June at the Golden Pond Planetarium

June’s a pretty magical month at the Golden Pond Planetarium (click here for a map).

Far Out Space Places Visit the most extreme destinations in our cosmic neighborhood. Scale cliffs on Mars, chill on Neptune and visit the original landing site of the Apollo astronauts. See “Far Out Space Places” daily at 10am and Sat. & Sun. at 4pm. $2/$4.

Explorers of the International Space Station If you’ve always wondered what it’d be like to live on a space station, here’s your chance! See “Explorers” daily at 11am. $2/$4.

Kentucky Skies I love this one. You can find out what to look for in that night’s sky! You’ll earn the constellations, lore of night sky, and a lot more. See “Kentucky Skies” daily at 1pm. $2/$4.

Search for Life in the Universe Host Leonard Nimoy (Spock from Star Trek!) narrates the ingredients necessary for life on our planet, as we consider the possibility of life on other planets. See “Search for Life in the Universe” daily at 2pm. $2/$4.

Blown Away: The Wild World of Weather See views of our earth’s weather through spectacular footage that’ll take your breath away. See “Blown Away” daily at 3pm. $2/$4.

Greek Mythologies and the Night Sky This one’s pretty much what you’d expect it to be….fascinating! See “Greek Mythologies and the Night Sky” Fridays at 8pm, doors open at 7:30pm. $2/$5. Evening program only.

Summer Nights See one of the daytime shows, then go outside to the observatory for a look at the real night sky. Show Schedule: Search for Life 6/7; KY Skies 6/14; Blown Away 6/21; Explorers 6/28. See ” Summer Nights” Saturdays at 8pm, doors open at 7:30pm. $2/$5. Evening program only.

You’ll want to find a way to see each of the events listed. They’re incredibly fascinating for people of all ages. The wonderful thing about the Golden Pond Planetarium is that children think they’re just having an awesomely fun time, we know they’re also learning! But shhhhh… we won’t let them in on the secret.

Golfing in the Land Between the Lakes Region of Kentucky

There are some really amazing golf courses in the Land Between the Lakes Region of Kentucky. The ones below will give your golf game all it can handle! Click each Golf Course to visit its website (when applicable) and/or call the number for more information.

Kenlake SRP in Aurora, Kentucky (If you go, be sure to eat at Willow Pond!) -  9 hole/par 30  (270-474-2211)

Benton Country Club in Benton, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 72 (270-527-9673)

Marvel Golf Club in Benton, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 71  (270-354-9050)

Lake Barkley State Resort Park in Cadiz, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 72  (800-295-1878)

Calvert Country Club in Calvert City, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 72  (270-395-5831)

Mineral Mound State Park in Eddyville, Kentucky  - 18 hole/par 72 (866-904-7888)

Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park in Gilbertsville, Kentucky - 18 hole/par72  (800-295-1877)

Drake Creek Golf Club in Ledbetter, Kentucky - 18 hole/par ? (270-898-4653)

Mayfield Country Club in Mayfield, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 70   (270-247-1862)

South Highland Country Club in Mayfield, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 71  (270-247-2918)

Miller Memorial Golf Course in Murray, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 71  (888-313-9862)

Oaks Country Club in Murray, Kentucky - 18 hole/par72  (270-753-6454)

Edwin J. Paxton Park in Paducah, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 71  (270-444-9514)

Deer Lakes Golf Course in Salem, Kentucky - 18 hole/par 72   (270-988-4653)

 

The following Golf Clubs/Golf Courses have websites you can visit for additional information.  (60 Second Rant: A Golf Club, Restaurant, Store, any business of any kind without a website and/or blog in the year 2008 is just nuts.  They’re shooting themself in the foot with a loaded gun.  It’s honestly equivalent to NOT being listed in the phone book.  Granted, not everyone knows how to design or “put up” a website.  There are people who do, though.  In fact, there are people who will do every second of the work for you.  You simply have to tell them what you want and write them a check.  Within a week (on average), you can have a website or blog you can be proud of!  When I Google a business and discover that they don’t have a website, my opinion of them drops just a little.  A lot of times, I move on to the next one on my list.   If you’re a Kentucky business of any kind, e-mail us and we’ll help get you on the web!  If you have any questions at all, we’ll be more than happy to answer them for you.)

 Marvel Golf Club

Calvert City Country Club

Deer Lakes Golf Course

More information can be found on these and other courses HERE.

Click HERE for free, gorgeous Kentucky screensavers and wallpapers from Kentucky State parks.gov.

Willow Pond Southern Catfish, As Good as It Gets

I had the sublime pleasure of eating at Willow Pond in Aurora, Kentucky last night. It was the first time for me, but you can be certain that it won’t be my last. When we were leaving, our very friendly waitress told us to “Come back soon,” I nearly fell over myself assuring her that we would do just that.

Before moving on to the food, I want to give a little more credit to the waitress.  Although she was very young, she was actually one of the best servers I’ve had in a while.  She couldn’t have been older than 18 but she did her profession proud.  She was personable, sweet, checked on us often, and had an amazing knowledge of the menu and food.  A great restaurant wants their staff to represent them well.  After all, the service is as associated with a restaurant nearly as much as the food is.

If this young lady was an indication of the other servers, the owners of Willow Pond “get” that.

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Speedway Motorsports Buying Kentucky Speedway

Speedway Motorsports Inc. announced this week that it’s in the process of adding Kentucky Speedway to its collection of auto racetracks.

Owner of Kentucky Speedway, Jerry Carroll, has been invited to remain involved with its operations.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has stated that he would like for Speedway Motorsports to bring a bigger auto race to the track. He even talking about bringing a Sprint Cup race to Kentucky Speedway.