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CELEBRATING THE ENERGY OF YOUR COMMUNITY

GOING THE DISTANCEwith Special Olympics

OUT OF THIS WORLDImagining life on Mars

DRONES TAKE OFFInspecting electric lines

Saving our waterways

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JUNE 2016 VOL 70 • NO 6

KENTUCKY CULTURE

34 WORTH THE TRIP Explore and play in our state’s living green gems

38 EVENTSEnjoy Corbin’s Appalachian Foothills Fire Muster, the Kentucky River Blast in Frankfort, take in the traveling Vietnam Veterans Wall, arts and crafts in Gratz, and more

42 CHEF’S CHOICEAn incredible harvest

43 SMART HEALTH Stroke more common in women

44 GARDEN GURUA symphony of plants

45 GREAT OUTDOORSGo ape in the trees

46 KENTUCKY MARKETPLACE

48 SNAP SHOTLife on the water

49 KENTUCKY KIDS

50 BYRON CRAWFORD’S KENTUCKYWords of today are surely different than yesterday’s

DEPARTMENTS 5 YOUR COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY Elections matter

6 KL ON THE WEB

7 COMMONWEALTHS A 50-year-old secret, celebrating our fathers, a big tree hug at Bernheim, and more

8 LETTERS

ON THE GRID

9 CUTTING COSTS The brilliance of natural light

10 THE FUTURE OF ELECTRICITY Drones take off

13 GADGETS & GIZMOS Wonderful water

14 CO-OPERATIONS A new movie star, safety, and service

15 ENERGY 101 Slick energy scams

26A LOCAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE NEWS

16Making WavesCOVER STORY Could you live on a barge for nine

months out of the year with your sole purpose being

cleaning up America’s rivers? There is a group of people

who do. Learn about the Living Lands & Waters barge, its

founder, and its crew members.

22 Everyone CheersAthletes give it their all each year during the

Special Olympics State Summer Games. See a colorful

photo spread and learn about this year’s games, set for

June 3-5 in Richmond.

27Mars FeverMars is an unexplored—by humans, at least—

frontier that has captivated our minds for hundreds of

years. But could we see human exploration of the Red

Planet in our lifetime?

ON THE COVER The towboat M/V River Cleanup II, painted with river scenes by two St. Louis graffiti artists, pushes Living Lands & Waters’ barge up and down America’s rivers. Photo: Jolea Brown

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4 K E N T U C K Y L I V I N G • J U N E 2 0 1 6

Benjamin Franklin is often quoted

as saying, “By failing to prepare,

you are preparing to fail.”

In the electric industry this

is very true. Your cooperative regu-

larly makes plans to rebuild electric

lines, remove or prune dangerous

trees that could disrupt your electric

service, and increase energy capacity

to meet future growth.

Electric utilities are also con-

stantly updating emergency response

plans and storm restoration practices.

This time of year in Kentucky, we are

often plagued with high winds, tor-

nadoes, hail, and dangerous light-

ning. As your cooperative prepares to

respond to natural disasters, I would

like to remind you of a few things

that you should do to prepare for

severe weather, as well.

First, make sure you have a place

to go in the event of a tornado. A

basement or the interior of your

home is what the experts recom-

mend. During any thunderstorm,

seek shelter in a safe place. Driving

and watching these storms is very

dangerous. Hundreds of people die

every year from these storms.

Are you prepared in the unfor-

tunate event severe weather causes

a loss of electrical service? Double-

check that you have a flashlight with

fresh batteries, or one that is crank-

powered. Water and a first-aid kit

are also essential.

Secondly, please plan ahead for

the coming summer heat.

This is the time of year when

you need to check the performance

and operation of the cooling system

in your home. When your system

is not properly maintained, it can

be unhealthy for your family and

cost you money. When airflow is

restricted, your air-conditioning

system may work overtime trying to

keep your house comfortable.

Your electric cooperative has

energy experts available to answer

your questions about storm prepara-

tion, emergency planning, and prop-

erly maintaining your home energy

systems.

Cooperatives believe in Ben

Franklin’s systematic approach to

accomplishing goals. It is important

for all of us to prepare for the events

that may happen this spring and

summer.

One final word of caution: if you

feel like flying a kite, leave it to Ben

Franklin and the history books if

there is electricity in the air.

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DOGFIGHTING BILL

CREATURE COMFORTS

That dog don’t huntKentucky now has a law in place to help protect dogs used for fighting. Is it perfect? No. Is it a start? Yes. The goal is to prevent dogs like Rush, shown here, from becoming victims of torture.

Read Paula Sparrow’s latest Creature Comforts column online about how the bill was passed during this legislative session. Photo: Saved By the Bell

GLORIOUS GARDENS

SEARCH

Botanical beautiesCan’t get enough of the state’s botanical gardens? Find even more photos, including some from The Arboretum, on our website. But first, take a look at page 34 to get a glimpse of the outstanding scenery our state has to offer.

SPACE OUT

FEATURE

Equal opportunity explorationFor the first time, half of NASA’s astronaut class is female. The four female members, including Anne McClain, pictured shaking the hand of a future explorer, have each expressed interest in going to Mars—round-trip. Others have signed up for a one-way ticket. Read more about these astronauts by searching for “Mars Exploration” on our web-site. For more on Mars, turn to page 27. Photo: NASA/Lauren Harnett

GREEN THUMBS

SEARCH

Ask the GardenerIf the summer sun is drawing you outside to work in your garden, you’ll want to read the latest tips and tricks from gardener Angie McManus. Have a question you just can’t find the answer to? Submit it online and you might see it answered in an upcoming edition.

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Here comes summerJune in Kentucky is a pristine month,

a time when families escape to nature

to enjoy fishing, hiking, and boating or

canoeing on our many lakes and rivers.

The 1930s slogan adopted by

cavers and hikers, “Take nothing but

pictures, leave nothing but footprints,” is

particularly fitting as we try to protect our

most precious natural resource: water.

Read about the awesome work by

volunteers and Living Lands & Waters

(page 16) to protect not only Kentucky’s

rivers but all the major rivers in the USA.

It may seem like a small gesture, but

picking up trash changes the world.

Get yourself and your kids outdoors

to exercise. I encourage you to support

the 46th annual Special Olympics State

Summer Games in Richmond, June 3-5,

sponsored by Kentucky’s Touchstone

Energy Cooperatives (page 22). My family

will be there volunteering along with

hundreds of others. Attend and you will go

away with a smile on your face.

Summertime is about relaxing so

grab a hammock to read “Mars Fever”

(page 27), a mix of sci-fi and future space

exploration. The future

is now for drones (page

10), coming to a sky

near you.

ANITA RICHTER, EDITOR

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Central Kentucky author

Angela Correll continues

the saga of Annie Taylor,

an uprooted New York City

flight attendant who has

returned to her roots in

Guarded (www.koehlerbooks.

com, $16.95),

the sequel to

Grounded, an Amazon best-

selling novel, both based on

real-life exam-

ples from a rural

Kentucky farm,

family, and

heritage. Just as

Annie has settled

back into farm

life, it seems

change is every-

where she turns.

Uncovering a

hidden family

secret could be

her undoing or

the beginning of a new future.

When the stone house

where Annie’s grandmother,

Beulah, was raised suffers

debilitating damages, Beulah

is tempted to sell off the

architectural salvage piece by

piece. Annie is determined

to save it and all the memo-

ries it holds, however. While

working to ready it for repair,

Annie finds a cache of letters

from World War II hidden for

decades by her great-grand-

parents. Reading through

them opens a

floodgate of

both painful and

happy memo-

ries for Beulah,

while providing

a family con-

nection neither

woman knew

she had.

The explo-

ration into the

letters’ secret

and her family’s

past takes Annie to Italy. With

the time away, Annie must

evaluate her budding relation-

ship with neighbor and life-

long friend Jake. Will she be

like her father and aban-

don those she loves out of

fear? Is she willing to risk

a commitment to Jake

that she may not keep?

Will she push him away

before she can conquer

her doubts? Her discov-

eries about her family

teach her that true love

is stronger than the

obstacles it faces.

While Annie is

away, an unexpected

houseguest proves to

Beulah that shaking up a rou-

tine is often a good thing. Her

guest’s beliefs and habits are

much different than her own,

sometimes shocking Beulah,

even causing her to question

her guest’s morality. She soon

learns, though, that all is not

always as it seems, her ways

are not the only right ways,

and that perhaps she was too

quick to judge, all things that

will help her embrace the

truth that Annie sorts out in

Italy.

Like Annie and Beulah,

Angela Correll lives on a farm,

and rural Kentucky shines

through in her book. She also

owns a retail shop and a farm-

to-table restaurant. She is a

graduate of both Georgetown

College and the University of

Kentucky. Visit her website at

www.angelacorrell.com.

—Penny Woods

A 50-year-old secret in WWII letters

energy efficıency

Avoid setting your

thermostat at a colder

setting than normal

when you turn on your

air conditioner. It will

not cool your home any

faster and could result

in excessive cooling and

unnecessary expense.

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College correctionsIn the May Kentucky Living,

Whitney Pennington was incor-

rectly listed as

a a Murray State

University student. Pennington

is a student at Morehead State

University.

In the “Cap, Gown, Diploma.

Party!” feature story, Colleen Ohler

was incorrectly identified in the

photo cutline. Katie Post, left,

and Colleen Ohler celebrate their

mutual homeschool graduation

party in 2012. Colleen graduated

magna cum laude from Murray

State in May. Photo: Tamara Ohler

FACT CHECK

Sweet tribute to fathers everywhereThe year 2013 was not kind to my father, David

Sparrow of Mt. Eden. His wife, Judy, was ter-

minally ill, and he spent his days at the hospital

helplessly watching her slowly pass away. One

day I came home to find this peach with a note

saying, “Enjoy.”

I wept that he would think of leaving me a

homegrown treat during the worst time of his life.

But that’s my dad: he always thinks of others.

This peach symbolizes the thousands of acts of

kindness he has given his

family, friends, and others

over the years. He truly is

the best dad ever.

While a father’s words

may be few, his actions

could be described as

that of checking for a ripe

peach: sweet and gentle,

yet firm. Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful

fathers on Sunday, June 19.

—Paula Sparrow, Kentucky Living Associate Editor

A change for KentuckyGreener energy is going to provide jobs

for someone, why not Kentuckians

instead of the Chinese? Coal is not

cheap if health costs are considered.

Some studies indicate health costs to

be as much as current electricity costs,

even if ignoring climate change effects.

Kentucky tends to try to protect things

as they have been for centuries. The

world changes and we should be pre-

pared to change as well. Even if you

don’t believe the overwhelming science

that supports climate change, the rest

of the world does believe it and they are

acting accordingly. Kentucky has had a

number of years to prepare for climate

change regulations and we chose to dis-

believe. Now we are crying “Wait, we

need time to prepare.” I expect the next

step is the world will introduce tariffs on

goods produced with fossil fuels—where

will we be then?

Zexia Barnes, Morehead, member of Fleming-Mason Energy

A Kentucky hemp companyI am thankful to see the hemp article in

Kentucky Living (January 2016). Take a

peek at Green Remedy, started and run

by four Kentuckians. (We are) a company

that grows hemp, have invested nearly

half a million dollars of our own funds,

and are already developing products and

retailing them. We have given away these

products and have Kentucky kids being

seizure-free and even speaking for the

first time. We use safe, clean CO2 botani-

cal extractions to open up new cash

crops for the Kentucky farmer.

