We're kicking off 2025 in style this week with "America's Ballpark Prankster"!! He is Louisville's very own Dominic Latkovski...but if you regularly attend minor league baseball games, you probably know him as "BirdZerk". Dominic began his career as Billy Bird, the mascot of the former Louisville Redbirds, but ultimately became BirdZerk when establishing himself as a national and even international act. He also founded a traveling group of inflatable performers known as the ZOOperstars. Pull up a seat as he speaks of his experience entertaining fans with his crazy antics at minor league stadiums, and discusses a few of the charming ZOOperstar characters including Harry Canary, Centipete Rose, and Cow Ripken, Jr. For additional information about BirdZerk, visit his web page found here: http://www.birdzerk.com/. And, further details on the ZOOperstars is as close as the following link: https://www.zooperstars.com/.

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I can't think of a better way to close out 2024 on "Blabbin' In the Bluegrass" than with this week's very special guest! She is Mrs. Laura Rogers, a long-time TV journalism fixture in Kentucky, who spent a number of years at Bowling Green's WBKO (Channel 13). She is now part of the KET team, where she regularly contributes to the network's nightly news show "Kentucky Edition". We'll learn more about the steps she took to get there, the broadcasters she idolized as a child, and the invaluable lessons she learned working alongside icons such as Bowling Green meteorologist Chris Allen. If you can't smile when listening to Laura Rogers, you probably aren't really listening! And to find out more about KET's "Kentucky Edition", simply click here to visit the web page: https://ket.org/program/kentucky-edition/.

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Vision is a precious thing, and this week, we're spotlighting a "Notable Nonprofit" that is committed to protecting it! Join me in welcoming Mrs. Jennifer Hunt Spurling, who serves as Communications Coordinator with the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation. This is quite an exciting time for the foundation, as its brand new low vision clinic just opened for business in Louisville a few weeks back! Jennifer is here to give us the scoop on clinic staff members, service offerings, and eligibility requirements for beneficiaries. She also details other commendable resources under the foundation's umbrella, including the KidSight Program and the Patron Fund Program. Enjoy listening, and prepare to engage in an organization that is more than worthy of your time and support. And, find out more about the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation by visiting its web page here: https://www.kylionseye.org/.

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