| Reminisce a bit
Before the dark of night... There's more lightenin' bugs Than stars in the sky. Don't you get the feelin' Things might be all right? --Nashville Bluegrass Band In an era when most small towns are sliding toward ghost status, what is it about Glendale that pulled in nearly 30,000 people on a single Saturday last October? There are a lot of answers to that question around the little town beside a fork of the upper Nolin River, a mile and three-quarters from I-65 on the east and about the same distance from U.S. 62 on the west. Glendale is a farming community about 30 miles north of Leitchfield. "I think people are coming back to a place they've lost..." "It's a place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city..." "We've got a red light, but we don't use it till we get three cars in a row, then we put it up..." "This is just home; I've lived here all my life..." "I just love the place.
Diners turn out in droves for DVI’s ‘Eat Up Downtown’
If there�s one thing just about everyone loves to do, it�s eat, especially when it means going out to a restaurant instead of cooking and cleaning up at home. Last week, thousands of diners decided to do it Downtown. The results are in for Downtown Vision, Inc.�s inaugural �Eat Up Downtown� and by all accounts it was a hit with patrons and restaurateurs alike. �It exceeded our expectations, especially since this was the first year for the event and it�s a new idea for Jacksonville,� said Pamela Elms, DVI�s director of marketing. Historically, late August is usually not the busiest time of the year for the food service and hospitality industries thanks to the hot weather, the end of the summer vacation season and the beginning of the school year. Despite all that, giving people their choice of 15 special menus at a fixed price of $25 per person gave them a reason to come Downtown for dinner.
Poll: Stress divides young by gender
Stressed out by your high-pressured job? Don't assume your kid is any less stressed out by school. Especially if she's a she. Young people experience stress at a high rate, and females more than males, an extensive Associated Press/MTV survey shows. A similar divide exists in terms of fears and safety: Girls and young women are less likely to feel safe in their neighborhoods, in schools, or from terror attacks. The source of stress changes as we get older, the survey shows. Among 13-17 year olds, school is by far the most commonly mentioned source. Among 18-24 year olds, it's jobs and financial matters. In all, fully 85 percent of young people said they felt stress at least sometimes. "I'm a pretty high-stressed person," says Katie Duda, 21, who's finishing up a degree in culinary arts and awaiting the birth of her first child in a few weeks.
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