Chad Wilson, Bowling Green, member of Warren RECC

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BIG TREE HUGJoin Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, on Saturday, June 4, noon–4 p.m., for the BIG Tree Hug Challenge, when they will try to break the Guinness World Record for “most people hugging trees at the same time.” Shown is Ranger Whitney with Crocus Academy students from Bardstown.

On Saturday, June 11, 2-3:30 p.m. attend “A Tribute to Trees,” a short indoor presentation followed by a hike to see some of the great trees of Bernheim and more, $10 members; $12 nonmembers.

Visit Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat exhibit now through July 5.

For more information, go to www.bernheim.org.

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CUTTING COSTS

The brilliance of natural lightI would like to bring in more natural light and use fewer lamps to save electricity. Installing a big skylight sounds expensive and inefficient. What other options and simple tips are there?—Roni H.

JAMES DULLEY

Although the amount of elec-

tricity consumed for lighting,

especially with LED bulbs, is

relatively small compared to

heating and cooling, it still adds up

over an entire year. Natural lighting

is free, does not damage the envi-

ronment, and many people, particu-

larly the elderly, see better under

natural light.

There are two things to consider

when capturing the most effective

natural lighting. One is bringing the

natural light indoors efficiently, and

the other is main-

taining its bright-

ness indoors.

Before you try

something new,

make sure you’re

taking the best

advantage of your

existing windows.

If you have rela-

tively efficient

newer windows,

open the curtains

or use just sheers

during the daytime

to allow light in.

Prune back shrubs

that have grown up and are blocking

some glass area.

As you mentioned, skylights

bring in a lot of light, and the big

opening in the ceiling insulation

envelope does lose energy. But you

do have another option.

Small and efficient tubular skylightTubular skylights are an efficient and

effective alternative to a large sky-

light. They are efficient because as

little as a 1 to 1-1/2 foot hole needs to

be cut into the ceiling and roof. On

a sunny day, a small 1-foot tubular

skylight can produce as much light

as four 100-watt incandescent bulbs.

A tubular skylight is

a sheet metal tube that

extends from a hole

in the ceiling to one

in the roof. Its inte-

rior surface is reflec-

tive so very little light

brightness is lost as the

rays bounce back and

forth coming down into the room.

Flexible tubes are available to sim-

plify installation.

A clear dome is sealed over the

top and a diffuser snaps on the

bottom at the ceiling. It looks like a

recessed light. If they are too bright

at times, an optional solar-pow-

ered, remote damper is available. For

bathrooms, select a tubular skylight

with a built-in vent fan. A prismatic

top dome design will capture more

early morning and late afternoon

light. KL

JAMES DULLEY is a nationally syndicated

columnist who writes on energy-efficiency

and do-it-yourself energy topics.

Use paint and mirrors to spread light

You’ll use less energy on artifi-

cial lights when you improve the

way light spreads throughout

your home. Instead of using dark

colors, paint interior walls and

ceilings pale, bright colors such

as beige or white.

Properly placed mirrors can

also help. A mirror on the wall

next to a corner window or on

an interior wall across from any

window will help scatter light

throughout the room.

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When Randy Hutchison saw

the first photos taken by the

drone hovering near a tower

supporting high-voltage

transmission lines, he was amazed.

“I was surprised at the quality and

how detailed the images were,”

Hutchison says.

And Hutchison’s no stranger to

the tiniest details of those massive

support towers. As vegetation man-

agement supervisor for Big Rivers

Electric Corporation, the Henderson-

based generation and transmission

cooperative that keeps the power

flowing to local distribution co-ops in

22 counties in western Kentucky, he’s

logged hundreds of hours in helicop-

ters inspecting the right-of-way. He

knows exactly what to look for, and

how to spot problems 100 feet up in

the air.

Earlier this year, as he and Big

Rivers line supervisor Brandon

Osborne discussed the best way to

solve a problem along a section of a

power line corridor, they realized this

would be the perfect situation to test

out a drone.

Keeping it safe—and legalThey knew they’d need something

much more reliable than the light-

weight drones sold at the local hobby

store. Not only that, they’d have

to figure out how to comply with

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

rules and regulations, state public

service commission rules, indus-

try safety standards, insurance, and

multiple other checklists to keep it all

legal.

They connected with Brandon

Schulz, manager of United Aerobotics,

a division of United Dynamics

Corporation, headquartered in

Brooks, a company that provides

drone services to utilities in three

countries and 26 U.S. states.

In the world of aviation, drones

are known as unmanned aircraft sys-

tems (UAS)—but the “unmanned”

part of that description is somewhat

deceiving. While it’s true that no

human is riding in or on the device

up in the air, the FAA requires at

least two humans be on the ground

when using a drone. One person must

maintain eye contact with the drone

at all times.

A big advantage to using a drone

for transmission line inspections

is that the line can continue to be

energized while it’s being examined.

While that keeps service reliable, it

also presents a serious hazard.

“It’s all about safety in this line of

work,” Schulz says, “so we maintain

flight patterns with a large margin

for error. We must stay out of the arc

flash boundary zone, at least 10 feet

away from the power lines them-

selves. We try not to fly directly over

the lines, and instead perform our

inspections flying alongside at differ-

ent angles.”

Grayson RECC line personnel Cheyenne Holbrook and

Brian Rogers were certainly surprised when they got

the call from dispatch: “There’s a drone stuck in the

power lines by the library.”

Holbrook says, “When we got there, a small toy

drone made of Styrofoam was hanging on a three-

phase line. Brian used an extendable fiberglass pole

from our bucket truck to fish it off without having to interrupt service. But this was a

very dangerous situation and could have been a lot worse.”

When you’re outdoors, follow this advice from the linemen—Look up! Stay away!

Make sure kites, drones, or radio-controlled airplanes, as well as ladders and

other tools, will not come in contact with any part of the electric power system—that

includes poles, power lines, service wires, and transformers.

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More uses, better rules“The drone we use is a battery-pow-

ered, six-blade, ‘hex rotor’ model that

weighs about 15 pounds,” Schulz says.

“Although it has a top air speed of

about 30 mph, we seldom go that fast.

In fact, we go very slow. The vehicle

we stage from is a six-wheel ATV that

can handle the terrain in the right-

of-way. Most of the time we send the

drone up, hover from various angles,

bring it back down, then reposition at

the next support tower, and repeat.

We do not fly while the vehicle is

moving.”

As well as drones work for outdoor

transmission line inspections, they’re

also turning out to be very useful

inside structures at power plants.

Schulz says, “We can fly our drone

inside confined spaces such as stacks,

tanks, boilers, and ductwork. There’s

no GPS when you fly a drone indoors,

so it’s all pilot skill when flying in

these tight quarters. And it’s dark

inside them, so the drone has flood-

lights and spotlights to help us look at

whatever needs to be inspected.”

Drones might be useful as work-

horses, too. One electric utility

envisions using a drone to pull a light-

weight messenger cable that line-

men could then use to pull the heavier

electric cable across a steep ravine or

swift-water creek.

The National Rural Electric

Cooperative Association is working

with Congress and the FAA to fine-

tune laws to increase the usefulness

of unmanned aerial systems. Read the

proposed bill at ECT.coop by searching

“Senate drone bill.” KL

Energy journalist NANCY GRANT is a

member of the Cooperative Communicators

Association and the American Society of

Journalists and Authors.

United Aerobotics Manager Brandon Schulz, left, with James David Slinker, field services director, inspect high-voltage transmission lines for Big Rivers Corporation in Meade County, with Kenny Wright, Big Rivers’ Rights of Way Maintenance Coordinator, at right. Schulz controls the movements of the drone, while Slinker controls the cameras and manages the images and other information being gathered using a computer. Photo: Stephanie McCombs

ONLINE

High-wire actSee a video of a drone surveying high-

voltage transmission lines—search

“drones” on KentuckyLiving.com.


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With concerns about safe drink-

ing water looming in the news,

some consumers are turning to

water filters to remove impuri-

ties and improve taste.

Water filtration systems

range from the simplest filtra-

tion pitchers to whole-house

systems; some use electricity

and others don’t. Choosing

what you need may depend on

what contaminants are in the

water, and how much water

your family consumes.

Whatever system you

choose, keep in mind that

you’ll need to change the filter

regularly. Some systems offer

alerts or warnings when the

filter needs to be changed. The

frequency of filter changes will

add to your operating costs.

Match the system to your needs

Only concerned about better water

for drinking and cooking? A water

purification carafe may be all you

need. Carafes typically use an acti-

vated carbon filter to remove some

(but not all) traces of chemicals or

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ing choices, consider capacity (will

that be enough filtered water for a

full day?) and size (will it fit in your

refrigerator?). Next, consider speed—

some water carafes can take half an

hour or more to filter the water.

Options for filtering larger quanti-

ties of water include countertop

filters (either pour-through styles or

connected to the faucet), systems

mounted directly on the faucet,

under-the-sink models, and whole-

house filters, also known as in-line

systems.

Most faucet-mounted filters

can be installed by unscrewing the

faucet’s aerator, then screwing on the

filter. Be sure to select a model that’s

compatible with your faucet.

Under-sink water filters attach to

the water supply line. An advantage:

they’re out of sight. A disadvantage:

they take up space under the sink.

Options include reverse-osmosis

systems. These systems generate

significant wastewater and will lead

to a higher monthly water bill.

Whole-house filters attach to

the main water line coming into the

house. Calculate your overall water

needs—including showers, dishwash-

ing, laundry, everything—and select a

model with an adequate flow rate.

Water quality reports

Your tastebuds can tell you a lot about your drinking water supply—but for

details about purity you’ll need something more scientific.

If your water comes from a public water supply system, study its annual

water quality report, called the consumer confidence report (CCR). The

Environmental Protection Agency requires each water utility to perform

tests and provide this information to customers each year. These reports

give a general idea of the water purity for a particular community. If your

water comes from a well or cistern, you’ll have to arrange your own test to

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DANVILLE

SHELBYVILLE

Big screen messageDANVILLE

5-4-3-2-1. . . Before Danville resi-

dents watch a movie on the big

screen, they see an ad from Inter-

County Energy. The cooperative

is promoting its ENERGY STAR

Appliance and Button-Up programs

at Danville 8 Cinemas. The two

30-second ads are shown on all eight

screens three minutes before the

feature begins. The ads have proven

so effective the cooperative is con-

tinuing them throughout 2016.

“More than 160,000 people saw

the ads last year,” says Dan Hitchcock,

vice president of Member Services and

Communications for Inter-County

Energy. “This is a low-cost way to be

able to reach such a large audience.”

Studying safetySHELBYVILLE

Thanks to Shelby Energy

Cooperative, fourth-graders at

Cornerstone Elementary are learning

about electrical safety in addition to

their regular subjects.

“Shelby Energy always makes

safety its number-one priority,”

says Debra J. Martin, president and

CEO of Shelby Energy. “Every year,

Shelby Energy visits area schools

and other organizations to perform

a live electrical safety demonstra-

tion. Demonstrators also talk with

the children about the importance of

following safety rules around power

lines.”

Building for the futureSOMERSET

The new headquarters building

for South Kentucky Rural Electric

Cooperative Corporation is well under

way. The vacant Sumerset Houseboat

property off Parks Mill Road is being

remodeled, with additions that

should greatly improve access for

South Kentucky RECC members,

according to CEO Allen Anderson.

