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Edmonton Journal
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Edmonton Journal
LEAF NOTES: Once students of tactics, Toronto now studied by rivals
Article content At that stage the third-round draft pick winger had played two games in the organization for the Marlies when his Niagara Ice Dogs were eliminated from the 2014 OHL playoffs. Verhaeghe gradually built his two-way game to win two Cups, with the 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning and last year's Panthers. 'Toronto was a long time ago,' Verhaeghe said this week. 'But it was a good experience, coming up and getting an opportunity. I remember the pace was a lot different than junior and how it opened my eyes. (Marlies coach) Steve Spott treated me fairly, but I was only there a couple of weeks.' Spott is now Pete DeBoer's assistant with the Dallas Stars. O, NA-TA-LIE The Leafs' extended playoff run has given a higher profile to Leaf anthem singer Natalie Morris. So much so that Morris was recognized on the subway during game night this week and was serenaded by a car full of fellow commuters with, you guessed it, O Canada. Wearing her Leaf sweater, she had her I-phone out to record the tribute, while another passenger posted video of her singing along to blogTO. Morris was a contestant on Canada's Got Talent in 2024, with a rendition of Beyonce's 'I Was Here' and Jessie J's 'Mamma Knows Best', earning herself fifth place.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hope runs high on Kentucky farms during foaling season
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — People driving on Military Pike in southwestern Fayette County shouldn't be so noisy when passing Winter Quarter Farm. There are babies asleep in the fields and other newborns trying to focus on their mothers. At farms all over the Bluegrass, foals will be born at a rapid pace in April and May. 'Every birth is very exciting, and to see these young foals running around, it's just the promise,' said Don Robinson, owner and manager at Winter Quarter Farm. Hope runs high on Kentucky farms during foaling season Kentucky's first public school mariachi band fosters cultural pride Starting early: 11-year-old Lexington boy says he's running for Congress He is proud of the thoroughbreds raised on this family farm; some of them are his, some have other owners. 'We are a bit like investment bankers,' Robinson explained, noting that most horse owners don't have farms. 'We keep their horses. We manage their equine portfolio. So, their horses reside here, we raise them, we advise them on breeding, and we consign and sell the horses at Keeneland and Fasig Tipton at auction.' All of the horses at Winter Quarter Farm will be prepared for racing or auction, and Robinson says there's no better place to raise a foal than central Kentucky. He's an advocate for the land, with mineral-rich soil that produces grass full of calcium, which makes for strong bones. 'It's God-given with the limestone underlayment and high phosphorus content of the soil,' he said. 'It is magic earth here. It's more than just because we love it and it's beautiful. It's productive, and it's considered endangered.' Read more Spirit of the Bluegrass stories Winter Quarter Farm is part of the Purchased Development Rights program, meaning the Fayette County government paid him to protect his land from future development. Robinson has 389 acres of the more than 33,000 acres that have been protected on nearly 300 farms. He is also one of a growing number of farm owners using solar power in his barns, saying that it has cut his electric bills nearly in half. Each spring, Robinson wonders if one of the foals on his farm will be a future champion. In 2005, his medium-sized farm was home to a giant of a yearling named Zenyatta. 'It ensured my reputation. It was a huge plus.' Zenyatta seemed unimpressive at first and sold for just $60,000 at the Keeneland September yearling sale, where horses often sell for a million dollars or more. Four years later, she was the first mare to win the Breeders' Cup Classic and was Horse of the Year in 2010. She won 19 out of 20 races in her career. Art project opens windows into Lexington's past: 'I Was Here' Robinson said no one could have predicted Zenyatta's success. 'Sometimes you can see it, often not.' Even non-horse owners can relate to the emotions that come with foaling season. The Jockey Club estimates that there are nearly 12,000 foals born in Kentucky each year. Only about 30 of them will be raised at Winter Quarter Farm. But somewhere in the mix of large and small farms across the state, there could be a future Kentucky Derby winner. You never know how your little ones will turn out. You just try to give them a good home and raise them right. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Yahoo
Barricade situation closes section of Kentucky highway
GRAEFENBURG, Ky. (FOX 56) — Police said a vehicle pursuit turned into a barricade situation on Wednesday near Green Wilson Road. Kentucky State Police said the pursuit turned into a barricade situation when a suspect fled into a home near Kentucky Highway 151. Around 7:45 p.m., the highway near the Anderson-Franklin county line was closed between Interstate 64 and Green Wilson Road. Barricade situation closes section of Kentucky highway Art project opens windows into Lexington's past: 'I Was Here' Bill cracking down on 'sextortion' clears Kentucky Senate floor with unanimous vote Police said the scene is contained and nobody is injured. Drivers are asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes, including U.S. 127, I-64, and Green Wilson Road. neighbors tell us a shutdown of this scale is unlike anything they've seen before. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Art project opens windows into Lexington's past: ‘I Was Here'
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — If you walk around Lexington's old courthouse, you may feel as if you're being watched. There are ghostly figures in many of the windows—tapestries that represent the ancestors who helped build the foundations of the city and people who were bought and sold in this square, which housed the largest slave auction block west of the Allegheny Mountains. Marjorie Guyon, a collage artist, got the idea for the tapestries in the fall of 2016 while working in her studio. Art project opens windows into Lexington's past: 'I Was Here' A picture connects Kentucky veterans to a chance meeting 70 years ago Jerry's Restaurant in Paris is the last of its kind 'My window looked out onto the old courthouse, and I had a vision of an African mother and child that moved from window to window like points of light,' she said. 'When I saw it, I knew I had to do something with it.' That was the beginning of the 'I Was Here' project. Guyon teamed up with photographer Patrick Mitchell and got local models to pose for what they called 'Ancestor Spirit Portraits.'It's art in a public space, giving dignity to the people who came to Lexington by force, and their descendants, who became a force throughout the city's history. 'The hope is they can be used to basically shift the spirit of the country,' Guyon said. The project has spread throughout the nation, with 'I Was Here' spirit portraits displayed in many places, including the Octagon Museum in Washington, D.C. In 2023, they were projected onto New York City's One World Trade Center, which stands near the former site of slave trading in Manhattan. Barry Burton of Lexington got deeply involved, first as a model, then as a writer and installations manager. Louisville blacksmith forges weapons into tools 'It's the spirit side of this project that keeps me involved because I tell Marjorie all the time, and I tell everybody that I talk to, this is a spirit project, not an art project,' Burton said. 'If you go back far enough, you're going to find out that we have more in common than we do differences.' The team behind this project wanted the people in these portraits to appear timeless, as if they could've been in the courthouse square 200 years ago or earlier today. They say that represents the power of ancestry. 'We are exactly who we are at this moment, but we're also a compilation of the souls that have made us, Guyon said. She realizes that some people have not really understood the purpose of the portraits. 'One of the strengths of this is subtlety,' she said. 'But it's also one of the weaknesses because there is no explanation.' Nicholasville business partners try their hand at turning cigar boxes into guitars That is changing, with a new installation on the ground level of the old courthouse. The tapestries there are combined with words that put the purpose in context. Now, anyone can understand why there are faces of African Americans in so many windows in a two-block area. Soon, there will also be a soundscape. Passersby will hear narration coming from outside speakers—essays and prayers written by people who've been inspired by that simple yet profound statement, 'I Was Here.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
