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Children's Chatter: Prepare your child for the first time flying
With summer vacation right around the corner, many of us will be traveling away from home to celebrate the end of a successful school year. This trip could be a car ride to grandma and grandpa’s house right around the corner, or it could be to the...
Tags: Family, Trips and Vacations, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Boyle County sees increase in tourist spending
Boyle County saw a 5.6 percent increase in tourism spending during 2012, according to an annual survey by the Kentucky Department of Travel. The survey, released earlier this week, examines the expenditure, employment and tax impacts generated by the...
Tags: Steve Beshear, Tourism and Leisure
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Trolley tours begin Tuesday
The Bluegrass Heritage Museum in Winchester celebrates National Preservation Month by offering trolley and bus tours to historic places in Winchester and Clark County. Local historian Harry Enoch will lead two tours, one on National Historic buildings...
Tags: Human Interest, Tourism and Leisure
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Winchester native rides cross country to raise money for macular degeneration
The WInchester SunOn the afternoon of April 3, Winchester native Michael McGuire’s friend dropped him off at the pier in Ventura, Calif. There, McGuire dipped his toe in the Pacific Ocean, got on his bike and headed east. On his way, he passed a sign in Bishop,...Tags: Bodies of Water, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Trips and Vacations, Oceans
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Safety tips for lightning, thunderstorms
Contributing WriterDo you ever wonder why we have more thunderstorms during spring and summer? It’s because weather patterns are more active as they move through Kentucky during these seasons, especially in the afternoon and evening. The weather conditions also...Tags: Weather Reports, Trips and Vacations, Natural Disasters, Weather
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UK Hoops brand starting to expand worldwide; recent Team USA trial invites are latest example
It’s called “Big Blue Nation” for a reason: Kentucky basketball fans are everywhere. But women’s basketball has traditionally been a smaller pool of fans, even in the basketball-crazed commonwealth. Coach Matthew Mitchell, the...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Kentucky Wildcats, College Basketball, Trips and Vacations, Sports
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Boyle represented during TOUR SEKY spring trip
SOMERSET — TOUR Southern and Eastern Kentucky hosted a spring work study trip April 30-May 2 in Boone, N.C. Boone is located in the heart of North Carolina’s High Country and is known for its outdoor recreation opportunities. More than 30...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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KSD weekend fundraiser supports U.S. basketball team's trip to Deaf Olympics
marsee@amnews.comA series of games and activities this weekend in and around Kentucky School for the Deaf is one of the largest local fundraisers for a basketball team planning to compete this summer in the Deaf Olympics. The Derby weekend event features basketball,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Gallaudet University, Pan American Games, Kentucky Derby, Trips and Vacations
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BBQ festival named a top 20 event
The Kentucky State BBQ Festival has been named a top 20 event in the United States by the Southeast Tourism Society for September 2013. The Southeast Tourism Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and developing tourism throughout...
Tags: United Way , Tourism and Leisure, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Festive Events
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News briefs for April 24
Boyle library will host program about family Bibles Boyle County Public Library will host a program with local genealogist and researcher Carolyn Crabtree at 7 p.m. Thursday. The program is called “Family Bibles as Sources for Legal Documents...
Tags: Wii, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Libraries, Gaming
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Celebrate, enjoy all city's parks
Springtime has come to central Kentucky, filling our parks, playing fields, sidewalks and streets with people of all ages seeking exercise, fresh air and fun. Millennium Park is in its 13th year as the centerpiece for this activity. And wow has it...Tags: Millennium Park, Gardens and Parks, Sports, Tourism and Leisure, Flying Disc
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Area women chosen to deliver shoeboxes overseas for Operation Christmas Child
kpeek@amnews.comBeing “shoebox crazy” is something Danville’s Kathy Kendrick and Liberty’s Nicki Johnson have become used to. As part of the collection team for the Danville area, they were two of many volunteers who packed and collected about 23,...Tags: Zambia, Trips and Vacations, Human Interest, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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