“Our current facility served

us well for more than 60 years,”

Anderson notes. “We finally have

reached the structure’s and location’s

capacity to incorporate many neces-

sary technologies and to provide the

level of service our members deserve

and expect.”

South Kentucky RECC expects

to move into the new building in

November. KL

SOMERSET

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A popular scam is a little box that suppos-

edly saves energy without the consumer

turning anything off or adjusting the ther-

mostat. Amazingly, it saves you 30 percent

or more on energy use.

The sales pitch goes like this: The

device will control alternating current,

power factor, and reduce your electric

bills. It will condition your power and make

appliances last longer. The device uses

no power and

has no moving

parts. Sales

material often

claims that the utility doesn’t want you to

know about the device. That last part is

actually true—because it is a rip-off.

Questions to ask the salesperson (or

yourself):

Does it violate the laws of science?

Some products claim they are capable of

“changing the molecular structure…to

release never-before tapped power.”

Was the product tested and certified

by an independent group like a national

lab or university? If not, be skeptical. Call

the third party listed and talk to them.

Sometimes scammers lie about the tests.

Is it too good to be true? In today’s eco-

nomic times, saving money is top of mind,

so we want it to be true.

Sometimes energy scammers contact

consumers directly by calling or stopping

by to claim that they represent the local

electric co-op. Never give anyone personal

or financial information without confirming

their identity. If they call, ask for a call back

number, then verify their identity with your

co-op. If they stop by, always ask for a valid

employee ID.

—National Rural Electric

Cooperative Association

ENERGY BASICS

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BY APRIL CORBIN • PHOTOS JOLEA BROWN

MAKINGThe towboat M/V River Cleanup II pushes Living Lands & Waters’ barge up and down America’s rivers. Opposite, top to bottom: Former crew member, Director of Safety & Maintenance and Project Coordinator Ashley Stover piles tires on the barge. Pastel “lines” tie up the barge and boats in each port. LL&W’s intriguing display of lost and for-gotten dolls and stuffed animals found during cleanups.

WAVES

AN UNLIKELY VEHICLE FOR CLEANING UP

WATERWAYS IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN KENTUCKY AND ELSEWHERE

WAVES


Despite how vital our natural waterways are

to the environment and economy, there are

precious few organizations dedicated solely to

cleaning them up. And there is only one that

operates out of a barge that carries more than

100,000 pounds of debris.

Living Lands & Waters is considered the

only “industrial strength” river cleanup orga-

nization of its kind in the world. Though offi-

cially based out of Illinois, the environmental

nonprofit’s 10-member barge crew spends

up to nine months of the year floating down

rivers, docking at different cities—among

them Louisville, Cloverport, Paducah, and

Owensboro in Kentucky—to host community

cleanups and workshops, and inspiring the

next generation of environmental advocates.

“For most people, trash along the river is

out of sight, out of mind,” says Grace Waters,

Living Lands & Waters’ development coordi-

nator who writes grants for the organization

while attending graduate school.

The barge forces people to confront

the issue. It is a massive, mobile reminder

of mankind’s impact on the Earth. In one

corner: a mountain of tires. In another: a

tangled mess of scrap metal and mariner’s

rope. Nearby: a collection of steel drum con-

tainers, some of which once may have been

filled with toxic chemicals. Then, there is the

nFrom left, LL&W’s floating barge headquarters, class-room, and crew living quarters, built in 2011 with $160,000 worth of donated labor from union carpenters, adorned with signs recovered in river cleanups. Other finds recycled as interior décor. One of the berths that house the crew; their “stuff” lives in the plywood box under the mattress. “No chicken lips” sign from a Burlington, Iowa, cleanup.


n More than 230 million tons of cargo

travel down the Ohio River each year.

n Upward of 150 species of fish have

been collected from the Ohio River.

n The average depth of the Ohio River

is approximately 24 feet.

n The Ohio River is 981 miles long.

n More than 25 million people—10

percent of the country—live in the Ohio

River Basin.

n More than 5 million people get their

drinking water from the Ohio River.

n Water from New York, Virginia, North

Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama drain

into tributaries that empty into the Ohio

River.

n The Ohio River powers 49 hydroelec-

tric facilities spread across six states,

including one co-owned by Salt River

Electric co-op in Bardstown.

n The river received its English name

from the Iroquois word “O-Y-O,” meaning

“the great river.”

n The Ohio River flows through or

borders six states: Illinois, Indiana,

Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West

Virginia.

FACTS ABOUT THE OHIO RIVER

chain-link fence adorned with matted teddy

bears, decapitated baby dolls, and other

discarded toys. One part creepy, one part

kitschy, finding items to affix to the fence is

a point of pride for the crew.

Since it was founded in 1998, Living

Lands & Waters has removed approximately

8.7 million pounds of debris from 23 water-

ways in 20 states. Crew members have taught

countless educational workshops and gotten

support from more than 95,000 volunteers.

In Kentucky, the barge has traveled the Ohio

River, the Tennessee River, and the small

patch of the Mississippi that borders west-

ern Kentucky. (See their timeline at www.

LivingLandsandWaters.org.)

The majority of what they recover gets

recycled. The rest is disposed of properly.

Last year, the barge visited Brandenburg,

Kentucky, for the first time. There, crew

members and two volunteers collected an

estimated total of 3,781 pounds of debris

from the Ohio River in just a few hours. It

included 150 feet of barge line, 150 feet of

metal pipe, 52 tires, 31 bags of miscellaneous

trash, 15 feet of plastic tubing, 15 pounds of

rigging line, 10 pounds of scrap metal, eight

buckets, six large trash cans, two recycling

bins (the irony!), two orange construction

barrels, a chunk of a boat, a car gas tank, a

fishing pole, and a plastic swan.

That turned out to be a fairly typical haul.

However, past cleanups have uncovered items

too dangerous for Living Lands to handle—like

meth labs, barrels filled with toxic chemicals,

or illegal dump sites containing too much for

even the barge to take on. In those cases, the

group must call experts equipped to handle

the unique circumstances.

Sometimes, people on other barges or

boats will tip them off to a particular stretch

of a river in desperate need of a cleanup.

The sad reality, however, is that almost any

stretch of any river is in need of cleanup.

A FLoating lessonEven without its cargo of found debris, the

barge itself is a testament to sustainability.

Around every turn it uses reclaimed mate-

rials. There’s siding from a shack in Fort

Madison, Iowa, an awning made of license

plates sent by social media followers, and

portholes.

In addition to cozy living quarters for the

crew, the barge contains a classroom where

crew members host educational workshops

for schoolchildren and community groups

on the importance of healthy waterways.

nNew operations and crew member David Post of Altus, Arkansas, puts some muscle into the cleanup operation.

Facts from the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO), the Ohio River Founda-tion, and Ohio Environmental Council.


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The in-person visuals of the barge reinforce

the lessons of the workshops better than any

pictures, videos, or statistics ever could.

Tammy Becker has been with Living

Lands since 2002 and is married to its

founder, Chad Pregracke. She says the most

frequent reaction is shock when people see

the barge before a community cleanup and

then afterward.

“People are, like, all that came from right

here? It’s eye-opening.”

The good news is that Pregracke and his

crew believe conditions are getting better.

“Back in 2001 or 2002, people couldn’t

understand why we were doing this work,”

says Pregracke. “Now people are saying,

‘It’s about time!’ It’s taken years and years,

but it’s a huge change. People have brought

more attention to the issue. The mentality is

changing.”

Development Coordinator Waters adds

that the re-education process emphasiz-

ing not littering and not dumping into the

watershed can be especially tough in rural

communities where environmentalism and

conservation are sometimes seen as superfi-

cial progressive causes.

“You just have to keep stating the facts,”

she says.

Like the fact that chemicals from just one

cigarette butt can contaminate 2 gallons of

water.

“People just don’t know,” says Ashley

Stover, a former crew member who spent five

years on the barge. “There are people who

don’t know they get their drinking water

ONLINE

Ahoy!To see more photos and videos from two

Kentucky cleanups search “Living Lands & Water” at KentuckyLiving.com.

nAbove, ninth through 12th-grade AP environmental science and biology students of the Academy of Shawnee in Louisville gather for a session in the floating classroom.


In the early 1990s, Chad Pregracke

began calling government agencies

about the unsightly and potentially

toxic levels of trash he was seeing

along the banks of the Illinois and

Mississippi rivers where he worked as

a commercial shell diver, fisherman,

and barge hand. The nature lover

naively thought somebody would

take care of the problem once he

brought it to their attention, but his

words and messages seemed to fall on

deaf ears.

Finally, in 1997, Pregracke decided

he would just do it himself. Literally. As

a one-man operation working off an

$8,000 sponsorship he secured from

the metal manufacturing company

Alcoa, the then-23-year-old removed

45,000 pounds of refuse from the Quad

Cities area on the Illinois-Iowa border.

The following year, he founded the

nonprofit Living Lands & Waters.

Since then, the organization has

grown and expanded beyond expecta-

tions. It has 13 full-time employees and

is involved in more than half a dozen

independent projects. They include

invasive species removal, tree plant-

ing, and hosting an “alternative spring

break” for college students.

For his efforts, Pregracke has won

numerous awards and honors, including

the Jefferson Award for Public Service,

which he accepted in 2002 alongside

fellow recipients Rudolph Giuliani and

Bill and Melinda Gates. In 2013, CNN

named him its Hero of the Year.

from the river. That’s why we do workshops

and cleanups. To go, ‘This is why you don’t

throw your stuff into the river.’”

She adds that each day on the river just

increased her passion for environmental

issues.

“It becomes a lifestyle,” says Stover. “Now

I see any litter and I want to pick it up. It

bothers me to see it. I know where it might

end up. I know I’ve got to do something.”

Leaving the world a better place for future

generations is the common thread among all

of the people who rotate through the barge as

crew members. It’s how they get through the

tight quarters, long hours, and unpredictable

demands of the job.

“Everyone here has the same goal,” says

Waters. “It’s to make a difference in the

world.”

Pregracke says one of the things he is

proud of is that Living Lands has spawned

local volunteer river cleanup groups after its

visits. Each time the group revisits a city or

town, it typically has more and more volun-

teers ready to put on a pair of gloves and comb

the riverbank for anything unnatural.

He sees the work of Living Lands & Waters

as helping along a larger movement of envi-

ronmental stewardship and responsibility,

and, like a 6-mile-per-hour barge floating

down the Ohio, the movement may be slow-

moving, but it will demand your attention. KL

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

nCrew gathers garbage in Meade County from a 2015 Ohio River cleanup. Photo: April Corbin


You’re invited to the Special Olympics State Summer GamesBY DEBRA GIBSON ISAACS

EVERYONE CHEERS

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“I CAN BE MYSELF, and everyone cheers for everybody else,” says Aliya White of why she loves to participate in Special Olympics. “And I love the medal and trophies.”

Aliya, age 11, will join more

than 1,400 athletes set to compete

in the 2016 Special Olympics State

Summer Games June 3-5 at Eastern

Kentucky University in Richmond.

The Games are Kentucky’s largest

competition of the year.

Although the word “special” may

be overused, the games are just that,

says Trish Mazzoni, Special Olympics

Kentucky president and CEO. The

athletes compete in track and field,

aquatics, soccer, bocce, and artis-

tic and rhythmic gymnastics (Aliya’s

specialties). Each athlete must train

for a minimum of six to eight weeks

and qualify by participating at a

regional or area-level event.

“The athletes have worked hard

for this,” Mazzoni says. “They show

not only amazing sportsmanship and

attitude but true acts of courage.

