a combination of legislation, payment of debts and the workings of dishonest land grabbers—lost the title to the entire 200,000 acres he had claimed and been deeded, as well as the 2,000 acres he had been given in recognition of his “signal services.” His extraordinary efforts were ignored, as Boone went uncompensated and landless in the region he was helping to populate. Others, including Henderson, managed to hold on to at least some of their property. Boone was relatively untroubled by the loss of land, believing, as one biographer writes, that “the frontier was unlimited. There was always more land ahead.” This would not be the first time Boone’s land had been seized from under him. In the years to come, he would confront the harsh reality that even the frontier was not without bounds.

New Troubles with the Shawnee Meanwhile, mixed parties of Shawnee, Mingo and Cherokee, encouraged by the British, continued to devil the settlers, killing lone hunters and taking the odd captive. The Native Americans, Boone later stated, “seemed determined to persecute us for erecting this fortification.” They “attacked several forts … doing a great deal of mischief.” On April 24, 1777, after staging a surprise raid on the Harrodsburg settlement in which some settlers were killed and others, including Boone’s brother, Squire, were wounded, Shawnee Chief Blackfish turned his attention to

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Boonesborough. Secreting around 100 warriors in a hollow, he sent a small party to attack two men returning to the fort, killing one. In response, a group of around 15 men, including Daniel Boone and the intrepid frontiersman and scout Simon Kenton, ran from the fort. As they pursued the fleeing American Indians, the larger band emerged from hiding, cutting them off from the safety of the fort. Boone reportedly shouted, “Boys, we are gone! Let us sell our lives as dearly as we can!” He ordered a charge through the enemy, during which a Shawnee bullet smashed his ankle. Kenton—by all accounts, a huge man—killed two Native Americans who were threatening Boone, heaved his wounded friend over his shoulder, and ran for the gate. Miraculously, all the men made it to the safety of the fort, although four, including Boone, had been shot. Shortly after, the Native Americans departed, carrying their dead and wounded. Boone’s debilitating wound kept him inactive for more than a month and would cause him pain for the rest of his life. Over the next few months, Blackfish staged two more attacks on the forts, killing and wounding inhabitants, destroying crops and stock, keeping the men from hunting, and generally leaving the settlements in dire condition for the coming winter. Finally, Virginia answered a call for help, sending an additional 100 men to swell the militia ranks at the various Kentucky forts.

Capture, Adoption and a Dramatic Escape Predictably, the winter was hard. The most sorely missed commodities were meat and the salt to preserve it. In January 1778, Boone led a party of 30 men to a distant salt lick and left them to boil the salt while he scouted for American Indians and hunted for meat. He found both. After shooting a bear, Boone was surprised by a party of Shawnee, who took him to their camp. Chief Blackfish informed Boone that the 100-warrior force was on its way to attack Boonesborough. Realizing that the settlers would have no chance of survival, Boone bought time by convincing the chief that the settlers would give up the fort and live with the Shawnee “as one people” if Blackfish would put off the surrender until spring. The chief agreed but informed Boone that if the nearby party of salt boilers failed to surrender as well, both they and he would be summarily killed. The next day, Boone convinced his party to lay down their weapons. He noted with relief that four had escaped and would bring word back to Boonesborough of their capture. At the Native American camp, he made an impassioned plea for the lives of his party, whom several of the natives wished to kill in revenge for the death of one of their chiefs. Boone convinced the chief to spare his men the customary running of the gauntlet—a double row of armed warriors through whom captives were forced to run, often fatally—volunteering to do so by himself. His subsequent run, in which he avoided all but the most superficial blows, impressed the warriors and their chief. Boone’s speech, combined with his successful running of the gauntlet, inspired Blackfish to spare the other captives and to adopt Boone as his son, giving him the name “Sheltow-ee,” or “Big Turtle.” Boone’s party was well treated; 16 were taken into the tribe. At this time, the Revolution was well underway, and the British were paying American Indians for captured colonists; Blackfish sold the remaining 10 to the British. Boone himself adapted well to Native American life and, according to various accounts, was given a squaw who saw to his various needs. Life was good for Big Turtle, and chroniclers still debate the extent to which Boone willingly took to life among the Shawnee. 22

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In June, however, he observed hundreds of warriors preparing for an attack on Boonesborough, and on the 16th, he decided the time had come for his escape. He had managed to horde a blanket, powder, ball and the workings of a rifle, and, taking up his plunder, he galloped off on a stolen horse. Boone rode the horse until it dropped from exhaustion. He then took to his feet, covering his tracks by wading in streams and running over rocky ground. Ultimately, having eluded his pursuers, he reached the Ohio River. There, he built a crude raft on which he floated downstream and crossed to the opposite bank. Boone walked through the woods until nightfall, slept briefly and carried on at first light, after treating his “scalded” feet with a poultice of “oak ooze.” His rifle lacked a stock, which he replaced by carving a sourwood sapling to fit. After reaching the Blue Licks on the 19th, he shot a buffalo with his improvised weapon. He later told a friend, “You may depend upon it; I felt proud of my rifle.” Boone cooked the hump and enjoyed his first meal in two days, smoking and saving the tongue—a delicacy on the frontier—for his 9-year-old son. Relying on his uncanny sense of direction, Boone reached the settlement in another two days, after fording the Kentucky River. By his own estimate, he had traveled around 160 miles, “during which I had but one meal.”

A Bitter Homecoming His return, however, was not as he had anticipated. Rebecca, believing her husband dead, had taken their family and moved back to North Carolina, leaving their cabin empty. Only Jemima, who had recently married and made a life at Boonesborough, remained to greet her father. The settlers themselves now viewed Boone with sullen mistrust. The four who had escaped at the salt licks, not understanding that Boone had saved the others’ lives by inducing them to surrender, had brought word to the fort of what appeared to be Boone’s treachery. Further, when it became known that some of the captured whites had been sold to the British, some considered Boone a traitor, a charge that he later would answer in court. And when later escapees reported that he had promised to turn Boonesborough over to the Shawnee in the spring—again, not comprehending that Boone was only buying time to save the settlement from certain destruction—many saw him as a spy for the Shawnee. Boone ignored the ill feelings directed toward him and undertook the repairs and strengthening of the fort. Warning his former neighbors that a large Native American force was poised to invade Kentucky, with Boonesborough as its first stop, he ordered the digging of a well within the walls, replaced rotting palisades, and restocked the magazine and supply room. Gradually, he regained the trust of some of the settlers, although others remained firm in their suspicions. Meanwhile, another escapee from Blackfish’s camp arrived at the fort in July and informed the community that the Shawnee—some 400 strong and supported by British troops—would indeed be attacking the fort within the month. Boone immediately wrote to the commander of the militia requesting reinforcements. “We are in fine spirits,” he added, “and intend to fight hard.” By late August, neither the American Indians nor the reinforcements had arrived, and Boone led a party of 30 men across the Ohio River to locate the Shawnee. After a brief skirmish with a small band, they located the main war party already south of the river and rushed back to alert the settlement. When Blackfish’s force appeared on Sept. 7, Boone sounded the alarm. As cattle and corn were hurried inside the walls, Boonesborough’s 60 men prepared to defend their homes and families.

Siege Through a translator, it became clear that Blackfish had arrived to accept the surrender of the fort, as Boone had promised several months before. Blackfish called upon his adopted son to parlay, and Boone left the fort without hesitation, causing yet another ripple of suspicion among the settlers. The chief showed Boone a letter from the British commander at Detroit, who offered pardon and safe conduct to all who surrendered peaceably. Those who refused the offer would be left to the dubious mercies of the Shawnee. Boone called for a vote, and the men unanimously elected to fight to the death rather than surrender. “Well,” said Boone, “I’ll die with the rest.” He then set about negotiating surrender conditions with Blackfish, stalling in the hope that the militia would arrive. As he did so, uniformed dummies were put in place, and women dressed as men patrolled the ramparts to give the impression of a larger force within. Finally, Boone informed the chief of the men’s decision. Blackfish requested a meeting over dinner outside the fort to be attended by the fort’s leaders and the tribal council, ostensibly to find a peaceful resolution. Boone and nine key figures sat at a table in a nearby meadow, with three Native Americans to each white man, and matters appeared to go well until the natives attempted to seize the delegates in the hope of forcing a surrender. Suddenly, a pre-ordered round of fire from the fort raked the Shawnee. Boone had anticipated just such a stratagem and had stationed riflemen at the walls with specific orders to fire at the first sign of treachery. In the confusion, the settlers made it back to the fort. Daniel had received a tomahawk slash across his back, and brother Squire was shot in the shoulder, but all were still alive. As the last man ran into the fort, others swiftly closed and barred the fort gate. The siege of Boonesborough had begun. Q

In our concluding chapter in the December/January issue, we will follow the vagaries of Daniel Boone’s later career, from defendant in a treason trial to trader, debtor, slave owner, failed landowner, three-time delegate to the Virginia legislature and, ultimately, American icon.

