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Upcoming Events at the Nature Station and Golden Pond Planetarium
Friday, July 2
Laserpop 7 pm Golden Pond Planetarium
Laserspirit 8:30 pm Golden Pond Planetarium
Saturday, July 3 19th Century Photography 10 am-12 pm & 1-4 pm at the Home Place
Truly American Animals 12 pm at the Nature Station Let the Turtle Race Begin 2:30 pm Nature Station
Sunset Canoe Trip 6-8:30 pm Nature Station Lasermagic 7 pm Golden Pond Planetarium
Laseropolis 8:30 pm Golden Pond Planetarium
Sunday, July 4
Picnic Day for the Animals throughout the day Nature Station
Brunch for the Bobcat 11 am Nature Station
Vultures: Nature's Garbage Crew 12:30 pm Nature Station
Independence Day 1 pm-4 pm at the Home Place
The Omnivorous Opossum 1:30 pm at the Nature Station
Hungry Like the (Red) Wolf 2:30 pm at the Nature Station
Turtle Time! 3:30 pm at the Nature Station
Summer Drag Boat Races Return to LBL
(May 25, 2010) The Kentucky
Drag Boat Association (KDBA) is inviting visitors to
come to Kentucky Lake at Land Between The Lakes
(LBL) National Recreation Area and kick off the 2010
season. KDBA’s summer racing series will take place
at Pisgah Bay on the north end of LBL.
Spectators are invited to bring
lawn chairs or ground blankets to Birmingham Ferry
and enjoy an exciting day of racing. Racing events
are scheduled for June 5-6, July 10-11, and July
31-August 1 from 10am to 5pm. Time trials will be
held on Saturday and the final races will take place
on Sunday. There is a spectator fee of $5 per
person; children under 12 are free.
The heart-pounding events
feature blown-alcohol boats, hydros and jet-powered
boats, and flat-bottom racers skimming the water at
speeds exceeding 150 mph.
"The KDBA summer drag boat races
are a fun regional tradition," said Gary Hawkins,
Recreation Program Specialist at LBL. "It is a
great event for spectators and adds an exciting,
high speed element to all the other great outdoor
recreation opportunities around the LBL region."
George Onnybecker, of the KDBA
adds, "This year's event is going to be especially
exciting because of our "10's for $10,000" event.
Qualified participants in the 10 second category
will have an opportunity to divvy up the largest
purse in our history. We expect racers from all
over the country to show up to compete for this
prize." For more information contact KY Drag Boat
Association by calling 1-800-732-0088 or visit
www.kdba.net.
Land Between The Lakes is
managed by the Forest Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, in partnership with “Friends of LBL,”
to provide public lands outdoor recreation and
environmental education. We encourage visitors to
review our website at
www.lbl.org each season, and throughout the
season, for our Calendar of Events, updates on
programs and policies, and temporary trail and road
closures. Additional LBL information is also
available on our website or by calling
1-800-LBL-7077 or 270-924-2000. You can find out
more about “Friends of LBL” at
www.friendsoflbl.org.
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