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Dr. Gerald and Sonja Chafin Music Endowment is announced

2025-04-14 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College
Lindsey Wilson College music professor and director of choral programs Gerald Chafin and his wife, Sonja, accept a facsimile check representing the Dr. Gerald and Sonja Chafin Music Endowment. The $110,000 endowment gift will be used to support the Lindsey Wilson Singers, which the Chafins led for 28 years.

From left: Benson Sexton '04, Allison Chafin Thrower '13, Gerald Chafin, Sonja Chafin, Allysa Gooden '08 and Tyler McCubbins '09.
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Signs of Spring: Trout Lily

2025-04-13 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen
"Trout lilies bloom in early spring before the trees growing above them develop leaves," according to Wikipedia. "E. americanum does not flower for the first 4 to 7 years of its life. In any given colony, only 0.5% will have flowers."
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Travel: The Historic Ritz

2025-04-13 - Winter Haven, FL - Photo by Pen
The Ritz Theater in downtown Winter Haven, FL, was built in 1925, and has at different times hosted showcase vaudeville acts, concert performances, stage musicals, and theatrical films. It was shut down in the 1980s, and then resurrected by local volunteers around the turn of the century.
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