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LIFE Henry Faulkner’s artistic legacy is on display in Kentucky businesses and a new book By Jackie Hollenkamp Bentley

“O my soul is like a word spoken in a storm, gone on the wind; shattered by the rain … lost.” Henry Lawrence Faulkner, Los Angeles, April 19, 1953

omeone who had never met the late Henry Lawrence Faulkner or known of his prolific work and then hears of his flamboyant, exploitative personality might be hard-pressed to like the man, much less appreciate his genius at painting and writing poetry. But that’s where a casual observer would be in grave error, according to those who did know him, born in rural Simpson County in 1924, who made the world his own. 24

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“He had a purpose for everybody, and they were to facilitate him in his endeavors, and he used them,” said John Stephen Hockensmith, a friend of Faulkner and publisher of The Gift of Color: Henry Lawrence Faulkner—Paintings, Poems, and Writings, a collection of Faulkner’s paintings and writings interspersed with the artist’s biography. “He was different to everybody, and the only people that he looked up to were … people who had tremendous fame. You go down his collectors list, and you see the people that Henry revered. The rest of us were bit players in his theater.” But Hockensmith is quick to qualify his portrayal of the man known for bringing baby goats to his own art exhibits or wandering down a Lexington street late at night singing happily to his sleeping neighbors.

Opposite, “The Peacacble Kingdom”; above left, “Alice, Cherubs and Roses”; left, “Birds at Fountain”; above, “Floral in Rose Vase”

“He was electric. He would suck the oxygen out of any room … You couldn’t help but be transfixed and be caught in his mystical ways,” Hockensmith, a Georgetown art photographer, said. “Henry was many things—outrageous at times, by choice or not—but that was not the totality. It was an honor of being in the presence of someone who was in command of so much creativity.” “My art and poetry is [sic] the results of an individual adjustment to the deeper needs of this most remarkable nature. “It is life that is long and art that is fleeting.” It was a creativity born of a child who lost his mother at 2 and subsequently was placed in foster homes, finally settling with the Whittimore family near Falling Timber Branch in Clay County. But Faulkner’s effeminate nature, coupled with rebellious and unorthodox tendencies, led his foster father to return the then-15-year-old to a Louisville orphanage. Faulkner wouldn’t stay long in Louisville. His wanderlust and passion for the arts inspired him to travel the globe over the decades. He eventually settled in Lexington after making a name for himself in the art world. “Technique-wise, he was first in every level of illustration,” Hockensmith said. “He was a colorist. [With] his rub of color, he was able to juxtapose the subtleties that bring out the vibrance [of his subjects]. He caught personality.”

With his abundance of audacity, Faulkner acted as his own publicist. From his archives, Hockensmith learned that Faulkner introduced himself to the director of a premier Palm Beach, Florida gallery in this manner: “I am Henry Faulkner, and I have the gift of color”—hence the title for Hockensmith’s 2018 book. “Henry was a vagabond, a scam artist, seeing his way through any door … He was audacious, much more so than outrageous,” Hockensmith said. “He was not just the naive Kentucky bumpkin that was part of his sales pitch. He was highly schooled in both East and West Coast arts and European arts, trained by other professionals. They liked him because he captivated them, because they saw talent.” “It is a gift to be thrilled by Blossoms – and by color and blackberries – an urge in my people as toward life There I stood at the gates of memory” Faulkner captivated the admiration of many patrons, among them Lexington businessman Greene Settle. Settle not only collected hundreds of Faulkner’s drawings and paintings, he also became his business manager, helping to keep the free-spirited artist from financial ruin. At the time of Faulkner’s death in a 1981 traffic accident, Settle owned roughly 300 works by Faulkner. That collection eventually would be purchased and protected by the First Southern National Bank of Stanford. N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 • K E N T U C K Y M O N T H LY

Bank board member David Downey, who owns 10 of Faulkner’s paintings, helped broker the sale. The works now are on display in several locations owned by the First Southern group of companies. “We purchased the Greene Settle collection of Faulkner paintings, watercolors, sketches and poems as an investment,” Downey said. “Henry Faulkner was very unique in his style, gathering influences from other artists among his travels around the world. We think this is a very important body of work and are proud to be able to share this example of Kentucky culture with our friends and customers.” For Hockensmith, the Settle collection provided an impetus to produce The Gift of Color. “It’s the basis for the book, but other patrons have contributed more than half of the other artwork in the book,” he said. Jess and Angela Correll, also of Stanford, are among those contributors. Jess is a founding member and president and chairman of the board of directors of First Southern Bancorp, the parent company of First Southern National Bank. The couple also owns Stanford’s Bluebird restaurant and Kentucky Soaps and Such, a specialty shop that features products made with goat milk as well as jewelry, gifts and books. Several years ago, Angela fell in love with a Faulkner painting of Noah’s Ark with Faulkner’s pet goat, Alice, perched on top of the ark. “Seeing this goat in this painting—and it was similar to a goat that I had—I just felt connected to it. It also made me think about who painted it. To me, the whimsical nature and all the animals … that was all pretty intriguing to me,” she said. “We didn’t buy that painting, but I thought about it for a long time afterward. A few years later, Jess gave me a small painting with two goats in it for Christmas, and that started us down the Faulkner trail.” The Corrells possess a handful of Faulkner’s artworks, a few of which are always on display at the restaurant. “Our daughter, Adrienne, has an art history degree, and she manages them and trades some of the paintings out,” Angela said. “We like some of the more colorful ones … They’re pretty, happy paintings because it fits the Bluebird—the feel, anyway. [There] is just a lot about the color [in Faulkner’s art] that speaks to me, and it just feels light and happy.”

The Gift of Color: Henry Lawrence Faulkner – Paintings, Poems, and Writings is available in two editions. The $95 bookstore edition is 290 pages, complete with Faulkner’s poems and artwork. A limited edition, which features a 370page book in a leather box with a giclee print insert, costs $495. Works in watercolor: above, “Coal Cars: Kentucky Mountain”; above, right, “Delphiniums”

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Celebrating a Milestone Faulkner artwork collectors Jess and Angela Correll settled on their Stanford property, Plainview Farm, as newlyweds in 2003. Angela filled the backyard pasture with pet goats. But not everybody succumbed to the creatures’ charms. “My husband, a businessman and farmer, said that he appreciated the fact that I wanted the pet goats, but it would also be very nice if they would actually produce something,” she said. In the pursuit to find practical uses for her “pets,” Correll contacted her niece, Lea Ann Poynter, and together they discovered a way to utilize the beneficial properties of goat milk for skin care. After much trial and error, the pair developed a soap recipe, and Kentucky Soaps and Such was born. They soon added a salt scrub to the repertoire, but it wasn’t until 2006 that Correll was able to open a storefront. “We wanted to do gift baskets with not only the soaps and the salts but also other Kentucky products, but in 2006, we had a hard time finding a lot of stuff,” Correll said. “[Since then] we’ve seen that market really grow, and now we’ve got so many wonderful products to offer that look good, perform well and, as with the gourmet food, taste great.” Kentucky Soaps and Such celebrated its 15th anniversary by revamping its website to allow easier online ordering, including a “build your own gift basket” option. For more information, visit kentuckysoapsandsuch.com.

While many of Faulkner’s paintings, as well as his poetry, can be described as light and happy, it’s not the complete narrative of his body of work, which numbers close to 5,000 pieces of art. Hockensmith’s book labors to cover the story of his friend’s life, an evolution of art manifested through several chapters: The Beginnings (1924-1947), The Formative Years (1948-1957), The Masterful Years (1958-1969) and The Accomplished Years (1970-1981). “It is a saga of a life that really could—with all the famous characters and the list of mid-century antics that he participated in—make a hell of a movie,” Hockensmith said. Q “For the roses of sleep are sweet – mind is eternal Over all there will be no parting – for the spirit” 28

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Top, “Springtime in Venice”; middle, “Lime and High: Jefferson Davis Inn”; bottom, “BlackRastas, My First Baby”

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The Right Balance Air Force veteran and dentist Krysta Manning manages motherhood and career on her own terms Text and Photos by Abby Laub

r. Krysta Manning nearly called it quits on her dental profession just a few short years in. At the time, the Louisville-based dentist was living with her husband and newborn triplets in Colorado Springs, serving in the United States Air Force. It was all too much. Looking back at that time, the owner of Solstice Dental & Aesthetics, an almost one-year-old dental practice, remembers just trying to get through every day. Now, she practices dentistry on her own terms in a way that gives the best to her family and patients, prioritizing her own selfcare and the care of her tightly knit staff. ••• Manning was born in Louisville and raised in Russellville. She received an undergraduate degree with a dual major in biology and classics from Transylvania University in Lexington. A year later, she was off to dental school at the University of Louisville. “In my second year, I commissioned with the Air Force,” she said. “I had a three-year scholarship, finished dental school, and did a one-year fellowship in development dentistry at the Underwood & Lee Clinic [in Louisville], where I worked with adult patients who had developmental disabilities. From there, I went to the Air Force in Colorado Springs.” Manning was first stationed at Peterson Air Force Base and then the Air Force Academy, serving as a general dentist in both locations. “The fellowship is where I learned about working with special-needs patients, and the Air Force is where I learned the digital dentistry,” she said. Manning was able to earn more than 200 hours of continuing education credits and work alongside numerous specialists. She was thrust into leadership positions from day one.