“The impact it can have on family

members is also huge. Years ago, the

parents’ worlds were rocked when

1 Raylan “Bubba” Ball, Winchester, ages 2–7 group, runs the 15-meter dash in

the 2015 Summer Games. Photo: Tim Webb

2 Athlete Sanjay Blevins from Madison County enjoys a good run during the

2015 Summer Games. Photo: Tim Webb

3 The shot-put event from the 2015 Games. Photo: Tim Webb

4 The athletes love to interact with the Chic-Fil-A cows. The organization is a

sponsor of Special Olympics and sends several bovine representatives to the event, to the delight of athletes. Photo: Tim Webb

5 Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy volunteers Jude Canchola and Carrie

Nance present awards to athletes who have just completed their events. Photo: Tim Webb

6 Aliya White, Lexington, competes in the rope routine for rhythmic

gymnastics at the 2015 State Summer Games. Photo: Tim Webb

7 Abrianna Gonzalez-Clark of Winchester’s Young Athletes gives the

Tennis Ball Throw everything she’s got. Photo: Tim Webb

8 Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy volunteers gather for a group photo at

the 2015 Summer Games. Photo: Tim Webb

9 The Grant County Titans, in blue, play Louisville in the 2015 soccer event.

Photo: Tim Webb

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they were told their child would have

limitations. At the Special Olympics,

they have a chance to see what their

child can accomplish. There are also

so many great friendships formed.”

And for the fourth consecutive

year, Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy

Cooperatives will help make it all pos-

sible by being a Platinum sponsor and

providing hundreds of volunteers.

“Special Olympics touches

one in six Kentucky families,”

says Sha Phillips, Marketing and

Brand supervisor for East Kentucky

Power Cooperative, Winchester, a

Touchstone Energy Cooperative.

“One of our core values is commit-

ment to community, and this spon-

sorship demonstrates our support to

the people we serve.”

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WILL WE FIND LIFE ON MARS …OR BECOME “MARTIANS?”

BY ROBERT M. POWERS

On February 17, 1600, in Rome, Giordano Bruno

was burned at the stake for his heresies.

One of his “crimes?” He wrote that the

stars were suns like ours and around them

might be inhabited planets. He also wrote that the

universe was infinite and that the Earth moved—

ideas that, in his time, were not acceptable.

Today, a great statue of him stands broodingly

above the exact place where he died. We know the

Earth does move, even though it doesn’t feel like

it when we are standing on it. Our solar system is

about two-thirds out from the center of our galaxy,

the Milky Way, in a seemingly infinite universe

filled with galaxies numerous as grains of sand,

and in the last few decades we have confirmed that

other planets exist, circling the other suns. They

are called exoplanets.

One of these was discovered at Moore

Observatory, operated by the University of

Louisville and named for Walter Lee Moore, the

late professor of mathematics and astronomy. The

observatory houses a range of instruments that can

be operated remotely, including some in Queensland,

Australia. Astronomers don’t often look through tele-

scopes these days. Instead, they use digital cameras to

acquire data—like the tiny dip in light coming from a

star that indicates a planet has gone in front of it.

The astronomers in Louisville are part of a program

called KELT (Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope),

which uses a small, wide-field telescope to look for

those slight dips in star brightness. When it finds a

likely candidate, the confirmation process falls on the

instruments at Moore Observatory, among others.

That’s how Dr. Karen Collins, working on a

career in astronomy after retiring as an electrical

engineer, confirmed the existence of KELT-6b at

Moore Observatory. It is about the size of Saturn, a

giant gas ball a long, long way from Earth. She has

gone on to help confirm 17 other exoplanets; the odds

are about one confirmation in 100 candidates.

“Our objective,” she says, “is to narrow down

the candidates to those that are valid with data that

can be duplicated by any other astronomer any-

where. Science is all about reproducibility. If the

discovery measurements cannot be duplicated, the

new exoplanet claim will be challenged by other

astronomers.”

Through the internet, from her Louisville home,

she can access both the Moore Observatory instru-

ments and a telescope 9,000 feet above the Arizona

Desert on Mount Lemmon. She is anxiously waiting

for the 2017 launch of a satellite that will help find

smaller, Earth-like rocky bodies going around other

stars. Out in space, the instruments don’t have to look

through the Earth’s turbulent atmosphere.

More than 2,000 exoplanets have been found so

far. As of 2014, atmospheres have been discovered

on some, and the rotation period has been measured

on another—a super-Jupiter’s whose “day” has

been clocked at only eight hours long. Astronomers

have also confirmed temperatures a few times on a

fairly nearby planet: the equivalent of Death Valley

at noon in summer. Clouds have been detected

and this year, water vapor was found in the air of a

supersized Earth. Most of the exoplanets don’t have

names other than HD178911 or WASP-94B. No exo-

moons have been found yet, but they would be very

hard to detect.

But what does it all mean, other than proving old

Giordano Bruno was right 400 years ago?

“It means,” says Dr. John Kielkopf, professor of

physics and astronomy at the University of Louisville,

that “suns with planets far outnumber those with-

out. We have once again changed our perspective. We

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took a selfie, August 2015, from Mount Sharp’s Maria Pass, where it collected a drilled sample. Photo: NASA/Malin Space Science Systems


realize that our own solar system is only one among

the many. And then there’s the ‘Goldilocks’ group.”

Old Bruno’s last wag of the finger: there may be

inhabitants on other planets.

The “Goldilocks Zone” is where a planet orbits

its sun at a distance that is not too hot and not too

cold, enabling liquid water and air with oxygen to

exist: another Earth. There might be as many as 11

billion planets just in our Milky Way—many of them

Goldilocks worlds.

Lowell’s legacyThis last of Giordano’s great vision, that life might

have happened somewhere else, has stirred our

imaginations for centuries. Not long after he died,

the telescope was invented. As telescopes became

more sophisticated and our knowledge of physics

grew, the rest of our solar system was quickly dis-

carded as a place for life. Only Earth and Mars were

in the Goldilocks Zone—Mars just barely. It has polar

caps that grow and shrink during seasons that are

as much as twice as long as ours. The Mars “day” is

only slightly longer.

In 1877, an Italian astronomer described dark

streaks he saw on Mars as “canali.” In Italian, it just

means great grooves, or channels, like the Grand

Canyon. But in English it came out canals, associated

with artificial construction (the Suez Canal had just

been built and the Panama Canal was under construc-

tion; canals were in the news) and caused astronomer

Percival Lowell to invent the Martians in an 1895 book,

and with it, a fascination for the Red Planet that has

never ended.

Lowell established an observatory on a hill near

Flagstaff, Arizona, in the late 1800s. He saw canals

everywhere on Mars, and in best-selling books he

described a planet inhabited by a dying race that used

the canals to bring water from the polar caps to the

desolate, dry deserts. His Mars fed every science fiction

author from Edgar Rice Burroughs to Ray Bradbury,

whose evocative Martians lounged by canals of laven-

der wine. Most of all, he made us want to go there.

nOpposite, the statue of Giordano Bruno stands in Rome above the exact place where he died, burned at the stake for expressing scientific theories the Inquisition deemed heresies—that the universe was infinite, that the Earth moved, and that other planets might be inhabited. Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra

nAbove, in 2013 Karen Collins used the 24-inch telescope at the University of Louisville-operated Moore Observatory to help confirm the existence of the Saturn-like exoplanet KELT-6b. Photo: John Kielkopf/University of Louisville

nOpening page, a mosaic of Mars images captured 1975-1976 the Viking Orbiter 1. The center shows the entire Valles Marineris canyon system, over 3,000 kilometers long and up to 8 kilometers deep. Photo: NASA/USGS


Until the mid-20th century, Lowell’s Mars legacy

remained in the public mind, assisted by movies,

most of which featured Martians that weren’t very

nice. But other astronomers couldn’t see the canals,

and even in Lowell’s time instruments attached to

telescopes indicated that neither oxygen nor water

vapor existed in the thin atmosphere. Mars was also

pretty cold, colder than we had thought and maybe

colder than the Earth has ever been. But telescopes on

Earth couldn’t make out details on the Mars surface.

What was Mars really like up close? Telescopes got

traded in for spacecraft, and the first relatively crude

fly-bys showed a planet pocked with craters, not

unlike the Moon. No canals. No Martians.

The present-day reality We have by now chucked almost 50 spacecraft at

Mars: orbiters to hover over the planet, landers down

to the surface to test everything we could test, rovers

to roam around the landscape, leaving tracks in the

reddish sands. Right now there are seven function-

ing spacecraft at Mars, studying everything there is to

study.

The moon was a dead, airless, savage landscape,

alien to us. Mars drew us in with its dead volcanoes—

the largest in the solar system—its great canyons,

sprawling plains, melting polar caps, winds, dust

storms, frost on crater rims, and a land area almost as

large as Earth minus our oceans. And there has always

been the possibility that something like life exists

there. Several of the spacecraft were equipped with

programs specifically designed to find it. Our fascina-

tion for life elsewhere could mean we are not alone on

our vulnerable, blue world.

Robert M. Powers is a native Kentuckian whose ancestors came

through the Cumberland Gap before

statehood. Decades ago, he “escaped”

to the West Coast and then to Europe.

Six years ago, he returned to Kentucky,

he says, “for want of a better plan.”

Both his grandfather and father studied

astronomy as a science elective in

college, the latter at Eastern Kentucky

University. As a child, he became fasci-

nated with photos of Mars in his father’s

old astronomy textbook and has been

hooked on the Red Planet ever since.

Powers received his first profes-

sional magazine assignment from

the late John W. Campbell of Analog

magazine. The article was about Mars

and what might live there, including

the germs that might survive the harsh

Martian conditions. Long an observer

through telescopes—he has even used

Lowell’s famous telescope on Mars

Hill in Flagstaff, Arizona, to study

Mars—Powers shifted his interest to

spacecraft when the first unmanned

missions to Mars were flown.

Educated at the University of

Edinburgh, Scotland, and universities

in the U.S., Powers was elected a Fellow

of the Royal Astronomical Society of

England. He was elected an honorary

member of the American Society of

Aerospace Pilots, airline pilots who

were training to fly the space shuttle;

honorary because he was not a com-

mercial airline pilot. He is a three-time

winner of the Aviation Space Writers

Association writing award and other

writing awards.

Powers has published six major

nonfiction books, all but one about

astronomy or space travel.

His 1986 book, Mars: Our Future

on the Red Planet, contained plans

and speculations about living on Mars.

Taking advantage of information since

then that has come from spacecraft,

landers, and rovers, Powers’ newest

book on Mars is expected to be out in

late 2016.

nThis 360-degree scene comes from a panoramic camera on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, which stayed on this small hill from April-October 2006, with its solar panels tilted toward the sun, taking component images. Photo: NASA/Cornell University

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The first movie, A Trip to Mars,

was a 4-minute piece by the

Thomas Edison Company in

1910. The method of travel

is a bit creaky: magic powder. The

special effects are also rudimen-

tary: very angry trees and a giant,

ugly Martian thing. It is available on

YouTube.

Eight years later the same title

featured travel by spaceship and a

Mars inhabited by utopian, peaceful

California types, one of the rare Mars

films with the planet portrayed as

Shangri-La. Most of them feature nasty

Martians.

