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  • Kentucky State Parks offer dinner, dances, concerts, romantic getaways

    Kentucky Department of Parks
    Looking for that perfect place to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Consider a Kentucky State Park. Resort parks are offering special events and packages in February to help celebrate Valentine’s Day.
    State parks provide a great place for a getaway weekend along with excellent food, entertainment, natural beauty and scenery. Listed below are the parks with Valentine’s packages and programs, and the park phone number. For more information about each park, as well as other state park events, visit www.parks.ky.gov

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  • Vet Clinic settling into new home

    By KELLIE ETHERIDGE
    Turret Staff Writer
    kellie.etheridge@us.army.mil
    The Fort Knox Veterinary Clinic officially received a new home Oct. 18 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The clinic is located at Bldg. 1006 on 192nd Tank Battalion Road, across from Cadet Command headquarters.
    “It’s a more friendly, more inviting facility,” said Dr. Detra Bryant.

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  • Women’s Empowerment

    By CATRINA FRANCIS
    Turret Senior Staff Writer
    catrina.francis@us.army.mil
    “What a great day to be a woman at Fort Knox, Ky.!” exclaimed Maj. Gen. Gina Farrisee, the commander of the Human Resource Command.
    Maj. Gen. Farrisee was the opening guest speaker at the two-day fourth annual Women’s Empowerment Conference Friday evening at the Leaders Club. The conference concluded Saturday afternoon.

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  • Warehouse makeover yields enviable, larger Soldier processing site

    By 1st LT. JERROD HARTMAN
    Special to the Turret

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  • Fort Knox lights up the holidays at annual ceremony

    By KELLIE ETHERIDGE
    Turret Staff Writer
    kellie.m.etheridge.ctr@mail.mil
    It wasn’t freezing Dec. 1; however there was enough of a chill in the evening air to create a line for free hot chocolate or hunt down the “Coffee Elves,” distributing free Starbucks coffee to those waiting for the annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony to begin.

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  • WARMTH has many layers

    “Once you have visited these kids you are addicted. You have to keep coming back.”
    —Master Sgt. Gregory Katz

    WHO WENT?
    Army Reserve Readiness Training Center personnel—as part of the Partners in Education with Bardstown Primary School—collected 60 items including coats, hats and gloves for children.

    Chaplain (Maj.) Scott Hagan
    Capt. Bret Barnes
    Master Sgt. David Hallaxs
    (ARRTC’S first sergeant)
    Master Sgt. Gregory Katz

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  • Thanksgiving leftovers:

    Compiled by KELLIE ETHERIDGE
    Turret Staff Writer
    kellie.etheridge@us.army.mil
    The preparation of the turkey, stuffing, trimmings, side dishes, and desserts all culminate in “The Thanksgiving Meal.” However, more often than not, there are plenty of leftovers—either to last you through later that night or until the next day. So what should you do with all the leftover goodies?

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  • Bernheim scarecrows

    By MAUREEN ROSE
    Acting Turret Editor
    maureen.rose@us.army.mil
    Last week, photos from the nearby Bernheim Research Forest and Arboretum were printed on this page. If the outdoors just isn’t your thing, or your children haven’t developed an appreciation for Mother Nature, perhaps a trip to Bernheim is still in order.

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  • Nature beckons guests to visit Bernheim

    By MAUREEN ROSE
    Turret Associate Editor
    maureen.rose@us.army.mil
    Whether you want some quiet communion with nature, some variety in your physical training routine, or a nice woodsy place to take the kids for a picnic, Bernheim is the answer.
    Just 28 miles from Fort Knox, the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is a unique resource of nearly 15,000 acres. Unlike many other parks or reserves that try to wall off wildlife and keep people away, Bernheim’s mission is to connect people with nature.

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  • Soldiers build for Habitat for Humanity

    By STAFF SGT. DANNY MCCORMICK
    U.S. Army Human Resources Command Public Affairs Office
    More than fifty officers and civilians from U.S. Army Human Resources Command’s Officer Personnel Management Directorate, Force Sustainment Division spent Friday morning helping build a home for Hardin County Habitat for Humanity.
    Distribution manager, Lori Huff of the Officer Acquisition Management Branch, who lives in Vine Grove, was in charge of finding an October team-building event.

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