“In the Air Force, everyone was trying to make each other better,” she noted. “It was a neat environment that way.” Bringing technology back to Louisville is a source of pride for Manning, especially since she said most dental practices outside of New York or Los Angeles still do things the old-fashioned way. Solstice performs same-day crowns, among other treatments that are technologically advanced and eco-friendly. The facility boasts a waterless vacuum system that saves approximately 350 gallons of water per day compared to other similarly sized dental offices. It has a digital radiograph system, which emits up to 90 percent less radiation than conventional film systems and eliminates the need for film manufacturing and the use of toxic chemical processors and fixatives. And rather than use traditional goopy materials to make tooth impressions, Solstice has a system that’s 100 percent digital and, therefore, much faster as well as easier to handle. In addition, Solstice uses BPA-free composite resins and oral appliances, recycled and nontoxic supplies and cleaning materials, lead-free patient X-ray aprons and shields, and adhesives with either low or no volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which can have adverse health effects. Also, there is a piano. Manning often plays it to patients who are children, elderly or have developmental disabilities and need help relaxing. It sounds unusual, but that is something this doctor is used to being. “I was a weirdo in the Air Force; I didn’t fit in real well,” she quipped. “I was the only female dentist at Peterson, so they used to make fun of me for calling my fatigues my outfit.” At the Air Force Academy, even without her piano, Manning’s gentle touch proved effective. “I mostly treated young, healthy mouths at the academy, but the most interesting thing about treating them is that 80 percent of them fell asleep in my chair,” Manning said. “They were just so exhausted; they work those kids hard … They loved going to the dentist.” N OV E M B E R 2 0 1 8

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Manning met her husband, Ryan, through a mutual friend, and the couple wed two years after their first date. Ryan, a CPA at Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, and Krysta have been married nine years. The Air Force medical profession scholarship Krysta received to complete dental school required one year of service per year of school. While serving as a dentist, she also was in charge of social activities at the academy and the base—basically making sure cadets were happy and deployable. But there was a catch for Krysta: At the end of the second year, she gave birth to triplets. “I wanted to be near my mommy, so it just wasn’t a good fit for our family,” she said, adding that had she stayed in after the three-year mark, she probably would have pursued the hospital dentistry residency through the Air Force in San Antonio. “I thought really long and hard about it but ultimately decided I needed to be near family as a mother of three young babies.” Working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day only six weeks after giving birth took a toll. “My daughters had only been out of the NICU [neonatal intensive care unit] for a week, and my son was still in, but there was no more time off,” Manning recalled. “I felt crazy. There was a lot of confusion. I was struggling with postpartum depression, was working long days … I had a nanny five days a week taking care of my newborns. I didn’t sleep at night—because three newborns.” During her last six weeks in Colorado, Manning’s husband had accepted a new position in Louisville, so he brought two babies home to Kentucky with him, and she kept one. “She was so much harder than the other two combined; that’s how we decided,” Manning said with a laugh. “We had these two nice babies—then we had the mean child. I kept the mean child. But it was actually relaxing, because I only had one child to take care of, and we had already moved everything back to Louisville. That’s actually what made me become a minimalist, was that time of having all of my stuff in one room.” To this day, Manning is a minimalist and keeps a simple capsule wardrobe.

Leaving the Air Force was tough in some ways. One notable factor was that it was like working in “dental Disneyland. If a patient needed something, you did it. If it was the ideal treatment and it would serve them well, you did it,” Manning said. “And you didn’t have to worry about attrition or no-shows.” Manning said this instilled in her “really strong dental ethics. Because I worked in that environment, I know what ideal is, and I’m not going to push you toward what your insurance is going to cover,” she said. “I will tell you what your insurance will pay for, and I’ll tell you that I, maybe they, recommend something different. I’m willing to let people make that choice.” Manning also offers free second opinions for patients. Upon her return to Kentucky, Manning admits she didn’t know if she wanted to continue being a dentist. “I just wanted a break,” she said. “I was mad and tired, and I was still struggling with postpartum depression and getting over that. But I don’t sit idly well, so I started working on my MBA at UofL in August in the evenings.” Two years later, she received her Master of Business Administration degree in entrepreneurship. “I didn’t have to be the triplet mom or the dentist—just go be myself for a while,” she recalled. “That helped me heal more than anything else.” Toward the end of those two years, Manning began working part time and then gradually full time as a dentist at Home of the Innocents in Louisville. “I was hesitant to go back to doing [dentistry], but I think what helped me there was that the population there was a population in need,” she said. This approach to helping others—combined with her dental innovation inspiration from the Air Force and growing appreciation as a mother for things natural, environmentally friendly and holistic—led her to start Solstice. The company’s name pays homage to the birth of her triplets on the summer solstice. Her practice has a partnership with Cedar Lake, Kentucky’s largest private nonprofit organization serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Solstice adopts a different charity every month, has an autism desensitization program, and provides a therapy dog to patients.

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“On the other hand, we’re doing digital dentistry and the same day, crowns and Botox and fillers, because that stuff is fun. That’s like the fun part of my profession, and then the other stuff is kind of the heart,” Manning said. “I get to mix the fun parts of dentistry with the giving parts of dentistry. I don’t know anywhere that I could have worked that would allow me to do that, unless I created it. And I also wanted to set hours that would allow me to be with my family.” Solstice’s hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., three days a week. “It gets me time to get things done and to walk my kids to school—to do life,” she said. “But during that time, I still have the phones forwarded to my cell phone for emergencies, and that way, we’re kind of a small-town feel. We try to be accessible. “Patients get me every time they come in. For me, it’s a lifestyle business—I’m not going to create a chain or open up five locations. People are starting to reject the idea that something as personal as their oral health should be [performed by] a conglomerate.” The backbone to Solstice, according to Manning, is her staff. They work out together, participate in team-building activities, produce music videos for social media, and hang out after hours. “I think that’s the only way to run a business,” she said. The eco-friendly facility is the perfect setting for Manning’s strong “If I fail, then I will have done it the way I feel like is the best and most ethical and the right way to treat my patients dental ethics; above, she often plays piano to patients who are children, elderly or have developmental disabilities and need help relaxing. and my team.” Q N OV E M B E R 2 0 1 8

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Students Step Up Boys State graduates develop proposals to benefit veterans By Stephen M. Vest

ith the leveling of a gavel, Rep. Tim Moore of the Interim Joint Committee for Veterans Affairs late last Elizabethtown, co-chairman of the Interim Joint summer to get their passion in front of state senators and Committee on Veterans Affairs, announced the representatives. The pressure then was on to develop a passage of a resolution in support of ideas presented on high-quality presentation. The students reached out to comprehensive veteran tax reform. What makes this experts in the field. Getler and Loohuis tapped into the newsworthy is that the combined ages of the two wisdom and experiences of such people as Ted Austin, presenters, both high school students, fall well short of adjutant of the Department of Kentucky American Legion, Moore’s age. to better appreciate the history of veteran service Elizabethtown’s Ryan Getler and Bardstown’s Carl organizations and the impact of taxes on Legion Post Loohuis, recent graduates of Kentucky Boys State, took Homes. The experience and guidance of veterans proved legislation created in the mock summer civics program and valuable in preparing the students for a legislative hearing. presented it to the real thing: the Kentucky General Civilians lined up, as well. Steven Ray of Madisonville, Assembly. With Moore’s committee’s endorsement and Boys State’s political director, contacted people to come support from the Kentucky Association of Counties, and support the interns. Ray was able to get several legislation could be drafted expanding tax breaks and prominent people to attend the hearing: 2017 Kentucky support of all Kentucky veterans, and not just those who Teacher of the Year Ron Skillern; Brian Roy, executive are disabled. director of the Kentucky Association of Counties, who Some of the benefits limited pledged his staff’s support; and to disabled veterans include Dr. Robin West, college history free handicapped DAV license professor and Boys State plates, a small property tax instructor. John Beach and break and free college tuition Commanders Mike Moses, for dependents. If approved, Randall Fisher and John Costigan veteran organizations, such as represented the American Legion. the American Legion, could see Ray introduced the guests and tax breaks on the property they turned things over to Dr. Peter own. Cheers were raised, high Trzop, Boys State’s executive fives and handshakes given, and director, to present an overview of hugs of gratitude exchanged Boys State and organizational that Boys State and the information on the American American Legion had made this Legion. Getler and Loohuis then historic moment happen. All presented the proposed legislation states give veterans benefits for and answered questions from service. Some states offer more representatives and senators. Ryan Getler, left, and Carl Loohuis than others, but most elected The students hope to present officials welcome discussions their proposal at the next on what can be done for veterans, their families and our legislative session in 2019. local communities. “Over the past decade, I’ve had the privilege to work Following Boys State in June, Getler, Loohuis and with Kentucky’s finest young men,” Ray said. “I grow Jackson Livingood developed a plan to make tax breaks a weary of people saying the next generation is worthless, reality for veterans and veteran service organizations. They and we are headed for trouble. This statement is the credit counselors and veterans such as Chris Gootee, Marty furthest from the truth. These young men are sterling Goley and Mark Kennedy for sparking their interest. A examples of the next generation. Each class amazes me white paper on veteran benefits was found and became the with their knowledge and zeal for the future. Kentucky’s basis for their legislative push. future is in great hands.” Rep. Moore, an Air Force veteran, heard about the To help this effort, contact Trzop at (502) 233-4585 or students’ efforts and invited them to present the plan to ptrzop@hotmail.com. Q 34