Following World War II and the V-2

rocket, the movies settled firmly on

spaceships for travel, often with rubber

science for propulsion. Rocketship X-M,

made in 1950, features a lunar expedi-

tion gone awry and the first female

astronaut. The crew lands on Mars to

find Stone-Age barbarians who have

apparently survived a nuclear war, but

lost their civilization. In a sad ending,

the female astronaut and the main

character, played by Lloyd Bridges, are

trapped without enough fuel to safely

land on Earth and they burn up in the

upper atmosphere.

The Conquest of Space is one of

the most realistic of the ’50s movies,

done in 1955. Its current-technology

feel was heavily influenced by Werner

von Braun and the wonderful paintings

and illustrations of Chesley Bonestell.

It contains the essential idea of real

manned missions: a permanent Earth-

orbiting space station where assembly

of the Mars ship will take place.

In The Angry Red Planet, made

in 1959, the astronauts find hostile

Martians. The crew does not survive

the encounter.

By 2000, when Red Planet was

released, no one really believed in

Martians, so we became the Martians.

The film depicts a female mission

commander, strikingly and ably played

by Carrie Ann Moss. The plot revolves

around “terraforming” Mars, that is,

deliberately changing the climate of

another planet so humans can live

there comfortably. Only two people,

including Moss’ character, survive.

John Carter, done in 2012, is prob-

ably the most lavish film ever made

about Mars. It is a serious adaption

of the sprawling soap opera based on

Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs’

1912 book, A Princess of Mars. In this

one, the space travel is a small part of

the plot. Unfortunately for the produc-

ers and studio, they elected to cut Mars

from the title and the film bombed

at the box office. It should have been

released as John Carter of Mars. Well

worth seeing, especially if you like cool

special effects and sword fights.

The Martian, released in 2015, is

the closest you can come to a fly-on-

the-wall look at a real Mars mission.

Everything in the film is based on

current technology and planning by

NASA and others, from the bulky Mars

suits to the claustrophobic habitat to

trying to survive by growing pota-

toes in slightly modified Martian soil.

The Jordanian desert that provided

some of the exterior shots so closely

resembles the Martian surface that it

might as well be the real thing.

Finally, there is the magnificent

Martian Chronicles by the late Ray

Bradbury, whose books about Mars

and Martians evoked a haunting,

lyrical planet. The TV miniseries aired

in 1980, but the writing is better.

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nActor Matt Damon, center, consults with NASA personnel at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory “Mars Yard” in Pasadena, California, for The Martian, a 2015 film about human exploration of Mars. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Perhaps the most amazing recent discovery came

in late 2015 when NASA announced that there was

briny, flowing salt water in places on the Martian sur-

face. And the discovery of water, whether in the polar

caps, under the surface as permafrost, or even occa-

sionally flowing, has dramatically changed the way

we think about going there. Early mission plans all

used the same scenario: you go there, you come back,

just as Stanley did with Livingston, as Dr. Robert

Ballard did in exploring the sunken Titanic, as the

men who landed on the moon did. You had to take

everything with you: rocket fuel, water, food, other

supplies, and enough of everything so you could come

back. It’s a complex, expensive mission.

Finding water was pivotal, but four techno-

logical advances have also changed everything: 3D

printing, artificial intelligence in computers, robot-

ics, and private enterprise spacecraft. These have

led to the strangest thought of all: maybe we won’t

come back. We scrub the back half of the mission.

The Vikings who first came to North America long

before Columbus didn’t necessarily book a return

ticket to Greenland. The passengers in 1620 bound

for Plymouth Rock weren’t planning to go back to

England.

The atmosphere of Mars can be used to produce

oxygen and a buffer gas (the Earth’s air uses nitrogen,

but others will do). Water can be turned into hydro-

gen peroxide for rocket fuel. Robot machines can pro-

duce construction materials on Mars, make oxygen

from water, and create buildings. Glass and glass fiber

are possible and all of the resources are there to make

plastics. It now makes more sense to have a “habitat”

that could be prefabricated or even manufactured on

the planet.

In late 2015, NASA accepted a design for a Mars

habitat that proposed a 3D-printed module with a

double ice shell around a lander core, called “The

Mars Ice House.” There are also lava tubes on Mars

that would make almost ready-made habitats—astro-

nauts living in caves, but with oxygen-generating

plants that chew up dirt and water. Just don’t put the

cat out at night.

One-way visionsWhile the one-way trip first got some traction with

serious mission planners in 1998 and produced Mars-

to-Stay concepts, it really got going at the grassroots

The Martian gravity is less than Earth’s. The distinctive red color of the planet comes from iron oxides in the soil, but close-up, it is sometimes

more brown than red, with hues of tan,

green, brown, and gold, depending on

the presence of minerals. You couldn’t

tell a Martian rock from our own and

the soil is alkaline, but it has most of the

nutrients you’d find in your back yard.

Near the horizon at sunset, the sky

gets distinctly pinkish-red, a greater

sunset blaze than New Mexico ever

had. There’s enough ice at the Martian

poles to make a 33-foot deep ocean. It’s

cold, 100 degrees or more below zero at

night, but up to 80 degrees on a warm

summer’s day at noon.

There would be sand in the air, tiny

flakes of orange-red. It would drift

across the landscape, a thin veil occa-

sionally obscuring the spongy, jumbled

rocks. One of the two potato-shaped

moons might be high in the sky and

maybe two stars, one brighter than the

other, that are the distant blue Earth

and its moon.

If you stepped out unprotected onto

the Martian surface, the result would be

swift and brutal. The oxygen of Earth

would be ripped from your lungs by

the near vacuum that passes for the

Martian atmosphere. Your heart would

stop, arrested in shock. Amid all these

terrible sensations, you would hardly

notice the rapid warming of the skin

from an ultraviolet ray bath far stronger

than felt on Earth. The Martian air is a

thousand times more arid than the dry

air of Luxor that preserved the ancient

kings of Egypt.

Well, nobody said it was Miami

Beach. But for all that, in gross

planetary terms, Mars is more Earth-

like than not.

Imagining what Mars would be like in person


level in 2010, when a Dutch corporation proposed

a one-way manned mission to land in 2027. The

company calls going to Mars humanity’s next great

adventure, and claims to have galvanized 200,000

people who signed up for the mission from all over

the world, hoping to be one of the four astronauts

ultimately selected for the first crew. These were nar-

rowed down to 100 finalists last year, one of whom is

an American woman with a husband and two step-

children who are cheering her on. Part of the hoped-

for funding for Mars One is expected to come from a

reality TV show with a worldwide audience.

The company has been heavily criticized as lack-

ing most of the technology to do what it proposes;

Massachusetts Institute of Technology produced a

study that said the Mars astronauts would die in as

little as 68 days. Even the Mars One CEO admitted

that the mission timeline is already two years behind

schedule and could fall even further behind, though

the corporation is still committed to the program.

The cost estimate at $6 billion has also been ques-

tioned. But the critics perhaps miss the point: there

has been a huge groundswell of worldwide interest in

going to Mars, generated in no small degree by Mars

One. Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, has

advocated that we should become a two-planet spe-

cies, and forget going back to the moon. Elon Musk,

of PayPal and Tesla car fame, also owns Space-X, a

private space corporation. Musk sees a colony on Mars

started by about 10 people who would begin a self-

sustaining civilization, eventually growing to a popu-

lation of 10,000. In a final stretch, he has talked about

Mars Colony Transports and ticket prices of $500,000

for high-end tourists.

Many engineers believe that the chemical rocket

we have depended on for so long will be replaced

with a nuclear-powered ship. When that happens, a

trip to Mars might take only 30 days, and the ticket

price might be in the range of what people spend for a

cruise ship ride today. You could see a human boot-

print in the rusty soil of Mars by 2030, followed by

many more. Who would go on a one-way trip? We

don’t have to look beyond our own history. The people

who left their homes in Virginia, North Carolina, and

elsewhere to struggle through the Cumberland Gap

into what we now call Kentucky came to stay.

Why leave comfort in Virginia for the wilds of the

west? Because it’s there. And what if we find some

kind of life, even if it’s bacteria or moss growing in the

Martian permafrost? By then we will have found thou-

sands upon thousands of exoplanets. It could mean

that life might be common out there in other solar

systems. Just as old Bruno surmised. KL

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More exploringWhether it’s simulating Martian soil to grow

vegetables or spending months training for an

out-of-this-world expedition, humans are ready-

ing for a trip to Mars. Read more on our website

by searching for “Mars exploration.”

nTeam LavaHive won third place in the 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge Design Competition 2015, by envisioning architec-tural habitats using 3-D printing technology. Photo: NASA

nA close-up of the surface of Mars, April 2004, taken near the Fram Crater—showing 1.2 inches across—of mineral concretions nicknamed “blueberries.” Photo: NASA/USGS


Did you know you can walk

across Kentucky in just under

2 miles? Stroll among crea-

tures that go thump in the

night? See an alpine garden setting

with plants grown in the Himalaya

Mountains?

These adventures and plenty

more await visitors at Kentucky’s

botanical gardens and arboretums.

Meandering through the represen-

tations of different flora of the state’s

seven physiographic regions is the

Walk Across Kentucky, a fan favor-

ite at The Arboretum, State Botanical

Garden of Kentucky in Lexington.

Visitors can stop and smell the tulip

trees, spot wildlife and rare plants, and

then wander over to another arbore-

tum gem: the Home Demonstration

Garden. Divided into garden rooms

featuring fountains and ponds, and

pollinator, herb, and vegetable gar-

dens, it showcases the newest plants

alongside classics like white forsythia

and bottlebrush buckeye. A new net-

work of mulched trails is being added

to offer additional opportunities to see

the plant collections.

Stop by the 2-acre enclosed

Kentucky Children’s Garden, which

delights all with themed gardens

WORTH THE TRIP

Botanical beautiesExplore, wander, stroll, and play in our state’s living green gems

KATHY WITT

LEXINGTON

CLERMONT

KENTUCKY CULTURE

MUNFORDVILLE

ELIZABETHTOWN

CRESTWOOD

Visitors love to stroll Yew Dell in Crestwood and check out the collection of unique build-ings and cutting-edge architecture. Photo: Yew Dell Botanical Gardens

scaled down for little hands and big

imaginations, and opportunities for

garden-themed activities. Catch the

model trains chugging along in the

Transportation Garden. Play in the

pioneer settlement with its heirloom

veggies and old-time crops like

sorghum, and in the Native American

encampment where the “three

sisters”—corn, beans, and squash—

grow. Let the kids express their

creativity with a garden-related art

activity.

If time is limited, visit the 15-acre

Arboretum Woods for a peek at one

of the world’s last remaining exam-

ples of inner Bluegrass woodlands, or

amble through the gardens and horti-

culture displays. The rose gardens are

fragrant with more than 1,000 types

of roses, including heirlooms from

the Middle Ages.

“Every year, we plant around

10,000 bulbs in the displays around

the Visitor Center and an equal

number of annuals,” says arbore-

tum horticulturist Jesse Dahl. “These

provide for wave after wave of color

from the middle of March until the

beginning of November.”

Bernheim botanicalsAt Clermont’s Bernheim Arboretum

and Research Forest (served by Salt

River Electric), the living legacy of

philanthropist and visionary Isaac

W. Bernheim, you can stand 75 feet

above the forest floor on the Canopy

Tree Walk, delve into the Edible

Garden, walk among the wildflow-

ers, explore Bernheim’s back roads

with a naturalist, and meander down

the I Spy Trail. The goal? Spotting

items that are found occurring natu-

rally along the trail.

