© 2024 Louisville Public Media

Public Files:
89.3 WFPL · 90.5 WUOL-FM · 91.9 WFPK

For assistance accessing our public files, please contact info@lpm.org or call 502-814-6500
89.3 WFPL News | 90.5 WUOL Classical 91.9 WFPK Music | KyCIR Investigations
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Stream: News Music Classical

Six State Park Lodges Turning 50

Kentucky State Park Commission
The Lodge at Jenny Wiley State Park

Half a dozen Kentucky State Resort Parkslodges are turning 50 years old this year.Parks spokeswoman LaDonna Miller says special events are planned at each resort to commemorate the milestones."The parks are actually older than that but this was a great building expansion in 1962, so these lodges this year turn 50.The anniversary event is set for early August at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park in western Kentucky.  The celebrations will continue through mid-October, when a 50-year event will be held at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in eastern Kentucky.Other resort lodges marking golden anniversaries are at Carter Caves, Lake Cumberland, General Butler and Rough River. 

Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.