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COLLECTED TREASURES The New and Collected Poems of Jane Gentry Edited By Julia Johnson University Press of Kentucky $29.95 (C)

Perhaps the greatest legacy Jane Gentry (1941-2014) left to the state of Kentucky is that she imparted, eternally, a craftiness in verse to her appreciative students over her 40 years as an English professor at the University of Kentucky. Those students are now ambassadors of her creativity. With the help of Julia Johnson, also a professor of English at UK, Gentry’s most important work is now in the form of an important book, The New and Collected Poems of Jane Gentry. The 232 pages include two collections: “A Garden in Kentucky and “Portrait of the Artist as a Pig,” along with a section dedicated to her previously unpublished work. Gentry is a poet of tremendous range, being a “poet of the body and the body politic … a poet of the self,” according to noted writer George Ella Lyon. Gentry, a former Kentucky poet laureate, invokes images in “Garden” of growing older and closer in presenting a Versailles couple sitting in their kitchen, focusing on their garden and drawing “the quarter moons of their nails, shadowed still with dirt, across the legends of seed catalogues.” She encapsulates a figment of nature in “Portrait”: “The bass of the thunder rises beyond the locusts, under the hill. Closer, another voice answers.” Kudos to Johnson for her efforts in facilitating such an enlightened treasure from Gentry, a true and abiding gift. — Steve Flairty

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With more than 400 explored miles, Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world—at Mammoth Cave least that we Curiosities: A know of. With Guide to that much space Rockphobia, and historical Dating, Sabersignificance, toothed Cats, and Other there are going Subterranean to be stories to Marvels tell. Luckily, By Colleen Cave City O’Connor Olson resident Colleen University Press of O’Connor Olson Kentucky can share those $19.95 (P) tales with a bit of humor. Long before Mammoth Cave became a U.S. National Park, it had many uses. There is evidence of prehistoric and Native American dwellers, and there was a tuberculosis sanatorium and a saltpeter mine. Olson includes stories about celebrity visits, the cave’s inclusion in literary works and—wink, wink—what she calls the lowest form of humor: cave jokes. As a 20-plus year park ranger at Mammoth Cave, Olson certainly knows her subject matter and has written several books on Mammoth Cave.

Susan Spoon grew up in the 1950s in a small central Kentucky town having a strong connection to Weep No More a local state By Susan Engle college. Spoon Speaking as Create Space $10 (P) the character of Lass Chambers in Weep No More, she never mentions the real name of the town, but readers from the Bluegrass likely will figure it out. Lass’ firstperson account makes it clear that Spoon possesses a vivid memory of the times, one that makes even the little things seem special. This tidbit, for example: “I loved spending the night at Grand’s because she let me stay up later than at home and kept 7-Up in the refrigerator. For medicinal purposes.” Lest one think that all was well in Lass’ young life, her account of the Scottish lady Uncle Dirk married is chronicled with great care. To wit, the reality of a marriage that held so much potential visited an inordinate amount of pathos to the family. In so many ways, Spoon’s thinly disguised memoir tickles each of our familial sensibilities, both happily and sadly.

In the 1950s, high school basketball was one of Kentucky’s favorite pastimes, and UnCorked! fans took notice Kentucky Sports of Corky Legend Corky Withrow, a Withrow talented player By Sherrill from Central Williams and Charles Thurman City. Although Acclaim Press he was one of $24.95 (H) the state’s best players, Withrow ended up switching from baskets to bases. This book by Sherrill Williams and Charles Thurman follows the career of Withrow, a natural athlete, recounting many games and events. His baseball career included several stops in the minor leagues and eventually led to him playing for the St. Louis Cardinals alongside legend Stan Musial. This book is full of statistics, photos and interesting facts about Withrow’s career. Williams is a retired teacher with an interest in music and geology. Thurman, a businessman, is a history lover—particularly of Kentucky high school sports history. The authors hail from Hardin County.

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Don Dampier of Georgetown was “only fair” at the game of basketball as a four-year Musketeer at Carlisle High School in the 1950s. He’s always loved hoops competition at that level, however, and demonstrated his passion by writing Basketball Beginnings in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which chronicles the state’s most illustrious sport from the beginning part of the 1900s through the 1950s. Early on, he emphasizes the importance of longtime University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp’s emerging influence to inspiring increased passion. The author touches on many areas, including girls’ basketball disappearing from the scene and returning strongly in the 1970s. Published by DJ Discovery Press, the book retails for $21.95

Wolf, the Warrior In this extremely well-researched biography of Union Col. Frank Wolford, Lexington Wild Wolf: The author—and Great Civil War Wolford’s greatRivalry great-nephew— By Ronald Ronald Wolford Wolford Blair Blair discusses Acclaim Press $29.40 (H) his ancestor’s role in the United States Civil War. Wolford, who grew up in Russell and Casey counties, fought in the MexicanAmerican war alongside fellow Kentuckian John Hunt Morgan. Little did the men know that they would become rivals on a different battlefield. Just 13 years later, the two chose opposite sides of the War Between the States. And as Morgan’s Raiders ravaged the countryside in the name of the South, Wolford’s Wild Riders regiment fought just as hard for the North. Although the book focuses on Wolford, who took part in 300 battles and was wounded seven times, it also shows the cat-andmouse chase of the two soldiers. The book includes compelling photos, an index, detailed endnotes and even a letter Wolford wrote to Abraham Lincoln. — Deborah Kohl Kremer

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KTIA Signature Winter/Holiday Events ach quarter, the Kentucky Travel E Industry Association spotlights Signature Events for the season. Following is a sample of the state’s prime activities for the winter/holiday season. Holiday Market Opening Reception, Nov. 16, Community Arts Center, Danville, (859) 236-4054, communityartscenter.net. The Holiday Market showcases artwork by dozens of the region’s top artists for a beautiful and inspiring holiday shopping experience. Enjoy live music, holiday appetizers, and beer and wine for sale as you kick off the holiday season in style. Christmas in the Park, Nov. 21-Jan. 19, Freeman Lake Park, Elizabethtown, elizabethtownfamily.com/christmas-in-the-park. If you are looking for the ultimate Christmas experience, you won’t want to miss this festival, which has delighted visitors for more than 25 years. As you navigate the luminary-lit path around the park, you will take in the sight of 100-plus displays and more than a million lights. Tune your car radio to a local station for Christmas music to “set the scene.” Manger scenes, Santa Claus, Disney characters, Christmas trees and more are featured. Liberty Island Holiday Lights, Nov. 23-Dec. 22, Liberty, libertyislandlights.com. The city of Liberty hosts a holiday light display like no other, when Liberty Island is transformed into a dazzling winter wonderland, with more than 100 light displays set along a nearly mile-long wooded path. Covered wagons pulled by tractors, complete with the sounds of the season, transport you through the magical landscape, hot chocolate in hand. The night is made complete with a visit with Santa in his sleigh. Dickens of a Christmas Small Business Saturday, Nov. 24, downtown Paducah, paducahmainstreet.org. Historic downtown Paducah bustles with holiday cheer for this event. The Dickens atmosphere— complete with Victorian carriage rides, dancers, carolers and costumed characters—adds to the ambiance. Restaurants and merchants feature special activities and promotions. The day marks the beginning of the season of Christmas in Paducah and is filled with festive performances, holiday shopping events and light displays. Holiday Homes Tour, Dec. 1, various locations, Harrodsburg, (859) 734-5985. This tour features properties throughout

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Mercer County that have a history or “story” to tell. Locations are trimmed with everything from decorations recalling Kentucky’s pioneer past to overthe-top Victorian embellishments to contemporary motifs. The Historical Society also opens a tea room in its headquarters on historic Morgan Row. Holidays at Shaker Village, Dec. 1-31, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, (859) 734-5411, shakervillageky.org. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill presents a merry Christmas in the spirit of simplicity. The village is adorned with fresh swags, wreaths, garlands and luminaries lining the paths. Sample the bakery’s delights during Holiday Teas; catch a ride on the Jingle Bell Shuttle, a festive wagon that travels the village road lined with classic holiday greens; and peruse the shops, which are filled to the brim with twinkling lights, holiday décor and gifts for every person on your list. Cakes with Kris Kringle, Dec. 8 and 15, Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville, (502) 637-1111, derbymuseum.org. The Kentucky Derby Museum presents unlimited pancakes and a hot chocolate bar at this event, along with photos with Santa Claus, a caroling sing-a-long with Heartland Music Together, story time with Mrs. Claus, and a Santa hat-making workshop led by Jenny Gerst Pfanenstiel, official milliner of the museum and owner of Formé Millinery. Skate on Main, Dec. 21-Jan. 19, Weisiger Park, Danville, downtowndanville.com. The second annual Skate on Main takes place on an open-air “iceless” rink in downtown Danville. Join us as we celebrate the holiday season with one of America’s favorite winter traditions: skating. Steel Magnolias, Feb. 28, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, (859) 236-4692, nortoncenter. com. Within the walls of Truvy’s beauty shop, six strong women’s lives increasingly hinge on the existence of one another. In turns laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching, the L.A. Theatre Works production of Steel Magnolias reveals the strength of the human condition and our shared need for companionship.