You can also take one of the

many classes offered at Bernheim

(composting, anyone?) and lunch

locally at Isaac’s Café in the

LEED (Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design) Platinum-

Certified Visitor Center. The menu

features ingredients from a mere 200

steps away.

“Weather permitting, you can

climb Bernheim’s historic fire tower

for a spectacular panoramic view

above the forest,” says Amy Landon,

marketing manager. “Experienced

hikers can hike the 13-mile

Millennium Trail.”

With some 40 miles of trails,

hikers from novice to expert will find

one to suit—from 1/4 mile to 13-plus

miles—including several handi-

capped-accessible hikes.

“The arboretum trails are a great

place to spot blooming flowers, trees,

and shrubs,” Landon notes. “Natural

area trails wander through pristine

forest and wildlife may be spotted.”

Other activities include catch-

and-release fishing for smallmouth

bass, sunfish, bluegill, and more at

Lake Nevin; night hikes, including

Full Moon Hikes, Star Stories, and

The Jacob Vanmeter Trail and Arboretum in Elizabethtown is part of the

18-mile Greenbelt Trail system of walking trails and mini and patio parks that

wend around Freeman Lake, Buffalo Lake, and Fisherman’s Lake in Hardin

County. The Jacob Vanmeter Trail was built by the Boy Scouts. Hiking, birding,

fishing, picnicking, and other nature pursuits are available along the various

points of the Greenbelt Trail.

GONE FISHIN’ AND HIKIN’ AND BIRDIN’. . .

Enjoy the peace and quiet of the Green River Park & Arboretum. Trees are planted among stands of native trees along the banks of the river. Photo: Munfordville Tourism


Creatures of the Night; and children’s

programming. The most popular pro-

gram? ECO Kids Discovery Days, held

on the first and third Saturdays of the

month. Kids love the hands-on discov-

ery stations, self-guided adventures,

and guided 45- to 60-minute hike of

the day.

Wander Yew DellStep into the green-roofed green-

house at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens in

Crestwood. Among the plant collec-

tions, you’ll spot tropical orchids and

seed of the native bigleaf magnolia ger-

minating in this one-of-a-kind, solar-

and geothermal-powered conservatory.

Roam about themed gardens—

sunken rock, serpentine, secret, and

more—and amble around historic build-

ings. An 1840s log cabin, a corncrib, the

tobacco barn, and the Rock House—

once used as the nursery’s loading

dock—these and others planted in the

landscape date back to the early 1940s

when the land was the Theodore Klein

family farm.

Wandering the grounds is the

favored activity.

“The pond and hiking trails are great

ways to enjoy nature ‘in the raw,’” says

Jackie Gulbe, marketing and events

director. “And I can’t leave off the

Castle.”

It is one of the very first things

visitors see, looming large with its four

turrets near Yew Dell’s entrance, just

outside of the Visitors Center/Garden

Gift Shop.

Gulbe outlines a perfect Yew Dell

day: “Plan your day around a class or

workshop and bring a picnic basket

and hike down to the pond for lunch.

If you’re a tree geek, stroll through the

arboretum. Rest in a rocking chair over-

looking the meadow; you never know

what kind of wildlife you’ll see.

“If you want to have some silly fun,

try a scavenger hunt,” she adds. “They’re

designed for kids, but what the heck,

adults can have fun with them, too!” KL

KATHY WITT is an award-winning lifestyle and

travel writer and author of several books, includ-

ing The Secret of the Belles.

The Canopy Tree Walk at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Clermont. Photo: Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest

One word: serenity.

Munfordville’s Green River

Park & Arboretum (served

by Farmers RECC) embod-

ies peacefulness. Unspooling

along the banks of the Green

River, the park is shady, cool,

and quiet, with about 75 trees

planted in the arboretum,

augmented by stands of native

trees. With a walking trail, picnic

shelters, playground, and disc

golf, this is a park to wile away a

lazy day.

SERENITY NOW

WHAT’S HAPPENING INTHE GARDEN

The ArboretumState Botanical Garden of Kentucky, Lexington; https://Arboretum.ca.uky.edu, (859) 257-6955. Admission: The Arboretum, free (donations gratefully accepted); Kentucky Children’s Garden, $3/person over age 2 and free/children under 2; $10/day for up to five family members. Upcoming events: Volunteer Appreciation Concert, June 25; “ReTurned to the Arboretum” Silent Auction and Display benefiting Bluegrass Wood Turners and the Arboretum, June 24–July 10; Birdhouse Display, July 13–31.

Bernheim Arboretum and Research ForestClermont; www.Bernheim.org, (502) 955-8512. Admission: free Mondays–Fridays; $5/passenger car, minivan, or motorcycle, and $10/passenger van, RV on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. New for 2016: “Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat” traveling exhibit, through July 5. Upcoming event: CONNECT at Bernheim, 6:18–10:18 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, with live musical performances, a light sculpture competition, and hands-on experiences for adults and families, including making art, drum circle participation, hacker creations, and participatory science.

Green River Park & ArboretumMunfordville; www.VisitMunfordville.com, (270) 524-4752, (888) 686-3673. Free admission.

Jacob Vanmeter Trail and ArboretumElizabethtown; www.TourEtown.com, www.GreenSpaceKy.com, (270) 422-3944, (270) 735-2900. Free admission. Turtle Talk/Walk with Dr. Paul Gerard, June 5 at 3 p.m. at the Buffalo Lake Trailhead.

Yew Dell Botanical GardensCrestwood; www.YewDellGardens.org, (502) 241-4788. Admission: $7/adults; $5/seniors; free/children under 12 and active military (with current military ID). Upcoming events: Sunday Supper (formerly Farm to Table Dinner): fresh farm fare in a striking summer setting, 6–9 p.m. June 26; Fifth Annual Oldham Rotary Bourbon and Wine Tasting, 6:30–10:30 p.m. Aug. 19; Hummingbird Festival, 3–6 p.m. Aug. 21 (free with regular admission): hummingbird plants for sale, kid’s activities, refreshments, tours, and local experts, including hummingbird expert Brainard Palmer-Ball, who will share a wealth of knowledge and a rare opportunity to see hummingbirds up close. Bring camera and binoculars.


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What a blast Watch a parade of boats, listen to

live music, and enjoy the artists’

showcase, children’s activities,

food, beer garden, and more by

celebrating life on the Kentucky

River at the Frankfort River

Blast on June 25. Fireworks

cap off the evening. Gates open

11 a.m. at Riverview Park; $5 per

person, under 12 free. For more

info, call (800) 960-7200 or go

online to www.visitfrankfort.com.

Gratz craftsOwen County Council for the Arts’ annual arts

event moves to the Kentucky Riverside at Gratz this

year for the Gratz Art, Paddle and Music Festival,

June 11. Fine arts and crafts, music, food, Gratz

history, and cornhole tournaments. Launch an

on-site kayak or canoe or paddle your own. Hours:

10 a.m.–5 p.m. Free admission. For details, call (502)

750-2984 or Facebook: Owen County Arts Council.

One hot show Firefighting fans and professionals

literally have a field day at the

Appalachian Foothills Fire Muster,

10 a.m.–4 p.m., June 18 on the

grounds of Immanuel Baptist Church

in Corbin. Individual firefighter and

vehicle extrication competitions,

kids’ firefighting games, and a

scale-model fire department vehicle

contest. Antique and modern fire

apparatus, firefighting memorabilia

on display, plus safety information.

Free admission. For more information,

call (606) 627-8385 or go online to

www.affhs.com.

Tribute wallVisit the Vietnam Veterans

Memorial wall without leaving

Kentucky. The traveling

version by American

Veterans Traveling Tribute

comes to Breckinridge

County on June 15–19. The

80 percent scale replica

spans 360 feet and displays

all names on the original.

Escorted by Rolling Thunder

on June 15 to Court Street

in Hardinsburg, the traveling

wall can be viewed for free

24 hours a day starting at

noon June 16, through 3 p.m.

Sunday, June 19, with a

nondenominational church

service 10 a.m. that day.

Ceremonies honor Vietnam

veterans each evening. For

details, call (270) 756-

0268 or go online to www.

breckinridgecountyky.com.


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1st of the Month Hike (800) 325-1711 Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, Dawson Springs.

Little Naturalist School (606) 337-3066 Also the 15th. Pine Mountain State Park, Pineville.

THU JUN 2

Tavern in the Garden (270) 765-9255 Also the 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th. Brown Pusey House, Elizabethtown.

Historic Downtown Costumed Walking Tour (270) 765-2175 Also the 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th. Elizabethtown.

Hwy. 68 400-Mile Sale (270) 465-3786 Through the 5th. Campbellsville.

The Great American Brass Band Festival (859) 319-8426 Through the 5th. Danville.

FRI JUN 3

Bluegrass Festival (502) 252-9004 Through the 4th. White Acres Campground, Bardstown.

Bourbon City BBQ Festival (502) 348-6221 Nelson Co. Fairgrounds, Bardstown.

Glasgow Highland Games (270) 651-3141 Through the 5th. Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Lucas.

Summer Band Concert (800) 638-4877 Also the 10th, 17th, 24th. Community Park, Bardstown.

Picnic in the Park (859) 734-3314 Also the 10th, 17th, 24th. Fort Harrod State Park, Harrodsburg.

Taylor Co. Fair (270) 789-2964 Through the 11th. American Legion Fairgrounds, Campbellsville.

SAT JUN 4

The Sandlot (270) 442-7723 Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah.

Day Out with Thomas (800) 272-0152 Through the 5th; also 11–12. Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven.

Family Fishing Days (502) 955-8512 Through the 5th. Bernheim Forest, Clermont.

Art in the Garden (513) 289-9800 Augusta.

I Love the ’90s Concert (800) 745-3000 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville.

Kids Outdoor Day (270) 465-8255 Green River Lake State Park, Campbellsville.

National Trails Day (270) 677-2327 Columbus-Belmont State Park, Columbus.

Wine & Cheese Tasting Festival (800) 638-4877 Spalding Hall, Bardstown.

National Trails Day Volunteer Workday (270) 826-2247 John James Audubon State Park, Henderson.

Ohio Valley Fly Rod Club Demonstration (270) 826-2247 John James Audubon State Park, Henderson.

Lantern Hike (270) 826-2247 John James Audubon State Park, Henderson.

Natural Bridge Hoedown (606) 663-2214 Also the 11th, 18th, 25th. Slade.

National Trails Day (270) 335-3681 Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site, Wickliffe.

The Great American Art Festival (859) 319-8426 Through the 5th. Centre College, Danville.

Ward Hall Open House (859) 396-4257 Through the 5th. Georgetown.

Summer Fun Saturdays (270) 335-3681 Also the 18th, 25th.Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site, Wickliffe.

Ghost Trek (859) 576-5517 Also the 11th, 18th, 25th. Bardstown.

1st Saturday “Jittery Junebugs” (270) 852-8925 Western Kentucky Botanical Garden, Owensboro.

1st Weekend Wonders (270) 852-8925 Western Kentucky Botanical Garden, Owensboro.

Kids Fishing Derby (270) 343-3797 Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery, Jamestown.

Russell Co. Fair (270) 858-9178 Through the 11th. Fairgrounds, Russell Springs.

Woodson House Garden Festival (270) 531-2354 Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve, Munfordville.

Mainstreet Saturday Night (270) 789-1553 Campbellsville.

Hook & Hike Day (606) 398-7510 Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park, Buckhorn.

