Kentucky Heartwood kicks off its 15th Annual Music Festival at the Millville Community Center on Saturday, July 31 from 3-10 p.m.
The event features a youth music contest, art exhibitors, childrenâs activities, a chalk-drawing competition, hands-on workshops, dancing, and entertainment by local bands Nate Orshan and Native Invaders. Entry fee is $8 per person; kids are free.
According to organizer Chris Schimmoeller, the festival was conceived 16 years ago as a fundraiser for Kentucky Heartwood, whose mission is to protect and restore the integrity, stability and beauty of Kentucky s native forests. While the festival is the organization s biggest fundraiser of the year, she said it has also become a wonderful family event that is becoming a tradition in our community. My daughters have grown up with the festival, and it has been fun to see the festival grow up with them. Â Â
CONCERNS have been raised after footage showing a crocodile lunge at a fisherman was captured on the banks of the Ross River. The video which was shared to YouTube last week was captured at Kelso and shows what is believed to be a freshwater crocodile lying still in the water before it lunges at the man unprovoked. Wildlife officers from the Department of Environment and Science investigated a crocodile sighting in that area after a member of the public reported a potential crocodile sighting at Framara Park. A department spokeswoman said the sighting was reported on December 31, 2020 and no further action was taken following the investigation.
As of November 30 this year, 174 tiger sharks were among those reported with 102 bull whalers and 55 long nose whalers. Three people lost their lives because of shark attacks in Queensland this year. Fish City Charters owner Eddie Riddle, who s been in the industry for two decades, said the animals were in numbers that had never been seen before. Mr Riddle, who operates out of Townsville, said they lost much of their catch to sharks - particularly bull sharks. Fish City Charters owner Eddie Riddle. Picture: Matt Taylor He said he also occasionally sees tiger sharks and hammerheads while bull sharks have been spotted in inshore estuaries.
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