The Kentucky Travel Industry Association names its Signature Events four times a year. To be eligible, festivals or events must be recommended or produced by a KTIA member. A panel of impartial judges selects the winners for each season.

For more information, phone (502) 223-8687, email info@ktia.com or visit KTIA.com. Illustration by Annette Cable.

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Past Tense/Present Tense

They Made Kentucky (and also America)

BY BILL ELLIS

ome people have keepsakes like knives, bottle caps and postcards. I have file after file of old articles from newspapers, magazines and journals stashed away in filing cabinets. I found one article recently that revived my interest in the “Great Man” theory of history. “They Made America,” a piece from the December 2006 issue of The Atlantic, piqued my interest that the old idea certainly would now include the “Great Woman.” The article listed America’s most influential people, past and present. Abraham Lincoln held the No. 1 spot, with the heading: “He saved the Union, freed the slaves, and presided over America’s second founding.” It may be debatable that he alone freed the slaves. African Americans and others still celebrate “Juneteenth”—June 19, 1865—the date of the end of slavery in Texas, when a Union Gen. Gordon Granger, who is buried in the Lexington Cemetery, forced a Confederate mayor in Galveston to release the last slaves in America. Born in Kentucky, Lincoln certainly had the imprint of the Commonwealth on his life. I have written about Lincoln previously in Kentucky Monthly and other journals, including his being a great American humorist if for no other reason than to save himself from his melancholy. After one of my scribblings, a modern-day Lincoln detractor wrote me that he still celebrates John Wilkes Booth’s birthday. Well, as my father used to say, “Everybody to his own notion.” Henry Clay ranked No. 31 on the list, directly behind Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Clay’s heading included a just summation: “One of America’s greatest legislators and orators, he forged compromises that held off the Civil War for decades.” Jim Klotter’s recently published biography of “The Great Compromiser,” Henry Clay: The Man Who Would Be President, only adds to the many writings about Kentucky’s most famous and influential politician of all time. No other Kentuckians made the list. President Harry S Truman came in at No. 21, and it should be recalled that his paternal grandfather was born in Shelby County before immigrating to Missouri. With the exception of Bill Gates at No. 54, all those included were deceased, so I will include in this brief piece only Kentuckians who have gone on to their just reward. Lincoln, of course, referred to Clay as his “beau ideal of a statesman,” of what an American politician should aspire to be. My beau ideal of a statesman is Sen. John Sherman Cooper. I would want to see him added. How about Alben 38

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Barkley, who was senate majority leader and vice president of the United States under Truman? Jackie Robinson appeared at No. 35 on The Atlantic list, so why not add baseball commissioner Happy Chandler, who oversaw the beginning of desegregation of major league baseball? Moving chronologically through time, Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton and James Harrod would be the first in our list of important Kentuckians. Kentucky was the “First West” and the 15th state admitted to the Union. Before them were the Native Americans, who soon lost their claim to the geographic region we now call Kentucky. Who were they? We don’t even know their names, do we? Isaac Shelby, our first governor and Revolutionary War and War of 1812 hero, would be near the top of the list. What other governors should be included? Bert Combs initiated the sales tax, and Louie B. Nunn added his “Nunn’s Nickel” to Kentucky’s revenue stream. Who have been the most important women in Kentucky history? The Atlantic included feminists and women’s rights advocates Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Kentucky women were led by such luminaries as Laura Clay and Madeline McDowell Breckinridge toward the same goals.* For an all too brief spell, Carl D. Perkins and Harry Caudill, each in his own way, highlighted an effort to improve the plight of all people in Appalachia, not just in Kentucky. Religious leaders Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Mary Baker Eddy and Lyman Beecher made The Atlantic listing. The Great Revival, often called the Second Great Awakening, occurred in the early 19th century, creating controversy and new religious organizations. James McCready and Barton W. Stone, among others, had great influence on the religious history of Kentucky and the nation. By the way, Stephen Collins Foster, who composed our state song, came in No. 97 on The Atlantic listing as “America’s first great songwriter.” Understanding that Kentucky is only one of 50 states, who would you add to the list “They Made Kentucky and America?” Keep in mind that living individuals should be excluded. I await your emails or letters. *For more information, see Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times as well as encyclopedias published by the University Press of Kentucky. Readers may contact Bill Ellis at editor@kentuckymonthly.com

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Field Notes

Whitetail Time in Kentucky BY GARY GARTH

f you are a deer hunter in Kentucky—and there are more than 300,000 of us—November is your month. The one you’ve been waiting for. Sure, deer season has been open since late summer. Archery season began the first day of September. Crossbow hunters have been in the woods since Oct. 1. Youngsters had a weekend to gun hunt in mid-October, and the opening muzzleloader weekend also was last month. But November is when things kick into high gear. The rut—that magical time when heavy antlered bucks (and frisky spike bucks along with all the rest) have nothing but romance on their minds and, as a result, sometimes toss their usual cautious ways to the wind—is at full press. Hunters (some hunters, anyway) benefit. November also ushers in modern firearm season, which by statute begins the second Saturday of the month. This year, that is Nov. 10. If you haven’t checked the deer regulations for the 2018-19 season, be sure to do so before opening day. Wildlife officials have made several changes, and not all hunters were happy with them. But here they are: Deer season is still managed with four zones, with, as traditionally has been the case, Zone 1 offering the most liberal opportunities and Zone 4 counties being the most restrictive. Kentucky is home to about 1 million deer, which, of course, are not evenly distributed. Critters, like humans, prosper in the proper surroundings. And while wildlife management is hardly an exact science, state deer managers overall aim to reduce whitetail numbers in Zone 1 counties, maintain numbers in Zones 2 and 3, and boost numbers in Zone 4. Hunting and hunt management are the only effective tools to achieve these goals. Thirty-two counties have changed zone classifications from last season: Union, Henderson, Daviess, Hancock, Breckinridge, Meade, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd, Hart, Butler, Warren, Allen, Monroe, Barren, Edmonson, Metcalfe, Adair, Taylor, Casey, Lincoln, Boyle, Mercer, Garrard, Madison, Clark, Montgomery, Bath, Mason, Wayne, Pulaski and Laurel. Most have become more liberal. Union, Henderson, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd, Hart and Mercer and Mason are now designated Zone 1. Gun season will run for 16 days in all zones. This is new and a major change. For nearly a generation, gun hunters in Zones 3 and 4 had been limited to 10 days. Zone 4 counties basically cover the southeastern chunk of the Commonwealth and feature rugged terrain that harbors the fewest number of deer and the most physically challenging

hunting habitat. Zone 4 has been a 10-day gun hunt for as long as many can remember. I will be curious to learn if the extra six days adds a sizable number of deer to the Zone 4 bag. Last year, Zone 4 hunters checked about 6,000 whitetails during the 10-day gun season. In Zone 1 counties—which include all of the Jackson Purchase region and a solid chunk of the state along the Ohio River from Hardin to Mason counties and reaching to Hart, Green, Washington, Mercer, Woodford, Scott, Harrison and Robertson counties—there is no limit on antlerless deer. Four deer can be taken on the statewide deer permit ($35 for residents and $120 for nonresidents). Additional permits are $15 (same price for residents and out-ofstate hunters) and are good for two deer each. Zone 2 hunters can take up to four deer. The Zone 3 limit also is four whitetails, but—in a change for this season—a firearm can be used only for one antlerless deer in any Zone 3 county. The Zone 4 bag is two deer, but only one can be antlerless. One thing that hasn’t changed, and one of the few things nearly all deer hunters can agree on, is the statewide one antleredbuck limit. This is the bedrock of Kentucky’s resounding whitetail recovery. Although special regulations do apply to some areas and specially managed hunts, the one-buck rule remains in force. For details or more information, pick up a copy of the Kentucky Hunting & Trapping Guide, available at most county court houses and wherever licenses are sold. You also can find a copy online at fw.ky.gov or call the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources at 1-800-858-1549. ••• Kentucky has become a deer hunt destination state, a testimony to the quality of the herd. By way of genetics, habitat and good management, Kentucky annually surrenders several Boone and Crockett-class bucks. In 2017, hunters reported bagging 34 B&C typical whitetails (minimum score 160) and 16 non-typical (minimum score 185). Those are the ones that were reported to wildlife officials. Details and a line list of last year’s B&C bucks are on page 13 of the hunting guide. One negative is the continued decline in the number of hunters. The solution to this is simple, fun and productive: Go. And take a youngster with you. Hunt safely. Readers may contact Gary Garth at editor@kentuckymonthly.com N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 • K E N T U C K Y M O N T H LY