My Old Kentucky Dinner Train Murder Mystery (502) 348-7300 Bardstown.

TUE JUN 7

Demo Days: Indian Motorcycle (270) 286-8167 Mammoth Cave.

High Tea Tuesday (859) 272-8611 Waveland State Historic Site, Lexington.

WED JUN 8

Demo Days: Indian Motorcycle (270) 885-5200 JPM Performance Powersports, Hopkinsville.

THU JUN 9

John Conlee (270) 234-8258 Historic State Theatre, Elizabethtown.

Lil’ Abner (859) 734-3314 Through the 11th; also 17–18. Old Fort Harrod State Park, Harrodsburg.

Lion King Jr. (270) 789-5266 Through the 11th. Campbellsville.

FRI JUN 10

One Man, Two Guvnors (866) 597-5297 Through the 25th. Pioneer Playhouse, Danville.

SPAMALOT (270) 234-8258 Through the 12th; also 16–19. Historic State Theater, Elizabethtown.

Celebration of Quilts & Quilting (270) 487-8481 Through the 12th. Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site, Tompkinsville.

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Tours for Teachers (270) 335-3681 Also the 17th. Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site, Wickliffe.

Ricky Skaggs & KY Thunder (606) 444-5500 East KY Expo Center, Pikeville.

Spring Festival (270) 298-0036 Through the 11th.Rosine Park, Rosine.

Pontiac U.S. Nationals Drag Race & Car Show (270) 781-7634 Through the 11th. Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green.

Birthday Party Weekend (859) 527-3454 Through the 12th. Fort Boonesborough State Park, Richmond.

Community Festival (270) 749-2189 Through the 11th. Park City.

KOI-ATV & Truck Drags (502) 477-9992 Fairgrounds, Taylorsville.

Lake Cumberland 360 Tiki Trail 5K (270) 866-4333 City Park, Russell Springs.

Octagon Hall Night Novice Hunt (270) 791-0071 Through the 11th. Franklin.

International Festival (270) 887-4000 Through the 11th. Bruce Convention Center, Hopkinsville.

National Houseboat Expo (270) 343-2525 Through the 12th. Lake Cumberland State Dock Marina, Jamestown.

Kentucky Beef Festival (859) 734-4378 Through the 11th. Fairgrounds, Harrodsburg.

SAT JUN 11

Second Saturday (270) 765-2175 Elizabethtown.

John Conlee (859) 491-2444 Madison Theater, Covington.

Model Airplane Club Open Fly-In (630) 417-6666 C.R. Foley Field, Somerset.

Beer Cheese Festival (800) 298-9105 Winchester.

Billy “Crash” Craddock (800) 765-7464 Renfro Valley, Mt. Vernon.

Art, Paddle, & Music Festival (502) 750-2984 Gratz.

Daniel Boone Run for Statehood (859) 781-9101 Falmouth.

Doo Dah Days (502) 348-4877 Bardstown.

Blooming Bardstown Garden Tour, Marketplace, & Auction (502) 348-9204 Bardstown.

Ghost Hunt (859) 384-3522 Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Union.

Kids Fishing Derby (270) 826-2247 John James Audubon State Park, Henderson.

Knap-In at Wickliffe Mounds (270) 335-3681 Wickliffe.

The Stephen Foster Story (800) 626-1563 Through Aug. 13. My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown.

Lake Cumberland 360 Cycling Tour (270) 866-4333 Jamestown.

Lake Cumberland 360 Motorcycle Bingo Tour (270) 866-4333 Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery, Jamestown.

Crafters in the Park & Yard Sale (606) 474-2553 Grayson Lake State Park, Olive Hill.

Geocaching (606) 398-7510 Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park, Buckhorn.

Beauty and the Beast Jr. (859) 654-2151 Through the 19th. Kincaid Regional Theatre, Falmouth

Cinema Saturday: The Miracle Worker (502) 899-2213 American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville.

Battlefrog 8K Race (502) 732-4384 General Butler State Resort Park, Carrollton.

MON JUN 13

Bullitt County Fair (502) 724-3152 Through the 18th. Fairgrounds, Shepherdsville.

Boyle Co. Fair (859) 319-0848 Through the 18th.Fairgrounds, Danville.

TUE JUN 14

TCB for Elvis Fan Club (502) 969-1700 Bardstown Rd. Frisch’s, Louisville.

Kentucky Bourbon Affair (502) 491-1184 Through the 19th. Marriott East, Louisville.

Knob Creek Barrel Selection Experience (502) 543-9877 Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Clermont.

National Bourbon Day (502) 543-9877 Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Clermont.

Camp Gramp (859) 321-2293 Paris Landing, Paris.

Second Tuesday Tea (859) 623-9178 White Hall State Historic Site, Richmond.

Tea Tuesday (859) 272-3611 Also the 21st, 28th. Waveland State Historic Site, Lexington.

WED JUN 15

Barrel Strength: Sensory Warehouse & Cornhole Tournament (502) 543-9877 Also the 17th. Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Clermont.

THU JUN 16

Harrodsburg Birthday Party (859) 734-3314 Fort Harrod State Park, Harrodsburg.

Working Together: Collaborative Exhibition (270) 444-8690 Paducah.

Third Thursday Dinner Jam (606) 337-3066 Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Pineville.

FRI JUN 17

Original Goettafest (859) 491-0458 Through the 19th. MainStrasse Village, Covington.

Summer Nights (502) 348-4877 Bardstown.

My Old Kentucky Dinner Train Bourbon Excursion (866) 801-3463 Bardstown.

Cow Bell Days (606) 365-4547 Through the 18th. Stanford.

Roll for the Cure/Survive the Night Triathlon (859) 388-2620 Through the 18th. Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington.

Impractical Jokers “Santiago Sent Us” Tour (800) 775-7777 Kentucky Center, Louisville.

3rd Friday Folk-Coffeehouse (606) 305-6741 Carnegie Community Arts Center, Somerset.

Red River Gorge/Nada Tunnel Festival (606) 663-0768 Through the 19th. Stanton.

SAT JUN 18

Pennyrile Classic Car Club Cruise-In (270) 886-5710 Hopkinsville.

Moonlight Canoe Trip (800) 325-1711 Pennyrile ForestState Resort Park, Dawson Springs.

Well Crafted—Brews + Bands (800) 734-5611 Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill.

The Oak Ridge Boys (800) 765-7464 Renfro Valley, Mt. Vernon.

Metcalfe Proud Festival (270) 432-3222 Edmonton.


KENTUCKY CULTURE | EVENT CALENDAR

Great Train Robbery (800) 272-0152 Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven.

Discovery Day (859) 384-3522 Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Union.

Fort Harrod Settlement & Raid (859) 734-3314 Through the 19th. Harrodsburg.

Grayson Lake Paddle Trip (800) 325-0059 Carter Caves State Resort Park, Olive Hill.

Father’s Day Weekend Adventure Campout (606) 663-2214 Through the 19th. Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Slade.

Gathering of Descendants (859) 582-6868 Through the 19th. Fort Boonesborough State Park, Richmond.

Blues Harbor Fest (270) 343-2525 Lake Cumberland, Jamestown.

Hearth Cooking Demonstration (859) 623-9178 Stone Kitchen, Richmond.

Cruise-In (270) 537-4143 Munfordville.

Bike Morehead (606) 780-4342 Conference Center, Morehead.

Party on the Square (502) 863-2547 Georgetown.

Backyard Concert Series (502) 732-4384 General Butler State Resort Park, Carrollton.

SUN JUN 19

Father’s Day Buffet (800) 325-2282 Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park, Burkesville.

River City Classic Rock Festival (800) 745-3000 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville.

MON JUN 20

Pioneer-to-the-Past Daycamp (859) 586-6117 Through the 24th. Dinsmore Homestead, Burlington.

TUE JUN 21

Dazzling Daylilies Festival (270) 852-8925 Through the 26th. Western Kentucky Botanical Garden, Owensboro.

WED JUN 22

ROMP Fest (270) 926-1100 Through the 25th. Yellow Creek Park, Owensboro.

THU JUN 23

Archaeology Day Camp for Kids (270) 335-3681 Also the 30th. Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site, Wickliffe.

FRI JUN 24

Jessamine Co. Beef Cattle Cookout (859) 608-6295 Through the 25th. Tractor Supply, Nicholasville.

SAT JUN 25

Red Barn Farm Museum (859) 472-6761 Butler.

Somernites Cruise Car Show & Cruise (606) 678-5151 Somerset.

Mystery Theatre (800) 272-0152 Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven.

Whiskey City Cruisers Car Show (800) 638-4877 Bardstown.

Hike-A-Thon (606) 337-3066 Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Pineville.

My Old Kentucky Dinner Train Murder Mystery (866) 801-3463 Bardstown.

River Blast (502) 875-8687 River View Park, Frankfort.

Bluegrass Education Expo (859) 492-3313 Lexington Christian Academy, Lexington.

Creek Critters (800) 734-5611 Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg.

Paddlefest (800) 542-5790 Paintsville.

SUN JUN 26

Garden Tour & Tea (270) 765-9255 Elizabethtown.

MON JUN 27

Moonlight Big Band Concert (800) 638-4877 My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Bardstown.

Adventure Camp (502) 429-7270 Through July 1. Tom Sawyer State Park, Louisville.

TUE JUN 28

Mom’s Gift (866) 597-5297 Pioneer Playhouse, Danville.

THU JUN 30

Fourth of July Fest (859) 527-3454 Through July 4. Fort Boonesborough State Park, Richmond. KL

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An incredible harvestHarvest Café is paying it forward

SARAH FRITSCHNER

Shelbyville resident MELINDA HARDIN

uses the word “incredible” a lot when she

describes the trajectory of her restaurant.

Melinda and her husband, Ben, bought two

buildings on Main Street in Shelbyville to

renovate, and they live in one of them. She

had thought a long time about opening a

café, and suddenly the timing seemed right.

“Incredible” could apply to rearrang-

ing the existing antique mall next door

to their home to make room for a lunch

counter, tables, and chairs. In November

2013, Melinda opened the

Harvest Café, a restau-

rant she wasn’t even sure

Shelbyville “was ready for.”

But the theme was

local-food inspired,

wholesome, and commu-

nity-driven. She opened

with salads, wraps, homemade soups,

cookies and brownies, and coffee and tea.

The next “incredible” came when Melinda

read about a nonprofit that fed people

for what they could afford. Melinda then

began her traditional “pay what you can”

Wednesdays, “inspired by wanting to practi-

cally love our neighbors.” Shortly after that,

she set up a pay-it-forward board, where

customers can pay for their own purchase

and pay for a purchase for someone else.

“A cup of coffee for a firefighter,” suggests

Melinda, “or a cookie for a third-grader.”

Since then, the café business has grown,

catering off-site and on. Harvest has longer

hours, a full bar that includes more than 100

craft beers and more than 30 bourbons,

wine and signature cocktails, small plates

with charcuterie and cheese, live music on

weekends, and weekend dinners.

Harvest Café, at 524 Main St., is open

from Tuesday.–Thursday, 7 a.m.–9 p.m.;

Friday, 7a.m.–11 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.–

11 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. with brunch

buffet 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; closed Mondays. You

can reach the café at (502) 633-8090.

