20 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 12.14
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Number of times Lite
106.9-FM aired Leroy
Anderson's "Sleigh Ride"
from Oct. 30 — the day the
station made its annual
switch to an all-Christmas
format — through Nov. 13,
making the song the most
played over that stretch.
Yes, Oct. 30 is the DAY
BEFORE HALLOWEEN.
"I think you understand
what I mean. ; )"
The Portland
Promise Center made a
2,000-pound ball of tape
— masking, electrical,
duct — that's featured in
the book Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Reality Shock!.
Circumference: almost 13 feet. Can somebody
from the Portland Promise Center please confrm?
From the Louisville Zoo: snakes on a
press release!
The library's director is retiring.
The Arctic Scoop, Kentucky's
frst nitrogen ice cream shop,
opened on South Hurstbourne
Parkway.
The U of L Steel Drum Band is a thing that
exists.
TARC is now over the hill.
Jake Starr, a frefghter for
the Eastwood Fire Department
off Shelbyville Road past the
Gene Snyder, uses a 50-year-
old industrial Pfaff 545 sewing machine to make
wallets out of recycled canvas fre hoses.
"It's time you did a feature on oral
health."
Here's a rendering of planned
new Churchill Downs seating,
called Winner's Circle Suites and
Courtyard. Only a matter of time
before Churchill puts seats on
the track.
This year's Derby Festival parade theme: Best
of Louisville. Inspired by, well, the magazine.
Atlantic No. 5 has a new dinner menu.
We're starting to get excited about
Louisville City FC, the new soccer
team that will start playing at Slugger
Field in March.
Heaven Hill opened a bar at the Yum! Center.
Something about turducken.
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