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Ongoing Kaleidoscope: Kentucky Museum Quilts, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, through Dec. 18, (270) 745-2592

The Cocktail, Dueling Grounds Distillery, Franklin, (901) 489-6096

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Ricky Skaggs, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, also Nov. 17, (270) 926-7891

Berea Makers Market Holiday, Russel Acton Folk Center, Berea, (859) 358-6885

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Kentucky Book Festival, Alltech Arena, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, through Nov. 17, (859) 257-5932

Travis Scott, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, (502) 690-9000

Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons, Filson Historical Society, Louisville, (502) 635-5083

Evergreen Selection, Boone County Arboretum, Union, (859) 384-4999

Christmas in the Park, Freeman Lake Park, Elizabethtown, through Jan. 1, (270) 765-2175

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Broadway Musical Bright Star, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, also Nov. 29-30 and Dec. 6-7, (270) 427-6848

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Anderson County Art Trail, various locations, Lawrenceburg, (502) 598-3127

Holiday Hop, The Infamous Turkey Time, downtown Stringdusters, John James Winchester, Bluegrass Audubon State through Nov. 11 Music Hall of Park, Henderson, (859) 737-0923 Fame & Museum, (270) 827-1893 Owensboro, (270) 926-7891

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Heartland Dulcimer Festival, First Christian Church, Elizabethtown, (270) 234-4413

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The Snowy Day, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Lexington, also Nov. 10-11, (859) 254-4546

Veterans Day

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Peter Williams Exhibit, Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, (859) 255-6653

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Ongoing Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Stages for Being, UK Art Museum, Lexington, through Dec. 9, (859) 257-5716

Ballet Hispanico, Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, (270) 824-8650

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A Christmas Carol, The Grand Theatre, Frankfort, through Dec. 2, (502) 352-7469

Santa on the Winterfair, Square, Welcome Northern Center Plaza, Kentucky Bardstown, Convention Center, Covington, through Dec. 15, (502) 350-6176 (859) 261-1500

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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, (270) 926-7891

Ongoing Miraculous Minis Exhibit, John James Audubon State Park, Henderson, through Dec. 19, (270) 827-1893

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A guide to Kentucky’s most interesting events Bluegrass Region

locations, Lawrenceburg, (502) 598-3127, lawrenceburgky.org 3-4 Open Studios ARTTOUR, Arts Council of Mercer County, Harrodsburg, (859) 734-7731, artscouncilofmercer.com

Ongoing Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Stages for Being, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, through Dec. 9, (859) 257-5716, finearts.uky.edu/art-museum Lexington Book Benches, downtown Lexington, through Nov. 29, bookbencheslex.org Every Picture Tells a Story, Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate, Lexington, through Dec. 14, (859) 266-8581, henryclay.org November

1 Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Festival, Lexington Arts and Science Center, Lexington, (859) 252-5222, lasclex.org 1 Beholder Tour, Spendthrift Farm, Lexington, (859) 963-1004, visithorsecountry.com 1-2 Breeders’ Cup Experience, Taylor Made Horse Farm, Nicholasville, (859) 963-1004, visithorsecountry.com 1-6 Planetarium Pop-Up: Cosmic Colors, Lexington Arts and Science Center, Lexington, (859) 252-5222, lasclex.org 1-9 Peter Williams Exhibit, HeadleyWhitney Museum, Lexington, (859) 255-6653, headley-whitney.org 2 International Nights at the Museum: Mexico, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, (859) 259-4200, kyhorsepark.com 2 Rodney Crowell, The Grand Theatre, Frankfort, (502) 352-7469, grandtheatrefrankfort.org 2 Comedy of Errors, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, (859) 236-4692, nortoncenter.com 2 Mary Todd Lincoln Bicentennial Symposium, William T. Young Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, (859) 233-9999, mtlhouse.org 3 Anderson County Art Trail, various

4 The Snowy Day, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Lexington, also Nov. 10-11, (859) 254-4546, lctonstage.org 4 TobyMac and DiverseCity Band, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.com 5-27 Kentucky Veteran Project Exhibit, State Capitol Rotunda, Frankfort, (502) 892-3120 6-7 Paw Patrol Live! Rupp Arena, Lexington, (859) 233-4567, rupparena.com 8-11 Holiday Hop, downtown Winchester, (859) 737-0923, downtownwinchesterky.org 8-11 Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll & Hyde Play, Carriage House Theatre, Lexington, also Nov. 15-18 and 22-25, (859) 257-4929, studioplayers.org 9 Home Free, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.com 9 Goodman Revival Gospel Concert, Sand Spring Baptist Church, Lawrenceburg, (502) 598-3127, goodmanrevival.com 9-11 Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Leeds Center for the Arts, Winchester, also Nov. 16-18, (859) 744-6437, leedscenter.org 10 Rend Collective Concert, Asbury University, Wilmore, (859) 858-3511, asbury.edu 10 Family Style Quail Supper, Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, 1-800-734-5611, shakervillageky.org

12-17 Kentucky Book Festival, Alltech Arena, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, (859) 257-5932, kyhumanities.org 14 Feed the Soul Lunch and Music Series, Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center, Lexington, also Dec. 12, (859) 280-2218, lexingtonlyric.com 14 Peppa Pig Live! EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.com 14 REO Speedwagon, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.com 16 Ballet Hispanico, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, (859) 236-4692, nortoncenter.com 16 LexArts Gallery Hop, downtown Lexington, (859) 255-2951, galleryhoplex.com 16 Made in America, presented by the Lexington Philharmonic, Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, (859) 233-4226, lexphil.org 16-17 Elf! Lexington Opera House, Lexington, (859) 233-4567, lexingtonoperahouse.com 16-30 Southern Lights, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, through Dec. 31, (859) 259-4200, kyhorsepark.com 17 Kentucky Book Fair, Alltech Arena, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, (859) 257-5932, kyhumanities.org 17 Holiday Open House, Old Fort Harrod State Park, Harrodsburg, (859) 734-3314, parks.ky.gov 17 Berea Makers Market Holiday, Russel Acton Folk Center, Berea, (859) 3586885, bereamakersmarket.com 18 Vince Gill, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, (859) 236-4692, nortoncenter.com

11 Open House, Ward Hall, Georgetown, (502) 863-5356, wardhall.net

24 Blessing of the Hounds, Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, 1-800-734-5611, shakervillageky.org

11 CB Squared, presented by the Lexington Philharmonic, Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, (859) 233-4226, lexphil.org

24-25 Winter Trade Days, Fort Boonesborough State Park, Richmond, (859) 527-3131, parks.ky.gov

11 Ben Sollee, The Grand Theatre, Frankfort, (502) 352-7469, grandtheatrefrankfort.org

29-30 A Christmas Carol, The Grand Theatre, Frankfort, through Dec. 2, (502) 352-7469, grandtheatrefrankfort.org

11 Bob Dylan, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.com

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Lexington, through Dec. 1, (859) 233-4567, rupparena.com

Louisville Region

30 A Victorian Christmas, White Hall State Historic Site, Richmond, through Dec. 15, (859) 623-9178, parks.ky.gov 30 Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Waveland State Historic Site, Lexington, through Dec. 16, (859) 272-3611, parks.ky.gov December

1 ACMC Open House Gallery, Arts Council of Mercer County, Harrodsburg, (859) 613-0790, artscouncilofmercer.com 1 Harry Connick Jr., EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.com 1 Christmas Craft Fair, Main Street, Lawrenceburg, (502) 598-1914, christianacademylawrenceburgky.org 1 Celtic Woman: The Best of Christmas, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, (859) 236-4692, nortoncenter.com

Ongoing America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far Exhibit, Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, through Dec. 29, (502) 992-5334, alicenter.org Archies Comics Exhibit, Jeffersontown Library, Jeffersontown, through Dec. 14, (502) 261-8290, jeffersontownky.gov November

1 Civil War and Antebellum Costumes & Fabrics, Oldham County History Center, La Grange, (502) 222-0826, oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org

10-11 Trims and Whims Christmas Craft Show and Tea Room, Wright Elementary School, Shelbyville, (502) 321-6194 11 Veteran’s Day Program: The Music of WWI, Oldham County History Center, La Grange, (502) 222-0826, oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org 11-18 Military Appreciation Days, Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, (502) 549-5470, kyrail.org 14-16 Author Silas House Workshop, Spalding University, Louisville, (502) 873-4400, spalding.edu/mfa 15 The Music of Cream, Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, Louisville, (502) 562-0100, kentuckycenter.org 15-17 Holiday Open House, downtown Bardstown, (502) 348-4877, bardstowntourism.com

1-9 Works of Nikolaj Christensen, Flame Run Gallery, Louisville, (502) 584-5353, flamerun.com

16 Christmas Bazaar & Luncheon, Bardstown Baptist Church, Bardstown, (502) 348-4877, bardstownbaptist.org

2 Stairway to Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin Tribute, Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, (502) 583-4555, mercuryballroom.com