Harvest Café Kale Salad 1 bunch kale, about 1 lb, chopped, rinsed,

and driedSalt and pepper to taste1 lb asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp walnut oil1 C cooked quinoa1 C fresh blueberries1 C walnuts, chopped and toastedZest and juice of one lemon1⁄2 C fresh mint, chopped fine

Heat oven to 400°. Massage kale with your hands and 1⁄2 teaspoon salt for 1 minute. Toss asparagus in 1 teaspoon walnut oil and roast on a wide, shallow pan in the oven for about 5 minutes or until just tender. Let asparagus cool slightly then toss with kale. Add cooked quinoa, blueberries, and walnuts, and toss gently until combined.

In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice and zest, walnut oil, and mint. Pour over salad and toss. Salt and pepper to taste.

SARAH FRITSCHNER coordinates Louisville

Farm to Table, a program bringing more

Kentucky-grown food into local homes,

restaurants, and institutions.

CHEF’S CHOICE

Go to KentuckyLiving.com, search for “Melinda Hardin” for cooking tips.

Greek-Flavored ShrimpRecipe by Sarah Fritschner

2 Tbsp olive oil4 garlic cloves (or more to taste),

minced2 14-ounce cans stewed tomatoes1⁄4 to 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh parsley1 tsp dried oreganoSalt and pepper to taste1 lb uncooked shrimp, peeled1⁄3 C crumbled feta cheese

Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add garlic and cook until just beginning to brown (a few seconds). Add tomatoes, parsley, oregano, and salt and pepper, reduce heat to low, and simmer. When the sauce has thickened to desired consistency (20 minutes or so), add shrimp and feta cheese. Cook until shrimp are pink, about 5 minutes for medium shrimp. Serve over rice or pasta. Serves 4. Feta cheese is earthy, a little salty, and lower in fat than many cheeses.

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Deadly woman’s diseaseAbout 60 percent of stroke-related deaths occur in women

LARRY B. GOLDSTEIN

Commonly thought of as a prob-

lem primarily affecting older

men, stroke is a woman’s dis-

ease. Approximately 60 percent

of deaths related to stroke in the United

States occur in women, and the lifetime

risk of stroke is higher in women (about

one in five) compared to men (about one

in six) for those aged 55 to 75 years. But

stroke can often be prevented.

Although men and women have

several modifiable stroke risk factors in

common —high blood pressure, diabetes,

cigarette smoking, overweight-obesity,

atrial fibrillation, excessive alcohol con-

sumption, poor diet, or lack of regular

exercise—several risk factors are unique

to women.

Stroke risk can be increased during

pregnancy, in part leading to a higher

stroke risk among women of childbear-

ing age compared to similarly aged men.

Migraine with aura is also associated with

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ceptives. Women who have had eclamp-

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of stroke up to 30 years later.

In addition, talk to your healthcare

provider about reducing your stroke

risk if you:

• Have migraine, particularly migraine

with aura

• Have ever had eclampsia or

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Memorize some common stroke

symptoms using the FAST acronym:

• Facial droop

• Arm weakness

• Speech slurring

• Time: call 911—stroke is frequently

preventable and treatable, but you

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the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute at the

University of Kentucky. He is the Ruth L. Works

professor and chair of Neurology.

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HAVE A GARDENING QUESTION? Go to www.KentuckyLiving.com, click on Life in Kentucky, then “Ask the Gardener.”

SHELLY NOLD

A symphony of plantsAdd Mohawk viburnum to your garden orchestra

The garden always amazes

me. There are so many

wonderful plants to choose

from. By wonderful I mean

plants that are resilient, toler-

ant, beautiful, colorful, and

fragrant.

WHETHER YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PLANT OR 100, there are a few plants that

are worth repeating; one of

them is Mohawk viburnum.

There are lots of viburnums to

choose from and each has its

own unique characteristics to

consider before planting.

MOHAWK VIBURNUM,

shown above, has a relatively

compact growth habit in comparison to most viburnums. It grows 5 to 8 feet tall and

equally wide. Its foliage is medium to dark green with a touch of shine, and in the fall

it turns a wonderful orange to red. This viburnum responds well to pruning, maintain-

ing it at 4 to 5 feet, and is excellent when grown as a hedge.

THE REAL SHOW IS IN THE FLOWERS. Mohawk viburnum has bright red flower

buds that persist before the flowers open white. Once open, a strong, wonderfully

spicy fragrance lingers in the garden. The brightly colored flower buds and excellent

flowering give Mohawk viburnum a long spring bloom sequence, making it a top pick

for many garden spaces.

AN INCREDIBLY VERSATILE AND RESILIENT PLANT, this particular viburnum

will grow in full sun or part shade and is tolerant of either moist soil or dry. I have two

Mohawk viburnums in my garden, one in dry shade and one in a moist site with part

sun, and both are thriving.

THE GARDEN IS LIKE A SYMPHONY of plants working together. As gardeners,

we are responsible for choosing plants that are both appropriate for the location and

provide us with joy and beauty. Consider adding Mohawk viburnum to your garden

and you will be rewarded with its strength and beauty.

SHELLY NOLD is a horticulturist and owner of The Plant Kingdom. Send stories and ideas to

her at The Plant Kingdom, 4101 Westport Road, Louisville, KY 40207.

Q I recently received a beautiful orchid

from a friend. It was full of beautiful

shades of blue. When the blooms fell

off, I saved them and placed them

around the base of the plant to enjoy

their brilliant colors. It has been

almost 9 months now and still no

bloom has appeared anywhere. What

do I need to do differently?

—Glenda Adams, Somerset

A The flowers that orchids produce are

both lovely and long-lived. The thought of

caring for orchids can be intimidating, but

these delicate looking plants actually just

need a few requirements to thrive. There

are many species of orchids and some are

pickier than others, but the Phalaenopsis

species is the most common one we see

sold as houseplants.

Watering once a week is fine. Adding

a water-soluble orchid fertilizer once

a month is recommended for optimal

blooms. Using a half-strength dose of

food is fine.

Cut the stem back to about an inch.

It is not common for orchids to produce

flowers on the same stem, and if they do

the flowers are smaller. Removing the

stem will allow your orchid to concen-

trate all of its energy on the roots,

foliage, and producing a new stem

that will eventually bloom

again. It is a process

that usually takes

3 to 4 months. For

now, keep your orchid

in a space where it will

receive bright filtered

light. A south-facing

window is ideal.

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Go ape in the treesLet out the Tarzan in you at Jefferson Memorial ForestDAVE SHUFFETT

Deep in a forest near Louisville,

an incredible experience awaits

those who are willing to brave

the treetops. In the 6,500-acre

Jefferson Memorial Forest, a company

called Go Ape Treetop Adventures is

quite literally “high adventure.”

It takes place in the massive,

towering trees of an aging second-

growth forest. An obstacle course of

multiple rope ladders and 39 spine-

tingling forest crossings, including

the wobbly ladder, a plank crossing

with plenty of nerve-racking space

between the planks, a log swing, two

Tarzan swings, and five breathtaking

zip lines, takes challengers from the

ground to points higher and higher

into the canopy—to a height of 50

feet. Maybe that doesn’t sound that

high—until you look down. Even

though the course is safe (partici-

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nesses and carabiners) and staffed by

experienced instructors, adrenaline

and survival instincts still kick in and

nobody, absolutely nobody, is yawn-

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Go Ape Treetop Adventures is a

national company with 14 locations

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Maryland. “We saw a niche in that

we’re not only offering people an

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forget, but we’re also helping the

nation’s parks by giving them a por-

tion of our revenue,” says D’Agostino.

“You feel as if you’re very far from

Louisville. In these magnificent trees

it’s almost like you’re on a canopy

tour of the Amazon rainforest,” he

says. Jefferson Memorial Forest is the

largest municipally owned forest in

the United States and a designated

Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary.

The course takes two to three

hours to complete, and it’s open to

anyone 10 or over who is at least 55

inches tall, as well as groups inter-

ested in confidence and team build-

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In just a short time, Louisville’s

Go Ape Treetop Adventures has

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out the season, which runs from

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So, don’t be afraid. We are pri-

mates after all, and before you know

it you’ll be swinging and flying

through the trees masterfully. Here

you can even practice your Tarzan

call, which probably needs some

work. KL

DAVE SHUFFETT is an outdoorsman, public

speaker, television host, writer, and author of

My Kentucky Life.

For detailed information, ticket

prices, and specific hours of

operation, call (800) 971-8271

or visit www.goape.com.

Only small cameras or

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Kentucky Living’s Penny Kephart completes the zip line portion of the Go Ape Treetop Adventures. Photo: Dave Shuffett

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nTHAT’LL DO Joe Fryman and his catch from Bullock Pen Lake. Photo by daughter Rhonda Moore, Williamstown, who says, “Nothing’s better than a day of fishing with Dad.” Members of Owen Electric.

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BYRON CRAWFORD’S KENTUCKY

Words of the dayIf your milk is blinky, make some poor doeBYRON CRAWFORD

A while back, Steve Russell, of the

Windsor community in Casey County,

noticed in the local newspaper an inter-

esting phrase used in a traffic accident

report.

A man whose car had rear-ended another

vehicle told police that the driver in front of

him “just bowed up and stopped.”

Steve, a member of South Kentucky RECC,

wondered if I was familiar with the term.

“Bowed up”is one of many unusual

phrases dwindling into obscurity and possible

extinction.

The Dictionary of American Regional English or DARE

(Harvard University Press), which lists thousands of

such terms—including many used in different regions

of Kentucky—offers multiple definitions of bowed up:

“standing up to someone,” “turning mean,” and a usage

most familiar to me as a central Kentucky farm boy:

“When cattle in winter stopped and humped their backs

up, they were said to ‘bow up.’”

A University of Wisconsin researcher, gathering infor-

mation for the massive dictionary, once called to ask if I

had heard of a bettywood tree.

He said the name appeared in some of Kentucky’s

earliest surveys in Bourbon, Bath, and perhaps a few

adjacent counties, and that no one seemed to know to

which species the nickname referred. I’d never heard

of a bettywood, but printed an inquiry in a newspaper

column inviting anyone with information on the name to

contact the researcher.

The current DARE entry for bettywood states that

conclusive identification was never made, but a lengthy

explanation notes that available evidence suggests that

bettywood may have been a local name for a sycamore, or

possibly a birch.

Among the scores of other listings used in parts of

Kentucky are: airish, meaning “the weather is getting

cooler,” and cattywampus, the table was nice and straight

until he came along and “knocked it cattywampus.” (Our

word for that was sigogglin’).

The late Paul Dalton of Allen County wrote his master’s

thesis at what is now Western Kentucky University on

Elizabethan Leftovers in Allen County, and long ago gave me

a list of words and phrases that were still used occasion-

ally in some parts of Allen County. Among them: shebang,

an old Irish term for a place where liquor is sold illegally.

Smidgen, archaic for “a little bit.” Swivet, from Scotland,

meaning “a nervous state of mind.” Fair up, the clearing

of clouds after a rain.

Dalton said he had found numerous words and phrases

that traced beyond Shakespeare to the earlier works of

Geoffrey Chaucer.

Then there is the collection of eastern Kentucky words

and sayings remembered by the late Appalachian writer

Verna Mae Slone of Knott County, in How We Talked:

Blinky, milk just beginning to sour; riddie bob, a

seesaw; poor doe, gravy made with water when there was

no milk; disfurnish, to sell or give away so much that you

are in need yourself.

This is by no means the whole “kit and kaboodle,” and

I welcome your additions to the list. KL

BYRON CRAWFORD is Kentucky’s storyteller— a

veteran television and newspaper journalist known

for his colorful essays about life in Kentucky. E-mail

him at [email protected].


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