17 Holiday Home Tour & Luncheon, Crestwood Civic Club, Crestwood, (502) 996-7050

1-15 Story Time with Mrs. Santa Claus, Waveland State Historic Site, Lexington, (859) 272-3611, parks.ky.gov

2 Heartland Dulcimer Festival, First Christian Church, Elizabethtown, (270) 234-4413, heartlanddulcimerclub.org

17 Murder Mystery Theater, Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, (502) 549-5470, kyrail.org

4 Christmas Teas at White Hall, White Hall State Historic Site, Richmond, also Dec. 11, (859) 623-9178, parks.ky.gov/calendar/details/ christmas-tea-at-white-hall/81240/index.html

2-3 An Evening with Poe, Frazier History Museum, Louisville, (502) 753-5663, fraziermuseum.org

4 A Christmas Carol, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.com

2-4 All Wrapped Up Gift & Craft Show, Rough River Dam State Resort Park, Falls of Rough, (270) 257-2311, parks.ky.gov

17 Bardstown for the Arts Demos and Artsy Delights, Gallery on the Square, Bardstown, (502) 751-7276, bardstownforthearts.com

1-2 A Charlie Brown Christmas – Live on Stage! Lexington Children’s Theatre, Lexington, also Dec. 8, (859) 254-4546, lctonstage.org

6 Discovery Night: Festivals Around the World, Lexington Arts and Science Center, Lexington, (859) 252-5222, lasclex.org 6 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Rupp Arena, Lexington, (859) 233-4567, rupparena.com 6-13 Trees and Traditions Tour, Waveland State Historic Site, Lexington, (859) 272-3611, lasclex.org 7 Larry Sanders & Borderline Band, The Burgin Barn, Harrodsburg, (859) 748-5424, larryandborderline.com 7-8 18th Century Christmas, Fort Boonesborough State Park, Richmond, (859) 527-3131, parks.ky.gov 7-9 A Christmas Carol, Ragged Edge Theatre, Harrodsburg, (859) 734-2389, raggededgetheatre.org

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3-4 Colonial Christmas Market, Oldham County History Center, La Grange, (502) 222-0826, oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org

17 Wickland Christmas Bazaar, Civic Center, Bardstown, (502) 507-0808, visitbardstown.org 17-30 North Pole Express, Kentucky Dinner Train, Bardstown, through Dec. 23, (502) 348-7300, kydinnertrain.com

4 Louisville Orchestra Presents Harry Potter, Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, Louisville, (502) 562-0100, kentuckycenter.org

19 Travis Scott, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, (502) 690-9000, kfcyumcenter.com

6 Light the Night Walk, Slugger Field, Louisville, (502) 719-0550, lightthenight.org

20 Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons, Filson Historical Society, Louisville, (502) 635-5083, filsonhistorical.org

9 The Louisville Soul Music Fest, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, (502) 690-9000, kfcyumcenter.com 10 Dining on the Rails, Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, (502) 549-5470, kyrail.org 10 Lynyrd Skynyrd, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, (502) 690-9000, kfcyumcenter.com

21-30 Christmas in the Park, Freeman Lake Park, Elizabethtown, through Jan. 1, (270) 765-2175, touretown.com 22 Thanksgiving Buffet, Rough River Dam State Resort Park, Falls of Rough, (270) 257-2311, parks.ky.gov

23 Light Up Bardstown, Welcome Center Plaza, Bardstown, (502) 350-6180, bardstownmainstreet.com 23 Making Spirits Bright by Lantern Light, Barton 1792 Distillery, Bardstown, (502) 331-4879, 1792bourbon.com 23 The Christmas Corner, The Gallery on the Square, Bardstown, (502) 348-4877, bardstownmainstreet.com 24 Colonial Williamsburg Centerpiece Workshop, Oldham County History Center, La Grange, (502) 222-0826, oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org 24-30 Santa on the Square, Welcome Center Plaza, Bardstown, through Dec. 15, (502) 350-6176, bardstownchamber.com 25 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, Louisville, (502) 562-0100, kentuckycenter.org 27 Documentary Film Screening: Unguarded, Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, (502) 992-5334, alicenter.org 27 Craig Ferguson: Hobo Fabulous Tour, The Brown Theatre, Louisville, (502) 584-7777, kentuckycenter.org 28 Swan Lake, Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, Louisville, (502) 562-0100, kentuckycenter.org 29 Food and Gin Pairing, Westport Whiskey and Wine, Louisville, (502) 203-1180, westportwhiskeyandwine.com 29-30 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Shelby County Community Theatre, Shelbyville, also Dec. 1-2 and 6-9, (502) 633-0222, shelbytheatre.org 30 Beautiful Music of Christmas, Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral, Springfield, through Dec. 1, (859) 481-7094, centralkytheatre.com 30 North Pole Express, Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, through Dec. 21, (502) 549-5470, kyrail.org December

1 Breakfast with the Grinch, Oldham County History Center, La Grange, (502) 222-0826, oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org 1 Supper with Santa, Graysonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing Restaurant, Falls of Rough, (270) 257-2311, parks.ky.gov 1-21 Santa Express, Kentucky Railway N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 â&#x20AC;˘ K E N T U C K Y M O N T H LY

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Let’s Go 14 Evergreen Selection, Boone County Arboretum, Union, (859) 384-4999, bcarboretum.org

3 Hot Rize, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, (270) 926-7891, bluegrasshall.org

2 Family Fun Sunday: Handmade Christmas Cards, Oldham County History Center, La Grange, (502) 222-0826, oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org

22 Holiday Buffet, General Butler State Resort Park, Carrollton, (502) 732-4384, parks.ky.gov

3 Disney’s Newsies, Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, (270) 824-8650, glemacenter.org

4 Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Louisville Palace, Louisville, (502) 883-5774, louisvillepalace.com

23 Winterfair, Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, (859) 261-1500, winterfair.org

3-30 Festival of Lights, downtown Grand Rivers, through Jan. 31 (270) 362-0152, grandrivers.org

8 Christmas Tour of Homes, various locations, Bardstown, (502) 348-4877, visitbardstown.com

24 Open House, Larkspur Press, Owenton, (502) 484-5390, larkspurpress.com

8 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Carson Center, Paducah, (270) 908-2037, thecarsoncenter.org

Museum, New Haven, (502) 549-5470, kyrail.org

8 Wreath Making Workshop, Oldham County History Center, La Grange, (502) 222-0826, oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org 8 Bob Seger, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, (502) 690-9000, kfcyumcenter.com 8-9 Mrs. Julia Beckham’s Christmas Tea, Wickland – Home of Three Governors, Bardstown, (502) 507-0808, historicwickland.com

Northern Region

24 Small Business Holiday Shopping Event, Augusta, (606) 756-2183, augustaky.com December

1 A Country Christmas, downtown Williamstown, (859) 824-3322, visitgrantky.com 6 Reindeer Games, Boone County Public Library, Burlington, (859) 342-2665, boone.libnet.info/events 8 White Christmas Parade, downtown Augusta, (606) 756-2183, augustaky.com

Western Region

November

1 The Legend of Pocahontas, Boone County Public Library, Burlington, (859) 342-2665, boone.libnet.info/events 3 Fridays at Bobby Mackey’s, Bobby Mackey’s Music World, Wilder, (859) 431-5588, bobbymackey.com 3 Live Music, Elk Creek Vineyards, Owenton, also Nov. 10, 17 and 24 and Dec. 1, (502) 484-0005, elkcreekvineyards.com 3-4 In Love and Warcraft, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, also Nov. 9-11 and 16-18, (859) 957-1940, thecarnegie.com 9 Hickory Robot, Boone County Public Library, Burlington, (859) 342-2665, boone.libnet.info/events

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9 The Infamous Stringdusters, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, (270) 926-7891, bluegrasshall.org 10 Coffeehouse Series, Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, (270) 824-8650, glemacenter.org 10 Turkey Time, John James Audubon State Park, Henderson, (270) 827-1893, parks.ky.gov 10 Movies for Me Series, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, (270) 442-7723, maidenalleycinema.com 10 Paducah Symphony Orchestra, Carson Center, Paducah, (270) 908-2037, thecarsoncenter.org

Ongoing Scaled to Perfection: Gallery of Miniatures, Kentucky Gateway Museum, Maysville, through May 31, (606) 564-5865, ksbminiaturescollection.com

8-17 Eternity, Market House Theatre, Paducah, (270) 444-6828, markethousetheatre.org

Ongoing Miraculous Minis Exhibit, John James Audubon State Park, Henderson, through Dec. 19, (270) 827-1893, parks.ky.gov November

15 The History of Fort Campbell, McCracken County Public Library, Paducah, (270) 442-2510, mclib.net 15 Ballet Hispanico, Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, (270) 824-8650, glemacenter.org

1-3 Agatha Christie’s: Murder on the Nile, Playhouse in the Park, Murray, (270) 759-1752, playhousemurray.org

16 Adult Artist Retreat, John James Audubon State Park, Henderson, (270) 827-1893, parks.ky.gov

1-3 Becky Shaw, Theatre Workshop of Owensboro, Owensboro, (270) 683-5333, theatreworkshop.org

16-17 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, (270) 926-7891, bluegrasshall.org

1-4 River’s Edge International Film Festival, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, (270) 442-7723, maidenalleycinema.com

17 Artisan Christmas Festival, downtown Hartford, (270) 298-9966

1-25 Fabulous Fibers III Exhibit, John James Audubon State Park, Henderson, (270) 827-1893, parks.ky.gov

22 Thanksgiving Day Buffet, Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, Dawson Springs, (270) 797-3421, parks.ky.gov

2 Open House, Kolok Wood & Stone Sculpture Gallery, Owensboro, (270) 685-1312, kolok.net

26 Monty Python’s Spamalot, Carson Center, Paducah, (270) 908-2037, thecarsoncenter.org

26 Chamber Music Series, Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, (270) 824-8650, glemacenter.org 28 Junie B. Jones – Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Carson Center, Paducah, (270) 908-2037, thecarsoncenter.org 30 The Children’s Nutcracker, Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, (270) 824-8650, glemacenter.org 30 Sawyer Brown Christmas Show, Carson Center, Paducah, (270) 908-2037, thecarsoncenter.org 30 Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, (270) 926-7891, bluegrasshall.org

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A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS

Sat., Dec. 1 - Downtown Williamstown, Ky. (home of the Ark Encounter - minutes from I-75) 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Festivities include:

30 Little Rembrandts – Reindeer on Canvas, John James Audubon State Park, Henderson, through Dec. 1, (270) 827-1893, parks.ky.gov December

7-8 Seasons Greetings, Purchase Players Community Performing Arts Center, Mayfield, (270) 251-9035, purchaseplayers.com

For information, call 859-824-3322

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8 The Del McCoury Band, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, (270) 926-7891, bluegrassmuseum.org 8 Paducah Symphony Orchestra, Carson Center, Paducah, (270) 908-2037, thecarsoncenter.org

Southern Region

Ongoing Kaleidoscope: Kentucky Museum Quilts, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, through Dec. 18, (270) 745-2592, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum Louis to Le Mans: History of Chevrolet Racing, National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, through Jan. 4, (270) 782-0800, corvettemuseum.org

Event sponsored by Grant County Chamber of Commerce For an event schedule, go to: www.visitgrantky.com

7-15 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Theatre Workshop of Owensboro, Owensboro, (270) 683-5333, theatreworkshop.org 7-15 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Playhouse in the Park, Murray, (270) 759-1752, playhousemurray.org

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November

1-3 UnSeen BG – Haunted Downtown Walking Tour, Historic Railpark and Train Museum, Bowling Green, (270) 745-7317, historicrailpark.com 3 Orchestra Kentucky Celebrates Frankie Valli, Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, Bowling Green, (270) 904-1880, theskypac.com

December

13 Christmas with Exile, The Center for Rural Development, Somerset, (606) 679-6394, centertech.com 14 BG Onstage: Elf the Musical Jr. , Van Meter Hall, Bowling Green, (270) 904-1382, bgonstage.org

10 Winter Hike, Nolin Lake State Park, Mammoth Cave, (270) 286-4240, parks.ky.gov 12 Elf: The Musical, Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, Bowling Green, (270) 904-1880, theskypac.com 14-16 The Wind in the Willows, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, (270) 427-6848, theatrefestatlwc.org 16 3rd Friday Folk Coffeehouse, Carnegie Community Arts Center, Somerset, (606) 679-6394, lamay.com 18 The Cocktail, Dueling Grounds Distillery, Franklin, (901) 489-6096, duelinggroundsdistillery.com 23 Moscow Ballet Nutcracker, Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, Bowling Green, (270) 904-1880, theskypac.com 28-30 Broadway Musical Bright Star, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, also Dec. 6-7, (270) 427-6848, theatrefestatlwc.org

11 Hope for the Mountains, Eastern Kentucky Expo Center, Pikeville, (502) 489-3576, kybaptist.org 12 Winter Wonderland of Lights Opening Ceremony, Central Park Bandstand, Ashland, 1-800-377-6249, visitashlandky.com

Ongoing Elk Viewing Tours, Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Prestonsburg, weekends through Dec. 8, (606) 889-1790, parks.ky.gov

1 Appalachian Holiday Arts and Craft Fair, Morehead State University, Morehead, (606) 780-4342, moreheadstate.edu

24 Bunch and Browse, downtown Ashland, 1-800-377-6249, visitashlandky.com 24 Outdoor Family Adventure, Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, Corbin, 1-800-325-0063, parks.ky.gov

2 Forever Plaid, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, (606) 324-0007, paramountartscenter.com

30 Diamond Rio, Eastern Kentucky Expo Center, Pikeville, (606) 444-5006, eastkyexpo.com

2-3 Murder Mystery Theater, Carter Caves State Resort Park, Olive Hill, (606) 286-4411, parks.ky.gov 3 Diamond Rio, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, (606) 324-0007, paramountartscenter.com 3 Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out in Concert, Mountain Arts Center, Prestonsburg, (606) 886-2623, macarts.com

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30 Dumplin’s and Dancin’ Appalachian Food Weekend, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, also Dec. 1, (606) 785-5475, hindmansettlement.org

1 A Christmas Carol, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, (606) 324-0007, paramountartscenter.com

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16-19 Winter Wonderland Express Train Rides, Central Park, Ashland, 1-800-377-6249, visitashlandky.com 17 Trail Trek, Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Slade, (606) 663-3575, parks.ky.gov

November

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10 Appalachian Handmade Craft Fair, Jenny Wiley State Park, Prestonsburg, (606) 889-1790, park.ky.gov 10 Square Dance, Carcassonne Community Center, Carcassonne, (606) 633-9691

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7 Chapel Series, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, also Nov. 14 and 28, (270) 789-5266, campbellsville.edu

8 Adam Chaffins, Mountain Arts Center, Prestonsburg, (606) 886-2623, macarts.com

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Thankfulness things better than a fall afternoon at Keeneland and a drive down either Pisgah Pike or Old Frankfort Pike. No other state has our per-capita representation in show business, which shows we are a creative lot. We have music stars, such as Loretta (quoted at the beginning) and Chris Stapleton, who has racked up his share of awards over the past few years. We have Broadway and STEPHEN M. VEST movie stars, too. It’s kind of Publisher & Editor-in-Chief funny, you know. During the political season, someone running against someone else will air a commercial that claims their opponent is “a friend of the Hollywood elite.” I know what that means, but you know it’s our once-upon-atime neighbors who make up much of that group—George Clooney, Ashley Judd, Jennifer Lawrence, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, etc. It wasn’t all that many years ago that three of the five finalists for People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” had Kentucky ties. We have people who love the past and embrace the future, which is displayed nowhere better than in our “We were poor but we had love, beverage industry. Check out Castle & Key Distillery near that’s the one thing that Daddy made sure of.” Millville, where the past meets the present under the direction of Marianne Eaves, one of the bourbon industry’s — Loretta Lynn, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” youngest master distillers. Wes Murray and Will Arvin have taken great strides in modernizing the Old Taylor Distillery t would be nearly impossible to list all the reasons to be without removing what came before. thankful for being a Kentuckian. We have mountains to the east, with towns like Hell for We have some of the nation’s most beautiful Certain and Black Gnat. Our rivers begin there and landscapes. We have charming towns such as Augusta and eventually flow into either the Ohio or the Mississippi, Danville—and what about Stanford?. Don’t forget the which make up our northern and western borders. award-winning Bardstown and lively cities such as There are lakes, many man-made, within an hour of Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green and Covington. Don’t every single house in the Commonwealth. Most of these forget Owensboro and Paducah. We have sincere, honest lakes have state resort parks, each having a lodge with a and loyal people. We have historical characters such as character all its own. Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, Henry Clay and Abraham We have waterfalls and caves and natural wonders. Lincoln. Let’s not forget Happy Chandler, who was not only The sounds of birds and tree frogs fill the air. a governor and a senator but also the baseball commissioner Our diverse weather and beautiful seasons provide a who allowed Jackie Robinson to join the Brooklyn Dodgers, habitat for a wide variety of birds and animals. desegregating Major League Baseball. Robinson, who spent We have a good sense of humor, and we love to laugh. time in western Kentucky, played alongside Louisville’s Pee We have many blessings for which other states would be Wee Reese, who shocked racists by hugging his teammate truly grateful if they were lucky enough to have them. in the midst of nasty taunts in Cincinnati. Seriously, where else are you afforded the opportunity to Yes, we are known for our sports legends, from “The vote on your governor’s choice of facial hair? Can you Greatest” Muhammad Ali to PGA star Justin Thomas. When imagine Montana being that accommodating? How about people outside Kentucky think of Kentucky, they think New Mexico? I doubt it. sports—either the University of Kentucky Wildcats or the Kentucky Derby. As Kentuckians, we know it goes much Readers, and those looking for a speaker for a church or civic group, deeper, be it the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, the Eastern may contact Stephen M. Vest at steve@kentuckymonthly.com Kentucky Colonels or Keeneland Race Course. There are few

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